On Tue, 8 Dec 2009 07:22:23 +1300, "Russell McMahon" said:
> > I also approve of our regular smog checks. Every time I am
> > stuck in traffic in another state, the stench of exhaust reminds me how
> > much cleaner cars are in California.
> 
> Try Beijing. After that, LA smells good :-) **

And LA smells a lot better today than it did forty years ago. Of course
there is also less manufacturing now. I used to drive from LA to the
desert on a regular basis and my measure of smog level was how far east
I'd have to go before the sky became blue. It's been a while since I've
been there, I wonder if it still averages to Montclair-Claremont?

> 
> > ... I heard recently, that
> > California was outlawing big-screen televisions. Sorry, just the ones
> > that consume gobs of power when they are supposedly "off". I was looking
> > at televisions at Costco the other day, and that seemed to be about 1/3
> > of them, based on the percentage of "energy star" labels.
> 
> With all the news that is news across the nation.
> Pardon me, sir, did you see what happened ... *
> 
>              http://now.eloqua.com/es.asp?s=1264&e=9629&elq=8381236cc61f4a09a90f1e21750b9175

Looks like the only California-specific rule that mandates hardware is
the 0.9 power factor on sets over 100W. The rest is just software, like
the default brightness setting and "screensaver".

Those new LED-lit LCD screens are pretty nice! A 40 inch TV with
1920x1080 resolution would make an awesome desktop computer monitor.

Cheers,

Bob

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