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05/30/2004 11:36 PMHOW TO: Obtain Free Copies and Do Other Fun Stuff to Copiers
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Free copies from Canon copiers
Free copies from Canon copiers
05/29/2004 08:05 AMOn Kuro5hin, a good how-to for hacking Canon copiers at copy-shops to
give you free copies -- and to get them to do fun stuff.
The copy machines you are using are configured in a certain way to use
a coin operated slot, key card, or service key (such as those that
Kinkos has). Through an interesting "feature" in the firmware, if the
copy machine is configured to accept coins or keys, and no machine is
hooked up for this, it will give copies for free. Unfortunately, this
isn't as helpful as it sounds; anyone with a remedial amount of
intelligence who wants to get free copies will try unplugging the
instrument first and foremost. As such, it is often impossible without
a service key to unplug the apparatus.
Fortunately, there is a work-around. Go into "Service Mode" (using
star-2 and 8-star), and push the "Option" tab. Underneath it, push
"Acc". A new menu will pop up. Hit the "Coin" button, and enter "0" on
the keypad. Once you are done, hit "Enter" or "Apply" (you MUST do
this after you change any field; otherwise it will reset the next
button you push). Once you are done, hit reset until you are on the
main screen. Voila - free copies!
LinkLots Of Copies Keep Stuff Safe
Lots Of Copies Keep Stuff Safe
01/03/2004 07:05 AMLOCKSS
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MF Digital Announces Free Warranty
Extension for CD/DVD Copiers
MF Digital Announces Free Warranty
Extension for CD/DVD Copiers
02/01/2005 09:13 PMFor a limited time, purchasers of MF Digital CD / DVD duplicators who
buy a second year warranty, will receive a third year at no additional
charge. [PRWEB Jan 26, 2005]
Rune Lindman offers free copies of QPick
Rune Lindman offers free copies of QPick
04/16/2004 04:59 AMRune Lindman is offering a chance for users to win a free copy of
QPick, his easy-to-use media asset manager for images, movies, fonts,
and sounds...
Free Stuff From Funds
Free Stuff From Funds
08/05/2004 10:50 AMHit up some fund companies for some free educational fare.
"coffee and free wireless stuff"
"coffee and free wireless stuff"
07/03/2004 02:10 AMCat's Clicks: Free Stuff
Cat's Clicks: Free Stuff
07/31/2004 03:35 AMG4 Tech TV Jul 31 2004 8:14AM GMT
How to Make Money Giving Stuff Away Free
How to Make Money Giving Stuff Away Free
03/14/2005 06:22 PM
 The Idea:
Innovative companies are learning that giving something away free can
be good for both the top and bottom line. Unscrupulous companies are
abusing it. Oligopolies are wringing their hands and calling it theft,
and the end of the world. Is this trend inevitable, and how can we
make
it work to everyone's benefit?
The price trend in almost
everything, except for oil and other non-renewables, is downward. In
some cases this is a good thing: Open Source development of software,
and the free exchange of information over the Internet, for example.
In
some cases it's not so good: The Wal-Mart
Dilemma
for example, which trades off low prices for poor quality, third world
slavery and loss of Western jobs. In some cases whether it's good or
bad depends on where you sit -- File-sharing, for example, which
allows
new artists to get low-cost exposure or markets, and which hurts both
the price-gouging recording industry oligopoly and independent artists
who count on modest-price CD and MP3 sales to make a living.
Conventional wisdom is that if you lower the price you have to make up
the loss by either cutting costs (by squeezing suppliers and employees
a la Wal-Mart) or drastically increasing volume, a la Amazon. But what
happens when the price goes to zero -- How do you make money then?
The answer is by being innovative, and recognizing that the
supply/demand curve is inexorable, and, except when distorted by
government subsidy, failure to absorb full external costs, or
oligopolistic price-fixing, the price will find its own level. And
increasingly that level is zero, reflecting both the lower value that
consumers put on most of the mass-produced junk that we're inundated
with, and the lower buying power that consumers have been left with
thanks to corporatist exploitation and cowardly lack of government
regulation.
