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The Top Ten Off Switches

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the no-i-can't-make-this-up dept.

Dan Jimbokla submitted a story that normally i would pass over, but I actually oddly enjoyed it. "CNET.co.uk has a truly funny and read-worthy article up about the top ten off switches. One of my favorite switches from the piece is #4 — The illuminated toggle switch: "This switch isn't designed for high-drain uses, typically it can only provide a maximum of 20 amps at 12 volts. That will make it suitable for a number of exciting uses though, and what it lacks in power handling, it makes up for in practicality. This switch will illuminate when the device it controls is turned on, and go off when the device is deactivated. This is logical and practical, and that has earned this switch a place in our hearts. What's more, it's far from expensive and there are even a choice of colors.""

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  1. Toggle FTW! by stoolpigeon · · Score: 5, Funny

    Toggle switches rule period. Batman used toggle switches in the batmobile. Fighter pilots flick toggle switches in the movies before they blow up bad guys. The Millenium Falcon probably had a couple hundred thousand toggle switches. Cool electric guitars? They've got a toggle switch. When I built my first model rocket launcher - I think it had 3 toggle switches. A good solid 'click' of the old toggle is just the thing - all other switches pale in comparison. Even the big red button.

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    It's hard to believe that's how Micronians are made. Why don't we see it right now by having you both kiss one another?
    1. Re:Toggle FTW! by CaseyB · · Score: 5, Funny

      The only thing better than a regular toggle switch is a toggle switch with a flip-up protective cover. It says "You had better be damn sure of what you're doing before you toggle me. You need executive orders to flip me, and those orders must have been confirmed with the one-time codeword. Lives are at stake, here."

    2. Re:Toggle FTW! by The_Wilschon · · Score: 4, Funny

      My favorite kind of switch is the magic kind.

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      wait... not that kind of sig.
  2. Top Ten Turn-offs? by djasbestos · · Score: 4, Funny

    Usually that's a lead-in to some bullshit dating article...too bad toggle switches don't apply in that field!

    That could also be dangerous, as many slashdotters would begin to be able to understand the opposite sex.

    1. Re:Top Ten Turn-offs? by eln · · Score: 4, Funny

      I don't know, I'm pretty sure talking about toggle switches on a date would be a pretty big turn off. If you find a girl that isn't turned off by it, you should marry her immediately.

  3. Slashdot = Biggest Off Switch by alcmaeon · · Score: 5, Funny

    Given that the article appears to be already slashdotted, it appears this website is really the biggest, baddest off switch around.

  4. Re:In the era of managed shutdown... by gazbo · · Score: 5, Funny
    Windows 95 was released over a decade ago. That should help to give you a bound on when the start/shutdown "joke" ceased to be funny or original.

    Maybe you should branch into other areas of observational comedy: I hear Alanis Morissette has a song about things being ironic that is ripe for parody by a man of your talents.

  5. Re:controls logic by darthflo · · Score: 4, Funny

    This may just be me, but I'd rather use an antigravitational switch for that. Locking the magnet to "on" might crush whomever's between magnet and load while "off" would crush the person underneath it. Hovering seems the best alternative to me.