On a random, useless item.

Stipulation: Must be a tech gadget.

ready, GO:

2/15/2007 9:16:04 PM

drop it into your IRA

*in a tech stock/fund

[Edited on February 15, 2007 at 9:29 PM. Reason : ]

2/15/2007 9:29:40 PM

that's far too responsible

2/15/2007 9:31:32 PM

if you have a high-end machine i recommend ms flight simulator and a thrustmaster hotas cougar joystick.

2/15/2007 9:36:36 PM

O RLY?

2/15/2007 9:37:37 PM

yar rly

they have f-16 sim joystick, but they are like 200 bwns alone

[Edited on February 15, 2007 at 9:38 PM. Reason : zv]

2/15/2007 9:38:07 PM

man i flew from south africa to ohare the other day and part of that was in stormy weather

2/15/2007 9:41:14 PM

http://www.microsoft.com/games/flightsimulatorx/product_info.html

and if you wimp out on the thrustmaster, you can get a 360 controller for you pc and it works great man

2/15/2007 9:45:03 PM

that looks boring

2/15/2007 11:02:55 PM

http://www.amazon.com/Xbox-360-HD-DVD-Player/dp/B000JHO4L0

2/15/2007 11:39:04 PM

get a new hdd and fill it with pron then send it to your younger brother as a gift..he will appreciate it.

2/15/2007 11:59:06 PM

http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/input/88ee/

OR if you just want the most useless tech device imaginable:

http://www.horntones.com/how_does_it_work.html

2/16/2007 1:14:05 AM

http://www.thinkgeek.com/images/products/zoom/estarling_new.jpg

Wi-Fi LCD picture frame that can slideshow images from an RSS feed.

2/16/2007 7:46:31 AM

the new ms flight simulator is lame... graphics are not what they should be... i have a 2.8 dualcore w/ a 7900gt oc and it doesn't run that well

2/16/2007 8:24:49 AM

http://www.novintfalcon.com/ i want one of those

2/16/2007 9:47:55 AM

I'm thinking about getting a Garmin 305

2/16/2007 9:50:02 AM

^^^

i think ms is suppose to be releasing a performance patch for it to make it multi-threaded. if you look at the system requirements for it any decent machine should be able to run easily.

2/16/2007 9:55:00 AM

yeah I'd go for a GPS unit for your vehicle.

2/16/2007 9:57:29 AM

a friend of mine told me that Flight Sim X is so large a game that it may require a RAID 0 just to improve hard drive performance.

seems a bit far fetched but a reasonable assumption.

2/16/2007 10:19:49 AM

yeah when you fly from place to place, you actually fly from place to place in the same amount of time it takes in reality to get there.

2/16/2007 10:21:42 AM

i just thought of snakes on a plane.....

2/16/2007 10:31:14 AM

I'd get another LCD for a dual or even a triple display!

2/16/2007 10:49:20 AM

I thought about that, but I'd want to spend somewhere in the $300 range for a monitor.

2/16/2007 10:53:53 AM

get a telescope - this is def a chick-magnet

2/16/2007 11:16:16 AM

^^ you can get nice 20-22" LCD's around 200-300 range. I got a samsung 20" lcd for 212 last summer.

2/16/2007 12:47:44 PM

I think I'm gonna get a PPC phone.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ALLTEL-PPC6700-UT-STARCOM-PDA-PHONE-6700-COLOR-PDA_W0QQitemZ150091181227QQihZ005QQcategoryZ38331QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem


Anything i should be aware of before i start checking reviews and such?

2/16/2007 12:57:18 PM

yes, 20/month for internet on that thing

2/16/2007 1:50:49 PM

WIFI means free at any hotspot. I can just sync outlook on campus, I dont need it online fulltime.

[Edited on February 16, 2007 at 2:07 PM. Reason : i dont need no EVDO]

2/16/2007 2:05:03 PM

ah

if i would have paid attention to that i would have bought this phone when i renewed my contract

2/16/2007 2:09:57 PM

GPS systems are incredibly useful.
Phones are very useful.
Large monitors are indispensible.

WTF do you need a wireless digital picture frame for?!



[Edited on February 16, 2007 at 2:35 PM. Reason : .]

2/16/2007 2:35:15 PM