On 08/05/2013 04:30 PM, Ian Field wrote:
On Mon, 5 Aug 2013 20:12:11 +0100, "Ian Field"
On Sat, 03 Aug 2013 17:32:27 -0500, John Fields
On Sat, 3 Aug 2013 20:49:36 +0100, "Ian Field"
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On Sat, 3 Aug 2013 18:44:58 +0100, "Ian Field"
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On Sat, 3 Aug 2013 16:26:06 +0100, "Ian Field"
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On 2013-08-02, John Larkin <
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The filament is a heated thermistor that makes its own
turbulence
in
the gas. Gotta be noisy.
Flashlight bulbs used to be "filled" with a vacuum, I think
they're
using krypton in some now.
Last time I checked - the only way you can buy a flashlight
bulb is
buy
a
flashlight with one in it.
You can buy spare Maglite bulbs.
I bought a Maglite - and quickly formed the conclusion that they're
overrated.
A 3W LED flashlight is brighter, uses less batteries and the 'bulb'
will
probably outlast me.
The Maglites are physically very rugged, sealed, waterproof. Lots of
LED
lights
are junk and *don't* last long. The Maglite bulbs last because such
lights
are
not used for weeks at a time. They usually have a spare inside, too.
I got stuck in the dark on a cliff-side hiking trail on the north
coast
of
Kauai. The sun goes down fast, splat-sizzle, at that latitude,
and then
the
killer frogs attack.
Have you been licking toads again!!!
(If you're playing sniper in the jungle - you can stick a frog on
the end
of
your rifle to quench the muzzle flash).
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Quenching the muzzle flash is of no use at all when using a supersonic
projectile traversing a long distance, which is what snipers do, since
the flash will have died out long before the target is rendered meat
and the direction of the shot undiscernable.
You seem to assume that a single shot always takes out every enemy
resource, so advertising your location is no big deal.