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The GOP’s Dim Bulb Bill

March 10th, 2011 at 12:47 am | 54 Comments |

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This week the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee will have a hearing on Senator Mike Enzi’s “Better Use of Light Bulbs Act,” which has also been introduced in the House by Joe Barton (R-TX) along with a similar measure by Michele Bachmann. The legislation seeks to repeal a provision of the 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act that sets energy efficiency requirements for light bulbs.

Proponents of this assault on energy efficiency claim that the 2007 legislation bans incandescent light bulbs and that their legislation strikes a blow for freedom by protecting consumer choice in lighting.

Don’t be surprised if Glenn Beck dedicates an upcoming blackboard diagram to the great light bulb conspiracy and asserts that the right of Americans to use inefficient lighting is actually spelled out in the U.S. Constitution.

What’s next, a resolution renaming the energy guzzling incandescent as the Freedom Bulb?

Notwithstanding the “bulb ban” rhetoric, the law does not ban incandescent lighting, or any other lighting technology for that matter. Instead, it sets energy efficiency standards for lighting, like the appliance standards in existing federal law that date back to the Reagan administration.

The 2007 law requires that starting next year general purpose 100 watt light bulbs will have to give off an equivalent amount of light (1,500 lumens) using only 72 watts of electricity. While that gives a leg up to energy sipping florescent and LED lighting, the reality is that Phillips already produces a halogen incandescent that exceeds the 2012 standard.

(Note: Senator Enzi and his cohorts can confirm this if they will just trot on over to the nearest Lowe’s or Home Depot.)

Similar requirements will take effect in 2013 and 2014 for incandescent bulbs rated for lower levels of light output. Exempt from the requirements are incandescent bulbs used for special applications – refrigerator lights, for example.

Framing the issue in terms of productivity, a conventional incandescent bulb produces about 15 lumens per watt. If the incandescent were a worker, it would be fired for poor productivity. Ninety percent of the input energy that goes into incandescent bulbs produces waste heat.

A 26-watt compact florescent bulb (CFL) will yield a similar amount of light as a 100-watt incandescent, so it’s four times as productive. Newer LED lighting, which is rapidly gaining market share despite being pricey, is even more productive. LED bulbs put out more than 100 lumens per watt.

Lighting productivity is important. We don’t buy electricity for the sake of collecting electrons. We buy electricity for the services it provides – running computers, chilling food, running appliances, and lighting our homes.

The more light you can get per dollar spent on electricity, the better off you will be economically. Not only that, CFLs and LEDs last much longer than incandescent bulbs.

President Reagan obviously thought that efficiency standards made sense. They did not offend his conservative values, nor should they. Can anyone think of anything less conservative than waste? For the same reason conservatives should oppose wasteful spending, they should also oppose wasteful energy use.

So why would anyone be against standards that result in more efficient products that save consumers money, conserve energy, and improve our environment with virtually no real sacrifice?

Of course these libertarian champions of waste who seek to save the inefficient light bulb complain that any standards are symptomatic of an overly intrusive nanny-state.

They also heap all sorts of criticism on CFLs. This is not all that relevant since the standards do not contain any mandate on technology. Odds are that LEDs will dominate the market once prices come down.

Still, it is worth pointing out that the CFL criticism is off the mark too. Typical complaints are that CFLs produce poor lighting quality, cost more, and that they contain dangerous levels of mercury. Most of these criticisms are based on older generations of CFLs. Today’s CFLs, while not perfect, simply don’t have many of the flaws their predecessors did.

As for the mercury issue, each CFL bulb contains about 5 milligrams of mercury and they do need to be disposed of properly, just like batteries, used motor oil, cell phones etc.

If mercury is the concern, then think about the mercury emitted by all the coal burned to light up those inefficient incandescent bulbs.

Popular Mechanics ran the numbers – one 75-watt incandescent is responsible for nearly four times as much mercury emissions as one 25-watt CFL over the estimated 7,500 hours that a CFL lasts. Even if all the mercury in CFLs were released into the environment, incandescents would still be responsible for more mercury emissions.

It is quite telling how little confidence the sponsors of the “Better Use of Light Bulbs Act” have in American businesses to innovate and produce a product that responds to today’s energy challenges.  If anyone is trying to mandate a specific technology— and an old one at that—it is these misguided Republicans.

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54 Comments so far ↓

  • greg_barton

    The best LED bulb I’ve seen so far is this one:

    429 lumens at 8.6 watts, just under 50 lumens per watt. Home depot also sells a slightly more expensive bulb that has a softer light. I’ve bought about seven of each and I like them much better than CFLs.

  • rbottoms

    Pretty lengthy in depth and thoughtful review of the subject.

    But you left out the most important consideration for the GOP: Does it hurt president Obama?

    If the answer is yes then they support it. Screw science, or common sense.

    • Elvis Elvisberg

      Yep, that’s about it.

      Sure, there’s a sound philosophical conservative justification for avoiding waste. But philosophical conservatism has nothing to do with today’s Republican Party.

      Republicans have no policy views. They’re a tribe of people who experience deep emotions of fear and resentment when they think about liberals and foreigners.

      This post is a well-considered examination of a matter of public policy. Therefore, it is not relevant to Republicans.

  • busboy33

    Sure the GOP-run parts of the Government as epically mired in pure foolishness . . . but you can’t deny they are entertaining as hell.

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  • andydp

    And this bill relates to job creation how ?

  • JeninCT

    I hate those compact fluorescent bulbs. They take too long to get to full light, they do not last as long as everyone claims (they lose life quicker when you turn them on and off), they’re expensive and they’re toxic.

    I agree it’s not the most pressing matter but seriously, that legislation was unnecessary and it was a gift to GE.

  • cdorsen

    Agreed Jenin. Yes, I am more libertarian minded, but I assure you my libertarian values have nothing to do with my hatred of these new light bulbs. I tried them, and HATE them. I do not hate the environment, common sense, Obama, or anything else. I hate the awkward light they produce and the headache it gives me in my home. Now, my choice in the future is headache or darkness. I also hate the the extra care of which I have to give such a fragile object. Disposing of a cell phone or battery properly may be a pain, but at least if I drop it, I don’t get a shower of toxins making my living space unlivable. How about we let industry catch up with the demand for a longer lasting more energy efficient light bulb without the side effects?

  • gobsmacked

    I read the title and saw “GOP” and “dim bulb” and thought it was another Palin article.

  • ScoopAway

    I grew up Republican. It was one of my basic indentity markers like ‘female’ ‘American’, . I used to be proud of it becasue ‘we’ stood for something good. I’m still registered as one, but not for long.

    Things have been changing over the years. After Iraq, Bush, Cheney, financial irresponsiblity, the Palin circus, Limbaugh, Beck, changes to rape definition, anti breast feeding, I didn’t think the Republicans could get any worse, ….but they seem to have no bounds of stupidity, lack of integrity and mindless automatic backlash.

    It’s been one incredible assault after another. This morning after hearing about the Republican sneakiness in WI, and now something as mundane as light bulbs… the light of hope has finally gone completely out.

    I can truly say this morning I hate everything Republican. Yes, hate.

    And if I have come this far, there are many others who feel the same.

    • TerryF98

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    • Carney

      No one changed the definition of rape.

      The Smith bill’s use of the term “forcible rape” was no innovation.

      Consistent pro-lifers have always wanted to ban all abortions, or failing that end taxpayer-funded abortions. The rape exception is offensive because it presumes that humans conceived by rape are less human and less deserving of a right to live than other humans.

