Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E.R." Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Mercury Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2026 21:57:41 +0200 Lines: 42 Message-ID: References: <1rsoqz0.19zzbh71ebfb7bN%snipeco.2@gmail.com> <18a11176d0ed8bfb$1717$2710841$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <1rsp93i.i0zwza16xvqdfN%nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> <18a11b491becb6ce$558$2491104$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <1rsq78a.9hgxro1eczx2yN%nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> <10qb9df$1inu5$14@dont-email.me> <1rsr591.1ssq8oh1dihjwuN%nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> <10qc4dc$1silm$10@dont-email.me> <0cqjskp5oprp9v1utu6t3q8u0urkpnjbvs@4ax.com> <97uq9mxp8h.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <10qj2u6$63en$10@dont-email.me> <8f2cnUuvT4KC8lD0nZ2dnZfqnPidnZ2d@giganews.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net F498ViK+t5CeE+X3AKYyBQ/BancmHn6DXL2scdKzLaAwNkrBfs X-Orig-Path: Telcontar.valinor!not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:VPBZ3SeIPd9u5MmvztNjmcnftc0= sha256:Uoqc6RqtiU2mbIm5wQuv6WMU/FIt1ri/WOwPZsLwk48= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: es-ES, en-CA In-Reply-To: <8f2cnUuvT4KC8lD0nZ2dnZfqnPidnZ2d@giganews.com> X-Leafnode-NNTP-Posting-Host: 127.0.0.1 Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:85060 On 2026-04-01 21:16, c186282 wrote: > On 4/1/26 13:58, Charlie Gibbs wrote: >> On 2026-04-01, c186282 wrote: >> >>>     One gripe with most LEDs though is that they may START >>>     at 5K but soon 'warm up' to 4K or less. Maybe increasing >>>     use of 'quantum dots' will stabilize that ? >>> >>>     Oh well, I still have a few metal kerosene 'railroad lamps' >>>     with the wick like Farmer Brown would have owned. Hey, >>>     they always WORK .... >> >> Yeah, but they come nowhere near 4K, let alone 5K. > >   More like 2K. > >   However when the power lines are down ... > >   Hmm ... my mother remembered when one of the >   older brothers wired the family home with >   electricity. Before then, 'oil lamps'. A summer when I was about 9, we went to my mother village. They had no running water at the homes, no toilet. We used the stable. The house where we stayed had some electricity. They paid by the number of bulbs. There was one in the main room, but I don't remember about the bedrooms. > >   I just know I've still got one in the back >   of a closet somewhere ... heavy glass base >   you fill with oil/kero, metal wick assembly >   with a nearly 1-inch wick, delicate glass >   chimney you pop on top. They still sell 'em. > >   Amazed there weren't more fires back then. Maybe people used to be careful. -- Cheers, Carlos. ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;