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[http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/09/06/24/1851238/Panasonic-Begins-To-Lock-Out-3d-Party-Camera-Batteries Panasonic] issued a firmware update with an antifeature which disabled any third party batteries. | [http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/09/06/24/1851238/Panasonic-Begins-To-Lock-Out-3d-Party-Camera-Batteries Panasonic] issued a firmware update with an antifeature which disabled any third party batteries. | ||
That's a mold-beraekr. Great thinking! | |||
==== Fujitsu ScanSnap S300 vs. S300M ==== | ==== Fujitsu ScanSnap S300 vs. S300M ==== | ||
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=== Printers === | === Printers === | ||
==== Printer Cartridges ==== | ==== Printer Cartridges ==== | ||
[http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20050222/1220232.shtml HP printers] | [http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20050222/1220232.shtml HP printers] have been supplied with cartridges that both report 'empty' when they have 25% ink still remaining, but also have a 'use by date' encoded into the chip, which disables the printer cartridge if it is used after that date (no HP printer will use it). | ||
have been supplied with cartridges that both report 'empty' when they | |||
have 25% ink still remaining, but also have a 'use by date' encoded into | |||
the chip, which disables the printer cartridge if it is used after that | |||
date (no HP printer will use it). | |||
In general the | In general the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inkjet_printer#Underlying_business_model business model] of printer manufacturers has been to lose money on the printer and make it on the printer cartridges. This has caused such antifeatures as: | ||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inkjet_printer#Underlying_business_model business model] of printer manufacturers has been to lose money on the | |||
printer and make it on the printer cartridges. This has caused such | |||
antifeatures as: | |||
* Reporting the cartridge as empty when (often substantial) ink remains. | * Reporting the cartridge as empty when (often substantial) ink remains. | ||
* Microchips that will report the cartridge size by number of uses | * Microchips that will report the cartridge size by number of uses rather than by amount of ink remaining. These will ignore any refilling of the cartridge. | ||
rather than by amount of ink remaining. These will ignore any refilling | * accepting only regionnally bought cartridges (HP zoned the world the same way as DVD !!) | ||
of the cartridge. | |||
* accepting only regionnally bought cartridges (HP zoned the world the | |||
same way as DVD !!) | |||
There are other features of the printer cartridge industry that are anticompetitive (e.g. use of DMCA and patents to protect antifeature code) but do not involve specific software or hardware - i.e. they aren't 'antifeatures' per se. | |||
not | |||
==== Printer Yellow Dots ==== | ==== Printer Yellow Dots ==== | ||
Many printers produce a background of hard to see yellow dots on every | Many printers produce a background of hard to see yellow dots on every page. This pattern is unique to the printer and can be used to identify the printer that produced a page. | ||
page. This pattern is unique to the printer and can be used to identify | |||
the printer that produced a page. | |||
This is not officially acknowledged by printer manufacturers, but | This is not officially acknowledged by printer manufacturers, but appears to be as a result of a shady deal between government and the manufacturers. | ||
appears to be as a result of a shady deal between government and the | |||
manufacturers. | |||
See: [http://seeingyellow.com/ http://seeingyellow.com/] | See: [http://seeingyellow.com/ http://seeingyellow.com/] | ||
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==== Similar to the above ==== | ==== Similar to the above ==== | ||
Server came with two sized hard drives 10 | Server came with two sized hard drives 10 Mg or 30 Mg ( back in early 80's ) Like above engineer arrived and flicked switch to allow the Server to access the other 20 Mg and Bill yes Bill was $10,000 | ||
==== Modern version ==== | ==== Modern version ==== | ||
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=== Processors === | === Processors === | ||
Yeah that's what I'm tkalnig about baby--nice work! | |||
== Software Antifeatures == | == Software Antifeatures == | ||
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Music CDs would be written as multimedia CDs with a data track which contained an autoloader to disable the music part of the CD, or limit access to it, on Windows machines. This culminated in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_BMG_CD_copy_protection_scandal Sony BMG CD copy protection scandal], where the Sony copy protection software would add special drivers to Windows computers that allowed itself and anything else to hide their files from the operating system. Rootkits and malware were quick to capitalise on this, and the software also disabled or broke other pieces of the operating system. The handling of the whole issue also caused many problems for consumers, with the program supposed to remove the previous copy protection breaking anti-virus software as well as leaving backdoors into consumer systems. | Music CDs would be written as multimedia CDs with a data track which contained an autoloader to disable the music part of the CD, or limit access to it, on Windows machines. This culminated in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_BMG_CD_copy_protection_scandal Sony BMG CD copy protection scandal], where the Sony copy protection software would add special drivers to Windows computers that allowed itself and anything else to hide their files from the operating system. Rootkits and malware were quick to capitalise on this, and the software also disabled or broke other pieces of the operating system. The handling of the whole issue also caused many problems for consumers, with the program supposed to remove the previous copy protection breaking anti-virus software as well as leaving backdoors into consumer systems. | ||
What a great reosrcue this text is. | |||
=== Apple Quicktime === | === Apple Quicktime === | ||
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=== Microsoft Windows Starter Editions === | === Microsoft Windows Starter Editions === | ||
==== XP Starter ==== | |||
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/newsroom/winxp/winxpstarterfs.mspx talks about the wonderful features of the starter editions: "Preconfigured settings" to "help reduce confusion regarding setup options", preconfigured meaning unchangeable. Also "simplified task management" by not allowing more than three programs at a time. | |||
==== Windows 7 Starter ==== | ==== Windows 7 Starter ==== |