<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div>On 17/09/2009, at 12:35 PM, Paul Brooks wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"> <div bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000">As for replacing batteries and needing technician truck-rolls - meh - make it user-replaceable, add an audible alarm and flashing light when the battery gets low, and re-use the distribution (and recycling) chain for telephone books to throw a new battery onto everyones lawn every 3 years. A small gell-cell would have to be lighter, smaller and more efficient to distribute than 2 volumes of the Sydney white-pages. <br></div></blockquote></div><br><div>The problem I can see with that, is that while noone generally knocks off their neighbour's phone books (unless you just got a new desk, and your monitors aren't high enough ;) ), I can see a mad scramble happening when the new batteries are distributed, with folks running around after the guys throwing them out, picking them up for their home gro-light setup (and replacing their own UPS batteries, etc.. ;)</div><div><br></div><div>-_DG</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Damien Gardner Jnr<br>VK2TDG. Dip EE. GradIEAust<br><a href="mailto:rendrag@rendrag.net">rendrag@rendrag.net</a> - <a href="http://www.rendrag.net/">http://www.rendrag.net/</a><br>--<br>We rode on the winds of the rising storm,<br> We ran to the sounds of thunder.<br>We danced among the lightning bolts,<br> and tore the world asunder</div><div><br></div></div></span></div></body></html>