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[Sil Greene <Sil_greene AT unc.edu>]

Reported 04.01.29 12:04 from childers.paula:

.:No, no - she hammers the diamond setting off the ring and gives it to
.:her best friend who really likes bling, and then attaches a cubic
.:zirconium to the ring with her ex-boyfriend's soldering iron that he
.:left in her attic. The zirconium has a solar-powered green glowing LED
.:embedded in it, and she's really happy because ever since that keychain
.:thingy died, she hasn't been able to see to unlock her car door at
.:night, and now she can. How useful!


Except that the LED is, as specified, solar-powered, and thus won't assist 
her seeing anything at night, when, by definition, solar-powered stuff 
doesn't get electricity.

So yeah, it's great that she *can* perform such a hack, but it's *really* 
*really* *sad* that she can't discern when not to.

--Sil


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