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TTRfan wrote:

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How many online forum group members does it take to change a light bulb?


1 to change the light bulb and to post that the light bulb has been changed.

14 to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs and how the light bulb could have been changed differently.

 6 to post “helpful” and witty replies

7 to caution about the dangers of changing light bulbs.

12 to conduct an autopsy on why the bulb failed in the first place

 23 to discuss the best way to repair a light bulb

 3 to discuss what could be made out of a failed light bulb

27 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about changing light bulbs.

53 to flame the spell checkers.

41 to correct spelling/grammar flames.

6 to argue over whether it's "light bulb" or "light bulb"...another 6 to condemn those 6 as anal-retentive

2 industry professionals to inform the group that the proper term is "lamp".

15 know-it-alls who claim *they* were in the industry, and that "light bulb" is perfectly correct

1 troll who says that people who change their own light bulbs are the spawn of Satan and should be cleansed from the Earth .

156 to email the participant's ISPs complaining that they are in violation of their "acceptable use policy".

109 to post that this group is not about light bulbs and to please take this discussion to a light bulb group

203 to demand that cross posting to hardware forum, off-topic forum, and light bulb group about changing light bulbs be stopped.

111 to defend the posting to this group saying that we all use light bulbs and therefore the posts *are* relevant to this group.

306 to debate which method of changing light bulbs is superior, where to buy the best light bulbs, what brand of light bulbs work best for this technique, and what brands are faulty.

27 to post URL's where one can see examples of different light bulbs.

14 to post that the URL's were posted incorrectly and then post the corrected URL's.

3 to post about links they found from the URL's that are relevant to this group which makes light bulbs relevant to this group.

33 to link all posts to date, quote them in their entirety including all headers and signatures, and add "Me too".

I hope you find that a bit of fun and please don't anyone take it personally!!!

Although I do recognise a few of my own habits 

Anything missed?

 

Brian

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Brian, you said (and I (re-)quote) "Anything missed?"....

there certainly is something, and it goes right to the heart of the matter of life, the universe and everything.

I refer you to http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/vision/lumpow.html

This shows that less than 3% of the energy flow to a traditional incandescent bulb/globe (of the Edison variety that appears to be addressed in your post) is radiated as visible LIGHT. Therefore it is an egregious misnomer to refer to the device as a "light" bulb (or globe, if anyone must). A tiny proportion of UV is emitted, but the vast proportion is infra-red, otherwise known as HEAT.

So, to clarify this matter, I have quoted your post in its entirety above, with the glaring error highlighted in red and re-quoted it below with the appropriate changes as required to conform with reality.

Heat globes in common use should indeed be changed, but NOT to another similar heat globe but something cooler, like a skylight or perhaps an LED lamp. HOWEVER, such heat lamps could well be used for keeping chickens or ducklings warm, or similar appropriate use.

Regarding "light globe" vs "light bulb", google ngrams indicate that the latter vastly outweighs the former in book usage in the last century. However a comparison of google search counts for "light bulb" vs "light globe" with the same phrase pair limited by " site:.au" does indeed appear to indicate that the use of  "light globe" in the antipodes, while very small, is nevertheless 3 times more likely (relative to "light bulb") than the very very small fraction over all internet sites.

https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=light+bulb%2Clight+globe&year_start=1800&year_end=2000&corpus=18

BTW, I was shocked to see that the original post was very poorly/inconsistently punctuated. I suggest that instead of ending some bulb post count assertions with a period (or is that a dot or a fullstop or a full-stop or a full stop?), and some without any terminating punctuation, they should either all be ended with a ".", or else all except the last should be terminated by a semi-colon.

But having said that, I do not wish to disparage the original post which is a milestone on the glorious road to TTR250 enlightenment.

How many online forum group members does it take to change a HEAT bulb?


1 to change the HEAT bulb and to post that the HEAT bulb has been changed.

14 to share similar experiences of changing HEAT bulbs and how the HEAT bulb could have been changed differently.

 6 to post “helpful” and witty replies

7 to caution about the dangers of changing HEAT bulbs.

12 to conduct an autopsy on why the bulb failed in the first place

 23 to discuss the best way to repair a HEAT bulb

 3 to discuss what could be made out of a failed HEAT bulb

27 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about changing HEAT bulbs.

53 to flame the spell checkers.

41 to correct spelling/grammar flames.

6 to argue over whether it's "HEAT bulb" or "HEAT bulb"...another 6 to condemn those 6 as anal-retentive

2 industry professionals to inform the group that the proper term is "lamp".

15 know-it-alls who claim *they* were in the industry, and that "HEAT bulb" is perfectly correct

1 troll who says that people who change their own HEAT bulbs are the spawn of Satan and should be cleansed from the Earth .

156 to email the participant's ISPs complaining that they are in violation of their "acceptable use policy".

109 to post that this group is not about HEAT bulbs and to please take this discussion to a HEAT bulb group

203 to demand that cross posting to hardware forum, off-topic forum, and HEAT bulb group about changing HEAT bulbs be stopped.

111 to defend the posting to this group saying that we all use HEAT bulbs and therefore the posts *are* relevant to this group.

306 to debate which method of changing HEAT bulbs is superior, where to buy the best HEAT bulbs, what brand of HEAT bulbs work best for this technique, and what brands are faulty.

27 to post URL's where one can see examples of different HEAT bulbs.

14 to post that the URL's were posted incorrectly and then post the corrected URL's.

3 to post about links they found from the URL's that are relevant to this group which makes HEAT bulbs relevant to this group.

33 to link all posts to date, quote them in their entirety including all headers and signatures, and add "Me too".

Cubber wrote:

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You too performed something of a faux pas, Brindabella.

 

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Brian, you said (and I (re-)quote) "Anything missed?".

there certainly is something, and it goes right to the heart of the matter of life, the universe and everything.

 

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 The above word highlighted in red, being the start of a new sentence, ought to begin with a capital letter to be of acceptable standard.

Martyn

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Thank you Martyn -  it is by the accumulation of wisdom, and the attention to detail (such as provided by yourself), and the  correction of seemingly trivial mistakes, that this great forum will become even greater (or should that be "greater", or "more great" or even "the greatest"?).  However, I do take umbrage at your characterization of of a mere typo as a "faux pas", and further, I would say that you have jumped the gun,  in "correcting" by capitalisation. The true correction is an ellipsis after the preceding quotation. Accordingly I have edited my original post. Additionally I quote the relevant part of the edited post below to save further confusion...

    Brian, you said (and I (re-)quote) "Anything missed?"....

     there certainly is something, and it goes right to the heart of the matter of life, the universe and everything.

     I refer you to http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/vision/lumpow.html

Once again, thank you Martyn, for providing valuable illumination, and for treading lightly.

Oh yeah, don't forget these-

1 person to post irrelevant info based on a science project/assignment that they did back in school.

1 person to correct the irrelevant info that is based on a science project/assignment that they did back in school.

And of course...

1 to post that they are not happy with the spelling/grammar corrections and mention that the corrections were uncalled for.

Jarrah