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Re-Print
I just replaced my inkjet printer, a model I’d bought less than two years ago—not because it broke or because I didn’t like the quality, but because it ran out of ink. Sound absurd? I paid $40 for the new printer (which scans and copies too). New ink cartridges for the last one would have cost me $55. Welcome to the economics of inkjet printing: Give away the printers, gouge them on the cartridges.
3.9.2009 at 03:50pm - Comment by jv08If you don't need color, go laser there are loads of cheap old black and white laser printers around. I got mine for free, and got a 15,000 page toner for $70.
- Gadgets
The Ugly Business of Extended Warranties
Were you suckered into buying an extended warranty on a tech purchase this past holiday season? Take a closer read of the fine print, because you're not as covered as you might think. Scratches? Not a chance. A power surge? If you're lucky. Nuclear holocaust? Nope. But, more on that later.
1.9.2009 at 11:43am - Comment by jv08Simple solution: buy from Costco. they automatically extend the manufacturer's waranty to two years for free. and most of the time, if your gadget breaks, you can bring it back and have it replaced for free.
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What You Need to Know About Voting Machines
After several centuries of casting and counting ballots, it’s shocking that we still haven’t mastered what seems to be a simple task. But anyone who lived through the 2000 presidential election, in which a mishmash of flawed voting machines, contradictory county procedures, and unclear state laws in Florida led to the least reliable outcome in history, knows that 21st century voting is no better than the era when we shouted out our votes at the courthouse steps.
11.3.2008 at 10:06pm - Comment by jv08The whole american voting system is too complex. I'm from Canada. The way it is done here is there is a ballot with the candidates names on it. You put an x beside the guy you want to vote for and put it in a cardboard box. The votes are then counted by hand. No touch screens, no optical scanners. By the way, we just had an election. Called in September, held in October. Did anybody notice?
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