> That's called a 'Light Emitting EPROM' and it's an expensive and > short-lived alternative to an LED.

Is this related to things like the SER (Smoke Emiting Resistor -- one where the power rating is massivle exceeded), SEC (Sound Emitinf Capacitor -- an electrolytic wired backwards), the Friode (a diode that's open-circuit both ways), etc?