# What's the purpose of a lamo like this? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 12, 2008, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-purpose-of-a-lamo-like-this/449106 "2008-05-12T23:40:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BarnOwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2008, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-purpose-of-a-lamo-like-this/449106/1 "2008-05-12T23:40:30Z")
It’s billed as a Lite Source Seeker Halogen Lamp, but it doesn’t tell technological retards what it’s for. > **[| Shop Furniture, Home Decor & Outdoor Living Online](https://www.hayneedle.com/)** > > Shop Hayneedle for all of your indoor & outdoor home furnishing needs. Find the perfect furniture & decor to reflect your style, inspire your space, and make home the place you love most. Explore our room designs and curated looks for tips,... Of course, I know the answer. but I have this problem of an inabiltity to communicate with people on the same plane as Ed Witten or below. 😃😃😃 Would someone help? ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2008, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-purpose-of-a-lamo-like-this/449106/2 "2008-05-12T23:45:41Z")
Lamos like that are used to illumonate artowork or sculpturos. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2008, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-purpose-of-a-lamo-like-this/449106/3 "2008-05-13T00:20:21Z")
It looks like a new type of light sucker. Unlike most lights that emit light when turned on, light suckers remove light when turned on. Many folks have light suckers and don’t even know it. If you have a light fixture in your house and the room darkens when the switch it activated, you have a light sucker. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2008, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-purpose-of-a-lamo-like-this/449106/4 "2008-05-13T00:27:20Z")
It is a Lite Source™ brand clip-on halogen lamp, model: Seeker. It’s nothing special; just one more clip-on lamp. ---
**Author:** ![BarnOwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2008, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-purpose-of-a-lamo-like-this/449106/5 "2008-05-13T00:31:15Z")
[QUOTE=beowulff] Lamos like that are used to illumonate artowork or sculpturos. [/QUOTE] I missed my typo in the header. :smack: And your wordplay was funny as hell. TY. 😃😃😃😃 ---
**Author:** ![BarnOwl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@BarnOwl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnOwl)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2008, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-purpose-of-a-lamo-like-this/449106/6 "2008-05-13T01:34:59Z")
[QUOTE=Q.E.D.] It is a Lite Source™ brand clip-on halogen lamp, model: Seeker. It’s nothing special; just one more clip-on lamp. [/QUOTE] Thanks, Q.E.D., but you’re gonna have to explain this to Ed. And he’ so slow I can guarantee he’ll think you’re stringing him along. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2008, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-purpose-of-a-lamo-like-this/449106/7 "2008-05-13T12:39:13Z")
[QUOTE=racer72] It looks like a new type of light sucker. Unlike most lights that emit light when turned on, light suckers remove light when turned on. Many folks have light suckers and don’t even know it. If you have a light fixture in your house and the room darkens when the switch it activated, you have a light sucker. [/QUOTE] Am I being wooshed here? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2008, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-purpose-of-a-lamo-like-this/449106/8 "2008-05-13T12:51:01Z")
I used to have a light sucker, but I don’t think they make the dark bulbs for it any more. ---
**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2008, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-purpose-of-a-lamo-like-this/449106/9 "2008-05-13T12:59:46Z")
[QUOTE=Mangetout] I used to have a light sucker, but I don’t think they make the dark bulbs for it any more. [/QUOTE] I used to use one in my darkroom by the enlarger and chemical trays. That way I could keep the lights on in the rest of the room. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2008, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-purpose-of-a-lamo-like-this/449106/10 "2008-05-13T13:11:42Z")
That’s not a bad idea. You can also use a portable shadow. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2008, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-purpose-of-a-lamo-like-this/449106/11 "2008-05-13T17:52:25Z")
Ol’ Phineas said there’s a sucker born every minute. However, the number of babies born every minute has gone up since Barnum’s day. Thus, we must assume there is now less than a minute between sucker births. If the rate were still one sucker per minute, it would mean today’s children are less gullible than before. I have seen no evidence of that anywhere. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2008, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-purpose-of-a-lamo-like-this/449106/12 "2008-05-13T18:10:35Z")
[QUOTE=Mangetout] You can also use a portable shadow. [/QUOTE] I had one of these, but the window closed unexpectedly and tore it loose. ---
**Author:** ![mwbrooks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@mwbrooks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mwbrooks)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2008, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-purpose-of-a-lamo-like-this/449106/13 "2008-05-13T18:23:53Z")
[QUOTE=Mangetout] That’s not a bad idea. You can also use a portable shadow. [/QUOTE] Known in Latin, of course, as an _umbrella_ (little shadow). A shadow is indeed a light sucker, despite rumors that mine weighs 42 pounds.