Comments on: The Story of Electronics: Planned Obsolescence Sucks

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 21 May 2012 20:55:45 +0000

@BethTerry Hi Beth & Terry.

The Really Big Fix is a discovery I made. It was discovered out of necessity as I was running a computer repair business in the East Bay Area of California in the 1990′s. Somehow, and I’m not exactly sure how, I began unknowingly spreading a undetectable computer virus or malicious code to my customers. The reason this happened is probably because a Chinese company sold me a non-microsoft DOS which was represented as a Microsoft DOS. You know that old Microsoft monopolization thing. (US V Microsoft)

There is some connection to the floppy controller defect which you probably have not heard of (Texas V Toshiba) Toshiba knowingly concealing a defect.

It turns out, if you mix non-microsoft dos with microsoft windows…..you spread a malicious code that kills PC’s that come into contact with a floppy disk formatted in this PC……REALLY!!! Or it was a undetectable Chinese computer virus that evaded detection by all of the AV software.

The symptoms of this “Virus” or malicious code were normal hardware errors and software problems that just happened more often than normal. It was bizarre, people thought I wrote a virus…..they were wrong. I now think this code just speeds up the planned obsolescence in everybody’s computer.

I found this fix and it proves to me that every day problems are built-in to computer equipment. I gave the information to the DOJ in San Francisco and it didn’t work out like I had hoped. They basically attacked me. ANYWAY………

I’m in a pickle….I have this ground-breaking and powerful information but no body believes me. I even fix motherboards for PC repair companies using this fix and my family does not believe that there is planned obsolescence in computers. It has gotten so bad that I live with a family member as I can’t seem to make money any more because everyone wants to buy a new computer.

So, I am trying to sell this info. If people buy it, they will understand that when their computer broke, it was not by accident….it was designed to fail. Also I am selling a book I wrote about this horrible situation. I was attacked by the GOVT and nobody knows but me and them.

That’s what the Really Big Fix is.
Have a nice day.

By: BethTerry

BethTerry — Thu, 17 May 2012 00:59:31 +0000

Hi Michael. I ended up trading it in for a secondhand Sony Vaio. Here’s my post about my current laptop: http://myplasticfreelife.com/2010/11/good-bye-toshiba-laptop-hello-secondhand-sony-vaio/ But what is the Really Big Fix? Are the instructions posted online? That page advertises it but doesn’t explain how to do it.

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 17 May 2012 00:21:33 +0000

Hi,
Your laptop most likely failed because of planned obsolescence. There is really only one responsible thing to do. Buy the really big fix.

https://sites.google.com/site/reallybigfix

Michael

By: Jesica

Jesica — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 03:06:47 +0000

There is a real fact in the matter of electronics: Once they are used they get obsolete and supposedly recycled which is not true. Electronics cannot be recycled. They may be repaired, re-used but never recycled. So, would you like to have a new Pentium II again? I have read an interesting article from Green-Talk dot com where they show an interesting video about the ugly side of recycling electronics. I even made a pair of comments there. Worth reading. However, this all our fault. We consumer demand more and more. In 10 years our less this computers we are using now will be obsolete.

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By: Beth Terry

Beth Terry — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 02:25:28 +0000

I just found a “new” computer tonight! It’s a secondhand computer from a new store in Berkeley that buys and sells used computers. They took my 8-year old laptop and my old cell phone and gave me $107 credit for them. The new computer has all the features I need, and I just happened to see it in the store window as I was walking by. It’s like it was meant for me. Will write about it more later after I actually have it.

Question: They will give me 10% off for paying in cash, which is why I don’t have it right now. I need to wait until the bank is open tomorrow to get cash. My question is whether or not you guys think this is wise. Should I pay more and put it on my credit card in case something goes wrong and I can charge it back? Or should I pay in cash? The store has a 1-year automatic warranty. It’s this place: http://us.webuy.com/stores/index2.php?id=312

By: Katie

Katie — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 02:17:54 +0000

This was really timely for me. I recently broke my cell phone [1] and need to find a replacement. I’m either going to get a refurbished phone or buy a used one from Craigslist.

Sprint and AT&T have refurbished phones available. Other carriers probably do, too!

[1] …after dropping it dozens of times over 5 years, and once leaving it a snowbank for a week! I hope my next phone lasts like that one did! I called it “the beast”.

By: Ridley

Ridley — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 03:15:26 +0000

In the US, electronics recycling is done by prisoners under unsafe conditions: Inmates and employees at 10 federal prisons were exposed to toxic metals and other hazardous substances while processing electronic waste for recycling, a four-year investigation by the Justice Department’s inspector general found. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/27/science/earth/27waste.html

By: Marisa

Marisa — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 00:24:14 +0000

Great! Glad you had the chance to meet the filmmaker. I can’t wait to see the film either! I was born and raised in Rio, so I’m anticipating that Wasteland will touch me deeply.

By: Beth Terry

Beth Terry — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 01:01:16 +0000

@Marisa, I actually met the Wasteland filmmaker when I was at the TEDx conference in L.A. Can’t wait to see it!