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Article #5293Re: fluorescent lights and my brain
From: Jim Cathey
Date: Tue, 03 May 1988 17:01
Date: Tue, 03 May 1988 17:01
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In article <4608@ihlpf.ATT.COM> straka@ihlpf.UUCP (55223-Straka,R.J.) writes: >It seems that the human eye keys on the most significant stimulation that it >encounters (sort of like capture ratio, in FM radio terms). For example, >take a MacIntosh (black on white screen, of course (~66Hz refresh)), and put >it far away from you in an environment rich in fluorescent lighting. If you >are more than ~10 feet from the Mac, the fluorescent lights seem to dominate >your eyes, and you see some sort of odd flickering. The 9" Macintosh screens are refreshed at 60.15 Hz.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!iscuva!jimc From: jimc@iscuva.ISCS.COM (Jim Cathey) Newsgroups: misc.consumers,sci.electronics Subject: Re: fluorescent lights and my brain Message-ID: <1443@iscuva.ISCS.COM> Date: 3 May 88 17:01:47 GMT References: <530@scourge> <1182@ssc.UUCP> <1532@dataio.Data-IO.COM> <1143@neoucom.UUCP> <2427@ttidca.TTI.COM> <4608@ihlpf.ATT.COM> Organization: ISC Systems Corporation, Spokane, WA Lines: 9 Keywords: eyes head ache electricity