tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post8782093031348289793..comments2024-03-27T09:13:32.912+00:00Comments on News From Nowhere: A Short Treatise On Lamp Posts 1Alan Burnetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01015127443616786425noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-89716246749939841682007-02-26T11:06:00.000+00:002007-02-26T11:06:00.000+00:00I was taken to see the first Harry P film but I fe...I was taken to see the first Harry P film but I fell asleep after the first five minutes and since then I have resisted the temptation to dip my toe into the water. Your explanation about them going off when they get too hot is interesting and one which I will follow up using some of the sources highlighted in the second part of the treatise which I am working on as we speak.Alan Burnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01015127443616786425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-48449845955096025842007-02-26T10:21:00.000+00:002007-02-26T10:21:00.000+00:00One's tempted to ask who's been watching too much ...One's tempted to ask who's been watching too much Harry Potter ("The Prisoner of A.." - unspellable)....<BR/><BR/>To be boringly pedantic, some types of lampost lamps are designed go off if they get too hot (and then come back on when they've cooled off.) Basically a random effect... so to get two in a row so neatly timed was startling. But "random" effects can frequently seem definitively un-random.<BR/><BR/>For example, if I play net-game "Bloomin' Gardens" (don't try it home, it's more addictive than heroin,) the random planting of new plants is definitely always out to get me. When Jane plays it, they kindly line up in rows or at least leave enough gaps for her to line them up in fives (which causes them to vanish.) Seemingly. But the plants actually appear entirely at random.Edwin Osbornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15892411809138609516noreply@blogger.com