Idea
#2010: Change the ubuntu brainstorm logo to use a compact fluorescent bulb
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Written by andrewpmk the 1 Mar 08 at 02:25.
Category: Brainstorm.
Related to:
Nothing/Others.
Status: New
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Description
Incandescent light bulbs are obsolete and soon to be banned in many countries. We should change the light bulb in the ubuntu brainstorm logo to an energy-saving Compact Fluorescent light bulb. :)
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Greyor wrote on the 1 Mar 08 at 02:33
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This is kind of ridiculous.
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dhardy wrote on the 1 Mar 08 at 02:34
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I have to give this a vote up! What you think about, you bring about--
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Vertelemming wrote on the 1 Mar 08 at 02:37
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I daresay that even when light bulbs are just a faint memory, they will still be the iconic image for an idea. It's just too firmly ingrained in the public consciousness.
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timwylie wrote on the 1 Mar 08 at 02:37
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Why not just skip the flourescent and go straight to an LED bulb. :)
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SpencerWhitt wrote on the 1 Mar 08 at 02:38
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This is a joke, right? Right!!? I'll give you a vote up for the laugh...
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Flymo wrote on the 1 Mar 08 at 02:39
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It's well worth doing - might help change some attitudes!
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cheesehead wrote on the 1 Mar 08 at 02:46
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Who bloody cares? It's a logo, not a political statement.
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Estesark wrote on the 1 Mar 08 at 02:55
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Er... sure, why not.
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gespertino wrote on the 1 Mar 08 at 06:00
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Unfortunately this brainstorm gets more pointless ideas and personal rants than ideas for actually improving Ubuntu.
This is just one of the list of pointless entries.
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Auzy wrote on the 1 Mar 08 at 11:43
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In Australia, Incandescents will be illegal soon.
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acet wrote on the 1 Mar 08 at 13:01
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haha, thats brilliant!
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gcc wrote on the 1 Mar 08 at 14:56
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good!
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loveandequalityforall wrote on the 1 Mar 08 at 16:53
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THE Fluorescent ligHT IS A GOOD IDEA IT WILL PROMOTE CONSERVATION OF ELECTRICITY!
SO YEA THEY SHOULD CHANGE IT!
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aschuring wrote on the 2 Mar 08 at 14:05
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heh. This makes about zero impact, but I'll +1 it to give others a good laugh as well. I presume this suggestion was intended as half-joking, it's a good one at that :)
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bntuuu wrote on the 2 Mar 08 at 22:26
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CFLs are a crock and they expose everyone to Mercury when they are broken.
I'll support an LED bulb though.
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kess wrote on the 5 Mar 08 at 08:17
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Thumbs up. (+1)
I think actually is a very good idea (albeit quite funny at the same time), I’ve always found small details like this very interesting and they keep my interest up.
Personally, I believe Ubuntu could (and should) do much for Linux and computing in making it more ecological. Changing an icon is trivial (and perhaps nerdy), but gives an impact that I think is surely needed in the computing world today.
Yes, the “old bulb” is a typical symbol for ideas, wouldn’t be interesting then to see how far you can stretch that symbolism before it looses its semantic meaning? And, again, that symbolism is far from universal, and expanding the symbolism in new ways is both refreshingly interesting, funny and perhaps cool.
I’d say, more of these ideas! Especially in the operative system itself.
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tomtom_fr wrote on the 5 Mar 08 at 13:21
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lol, I like the idea !
And it can prove that we are a cutting-edge community, always on to of technology !
It's communication and I think it's not so ridiculous.
It's a kind of funny wink, but which shows our great reactivity
so +1
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Mad_Duck wrote on the 7 Mar 08 at 00:26
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+1 for thinking in the right direction, (green-er) but getting ubuntu to consume less power than M$ (see ideas #81 &94) is probably more important.
I also realize the root of this post may have been tongue-in-cheek.
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spyyder wrote on the 15 Mar 08 at 21:00
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Great Idea.
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alvevind wrote on the 16 Mar 08 at 20:48
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Good idea!
First I thought: "Ha ha, it's a joke. Funny. But this is not the place for jokes. This is about serious ideas. It must be voted down."
Then I realized that it actually makes a lot of sense. If we want more people to start using low energy lamps (if only to reduce our own electricity bills) we could as well promote them! Go progress!
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neon wrote on the 18 Mar 08 at 00:55
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AMEN!!!
Actually, I'd prefer it use LED, but whatever. XD
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yoman82 wrote on the 28 Mar 08 at 11:09
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This goes along with the Ubuntu being green idea. ^1.
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someonestolemyname wrote on the 20 Apr 08 at 19:28
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HAHA. Not really. I'll vote +1 for originality,but the incandescent is *the* idea icon, so it kind of needs to stick.
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plantboy1 wrote on the 9 Aug 08 at 23:09
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This would help to say that Linux is earth-friendly. I've noticed that Yahoo Answers has actually done the thing mentioned here.
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