Re:Doom Running on an IKEA Lamp [video]
by Fatalist_ma on Monday June 14, 2021 @03:11AM
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Before clicking I assumed the lamp had a small screen and they were using that screen...
Re:Doom Running on an IKEA Lamp [video]
by squeaky-clean on Monday June 14, 2021 @09:17AM
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I was hoping to see them running a 1-pixel version of doom on an RGB bulb.
Was hoping they stuck the light behind a Nipkow Disk. I didn't really expect it to happen, but I still want to see it.
Actually, the correct technical term for "lightbulb" is "lamp", and the correct term for "lamp" is "fixture" :)
Maybe in your language, but looking at my English dictionary it clearly says a lamp is a device for jibing light consisting of a bulb, holder and shade.
Historically a lamp would consist of the wick, oil and holder.
From wikipedia (Electric light): " In technical usage, a replaceable component that produces light from electricity is called a lamp."
EDIT: Yes, later in the same page: "Lamps are commonly called light bulbs;"
Re:Doom Running on an IKEA Lamp [video]
by maybeOneDay on Monday June 14, 2021 @05:43AM
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"In technical usage" means that this level of nitpicking isn't really accurate. When you say "they ran doom on a lamp" that isn't a piece of scientific literature. It's just conversational English and as such using the common dictionary definition of the word lamp as opposed to a technical definition is entirely appropriate.
If someone said "I'm playing Doom on my PC" in 1993, they would also have been using an external keyboard, monitor, and speakers. And the game would have shipped on external storage (floppy disks).