And there's always the reverse polarity d sub connector! These were used in 1960s era avionics. Ostensibly, the sockets in the plug were less susceptible to damage than having pins in the plug. I purchased the connector on the right in 2023 to mate to the one on the left. It. was. not. cheap.

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The Macintosh Double Plus was designed to be twice as good as its predecessor - it featured double the pixels, width, floppies, and a pair of 8Mhz 68010 CPUs. Its planned successor, the Double Plus Good with a pair of 16Mhz CPUs was thrown down the memory hole. Pridecauseful.

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The Power Macintosh G6E was terrible. It was twice the width and twice the weight of a regular all-in-one G-series Power Mac, and most collapsed under their own weight. Left to their own devices, many popped out of existence into tiny black holes that quickly evaporated.

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You hear that? <<RAILGUN WARNING>>😌

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look out! houses are now handing out pcbs to trick-or-treaters that appear to be innocent mahjong games, but if you win your kids will be exposed to the horrors of naked women!

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