How many Americans does it take to change a light bulb?

Abstract only I changed a light bulb yesterday. Or, rather, I had the thing changed. I told an Egyptian friend I had a couple of bulbs burnt out and was assuming I could pick some up at one of the larger new supermarkets. He looked at me with barely concealed pity for my ignorance. No, he said. They...

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Published in:Ubiquity - Association for Computing Machinery 2008-01, Vol.2008 (January), p.1-1
Main Author: Stuckey, John
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:Abstract only I changed a light bulb yesterday. Or, rather, I had the thing changed. I told an Egyptian friend I had a couple of bulbs burnt out and was assuming I could pick some up at one of the larger new supermarkets. He looked at me with barely concealed pity for my ignorance. No, he said. They don't carry light bulbs in a market. Later, in e-mail, he would spell it "light pulp," which is an image I find quite intriguing. Where's Einstein when you need him? Might light pulp be what glows inside the glass, I wonder?
ISSN:1530-2180
1530-2180
DOI:10.1145/1348478.1348480