How many forum posters does it take to change a light bulb?

Penguin_Biker

I saw this at the AtAT forums

1 to change the light bulb and to post that the light bulb has been changed

14 to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs and how the light bulb could have been changed differently

7 to caution about the dangers of changing light bulbs

7 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about changing light bulbs

5 to flame the spell checkers

3 to correct spelling/grammar flames

6 to argue over whether it's "lightbulb" or "light bulb"

... another 6 to condemn those 6 as anal-retentive

2 industry professionals to inform the group that the proper term is "lamp"

15 know-it-alls who claim they were in the industry, and that "light bulb" is perfectly correct

19 to post that this forum is not about light bulbs and to please take this discussion to a lightbulb forum

11 to defend the posting to this forum saying that we all use light bulbs and therefore the posts are relevant to this forum

36 to debate which method of changing light bulbs is superior, where to buy the best light bulbs, what brand of light bulbs work best for this technique and what brands are faulty

7 to post URL's where one can see examples of different light bulbs

4 to post that the URL's were posted incorrectly and then post the corrected URL's

3 to post about links they found from the URL's that are relevant to this group which makes light bulbs relevant to this group

13 to link all posts to date, quote them in their entirety including all headers and signatures, and add "Me too"

5 to post to the group that they will no longer post because they cannot handle the light bulb controversy

4 to say "didn't we go through this already a short time ago?"

13 to say "do a Google search on light bulbs before posting questions about light bulbs"

1 forum lurker to respond to the original post 6 months from now and start it all over again
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TheCoop · Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2004 10:51 pm Post subject:

that seems to fit these forums quite accurately, especially the longer threads

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adammc · Apprentice Joined: 07 Oct 2003 Posts: 230 Location: Europe

the last point is my favorite, I hate it when people bring back old threads that if they were horses would be glue by now
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adammc · Apprentice Joined: 07 Oct 2003 Posts: 230 Location: Europe

I assume that was to me? what I mean is that the threads that people tend to post to after several months of inactivity are usually old and useless...old horses that were no longer useful used to be turned into glue
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Genone · Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2004 12:23 am Post subject:

So someone replaced "usenet" and "newsgroup" with "forum" :lol:

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Dire Penguin · Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2004 10:43 am Post subject:

2 to give a two page description of light bulbs and their uses

10 to claim light bulbs sux, use low energy lamps instead!

5 to defend the light bulbs

3 to compare light bulbs to low energy lamps

2 to correct incorrect data

1 to post links to technical data

3 to question the technical data

20 to give their personal opinions about light bulb or not

markfl · Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2004 12:06 pm Post subject:

hehe, seen it before but its always a chuckle
seems to fit these forums as well
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dfuse · Guru Joined: 07 Apr 2003 Posts: 395 Location: Belgium

I finally get it :oops:

How many ... does it take to ... x (where x is a number) to ....

Stormy Eyes · Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2004 1:32 pm Post subject:

All you've got to do is find one forum member who thinks the world revolves around him -- and have him hold on to the bulb.

Papapishu · Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2004 2:03 pm Post subject:

"1 to start a flamewar by claiming that Edison really didn't invent the light bulb"

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Stormy Eyes · Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2004 2:05 pm Post subject:

ebrostig · Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2004 2:07 pm Post subject:

really · Guru Joined: 27 Aug 2002 Posts: 430 Location: nowhere

oldsk00l · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 18 Oct 2003 Posts: 140

Then we just need two people who call the other guy a leftist for arguing, then an unholy dark shitstorm erupts and the entire thread then gets turned into a discussion about the following:

Religion
International Law
Social Ideals

btw that horse glue link is one of the funniest things I've read all day

Stormy Eyes · Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2004 9:45 pm Post subject:

bos_mindwarp · Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2004 10:19 pm Post subject:

Actually Tesla did work on a lightbulb as well, about the same time as Edison, but he never thought much of it. The guy wanted to communicate with aliens, make uber-weapons and harvest the power of lightning. Lightbulbs were too low for him.

The main difference between the two was that Edison may have not been the genius, but he surely had nose for marketing. Kinda like Microsoft. :lol:

ikaro · Advocate Joined: 14 Jul 2003 Posts: 2527 Location: Denmark

Here you can read more about the light-bulb

http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/story074.htm

http://science.howstuffworks.com/light-bulb.htm
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Icethepenguin · Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2004 1:01 am Post subject:

I have no idea what the thread is about, but I want to meet stormy in person. How aobut diner and coffee?

Lews_Therin · l33t Joined: 03 Oct 2003 Posts: 657 Location: Banned

1 person to comment that personal discussions should be confined to PMs

oldsk00l · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 18 Oct 2003 Posts: 140

icethepenguin, whatever you do, don't ask him to marry you.

Stormy Eyes · Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2004 1:51 am Post subject:

Penguin_Biker · Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2004 1:56 am Post subject:

The light bulb has been changed.

(no really, I just changed the lightbulb in my ceiling fan's light)
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really · Guru Joined: 27 Aug 2002 Posts: 430 Location: nowhere

bash-2.05b# modprobe humor
modprobe: Can't locate module humor

becouse i am moving this week i had to install new light bulbs, but as it turns out, there wasnt any connector to which i could connect the lamp so i had to install the connector of the lamp too, before installing the lamp.
dont forget to bring a connector before you install the lamp.
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