The four stages of a man are infancy, childhood, adolescence and obsolescence. From LearnThat.org. [Art Linkletter, American writer and interviewer.]
A policy of planned obsolescence. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
That built-in obsolescence is a pain and at least paper books don’t require you to update your reader. From Wordnik.com. [Books, Ebooks and the Environment « Tales from the Reading Room] Reference
Male obsolescence is the path to female happiness. From Wordnik.com. [GreenCine Daily: Sundance. Waitress.] Reference
The built in obsolescence of computers drives me crazy. From Wordnik.com. [Books, Ebooks and the Environment « Tales from the Reading Room] Reference
At least the makes of electrical widgets worldwide are sticking to built in obsolescence thus far. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-04-29] Reference
This is called obsolescence or, sometimes, depreciation. From Wordnik.com. [The Oil Drum - Discussions about Energy and Our Future] Reference
I can only conclude forced obsolescence is what’s going on there. From Wordnik.com. [Firefox 1.5 Beta 1 now online] Reference
They can have skill obsolescence, which is one of the things you really don't want to have. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 25, 2006] Reference
I think about technology-based start-ups and industries where complacency means certain obsolescence. From Wordnik.com. [Balancing Predictability With IT Innovation] Reference
Planned obsolescence is a major energy waster. From Wordnik.com. [Allan Abramson: Notes on Energy Sufficiency] Reference
One way of dealing with this kind of obsolescence is to make the chair personal. From Wordnik.com. [TreeHugger] Reference
Corporations love planned obsolescence. previous - next. From Wordnik.com. [nessus Diary Entry] Reference
This reduces total saving by depreciation: obsolescence. From Wordnik.com. [Is There A Savings Gap?] Reference
Most are concerned with the union's increasing obsolescence. From Wordnik.com. [Equity boss Malcolm Sinclair answers your questions] Reference
The corporate motto is obsolescence is a lack of imagination. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 3, 2007] Reference
CAFFERTY: And you talk about building obsolescence, you know. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 20, 2002] Reference
They're not quite archaic, but striving hard for obsolescence. From Wordnik.com. [The Vatican Rip]
Data services or not, DA is a long long way from obsolescence. From Wordnik.com. [Jingle Networks Has Now Raised Over $60 million] Reference
(Do I sense a variant of planned obsolescence creeping in here?). From Wordnik.com. [Macworld: The new 17-inch MacBook Pro] Reference
The 'decline' we're speaking of is more like a planned obsolescence. From Wordnik.com. [Jamie Johnson: The Rising Cachet of Declining Wasps: Jamie Johnson] Reference
Maybe this is the high-tech version of planned obsolescence, a cyber scam. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - CNN Late Edition: Jack Kemp and Robert Rubin Discuss the American Economy in the 21st Century - January 2, 2000] Reference
JAMES BURGETT: The corporate motto is obsolescence is a lack of imagination. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 5, 2007] Reference
Market obsolescence is what we aim for, but it gets a little rapid at times. From Wordnik.com. [Persuader]
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The corporate motto is obsolescence and a lack of imagination. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 3, 2007] Reference
It has a lot to do with outsourcing, globalization and, to some degree, obsolescence. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 22, 2003] Reference
This is not news to most of us -- obsolescence is part of our stereotype of government. From Wordnik.com. [National Performance Review Report Chapter C] Reference
Big business, they say, found some ways past that roadblock: ads, obsolescence, and credit. From Wordnik.com. [The '08 Campaign And the Crash] Reference
This isn't the old-time expanding economy based on obsolescence and conspicuous consumption. From Wordnik.com. [This Crowded Earth] Reference
JAMES BURGETT, FORMER DRUG ADDICT: The corporate motto is obsolescence is a lack of imagination. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 1, 2007] Reference
Its the same intentional planned obsolescence every electronics company uses to stay in business. From Wordnik.com. [RSSMicro Search - Top News on RSS Feeds] Reference
JAMES BURGETT, "DEFENDING THE PLANET": The corporate motto is obsolescence is a lack of imagination. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 3, 2007] Reference
And with wages rising, even the most efficient eastern businesses were consigned to instant obsolescence. From Wordnik.com. ['Why Don't They Share?'] Reference
Unlike some other companies, the Times hasn't been panicking about the eventual obsolescence of truck-delivered newsprint. From Wordnik.com. [The Gray Lady Applies Rouge And Lip Gloss] Reference
But from the very beginning, what we wanted to drive the story is the threat of obsolescence that all these robots experience. From Wordnik.com. [HEAVENLY METAL] Reference
And it is the rapid onset of obsolescence that prevents my accepting that a technological product can also be a luxury product. From Wordnik.com. [The Luxuries of Technology] Reference
The days of lengthy and torturous installations, relentless bugs and immediate obsolescence will one day, they say, be a repressed memory. From Wordnik.com. [Goodbye, Shrink-Wrap: Software For Rent] Reference
Individualism has become somewhat of an anachronism in a mass society, but its obsolescence today is part of the current American tragedy. From Wordnik.com. [The Fair Play Settlers of the West Branch Valley, 1769-1784 A Study of Frontier Ethnography] Reference
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