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reply toFolly:
Are the light bulbs approximately the size of a standard household lightbulb? smaller
Larger?
smaller?

Is the age of the lamps particularly interesting? No
the age of the light bulbs? No

Do the lamps have a single designer? Probably.
If so, is the designer interesting?
Not really relevant I don’t think…

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Are the lamps lit?

Do they work?

Are they modern lamps?

Are they electric lamps?

I’ll make an insane out of nowhere follow up guess/question:

Is it something like 100 failed attempts at a functioning lamp that preceded an inventors successful invention of one?

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Are the light bulbs approximately the size of a christmas tree light?
Larger?
smaller?

Are they all the same size?

Can the viewers see the bulbs themselves?

Would it help to know what the company does?

Are you encouraged to come look at the lamps once you are at the company for company business?

Are you encouraged to come look at the lamps even if you are elsewhere unaware of what the company does?

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Note above that we’ve established that the lamps have bulbs and are all lit.

Could I pick up a lamp and take it with me, if I wasn’t stopped by security?

Are the lamps the attraction?

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reply to Mahaloth

Are the lamps lit? Yes

Do they work? Yes

Are they modern lamps? I guess you could say that.

Are they electric lamps? Yes

I’ll make an insane out of nowhere follow up guess/question:

Is it something like 100 failed attempts at a functioning lamp that preceded an inventors successful invention of one?
No

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reply to Folly:

Are the light bulbs approximately the size of a christmas tree light?
Larger? Larger
smaller?

Are they all the same size? Yes

Can the viewers see the bulbs themselves? No

Would it help to know what the company does? Yes

Are you encouraged to come look at the lamps once you are at the company for company business? Anyone is encouraged to see them.

Are you encouraged to come look at the lamps even if you are elsewhere unaware of what the company does?
Sure, if you want.

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reply to Zyada:

Note above that we’ve established that the lamps have bulbs and are all lit.

Could I pick up a lamp and take it with me, if I wasn’t stopped by security? Yes. But I imagine security would stop you. :slight_smile:

Are the lamps the attraction?
Yes. They are what you would go to see.

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Does the interest come from where the lamps once were?

3771

reply to Folly:

Does the interest come from where the lamps once were?
No

3772

If I took one lamp, would all the rest still work?

Are all the lamps the same?

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reply to Zyada:

If I took one lamp, would all the rest still work? Yes

Are all the lamps the same? Yes. Well almost.

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Is the company in the manufacturing industry?
The energy field (oil & gas, coal, electricity production, etc)?
Information Technology?
Retail?
Telephony?

Is there something unusual about the way the lamps are powered?

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reply to Zyada:

Is the company in the manufacturing industry? No
The energy field (oil & gas, coal, electricity production, etc)? No
Information Technology? Yes
Retail? No
Telephony? No

Is there something unusual about the way the lamps are powered? No

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Does the company make software for a normal person, or is it primarily for a particular industry?

Would I possibly recognize the lamp as being strongly associated with the company ?

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Do the lamps convey some kind of information by which are lit and which not?

3778

He’s already answered that, all lamps are lit

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reply to Zyada:

Does the company make software for a normal person, or is it primarily for a particular industry? particular industry

Would I possibly recognize the lamp as being strongly associated with the company ?
No

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No

3781

So, not Pixar then?

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Would we recognize the company name?

Would we reasonably associate the company name with lamps or a particular lamp?