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Plug vs. Plug — Which Nation's Socket Is Best?
CNETNate writes "Is the American mains socket really so much worse than the Italian design? And does the Italian socket fail at rivaling the sockets in British homes? This feature explores, in a not-at-all-parodic-and-anecdotal fashion, the designs, strengths and weaknesses of Earth's mains adapters. There is only one conclusion, and you're likely not to agree if you live in France. Or Italy. Or in fact most places." (For more plug pics and details, check out Wikipedia's list of the ones in current use.)
So they rated the US as the worse and the UK as the best. However they only looked at non-grounded, 110v outlets without GFI for the US and it's a UK publication. Frankly, other then the voltage (220 vs 110) and the orientation, UK and US are identical.
Whole thing seems more then a little biased.
"Have you ever thought about just turning off the TV, sitting down with your kids, and hitting them?"
Why isn't the parent modded "insightful"?
"It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities." -- Prof. Dumbledore
Funny how yanks think the war wouldn't have been won without them, when really they waited until they knew they were going to be on the winning side. A bit of a tired joke don't you think?