[geeks] What's going on in Japan

[Lionel Peterson]

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The following is from Slashdot, so be sure to get out that big grain of salt before reading
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What are the Japanese thinking with this one? A law forbidding the sale of electronics over 5 years old? I thought the typical island mentality was to conserve resources...

link to original story:
http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/22/japan-bans-old-electronics-as-of-april-1/

Must make for interesting depreciation charts - I wonder if that law would apply to electric cars (were they to be come popular)?

Lionel