OT Thats GENERAL Atrocities To You.

[tesco samoa]

Progress lies not in enhancing what is, but in advancing toward what will be."
-Kahlil Gibran, "A Handful of Sand on the Shore"

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[Puke]

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Originally posted by Atrocities:
"One crowded hour of glorious life is worth an age without a name." - Scott

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The light that burns twice as bright, burns half as long. And you have burned so very, very brightly Roy.

- Dr. Eldon Tyrell, in a screenplay directed by Ridley Scott.

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"...the green, sticky spawn of the stars"
(with apologies to H.P.L.)

[Atrocities]

"In this galaxy, there is a mathematical probability of three million Earth-type planets. And in all of the universe, three million million galaxies like this. And in all of that ... and perhaps more, only one of each of us." - TOS "Balance of Terror" - Dr. Leonard McCoy to Kirk.

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"We've made too many compromises already, too many retreats! They invade our space and we fall back -- they assimilate entire worlds and we fall back! Not again! The line must be drawn here -- this far, no further! And I will make them pay for what they've done!" -- Captain Picard STNG
New Age Ship Yards

[tesco samoa]

"That's it! You people have stood in my way long enough. I'm going to clown college!" H.J.S.

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[CW]

Hey I got promoted to 2Lt!

[Suicide Junkie]

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The light that burns twice as bright, burns half as long. And you have burned so very, very brightly Roy.

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For some regular everyday bulbs, it is "the light that burns twice as brightly burns 1/12th as long".
32x the brightness can whittle 1000 hours down to 15 seconds of life.

Try running way to much current through some small (cheap) bulbs, and use a stopwatch

[Breadfan]

Woo hoo ! I got promoted to PFC!

[This message has been edited by Breadfan (edited 29 August 2001).]