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Re:The Sun's Magnetic Field is about to Flip by alexhawdon on Tuesday August 06, 2013 @10:16AM (#6166677)
Nope, because you won't get any current to live.

Our UK household plugs and sockets really are a fine piece of engineering.

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Re:The Sun's Magnetic Field is about to Flip by mietek on Tuesday August 06, 2013 @08:21PM (#6170089)
A common trick to insert a EU-style plug into a UK-style socket is to temporarily insert something in the ground pin socket. An ordinary house key works well, and has the added bonus of shocking bystanders.

Granted, UK-style plugs really are excellent pieces of engineering, best appreciated when upturned and trod upon in the dark.

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Re:The Sun's Magnetic Field is about to Flip by harrytuttle on Tuesday August 06, 2013 @11:19AM (#6167041)
You overestimate the quality of most of them.
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Re:The Sun's Magnetic Field is about to Flip by voodoo123 on Tuesday August 06, 2013 @11:18AM (#6167034)
as long as you don't step on one barefoot
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Re:The Sun's Magnetic Field is about to Flip by erichurkman on Tuesday August 06, 2013 @01:49PM (#6168021)
Even worse than stepping on a LEGO brick.
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Re:The Sun's Magnetic Field is about to Flip by hef19898 on Wednesday August 07, 2013 @04:37AM (#6171570)
Really? Happy to be only threatened by LEGO then. Postive side effect, I'm also driving on the right side of the road! ;-)

EDIT: this has to change now, too, right?

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Re:The Sun's Magnetic Field is about to Flip by alexhawdon on Thursday August 08, 2013 @09:33AM (#6178762)
Come on, this is Hacker News - stepping on an upturned PCB in the dark has to be some sort of prerequisite of membership? ;)
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