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    AllSocket Puts Wall Outlets Wherever You Need Them

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    Brando's Randomized Design Formula Once Again Approaches High Art

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    Image of Nick Nick
    07/16/09

    In reply to AllSocket Puts Wall Outlets Wherever You Need Them
    pfft, this is just another example of a shameless plug from giz. you job is to review, Giz, not plug everything and whore yourself out for a dollar.

    /sarcasm
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    Image of spazztastic spazztastic
    07/16/09

    In reply to AllSocket Puts Wall Outlets Wherever You Need Them
    How do you prevent this from being overloaded?
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    Image of Xeno Xeno
    07/16/09

    @spazztastic: That is an interesting question. It is quite possible that you could put far to many devices on the 'skirt'. Worst case though would be that you pop the breaker.
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    Image of trotskysghost trotskysghost
    07/16/09

    @spazztastic: Exactly what I was thinking. You really shouldn't have more than like 10 total receptacles (so 5 standard duplex receptacles in the US) on more than one circuit. With this system, how does one split the tapped receptacles onto seperate circuit breakers. Also, what about rooms with multiple doors?

    In a typical house or office, you can just add a new homerun circuit back to an available spare breaker on the panel if you can get to the outlet box and the panel without destroying all of the walls and ceilings in between them.

    That does remind me of one of my favorite electrician's apprentice moments where I got paid to make a giant channel across a 40 foot plaster wall in a multi-millon dollar home (owned by total assholes), with a hammer. We needed to run wires in an existing wall for new wall sconce lights and there was no attic or crawlspace for this room. Pretty easy to get out one's anger about one's station in life when you get to hit the dinning room walls of rich people's mansions with a hammer over and over again.
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    Image of pevans34 pevans34
    07/16/09

    In reply to AllSocket Puts Wall Outlets Wherever You Need Them
    Cool concept.

    Dunno how I feel about non star users getting the shaft in this new system though
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    Image of LastAndLeast LastAndLeast
    07/16/09

    @pevans34: It kinda raises the barrier to becoming a star commenter as well since fewer people will be able to see your comments.
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    Image of Curves Curves
    07/16/09

    @pevans34: I sort of feel the same way, thats its weighted toward the star commenters (and just casue we have a star doesnt mean we know our ass from a hole in the ground), but I change the view to read everyones comment, cause I like to see what everyone has to say. Dont let it stop you from commenting, please.
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    Image of ninjamurf ninjamurf
    07/16/09

    @LastAndLeast: I don't think getting a star has ever been determined by the masses. The same people who "star" you are still able to see your posts if they want. And that's kind of what they do around here anyway.
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    Image of notnotnotnotnotanaccount notnotnotnotnotanaccount
    07/16/09

    @pevans34: I'm still somewhat confused though, do you still need to be "approved" to comment at all? In that case, there's 3 tiers of people trying to comment, which makes the system quite complicated.
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    Image of d3c509b aka Steve d3c509b aka Steve
    07/16/09

    @ninjamurf: I agree, I feel like I've made some valuable additions to conversations, but they never get seen because no one sifts through they grey comments.

    Oh well, I'll keep trying for my star
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    Image of Sticks Calhoun Sticks Calhoun
    07/16/09

    @notnotnotnotnotanaccount: You have just been approved! And yeah, you have to be approved to be seen by other people, but theoretically you just have to be approved once. I was kind of bummed about the new system as well, but I managed to get a star within a day of the new system. They made it much easier to get one.
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    Image of Sticks Calhoun Sticks Calhoun
    07/16/09

    @d3c509b aka Steve: We read! we swear!
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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    07/16/09

    @Sticks Calhoun: When a "star" approves a "red comment" he or she only approves that single comment, changing it from red to gray and making it viewable to the rest of the world. (Once approved, it can also be promoted from gray to black.)
    It does not actually approve the commenter.
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    Image of tok3ninja tok3ninja
    07/16/09

    @pevans34: At first I felt just as uncomfortable with the weighted system. But I come to find out quite a few star commenters still love me, star or no star.
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    Image of Sticks Calhoun Sticks Calhoun
    07/16/09

