'They are designed for obsolescence,' says Casey Harrell, an expert on toxins and e-waste with Greenpeace.

绿色和平组织有毒和电子废品专家卡西·哈雷尔(Casey Harrell)说：这些产品的设计初衷应考虑到报废问题。

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"There is a horse race between the economic recovery doing its job and lower-quality properties heading for obsolescence," says one regulator.

“有一场比赛正在进行，一方是履行职责的经济复苏，另一方是行将没落的低质房产。”一家监管机构说。

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In the 1980s, another group of Xerox scientists proposed an even more radical idea: the personal computer was destined, like its predecessor the mainframe computer, for obsolescence.

20世纪80年代，施乐研究中心另一组科学家们提出一种更为颠覆传统的理念：个人计算机将像其前身大型计算机一样淘汰。

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We are no longer designing for obsolescence.

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For a business with a fragile business model, sending a suggestion of your own obsolescence is a dangerous idea.

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The argument over why value stocks have higher returns than growth has raged for years is it because investors pay too much for glamor, or is it because there is some unknown risk factor hiding under the bed, such as technological obsolescence or insolvency?

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