      Thus, dedicated pro-lifers, seeking to save as many innocent unborn humans as possible, or at least require their deaths to happen at the expense of the abortion industry rather than the taxpayer, undertook to remove at least one segment of the offensive rape exception away from the taxpayer dole.

      Contrary to abortion-industry hysteria, this IN NO WAY “redefined” rape, legalized any form of rape, etc. Banning (let alone de-funding) abortion is not legalizing rape. In fact, for much of American history, while abortion was banned, rape was punishable by EXECUTION.

      In fact, it was the “pro-choice” leaning side of the Supreme Court that supported the 1976 Cover v. Georgia decision (banning the death penalty for rape), and the 2008 Kennedy v. Louisiana decision (banning the death penalty for child rape). Shaky ground from which to accuse others of disrespecting women by being soft on rape.

    • Carney

      And what an absurd, hysterical post. You’re so filled with bitter zealous eagerness to impose your light bulb choices on other Americans (of all the pointless, obnoxiously intrusive, petty over-regulations imaginable!) that you erupt in rage at the Republican Party and pronounce yourself to be in a state of hatred against “everything Republican”?

  • kuri3460

    This is a symptom of a bigger problem, which is the infantile reasoning that’s been the basis of the entire Republican Party platform for at least five years.

    I still don’t understand how things like the Patriot Act, No Child Left Behind, and the Defense of Marriage Act are viewed positively as measures which are necessary to keep us safe, make teachers accountable, or defend traditional family values, while increasing efficiency standards on light bulbs or raising the nutritional standards for school lunches are seen as tyrannical intrusions of big government.

  • CitizenWhig

    “I agree it’s not the most pressing matter but seriously, that legislation was unnecessary and it was a gift to GE.” – JeninCT

    I am purposefully being insulting. You are a complete and utter moron. This is by no means a “gift” to GE. They are getting out of the CFL manufacturing business. They use third parties to provide product on a private label basis.

    As to the toxicity of CFLs, you get more mercury in a bite of tuna than you would from a broken CFL. Wake up and stop being such fool.

    • JeninCT

      You can insult me all you want but that doesn’t make you correct. CFL giveways were done with government credits for green initiatives even if they were manufactured in China.

  • CitizenWhig

    “I also hate the the extra care of which I have to give such a fragile object. Disposing of a cell phone or battery properly may be a pain, but at least if I drop it, I don’t get a shower of toxins making my living space unlivable.” – cdorsen

    You’re an idiot too. If you would like to know why Republicans get tagged with being anti-intellecutal and not as smart as the “elitist” democrats, just look at the deliberately misinformed statements made by you and others of your ilk. You sir, are a moron.

    • Traveler

      You don’t need to get so vituperative because someone is mistaken about some innocuous issue. You totally perfect yourself? Never made one misinformed statement? Both Jen and Cdorsen have posted some well reasoned comments previously. Even if I might not agree with most of their perspectives, that doesn’t mean I have to snipe away under the cover of anonymity.

      Save the spite for truly nasty posts, of which there are plenty to choose.

      • JeninCT

        Thank you, Traveler.

      • CitizenWhig

        Deliberately ignorant posts are the nastiest posts out there. JeninCT is a serial offender on this front. She has absolutely no knowledge of how the CFL technology works and is merely parroting talking points fed to her from her right wing echo chamber. She is truly a fool, and should be called on it at every turn. Perhaps if the intelligent and rational people in this country made the effort to shout down the vocal ignorant, we wouldn’t be contending with a Republican party that has so fully embraced the politics of emotion while abandoning its lineage of reason.

  • ScoopAway

    “… infantile reasoning…”

    “Wake up and stop being such fool.”

    “You sir, are a moron.”

    Don’t forget you are addressing the bankrupt “Drill, baby, drill” mentality.

  • MSheridan

    Note to Mr. Jenkins:

    While I found your op-ed interesting and informative, I feel you might wish to know that the word is “fluorescent,” not “florescent.” The first refers to a scientific phenomenon named after fluorite, a substance that not infrequently glows. The second sounds as if it has something to do with the growth of flowers.

  • Panta Rei

    Agree that it’s a pity the focus is on CFLs

    All lights have their advantages,
    this ban on a safe-to-use product is wrong for many other reasons
    (the regulations are simply to reduce energy consumption and emissions
    – so bankrupt California and federal USA could tax instead of ban the current 2 Billion bulb sales, and cross-subsidize other bulbs to make them cheaper, and/or help pay for home insulation etc, lowering energy use and emissions more than any remaining taxed bulbs raise them)

    It is of course a ban:
    Any light not meeting the standard is banned,
    and energy efficient incandescents like Halogens still have differences in construction,
    light output type etc as well as in costing much more, compared to simple ordinary bulbs.

    There is a murkier side behind the push to use CFLs, apart from the official energy reduction reason:
    The profit-seeking industrial politics behind the ban, as covered on
    with documentation and copies of official communications

  • Panta Rei

    Re Coal mercury emissions being worse than CFL mercury

    Again, agreed, that coal emissions (of sulphur, mercury, and other toxins) are nothing to be welcomed

    for many reasons CFL mercury is worse, in
    particular for USA + Canada, as explained:
    which covers emission reduction mandates using new technology etc

    More extensively:
    The CFL Mercury Issue
    Breakage — Recycling — Dumping — Mining — Manufacturing — Transport –
    Power Plants

    Quote (with some editing ):
    In a nutshell:
    1. We know where the ever decreasing local coal power plant chimneys
    are and we can treat their emissions with ever increasing efficiency
    at lower costs
    (the website itself references USA EPA power plant emission reduction policy using
    new technology, under EPA admin Lisa Jackson)
    2. Compare that with a broken CFL at home, with mercury release on the spot.
    3. Also compare that with future billions of scattered broken CFLs
    elsewhere, when we do not know where all the broken lights will be, and so
    it is much harder and often impossible to do anything about them.
    4. Also compare that with any recycled CFLs, with its own mercury release,
    including the mercury release from any shipping transport from, and
    back to, China for new CFL manufacturing, apart from the mining and manufacturing issues
    as mentioned.

    • JeninCT

      And all those Democrats screaming about worker’s rights ought to be outraged by the poisoning of the Chinese workers who are making these lights.

  • dmnolan

    Energy, Independence & Security Act of 2007 was signed into law by President G. W. Bush. Just pandering to his liberal base, I guess.

  • sinz54

    Jenkins sez: “Ninety percent of the input energy that goes into incandescent bulbs produces waste heat.”

    Many of us New Englanders don’t “waste” that heat.

    Five 150 watt incandescent bulbs produce nearly 700 watts of heat, about as much as the “low” setting on an electric space heater. In the cold New England winters, those incandescent bulbs produce so much heat that we don’t need to run our heaters as much. And a single bulb burning in a closet,, warms and lights the closet to hinder mildew growth.

    When I switched from incandescents to CFLs, I immediately noticed that my bathroom got a lot chillier, particularly on a cold winter morning. And you don’t want to run a space heater in there; it’s dangerous due to the floor being wet so often.

  • Churl

    Here’s what the EPA suggests you do to clean up a broken CFL bulb:
    For starters:
    Before cleanup
    Have people and pets leave the room.
    Air out the room for 5-10 minutes by opening a window or door to the outdoor environment.
    Shut off the central forced air heating/air-conditioning system, if you have one.
    Collect materials needed to clean up broken bulb.
    ….and there’s more to do, as you can read at the link.

