Re: RFID chips, was Re: The Eyes Have It

2003-10-14 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 12:04 AM 10/5/03 -0400, Bryon Daly wrote: [snip] Thirded. I hate the razor/razor blade marketing some of these companies do with their printers and ink cartridge pricing, which results in astronomical costs per page for some of these printers, and also cases where a set of ink cartridges

Re: RFID chips, was Re: The Eyes Have It

2003-10-06 Thread Bryon Daly
From: Ronn!Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] At 12:04 AM 10/5/03 -0400, Bryon Daly wrote: Epson printers for sure are chipped (eeprom, not RFID, tho) to make them hard to refill. The eeprom tracks how much ink is used, so the printer knows when the cartridge is near empty*, and refuses to print

Re: RFID chips, was Re: The Eyes Have It

2003-10-06 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 5 Oct 2003 at 0:04, Bryon Daly wrote: From: Ronn!Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] So they do exist? O.K.. (But aren't there kits to refill the cartridges, then?) I don't know if this is currently in use or was simply being mentioned as a possibility, but I read something awhile

Re: RFID chips, was Re: The Eyes Have It

2003-10-05 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 12:04 AM 10/5/03 -0400, Bryon Daly wrote: From: Ronn!Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] So they do exist? O.K.. (But aren't there kits to refill the cartridges, then?) I don't know if this is currently in use or was simply being mentioned as a possibility, but I read something awhile back

Re: RFID chips, was Re: The Eyes Have It

2003-10-04 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 10:11 PM 9/30/03 -0400, David Hobby wrote: Andrew Crystall wrote: On 29 Sep 2003 at 23:37, David Hobby wrote: destroy by washing machines and dryers. Or how about the printers that require specific brand ink cartridges that must have a chip from their own products to work (printer

Re: RFID chips, was Re: The Eyes Have It

2003-10-04 Thread Bryon Daly
From: Ronn!Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] So they do exist? O.K.. (But aren't there kits to refill the cartridges, then?) I don't know if this is currently in use or was simply being mentioned as a possibility, but I read something awhile back about the chips in the cartridge keeping a

Re: RFID chips, was Re: The Eyes Have It

2003-09-30 Thread David Hobby
Andrew Crystall wrote: On 29 Sep 2003 at 23:37, David Hobby wrote: destroy by washing machines and dryers. Or how about the printers that require specific brand ink cartridges that must have a chip from their own products to work (printer ink is 17 times more expensive than

RFID chips, was Re: The Eyes Have It

2003-09-29 Thread David Hobby
The Fool wrote: their keys, wouldn't work well if encased in a metal key, and if it is on the surface it is easy to remove From my experience they are keys with large black plastic encasings. Either way, they are required by the new cars to be able to start them. Yes, but

Re: RFID chips, was Re: The Eyes Have It

2003-09-29 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 29 Sep 2003 at 23:37, David Hobby wrote: destroy by washing machines and dryers. Or how about the printers that require specific brand ink cartridges that must have a chip from their own products to work (printer ink is 17 times more expensive than vintage champagne). I would