A. Rav Miller was one of the Gedolei Hador.
B. “my light in my room is on and i cant turn it on.” HUH?
included in Amira l’akum is not mentioning the melacha, even if it is not a direct request. so saying “I can’t turn off the light because it is shabbos” would be assur.
Correct. (However, there are opinions that are lenient with this.)
Also forbidden would be to say, “Please do me a favor. Please help me out. The light is on and I cannot sleep.” Because in this case, you are asking him to do a action. But to simply make an observation (“It is a little too bright for sleeping in this room”) is OK. B’shas hadchak, you could even tell the goy directly to turn off the light for sleeping, because shvus d’shvus b’makom tzaar (turning off a light is not a “constructive melacha,” but merely removing an annoyance). But lechatchila, it is not allowed.
Regarding the issue of lights, it is my understanding that you can ask him to skim through a book or magazine and tell you what he thinks. After he turns on the light for himself you can tell him not to turn it off.
Interesting. But once he “hops” that you’re doing a trick and he is really turning on the light for you, not allowed (to do that again next Shabbos).