Nanny State Update: LED Light Bans and Jail Time for Collecting Rainwater

ATR ^ | 2012-07-27 | [Staff]

[Tenacious 1]

The town already banned trapping them. I can't imagine the horror that would ensure if you were to actually shoot one.

...Officer, I did not "trap" this turkey. I killed it, cleaned it and am now enjoying this scrumptious breast. It was never trapped. Would you like a peice? I'm happy to share.

[DBrow]

It’s for animated LED signage. The light police also feel that LEDs have too much blue in them, which can interfere with the “circadian rhythms” of wildlife.

The legislation is directed at led advertising signs, not government streetlights and stoplights, which greens lile.

[RikaStrom]

Traffic lights are switching to LED technology all across the country, and for good reason.

They are not good in traffic lights in the north, in the winter. LED lights don't get hot enough to melt the snow that can accumulate, and it's caused a few accidents. Otherwise I am with you on that. :-)

[cuban leaf]

Remember Bladerunner?

This sort of thing really does seem pretty common now.

[discostu]

Depends on where you’re at. We only have a few in Tucson. But they’re everywhere in Phoenix, especially near the freeway, because what a bunch of people doing 80 really need is bright shiny animation to look at.

[grobdriver]

Heh.
Austin, Texas.

What is this... "snow"?

[DBrow]

“What is this... “snow”? “

As strange as it seems, “snow” is crystallized dihydrogen monoxide. In some places it falls from the sky, creating an unbelievable hazard. Even an LED can’t burn through crystallized dihydrogen monoxide.

[zeugma]

I got an email from Buckyballs asking to call your congressman to "save our balls." http://www.getbuckyballs.com/

Yup. I'm a big fan of BuckyBalls. They rock. I have 12 sets here at work that I build with while on conference calls. I think that when you go to work for Fedgov, your brain has to be checked into a safe deposit box or something to make sure you won't interfere with their insane policies.

BuckyBalls are definitely not for small children, but then again, neither are many other common things that people use every day.

[MarkL]

You don’t feed wild turkeys you EAT them.

Stupid Yankees!

I wonder if these are the same people who set out apples and other "treats" to attract deer, and then wonder why their children are coming down with Lyme Disease.

Seriously though, even without feeding them, wild turkeys can be a hazard to motorcyclists. I nearly had one fly into my head as I was driving one evening. Scared the crap out of me.

Mark

[zeugma]

Swallowing one buckyball is not the issue. The trouble is, like any magnet they are very strongly attracted to other magnets. So... eat one, and it starts working its way through the system... then eat another, and it may well find the first one as it passes through the intestines. Surgery is the only thing that will get them out at that point, and where they joined, there is likely to be significant tissue damage. They have 5 separate warning labels on their packaging about the danger of ingestion.

That said, more people are harmed by pencils each year. Fedgov is a deadly virus.

[DuncanWaring]

Or drink.