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A tray on the side of your printer that you store ink
cartridges
in so you can clearly see your supply. When the printer is
out
of ink, it spits out the empty one and loads a new one.
This would sell a lot more ink because people would be
more
likely to stock up to fill the magazine.
If it's big enough
they
might even fill it up enough to last the lifetime of the
printer.
Another incentive is people might be less likely to get a
new
printer from another company when they make that regular
trip to the store to buy ink, and it's my understanding that
ink
is the printer companies' bread and butter.
Of course this raises the question: why don't they just make
huge massive ink cartridges that last the typical life of the
printer? I'm guessing that people are just more likely to buy
fifty $25 ink cartridges than one $1,250 ink cartridge.
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Hmm, I'm sure this has been done, but just a printer, or more like a plotter, that just uses normal pens, most prints are just black text. Save a small fortune on ink. |
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Use felt-tips for coloured graphics, crayons to knock out kid's drawings and assuming you can get it under the printer, a bit of charcoal to do rubbings. |
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You can get retro-fit kits that mount a giant ink tank with hoses feeding the puny cartridge. |
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So are we going to have to deal with the usual "clip vs magazine " discussion? And will this come with the obligatory jam and clear drills? |
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I may have bunned this idea if it was for a printer that spat
out empty ink cartriges with a loud ping. |
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Presumably you can buy the ink cartridge magazines containing ground depleted uranium for the martial types? |
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//usual "clip vs magazine " discussion? // |
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Disintegrating-link belt feed, shirley ? |
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Well, I was going to vote for this as the most boring
periodical, apart from "Toilet roll collectors' weekly", or
"Extinct Aardvarks Monthly", but I can now see the
benefits of knowing which cartridge to buy. |
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I'm thinking of giving this a bun because I like the
concept. Whether or not it's feasible is a whole
different story. |
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//Well, I was going to vote for this as the most boring
periodical,// |
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"Thermal vs Piezoelectric: Part 36 in our 400 part
series" |
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"Refillables: The sexy new 2014 models." |
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"What they're REALLY doing with those "recycled"
cartridges. The shocking truth." |
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I would turn straight to the "letters to the editor" page for sure! |
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//this begs the question// |
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This does not beg the question and misusing the
words "begs the question" in this way harms my
beloved English by making it less precise. It
needlessly simplifies by substituting the less useful
word "beg" for the more precise and helpful word
"raises". It's fully as evil as axing a question. You
should "of" used the more effective word. |
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Your abuse of my precious language will remain
unforgiven. The question was not begged. NOT.
BEGGED. |
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//...and misusing the word "begs the question" in this way..// - is almost as bad as misusing the word "word" to describe something that is a phrase.
I too imagined that this would be a periodical, perhaps printed slightly blotchily, in garish colours and becoming progressively more faded towards the final pages. |
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// //...and misusing the word "begs the question" in
this way..// - is almost as bad as misusing the word
"word" to describe something that is a phrase.// |
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The "correct" usage of this phrase cannot be
derived from the meaning of the words and the
way they are arranged. The way this usage is
explained is based on the Latin word petitio which
can mean "beg", but in this phrase is being used to
mean "assume". Since not many people learn Latin
or study logical fallacies, it's no surprise that this
bit of the language is changing, and I don't see
much use in fighting it. |
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It will be annoying for future generations of
students studying logical fallacies and reading pre-
21st-century works that use the archaic meaning
of this phrase, but anyone reading old texts needs
to be on the lookout for such changes in language.
At least the meaning has changed in a way that
will simply leave a naive reader confused rather
than misled. And of course it will allow these
students to feel a sense of superiority because
they understand the original use of this phrase. |
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I don't get the assertion that "raises" is more
precise and helpful. It seems like anyone with the
education to appreciate the traditional meaning of
this phrase would also appreciate the fact that
English is full of subtly different synonyms. Do you
really not see the difference between "begs" and
"raises" in this phrase? |
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Well, don't know about voice, but for me, I was just changing it so the Shakespears in the audience wouldn't get their pantaloons in a twist. |
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Personally, I could care less. ;) |
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