    I wish that the Koch Brothers were pushing these things, then CFLs would be banned as hazardous materials.

    By the way, these things contain Mercury vapor and are assembled in Chinese factories. What could possibly go wrong there?

  • ScoopAway

    “I wish that the Koch Brothers were pushing these things, then CFLs would be banned as hazardous materials.”

    Uh, the Koch brothers are in energy. It would not be in their best financial interests for people to use CFLs to conserve. It is people like the Koch brothers who are probably helping to finance the Republican move against CFLs figuring the sheep are too dumb to notice. Again.

    I’ve switched almost all my incandescent bulbs to CFLs the past few years. This has cut about 20% from my electric bill. I don’t mind being inconvienced a fraction of a second for them to light up for significant savings.

    Pssst…Republicans…. Yes, I’m talking to you…. Obama hates CFLs! ….So let’s all go buy and use ‘em.

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  • Carney

    Some energy issues are worth federal intervention because inaction directly threatens our economy and national security. Specifically, it’s important to end oil’s monopoly status as the sole source of transportation motive power.

    However, promoting increased efficiency in electricity does not qualify, since oil is barely used anymore for electricity generation. Coal, natural gas, nuclear power, hydro-electric dams, and green power (combined, the source of 97% of our electricity) do not fund terrorism.

    Thus, the federal government should stay out of this. It’s almost a parody of over-reaching government. If people want to have more efficient light bulbs, they’ll buy ‘em. If not, TOO BAD.

  • djenkins

    MSheridan, thanks for catching that. I cannot figure out why I left out the u. I certainly didn’t mean to give a nod to flower power :-)

  • LFC

    Today’s right-wingnuts. Taking “conserve” out of “conservative”.

  • ScoopAway

    “Today’s right-wingnuts. Taking “conserve” out of “conservative”.”

    My, oh my! and being so concerned about mercury! When have they ever given a rat’s ass about the environment? What does mercury have to do with creating jobs or, lol, their pet abortion and gay marriage issues? Talk about a party that’s splattered in all directions upon hitting the floor.

    Poor darlings must be snorting too much Koch.

  • Tempest in a Frumpot

    great article Mr. Jenkins. I have LED lights in my home and I love them. Since I live in Mexico I can easily buy incandescent bulbs but it is a pain in the ass to have to to run to the store whenever any go out. Since I bought them I have basically completely forgotten about that need, and my electricity bill has gone way, way down which frees up money to buy other things.

    As to Sinz and his chilly bathroom, one, open the bathroom door. It is simply nuts to think of using light bulbs to heat your house. And why doesn’t your bathroom have heat? Did they not add vents there? My bathroom in the states is actually the warmest room in the house since it is a small enclosed space.

    Carney, you are making no sense. More and more dual hybrid and all electric cars are being built and sold, which places a demand on the electrical grid. Now you might not like plug in hybrids, but they exist and a lot of people are using them. Get over it already and stop pretending that they don’t exist. Anything that lessens our foreign dependence on oil is a good thing, but if everyone used plug in hybrids and incandescents there is no way in hell we would have the capacity.

    And this is not a parody of over reaching government. We are at war in 2 countries, would you have bitched in WW2 at war time restrictions?

    This is such a no brainer of an issue, the excuses…my toes get chilly in the bathroom during winter (as to summer, gotta blast that AC a bit more to overcome the heating effect) …no cars run on electricity (except for those that do) so why bother being efficient, as though coal will last forever and ever, God puts it back in as we take it out…or something. And me no likey CFL’s, which is bs. Buy LED’s then and save even more money. Or some people like to piss money away for NO REASON whatsoever.

    Anti-Science old farts is all the Republican party has become.

    • Elvis Elvisberg

      “Anti-Science old farts is all the Republican party has become.”

      Now, now, let’s not sell the GOP short.

      They also don’t like immigrants, Muslims, and black people.

    • Carney

      Tempest, oil is a national security issue. But we barely use oil to generate electricity anymore. The portion of our electricity supply coming from oil has come down from nearly 20% in the 1970s to barely 3% today. Unless you live in Hawaii or a handful of other places, when you flip on the lights, you are NOT burning oil. Since we don’t import coal, nuclear power, hydro-electric power, solar, or wind, and barely if at all import natural gas, electricity is NOT a national security issue.

      As for plug-in cars, I’m all for them, but we can move an enormous portion of our auto fleet to plug-ins without needing to expand electricity production capacity. This is because plug-ins recharge late at night or in the wee hours of the morning – off-peak times when there’s huge slack capacity in the grid. No need for imposing desperate wartime austerity measures like forcing us to use harsh, blue, flickering, slow-starting, mercury filled pricey light bulbs. And if people want to waste their own money on incandescents for good reasons or bad, IT’S A FREE COUNTRY.

      On science, just see how enthusiastic the Left is on science as Larry Summers was hounded out of Harvard, as researchers on hereditary IQ differences are viciously harassed, as Indian tribes demand that Kennewick Man be buried lest inconvenient facts be discovered, as manned space exploration is scrapped in favor of Muslim outreach as NASA’s mission. That’s not even counting the hordes of tenured, tax-eating, youth-brainwashing academics who dismiss science and objective reason as a white male patriarchal construct that oppresses and devalues “alternative knowledge systems.”

  • Tempest in a Frumpot

    Hey, Elvis, how much do you want to bet JeninCT has never once spent a day down in a coal mine digging out the coal needed to power our country? But hey, coalminers dying decades before their time is too bad compared to the essential right to needlessly waste energy. As to the future generations, well certainly God will magically replace the coal.

    The Republicans climb a new mountain of stupidity every day.

    • JeninCT

      No I have never been down in a coal mine but I lived in coal country and understand the hazards very well. There have been tremendous improvements in mine safety, including fewer deaths:

      “Where annual coal mining deaths had numbered more than 1,000 a year in the early part of the 20th century, they decreased to an average of about 451 annual fatalities in the 1950s, and to 141 in the 1970s. The yearly average in coal mining decreased to 30 fatalities from 2001-2005.”

      Ask the coal miners if they like having a job? I think their answers would surprise you. I have a problem with CFL’s. I am not against clean energy where it is proven effective, so save your pompous sarcasm.

  • Churl

    ScoopAway // Mar 10, 2011 at 2:04 pm says, “Uh, the Koch brothers are in energy. It would not be in their best financial interests for people to use CFLs to conserve. It is people like the Koch brothers who are probably helping to finance the Republican move against CFLs figuring the sheep are too dumb to notice. Again.”

    Scooper, turn up the sensitivity on your irony detector.

    Scoop again, “I’ve switched almost all my incandescent bulbs to CFLs the past few years. This has cut about 20% from my electric bill. I don’t mind being inconvienced a fraction of a second for them to light up for significant savings.”

    Good for you and your electricity bill. As far as I care anyone who wants to can put CFLs anywhere they want, including their light sockets. What I object to is using the force of Federal law to make everyone else use them.

  • Tempest in a Frumpot

    “I have a problem with CFL’s.” Then buy LEDs. There, problem solved. And I am sorry if you are offended that I use sarcasm to highlight the essential facts that: Coal mining is dangerous and it is a moral responsibility of those who use coal to use it wisely. And coal is also a non renewable resource, so again, not using energy wisely steals from succeeding generations. Finally, we are in a war over energy with hundreds of thousands of soldiers abroad risking their lives so that is another reason why we must use energy responsibly.

