Florescent light bulbs?

[[email protected]]

well, authorised the finance, ultimately they were tax dollars.

It was a fee which keeps going up and up and up and up. What
was important about the bill he co-sponsored was to lift
the wall between defense and commercial net pathing. Then
the real work could begin.

/BAH

 

[[email protected]]

And even with CRT's, with modern computers. I had a vintage '99
machine now replaced by a vintage '05 machine, both with CRT's, and I
know that when the machines went to sleep (blank screen) the CRT's
stayed cool. Then, you did say "screen savers"... I guess if you
configure your PC in order to watch bouncing globes on a CRT during all
its idle hours, that's your business.

The reason for changing the images was to save money. CRTs were
fucking expensive and getting a .RUN FOO burnt into the upper
left hand corner was not a Good Thing.

OTOH, I can see that in a modern office building, there must have been
some time window when concern about the power consumption of 1000's of
idling CRT's would have been a legitimate concern.

Yup. Whenever I got the call to power down to prevent blackouts
or rolling xxxxouts, my first task was to turn off all TTYs in
empty offices. Then I'd go to the computer room and turn off
unessential gear..which wasn't very much...that wouldn't be damaged
if they got cold.

/BAH

 

[psdayama]

80%?? No way!! That is like a FREE ENERGY MACHINE!!! Are you telling
me that we can take what's left over from the 20% of the energy it
uses, and use it to power the rest of the appliances in our house?? WHO
NEEDS SOLAR POWER!!!

Everybody needs solar power! It is very correct statement that CFL
saves
80% power but they cost whopping 3-4 times the GLS lamps. Also the ones
which save 80% have electronics ballasts and those costing 2-3 times
have
somewhat 'electrical' types. They save only 40% power. & slow to give
full
output.
Whereas I used to switch on 40W bulb for dim lighting the room
where I
got the PC, now I use only 8W CFL and get better light also save so
much
power. In fact I have replaced all 'zero' bulbs (15W) with 5Watt CFL
and they
are good and truly ZERO!
Many chinese devices are available which use these CFL and once
charged
for 8hrs give 5Hrs lighting for 6days! So now U know who needs solar !

 

[[email protected]]

Everybody needs solar power! It is very correct statement that CFL
saves
80% power but they cost whopping 3-4 times the GLS lamps. Also the ones
which save 80% have electronics ballasts and those costing 2-3 times
have
somewhat 'electrical' types. They save only 40% power. & slow to give
full
output.
Whereas I used to switch on 40W bulb for dim lighting the room
where I
got the PC, now I use only 8W CFL and get better light also save so
much
power. In fact I have replaced all 'zero' bulbs (15W) with 5Watt CFL
and they
are good and truly ZERO!
Many chinese devices are available which use these CFL and once
charged
for 8hrs give 5Hrs lighting for 6days! So now U know who needs solar !

I'm confused. Six of my days is more than 5 hours long.
Am I in a time warp and didn't know it?

/BAH

 

[Eeyore]

I have watched people fill the auto gas tank. Despite all warnings
I've seen men and women hanging onto a cigarette while doing so.

Americans ! They probably use cellphones while refuelling too.

Graham

 

[Eeyore]

I'd go bonkers in your office. I always had the flurescent bulbs
above my office taken out. I could see their flicker even though
no one else could.

Electronic ballasts don't make a flickery light.

Graham

 

[[email protected]]

Americans ! They probably use cellphones while refuelling too.

Having watched the current misusage of those things, I would
not be surprised if they use them during sex.

/BAH

 

[T Wake]

Americans ! They probably use cellphones while refuelling too.

Not as dangerous as it is made out.

 

[Troia]

Having watched the current misusage of those things, I would
not be surprised if they use them during sex.

/BAH

er ... um ... while I never have done so, someone did mention the fact
that they vibrate nicely!

Apparently one can do quite a bit of erotic teasing with a mere phone
call and not saying a word.

-- Troia

 

[[email protected]]

er ... um ... while I never have done so, someone did mention the fact
that they vibrate nicely!

They vibrate, too? Oh, good grief. I guess that would make
the term "phone sex" take on a whole new meaning.

Apparently one can do quite a bit of erotic teasing with a mere phone
call and not saying a word.

What is the purpose of those devices vibrating while you're
talking?

/BAH

 

[David Brown]

Americans ! They probably use cellphones while refuelling too.

Graham

And what is the problem with using cellphones while filling petrol? There
has (according to what I recently read somewhere) been absolutely no
evidence of mobil phones being a problem at petrol stations. Even
theoretically, the chances of causing an explosion are thousands of times
higher when starting the engine than using a mobile. About the only risk
of using a mobile is through inattentiveness.

By far the biggest cause of fires at petrol station is from people whose
car is already on fire, driving to a petrol station to look for help.

 

[Troia]

They vibrate, too? Oh, good grief. I guess that would make
the term "phone sex" take on a whole new meaning.


What is the purpose of those devices vibrating while you're
talking?

/BAH

Um, no ... now remember, I've just *read* about this! But apparently it
is not exactly uncommon.

One does not *talk* on the phone. One puts it in a certain place with
relation to the body, the other partner makes a phone call, the phone
does not get answered.

Clearer?

Sort of like a remote-controlled vibrator.

-- Troia

 

[krw]

They vibrate, too? Oh, good grief. I guess that would make
the term "phone sex" take on a whole new meaning.


What is the purpose of those devices vibrating while you're
talking?

Not while talking. They can be set to vibrate instead of (or
before) ringing. The vibrate mode is more discrete than some
gawd-awful ringer tunes.

 

[krw]

If you read the actual words, he claimed to have financed it.

It existed before he was in congress. He lied (again), is the
point.

 

[Spehro Pefhany]

Having watched the current misusage of those things, I would
not be surprised if they use them during sex.

/BAH

Y'know, back in the day (of analog cellphones) it was possible to
listen in on conversations easily if you had an appropriate receiver.
One could hear some "interesting" stuff.


Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany

 

[Richard Henry]

It existed before he was in congress. He lied (again), is the
point.

Did you see in the papers where Merriam-Webster's word of the year is
"truthiness"?

 

[martin griffith]

On 10 Dec 2006 09:35:53 -0800, in sci.electronics.design "Richard

Did you see in the papers where Merriam-Webster's word of the year is
"truthiness"?

anyone got an url for the colbert "truthiness" video? It's been
un-youtubed


martin

 

[Richard Henry]

On 10 Dec 2006 09:35:53 -0800, in sci.electronics.design "Richard


anyone got an url for the colbert "truthiness" video? It's been
un-youtubed

No video, but wikipedia has the transcript.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truthiness

 

[John Fields]

Americans ! They probably use cellphones while refuelling too.

 

[John Fields]

Electronic ballasts don't make a flickery light.