California considering banning giant TVs

2009-10-22 07:41:07

#26

13rin: Member; +977|6478

*sigh* Wasn't there a giant earthquake forecasted that was supposed to break Cali off into the ocean??? F'n experts.

or was that Zorren?

I stood in line for four hours. They better give me a Wal-Mart gift card, or something. - Rodney Booker, Job Fair attendee.

2009-10-22 07:52:08

#27

Mekstizzle: WALKER; +3,611|6620|London, England

Clothes lines are banned? lmfao... you'd think in such a hot state... ah fuck it, not even worth talking about that one

It seems like Arnie has been in charge forever now, surely he'd have been voted out by now considering how much shit Cali is in

2009-10-22 10:37:33

#28

ghettoperson: Member; +1,943|6648

Pug wrote:
This smacks of socialism.

What's next? A limit on TVs per household?

lol

Except that nowhere in socialist Europe has anything like these rules. More like smacks of idiots.

2009-10-22 11:07:24

#29

Pug: UR father's brother's nephew's former roommate; +652|6541|Texas - Bigger than France

humorless forum is humorless

2009-10-22 11:29:45

#30

Ilocano: buuuurrrrrrppppp.......; +341|6666

Diesel_dyk wrote:
Banning large TVs to save electricty = fail

I read a fun info fact that went like this

"what's white, costs less than $3.00, would save millions of dollars of electricity and is banned by every home owners assocation in California"

answer = A clothes line

Maybe the govt should first strip those probhibitions out of HOA rules to restore peoples' choice to use clothes lines, before looking at TVs

Pfft. Clothes lines below the fence line is fine.

2009-10-22 11:49:09

#31

loubot: O' HAL naw!; +470|6577|Columbus, OH

Varegg wrote:
Uhm ... why are clothes lines banned?

Aesthetics. The nicer neighborhoods or associations do not allow you to put up tacky items on your property like clothes line, garden gnomes, etc.
They try to keep the riff-raff who put broken down cars on cinder blocks out of the community.

I have an old 32" tube TV that I still use; it takes more electricity than an LCD. I plan to get a 40" or higher LED TV. How can they say large LCD TV takes more energy than my tube TV? I think they have their facts wrong much like firearms.

Last edited by loubot (2009-10-22 11:53:54)

2009-10-22 12:06:21

#32

rdx-fx: ...; +955|6591

What's next?

A backround check and 2 week waiting period before buying one of those "dangerous" large sized TV's?

2009-10-22 12:34:33

#33

Jenspm: penis; +1,716|6731|St. Andrews / Oslo

Wow, that sucks

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2009-10-22 13:20:43

#34

KEN-JENNINGS: I am all that is MOD!; +2,973|6631|949

Classic American politics. We have a problem that could be addressed through a more efficient electrical grid and state ownership of power, but instead let's tax the consumer and force businesses to comply to ridiculous government standards.

2009-10-22 13:22:43

#35

13rin: Member; +977|6478

KEN-JENNINGS wrote:
Classic American liberal politics. We have a problem that could be addressed through a more efficient electrical grid and state ownership of power, but instead let's tax the consumer and force businesses to comply to ridiculous government standards.

fixed.

I stood in line for four hours. They better give me a Wal-Mart gift card, or something. - Rodney Booker, Job Fair attendee.

2009-10-22 13:26:48

#36

KEN-JENNINGS: I am all that is MOD!; +2,973|6631|949

DBBrinson1 wrote:
KEN-JENNINGS wrote:
Classic American liberal politics. We have a problem that could be addressed through a more efficient electrical grid and state ownership of power, but instead let's tax the consumer and force businesses to comply to ridiculous government standards.
fixed.

Yep, only liberals do that

We have a Rupug governor. He's signed plenty of ridiculous laws. Same with politicos all over the US. Don't be so narrow-minded.

"Arnold Schwarzenegger, the state's governor, has supported controversial proposals by the California's energy commission to impose strict energy consumption limits on TVs with screens that are more than 40 inches wide.

2009-10-22 13:38:50

#37

Marconius: One-eyed Wonder Mod; +368|6693|San Francisco

They are going to have to pry my 46" Samsung LCD away from my cold, dead hands! Unless they give me a credit for a sexy new LED TV...

2009-10-22 13:48:58

#38

Ilocano: buuuurrrrrrppppp.......; +341|6666

Waits for "Clash for Clunker TV's".

2009-10-22 14:04:24

#39

Diesel_dyk: Object in mirror will feel larger than it appears; +178|5993|Truthistan

BTW I thought the true LED TVs were only those huge jombo tron stadium TVs and that the "LED TVs" being sold right now in stores are really just a scam because the only LED lights on the TVs are the back lights, not the screens themselves. The screens are just your regular LCD screens.

