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Subject: Re: Blue LEDs

From: "osthelder" <osthelder@...>
Date: 2003-04-14

>
> Personally, I can't ∗stand∗ blue LEDs but I'm a fruitcake.
>
> Paul S.

Blue LED's should be outlawed! I have a client that loves bright LED
status indicators and when he found out that high intensity blue LED's
were available he insisted that I use them in his latest device. I
finished the final wiring and decided to test the DC power
jack-to-battery switching. I had this thing right in front of my
face-maybe a foot from my bespectacled eyes-when I put the plug in for
the battery power test. Saw a blue spot for a day!

Remember kids-friends don't let friends use LED's! They waste power,
they blind old people, and they make your synth look like a freakin'
disco! If you don't know what your synth is doing without lights,
maybe it's time to get that hearing exam.

My client, by the way, blinded himself momentarily on stage when he
hit the switch on his new fuzz. He sent the unit back for
modification. I love my customers...

Chub