    I suppose Churl you would have been pissed off by energy restrictions during WW2, how dare the American government ration anything just because we are in a war, right? Have you no decency? WE ARE AT WAR. What part of WAR do you not understand? The money we save on energy could reduce our dependence on oil imports, which we could use to offer tax credits for greater efficiency towards purchase of highly fuel efficient plug in hybrids, which would reduce the flow of money to jihadists of the kind that did 9/11.
    Honestly, the selfishness of Republicans today is astounding, for NO GOOD REASON.

    If not being a selfish a-hole makes me pompous, then I am proud to be pompous.

    And Jen, saying coal miners should be thankful to have jobs which is far and away one of the most dangerous in the world is reprehensible. We should be thankful for them going in the mines risking their lives to provide us the energy we use to live. That is the difference between you and I. I appreciate coal miners and respect them, I respect their work by not being wasteful (by the way, my electricity is provided by a windmill farm so I am completely sustainable, I ride my bike to work and the store, etc. but I still am thankful for miners)

    If we had cheap fusion nuclear power, then bring back incandescents but we don’t.

    • JeninCT

      And Jen, saying coal miners should be thankful to have jobs which is far and away one of the most dangerous in the world is reprehensible.

      That is not what I said. I said to ask the miners if they like having a job. Big difference. Of course I appreciate miners, my point was that they appreciate having jobs.

    • Churl

      “I suppose Churl you would have been pissed off by energy restrictions during WW2, how dare the American government ration anything just because we are in a war, right? Have you no decency? WE ARE AT WAR. What part of WAR do you not understand?”

      Tempest, please, lie down for five minutes and relax while breathing slowly and deeply. Have mommy or someone cool your fevered brow with a cool wet towel.

      We’re talking Light Bulbs here. Light Bulbs.

  • ScoopAway

    “As to the future generations, well certainly God will magically replace the coal.”

    No, religious Republicans dont have to conserve a dang thing because the ‘end of the world’ will come and they’ll be taken up to ‘heaven’ to sit on all those fluffy white clouds before we run out of ‘stuff’.

    That’s why protecting the environment doesn’t matter either. The earth is here for man to use and abuse in any and every way until ‘the end of times’. No need for God to replace anything – man is on earth just temporarily.

    That mind-set is scary.

  • greg_barton

    Tempest, no need to wait for fusion when thorium power is on the way. ;)

  • Jean Granville

    So you are assuming people want to lose money ???

  • Tempest in a Frumpot

    Yeah, and you would have told Churchill during the blitz, relax, I don’t want to turn off my lights..we are talking about light bulbs.

    Did you bash your head against the wall before you wrote what you did to make yourself write stupidly? You did a good job.

    And bizarre mommy fixation you got there. Is that what your mommy does daily because I simply would never have thought about bringing mothers into this conversation. Kind of a major slip there on your part.

    Lighting is the major source of energy drain from our electrical grid…so yes, d’uh you braindead fool, we are talking about lightbulbs. And when I talk about fuel efficiency will you say, relax, we are just talking about gas?

    • Churl

      Tempest, this light bulb business is not World War II. We are discussing the appropriateness of Federal coercion about minutiae, not night bombing by the Luftwaffe.

      Proportion, Tempest. Keep a sense of proportion.

  • Iamm

    Those that use completely unfounded, shortsighted, narrow-minded future possibilities against another to in an attempt to belittle their view should be ashamed.

    Man-o-man, how easy it is to look at the past and bash it with “current knowledge”. Do you not see the problem with this kind of thinking? I’m not going to explain it, if you can’t understand it, I don’t know what to say. It’s as if all we live in a static world that has never changed and never will. I’ll quote someone earlier… “That mind-set is scary.” – From both sides of the isle.

    Listen, I’d very much doubt the people called “fill in the blank” don’t care about the environment. I think so-and-so very well knows; if the environment is ruined they would be also. This strawman can only manifest in emotional arguments and is very useful to shadow the logical side, unfortunately.

    IMO, the underlining fundamental of mandates like this bulb one doesn’t seem to be about energy conservation or protecting/saving the environment like the surface suggests. (Suppose I had a solar panel/ home wind turbine to “help” light the evil, wasteful, if you use it you don’t care about the future or children and hate the environment and are dumb god fearing morons that want people to die gathering natural resources so greedy people can use it all up and not share, incandescent bulb.) To me, its reeks of the growing web of government, ever so slightly, by using people against themselves. Making a future case for more government… ever so slightly. We do need some government, don’t get me wrong. We need an entity that can represent us as a whole (us, we the people) in order to have some sort of “chance” for individual/group rights to be defended against other nations, peoples/groups/unions, corps, banks, etc.

    If this matter was about shrinking the government environmental corruption pollution footprint on you, me, society… then maybe I would consider fighting for it.

    IT’S A BULB PEOPLE, A FREAKING BULB!!!! What’s next? ( I feel like that drinkingwithbob guy… sheesh. “Hallelujah! Holy sh*t! Where’s the Tylenol?”)

    P.S. Bring on the labels, marginalization, classification and division it really helps, really. I just don’t understand how an honest preconceived opinion can be formed from based on a party’s philosophical view before understanding all aspects of a particular upcoming or future issue.

  • Rockerbabe

    No they will not!

    One has to believe that science really matters in the current as well as long run view of life in general. The GOP is against any science that would help someone other than themselves and would be a cause for their rich friends to have to change their wasteful ways.

    Now, if we could get the scientist to come up with a tsunami that is selective enough to hit only certain GOP districts, then I would say go for it!

  • djenkins

    It’s just a FREAKING BULB?

    If every American home replaced just one incandescent light bulb with a CFL, we would save enough energy to light more than 3 million homes for a year, save more than $600 million in annual energy costs and prevent greenhouse gases equivalent to the emissions of more than 800,000 cars.

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Perfect High Quality Printing Solution for Retailers with Limited Space Small Enough for Event Photographers to Transport Easily and Print On-Site

Valhalla, N.Y., January 9, 2012 – FUJIFILM North America Corporation, Imaging Division, announced today at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the introduction of the latest addition to Fujifilm’s ASK line of digital photo printers, the ASK-300 thermal dye sublimation printer. Feature-rich in a compact, portable design, the ASK-300 offers all of the benefits of Fujifilm’s industry-leading commercial photo printing technology in an economically priced device.

The ASK-300 is the ideal low-cost photo printing solution for retailers with limited counter space, at just over one square foot. At 26 lbs., the ASK-300 is also the perfect “traveling” printer for event photographers, allowing them to offer a variety of print sizes in seconds, on-site. Low equipment, service and consumable expenses help reduce total cost of ownership and maximize margins.

Extremely versatile and efficient, the ASK-300 produces 4” x 6”, 5” x 7” and 6” x 8” prints all from the same printer, with a printing resolution of 300 dpi. The ASK-300’s large paper capacity increases productivity and ease of use.

FUJIFILM Image Intelligence™ Technology provides customized color correction profiles and ensures consistent high quality output with every print. When combined with Fujifilm's high quality thermal photo paper, the ASK-300 achieves stunning results – thanks to Fujifilm's legendary expertise in photo imaging. Customers can expect enhanced whiteness and gloss, plus easy handling, reduced static and stickiness. In keeping with Fujifilm’s Sustainability philosophy, the paper is manufactured through an eco-friendly process that requires virtually no polluting organic solvents.

