but assuming the box is sealed to light, a 60 watt bulb will still put off 60 watts of heat
The thing is, no one will be buying 60 watt bulbs anymore, since 10 watt new bulbs will put out the same light. Actually, I seriously doubt that old-style bulbs would disappear any time soon - there'll always be a lava lamp and easy-bake oven market for them.
I'd like to note, though, that white LED bulbs are also very efficient, and the 144 LED Medium Base Floodlight Bulb listed here... takes only 12 Watts to generate the same as a 150 watt tungsten incandescent.
And for the low, low price of... $698.00. I'd rather spend $18 on a 24 watt fluorescent which will be just as bright. It would take a long, long time for it to use enough electricity to have made the LED bulb a better deal.
No, Skynet *is* the computers that build the Terminator, Cyberdyne Systems is the company that builds Skynet. Of course, this was all supposed to have happened already.
Perhaps that was a bit of an exaggeration. Having my wisdom teeth removed was definitely worse, as was food poisoning, my first breakup, and any number of other things that don't come to mind immediately. However, waiting in line is something that happens quite often, and as Murphy's Law would dictate, always happens when I'm already running late for something, so it stands out more.
A friend of mine was once doing some work in South Africa. Recently, he was telling one of his coworkers about it and they said, "Wow, South Africa? Really? What country?"
Last time I checked rats weren't sentient beings, or at least they haven't told us about it.
Well of course they haven't told us about it. They don't want us to know that we're just part of the huge computer they designed to find the Ultimate Question that goes with the Ultimate Answer (forty-two).
Oh, wait, those were the mice. I'm not sure what the rats are up to.
I was attempting to watch some of the Stanley Cup playoffs last week, and noticed that the commercials were incredibly repetitive. ESPN and ESPN2 were both showing the exact same sequence of commercials during each commercial break. Five or six breaks during each period, all identical.
Finally I starred flipping to the music channels during each commercial break. Sure, I might miss a bit of the game, but then again you can often miss goals during commercial breaks anyway.
There's nothing (well, very few things) I hate worse than standing in line behind some schmoe paying with a check. It would be fine if they wrote everyhing but the amount out in advance, and then just had that to fill in once they were rung up - but that never happens. They wait for the cashier to finish, then ask to borrow a pen. Then they fill in the name of the store, the date, the amounts, something on the (pointless) memo line, then finally they sign the check. Now, the cashier has to validate the check, ask for an ID, perhaps call the manager over if the customer wanted cash back.
Then, once they are finally through, I swipe my card, wait 5 seconds for the receipt, sign it, and am on my way. And if my wallet is stolen, my maximum liability is $50, if the old lady's checkbook is stolen, she can be out the entire balance of her checking account.
easiest way to steal credit card numbers is to get a job in a retail outlet and record numbers of customers cards.
Or to go to a restaurant and grab receipts off of tables.
When dining and paying with a credit card, never leave until the waiter has picked the receipt up. At least then you only have to trust the waiter, not everyone else in the restaurant.
Meanwhile, if my cc number was to be stolen using this method, I think I could easily hold the manufacturer and the installer of these wireless registers responsible as well as the store.
Of course, you only stand to lose probably $50 to fraudulent charges depending on your card agreement, and the card company would probably even waive that. When the card companies start losing substantial money, they'll be suing the wireless register manufacturers and installers for big bucks.
Cool. We've already got the culture mostly in place - a lot of people think you're crazy if you don't spend the whole evening watching the network schlock on TV anyway. The books will start being burned as soon as the general public believes that books, not video games, incite children to violence and other 'bad' behaviors.
Now, fellow geeks, we'd better start memorizing the books.
Minor nitpick: HIPAA stands for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.
I agree that medical data should be completely off-limits to any opt-in or opt-out sharing. Anyone who needs medical information should be required to have the patient's signature on a release before they can obtain it.
Working for an HMO, I can assure you that no medical data goes across the Internet unencrypted from our offices. We take our members' privacy very seriously, as should any organization involved in healthcare.
I don't think it would be "ironic" really, unless somehow the virus wiped out all the Caucasians and spared the Native Americans.
Interestingly, there's a theory that some kind of fungus growing on ancient Egyptian mummies was responsible for the "curse" which afflicted some of the discoverers.
Yes, it is a complete sentence. It's in the imperative, with the subect "you" implied. The "noooo" should be capitalized, and have only one o, of course.
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but assuming the box is sealed to light, a 60 watt bulb will still put off 60 watts of heat
The thing is, no one will be buying 60 watt bulbs anymore, since 10 watt new bulbs will put out the same light. Actually, I seriously doubt that old-style bulbs would disappear any time soon - there'll always be a lava lamp and easy-bake oven market for them.
To get cheaper light
Try a compact fluorescent
'til you can buy these.
I'd like to note, though, that white LED bulbs are also very efficient, and the 144 LED Medium Base Floodlight Bulb listed here... takes only 12 Watts to generate the same as a 150 watt tungsten incandescent.
And for the low, low price of... $698.00. I'd rather spend $18 on a 24 watt fluorescent which will be just as bright. It would take a long, long time for it to use enough electricity to have made the LED bulb a better deal.
