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-- William Smith ComputerSmiths Consulting, Inc. www.compusmiths.com
My kids got some "invisible ink" diaries with UV LED lights. My Uranium Glass marbles really flouresce well with that source!
-- William Smith ComputerSmiths Consulting, Inc. www.compusmiths.com
You have Uranium marbles? Now I _know_ you've lost your marbles! ;-)
Uranium glass. It's greenish, aka "vaseline glass".
Yeah, they are a lot of fun, they flouresce very brightly under UV light, and nearly double the background count on my dosimeter when I leave it lying on them. I don't exactly leave them lying around where kids can put them in thier mouths, but they are a lot safer than a lot of the other stuff around here...
Google for uranium glass or vaseline glass sometime.
-- William Smith ComputerSmiths Consulting, Inc. www.compusmiths.com
So if you're required to wear a dosimiter, do the higher than average readings make people edgy and curious as to how you're approaching the 'glow-in-the-dark' stage???
No; I wouldn't trust this one to be that well-sealed against the elements, for one thing. But I was pleasantly surprised by the construction of this thing, given that it was a freebie!
Bob M.
If I were required to wear the dosimeter, the marbles would add about
10 percent of the allowable WHO allowable limits, which is to say they'd never notice. Only folks who don't know anything about radiation get wierded out by my marbles, the sources in their smoke detectors, plane flights, airport X-ray machines, etc. I'm not required to wear a dosimeter, it's a fun toy. [Besides, after the dirty bomb goes off, they'll be hard to come by, so I stocked up early. 8*]-- William Smith ComputerSmiths Consulting, Inc. www.compusmiths.com
And a lot more dead flashlights sitting in drawers, cars, and other places. Sure, if they get a lot of use, rechargable batteries are nice, but they'll self-discharge to uselessness in a month or two. I dunno how many flashlights I've got, but if I had to worry about keeping their batteries charged I'd end up doing nothing else...
-- William Smith ComputerSmiths Consulting, Inc. www.compusmiths.com
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I don't know about you, but it doesn't seem to be a problem for the several cordless phones, cell phones and cordless tools I have. They come with a cradle to put them in when not in use. Another way is like the ones we have at work: there is a fold-out plug on the side of the flashlight and it stays plugged into the wall when not in use.
This isn't rocket science, you know. The cost or a rechargeable cordless phone, screwdriver or whatever might be in the $20 to $30 range, less on sale. The leap from a 900 MHz full duplex transceiver to a simple light beam is a leap backwards in technology.
Half the people you meet are below the average intelligence of people you meet. [I don't hang out in places (*) that represent a statistical sample of intelligences]
(*) except for newsgroups, of course. 8*)
-- William Smith ComputerSmiths Consulting, Inc. www.compusmiths.com
"Watson A.Name - \"Watt Sun, the Dark Remover\"" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@corp.supernews.com:
Those cordless phone batteries are intended for frequent use. Flashlights mostly sit around for long periods before being used. Those lithiums have a 10 year shelf life.
-- Jim Yanik jyanik-at-kua.net
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Creep!
But did you know that most people have more fingers than the average?
-- Graham W
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