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Already have it... I was asking if I should be afraid because of your post: "better be good"
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Not you but Microsoft should be
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The version that shipped with Win8.1 was buggy as heck but they've updated it and that seems to have resolved my crash issues. I like it.
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http://www.fatallyflawed.org.uk/[^]
In an era of 'Elf 'n' Safety' gone mad, it is nice to see that someone is actually paying attention.
I have seen these socket covers used where children are playing, and never gave it a second thought.
Wow, how dangerous they are!
It seems that some people look for reasons to 'Protect' us, but that protection is more dangerous by its presence.
Very interesting page.
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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If you put a screwdriver into the earth socket it will open the shutters on the live and neutral terminals - THEREFORE ALL SCREWDRIVERS SHOULD BE BANNED! NOW!
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I'm an optoholic - my glass is always half full of vodka.
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I also have these in many areas as a hangover from when nippers where smaller.
Yes the shutters are there, but you can still shove things in the earth hole. The plain plastic covers (like the one at the top) are also generally tight enough that a youngers hasn't got the finger strength to remove them.
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Not according to the report.
It seems children as young as five months can get them off.
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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as an aside I used to have open my grandmothers heart medication (Nitro I think Heh, Heh!!!) as she couldn't beat the child proof cap, child proof is really just for parents
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DaveAuld wrote: are also generally tight enough that a youngers hasn't got the finger strength to remove them.
My kids must be exceptionally strong then, both of them can get them out when they wish...
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Depends how small they are, the quality of the sockets and how new the covers are, and how many times they have been removed/re-inserted.
My kids never really went near the plugs, a couple of stern warnings and they listened.
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My daughter was pulling them out as soon as she could crawl so about 7 or 8 months... although both her and her brother have lost interest in them now...
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Perhaps if you use US/EU type sockets, those covers are flawed since they provide they child with something that actually fits in the earth pin.
But our sockets[^] have large round pins and a much larger array of items will fit in the earth pin, so keeping it covered in our scenario is probably still better.
EDIT: Ironically I chose an image of a socket with no safety mechanism.
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Safest[^]
From the British Standards Institute 1363 standard it is regarded as the safest in the world.
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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The article explicitly stated it's only written to UK style sockets.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Newer sockets don't use the earth pin to open a shutter, there is now a shutter with a cam-like action covering the live and neutral positions, the shutter will only open if pins are inserted in the live and neutral together.
Much safer.
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Is that a new British Standard or are you talking about US sockets?
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Obscurum per obscurius.
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Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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I have seen them somewhere, I think, but I may have imagined the whole thing.
Perhaps I should get busy and design them now, make my million and retire.
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5 for a money-making imagination
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Ah well I think that its best that I switch the computer off and go home.
When at home I will sit in a darkened corner rocking back and forth gently.
Every day, thousands of innocent plants are killed by vegetarians.
Help end the violence EAT BACON
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I've used those devices for more years than I care to remember to protect more kids than I care to admit to.
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That's just a case of someone who thinks they know best spouting off on the web.
I use these things, and once they're in its very hard to get them out again. If you don't put them in and leave them lying around then yes, they can like pretty much anything be used to open the shutters on the live/neutral when inserted into the earth.
I was the sort of kid who did insert screwdrivers into sockets and ended up in A&E on a regular basis through doing so. That would have been hard to do if things were already wedged in the socket.
Regards,
Rob Philpott.
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Speaking as a former kid of the same persuasion, harder but not impossible!
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