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Comment Re:I am having a vision of the future... (Score 2) 296

Generally they do if you keep switching them on or off. They last a lot longer if you leave them on, but then you burn power for nothing, - which is plain stupid.
I've had one on for about 2 years in a dark corner of the house. Just failed last week.
The same brand and wattage will only last a few months in motion sensor sockets.

Comment Re:Hold your head high ! (Score 3, Insightful) 684

I hold my head high because I know that I am not guilty of anything.

Oh but you are! In a minor way. How many times did you not answer the Q because you wanted to give others a chance of answering or working it out?

Rhetorically, stuff that appears comparitively simple - like an answer regarding the comprehension of the topic (no mentation required) should be available to all members of an attentive class. Why jump in? That denies others in the cohort.
Then, when skills like interpretation, inference and other words beginning with 'i' are required to produce an answer, becomes a race! Who get's there first? That competitive aspect may appear to be fun in the short term but if there is only one or two answering all the time, the others who can work it out given time, become depressed, consequently losing their motivation resulting in underachievement.
This happens in gifted classes as well.
The ability to have pinpoint attention and all the other associative skills is surely the gift and shouldn't be conditional on the speed of response. Slow and careful is just as valuable as a rapid intuitive response.

I do take your point but these dumbasses never realised that they could achieve given the right environment ~ and that doesn't really matter does it?

Comment Benzene (Score 1) 674

New York City writer Steve Ettlinger, in his book, “Twinkie, Deconstructed,” says that flammable and carcinogenic benzene, plays a major role in the extremely complicated set of chemical reactions that yield the artificial flavouring vanillin. And the chlorine used to bleach the flour in Twinkies is extremely toxic.

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