If you can't beat 'em, join 'em. How can responsible, innovative
companies give stuff away free, and still make a living? Some new ways
are being invented all the time, but here, classified by consumer
receptivity, are some of these techniques:
1. Thumbs
Down -- disreputable methods, some bordering on fraud:
- Pyramid
schemes:
Sign up five other people to buy X, and you get it free. Just don't
expect those five other people to be your friends ever
again.
- Buy one get one free
schemes: Consumers aren't stupid. They know this means half
price when you buy in bulk, not free.
- Limited-time free
trials:
One of the frankensteins of high-tech. This means you have a
now-useless piece of software, non-functional link or 'expired' online
subscription with the vendor's name all over it, so you can curse them
again every time you stumble over it until you get pissed off enough
to
delete it once and for all. Once you've given something away it's bad
manners to take it back.
- Free if you're not satisfied: Yeah, right. Just try
and get your money back without investing more in time, effort and
aggravation than the product cost.
2. So-So -- methods that work sometimes, sometimes not:
- Free samples:
These are better than limited-time free trials because they don't
persist, on your computer or anywhere else. Once they're gone, they're
gone, and you know that going in.
- Free prize inside: So-called
by marketing guru Seth Godin, this is something you give away that's
'hidden' in the product, like the crackerjack prize, or a surprise
feature in hardware or software, or the extra video you get with your
music CD. If it's genuinely valuable and not hyped, it's a good deal.
But if it's not valuable, you're getting what you paid for it. And if
it's hyped, the consumer will start to suspect that it's not free --
its value has been built into the total price.
- Shareware, pay what you want: Free
with a guilt trip attached is not free, unless you're
shameless.
- Barter: If
you're
trading away something that someone else values more highly than you
do, to get something that you value more highly than they do, then
this
is a winner. It rarely works that way, however, and when it doesn't,
barter is just two market transactions back-to-back, with the money
reflecting the real (greater than zero) price invisible. All you save
is the sales tax, and maybe the environment if you're buying used
instead of new. Which is OK, too. But not free.
3. Ingenious -- methods that work:
- Information and/or
do-it-yourself process free, 'live' service extra:
We need to learn to do more things for ourselves. I applaud companies
that help people do things themselves, and offer to help, at a
reasonable charge, if it turns out they can't do it themselves because
they just don't have the time or the skill. It can be abused of
course,
if the information or do-it-yourself instructions have landmines in
them (e.g. vague, erroneous, or impossible to follow instructions).
But
it's usually legit.
- Basic
product or service free, premium product or service extra:
You get what you need to function effectively, a 'satisfactory
customer
experience' free. Add-ons that increase functionality, convenience, or
ease of use, cost. Give away desktop-to-desktop VoIP free and charge
for desktop-to-landline calls, as Skype has done. Or give away the CD
and create a huge appetite for the band's live $60/ticket concerts.
Again, this can be abused if the basic service doesn't meet minimum
functionality standards. But most companies realize the bad PR they
will get if they abuse this isn't worth it.
4. You Tell
Me -- new methods not yet proven:
- Money back if you
don't use it:
The other day I heard a radio commercial for insurance that gives you
your premium back if you don'f file a claim during the year. If you
don't, and you renew for another year, they keep the premium and apply
it to that second year, so they effectively have one year premium to
invest forever, and they make their profit by that investment. Their
premiums are probably higher than the normal insurance company rates,
but once you sell the car or house you get it back, so who cares? I
suspect that if you have a claim they drop you like a hot potato, and
that, because you forfeit the premium if you do, the number of claims
is probably lower and the likelihood of anyone putting in a small
claim
is low. But it still sounds too good to be true. Anyone know about
this? Is there a catch?
What am I missing? What other innovative or devious ways are companies
using to give people something for nothing, and still make a living?
Is
this the wave of the future? Think of the essentials of life: food,
clothing, energy and shelter. How could we give people a comfortable
level of all three, for free, in a way that would allow the producers
of these things a reasonable income? And if we did, would people get
lazy and stop working? Would this necessarily be a bad thing? Or would
they be inspired by a personal moral code to invest some time and
energy to give something back, free, in return?
