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    Image of deanbmmv deanbmmv
    08/11/09

    In reply to Gorgeous Magic Made Out of Street Lights and Bugs
    It's a couple of seconds in, but ITV (UK channel) has a little clip, most likely CG, with some moths flying around a lamp. Looks kinda cool to see it in motion.
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    Image of Curves Curves
    08/11/09

    In reply to Gorgeous Magic Made Out of Street Lights and Bugs
    Thats totally cool. When I was a kid we used to sit and watch the bats dive at the bugs around the street lights. We used to throw a pepple up to try and confuse the bats, and they always dove for them.
    Man, I had a totally lame childhood.....
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    Image of uncle_jojo uncle_jojo
    08/11/09

    @Curves: We used to catch what we called in West Texas "mayates"... these huge black harmless beetles that made a lot of noise. We would tie a string to one of their legs and have them buzz around. They always broke free... Not lame at all... How many people can say they played with bats during their childhood?...
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    Image of Curves Curves
    08/11/09

    @Curves: pepple=pebble. Damn Lsydexia.
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    Image of Curves Curves
    08/11/09

    @uncle_jojo: My dad would catch what we call June Bugs and tie a string to them, which, now, as an adult, I see as kind of cruel, though we always let them go eventually. We used to get empty jars and go hunting for fireflies at night. I was covered in poison ivy, mosquito bites and dirt and was having the time of my life.
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    Image of Spaztrick Spaztrick
    08/11/09

    @Curves: I liked the idea of throwing people up to try and confuse the bats.
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    Image of Curves Curves
    08/11/09

    @Spaztrick: Get vid of that please.
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    Image of TheLostVikings R.O.A.C.H. TheLostVikings R.O.A.C.H.
    08/11/09

    @Curves: I didn't even realize you misspelled it until I saw your 2nd comment...
    Lysdexia scus.
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    Image of vqro vqro
    08/11/09

    @Curves: Lame??? No way. You should be grateful you didn't have something like a Nintendo to rot your brain. Kids these days don't know anything beyond video games and computers. They couldn't recognize a bat if it bit their asses.
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    Image of maven2k maven2k
    08/11/09

    In reply to Gorgeous Magic Made Out of Street Lights and Bugs
    Wow, the ones hat make a perfect curly-q are pretty cool. It kind of looks like a the beginning of a really old movie.
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    08/11/09

    In reply to Gorgeous Magic Made Out of Street Lights and Bugs
    Interesting way of tracking the paths the bugs fly. I'm surprised how many of them flew in recognizable patterns (like the spiral-y ones), instead of the random, aimless way they look on my doorstep.
    Side note: I'd like to see this done in motion. Sounds like a job for After Effects!
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    Image of Brandon Statton Brandon Statton
    08/11/09

    @OCEntertainment: the spiral-y ones are ones that have reached their ultimate goal, the light. only to have died in the process due to the heat. the spiral is a result of their post-mortem paralysis's flight path.
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    08/11/09


    @Brandon Statton: :-D
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    Image of Brandon Statton Brandon Statton
    08/11/09

    @OCEntertainment: my doctorate was in the Projected Flight Path of Dead Birds and Insects, with a specialization in streetlamp related deaths.
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    deanbmmv ([k]) promoted this comment Edited by Brandon Statton at 08/11/09 1:20 PM Brandon Statton was starred Brandon Statton was unstarred
    Image of DustyButt™ DustyButt™
    08/11/09

    In reply to Gorgeous Magic Made Out of Street Lights and Bugs
    You should check out the "Magic Made Out of Street Walkers & Bugs" series. Revolting, yet captivating.
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    Image of Curves Curves
    08/11/09

    @DustyButt™: No link? Its easier to have you list it than to look it up myself, since I am lazy. ;)
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    Image of Nick Nick
    08/11/09

    In reply to Gorgeous Magic Made Out of Street Lights and Bugs
    darn rednecks and your backyard entertainment.
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    Image of Geisrud Geisrud
    08/11/09

    @Nick: I love Nick: I just got a new entertainment center: Two bird feeders and a pellet gun
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    Image of Xeno Xeno
    07/31/09

    In reply to Manually-Powered Wind-up Light Is Perfect For Bed Time
    This needs that sticky touchstone material on the bottom. Then you could stick it on the wall!
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    Image of liveinabin liveinabin
    07/31/09

