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organburner posted:I get that, but what's with the guy claiming it's some e-waste law in the EU causing it? As far as I know not including the charger is some bullshit that only happens in Japan because they are used to being hosed. Nintendo is just testing if they can get away with it in the US.
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Mu Zeta posted:As far as I know not including the charger is some bullshit that only happens in Japan because they are used to being hosed. Nintendo is just testing if they can get away with it in the US. Well I bought one in Sweden and it didn't come with one, but all the other electronics requiring a charger comes with one so it's not against any EU laws to pack a charger with a device so I don't understand what the gently caress? It's pretty much to save money, that's why nintendo isn't packing chargers with them, it's not due to some EU law.
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Improbable Lobster posted:In the EU and many other countries it has never come with a charger because of the electroic waste laws. What is the specific law and what electronics does it apply to?
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Feb 15, 2015 06:18
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Mu Zeta posted:As far as I know not including the charger is some bullshit that only happens in Japan because they are used to being hosed. Nintendo is just testing if they can get away with it in the US.
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Feb 15, 2015 11:24
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organburner posted:Well I bought one in Sweden and it didn't come with one, but all the other electronics requiring a charger comes with one so it's not against any EU laws to pack a charger with a device so I don't understand what the gently caress? I'd add to this that it's not just saving the cost of a charger - It lets them have a smaller box which costs less to transport.
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Feb 15, 2015 11:59
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Wandle Cax posted:What is the specific law and what electronics does it apply to? Dunno the specifics, but I think it's related to this: http://www.zdnet.com/article/eu-plans-to-pass-common-phone-charger-law-et-tu-apple/ It's about a new law that will go into effect that involves, amongst other things, the requirement that all mobile phones use the same type of charging equipment, based on Micro USB. Which most phones have anyway. Makes sense to me, I have loads of Micro USB chargers and cables laying around already. Apple refused to comply, because being contrarian is one of their selling points. Still odd though, Nintendo's charger is not based on Micro USB. But if you can improve your margins slightly by selling chargers separately and blame it on regulation, why not? 
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Wandle Cax posted:What is the specific law and what electronics does it apply to? http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides...fEN&language=EN It's the law that standardises chargers to the micro-USB format which the 3DS doesn't use. Nintendo can get away with this because selling a seperate charger makes it an accessory so it doesn't matter, or something. I don't actually think the law has been passed yet - and even once it has it's up to national governments to pass it as well - so really they're just using it as an excuse to make more money. It might not even apply to the 3DS. Blaming the EU for ridiculous bureaucracy is always fun but it's quite a stretch in this case.
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I'd get basically nothing if I trade my 2DS without the charger, but if I trade it in with the charger I'd need to buy a new charger and the cost of the charger would eat the trade-in price so what's the point I'll just still with the 2DS, whatever.
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Croccers posted:I'd get basically nothing if I trade my 2DS without the charger, but if I trade it in with the charger I'd need to buy a new charger and the cost of the charger would eat the trade-in price so what's the point I'll just still with the 2DS, whatever. I'm sure Nintendo didn't consider the effects of its decision on used game stores before hitting the giant green button labeled "gently caress YOU, CONSUMERS"
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Feb 15, 2015 19:30
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Croccers posted:I'd get basically nothing if I trade my 2DS without the charger, but if I trade it in with the charger I'd need to buy a new charger and the cost of the charger would eat the trade-in price so what's the point I'll just still with the 2DS, whatever. Nintendo doesn't want you trading in your things is the point. Just keep your 2ds and get those sweet sweet street passes.
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I think it's because Nintendo corps knows that every nerd that buys Nintendo DS handhelds already owns the pink anime version that has a cord already.
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duckmaster posted:http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides...fEN&language=EN Because it's not a cell phone which is what that article is talking about. And because this doesn't have to enter into law in any EU country until 2016. And because phone makers have until 2017 to change their chargers. But really, because the 3DS *isn't a cell phone*.
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swims posted:I think it's because Nintendo corps knows that every nerd that buys Nintendo DS handhelds already owns the pink anime version that has a cord already. Yeah, gently caress these nerds that play videogames 
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GOTTA STAY FAI posted:Yeah, gently caress these nerds that play videogames If the 3DS thread is any indication all Nintendo has to do is put a pretty picture on a 3DS and goons will rush out to buy it. Some will trade in an old DS but others will go "can you believe GameStop wouldn't let me stand in the store and do a system transfer? How dare they!?" And keep the old one. Surely these people have a charger sitting around. Hell I have three and only owns a 3DS and a 3DSxl. I'm not sure where the third came from because I haven't bought any. It really isn't as big a deal as goons are making it out to be.
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Len posted:If the 3DS thread is any indication all Nintendo has to do is put a pretty picture on a 3DS and goons will rush out to buy it. Some will trade in an old DS but others will go "can you believe GameStop wouldn't let me stand in the store and do a system transfer? How dare they!?" And keep the old one. Surely these people have a charger sitting around. Hell I have three and only owns a 3DS and a 3DSxl. I'm not sure where the third came from because I haven't bought any. It really isn't as big a deal as goons are making it out to be. Counterpoint: There's currently approximately six mobiles in the house at the moment, plus at least twice that in mobiles that got lost or destroyed. We know the location of three chargers. (E: Obviously, we got a charger with each new phone) I'd prefer to get a brand new charger with every handheld, thank-you-very-much, because I'm inevitably going to lose it.