“With the introduction of the ASK-300 dye sub printer at CES 2012, Fujifilm expands the options available to a wider audience of retailers and event photographers who want to offer high-margin photo printing services,” said Lenny Marano, senior business development manager, Lab Equipment, FUJIFILM North America Corporation, Imaging Division. “For a low capital investment, and in a very small footprint, the ASK-300 offers superb print quality, and features found on more expensive devices.”

Key features and capabilities of the ASK-300 include:
• At just over one square foot, perfect for retailers with limited counter space
• Lightweight and portable, ideal for traveling event photographers
• Efficient and versatile, 4” x 6”, 5” x 7” and 6” x 8” prints all from the same printer
• Low capital investment and low total cost of ownership maximizes margins and profit
• Image Intelligence Technology and customized color correction profiles provide consistent high quality output

Fujifilm’s ASK-300 thermal dye sublimation printer will be on display in the Fujifilm booth # 13028, at the Consumer Electronics Show, held in the Las Vegas Convention Center, Center Hall, January 10 – 13, 2012.

For additional information about Fujifilm’s ASK-300 thermal dye sublimation printer, please visit www.fujifilmusa.com/digital photo printers.

Fujifilm’s ASK-300 thermal dye sublimation printer will be available in March 2012.

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Jorge Araujo enters his third season as an assistant on the Cal State Fullerton softball staff where he will continue to be the recruiting coordinator and defensive specialist for the team. He will assist with all other aspects of the program including offensive, pitching and catching duties.

"I'm excited to take on this new role as I've established a true comfort level here at Fullerton," said Araujo. "I've already had the privilege of working alongside coach Ford, and we look toward attaining the same goals starting with a Big West Championship. With so much upside for this program, I look forward to a promising season for our student-athletes and support staff."

Over the summer, Araujo was a part of the softball Mexican National Team coaching staff, responsible for the development of the defense while leading drills and practices. The team competed in the Canadian Open Fast Pitch Invitational (July 15-21) in Surrey, B.C., picking up a victory over the Bloomington Lady Hearts, 7-2. Prior to the tournament in Canada, Team Mexico participated in the General Tire World Cup of Softball IX (July 7-13) in Irvine, Calif., finishing fifth among the seven-team field with victories over the Philippines, 7-0, and Venezuela, 1-0.

"As soon as this position became available, I knew the one person I wanted for this role, and it was coach Araujo," said Ford. "He is truly a defensive technician leading us to the best defensive fielding percentage in the Big West in 2013. Coach Araujo continues to bring new innovative fielding drills and strategies that are intangible for the growth of this program. He is an outstanding recruiter and his work ethic and professionalism is in comparison to none. I am honored to coach with him as this is an intricate piece to the bright future of Titan softball."

Last season, the Titans finished strong, winning seven of their final 10 games tallying a 33-21-1 overall record. Fullerton improved in a whopping 10 offensive categories including batting avg. (.300), runs (303), hits (431), doubles (70), home runs (57), RBIs (253), total bases (690), slugging pct. (.479), walks (170) and on-base pct. (.385). CSF carded its first .300 team average since the 2000 season.

Individually, Araujo oversaw the first Big West Player of the Year for the program since 2006 in Missy Taukeiaho, who also played under Araujo in both high school and travel ball before competing at the collegiate level.

"I'm really happy to have coach Araujo as one of our leaders because his determination to win can be truly contagious," said Taukeiaho. "He pushes us to compete at the highest level in our quest for a conference championship and his direction can only help us be better every single day."

In his first season in 2013, Araujo helped the Titans close out the season winning 13 of their final 15 games, while finishing third in the Big West with a 28-28 overall record. With his help assisting the defense, Fullerton committed only 48 errors, the least amount in that category in program history.

Araujo served as a head coach for the Lakewood Firecrackers 18U-Gold squad in 2008-12 following six years as a head coach with the Lakewood Ladies Junior Olympic squad from 2003-08. During his tenure with the Firecrackers, Araujo helped lead the club to the ASA National Championship in 2008, a 2012 Triple Crown USA national title, and three ASA California State Championships.

He was also a teacher in the Los Angeles Unified School District from 2007-12, also acting as the head varsity coach at Maywood Academy High School in Maywood, Calif., leading the Nighthawks to the City Section finals in 2012.

Collegiately, Araujo played two seasons of baseball at nearby Cal Poly Pomona as an infielder in 1988-89 after transferring from Rio Hondo Junior College. He graduated from Cal Poly Pomona with a bachelor's degree in 1992.


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A 46-year-old Arlington, Va., man told state police an unknown individual broke into his 220 Rock Oak Road residence in Breezewood Park through the rear door between 2 p.m. on November 12 and 11 p.m. on November 20. Among the items stolen were a 27-inch Sanyo television, two bottles of wine and cans of beer. Anyone with further information linked to this burglary and theft should contact Trooper Huff by calling 717-485- 3131.

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Interior finishing has started on a new dental clinic that plans to open in mid-April in the Fulton Commons Shopping Center. The clinic is located on the north end of in a free-standing building complex in the shopping center. The south end of the complex is occupied by Koelling Family Chiropractic. The new dental clinic is a satellite clinic of the Community Health Center of Central Missouri, based in Jefferson City.

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Before upgrade

  • Backup your /etc/X11 directory.
  • Backup the old versions of xorg-server and drivers. This can be done with quickpkg.
  • xorg-server supports hot plugging through the event interface so ensure the evdev driver is enabled in INPUT_DEVICES in make.conf.

Basic upgrade

  1. Read and follow Gentoo's Xorg-server 1.8 Upgrade Guide
  2. Read Gentoo's Xorg-server 1.9 Upgrade Guide

After upgrade

  • Rebuild all drivers with new xorg-server, you may use qlist from portage-utils in order to get list of installed drivers:
# emerge -av1 $(qlist -IC x11-drivers/)

In order to configure devices that hotplugging does not handle, you may use /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d instead of /etc/X11/xorg.conf. xorg.conf is optional and if you don't need any special configuration, you may use xorg without it.

Example config: keyboard with polish layout

Next, we edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-keyboard.conf:

Section "InputClass"
	Identifier	"keyboard-all"
	Driver		"evdev"
	Option		"XkbRules"  "xorg"
	Option		"XkbModel"  "pc105"
	Option		"XkbLayout" "pl"

	MatchIsKeyboard	"on"

Known Issues

Check /var/log/Xorg.0.log if you have problems with new xorg-server. Also you can notice that some errors present even for working config and xorg, here is the possible:

[ 852.864] (EE)  ioctl EVIOCGNAME failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device

This error can be ignored but in order to have everything clean add this MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*" into your xorg.conf. Edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-keyboard.conf with your favorite text editor:

Section "InputClass"
	Identifier	    "evdev pointer catchall"
	Driver		    "evdev"
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Footprints Conference Examines Sustainability in Business

March 24, 2009

The Duke MBA Net Impact Club hosted its annual Footprints Conference on February 18, examining the roles of social responsibility and sustainability in business.

The closing keynote address was delivered by Rosalind Kainyah, president of DeBeers USA . Kainyah detailed the jewelry company’s efforts to “turn natural resources into shared national wealth” through a series of initiatives in Botswana , the site of DeBeers’ diamond mining operations. Chief among these efforts are supporting the fight against AIDS, building partnerships with government, and shifting a number of jobs to Africa .


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FTE Global 2014 will take place at the Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas from 24-26 September 2014.

We are delighted to announce that during the last week a number of big-name organisations have confirmed that they will address delegates at FTE Global 2014, which will take place in Las Vegas from 24-26 September.

