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Article #35Re: Eye strain among programmers
From: Roger Gonzalez
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 00:16
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 00:16
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I've become a rabid anti-flourescent-light programmer. I actually see beat frequencies when the stupid 60Hz lights are reflecting off my 72Hz monitor. It gives me a massive headache. I don't know why, but I can also "see" the 60Hz flicker in the lights themselves when I look at them. A lot of other people can't. I've started shutting off all flourescents, and using several arm incandescent desk lamps pointing at specific spots I need light. Other people call my office and the machine room "the cave". I also am very sensitive to "monitor whine". Another thing that other people don't seem to hear. It gives me a massive headache. Its really annoying to have to explain to other people that the computer monitor is attempting to kill me. :-) -Roger -- "The question of whether a computer can think is no more interesting than the question of whether a submarine can swim" - Edsger W. Dijkstra Roger Gonzalez - rg@msel.unh.edu Division of Bit Banging and Reluctant Robotics UNH Marine Systems Engineering Laboratory, Durham, NH 03824-3525 (603) 862-4600 -4399 (fax)
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Newsgroups: sci.med.occupational Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!nic.unh.edu!newshost.unh.edu!rg From: rg@msel.unh.edu (Roger Gonzalez) Subject: Re: Eye strain among programmers In-Reply-To: tertium@milton.u.washington.edu's message of 20 Aug 92 17:56:11 GMT Message-ID: <RG.92Aug20191616@nymph.msel.unh.edu> Sender: news@newshost.unh.edu (USENET News System) Organization: UNH Marine Systems Engineering Lab References: <tertium.714333371@milton> Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 00:16:16 GMT Lines: 29