Any suggestions, please?

[Ric Moore]

On Fri, 2010-09-10 at 14:27 +0100, Colin Law wrote:
> On 10 September 2010 14:16, Mark Widdicombe <mwiddicombe at shoprite.co.za> wrote:
> > From: ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com [ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Li Li [lili_lilly at charter.net]
> > Sent: 10 September 2010 02:51 PM
> > On Fri, 2010-09-10 at 11:23 +0800, Christopher Chan wrote:
> >
> >>Does "one country, two systems" apply to AC power as well?
> >
> > Yes.  In South Africa we are allegedly on 220V, but if you buy electricity from the supermarket you get lower.  I think they sell second hand electrons.  If you buy directly from the city online you get the real deal, freshly harvested electrons all the way.
> 
> I always think it is a bit of confidence trick selling electricity.
> The supplier sends us electrons up one wire but we have to send them
> back down the other so the supplier ends up with the same number of
> electrons he started with, but we still have to pay.  It does not seem
> right.

Plus, in Australia, the electrons would be upside-down, so he's really
getting gypped. I bet if he placed his computer upside down, to orient
it properly, and then adjusted his tin-foil hat, he'd be good to go. :)
Ric


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