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1 lux = moonlight
400 lux = A brightly lit office

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lux

Posted by josh | October 12, 2006 5:44 PM
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Dan,
one lux is equal to one lumen per square meter. It's a unit of incident radiation, or in other words, the amount of light falling on an object. One "candela" (standard candle) puts out 4 pi lux total, so, yeah, 30 lux would be about a dozen or so candles lighting up somethng about a meter away. YMMV.

"The average minimum recommended lighting level in offices is on the order of 54 footcandles (~58 decalux)"
so that 30 lux is about a tenth the brightness of an average office.

Posted by glasspusher | October 12, 2006 5:45 PM
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Beg pardon, I meant Sarah, not Dan

Posted by glasspusher | October 12, 2006 5:47 PM
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Lux is a metric measure. Candlepower is the old imperial unit.

Posted by Gitai | October 12, 2006 5:56 PM
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Sarah you're really picking up this stranger outrage/ reporting thing. Only thing you left out is that you have a call into some important local luminary about this burning question and you'll report back soon. (no puns intended...)

Posted by wf | October 12, 2006 5:57 PM
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So, does the 30 lux have to be falling on the masturbator, or on the strumpet 4 feet away from the wanker?

Posted by robotslave | October 12, 2006 6:18 PM
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30 lux is a lit candle sticking out my ass on a bed covered in rose petals, and Hugh (R-43rd) giving me a nice hummer.

Posted by glowing light | October 12, 2006 6:39 PM
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Well that was quite a waste of a read.

Posted by Investigatory Journalist | October 13, 2006 9:59 AM

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