http://lite987.com The Best Variety Of Yesterday And Today Fri, 17 May 2013 23:55:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://lite987.com/do-companies-actually-design-stuff-to-break/ http://lite987.com/do-companies-actually-design-stuff-to-break/#comments Fri, 03 Aug 2012 01:23:55 +0000 Keith James http://lite987.com/?p=95705 Ever notice that your car starts really breaking down a year or two before your lease is fulfilled, or how about the fact that your cellphone always seems to go haywire JUST after your warrantee is up and long before your contract runs out? I doubt it's just complete accident and one possible explanation is something called planned obsolescence...

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