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split the difference, no charger in the box but you can get one for free when you buy the handheld if you need one. Done.
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aerion111 posted:Counterpoint: There's currently approximately six mobiles in the house at the moment, plus at least twice that in mobiles that got lost or destroyed. Have you tried not being a child and learning to take care of your things?
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Len posted:Have you tried not being a child and learning to take care of your things? Jesus, what crawled up your rear end today?
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Len posted:Have you tried not being a child and learning to take care of your things? Hey, if they just keep giving me chargers, I don't need to take care of anything 
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aerion111 posted:Hey, if they just keep giving me chargers, I don't need to take care of anything True but man c'mon at least try to keep them at a 1:1 ratio of working devices/chargers!
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Len posted:True but man c'mon at least try to keep them at a 1:1 ratio of working devices/chargers! This has never happened once since microUSB and you loving know it. Unless you're an Apple household, then god help you.
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Lumberjack Bonanza posted:This has never happened once since microUSB and you loving know it. You're right I have four or five microusb chargers in my room, one in my car, two at work and I don't even know how many I've lost. The things I have that charge from microusb are my phone, tablet, and the ps4 controllers. It's far more realistic in the world of microusb to have at least two per working device.
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Crosspostin' from the Schadenfreude thread. Some guy wanted a site built and sent in an exact request. http://imgur.com/gallery/feLXn2X Site is down, here's the mirror: http://web.archive.org/web/20140326095226/http://arvanitakis.com/en/ It may be the best site on the internet.
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Captain Monkey posted:Crosspostin' from the Schadenfreude thread. I can't view it from my phone. I don't know when the last time I saw a page explode into "plugin not compatible" warnings
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Captain Monkey posted:Crosspostin' from the Schadenfreude thread. It's already down, bandwidth exceeded.
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Taeke posted:It's already down, bandwidth exceeded. That's why they linked the archive: http://web.archive.org/web/20140326095226/http://arvanitakis.com/en/ It's clients from hell so I doubt that's by the actual company that made the website and probably just made up by someone who saw the site. However, the site is real and even more amazing than that lovely write up.
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That fake post also misses the best part of the website, which is the contact page.
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Len posted:You're right I have four or five microusb chargers in my room, one in my car, two at work and I don't even know how many I've lost. The things I have that charge from microusb are my phone, tablet, and the ps4 controllers. It's far more realistic in the world of microusb to have at least two per working device. Yeah, one will usually have at least a couple options for microUSB. The idea of "ask for a free charger if you need a charger" is probably the best option, even if some assholes will still ask for a charger if they have a half dozen anyway.
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Lumberjack Bonanza posted:This has never happened once since microUSB and you loving know it. that's because microusb is garbage and the chargers tend to break within a year of standard use
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Baram posted:that's because microusb is garbage and the chargers tend to break within a year of standard use lmao microUSB is fine, a lot of manufacturers just super don't give a poo poo about build quality.
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Captain Monkey posted:Crosspostin' from the Schadenfreude thread. The Devil Tesla posted:That fake post also misses the best part of the website, which is the contact page. Wanna see a remake of Myst in HTML5 by whoever made this website.
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I remember there was some people pissed about this one since fear of Y2K was actually a thing for a bit. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhF7dQl4Ico
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Captain Monkey posted:Crosspostin' from the Schadenfreude thread.
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Dr_Amazing posted:I remember there was some people pissed about this one since fear of Y2K was actually a thing for a bit. No joke tons of people were losing their minds over Y2K and the instant the clocks turned over the news were interviewing Australians about whether or not their computers went down. People were being interviewed for their disaster prep extremes and treated like rational sane people rather then the nuts that they were.
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Eh, I had a lot of friends in IT whom were all "working" on y2k stuff and to a man they all seemed to agree that 1) They didn't think anything would happen but 2) if it did, no amount of "fixes" would catch everything, so most of them slacked off like mad. I took the precaution of pulling my vast fortune out of the bank and investing it in more liquid assets, namely weed, lsd, coke, and an old Russian milsurp pistol.
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pentyne posted:No joke tons of people were losing their minds over Y2K and the instant the clocks turned over the news were interviewing Australians about whether or not their computers went down. People were being interviewed for their disaster prep extremes and treated like rational sane people rather then the nuts that they were. I remember hearing people expressing such concerns as computers thinking they weren't invented and failing to work because they thought it was 1900 or all the nuclear missiles in the world (yes, all of them) launching because reasons. Never underestimate the ability of people to be complete idiots about poo poo they don't understand. Worst thing I heard happen was a few people got summed to jury duty on dates like January 2, 1900.
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Y2K wasn't a big deal precisely because people prepared for it and something like half a trillion dollars were spent in efforts to do so. https://clarotesting.wordpress.com/2015/01/12/y2k-why-i-know-it-was-a-real-problem/ ToxicSlurpee posted:Worst thing I heard happen was a few people got summed to jury duty on dates like January 2, 1900. Well, a few unnecessary abortions happened because tests for birth defects came back as false positives. But you know, whatever.
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Krispy Kreme Klub.
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ToxicSlurpee posted:I remember hearing people expressing such concerns as computers thinking they weren't invented and failing to work because they thought it was 1900 or all the nuclear missiles in the world (yes, all of them) launching because reasons. Never underestimate the ability of people to be complete idiots about poo poo they don't understand. Was that seriously the problem? Because I could easily set the calendar on my computer to 1970 but that doesn't transform it into some huge clunky monstrosity that runs on tape reels and fills an entire room.
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