Look at this http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/200 … an-led-tv/

So before you blow your money on the big next thing, make sure your not just paying for mislabelling.

2009-10-22 14:59:07

#40

13rin: Member; +977|6478

KEN-JENNINGS wrote:
DBBrinson1 wrote:
KEN-JENNINGS wrote:
Classic American liberal politics. We have a problem that could be addressed through a more efficient electrical grid and state ownership of power, but instead let's tax the consumer and force businesses to comply to ridiculous government standards.
fixed.
Yep, only liberals do that

We have a Rupug governor. He's signed plenty of ridiculous laws. Same with politicos all over the US. Don't be so narrow-minded.

"Arnold Schwarzenegger, the state's governor, has supported controversial proposals by the California's energy commission to impose strict energy consumption limits on TVs with screens that are more than 40 inches wide.

There are liberal "Rupug"s out there. Don't be so narrow-minded. Schwarzenator there is about as much of a Republican as I am a Democrat. I was attacking the policy not the party.

Diesel_dyk wrote:
BTW I thought the true LED TVs were only those huge jombo tron stadium TVs and that the "LED TVs" being sold right now in stores are really just a scam because the only LED lights on the TVs are the back lights, not the screens themselves. The screens are just your regular LCD screens.

Look at this http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/200 … an-led-tv/

So before you blow your money on the big next thing, make sure your not just paying for mislabelling.

Aha. That's what my boss meant when he said that his LED TV and my tv (samsung 950 52") had the same picture... Thank you.

Last edited by DBBrinson1 (2009-10-22 15:02:52)

I stood in line for four hours. They better give me a Wal-Mart gift card, or something. - Rodney Booker, Job Fair attendee.

2009-10-22 18:55:29

#41

SplinterStrike: Roamer; +250|6410|Eskimo land. AKA Canada.

I still want to understand why you can't have clothe lines.

2009-10-22 20:59:47

#42

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5357|London, England

SplinterStrike wrote:
I still want to understand why you can't have clothe lines.

Aesthetics. They don't want to see each others underwear hanging up on a line. It would lower property values .

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2009-10-22 21:36:41

#43

xBlackPantherx: Grow up, or die; +142|6342|California

Or get a small generator and power a lot of household items off the grid. Including your large TV

Last edited by xBlackPantherx (2009-10-22 21:36:56)

2009-10-22 21:39:41

#44

Spark: liquid fluoride thorium reactor; +874|6674|Canberra, AUS

JohnG@lt wrote:
SplinterStrike wrote:
I still want to understand why you can't have clothe lines.
Aesthetics. They don't want to see each others underwear hanging up on a line. It would lower property values .

Oh wow.

Remind californians never to move to Australia. They're a national icon here.

The paradox is only a conflict between reality and your feeling what reality ought to be.
^{~ Richard Feynman}

2009-10-22 21:45:02

#45

DrunkFace: Germans did 911; +427|6680|Disaster Free Zone

JohnG@lt wrote:
SplinterStrike wrote:
I still want to understand why you can't have clothe lines.
Aesthetics. They don't want to see each others underwear hanging up on a line. It would lower property values .

Serious?
So what, you have to dry everything in a cloths drier... and then iron everything?
Talk about a waste of energy.

2009-10-22 22:15:28

#46

VspyVspy: Sniper; +183|6672|A sunburnt country

I think it is funny they want to ban big TV's, yet every second car you see in California is a fucking huge V8 SUV!

2009-10-23 04:05:50

#47

Red Forman: Banned; +402|5399

trifecta

2009-10-23 04:24:54

#48

Mekstizzle: WALKER; +3,611|6620|London, England

The more and more you read about California the more you think some of them really do deserve to be engulfed in giant wildfires and in a huge economic recession and all that shit. Now I guess I see where Fagman is coming from when he says that

2009-10-23 06:06:20

#49

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5357|London, England

Mekstizzle wrote:
The more and more you read about California the more you think some of them really do deserve to be engulfed in giant wildfires and in a huge economic recession and all that shit. Now I guess I see where Fagman is coming from when he says that

If you read www.stuffwhitepeoplelike.com it is describing liberal Californians...

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2009-10-23 06:48:48

#50

BVC: Member; +325|6695

A couple of years ago someone said they give change to the homeless?

Ban small TVs TBH, get rid of all the 10-25" CRTs, those are the power-eaters. Decreased eye-surgery bills also.

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