Is obsolescence a problem that needs to be fixed , or a necessary evil of the technological world ?

过时是否是个该解决的问题，或是技术世界中必需的罪恶呢？

Indeed , they often act as a linguistic fossil record , preserving objects and behaviour that have long since fallen into petrified obsolescence .

事实上，它们常常充当的是语言上的化石记录，保存着那些很早前就已经变成僵化的过时货的对象与行为。

In the 1980s , another group of xerox scientists proposed an even more radical idea : the personal computer was destined , like its predecessor the mainframe computer , for obsolescence .

在1980年代，施乐公司的另一组科学家提出了一个更为全新的想法：像其前身主机电脑一样，个人电脑注定会过时。

Obsolescence poses another problem : which development software will still be around 10 years from now ?

技术淘汰带来另外一个问题：从现在开始的十年里，有哪些开发软件将还能存在？

That 's planned obsolescence for you .

这是为你计划好的过时。