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   Rod Pemberton to muta...@gmail.com   
   Re: last to market   
   13 Jul 21 22:46:16   
   
   From: noemail@basdxcqvbe.com   
      
   On Mon, 12 Jul 2021 16:03:47 -0700 (PDT)   
   "muta...@gmail.com"  wrote:   
      
   > On Tuesday, July 13, 2021 at 8:05:53 AM UTC+10, Rod Pemberton wrote:   
      
   > > DOOM is perceived as "cool" and has been ported to just about every   
   > > electronic device in existence. (*)   
   > >   
   > > A smart light bulb   
   >   
   > I was wondering what "Doom" actually was, that it could   
   > be played on a light bulb.   
   >   
   > Is this it:   
   >   
   > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doom_(1993_video_game)   
      
   Yes.   
      
   > That's a graphics program. What relation does it have to   
   > a light bulb?   
   >   
      
   The inexpensive 3-color light bulb has a powerful micro-controller   
   built-in which was harvested to produce a small small hand-held sized   
   gaming device.  (I.e., waste of a micro-processor ...)   
      
   https://hackaday.com/2021/06/15/a-smart-light-bulb-running-doom-   
   s-a-pretty-bright-idea/   
      
      
   --   
   The Chinese have such difficulty with English ...  The word is not   
   "reunification" but "revenge".   
      
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