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May. 16th, 2008

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1ED: n. Acronym for 1337-emitting diode (pronounced “leet,” not “one-three-three-seven”). Any light (but almost invariably a blue LED) on or within a computer that exists solely for posturing and conveys no diagnostic or status information. Examples include illuminated fans and RAM modules with “ground effects lighting.” (Compare Type R sticker.)

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From:[info]cheetahkid
Date:May 16th, 2008 10:41 pm (UTC)
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wot?
LED are the norm, Light emitted diode has been out since 1969, I do remember when the first one, then the blue led came out just before 2000 and now we are looking for most brighest leds we can find, the luxeon! or even a stage light with leds, I might end up pages and pages just talking about LEDs.... oh, have I bored you? wake up!
http://www.quadconversions.com/led_under_car_lighting.htm
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From:[info]hazelchaz
Date:May 22nd, 2008 11:50 pm (UTC)

Not getting the joke

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One-ee-dee, not Ell-ee-dee.

Have you seen the KINGBRIGHT line of LEDs, by the way?
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From:[info]cheetahkid
Date:May 23rd, 2008 10:32 am (UTC)

Re: Not getting the joke

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yes, I never thought of joke, failed me!
I do have some ultra bright leds, so bright it blinded me!
KINGBRIGHT, I thought you gonna say KNIGHTRIDER!!!
http://www.rapidonline.com/Electronic-Components/Optoelectronics/Power-LEDs/KAD1-9090-SMT-XPower-power-LEDs/78473/kw/

for a bit of 1ED, yes that mine! as 1ED say "for posturing and conveys no diagnostic or status information"
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=2HhS5Dpuq8M
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From:[info]coyoteseven
Date:May 16th, 2008 11:24 pm (UTC)
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My computer would count, as it is bathed in the blue light of many LEDs.
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From:[info]drleo
Date:May 16th, 2008 11:41 pm (UTC)
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I had a pair of speakers I got from Fry's where there was a blue LED in the base of each speaker so bright I had to put a piece of tape over each one, because otherwise it was too glaring into my eyes.

I even have a smart card reader that has such an LED, which blinks when the smart card is being read. Except the default state is LED on. I would have thought the better state would be for the LED to flash on when in use, and be off otherwise, but apparently that's insufficiently leet.
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From:[info]doodlesthegreat
Date:May 17th, 2008 02:46 pm (UTC)
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I avoid such useless frippery. If even a single watt goes towards any meaningless decoration instead of adding to the processing power, it's gone.
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From:[info]sirbrax
Date:May 18th, 2008 07:47 am (UTC)
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But each 1ED adds 5MHz!
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From:[info]foofers
Date:May 18th, 2008 05:02 pm (UTC)
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Thank you! Finally someone gets it!
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From:[info]hafoc
Date:May 19th, 2008 10:51 pm (UTC)
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To my shame, my new computer is STUDDED with these. A red Cylon Eye in the front panel (which is a hinged cover that hides the DVD drive and card reader, it just gets in the way, most annoying), a series of red LEDs in one of the case fan.. some other internal lights that blinkyblinky and may or may not serve some purpose.

In my defense, though, when I custom-ordered this semi-monstrosity I told them to take the extra LEDs out. They just didn't.
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