What innovative, unconventional cartridge designs can you recommend?

@pindac 

richardbrand suggested Smuggling as a viable proposition to make a living

Sorry, I grew up in Hastings which was one of the original Cinque Ports set up over 900 years ago. These towns effectively had independent navies, which were deployed to support the king in exchange for the elimination of duties.  Signs of smuggling were all around, from secret hiding holes in pubs to secret tunnels.  The cliffs in Hastings are riddled with caves and tunnels used for smuggling.  Nearby Romney Marshes was renowned for dangerous bogs, which smugglers could traverse, but which stopped the Revenue Men who were chasing them.

Even in Australia, there is a smuggler's tunnel in Echuca, built to avoid Customs Duties collected between NSW and Victoria.  Nowadays, we fully support free trade.

Avoiding Customs Duties used to be a national sport, but now these have been replaced by a flat 10% Goods and Services Tax, the game is hardly worth the candle.

When rules are too stupid for words, I don't support the idiots that invented them!

@pindac 

You have been playing your own game with FSE.  With the extra clue that it relates to Ortofon, I can finally disclose that it is a patented technology which Ortofon call Field Stabilizing Element.  Others can decide whether it is a game changer or just a refinement!

Ortofon have interesting videos on cartridge setup and especially what variations are acceptable.

@lewm 

optical attenuation and optical transduction are similar technologies

All I could really find out about optical attenuation was its use in reducing the signal in long distance fibre-optic cables, for testing.

One method was to wrap the cable around a pencil a few times.  The sharp bend lets some photons escape the internal reflection, but is also likely to break the fibre 

" Has it been easy to identify English Nationals travelling on a British Passport as being Passport owners who are Born British and possibly Welsh - Scottish - Northern Irish or English.

Or was it British Citizens not Born British, but have a British Passport through a British Descendant - British Citizenship - British Overseas Citizen - British Protected Person. I can assure anybody, not just @dover that identifying an individual as English from this group is quite a challenge as many are certainly not solely resident in England, they are itinerant and work in all British Isles Countries, to enable them to maintain their stay in Great Britain.

Not a challenge for anyone not living under a rock.

English folk are people who are from England.

Scottish folk are people who are from Scotland

Welsh folk are people who are from Wales.

When I meet someone who claims to be English, I assume they are being truthful.

It is really upsetting that @dover seems to have got caught up in a situation where racism and projection of ill will was quite noticeable towards another nationality. I hope this is not a case of 'Birds of a Certain Feather, Flocking Together'.     

@pindac 

Your comments are offensive.

Being English has nothing to do with race.

If you conflate being "English" with a specific race, then you are the bigot in the room. 

Your earlier post where you claim to not personally insult people is clearly nonsense.

Kia pai tō rā.

When I see tiresome and convoluted posts...I just skip them.