Among the companies to have confirmed their participation are McCarran International Airport, Turkish Airlines, Norwegian Air Shuttle, Lufthansa and leading wearable technology manufacturer Vuzix.

More than 550 senior travel industry figures will gather in Las Vegas for FTE Global 2014, which will focus on the theme: ‘Redefining the end-to-end passenger experience’. The event will include two conference streams – “On the Ground” and “Up in the Air” – the FTE Wearable Technology Symposium, an extensive exhibition, the Cabin Integration Symposium, the 4th FTE Awards, and an exciting social programme.

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Out of My Tree is a community art collective which explores our connection with nature and environmental awareness.

Out Of My Tree at Unity Day

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One of three trees decorated with plastic bags at Hyde Park Unity Day 2009. Environmental slogans hung from the branches. All the plastic was removed during the clean-up on Sunday.

Out Of My Tree

Out Of My Tree is an environmental and community arts exhibition, to be held at Holy Trinity Church in Leeds. I'll be there telling tree-themed stories in the evening, on Wednesday 26th November.

Update (9th Nov): I've received further details of the event to pass along...

"Out Of My Tree"

Artists and permaculturalists relate the beauty and wonder of trees.

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24th-29th November 2008

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2-5pm Tuesday and Friday
11-1pm Saturday.

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Tuesday 25th

"Reclaim Christmas" Tree decoration workshop on 2.30-4.30pm.

Wednesday 26th

"Straw bail house building" talk by Zac Solomons, 3-3.30pm.
Learn more about sustainable housing.

"Edible Cities" talk by Niels Corfield, 4-4.40pm.
Proposal on how to make the city more productive by transforming redundant spaces.

Story writing workshop 7-8.30pm
Tree-themed storytelling & open mic night 8.30pm-12pm.
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Todd Turner Announced as New Midwest Assistant Regional Director for Fisheries

Midwest Regional Director, Tom Melius, announced that Mr. Todd Turner has been selected as the Midwest Region’s Assistant Regional Director for Fisheries.  Todd has been the Midwest Region’s Deputy Assistant Regional Director of Fisheries since 2009 and has been the Acting ARD for the past several months..

Todd’s extensive experience with the Midwest Region’s Fisheries Program made him an ideal candidate to fill this senior position within the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.  He is a great example of an exceptional leader developed right here in the Midwest Region.

As Assistant Regional Director for Fisheries, Todd will provide region-wide leadership in the programs, issues and policies related to the protection of fish and wildlife resources in the Midwest Region.  He will develop short and long-term plans, objectives and priorities for the Midwest Fisheries program, as well as provide guidance to the Regional Director and other Service officials and managers regarding controversial and complex scientific, political and economic issues.

Todd has served as the Midwest Deputy Assistant Regional Director of Fisheries since 2009.  Prior to that position, he was the Midwest Region’s Hatchery Program Leader beginning in 2001.  He also served as Assistant Hatchery Manager in 1991 and eventually Hatchery Manager in 1995 at Genoa National Fish Hatchery.  Todd started his career with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 1989 at Sullivan Creek National Fish Hatchery, formally Hiawatha Forest National Fish Hatchery.

A Minnesota native, Todd is an alumnus of Bemidji State University.  Before working for the Service, he served in the U.S. Army Reserves for seven years and worked for the Leech Lake Reservation Department of Resource Management as a fisheries technician.  A true outdoorsman, his hobbies include hunting, fishing, making maple syrup and snowmobiling.  He is married to Laurie Turner, with whom he has two sons.

The mission of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is working with others to conserve, protect and enhance fish, wildlife, plants and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people. We are both a leader and trusted partner in fish and wildlife conservation, known for our scientific excellence, stewardship of lands and natural resources, dedicated professionals and commitment to public service. For more information on our work and the people who make it happen, visit

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Well, have you been to The Gold Standard yet? If you’re the type who’s up on Clubland’s latest happenings, you’ve probably been keeping, uh, tabs on the spiritual successor to the dearly departed 7th Haven. Maybe you ev...

Rooster Still Roosting

Maybe it was because I went to California last week, or maybe I just didn’t sit in front of Facebook all day like I usually do, but somehow I missed some recent drama between the Wild Rooster’s old boss and its new one. I d...

Brad Hensarling Opening New Bar in Old 7th Haven

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In the space formerly occupied by the dearly departed 7th Haven (2700 W. 7th St.) will soon open The Gold Standard, the brainchild of former Haven owner Jimmy Moore and Brad Hensarling, owner of The Usual and The Chat Room, bot...

7th Haven Closing

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After 10 years and three different locations, the lovable bar-bar the 7th Haven in the West 7th corridor is closing for good. The final blowout will be Saturday, Feb. 25. In a statement, Haven owner Jimmy Moore attributes his d...

7th Haven Building for Sale

Anthony Mariani
There’s a for-sale sign on the building that houses the lovable 7th Haven (2700 W 7th St). The price tag is $1,750,000. Haven owner Jimmy Moore said his lease goes through October, 2013. “The new owner would have to...

7th Haven in The Chive

Anthony Mariani
Knowing 7th Haven owner Jimmy Moore pretty well, I’m fairly certain that part of the reason he decided to relocate his bar to its current spot on the corner of West 7th and Carroll is that huge marquee, a veritable canvas for...

Gay Raid

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A couple of week’s ago, some members of Fort Worth’s GLBT community began “raiding” straight bars, no doubt in response to the now-infamous Rainbow Lounge raid. But instead of busting some heads, the gay raiders have ju...


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A dairy farmer, a longtime veterinarian and Georgia's commissioner of agriculture were inducted Wednesday into the Hall County Agribusiness Hall of Fame.

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Sampling ice cream is work, not play for one class

A group of Lanier Career Academy students on Wednesday spent an entire class session doing nothing but eating ice cream.

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Summer burn ban to start May 1

There are only a few days left until Georgia's summer burn ban takes effect.

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Gainesville Mayor Myrtle Figueras is planning to unveil her "Wall of Happiness" as part of Georgia Cities Week. The wall is located behind her desk in the Joint Administration Building on Henry Ward Way.

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Hall County's administrative offices will be closed Monday due to the county's monthly employee furloughs.

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Between 1,000 and 1,200 gallons of sewage spilled onto the ground and into Lake Lanier on Tuesday, according to a news release.

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Eastbound lanes on Mundy Mill Road under Interstate 985 will be closed from 7 tonight through 7 a.m. Thursday because of road construction.

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Gainesville earns designation for water stewardship

Gainesville joined an "exclusive club" Tuesday, electing to join with the state Department of Community Affairs to become a WaterFirst community.

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Barnes doesn’t rule out joining 2010 race

CUMMING - Former Georgia Gov. Roy Barnes said Tuesday that he is continuing to ponder a run for the office he lost to Sonny Perdue in 2002.

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It's time to live green (without spending too much of it!)

You might find yourself more conscious of the environment today, yet even more aware of the recession's stress on your wallet.

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There's a problem in the Latino community that outsiders may not be aware of.

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17-year-old, 4 juveniles charged with burglary

Five people, one 17-year-old and four juveniles, were arrested Tuesday and each charged with one count of burglary, Hall County Sheriff's officials reported.

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Arrests made after teen party busted in Forsyth County

Undercover Forsyth County sheriff's investigators busted a teen party over the weekend in Cumming, officials said Tuesday.

