"Genera and species aren’t real things in the most technical sense. They are what we might call subjective units, in that they are constructs we apply"

Close, but not close enough. WA, OR, and CO belie the comparison, and there is no steep change for sightings along longitude 97 as in the light pollution map.

Guild Wars 2 had a cute modification today:

Body Swap: Futurama's Ultimate Extrapolation

A Thousand Fantastic Stories happening in a little glass dish.

You ARE wasting 95% of that 'reflected' light. Take a light-meter reading directly from any light source, then from the wall/ceiling behind it. Your own eyes would work, too, if they are honest. Show me an unretouched photo where the wall is as white as the lightbulb.

Oh, get outta here!!! Who would ever connect Benny Hill with that tune?????

How much energy is wasted with all the little voltage changers around a house/building?

So far it seems few are coming close to some of the ideas I have for new lighting. I need a designer/engineer to help move my thoughts to market.

By all means, let's not ever risk making a problem by pushing New Lines of Thought. We have enough already that Granpaw never had to deal with.

The big problem here is the "Bulb." Omnidirectional lighting is wasting at least half of a source's light energy.

Thank you for providing that. When you see a block of Aramaic text it is quite clear that it is the language being used.

How did you discover that?

Thanks, adding that now.

Nantucket Sleighride, 2357 C.E.

This is Reign???

"That's how we came up"

In the USA it is just socially unacceptable to express your real concerns.

This convinced me not to pursue that 'World', and to take note whenever Lake Bell is mentioned.

79. What is felt?