Shhhh, quiet time is now.

So, back in very early 2005, I decided that I wanted a large screen to play video games on.  Now back in 2005 I was in the Marine Corps.  A low rank in the Marine Corps happens to mean that you get a one room living area.  More often than not your sharing that room, more often than not with more than one other person.  So, space is an issue.  Also, a regular occurence that i've noticed is that you don't stay in the same place very often.  Whether it was going on deployment, getting switched to a different station, getting moved to a different room or barracks for what ever reason or just going elsewhere for training.  Now, the thing about having stuff is that, when it comes time to move, you either A. Take it with you, or B. get rid of it somehow.  I decided that I still wanted a big screen, so I went out and bought a projector for about six hundred dollars.  The bulb on that projector was rated for 2000 hours.  Four years and some odd months later, the bulb finally went.  And rather than just going bad it exploded.  Fun stuff. 

So, 365 days in a year, 24 hours in a day.  Lets just say that I used it on average, though a reserved guess, two hours a day.  In that first year I would have used it a total of 730 hours.  The first two years would have been 1460 hours.  By the third year I would have passed the rated limit.  And again, take into account that this is based on a very reserved estimate of usage.  I would say that I have easily gotten my money's worth.

So, I have gone ahead and ordered a replacement bulb for my projector.  It shipped on the third.  Should be arriving within the next week.