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Worlds Oldest Lightbulb.
Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 5:06 am
by Tasdik
Thought this was kind of cool...
A light bulb hanging in the Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Department has been burning steadily for exactly 110 years, according the Centennial Bulb website. Since the "Centennial Bulb" was first turned on, the stock market crashed and was reborn, the nuclear age began, two World Wars were fought, cars and planes were developed … and through it all the bulb kept burning.
Full story:
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/06/18/worlds-oldest-light-bulb-still-burning-after-110-years/?test=faces
Re: Worlds Oldest Lightbulb.
Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 6:08 am
by Vaya
Interesting, but why are they putting it in such an open place.
Re: Worlds Oldest Lightbulb.
Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 6:40 am
by Amarisa
mythbusters mens!
Re: Worlds Oldest Lightbulb.
Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 8:44 am
by Mirosuke
amazing :o
Re: Worlds Oldest Lightbulb.
Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 8:46 am
by *BlackFox
Damn.. that's cool!
Re: Worlds Oldest Lightbulb.
Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 9:21 am
by omier
That bulb is hax. Probably made by aliens.
Re: Worlds Oldest Lightbulb.
Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2011 2:33 pm
by XMoshe
And how will/did they proof its that old? o.O
Re: Worlds Oldest Lightbulb.
Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2011 5:22 pm
by paul855
I'm going to steal it.
Re: Worlds Oldest Lightbulb.
Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2011 6:00 pm
by *BlackFox
paul855 wrote:I'm going to steal it.
Then do it go ahead! Dare you?
Just... don't blame us if you get too creeped out by anything.
Re: Worlds Oldest Lightbulb.
Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2011 11:38 pm
by BuDo
XMoshe wrote:And how will/did they proof its that old? o.O
Forget that....how can they prove that it was on all this time? No one ever flipped the switch or asked for it to be turned off? Building never had a power outage in 110 years?...I can understand a bulb lasting for many years if it doesn't stay on all the time.
Re: Worlds Oldest Lightbulb.
Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2011 11:59 pm
by Scarth
More importantly: If they had the technology to create such a bulb 110 years ago, why am I still buying new ones regularly? ಠ_ಠ
Re: Worlds Oldest Lightbulb.
Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2011 12:05 am
by EvGa
Looks like it has a really thick element that doesn't produce much light/heat/wear.
Re: Worlds Oldest Lightbulb.
Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2011 12:18 am
by Shomari
Scarth wrote:More importantly: If they had the technology to create such a bulb 110 years ago, why am I still buying new ones regularly? ಠ_ಠ
thats the point.
Re: Worlds Oldest Lightbulb.
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2011 9:17 am
by omier
Scarth wrote:More importantly: If they had the technology to create such a bulb 110 years ago, why am I still buying new ones regularly? ಠ_ಠ
Cuz nothing nowadays is made to last. If you don't need to buy the same stuff all over and over again every once in a while, these ppl ain't getting money. It's all about bad quality these days.
Re: Worlds Oldest Lightbulb.
Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 8:32 pm
by TheKnight
Scarth wrote:More importantly: If they had the technology to create such a bulb 110 years ago, why am I still buying new ones regularly? ಠ_ಠ
All this because somneone tought that World's resources are infinite couple hundred years ago
Same fcking thing with printers btw! altough you can cheat them ^^
Re: Worlds Oldest Lightbulb.
Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2011 3:25 am
by Morgoth
Interesting. I never knew that and I've been living in Pleasanton for the past 10 years xD
