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That evil organization was probably either ASCAP or BMI.

So what? The same argument applies. PNP, NPN and MOSFET transistors are ALL analog devices that can be employed as digital switches or analog amplifiers, just as tubes once were used in both capacities. My point is that your "tubes are analog amplifiers while transistors are high speed switches" ignores that both function in similar ways, that transistors and tubes are both analog devices that can be employed as digital switches. One important point of the article was that the new tube-like devices can actually switch *faster* than existing transistors, making them superior components in certain digital switching applications. This is a turnaround from the historic transition from tubes to transistors due to improvements in power efficiency, switching speed and size reduction leading to integrated circuit chips and modern computing.

You were doing fine until you got to that last sentence. Actually, a transistor, as used in a typical amplifier circuit, is just as much an analog amplifier as a vacuum tube. A MOSFET transistor works in a very similar way to a typical amplifier vacuum tube like a 6V6 except that as a semiconductor device it doesn't require the high working voltages and glowing filament of a vacuum tube. Both tubes and transistors require additional components to function...power supplies, output transformers, feedback circuits, noise filters, etc.

That's what the fillings in your teeth are for, dude...listening to AM radio and the voices of the aliens telling you what to do.

Would he really require having replacement parts for every functioning semiconductor device, or having to build a Faraday cage around every interconnected semiconductor device...or maybe just revert to the use of vacuum tubes and relays?

Or perhaps arbitrarily choosing one of the above to avoid researching is really short-sighted and misdirected.

Thanks for that link. As a guy who switched his major from chemistry to physics only after spending a year working in a chem lab and learning that most real world chem lab work is tedious or sleep inducing I can say this guy knows *way* more about chemistry than the average journalist.

Having worked in a couple of newsrooms I have some experience with this phenomenon. To wit:

o Reporters come out of college with a BA in journalism, communications, or literature and usually have little to no background in the physical sciences.
o Assignment editors running the news desk tend to have a rather low opinion of their viewers, based on viewership ratings and their own prejudices.
o Most newsroom managers handle the "big picture" decisions and leave the copy writing to the reporters and editors.
o Most copy editors, research staff and proofreaders simply check the facts within the story and the grammar, leaving the content to the writer.

The majority of writers are either predisposed to dumb down their reporting due to their lack of expertise in the subject or the pressures of 1) lack of time for researching, and/or 2) column space and time limitations describing the subject. Over time they also are conditioned to self-edit their works by their assignment editors or others who review their work and edit out the "technical parts" for brevity and to keep the readers/listeners/viewers from "tuning out."

What brand and model of LED lights did you use? As many others have noted there is a vast difference in quality and performance depending on the make and model. It's useful for others if you can note which ones perform well and which aren't up to snuff.

I have 9 LED lights in my home. One is a FEIT brand PAR38-style light I use in a fixture above my bathroom shower and the other 8 are Ecosmart PAR30 lights (sold at Home Depot, made by LightingScience) in my office/music room. So far I'm quite pleased with the results. All are working fine with great brightness and color rendition.

I'm especially happy with the Ecosmart ECS 30 V2 WW FL lights: 950 lumens output, 3,000K color temperature, CRI rating of 83, slightly under the rated 17 watts power consumption (confirmed with my Kill A Watt unit). That's a net efficiency of 56 lumens/watt. Plus they are very nicely dimmable even with a cheap X10 lamp module. I can get a pleasant and very usable background lighting by dimming the bulbs until they draw only 5 watts each. No flicker, great color, low power consumption...and very little waste heat.

And who would know better than LandDolphin?

So many talented doctors here on Slashdot.... <grin>

Great...another opportunity for the Supreme Court to FURTHER expand on the insanity of the Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad decision. Like my mom says: "We need that like a hole in the head."

That makes no sense. $25k is nothing to either Google OR the FCC and wouldn't impress any legislator responsible for approving FCC budgets. The fines probably go into some general government pool that wouldn't affect their resources.

What makes more sense is the FCC did this to give other corporations the message that they need to come clean about what they've done and not drag their feet providing subpoenaed information.

No, because the delay was separate from their declaration of innocence. They impeded the government's investigation by not providing the court subpoenaed information relevant to the investigation in a timely manner. When investigations go on longer than necessary it increases the workload for the investigators and their assistants and results in increased the costs to the taxpayer.