Then why did he name his recording studio Paisley Park, Reg?
Incidentally, thanks for the wonderful concert you gave in Birmingham (Alabama, not UK) last year.
No, Skynet *is* the computers that build the Terminator, Cyberdyne Systems is the company that builds Skynet. Of course, this was all supposed to have happened already.
Perhaps that was a bit of an exaggeration. Having my wisdom teeth removed was definitely worse, as was food poisoning, my first breakup, and any number of other things that don't come to mind immediately. However, waiting in line is something that happens quite often, and as Murphy's Law would dictate, always happens when I'm already running late for something, so it stands out more.
Umm, that's Prince, not Price. Should have used Preview, eh?
What does the artist formerly known as The Artist Formerly Known As Price have to say about this?
A friend of mine was once doing some work in South Africa. Recently, he was telling one of his coworkers about it and they said, "Wow, South Africa? Really? What country?"
True story.
Last time I checked rats weren't sentient beings, or at least they haven't told us about it.
Well of course they haven't told us about it. They don't want us to know that we're just part of the huge computer they designed to find the Ultimate Question that goes with the Ultimate Answer (forty-two).
Oh, wait, those were the mice. I'm not sure what the rats are up to.
I was attempting to watch some of the Stanley Cup playoffs last week, and noticed that the commercials were incredibly repetitive. ESPN and ESPN2 were both showing the exact same sequence of commercials during each commercial break. Five or six breaks during each period, all identical.
Finally I starred flipping to the music channels during each commercial break. Sure, I might miss a bit of the game, but then again you can often miss goals during commercial breaks anyway.
There's nothing (well, very few things) I hate worse than standing in line behind some schmoe paying with a check. It would be fine if they wrote everyhing but the amount out in advance, and then just had that to fill in once they were rung up - but that never happens. They wait for the cashier to finish, then ask to borrow a pen. Then they fill in the name of the store, the date, the amounts, something on the (pointless) memo line, then finally they sign the check. Now, the cashier has to validate the check, ask for an ID, perhaps call the manager over if the customer wanted cash back.
Then, once they are finally through, I swipe my card, wait 5 seconds for the receipt, sign it, and am on my way. And if my wallet is stolen, my maximum liability is $50, if the old lady's checkbook is stolen, she can be out the entire balance of her checking account.
easiest way to steal credit card numbers is to get a job in a retail outlet and record numbers of customers cards.
Or to go to a restaurant and grab receipts off of tables.
When dining and paying with a credit card, never leave until the waiter has picked the receipt up. At least then you only have to trust the waiter, not everyone else in the restaurant.
would it really be that hard just to run a few wires from the checkout lanes to the server when they built the place?
I was thinking the same thing - what the @#$%#! did they need wireless for, anyway? They don't move the cash registers around!
Meanwhile, if my cc number was to be stolen using this method, I think I could easily hold the manufacturer and the installer of these wireless registers responsible as well as the store.
Of course, you only stand to lose probably $50 to fraudulent charges depending on your card agreement, and the card company would probably even waive that. When the card companies start losing substantial money, they'll be suing the wireless register manufacturers and installers for big bucks.
Cool. We've already got the culture mostly in place - a lot of people think you're crazy if you don't spend the whole evening watching the network schlock on TV anyway. The books will start being burned as soon as the general public believes that books, not video games, incite children to violence and other 'bad' behaviors.
Now, fellow geeks, we'd better start memorizing the books.
Better yet, think of military appilcations. Chameleon-like camouflage possiblities for troops, tanks, ships, airplanes...
Remember the inviso suit the alien had in Predator? With this stuff, and some tiny CCD cameras, it could be nearly a reality.
Gilligan's Island with
Jim Carrey!
Dear God, no!!! How could you do that to me? I'll have that image in my mind for the rest of the afternoon!
Cor!! I remember Danger Mouse from the early days of Nickelodeon. I don't suppose there's any chance of the Tomorrow People coming back, is there?
Minor nitpick: HIPAA stands for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.
I agree that medical data should be completely off-limits to any opt-in or opt-out sharing. Anyone who needs medical information should be required to have the patient's signature on a release before they can obtain it.
Working for an HMO, I can assure you that no medical data goes across the Internet unencrypted from our offices. We take our members' privacy very seriously, as should any organization involved in healthcare.
... or downward pointing lightbar to illuminate controls)...
Go to Musician's Friend and search for Racklight. You might also look for rackmount power conditioners - most of the good ones have lights as well.
I don't think it would be "ironic" really, unless somehow the virus wiped out all the Caucasians and spared the Native Americans.
Interestingly, there's a theory that some kind of fungus growing on ancient Egyptian mummies was responsible for the "curse" which afflicted some of the discoverers.
Yes, it is a complete sentence. It's in the imperative, with the subect "you" implied. The "noooo" should be capitalized, and have only one o, of course.
Imagine if he were jailed... the protesters would chant...
Are you ready?
FREE WILLY COCK!!! FREE WILLY COCK!!!
Boy, that takes NASA's "faster, cheaper, better" mantra to a new level, doesn't it?