Decoding the Inscrutable Logos On Your Electronics 140
jfruhlinger writes "If you've bought a piece of electronic equipment — a computer, a printer, even a lowly power supply — you've no doubt noticed a host of inscrutable logos festooned all over it — UL, CE, FCC, TUV, RoHS, ENERGY STAR, and the like. What do they mean? Each of these compliance marks tell a story about your gadget's operation or lifecycle, and knowing what they mean can let you in on the hidden life of the gizmos you buy."
New section: "Tell Slashdot" (Score:4, Insightful)
I'll just move on, because I can't see anything here. If I wanted to know this I would've gone to Wikipedia.
Somehow I thought this was a news site (maybe it says something about that in the tagline?), but I must have been mistaken. Silly me.
TFA total mess (Score:5, Insightful)
TFA is a convoluted mess of industry jargon and useless information.
A useful article would involve the icons themselves and what they mean.
RoHS (Score:4, Insightful)
Rodents of Hunusual Size. I don't believe they exist.
Re:But only if... (Score:4, Insightful)
If a regulatory standard does not have a publicly accessible database to confirm conformance, it is useless.
This includes the worst such standard of all: the self-certified. See also Ethernet over powerline, RFI and Ofcom.
Use your decoder ring (Score:2, Insightful)
Decoding the Inscrutable Logos On Your Electronics
Mine says "Don't forget to drink your ovaltine."
Re:New section: "Tell Slashdot" (Score:4, Insightful)
It would have been nice if they had a chart showing the logos and explaining them. Yes, we get it, most of those are there as proof of passing certification... but which ones mean what?
Re:TFA total mess (Score:5, Insightful)
This is why, on /., you read comments and not TFS/TFA. Thank you.