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A top lobbyist for the Georgia Municipal Association on Tuesday told city officials from throughout Northeast Georgia that cities were spared a worse fate from the 2009 session of the Georgia General Assembly.

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Hall County school office blessed with new 'Gardens on Green'

After two years of hard work, the Gardens on Green was dedicated Tuesday from an idea that was planted in 2007.

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Which SSD to get?

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Which SSD to get? - 01/13/13 01:20 PM

Hi there!

I'm back to bug you guys again.. razz
The whole little pallawa with the burnt out VRAM ended up in me upgrading my GPU to a GTX 660 ti, and now it's just my horrible old WD conventional HD that is holding my system back from a 7.6 Windows rating, to a nasty old 5.9 rating, and anyway, i really really can't handle working with such a slow system anymore, so i've decided to go the SSD route.

Now i need to decide between an OCZ Vertex 3 240 Gb and a Vertex 4 120 Gig.

The bench comparison is here. http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/352?vs=627
Only, i'm not sure how to read it. How important is read times and write times, and random whatever times? Which one will help make my apps like Word and Sigil and Drawing/painting apps and Frapps and 2 or 3 browsers at a time (and VERY importantly Windows Explorer) etc etc being all open and working, matter less, (and help them work faster) and what will influence game loading times?
I use a lot of apps at a time, and i play games like Witcher 2 and Risen 2, both which of present with really slow load times currently.

Honestly, i can go make a cuppa while Witcher 2 loads. At first i thought the game was broken or something, but no, it's just my slow hd.

Oh, here are my current specs:
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7600) (7600.win7_gdr.110408-1633)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: System manufacturer
System Model: System Product Name
BIOS: BIOS Date: 02/05/10 19:13:52 Ver: 08.00.10
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2500K CPU @ 3.30GHz (4 CPUs), ~3.3GHz
Memory: 8192MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 8172MB RAM
Page File: 6009MB used, 10333MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
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Card name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip type: GeForce GTX 660 Ti
DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_1183&SUBSYS_35521458&REV_A1
Display Memory: 4042 MB
Dedicated Memory: 1994 MB
Shared Memory: 2047 MB
Current Mode: 1600 x 900 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor Name: Generic PnP Monitor
Monitor Model: SyncMaster
Monitor Id: SAM0521

etc, etc.

My mobo is a http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/Intel_Socket_1155/P8P67/ It does support SATA 3.

Now, let's imagine the price of the product is not an object- which SSD do i choose? The bigger but rather slower Vertex 3 (the question is- how much slower for my purposes) or the smaller Vertex 4?

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Re: Which SSD to get? - 01/13/13 02:19 PM

My first question was going to be if your MB supported SATA 3.

This is a really good article on SSDs at Tom's Hardware. I like reading the interpretations of the benchmarks because sometimes I'm not exactly sure what they mean in the real world.

Tom's Hardware's SSD Hierarchy Chart

I would get the most GB you can afford. The difference between even a slower SSD and your HDD will be significant. I have a 60 GB OCZ Agility 3 as a boot drive for my Windows 7 installation. I love it, but it's always a struggle to keep data, temp and other assorted files off it and on my 500 GB HDD. It's easy enough to point all your installations etc. to the data drive, but stuff always seems to creep onto the SSD. Plus, you lose the main advantage of having some of your favorite programs on the SSD - such as Witcher 2.

One nice thing about keeping data and programs on a separate hard drive is if you ever have to reinstall the OS, you don't lose anything.
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Re: Which SSD to get? - 01/13/13 02:41 PM

Thanks, Draclvr. I think you are confirming there what I wanted to hear. I think I'm going to go for the Vertex 3 240 gigs. Definitely.

Thanks for helping me make up my mind!
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Re: Which SSD to get? - 01/13/13 03:54 PM

Ugh, and now i saw a Transcend 720for a better price on the 256 Gig... razz


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I am still baffled why people pay to make another company money (ie. Gold). I MS wants to feed you Ads, it should be free.

So when you go to the store, do you take the products out of the boxes and place them in plain bags with no logos in private before walking to your car? Because EVERYTHING you buy comes in advertising that YOU PAID FOR.

I am not even going to explain what is stupid about that comparison.

Considering that people's rather easy to discern motivations for subscribing to Xbox Live is baffling to you, I'm not surprised you couldn't come up with a better retort.
ALL games should have a Single Player mode. I can always guarantee I want to play when I turn on my system. I can't guarantee others will at the same time.
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so now youre getting boned and scroogled

1 year ago#13
another MS article written before they have all the info.
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hey microsoft

if youre gonna scroogle me like that, at least pull my hair!
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"Hey Sega you love to release 10 different retro releases of your classics so can't you port Shenmue to at least one modern system?"

As someone who loves video games, I really like when companies tries to ignore the budget and don't play safe when they develop a game. Every system needs a couple of games that at least tried to be something else than all the other games available at the time, and sometimes these games becomes the most popular on the system. However this doesn't always mean that the game becomes a success, since a few of the best games are also the biggest flops in the whole industry. Grim Fandago, Okami and Beyond Good and Evil are a few examples, but maybe the best example is Shenmue, which is regarded as one of the best games on the Sega Dreamcast, but the development cost so much that every person who had a Sega Dreamcast had to buy two copies to even make the game break even.

The game begins with that our hero Ryo Hazuki sees a man named Lan Di fighting his father Iwao. Lan Di demands that Iwao tells him where he has hidden the Dragon Mirror. Iwao first refuses even if Lan Di have mortally wounded him, but gives up when Lan Di also threats to kill Ryo. Lan Di quickly escapes in a car after he finds his mirror and leaves a wounded Ryo to see his father take his last breathes. Ryo soon recovers and decides that he no longer got time for school, his only purpose in life is now to find Lan Di and avenge his father. But first he has to feed a kitty...

Shenmue was originally supposed to be a Virtua Fighter with RPG elements, so it's not strange that you can walk freely in a town and speak to everyone. What is however unique is that the people that lives in this town will do their best to help Ryo as much as they can. In order to progress in this game you have to talk to the right people in order to get information that will hopefully lead you to Lan Di sooner or later, so the best advice is to talk to everyone all the time. Someone on the street usually says that a certain person might know what you need to know for the moment. This makes Shenmue very realistic since you would ask people if you are lost in real life instead of trying to run around your hometown for weeks and just hope that you meet the right person.

To walk in Yokosuka is just awesome. Every person in the city lives it's own life and you can stalk a person from their home to their work to their lunch break to their work again and then stalk them to their home again. This doesn't serve any purpose, but it makes the town really feel alive. You also got clock which shows the time in the game and some stores, fast food stores or bars are only open at certain hours. Ryo will however get tired and head home 23:00. He also wakes up 9:00 so you don't have that many hours to work with. Then again you don't have to worry about taking to much time since the game begins in December and you can play until April.

What many don't know is that even if Shenmue wasn't the first game that used Quick Time Events, it was one of the games that managed to use them correct. Most of the cut-scenes in the game are peaceful but there are some where you know trouble is lurking just behind the corner and before you know it you have to press a button to either make Ryo defend himself or dodge something. For example there are a couple of chase scenes where a lot of objects will be in Ryo's way and he has to do his best to avoid them. There are also a couple of Quick Time Events where you fight people. What I like about this game is that you are allowed to miss a couple of times and still advance in the game. For example a guy can hit Ryo and you are supposed to dodge, but since you pushed the wrong button Ryo gets hit, but then gets a second chance.

