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      02-14-2008, 12:04 PM   #3
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Originally Posted by Kilockel View Post
I'm choosing to speak about light bulbs:

Light bulbs are dark absorbers. You can prove this by placing your hand over an area on the light bulb. You should notice the pool of darkness that's built up behind your hand, because it can't get to the bulb anymore!

When they "burn out" it's actually because the light bulb is full and can't hold anymore darkness! It's just too bad that there is so much of that pesky substance around.
when a light bulb burns out, 99.9% of the time it is due to overheating and subsequent separation of the filament...

how much dumber could these off-topic questions get...
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