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HP to Region-code Cartridges
prostoalex writes "Looks like the printer cartridge manufacturers will be borrowing techniques from Hollywood. HP introduced region coding for some of the newest printers sold in Europe. HP's US location and US dollar sliding lead to the situation, where cartridge prices in Europe are significantly higher than those in the States. In the Wall Street Journal article HP representative in Europe claims the company doesn't make any money off regional coding for cartridges, and that consumers will win once the US dollar rises over Euro."
Y'all already have risen again. Lost the battle but won the war. Since southerners will only vote for other southerners in national elections, being southern (real or fake, like W's daddy) has been a requirement for the presidency for quite a long time now.
The way things are going, it's just a matter of time before y'all get your slaves back.
Warren Buffet is a large democrat supporter. The power in the US is in the hands of Republicans. The current powers that be have no reason to leave Warren Buffet in the know as to what they will do. (if democrats were in power major republicans would not be in the know)
It is to Warren Buffet's advantage to convince you that the dollar is going down - he is making investments based on his guess that they will! Perception is often reality, so if he can change perception he can change the reality.
Overall Warren Buffet is a good investor, but he has made many bad investments over the years.