On Tue, 08 Sep 2009 15:18:03 -0500, Mike Raiford <"m[raiford]!at"@gmail.com>
wrote:

>Stephen wrote:
>
>> And where is the spirit of frontier adventure that Americans once had?
>
>We dumped it all in the pacific ocean? :-D

LOL I'll tell my wife, she's always asking :)
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Regards
     Stephen

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clipka wrote:
> http://www.artlebedev.com/everything/vilcus/

I'm wondering how you could possibly wire it up such that the last image is 
supplying current to all three devices. Or did I miss the joke there?

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   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
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Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> I'm wondering how you could possibly wire it up such that the last image is 
> supplying current to all three devices. Or did I miss the joke there?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Series_and_parallel_circuits

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                                                          - Warp

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Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> clipka wrote:
> > http://www.artlebedev.com/everything/vilcus/
>
> I'm wondering how you could possibly wire it up such that the last image is
> supplying current to all three devices. Or did I miss the joke there?

Like a checkerboard?

 - Ricky

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Darren New schrieb:
> clipka wrote:
>> http://www.artlebedev.com/everything/vilcus/
> 
> I'm wondering how you could possibly wire it up such that the last image 
> is supplying current to all three devices. Or did I miss the joke there?

You mean that weird 5x5 multi-plug socket thing? That's quite simple - 
consider this arrangement:

  + - + - +
  - + - + -
  + - + - +
  - + - + -
  + - + - +

No matter what pair of adjacent sockets you choose, you always have both 
+ and -. And this being AC, it doesn't matter which is which.

Quite a clever design as a gimmick, though I guess it's no better or 
worse than other multi-plug sockets.

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triple_r wrote:
> Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
>> clipka wrote:
>>> http://www.artlebedev.com/everything/vilcus/
>> I'm wondering how you could possibly wire it up such that the last image is
>> supplying current to all three devices. Or did I miss the joke there?
> 
> Like a checkerboard?

Ah yes. I was just looking at vertical and horizontal rows, as in minimal 
lengths of wires. Wiring it in a checkerboard makes much more sense in this 
application. Thanks!

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   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   I ordered stamps from Zazzle that read "Place Stamp Here".

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clipka <ano### [at] anonymousorg> wrote:
> http://www.artlebedev.com/everything/vilcus/

So do you think that really, actually, truly is connected internally?  I mean,
don't lawyers tend to get worked up over this sort of thing?  Can you really
sell an extremely dangerous product as long as you include a disclaimer telling
people you're not responsible if the actually use it?  The bottom line is that
it's a pretty funny gag, but I'm pretty 'shocked' they actually sell it.

 - Ricky

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> So do you think that really, actually, truly is connected internally?  I 
> mean,
> don't lawyers tend to get worked up over this sort of thing?  Can you 
> really
> sell an extremely dangerous product as long as you include a disclaimer 
> telling
> people you're not responsible if the actually use it?  The bottom line is 
> that
> it's a pretty funny gag, but I'm pretty 'shocked' they actually sell it.

I'm sure the customers never complain.

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clipka wrote:
> http://www.artlebedev.com/everything/vilcus/

This has to be the most absurd thing I've ever seen. Why would you pay 
for something that going to kill y- oh, wait. Tobacco. Got ya...

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clipka wrote:

> No matter what pair of adjacent sockets you choose, you always have both 
> + and -. And this being AC, it doesn't matter which is which.
> 
> Quite a clever design as a gimmick, though I guess it's no better or 
> worse than other multi-plug sockets.

Neat, and totally impossible in the U.S. Not to mention the whole 
polarized plugs thing.

-- 
~Mike

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