As I said before this game was first supposed to be a Virtua Fighter game so there are also times where you have to fight your opponents like in a beat em up. Unlike most so called 3D fighters released at the time this game really was in 3D and you could attack an opponent from all sides. Ryo's fighting style is a mix of the Virtua Fighter cast and knows a lot of interesting moves, but it's just as important that you know when to use a certain move at the correct time. You also have more than one guy to beat in almost every battle so it's also important to deal with them in a way so they don't gang up on you. You may be able to button mash your way through in the beginning of the game, but the later battles actually takes some skill to beat.

If you are one of those who has to do everything in a game then you got a lot of extra stuff to do. For example you have to buy fish from the store and give it to a homeless kitty. You also have to search for scrolls which teaches you new moves and you have to train a lot in the dojo in order to fully master every move. It will also take a lot of time to get every capsule toy, which includes that you beat the two arcade classics
Space Harrier and Hang-On in the Arcade. It's a shame that Sega didn't include more classics, but maybe they didn't want the player to forget about Shenmue and not make them see this game as a mini game collection.

However there are a couple of things that brings down the score in this amazing game. You spend the most time of CD1 to talk to different people that just say: "Maybe XXX knows more, talk to to him if you can find him". The story quickly gets more interesting on CD2, and ends with a lot of awesome stuff on CD3, but you have to give the game some time before it sinks in. It's also a pain to try to understand what a sensei means when they try to teach you a new move. I strongly recommend that you check on a FAQ how you do a move instead of trying to understand what you master means.

Of course the worst thing of all is that the game ends. The Shenmue series was supposed to be three games and the purpose of this game is to let us know Ryo Hazuki and the reason behind his big quest. This game is an amazing adventure which teaches the player how important it's to have friends that will help you out if you need them. It may not be as amazing today as it was 12 years ago, but it has without a doubt stood the test of time and is something I recommend everyone to give a try.

Reviewer's Score: 9/10 | Originally Posted: 12/20/12

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Wifi Club and Random Battle Problems!!?

Hey everyone. I have a problem in B/W. Whenever I try to go into the wifi room it goes through a few (Japanese) sentences and I end up not going in. Also, when ever i try to go into random battle I do actually go in, but after seeing what I believe to be my Trainer Card/ Wifi Statistics card it sends me out and back into the pokemon center. Can anyone tell me what's wrong? I have beaten the 3rd leader, and gotten the pal pad and Vs. Recorder. Please and thankyou. Oh, and I'm runnin this on my r4

NFerno94 asked for clarification:

I have the same problem. I tried catching 6 random pokemon with no items and it still did not work. So, I'm guessing that it is because you need all badges, but I'm not sure.

red37s provided additional details:

Hmm maybe. I don't really think all the badges are needed, but possibly.

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scc_2007 answered:

The english part of the Random Battle and the Wi/Fi room and also the Dream Garden have not been started yet, they were to have been started at the end of last month but because of the Earthquake and the Tsunami the site for eveything has been postponed for right now. It is unknow when they will get it up so just check the pokemon web site for details, Until then English copies of the games can not use any of these functions.
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I think the wifi stuff is down at the moment
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Well, did you try going on the pc, and placing Pokemon into the "Battle Box"?
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Can I ask are r4 illegal?
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City Of Heroes Players Trying To Save The Game

I can’t remember who said it, so I can’t attribute the quote to anyone, but I agree with one online observer who said that the only community outpouring needed to save a game from destruction is enough players purchasing it. Nothing else matters, because unlike TV, whose ratings system often ignores a huge number of actual viewers, video game purchases don’t lie. If the game isn’t making money, it’s going to go away, end of story.

That said, I feel for City of Heroes players who are kind of bummed by the impending end of the game. It was announced earlier this week that the MMO’s developer Paragon Studios is being shuttered by parent company NCsoft, and the game itself will be closed by year’s end. “In a realignment of company focus and publishing support,” the official statement said, “NCsoft has made the decision to close Paragon Studios. Effective immediately, all development on City of Heroes will cease and we will begin preparations to sunset the world’s first, and best, Super Hero MMORPG before the end of the year.”

All billing, and Paragon Market purchasing, has already been discontinued, and the game is in the process of winding down. Sad, yes, but inevitable considering the dwindling number of players. Even so, it’s understandable that players don’t want to stop, and to that end they’ve already organized a petition that as of today has 14,820 signatures. And this weekend is the first of several planned gatherings in the game designed to demonstrate demand for its continued existence. The first so-called Unity Rally will take place September 8 at 5:00 pm Eastern in Atlas Park, Virtue.

The gathering is intended as “a display of unity, an opportunity for photo ops for press releases and communications to NCsoft, and that best of all will simultaneously give a shot in the arm of morale to people who probably need it badly and deserve our unwavering support: the programmers, designers, managers, marketers, artists, testers, accountants, community relaters, moderators, administrative assistants, and everyone else with a job title that doesn’t fit neatly in the above whose incredible talents and awesome work ethic have built the world in which our imaginations live.” Fans are asked to keep it “fun and lighthearted”, and not use the occasion as an excuse to go negative.

I have no beef with these players, but I think it’s a wasted effort. Unlike successful uprisings, like Retake Mass Effect, the goal here is to stave off death, and unfortunately, as far as I can see, nothing other than sales will save the game. On the other hand, here’s a suggestion for NCsoft: why not release it into the wild and let the players host the game themselves. Let modders and amateurs in general do whatever they do, and keep it alive. No need to simply kill something that has entertained people for so many years if there’s a way to avoid it, right?

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On September 7, 2012 at 1:13 pm

What I want to know is of those 14k that signed the petition, how many of them are willing to continually provide significant financial support for the game? With the majority of the game locked behind the cash-shop, it really shouldnt be hard.

On September 7, 2012 at 1:27 pm

I always thought it would be a good idea to release the Server coding out to the public after you shut a server down; people spent years coding, modeling and building that game… why should it die, never to return? You give it to the people, then its almost guaranteed there will be at least one server for years to come, and people will continue to enjoy the hardwork you put into the game. Whereas if you keep it yourself, no one will be able to enjoy it again.

On September 7, 2012 at 2:30 pm

I signed it myself, and will be moving my main from it’s home server to virtue for this. Thank goodness I’ve got a ton of server transfer tokens stockpiled up that I can use for this.

Been playing the game since 2008, and following it since before then when I didn’t have a card yet. What kills me about this is how there seems to have been no warning with the devs either, as the game was in the middle of several story arcs, one of which was being forshadowed since 2007/2008. One that was clearly going to be a major event in the game, and was even given front page notice for during their revamped tutorial stage they did earlier this year (kind of the equivalent to silver surfer showing up, and giving you an idea of how screwed you’ll be when galactus shows up soon afterwards.)

Going with the Mass Effect comparison, if Mass Effect was an MMO, it’d be like shutting it down right before the reapers showed up.

Here’s hoping something can be done to keep this game going. It’s been one of my favorite MMO’s for years, and similar games like Champions and DCO just haven’t been able to compare to it.

On September 7, 2012 at 6:59 pm

Petitions don’t really do much since companies ignore them knowing that many that sign it aren’t going to be paying. Or, that such people were already customers. Staging some sort gathering seems like an interesting idea, but I doubt if it will make much of a difference because, again, the company knows that these people are already customers. As Ross pointed out, the company knows the numbers of customers it has and apparently has decided that isn’t enough. As much as it stinks for those still playing, there simply aren’t enough of them, and I doubt if that will change. Potential new customers are going to stay away because they know that the game is ending.