How many internet forums members are necessary to change an electric light bulb?

[Dutch]

While this is not entirely on subject, it is regarding the forums so I thought I'd ask here. Was anyone else recieving a proxy error and could not connect to the forums? I was getting one for a few hours, but obviously now it has been fixed.

:)

Yup.. Somebody forgot to change the lightbulb before the weekend. Had the proxy error most of saturday and all of sunday (CET time).

Dutch

[Second]

Yup.. Somebody forgot to change the lightbulb before the weekend. Had the proxy error most of saturday and all of sunday (CET time).

Dutch

Ok good, glad to know I'm not going insane.

[alklloyd]

Ok good, glad to know I'm not going insane.

Yeah, I got it too. Speaking of lightbulbs, you would not want to see some of the xrays I've seen over the years...

Al

[marklar]

I prefer apples for this... they don't require quite as much force... but the juice can get a bit sticky if you don't clean it well

Yamhills are more suited for the task. They have more cycles per second than an apple.

marklar

[klepto]

While this is not entirely on subject, it is regarding the forums so I thought I'd ask here. Was anyone else recieving a proxy error and could not connect to the forums? I was getting one for a few hours, but obviously now it has been fixed.

:)

yes I got it on my os x machine

[ictus]

the lightbulb edison invented is still burning brightly

why? the filament hasn't broken yet

that's the way it was designed. but people wanted to make money off his invention so they started making lightbulbs with filaments that would break, requiring replacement

so why don't we start making lightbulbs like edison intended and forget about changing them

that would eliminate a lot of users

[Voltage Spike]

the lightbulb edison invented is still burning brightly

Okay, I'm certainly not an expert, but I call bullshit. Edison worked very hard to find a material that work for a useful amount of time, but I hardly think he discovered a material that would never break. Companies are competing even today to increase burn times, and I'm pretty sure we can file this permanent light bulb in the same warehouse as the water-powered car. It isn't a conspiracy, just plain-old physics.

[ictus]

dude its true

http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasc...9/gen99654.htm

check it out man i'm telling the truth

i saw his one of edison's light bulbs burning brightly in his winter home in FL when i went there on vacation

[TheCotMan]

the lightbulb edison invented is still burning brightly

Use of the word "the" here makes it sound as if it was the only one, or perhaps was the first one.

The first one that showed significant promise was made of a carbonized cotton thread.

http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasc...9/gen99654.htm

check it out man i'm telling the truth

i saw his one of edison's light bulbs burning brightly in his winter home in FL when i went there on vacation

Sure, but how long has the bulb been burning? Has it been under-volted?

Let's look at other citations:
webcam of the longest burning lightbulb (1901) .

GE says it is your light fixture that is to blame. (heh heh)

The Voltage, Light Output and Life section primarily discusses voltage WRT bulb life, but has this about Oxygen elsewhere in the same page:

The most significant feature of Swan's lamp was that there was little residual oxygen in the vacuum tube to ignite the filament, thus allowing the filament to glow almost white-hot without catching fire.

I guess this makes me one of the:
"27 to post urls where we can discover the various electric light bulbs..."

and you one of the:
"12 more to agree that they don't make lght bulbs as they used to be.."

[Kibble]

How many internet forums members are necessary to change an electric light bulb?

I propose a new topic - Coping with darkness!!!

[LosT]

Too bad there is a "109" listed...otherwise all the numbers could have been in base 8 (it was posted by OP)-


How many Cotmans does it take to change a lightbulb?

None. He's not afraid of the dark.

LosT

[KeLviN]

and it IS "lamp", not "light bulb".

[Dutch]

Too bad there is a "109" listed...otherwise all the numbers could have been in base 8 (it was posted by OP)-


How many Cotmans does it take to change a lightbulb?

None. He's not afraid of the dark.

LosT

Ha! How many wifes with PMS does it take to change a lightbulb ?
2.
Why the need for 2 ?
BECAUSE THEY SAY SO !!!! YOU GOT A PROBLEM WITH THAT ?!???

Dutch

[Kibble]

ok, Q: How many irishmen does it take to change a lightbulb?? A: 500! 1 to hold the lightbulb and 499 to rotate the house round the lightbulb!

[astcell]

How many Defcon Goons does it take to change a light bulb?

Only one. He holds onto the light bulb and the world revolves around him.