Comments on: PumPing Tap may be the most irritating design in history http://www.slashgear.com/pumping-tap-may-be-the-most-irritating-design-in-history-28204781/ Feeding Your Gadget and Tech Obsessions Tue, 08 May 2012 18:03:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: °°°°°°°° STOLEN IDEAS °°°°°°°° http://www.slashgear.com/pumping-tap-may-be-the-most-irritating-design-in-history-28204781/#comment-167307 °°°°°°°° STOLEN IDEAS °°°°°°°° Thu, 29 Dec 2011 12:55:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=204781#comment-167307 irritating … but safe

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.slashgear.com/pumping-tap-may-be-the-most-irritating-design-in-history-28204781/#comment-167073 Anonymous Wed, 28 Dec 2011 16:31:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=204781#comment-167073 Dangerous….how?

]]> By: Michael Barrett Dixon http://www.slashgear.com/pumping-tap-may-be-the-most-irritating-design-in-history-28204781/#comment-167068 Michael Barrett Dixon Wed, 28 Dec 2011 16:12:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=204781#comment-167068 Get your terminology right, SlashGear. “Phantom Power” is the term used to describe a method for transmitting DC electric power through microphone cables to operate certain microphones that need it (condenser microphones, for example). Stick with your vampire analogy but leave phantom power out of it!

I do agree with the early comments though. This is an awful implentation but we do need solutions to curb this type of electricity waste.

]]> By: Benjaminp http://www.slashgear.com/pumping-tap-may-be-the-most-irritating-design-in-history-28204781/#comment-167063 Benjaminp Wed, 28 Dec 2011 15:49:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=204781#comment-167063 The red is powered by phantom blood!

]]> By: Bogdan Iosif http://www.slashgear.com/pumping-tap-may-be-the-most-irritating-design-in-history-28204781/#comment-167046 Bogdan Iosif Wed, 28 Dec 2011 14:49:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=204781#comment-167046 This is stupid. They could’ve integrated an automated mechanical cut off switch in the socket’s body and do the same thing minus the annoying pop-out which could be dangerous in itself when it happens unattended.

To turn the socket back on you could either tap on it physically or use a – preferably RF / Bluetooth / WiFi – remote.

]]> By: draniqa http://www.slashgear.com/pumping-tap-may-be-the-most-irritating-design-in-history-28204781/#comment-167041 draniqa Wed, 28 Dec 2011 14:30:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=204781#comment-167041 It is annoying to plug in every time you want to use your device but its safe. keeping it plugged can be dangerous.

]]> By: Vincent http://www.slashgear.com/pumping-tap-may-be-the-most-irritating-design-in-history-28204781/#comment-167039 Vincent Wed, 28 Dec 2011 14:26:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=204781#comment-167039 Won’t the circuit controlling the mechanism consume phantom power too?

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