How many forum members does it take to change a light bulb?

Originally Posted by brianL Sorry, but the bulb is in the bathroom and I was bursting for a pee and couldn't see the toilet bowl and made a puddle on the floor and blamed it on the dog.

I wish I could thank you for this post, as I got a good laugh out of it .

Originally Posted by Nylex I wish I could thank you for this post, as I got a good laugh out of it .

Well, you've thanked me there. Thanks.

Originally Posted by brianL URGENT!!!!! HELP!!!! why does my energy saving lightbulb take so long to boot up?????? plz can u help.thx

Have you tried switching it off and on again?

Another possibility is that your light bulb is too heavy. Try the following:
Damn Small Bulb

Originally Posted by sycamorex Have you tried switching it off and on again?

Yeah, I've tried rebooting it, but it makes it worse. Them old bulbs were much quicker. These new ones are too bloated.

Bah. As a true hacker I have switched to gas powered lamps. Far more stable and rewarding.

Originally Posted by sycamorex Another possibility is that your light bulb is too heavy. Try the following: Damn Small Bulb

I tried that but it was even dimmer...had to blame the dog too many times.

Originally Posted by brianL Yeah, I've tried rebooting it, but it makes it worse. Them old bulbs were much quicker. These new ones are too bloated.

You know you can switch off some services that you don't use. By default lightbulbs run a great number of (mostly unnecessary) services. The biggest culprit is usually incandescence.
Try:

# chmod -x  /etc/rc.d/rc.incandescence

It might get slightly darker, but at least it will boot up much quicker.

Ah, but that would mean more puddles wouldn't it?

Originally Posted by XavierP Bah. As a true hacker I have switched to gas powered lamps. Far more stable and rewarding.

Gas lamps? New-fangled rubbish! Get candles. Fork handles...I mean, four candles.

The plugs and the 'o's were the real trouble...

For anyone who wonders what's going on now:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCbvCRkl_4U

Well it only takes ONE cat to install a light bulb, http://icanhascheezburger.com/2009/1...tures-2-hours/

Thus proving that a cat is a lot smarter than a bunch of LQ members. I can believe that after reading some of the posts we get...

The underlying assumption being that there are no LQ members who are, actually, cats...