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!

-- 
   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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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> 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...
> 

But in that case, death is slow and painful. In this case, death is 
quick ... and painful.

-- 
~Mike

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>> 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...
>>
> 
> But in that case, death is slow and painful. In this case, death is 
> quick ... and painful.

I can already hear GlaDDOS speaking...

"To improve motivation, a penulty for failure has been added. Touching 
the floor of this chamber will result in an unsatisfactory mark on your 
record (followed by death)."

-- 
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*

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

In the UK too.  In fact the whole system is polarized, the "neutral" pin of 
the AC is always connected to Earth at the substation, so essentially one 
pin is always close to Earth voltage and the other carries the AC signal. 
This means that some equipment might be designed only to switch the "live" 
side, if it was then connected the "wrong" way round, it could be very 
dangerous.  Nowadays I suspect nothing is actually wired like that, given 
that it's always possible someone uses an adaptor, takes it abroad and then 
gets electrocuted!

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