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Of Wally? You should not, they have Wally already...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Many of my colleagues are on Christmas leave till New Year.
Please suggest a good way to pass time. 
I tried this[^].
Suggest me something better.
Life is a computer program and everyone is the programmer of his own life.
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Yeah!! Looks Good.
Thank you.
Life is a computer program and everyone is the programmer of his own life.
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To increase your pessimism regarding the future of the next generation of programmers, and, thus, increase your pride at being the self-motivated lifelong-learner you are ... or, are committed to become ...
Come over to the QA forums, here, and answer some questions.
Remember: suffering shared is suffering diluted 
Happy New Year, Bill
«Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.» Benjamin Franklin
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Sure. Will do. That's why we are here.
Life is a computer program and everyone is the programmer of his own life.
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BillWoodruff wrote: suffering shared is suffering diluted
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I'm going to suggest something completely ridiculous.
Since you're at work you could try passing time with... Doing actual work?
Nevermind, now that I'm reading this it sounds even sillier than when it was still in my head 
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Sander Rossel wrote: Doing actual work?
Nah, that's too crazy! That would never work!
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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Anurag Gandhi wrote: Holiday season, holiday mood.
Yeah, I'm off until Monday.
Spent the last few hours at work just looking kind of busy as I just finished a customer call and I didn't feel like starting anything new
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I am on my last week at a Job and am buzzing through free code camp for sh*t and giggles!
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Anurag Gandhi wrote: Please suggest a good way to pass time.
According to a recent Insider article, you should be refactoring!
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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I'll check those links.  It's a little boring here as well...and I'm supposed to be doing documentation. 
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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You could try what I did, and quit. I forgot how awful daytime TV can be. I need to find a job!!!!
Will Rogers never met me.
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These guys claim that microprocessors put electrical noise on the lines in your home and especially the lines in your business.
I have never heard of such a thing.
But then, there's a lot I don't know.
This is the: Two Minute YouTube Video[^] that presents a simplified science view of their stuff.
They claim that their device takes an ugly noisy 60 Hz line and changes it back into a smooth nearly pure signal again, with the result being lower electrical bills.
I will thank anyone who really knows about electricity for an opinion on this.
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The point is lower power bills?
BULL. SH*T.
The real point is giving them the money you're supposed to be saving.
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Marketing...
(In a few words...Harmonics are created on a line, because different devices draw current in different patterns...It is true that at certain level harmonics need more current, but simply 'removing' those harmonics can not help...The most common solution in case of know difference between devices is to connect them to different power sources...)
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Surely a harmonic would be a multiple of the base fequency, i.e. 60Hz in this case. The term is incorrectly used. They should be talking about noise which has been added to the line because of incorrectly suppressed equipment.
Computer noise would be a very low level signal superimposed on the a.c. waveform and would not affect the power factor, carbon footprint or any of the other items mentioned in this nonsense.
The most significant source of line noise is usually an electric carbon brush motor, such as an electric drill. This noise should be treated at source as it may interfere with sensitive equipment, e.g. computers.
Conclusion, the correct term for this product is B.S.
I may not last forever but the mess I leave behind certainly will.
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Actually, it's not entirely BS (but definitely overhyped).
IF this device works as advertised it would be doing it by 'power factor correction'.
For an explanation of power factor and how it affects the useful power you get vs what you pay for, see What is Power Factor?[^]
The upshot is that filtering out harmonics would do little or nothing for you. What would need fixing is the angle, or lag, between the voltage & current waveforms.
Even this though wouldn't often helps your bills, at least for domestic consumers. In the UK at least, suppliers charge for electricity in KWh (the useful energy you get out). If the power factor drops below a certain value they will add a 'reactive supplement' or just charge in KVA instead of KWh - which would reflect the energy they're having to generate instead of the useful output you're getting.
This situation would only arise for industrial customers though - the low power factor would only be cause by loads such as large electric motors that generate significant inductive loads, residential customers would not be affected.
modified 30-Dec-15 2:45am.
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Check that link, will you ? It screws up over here.
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