VLC is great. It plays everything. I might as well download Media Player Classic too. Adobe's Media player works pretty well also. I just assign all the files to play in other programs. Windows Media Player never runs on my comp. as a result. What about Linux? --- I had an odd bug in real player the...

Costs of productivity loss with inferior lighting. Lighting should try to mimic sunlight in spectrum, because that is where the human eye can see best, and thus it reduces eyestrain, which is the other defining factor of decreasing eyesight performance during aging (the other is your genes). That's...

Amazon has the CFL I want at $13...

So, not taking time value of money and lowering costs of light bulbs into account:

that's $65 for 5 CFLs vs. $100 for 1 LED.

Not tragic.

On the other hand, that $100 if invested in standard CFLs could save a whole lot more energy. (Not outstandingly cost effective as a way to save energy.) $100 for a 15w bulb that replaces a 75w halogen, lifetime 50k hrs. Lifetime energy savings: (75-15)w * 50k hrs = 3,000 kw-hrs Standard CFL $3 for...

Ralf Hutter wrote:

Trip wrote:
And yes, this is a $100+ light bulb

No. Effing. Way. Ever.

Well, it replaced an $8 halogen bulb that was burning out every other month. If it lasts 3 years, I'll save.

It costs more than my TV, but I use it more than the TV.

NeilBlanchard wrote:Hello,

Don't let it get too hot. This is LED's weak point.

Thanks for the heads up. It's not in the kitchen, so hopefully it'll be alright.

Quick question, Mike (or someone else, if they know the answer). And I apologize if it was already answered elsewhere. What is the difference between the red and blue lines on your spectra plots? Awesome work, thanks for all the updates! I know it's tough to keep stopping to take pictures and write...

I imagine the herd has always had fuzzy morals, though yea mass media manipulates it.

What's really screwy is that we in the West believe each opinion to be equal.

"Total End Foot Candela" appears to be more important than lumens for my use, since the light shines down from a bucket light. Lumens is total light output, Total End Foot Candela is the amount of light reaching the area it's directed at. The viewing angles of light bulbs can vary, meaning the focus...

LED lights, as far as I'm aware, used to be too dim for practical use. However, I recently purchased a 15 W Par30 bulb from LEDtronics and it's brighter than the Halogen it replaced. It claims to last for 50000 hours and is guaranteed for 3 years, though LED's are usually sensitive to power fluctuat...

Is installing weatherstripping on a window/door difficult?

If you've the time/energy, I'd love to see any info on doing that. The birds outside wake up before I do, and they sing

Mike,

You might could contact GK Acoustics and request some sort of ventilation system.

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Btw, I'd put up drapes between that board and the window so it appears to just be a regular window with drapes in front. A boarded window looks a little off I think.

FOX just pretends to care about this.

In one breath it's praising outsourcing and mass immigration, and in the next lamenting that the recent immigrants aren't speaking English... what a crock.

FOX hates Americans.

My parents and everyone else called me "Trip" as a nickname, and it's what people still call me today.

It's a common nickname in either Britain or the Southern US... I forget which.

I often go by "Frank" in some forums, which is my real first name.

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Fascinating, no?

Nothing is more Patrioitic than questioning the government. Except maybe a Guillotine... Then what is the term or phrase for people who back the government even though it's wrong and the majority know it and admit it? I don't think he likes the government, just believes in this war. Bush is in favo...

Don't sit too close.

I haven't actually tried one out. I'm undecided as to whether it's genius or a dud, but I might buy one.

Haratech Veneto $699.00 free shipping

Kinda pricey for a gamble.

I like The Veneto Chair, at least as it looks in the review.

When I try to sit up in my chair, I feel pressure in the pelvic area which I suspect could lead to poor circulation (*shock* possibly impotence.)

Funny concern I know

There's no point in living in the US if your concerns for your wallet override your concerns for the Constitution, if you have any. Some people managed to get rich even in Iraq, Cuba, etc. There is no Constitution as you said earlier... :roll: Say what you mean then: you wish to defend remaining li...

Meh, computer noise is annoying.

I thought you were asking which of Clinton or W scared me more, and that is what I answered. There's no point in living in the US if your concerns for your wallet override your concerns for the Constitution, if you have any. Some people managed to get rich even in Iraq, Cuba, etc. There is no Const...

Jesse Jackson might not care about blacks, but man can he give a good speech. He's from my state btw 8) Now why should it make a difference where someone is born for any job? Is that part of our "equal" culture? And when exactly did we start to assign a lower class or rant to people based on their ...

I just ordered one for a relative from endpcnoise.com

It is very well done.

Jesse Jackson might not care about blacks, but man can he give a good speech. He's from my state btw

But yea it's a shame all the black leaders other than Cosby seem to be self-interested or Marxist... How long till you're up on the podium Neil?

Tough problem.....don't have kids, and you won't have to face it. Home-schooling in the USA is one solution, combined with close monitoring of TV programs and other media when the kid is young. Presumably, as they grow older, they are less likely to be "brain-washed"....so a parent can gradually le...

NeilBlanchard wrote:Hello Carl,

If the victim is white, then the convicted person is more likely to get the death penalty.

Because most attackers of whites are white... Black attackers get off more easily - we've discussed all this before. The system is yet again racist against whites.

NeilBlanchard wrote:Hi Carl,

Do you have your "opposite colored glasses" on?

Prevent murder by removing the large supply of guns. Where do criminals get their guns from, anyway?

Mexico

The goal is the best possible justice not absolute justice (which is impossible.) Some mistakes will be made, and that's reality Justice isn't served when some innocent person ends up in prison while the real criminal might still free. We shouldn't throw our hands in the air and accept mistakes mad...

Qviri, I haven't seen you post since my previous reply. All I said in response to you was: But to a crazed big government worshiper this might sound good... (power! muahahaha glorious power! they have no guns, they're defenseless!) for the rest of us, it's frightening. We've read of Lenin, Mao, Pol ...