[Slight OT] TDPL in Russia

[Nick Sabalausky]

"Walter Bright" <newshound2 at digitalmars.com> wrote in message 
news:i5q1u1$1bf3$1 at digitalmars.com...
> Sean Kelly wrote:
>> Walter Bright Wrote:
>>
>>> retard wrote:
>>>> Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:03:59 -0400, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> J. What happens when the battery gets old and won't hold a charge?
>>>> You buy a new one, of course. Why this will never happen is that once a 
>>>> new model of the iShit comes out, as a die hard Apple fan you simply 
>>>> MUST buy it and get rid of the old one. I heard they don't even replace 
>>>> the batteries in Apple's repair services. They just hand you a new 
>>>> phone.
>>> It's the subscription model for hardware. It also effectively kills the 
>>> market for used iPods.
>>
>> Then the model is broken somewhere, because Apple hardware has an 
>> incredibly high resale value.
>
> I wouldn't buy a used ipod because of the non-replaceable battery. One has 
> no idea how much life is left in it. I've had a number of gadgets become 
> useless once the battery would no longer take a charge.

I miss the days when there was such a thing as standard battery types.

[old guy swinging a cane at some kids] Why, when *I* was a lad (*cough* 
*wheeze*), all the battery and device manufacturers...(*hack*)...well they 
got together, and they decided on what they called these "standards". Yup, 
that was the name a' 'em (*hack* *wheeze*) And then, you could go into any 
store...didn't matter where ([blows nose])...and get a gadget. Any company's 
gadget, ain't never mattered. And when the batteries run out...well, we'd go 
and we'd get us s'more batteries. Yessirree. And those batteries would work 
with ([leans foreward]) ANYTHIN'! Ya hear me? Anythin'! Didn't matter where 
ya got 'em or who's name was on 'em . They'd just werk, dernnit. And you 
could bet on that! Yup. ([lights a pipe]) And they didn't cost no arm or 
leg, nether! Or void your warranty. They *made* them to werk that way. Not 
like you kinds these days and yer ten-packs of disposable telleyphones and 
single-use laptops and whatnot. Now go fetch me my pillow, boy, I'm tired!