    In reply to Manually-Powered Wind-up Light Is Perfect For Bed Time
    Meanwhile the insane ticky-ticky noise of the timer will keep you awake all the time it's on!
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    Image of fuchikoma fuchikoma
    07/20/09

    In reply to Universal Mirror: Imagine the Exact Opposite of an Invisibility Cloak
    Looking at the image, at first I thought this was about those mirrors designed with computer modelling to reflect an image without reversing left to right, so for example, you could hold a book up to it and read it normally.
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    Image of Matthew Liang Chaboud Matthew Liang Chaboud
    07/18/09

    In reply to Universal Mirror: Imagine the Exact Opposite of an Invisibility Cloak
    Normal mirrors reflect light at an angle from the surface normal of the mirror equal to the incident angle. This *can* be 90 degrees, but it's a relatively rare occurrence.

    It's a minor point, but...
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    Image of mikeness mikeness
    07/18/09

    In reply to Universal Mirror: Imagine the Exact Opposite of an Invisibility Cloak
    Sweet, this will take my narcissism to the big time. By the way, I say photoshopp'd to the image above.
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    SysRq promoted this comment Edited by mikeness at 07/18/09 1:55 PM mikeness was starred mikeness was unstarred
    Image of bosskev bosskev
    07/18/09

    @mikeness: My narcissism could not get any bigger. Local weather stations often erroneously report a high pressure system forming when it's really just my enormous ego passing through town.
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    Image of JodaThongnopnua JodaThongnopnua
    07/18/09

    @bosskev: Your ego smells rather foul.
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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    07/18/09

    @JodaThongnopnua: Not mine; you're probably noticing my friend Governor Tarkin.
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    Image of JodaThongnopnua JodaThongnopnua
    07/18/09

    @bosskev: He's holding your leash as well? Didn't know you were into bondage.
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    Image of Geisrud Geisrud
    07/16/09

    In reply to World's First Liquid-Cooled LED Lightbulb Perfectly Pairs With Silly Gaming PCs
    only consumes 4W of electricity (compared to a 25W incandescent)
    Who the hell uses a 25W incandescent lightbulb?
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    Image of Frizzaper Frizzaper
    07/16/09

    In reply to World's First Liquid-Cooled LED Lightbulb Perfectly Pairs With Silly Gaming PCs
    I realize it's not a whole lot of liquid, but it strikes me that electricity+water=accidents waiting to happen. Assuming the bulbs are assembled perfectly, what happens when you knock a lamp over with one of these bulbs in it?
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    Image of Geisrud Geisrud
    07/16/09

    @Frizzaper: From TFA - "Not to worry, if you drop/break it - the liquid inside is harmless paraffin oil that has been tested and certified safe to UL and ROHS standards."
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    Image of Jonhy Jonhy
    07/16/09

    In reply to World's First Liquid-Cooled LED Lightbulb Perfectly Pairs With Silly Gaming PCs
    Anyone got a comparison for how much a traditional incandescent and CCFL cost in electricity per year & upfront?
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    Image of CAVEperson CAVEperson
    07/16/09

    @Jonhy: The average CFL is a foolish purchase. Manufacturers use cheap electrolytic capacitors that overheat (in the usual bulb-down mounting position) and burn out long before the rated lifetime of the bulb--usually within a year, in my experience, especially for the crappy CFLs that Costco sells and many people buy. I replace those caps to revive the lights, but I doubt that most folks would want to do that. So, the cost of electricity isn't the most important factor in the economic calculation. On the other hand, I have six 18W Panasonic EFT18LE-T compact fluorescents for which I paid $10 each in 1992, and they're all still working just fine in daily use (bulb down, too). Vastly more economical than these LEDs!
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    Image of Blake380 Blake380
    07/15/09

    In reply to World's First Liquid-Cooled LED Lightbulb Perfectly Pairs With Silly Gaming PCs
    I thought LEDs are not supposed to generate heat.
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    Image of fuchikoma fuchikoma
    07/16/09

    @Blake380:

    Very little normally, but it's one of the problems with room lighting bulbs - they can make them very bright, but they heat up, dramatically shortening the life of the LED. That's why most lightbulb replacements have cooling fins (well, that and the power adapter built in!)
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