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The idea itself is retarded.]]>Jul 11th 2006 8:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/11/e-rope-saving-the-planet-one-socket-at-a-time/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/11/e-rope-saving-the-planet-one-socket-at-a-time/Jul 11th 2006 8:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/11/e-rope-saving-the-planet-one-socket-at-a-time/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/11/e-rope-saving-the-planet-one-socket-at-a-time/Jul 11th 2006 9:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/11/e-rope-saving-the-planet-one-socket-at-a-time/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/11/e-rope-saving-the-planet-one-socket-at-a-time/
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]]>Jul 11th 2006 9:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/11/e-rope-saving-the-planet-one-socket-at-a-time/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/11/e-rope-saving-the-planet-one-socket-at-a-time/Jul 11th 2006 9:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/11/e-rope-saving-the-planet-one-socket-at-a-time/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/11/e-rope-saving-the-planet-one-socket-at-a-time/
we all aggree thus is cool!]]>Jul 11th 2006 9:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/11/e-rope-saving-the-planet-one-socket-at-a-time/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/11/e-rope-saving-the-planet-one-socket-at-a-time/Jul 11th 2006 9:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/11/e-rope-saving-the-planet-one-socket-at-a-time/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/11/e-rope-saving-the-planet-one-socket-at-a-time/
That said, I'd probably prefer to have a inline powerswitch.]]>Jul 11th 2006 9:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/11/e-rope-saving-the-planet-one-socket-at-a-time/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/11/e-rope-saving-the-planet-one-socket-at-a-time/
Male/female references to plugs/sockets are established and accepted. Your incessant, and ridiculous, references to every known gadget as some kind of woman have got me to the point where I may have to stop reading Engadget altogether - and that would be a shame.]]>Jul 11th 2006 9:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/11/e-rope-saving-the-planet-one-socket-at-a-time/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/11/e-rope-saving-the-planet-one-socket-at-a-time/Jul 11th 2006 9:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/11/e-rope-saving-the-planet-one-socket-at-a-time/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/11/e-rope-saving-the-planet-one-socket-at-a-time/Jul 11th 2006 10:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/11/e-rope-saving-the-planet-one-socket-at-a-time/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/11/e-rope-saving-the-planet-one-socket-at-a-time/Jul 11th 2006 10:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/11/e-rope-saving-the-planet-one-socket-at-a-time/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/11/e-rope-saving-the-planet-one-socket-at-a-time/it looks like a whole bunch of new-and-improved cactuars.]]>Jul 11th 2006 10:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/11/e-rope-saving-the-planet-one-socket-at-a-time/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/11/e-rope-saving-the-planet-one-socket-at-a-time/
http://www.powersquid.net/]]>Jul 11th 2006 11:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/11/e-rope-saving-the-planet-one-socket-at-a-time/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/11/e-rope-saving-the-planet-one-socket-at-a-time/Jul 11th 2006 11:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/11/e-rope-saving-the-planet-one-socket-at-a-time/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/11/e-rope-saving-the-planet-one-socket-at-a-time/Jul 11th 2006 12:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/11/e-rope-saving-the-planet-one-socket-at-a-time/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/11/e-rope-saving-the-planet-one-socket-at-a-time/Jul 11th 2006 12:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/11/e-rope-saving-the-planet-one-socket-at-a-time/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/11/e-rope-saving-the-planet-one-socket-at-a-time/
The only enclosed campus in NYC, trees grass... It was more fun when I went there, on a warm night with the windows open, you could hear the hoods over in Bed-Stuy shooting at each other all night long...*sigh* memories....]]>Jul 11th 2006 1:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/11/e-rope-saving-the-planet-one-socket-at-a-time/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/11/e-rope-saving-the-planet-one-socket-at-a-time/]]>Jul 11th 2006 1:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/11/e-rope-saving-the-planet-one-socket-at-a-time/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/11/e-rope-saving-the-planet-one-socket-at-a-time/
Awesome device, I wish to hell it'd been me who invented it.

Everytime I have to "stock up" before a trade show, I run over to Fry's and fill up a shopping cart with them.]]>Jul 11th 2006 6:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/11/e-rope-saving-the-planet-one-socket-at-a-time/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/11/e-rope-saving-the-planet-one-socket-at-a-time/
This looks stupid.]]>Jul 11th 2006 7:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/11/e-rope-saving-the-planet-one-socket-at-a-time/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/11/e-rope-saving-the-planet-one-socket-at-a-time/
The most logical idea is simply to widen the distance between the sockets on the board to compensate the larger box style power supplies.

Why hasn't multibox developers cottoned on to this idea yet? It's so simple and doesn't require that much more resources.

Or am I just being to logical for this craphead world? ;-)]]>Jul 11th 2006 8:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/11/e-rope-saving-the-planet-one-socket-at-a-time/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/11/e-rope-saving-the-planet-one-socket-at-a-time/Jul 11th 2006 9:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/11/e-rope-saving-the-planet-one-socket-at-a-time/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/11/e-rope-saving-the-planet-one-socket-at-a-time/Jul 11th 2006 9:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/11/e-rope-saving-the-planet-one-socket-at-a-time/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/11/e-rope-saving-the-planet-one-socket-at-a-time/Jul 11th 2006 10:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/11/e-rope-saving-the-planet-one-socket-at-a-time/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/11/e-rope-saving-the-planet-one-socket-at-a-time/
You're correct that Ls go to Rs when "translating," if you will, a foreign word into Japanese. The "R" sound in Japanese, though, is a sort of cross between an "L" sound and an "R" sound, so when saying (or spelling) something in English, whether to use an L or R is often confusing because there are two options in English while in Japanese there is only one. Therefore, it is very possible that a Japanese person might say "lain" instead of "rain" or "Platt" instead of "Pratt."]]>Jul 12th 2006 12:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/11/e-rope-saving-the-planet-one-socket-at-a-time/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/11/e-rope-saving-the-planet-one-socket-at-a-time/]]>Jul 12th 2006 1:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/11/e-rope-saving-the-planet-one-socket-at-a-time/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/11/e-rope-saving-the-planet-one-socket-at-a-time/
I have to say that I have been working on a similar design (minus the 90 degree turn-off option) for the past 3 years. My company is in the process of developing a consumer office supply product called a S.L.I.P. Strip ™(Sliding Lockable Inline Power strip)

We have secured a provisional patent for the product and received a PIES evaluation from the WIN center (http://www.innovation-institute.com) for it as well. From its evaluation, the S.L.I.P. Strip ™ received 85% likelihood of success, scoring a high mark on 38 out of the possible 45 criteria. I would be great to get your honest feedback. You can take a look at a CAD animation here: http://www.capitalmindz.com/slipstrip.html]]>Aug 15th 2006 4:46AM