the thermoplastic "ink" will be the most expensive substance on Earth, by weight or volume. And protected by a DRM'd cartridge system. And declare itself "empty" at about 25% remaining, in order to "protect the printer from running dry".
How is Skynet effectively different from any other contemporary corporation? Just 'cause there's no human on top that could benefit from rubbing out the others?
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And when you need more printing medium it's cheaper to just buy an entirely new printer rather than a new cartridge.
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And the printer will be deliberately crippled so it can't print another printer.
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Why not? The printer is a loss leader, what's making money is the ink.
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And the printer will be deliberately crippled so it can't print another printer.
Why not? The printer is a loss leader, what's making money is the ink.
Stopping the printer from printing itself is an anti-Skynet precaution.
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How is Skynet effectively different from any other contemporary corporation? Just 'cause there's no human on top that could benefit from rubbing out the others?
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You say that like it's a good thing.
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And, in case of mistake, it will only cancel your printing after it print all the undeletable queue.
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Psst... That's a Windows problem. Doesn't happen on Mac. Cancel a job, and everything stops right away.
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