>> You know how in Doom, Quake, Quake II, HalfLife, HalfLife II, and 
>> actually, just about *every* FPS ever made, the rooms all have 
>> flickering lights in them?
>>
>> Well, that's how my bedroom is now.
>>
>> Yesterday the stupid high-efficiency light thingy worked perfectly. 
>> Tonight it's started flickering, and as the minutes go by it's rapidly 
>> getting worse and worse. Initially the brightness just waivered 
>> slightly, but now it's flashing on and off, faster and faster (and 
>> making that irritating "pinging" noise).
>>
>> GOD this is annoying! >_<
>>
> Go down to the basement and fetch another one. Thanks for sharing this.

Actually, I replaced the stupid energy-saving light with a normal one, 
and now it works fine. (Although I scalded myself on the old bulb.)

The worrying thing, though, is that apparently the EU is trying to make 
it illegal to sell normal (i.e. WORKING) lights...

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