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Do's and don'ts of getting free stuff
online
Do's and don'ts of getting free stuff
online
02/05/2005 09:10 PMKing5.com - Sat Feb 5, 06:28 am GMT
Microsoft Offers Charity Free License
For Old Stuff
Microsoft Offers Charity Free License
For Old Stuff
04/09/2004 10:33 PMWell done to whoever championed this in Microsoft. By Rick Jellifee,
O'Reilly Network (via MyAppleMenu)
Copiers need security too
Copiers need security too
08/15/2004 11:58 AMHP launches new copiers
HP launches new copiers
11/18/2003 12:40 PMHewlett-Packard debuts new high-end copier devices, a market that's
seen as critical to the company's effort to keep its printer business
growing at double-digit rates.
Copiers Need Security, Too (PC World)
Copiers Need Security, Too (PC World)
08/12/2004 04:17 AMPC World - Networked multifunction devices share PC vulnerabilities to
worms, hackers.
Innovators vs Copiers: HP vs Dell
Innovators vs Copiers: HP vs Dell
05/24/2004 10:48 AMObtain User Properties
Obtain User Properties
06/22/2004 01:03 AMChanging copiers? Improve your workflow
too
Changing copiers? Improve your workflow
too
09/25/2004 04:08 AMExpress Computer India Sep 25 2004 8:54AM GMT
AP: Terrorists Obtain S. Africa
Passports (AP)
AP: Terrorists Obtain S. Africa
Passports (AP)
07/27/2004 04:10 PMAP - Al-Qaida militants and other terrorists traveling through Europe
have obtained South African passports, and authorities believe they
got them from crime syndicates operating inside the government agency
that issues the documents.
Meridex Hires Help to Obtain BSE or FSE
Listing
Meridex Hires Help to Obtain BSE or FSE
Listing
05/05/2004 01:57 PMBC Technology May 5 2004 6:22PM GMT
With copiers, can HP print unit
duplicate its success?
With copiers, can HP print unit
duplicate its success?
11/11/2003 05:45 PMHewlett-Packard will use Comdex to discuss new moves to ensure that
its printer division can continue to thrive. A push into copiers has
been a big part of the strategy.
HP adds copiers and digital pen to
printer lineup
HP adds copiers and digital pen to
printer lineup
11/19/2003 08:02 AMComputer Weekly Nov 19 2003 7:08AM ET
Great Ways To Obtain Link Popularity
Great Ways To Obtain Link Popularity
06/22/2005 02:52 AMStickysauce Jun 20 2005 11:47PM GMT
New computer virus to obtain financial
data and passwords
New computer virus to obtain financial
data and passwords
06/26/2004 04:49 AMPakTribune.com Jun 26 2004 8:49AM GMT
Yankees Fall Short in Their Attempt to
Obtain Johnson
Yankees Fall Short in Their Attempt to
Obtain Johnson
07/30/2004 10:45 PMWith the trade deadline just hours away, the Yankees' hopes of
acquiring Randy Johnson appeared to be not much more than wishful
thinking.
Yankees Said to Be Closing Deal to
Obtain Rangers' Rodriguez
Yankees Said to Be Closing Deal to
Obtain Rangers' Rodriguez
02/15/2004 02:23 AMThe Yankees and Rangers have agreed in principle to a deal that would
send Alex Rodriguez to New York for Alfonso Soriano.
5 Reasons Why Christians Should Not
Obtain a State Marriage License
5 Reasons Why Christians Should Not
Obtain a State Marriage License
09/03/2004 02:46 PM
5
Reasons Why Christians Should Not Obtain a State Marriage
License Exiles: Iran Seeks to Obtain Nuclear
Warheads (Reuters)
Exiles: Iran Seeks to Obtain Nuclear
Warheads (Reuters)
03/31/2005 08:49 AMReuters - Iran allocated $2.5 billion to obtain
three nuclear warheads last year, an exiled opposition group
said Thursday, without saying whether Iran had secured any of
the warheads.
