That really sums up everything wrong about the current consumer market and goes totally against the "sustainability" philosophy we are now being driven to adopt...............it's as bad as changing your car when the ash tray is full........ :)
Regards, Chris From: McInturff Gary [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 03 April 2007 20:21 To: James, Chris; John Woodgate; [email protected] Subject: RE: Product Safety - "Smart Batteries" Bought ink cartridges for my printer recently - could have - and will next time replace the whole printer - it comes with the cartridges for about the same price. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of James, Chris Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2007 9:04 AM To: John Woodgate; [email protected] Subject: RE: Product Safety - "Smart Batteries" My Epson D88 tells me the cartridges are not original even though they are but continues working - so much for being smart Regards, Chris From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Woodgate Sent: 03 April 2007 16:42 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Product Safety - "Smart Batteries" In message <c237d966.52d98%[email protected]>, dated Tue, 3 Apr 2007, Ken Javor <[email protected]> writes: >My experience runs counter to that. Years ago, before I wised up and >quit buying ink jet printers, I decided to buy cheap ink replacement >cartridges off the internet. These replacement cartridges were indeed >form and fit replacements, but there was either the lack of an IC or >the lack of proper information in the generic cartridge IC that >prevented operation on my printer. Net result was that I had spent >about $30 on cheap but unusable cartridges. It appears that no-one has yet bothered to clone the identifier chips in ink cartridges. I suspect that the market for phone batteries would justify the effort, which is why I suggested a code-based security system. -- OOO - Own Opinions Only. Try www.jmwa.demon.co.uk and www.isce.org.uk There are benefits from being irrational - just ask the square root of 2. John Woodgate, J M Woodgate and Associates, Rayleigh, Essex UK - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to [email protected] Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas [email protected] Mike Cantwell [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: [email protected] David Heald: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc This message (including any attachments) may contain confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose. If you are not the intended recipient, delete this message. If you are not the intended recipient, disclosing, copying, distributing, or taking any action based on this message is strictly prohibited. - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to [email protected] Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas [email protected] Mike Cantwell [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: [email protected] David Heald: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to [email protected] Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas [email protected] Mike Cantwell [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: [email protected] David Heald: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________
