Vampire Slayer Act of 2006 Approved by California Assembly - General

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June 16 2006

Vampire Slayer Act of 2006 Approved by California Assembly. No, it won't protect you from vampires, demons or prom-crashing Hellhounds...just a higher energy bill.

Beware the evils of standby!

VampiresSuckLOLOLGetIt | General | 07:52 CET | 17 comments total | tags: vampire slayer act

I still haven't gotten why they call it the Vampire Slayer bill...

Liotius | June 16, 08:52 CET

(Going by memory, didn't bother reading up) Because when alliances are inactive, yet plugged in, they suck up energy. And that's bad. And vampires suck up blood. And they're generally bad. So they're trying to stop this whole energy-sucking thing... stop this vampire thing... slay this vampire thing.

Wasn't part of the gimmick that they also premiered this bill on SMG's birthday? Pretty good idea.

[ edited by ormaybemidgets on 2006-06-16 07:01 ]

ormaybemidgets | June 16, 09:00 CET

Alliances, eh? You are correct, though. TV's, VCR's, etc all run on standby power when powered off. Without it clocks and IR receivers (for remotes) would not work, unless a battery was used in place which does create its own set of issues. Information on such is never a bad thing, imho. Hopefully this will reduce the amount of power used in standby ... after all why would they spend the time and money to minimize usage if the end consumer won't know the difference?

Link to the previous Whedonesque post on this Act.

GaveUp | June 16, 10:09 CET

This is too awesome for words.

So:

See. Too awesome.

gossi | June 16, 12:34 CET

So the Alliance are Vampires?

NickSeng | June 16, 12:59 CET

Only when they're inactive. The rest of the time they just suck. I think that's the gist anyway.

Saje | June 16, 13:10 CET

Running thru 23 choices here. Better speak now.

Madhatter | June 16, 15:02 CET

Not sure if it's worth a front page mention, but Nicholas Brendon has been added to the Dragon*Con guest list (joining several Joss-verse guests that are already going)

AnotherFireflyfan | June 16, 15:02 CET

AnotherFireflyFan - If you have an official announcement link, sure. Seem to remember there were some guests who fell through even with an 'official' announcement last time, though.

zeitgeist | June 16, 16:18 CET

You mean Mr Sweden didn't go? Shocking.

gossi | June 16, 16:21 CET

Are you Alliance?

An appliance? Sometimes I suck...

Chris inVirginia | June 16, 17:52 CET

Am I a Lion? I suppose I am. Is Ben Glory?

zeitgeist | June 16, 17:55 CET

This discussion degraded fast!

Nebula1400 | June 16, 18:42 CET

LOLness.

The only link I know is to dragoncon.org which has the complete current guest list. No announcement, just names appearing on a list. Since more are being added all the time, I think just one addition may not be major enough for a Whedonesque post (we don't want a new post every time someone related to Joss-verse is added.)

AnotherFireflyfan | June 16, 19:01 CET

Alliances, eh?

Okay, I can't spell. Or, in this case, I can't spell check. But you've gotta admit, I remembered a lot of information about something I only read once, and care nothing about. If only this power worked in real life and not just WhedonesqueLife.

ormaybemidgets | June 16, 20:25 CET

"Am I a Lion? I suppose I am. Is Ben Glory? "

So... Zeitgeist turns into a lion... and the lion turns back into Zeitgeist...

And anyone who sees it instantly forgets!

Bayne | June 17, 08:03 CET

Though generally these are referred to by electricians and alternative energy enthusiasts as "phantom loads", not vampires.

fanbuoyant | June 17, 10:00 CET

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