there is no need to assume conspiracy where mere shoddy construction or quality control will do.
Herb... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cotty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "pentax list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, August 09, 2004 6:37 AM Subject: OT - but of relevance to DSLRs > Many companies these days use questionable and I think downright > unethical practices with regards to their products. Cell phones are the > first to come to mind. They warn you that using third party batteries > is dangerous because they might be of inferior quality, leak, or > explode. What they don't tell you is that the phone cryptographically > queries the battery to find out if it is an official (from the same > phone company) battery, and if it isn't then the phone changes its power > consumption profile to specifically damage the battery. I can't, > strangely, find a reference to back this claim up however, because there > are so many web pages that hit when I search for it. I can however > easily find sources for my next example.
