alt.engineering.electrical

On Fri, 15 Feb 2008 01:40:44 -0800 G Burton <@> wrote:

| That would seem to make sense on the surface, but if there really is a
| free market, that just encourages me to buy someone else's razor. The only
| way that could work for the manufacturer is if there are some laws passed or
| agreements made between companies to stiffle some other company from jumping
| into the niche that creates. Maybe that is going on at some level.

So you would prefer another razor that is expected to last a lot longer
than the lifetime of one rechargeable battery, and thus costs more at
the initial purchase? It seems most consumers do not have your foresight
and the manufacturers know this.

BTW, nature seems to understand: the average or typical life expectancy
of various organs and components of the human body are all about the same.
It would be a waste to make one part have a significantly longer life than
the remaining parts that are still needed to keep it alive. This is why
when most people are reaching end of life, lots of things tend to go bad
at the same time. To the extent that micro-evolution will work to make
future people live longer, it needs to do so across the board for all
parts of the body.

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