Thursday, 28 June 2007 - 10:53 AM CDT

Yeh, this is one I warn clients about. I recently ran an inkjet attached to my network for 3 months past where it reported the color cartridge empty... with no degradation of color until very near the end of that 3 months.

Then I refilled the thing for less than $3. On a cartridge that HP documentation said couldn't be refilled.

B-stinkin'-S.

I have a (Canon) scanner that lies to me all the time. It says it's calibrated, but I have to offset everything by about 3" to get a true scan.

Palm Desktop software lies alla time. Says it's installed and working... but not. Needs regular re-installation just to keep working at all (of course, notaproblem with KPilot in Linux... )

Heck, my Palm lies about the time. HAs to be reset frequently. *sigh* Worse than the analog dashboard clock on my first car ('53 Chevy).

My scales don't dare lie to me. I put iron plates on the thing monthly to make sure it's telling the truth. Drat it! *heh*

I have a soon-to-be-replaced router/firewall that's started fibbing about being connected to my Wonder Woman's notebook (somehow, it's started losing its mind about once a day *sigh*). Replacing it oughta teach it a lesson or three...

My car way falsifying engine temp data for a while, causing some mystifying behavior. I "'splained it" to the lil thing and it's been behaving well since then.

Just like kids: ya just have to take a hard line with machines about their honesty.

:-)