How many group posters 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.

7 to caution about the dangers of changing light bulbs.

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 "lightbulb" 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.

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 lightbulb group.

203 to demand that cross posting to hardware forum, off-topic forum, and lightbulb 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".

12 to post to the group that they will no longer post because they cannot handle the light bulb controversy.

19 to quote the "Me too's" to say "Me three".

4 to suggest that posters request the light bulb FAQ.

44 to ask what is a "FAQ".

4 to say "Didn't we go through this already a short time ago?".

143 to say "Do a Google search on light bulbs before posting questions about light bulbs".

1 forum lurker to respond to the original post 6 months from now and start it all over again....

source: http://www.computerjokes.net/216.htm

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And one to remind the lightbulb owner that turning it on will increase their CO2 emissions.

And one to remind the lightbulb owner that turning it on will increase their CO2 emissions.

Oh god, I hope nobody mentions CO2 emissions. Can you imagine the huge flamewar that would follow, arguing about "is global warming real" and "is CPDN wasting its time"?

;)

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This needs to be posted to the FAQ email discussion started on boinc_dev.

:-)

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Kathryn :o)

This wouldn't have been a problem in the first place, if the person had used solar powered, high intensity, led lighting. :)

I have a torch that produces quite a strong light when you turn its handle vigorously. But with all the lights off to save CO2 it's too dark and I can't find it.

But I don't know why I'm worrying about greenhouse gases. According to the Guardian Tread Lightly eco-awareness website, I could fly from Madrid to Paris and back again - and offsetting my carbon emissions would only cost �1.87 which is less than 3 euros = the price of a big plate of chips at Brussel-Midi station = almost nothing at all, particularly considering that the chips are 100 X better than anything publically available in England. Which proves what the air companies always say: modern aeroplanes are highly efficient and mostly fly on air.

http://www.climatecare.org/guardian/calculators/flight/

Message 13857 - Posted 5 May 2008 19:07:01 UTC - in response to Message ID 13606.
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Is the bulb actually the right term?

Peter

Message 13857 - Posted 5 May 2008 19:07:01 UTC - in response to Message ID 13606.
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Is the bulb actually the right term?

Peter

[flame] Geez - we already covered this...

6 to argue over whether it's "lightbulb" or "light bulb"...

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

[/flame]

:D

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[flame] Geez - we already covered this...

6 to argue over whether it's "lightbulb" or "light bulb"...

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

[/flame]

:D

Heeeey, you have to wait few months with the response (my message is not yet out), I'm the late lurker ;-)

Peter