4 Apr
2002
4 Apr
'02
4:47 a.m.
While
we're on flashlights I really should rave again
for white LED ones. My favorite can cast a 150
degree solid pyramid of pure white light, absent of
any filament artifacts, for 10 hours off one 9v battery.
If you turn it down 1 notch, you get 100 hours life.
These things are incredible.
They _are_ incredible. And since we're on the "Stupid Laws and
Legislators" kick this week, here's another one. I can't verify it,
though. One of Austin's City Councilmen wanted to draft an
ordinance against carrying the LED flashlights, as they could
be used as a "stunner" in robberies, rapes, etc. The word I got,
from a stenographer, was that he was temporarily blinded by one.
The one he had in his own hand, that is. He was looking at it in
the store, pointed it at his face, and, yes, you guessed it,
pushed the button. What a maroon. These are the dolts who get
to decide what I can and cannot do.