    @92BuickLeSabre: Really? I was not aware of this. Hopefully some mechanism is in place to promote them after a certain number of approvals. It'd be kind of silly to have to keep re-approving the same people.
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    Image of Nick Nick
    07/16/09

    @tok3ninja; is the best non-star commenter: i love ya
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    Image of ninjagin ninjagin
    07/16/09

    @tok3ninja; is the best non-star commenter: Heart click 4 U, bro
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    Image of zenpoet zenpoet
    06/16/09

    In reply to Outlet Wall Doesn't Want to Hear One More Word About Power Strips
    It is beautiful in its absurdity.
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    Image of Curves Curves
    06/16/09

    In reply to Outlet Wall Doesn't Want to Hear One More Word About Power Strips
    Finally, a place to plug in all my nightlights.
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    Image of Steve Lessard Jr Steve Lessard Jr
    06/16/09

    In reply to Outlet Wall Doesn't Want to Hear One More Word About Power Strips
    This would definitely help solve to power aspect to the article of what to do with cables to your wall mounted TV
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    Image of Geisrud Geisrud
    06/16/09

    @Steve Lessard Jr: When in doubt, call it art, then sell it.
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    Image of Nick Nick
    05/28/09

    In reply to Brando's Randomized Design Formula Once Again Approaches High Art
    i like that at least the outlets look like they're set to fit several different plug types. that was thoughtful. this way i can conduct my espionage around the world while still protecting innocent gadgets from the scourge of surge.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn
    05/28/09

    In reply to Brando's Randomized Design Formula Once Again Approaches High Art
    But JerseyCam is visual, not auditory. People want to see me, not hear me.
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    Image of bobojuice bobojuice
    05/28/09

    @GenerousHelpingOf_GitEmSteveDave: I wouldn't stake my life on that if I were you. :D
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn
    05/28/09

    @bobojuice: Well, they have to smell me as well. It helps in my ability to mate.
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    Image of Monty Monty
    05/28/09

    In reply to Brando's Randomized Design Formula Once Again Approaches High Art
    We will forgive you, John, for not realizing that this is an accessory to the Brando air conditioning tie since, once you realize this, it all makes perfect sense, no?


    Oh, Brando - you are just so adorably clueless that we cannot help but love you.

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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    03/12/09

    In reply to Movable Power Concept Yet Another Frustratingly Non-Existent Solution to Power Strip Woes
    Yanko Design, you say? Where does the pixie dust go?
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    Image of Dr. H. F. Danger Dr. H. F. Danger
    03/12/09

    In reply to Movable Power Concept Yet Another Frustratingly Non-Existent Solution to Power Strip Woes
    Sorry, PowerSquid owns over all.
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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    03/13/09

    @Dr.Danger and the Masters of the Jalopniverse:
    Didn't you hear? It got edited out of the PowerWatchmen movie.


    But seriously, it is pretty much the best clog-it-full-of-wall-warts design I've ever run across. The next best solution is to buy a few 6" 3-prong extension cords (yes, they exist, specifically for this purpose).

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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    03/12/09

    In reply to Movable Power Concept Yet Another Frustratingly Non-Existent Solution to Power Strip Woes
    This reminds me of "Snake" on old cell phones. You know, back when they didn't have color and Java and such.
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    Image of LuckyLakey LuckyLakey
    03/12/09

    In reply to Movable Power Concept Yet Another Frustratingly Non-Existent Solution to Power Strip Woes
    I don't get it. I don't think I've ran into this problem
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    03/12/09

    @luckylakey: I am friending you for using that profile picture.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    03/12/09

    In reply to Movable Power Concept Yet Another Frustratingly Non-Existent Solution to Power Strip Woes
    Looks like a drunk industrial designer was playing the tables at Vegas when he/she came up with this.
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    Image of pilott pilott
    03/06/09

    In reply to IR Remote Power Strip Lets You Turn Anything On With a Universal Remote
    I had this idea a while back, and then I saw it on Dragons' Den ([www.bbc.co.uk] Standby Saver) Wonder if this one is related
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn GitEmSteveDave_OverSleptThisMorn
    03/06/09

    @pilott: Don't they use 220 over in the UK, and have actual switches on the outlets to power them down?


    IIRC, that one on Dragons Den also did USB, and had like thee outlets that always stayed on.

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