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The VB coders who think they are bright appear to be dim in the C# forums (kinda like turning on a flashlight during a sunny day).
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Yeah, well the presence of braces, brackets, *and* parentheses is pretty intimidating! 
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At the price, when you move, you have to remember to take all your light bulbs with you.
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I did that when I put fluorescents in a rental house. The bulbs would last 3 times longer than any of the tenants.
I can imagine the sinking feeling one would have after ordering my book,
only to find a laughably ridiculous theory with demented logic once the book arrives - Mark McCutcheon
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I'm mostly on 9W bulbs at home, haven't really noticed any difference personally but think I've read some people get headaches etc with the newer ones.
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I'm all for it as long as the color is right. Some of the LEDs just aren't the right color. They give me a headache. LEDs should be dimmable however, unlike the CFs.
-Sean
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Fire Nuts
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Sean Cundiff wrote: They give me a headache.
Me too. I think that with some (e.g. cheap strings of them for Christmas holiday  decorations) the alternating current makes them blink very quickly and it makes me dizzy. I hope that proper ones have a converter of some sort to make them steady.
And, yeah, the color isn't right.
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Sean Cundiff wrote: should be dimmable however, unlike the CFs
Ummmm....they make dimmable CFL bulbs.
Don't blame me. I voted for Chuck Norris.
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Did not know that! It's been a while since I've bought them since they're all still working. In fact the only CF's I've replace are due to them being physically broken (outside lamps).
-Sean
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Fire Nuts
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Incandescent bulbs already are endangered. Australia has already banned them effective starting this year. The US has a ban starting in 2012. We've switched almost all of our incandescents to CFLs. For the most part they've worked OK. I've had a few that didn't last a month. They went dim really quick. They'd still come on, but they were REALLY dim, like blacklights but not as cool.
Don't blame me. I voted for Chuck Norris.
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They are already here (for those who can afford them)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10350053-1.html[^]
(they are dimmable, and you can change the color temperature from incandescent to daylight)
They keep comparing the things to incandescent lamps, but compact fluorescent lamps are much cheaper and don't consume that much more electricity.
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They may be the future for GEC, but they're the past for the real world. I've been using them for years.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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I just wanted to say thanks for the ebook giveaway. I really enjoyed Guardians of Xen[^] and am definitely looking forward to the sequel. 
Flynn
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Glad you liked it!
The sequel is already released, just not on SmashWords yet. There's a PDF version available from my publisher if that format works for you. (See the link in my sig)
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Yeah, I probably should have said I'm looking forward to reading the sequel. I just haven't ordered it yet, heh.
Thanks for the heads up on the PDF version. I have a ton of books from SitePoint and Baen in PDF.
Flynn
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Thanks from me too! Your book was the first book I downloaded on my iPad. Though, I have not read it fully yet.
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First one, huh? I'm honored 
Hope you like it.
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It’s next in my to-read list, after I finish the “The Lost Fleet” saga/two more books to go/.
The narrow specialist in the broad sense of the word is a complete idiot in the narrow sense of the word.
Advertise here – minimum three posts per day are guaranteed.
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Well yeah... Can't stop in the middle of a series... That reminds me... I'm going to have to reread Wheel of Time one of these days...
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C’mon this is a life time job! 
The narrow specialist in the broad sense of the word is a complete idiot in the narrow sense of the word.
Advertise here – minimum three posts per day are guaranteed.
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Deyan Georgiev wrote: finish the “The Lost Fleet” saga
Is the latest book out in that one yet? I read the first N around Christmas, and noted that there was another one out soonish.
3x12=36
2x12=24
1x12=12
0x12=18
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Thanks, Ian, now you can log out and log back in with that other account.
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But, I'm a real person! Honest! I have my own driver's license and everything. 
Flynn
If we can't corrupt the youth of today,
the adults of tomorrow will be no fun...
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I think just one of me is more than enough
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Late, but is the End Of The Year, so had to make sure all our March Returns were out by close of play.
Stumps drawn, I am outta here and going for a libation!
Have a great week end.
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I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
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