Romulan Ale is alcoholic, not sythoholic and a cocktail recipes are available at that link to those with no sense of self-preservation.

A great example? With a sample size of one?
There are surely very many factors which could influence the development of arthritis.

... did they decide that evil is male? There are some girls I want them to meet.

There are clear shenanigans in play, that or (more likely) methodological errors.

The type of paste you use has very little difference. Let's not forget this comparison which includes toothpaste.

When Pronto condoms (or the rights/designs for them) make it to Europe and the USA it will be a Good Day.

These things can be applied in less than one second

+1 Insightful

I'd do it myself if I had modpoints.

FTFY

How helpful of him to reconnect the powered-down side to mains voltage.

I hope the electricians who switched it off in the first place had factored in such irresponsible stupidity. He'd probably just blow the fuse(?) in his adaptor trying to power everything on the disconnected circuit but I'd sure not want to be working on those wires with someone like him around.

And yes, as others have noted, phase differences will let the magic smoke out so here's hoping he spent some quality time measuring relative phase before he attempted it.

Don't forget CC All Your E-mail to Jacqui Smith Day.

I was pleasantly surprised a few years ago when I noticed that HSBC support Links for their online banking service (at least in the UK). A quick check confirms they still do.

I wish I could say the same for NatWest and I don't know about other UK banks.

There is a lot to be said for a text-only, script-immune interface. And whilst nobody could say that Links is impervious to attack, it's obviously not going to be on the radar of most cross-site/browser-exploiting evil doers.