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Old 16-01-2006, 01:19 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Default Dark Sucker Theory

For years it has been believed that electric bulbs emitted light. However, recent information from Bell Labs has proven otherwise. Electric bulbs don't emit light, they suck dark. Thus they now call these bulbs dark suckers. The dark sucker theory, according to a Bell Labs spokesperson, proves the existence of dark, that dark has mass heavier than that of light, and that dark is faster than light.

Read the full article at the link below, It will make you think "Hmmm I wonder" ;-)
http://www.siliconhell.com/humour/darksucker.htm

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Old 31-05-2006, 05:54 AM   #2 (permalink)
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only 5% of what a light bulb emits is light, the other 95% of emission is in fact heat!
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Old 01-06-2006, 07:47 AM   #3 (permalink)
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only 5% of what a light bulb emits is light, the other 95% of emission is in fact heat!
They do get rather hot

Thats why a tungsten type light is very inefficient :!:
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Old 01-06-2006, 01:43 PM   #4 (permalink)
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They do get rather hot

Thats why a tungsten type light is very inefficient :!:

That's why we use the energy efficient type. They aren't as bright as Tungsten, but they are cheaper to use..


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