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  • (Score: 4, Funny) by DannyB on Monday February 25 2019, @06:07PM (6 children)

    by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Monday February 25 2019, @06:07PM (#806460) Journal

    Which one shines the brightest when subjected to a sufficiently high voltage and current:
    * mobile phone
    * laptop
    * desktop
    * NAS (Network Attached Storage)
    * the "cloud"
    * private server
    * spread around different devices (wired in series)
    * Other (Specify)

    Which one shines the brightest when subjected to a sufficiently high voltage and current:
    * ARM
    * Intel x86 (with Management Engine)
    * AMD x86 (with Platform Security Processor)
    * Pre-2008 Intel or Pre-2013 AMD (or any models without known backdoors)
    * POWER or PowerPC
    * RISC-V
    * MIPS or SPARC
    * None of the above (comment your answer)

    Which glows the brightest when supplied with a sufficiently high voltage and current:
    * Light bulbs
    * Vacuum tubes
    * Crystal oscillators
    * Transistors
    * Integrated Circuits
    * EEPROMs
    * LEDs
    * Other (Specify)

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  • (Score: 2) by mhajicek on Monday February 25 2019, @11:13PM (4 children)

    by mhajicek (51) on Monday February 25 2019, @11:13PM (#806646)

    At sufficiently high voltages and currents all of the above become an arc lamp, and there is no difference.

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    • (Score: 1) by DECbot on Monday February 25 2019, @11:40PM (3 children)

      by DECbot (832) on Monday February 25 2019, @11:40PM (#806666) Journal

      I disagree. Some devices offer more surface area to clamp on current leads and grounds. This possibly offers more current density and thus a brighter arc.
       
      Background: MIG welding with a tandem process (two wires, two arcs, one weld puddle) requires a darker shade welding glass than a single wire process.

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      • (Score: 2) by mhajicek on Tuesday February 26 2019, @05:27AM (2 children)

        by mhajicek (51) on Tuesday February 26 2019, @05:27AM (#806797)

        Unless any of these devices have some significant Tungsten content any difference would be momentary.

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        • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Tuesday February 26 2019, @03:05PM

          by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday February 26 2019, @03:05PM (#806946) Journal

          Macbooks with Titanium cases?

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        • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Monday March 04 2019, @05:50AM

          by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Monday March 04 2019, @05:50AM (#809707) Journal

          Unless any of these devices have some significant Tungsten content any difference would be momentary.

          With enough current/voltage, any difference would be momentary, fullstop, no 'unless', no exception.
          That is, unless you keep your backup in blackholes (grin)

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  • (Score: 2) by sgleysti on Monday March 18 2019, @01:42PM

    by sgleysti (56) Subscriber Badge on Monday March 18 2019, @01:42PM (#816388)

    Whichever has the most mass.