EPIC Sues to Obtain Gov't Paper Trail on
Collection of Passenger Data
EPIC Sues to Obtain Gov't Paper Trail on
Collection of Passenger Data
06/11/2004 01:59 AMBeSpacific Jun 11 2004 5:08AM GMT
Good stuff and bad stuff
Good stuff and bad stuff
02/12/2004 07:25 PMThe bad stuff first: The wireless connection here sucks. It sucks
less today than previously, but it is still bad. The other thing is
that there are far too few power strips available, and I've on several
occasions had my laptop die on me.
But the cool stuff just continues: Programmable matter and quantum
dots by Wil McCarthy just blew me (and probably everyone else)
away with the visions of windows that move according to sunlight,
wires that grow inside the walls as needed, walls that can produce any
sort of light at command, quantum wells and artifical atoms, but
especially the palm-sized, paper-thin über-PDA, which does
*everything*, including cooling your drinks. And it all works on
"ambient energy" - harvesting stray photons, sound and
movement. When any physical object can have any functionality you
desire, you get into some pretty interesting scenarios...
High sci-fi, mindblowing stuff - but the theory says it should
work.
I love Ferrari stuff. Got all stuff from
cap/jackets/T-shirts etc. Would love to
go for Ferrari Laptop. What's
I love Ferrari stuff. Got all stuff from
cap/jackets/T-shirts etc. Would love to
go for Ferrari Laptop. What's
07/14/2004 08:09 AMTechTree Jul 14 2004 12:21PM GMT
"the White House was merely using the
same copies as CBS "
"the White House was merely using the
same copies as CBS "
09/10/2004 03:47 AMindependently obtained copies
independently obtained copies
09/14/2004 07:18 AMunearthed memos ..
memos
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Backup DVD Copies Legal?
Backup DVD Copies Legal?
03/15/2003 01:49 AMThe Electronic Frontier Foundation has a court date to start the
process to determine the above question. [EFF]...
Everyone get to upgrade to XP SP2 even
cracked copies...
Everyone get to upgrade to XP SP2 even
cracked copies...
05/09/2004 05:54 AMMicrosoft Copies Gelertner...
Microsoft Copies Gelertner...
11/27/2002 08:37 AMHmm... Isn't this nothing more than Microsoft copying David Gelertner?
Sigh.
Engineers are working on software to load every photo you take, every
letter you write - in fact your every memory and experience - into a
surrogate brain that never forgets anything, New Scientist can reveal
It is part of a curious venture dubbed the MyLifeBits project, in
which engineers at Microsoft's Media Presence lab in San Francisco are
aiming to build multimedia databases that chronicle people's life
events and make them searchable. "Imagine being able to run a
Google-like search on your life," says Gordon Bell, one of the
developers. [ Go ]
David Gelertner is a Yale computer scientist with a commercial company
who makes software for this. He calls it life streams or time streams
(and I forget the url; sorry).
Microsoft Says: No XP SP2 for Pirated
Copies
Microsoft Says: No XP SP2 for Pirated
Copies
05/11/2004 09:05 AMMicrosoft sells 210 mln copies of
Windows XP
Microsoft sells 210 mln copies of
Windows XP
05/03/2004 05:15 AMMicrosoft Corp said on Monday that retail and new PC sales of Windows
XP, its flagship operating system, have grown to more than 210 million
copies since the product was launched two and a half years ago. The
world's largest software maker also unveiled on Monday the latest
version of its anti-piracy software for digital files, music and
movies, which it said would work with a wider class of online services
and devices.
More Than 1 Million Copies of FileMaker
Pro 7 Shipped
More Than 1 Million Copies of FileMaker
Pro 7 Shipped
03/14/2005 05:23 PMFileMaker has distributed worldwide more than 1 million copies of
FileMaker Pro 7. A favorite for individuals and workgroups in
organizations of all sizes, the #1-selling easy-to-use database
launched one year ago today. [Mar 09, 2005]
Microsoft: SP2 Will Not Install on
Pirated Copies of XP
Microsoft: SP2 Will Not Install on
Pirated Copies of XP
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