Another CPF member joins the AAA !!!!!

That is the ARC AAA Anonymous club.

Typical members have at least one or all of the following characteristics:
o They own at least one ARC AAA.
o They do unspeakable things to their lights and claim it's all in the cause of research.
o They refuse to accept that their real objective is to destroy the light
o They form a relationship with a certain key figure of the ARC company (Lets call him PG) in order to acquire knowledge of any product weaknesses that they could exploit

They tend to do strange things:
o Dive to 9 feet to replace the battery
o Start a thread entitled Arc AAA regular maintaince, where they start out with a perfectly functional light, and then proceed to destroy it step by step - all in the name of maintenance of course
o Drive over it with a wheelchair
o Strip away the coating to see what it looks like naked
o One person even tied his AAA to his dog to see if the dog would break it. (Apparently, the dog suffered more).
o Wait up all night for the mysterious moon mode to appear.

What can be done? Why do these people put their lights through such extremes? There is a theory - They are bored!

Unlike many other single-LED lights in the marketplace, the ARC AAA can only work in one of 2 modes:
o On
o Off

So Peter, forget the LS2 and the LS3. Fight the boredom. Develop a 3-LED, AA-Powered, Variable output ARC AA today!!!

Hurry, who knows what might happen next

I did wait up all night (I was watching tv) to see my light go into moon mode!

Technically, an Arc can only WORK in one mode. On.
It can't WORK in off mode, because it's off.

Welcome and, enjoy

logicnerd411 said

Technically, an Arc can only WORK in one mode. On.
It can't WORK in off mode, because it's off.

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">o Some of them even get all logical when discussing ARCs - they can only have On/Off, 1/0, binary thoughts! Imagine the wealth of insight these people could provide if they could think outside of the existing binary constraints!

Yes, and I don't even have an Arc AAA. Yet.

Originally posted by arab:

o One person even tied his AAA to his dog to see if the dog would break it. (Apparently, the dog suffered more).

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Come on. Nobody in their right mind would do that. You're making all this stuff up. The wild imaginations of some people

Originally posted by BuddTX:
I did wait up all night (I was watching tv) to see my light go into moon mode!

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">I've done that with the AAA and LS too

Moon mode - heh heh. This is proof of great marketing on Arc's part. I was just wondering why SF users don't hang around and wait for "sunset" mode

What are all the about? It's nothing to be asamed of.

And while we're on the off topic, does anyone besides me think that looks more like an ashamed person than somone, well, rolling their eyes? It's ok though...I like it, it's that I hate.

The little red guy looks like he's singing "Silent Night" on Christmas Eve.

Little green roll-eyes is my favorite. I have a real-life look that is very similar.

Ya see...I'm all for to be replaced with

Craig didn't like the new and improved after the upgrade, neither did I, but it's grown on me.

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o Some people even spend all their time hanging around light forums. When they have finished discussing their AAAs (twist on, twist off) they - clearly desperate for something interesting to talk about (like, say, a 3-LED, AA-Powered, Variable output ARC AA) - discuss frivolous things, such as comparing smilies between different versions of UBB software!!

o Then there's people who start new threads where they talk about people who talk about whatever they can talk about in the absence of anything new to talk about in relation to their AAAs.

o There are also some who constantly - and in a very tiresome manner - ask PG to develop lights to satisfy their own needs. These people are easy to spot (2 have already contributed to this thread), as they keep including words like variable, or 3 LED, etc in their posts !!!

o Dive to 9 feet to replace the battery

You rang? No it ain't open yet.

Watch out Aragon...soon he'll be saying that everyone that owns an Arc is the same person and that only one Arc exists, while this isn't true--LSes are numbered

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o Strip away the coating to see what it looks like naked
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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">I'm sorry if I offended anyone.

Good one John!

Hey Alan - Ya know I'm all busy trying to figure out how to afford a plane trip to Hawaii to off Mr. Bulk. I've kind got my plate full at the moment, but rest assured that you're next on my list.

And BTW, the word for people like me is "DIM."

Originally posted by darell:

And BTW, the word for people like me is "DIM."

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">Wandering even further off topic....can you tell us anything interesting about your trip, Mr. Dimmer?:^)

Too funny!!!

Hey Doug -

Yeah, I've got some shots of a bunch of LED trees (seriously cool), and a slick LED nightlight that we had in several of our hotel rooms. I'll have to reduce them, FTP them, and put 'em up one of these days...

Originally posted by darell:
Hey Doug -

Yeah, I've got some shots of a bunch of LED trees (seriously cool), and a slick LED nightlight that we had in several of our hotel rooms. I'll have to reduce them, FTP them, and put 'em up one of these days...

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial">The LED trees I've gotta see

p.s.-I'll email you a list of some places where you can finally get some professional help.