Re: sanding off chip markings?

On Tue, 6 Jun 2006 17:52:41 -0700, the renowned "Richard Henry"
<rphenry@xxxxxxxx> wrote:


"Joerg" <notthisjoergsch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hello Richard,


I saw them in a grab box at one of the big stores. Still, $1 is too much
money for something that is essentially worthless and would just take up
space in some desk drawer ;-)

An intersting economic metric would be mean-time-to-landfill.


ROFL! That would be a cool new parameter for the post-RoHS era.

With stuff like this "radio" you couldn't really assess that time.
People buy these because the deals sounds so enticing. A buck for a
radio, wow. Then they'd fumble with it a bit, become frustrated, leave
it somewhere and the next day they wouldn't remember where.

I must confess that I almost fell for it, for the same reason Michael
did (to take it apart). Then my sister gave me one that she received as
a freebie. So I could keep my buck plus tax ;-)

I first thought about this when cleaning the kids-meal toys out of the back
of my car. I realized that many of them had been in the hands of the kids
for perhaps an hour or less before being discarded. The image I have for
the future is a large factory somewhere in the world whose production line
feeds directly into a landfill pit, eleiminating all the cost and delay of
worldwide shipment.

I combined two such items (an egg and the innards of a toy car with a
super-bright LED in it) to make an erie looking floating
battery-powered lamp. We sent it sailing out into the night fog over
Lake Ontario. Probably in the belly of a fish or lamprey now.


Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany
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  • Re: sanding off chip markings?
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  • Re: sanding off chip markings?
    ... money for something that is essentially worthless and would just take up ... With stuff like this "radio" you couldn't really assess that time. ... I must confess that I almost fell for it, for the same reason Michael ... So I could keep my buck plus tax;-) ...
    (sci.electronics.design)
  • Re: sanding off chip markings?
    ... space in some desk drawer;-) ... With stuff like this "radio" you couldn't really assess that time. ... So I could keep my buck plus tax;-) ...
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