Wait! You're taking a bet on the election after reading an article about how the voting machines can be tampered with and the election rigged, and you're betting against the folks who set it up this way?
Oh, sorry, the key to my rebuttal was 'after reading an article'. Forgot where I was.
The really annoying part is that the average home user (which is most of the market for the cheap printers) only realizes this when their ink runs out. All of a sudden their in the middle of a printout and they have to spend a nice chunk of change on new ink. Its a lot like being held hostage. May not be illegal, but its not real good for customer loyalty. Wonder if they figure that into their financial statements under Brand Name value?
Of course these home users could just get a new printer, but these are (for the most part) the folks who "just want it to work" and have no idea how to install a printer. Nor do they want to know. The difference between a cartrage and a new printer also includes having to deal with a salesperson and having someone install the printer. May not be good karma, but it is good business and good market analysis.
Not true. Most will be similar, some will be exact, some will be unique. My coding style was unique to the point of profs being able to know my code on sight. For one assignment one of the lab workers got into my account and printed out my program, only changing some of the variables (and adding his name to the top, I didnt always put mine). The prof called me in and told me he knew I wrote it, but split the grade between us.
Not every program will be the same, even in the entry level classes.
The program can validate the date by not allowing the person to type in 02. Force a 4 digit number. As far as reading the persons mind goes, what is the app designed for, day care or SSN checks? If the app was written correctly, and the programmer really understood the purpose of the program, then there can be some intelligent guesses in the date validation routines.
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Wait! You're taking a bet on the election after reading an article about how the voting machines can be tampered with and the election rigged, and you're betting against the folks who set it up this way?
Oh, sorry, the key to my rebuttal was 'after reading an article'. Forgot where I was.
The really annoying part is that the average home user (which is most of the market for the cheap printers) only realizes this when their ink runs out. All of a sudden their in the middle of a printout and they have to spend a nice chunk of change on new ink. Its a lot like being held hostage. May not be illegal, but its not real good for customer loyalty. Wonder if they figure that into their financial statements under Brand Name value?
Of course these home users could just get a new printer, but these are (for the most part) the folks who "just want it to work" and have no idea how to install a printer. Nor do they want to know. The difference between a cartrage and a new printer also includes having to deal with a salesperson and having someone install the printer.
May not be good karma, but it is good business and good market analysis.
Not true. Most will be similar, some will be exact, some will be unique. My coding style was unique to the point of profs being able to know my code on sight. For one assignment one of the lab workers got into my account and printed out my program, only changing some of the variables (and adding his name to the top, I didnt always put mine). The prof called me in and told me he knew I wrote it, but split the grade between us.
Not every program will be the same, even in the entry level classes.
The program can validate the date by not allowing the person to type in 02. Force a 4 digit number. As far as reading the persons mind goes, what is the app designed for, day care or SSN checks? If the app was written correctly, and the programmer really understood the purpose of the program, then there can be some intelligent guesses in the date validation routines.