Posted by
timothy
on from the mmmm-lcds-are-great dept.
SunPin writes "Slashdotters are doomed. An article from Reuters describes serious health problems from using CRTs (they call them "VDT") for too long. Studies show that we need more studies." So go ahead and expense a three-head LCD setup for your desk.
My father allways told me if I watched too much TV or used my computer too much my eyes would end up beeing squared. No mentioning of that in the article, so I guess he was wrong.
-- Not Buzzword 2.0 compliant. Please speak english.
Couch potatos never complain of these symptoms therefor I propose that all VDU's must have no
greater resolution than 625 lines (525 in the US) and a refresh rate no greater than 50 Hz (60 Hz). Plus companies must provide seating at least 10 foot away from the computer with keyboard & mouse cables long enough to cope. Problem solved. Obviously this would cause other problems such as users wondering why they can't order pizza and have it delivered to their desk and why scratching their nuts gets the female staff so angry but these are minor issues...
"Reluctance to go to work "
by
guybarr
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I can see it now:
Yes dear, I know I need to go to work and feed our kids, but , you see, those big bad monitors at work are giving me hell. And I have referenced scientific article to prove it !
people working with monitors are reluctant to go to work. scoop.
-- Working for necessity's mother.
Mental Symptoms
by
Anonymous Coward
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From the article...
Mental symptoms such as... "reluctance to go to work"... were most common among workers...
Yeah right, that has nothing to do with having a prick of a manager and doing demeaning and stressful work all day for little reward.
Of course they did. It's not like they're going to say "well thanks, I think we've researched it enough now. Let's head down to the welfare office"
</cynicism>
Take it all away...
by
DarkHelmet
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· Score: 5, Funny
The more time an office worker toils in front of a computer, the more likely he or she is to suffer a host of physical, mental and sleep-related ills, Japanese researchers report.
Yeah, and if I go out and have sex, I am more likely to catch the clap or something like that...
I feel celibate enough by visiting this site 20 times a day. I feel pathetic enough oggling over female slashdotters who get karma points. Now you wanna take away my 21" CRT to boot.
To hell with you!
-- /^[A-Z0-9._%+-]+@[A-Z0-9.-]+\.[A-Z]{2,4}$/i
Re:I like this study
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Anonymous Coward
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· Score: 1, Funny
but video games
If you don't feel like you've just run a marathon, then you're not playing the right games!:D
Sounds like a classic case of SJS (Shitty Job Syndrome) to me. Vacations and alcohol tend to be the most commonly perscribed treatments.
I'm sure another study would easily find that people who are generally dissatisfied with their jobs feel exactly the same way regardless of what they actually do.
And in other news, studies show that eating ice cream increases your risk of being attacked by a shark. (Think about that for a moment...) =Smidge=
It's not just the CRT, it's the SITTING. All day in one position, gee I wonder if thats going to have an effect on you. The only damage I've had from sitting in front of a monitor at work for 10 years is 100 more pounds on my frame than I should have.
10 years and only a 100 pounds? Heck, I've been sitting in front of this monitor for the last 20 years. Continuously.:-P They've had to replace it a couple of times. The weight's not what's bad, it's these damn IVs and catheters. I can't walk anymore (not that I've really tried), my eyes can stand the sunlight, and I don't even remember my name anymore. But other than that, no real effects from sitting in front of a CRT, no.
Actually, according to Merriam-Webster's Dictionary, it is a transitive verb meaning "to write off as an expense". This is a clear cut case of "I think it should be this way, and I've never heard otherwise, so I'll assert it and act petulant." that so often pervades Slashdot. See also Proof By Intimidation.
expense Pronunciation Key (k-spns) n.
Something spent to attain a goal or accomplish a purpose: an expense of time and energy on the project. A loss for the sake of something gained; a sacrifice: achieved speed at the expense of accuracy. An expenditure of money; a cost: an improvement that was well worth the expense; a trip with all expenses paid. expenses Charges incurred by an employee in the performance of work: was reimbursed for her travel expenses. Informal. Money allotted for payment of such charges. Something requiring the expenditure of money: Redecorating the house will be a considerable expense. Archaic. The act of expending.
tr.v. expensed, expensing, expenses To charge with expenses. To write off as an expense.
Source: Dictionary.com ..and sorry about being a spelling nazi.
Slashdot Mirror
This means my insurance will cover the 23" Apple Cinema HD Display I've had my eye (pardon the pun) on right?
Scientific leaders today made the discovery that too much of anything, might just be bad for you.
Yes, even beer.
I sit in front of the computer all day, but the reason is not the CRT, but whats on it (read pr0n) :-)
That's why I'm not getting laid! Stupid monitors!
using namespace slashdot;
troll::post();
"So go ahead and expense a three-head LCD setup for your desk."
To who, my mom and dad?
"I would say that 99 per cent of what my father has written about his own life is false." - L. Ron Hubbard Jr.
My father allways told me if I watched too much TV or used my computer too much my eyes would end up beeing squared. No mentioning of that in the article, so I guess he was wrong.
Not Buzzword 2.0 compliant. Please speak english.
Couch potatos never complain of these symptoms therefor I propose that all VDU's must have no greater resolution than 625 lines (525 in the US) and a refresh rate no greater than 50 Hz (60 Hz). Plus companies must provide seating at least 10 foot away from the computer with keyboard & mouse cables long enough to cope. Problem solved. Obviously this would cause other problems such as users wondering why they can't order pizza and have it delivered to their desk and why scratching their nuts gets the female staff so angry but these are minor issues...
I can see it now:
Yes dear, I know I need to go to work and feed our kids, but , you see, those big bad monitors at work are giving me hell. And I have referenced scientific article to prove it !
people working with monitors are reluctant to go to work. scoop.
Working for necessity's mother.
Yeah right, that has nothing to do with having a prick of a manager and doing demeaning and stressful work all day for little reward.
Of course they did. It's not like they're going to say "well thanks, I think we've researched it enough now. Let's head down to the welfare office"
</cynicism>
Yeah, and if I go out and have sex, I am more likely to catch the clap or something like that...
I feel celibate enough by visiting this site 20 times a day. I feel pathetic enough oggling over female slashdotters who get karma points. Now you wanna take away my 21" CRT to boot.
To hell with you!
/^[A-Z0-9._%+-]+@[A-Z0-9.-]+\.[A-Z]{2,4}$/i
but video games
:D
If you don't feel like you've just run a marathon, then you're not playing the right games!
Sounds like a classic case of SJS (Shitty Job Syndrome) to me. Vacations and alcohol tend to be the most commonly perscribed treatments.
I'm sure another study would easily find that people who are generally dissatisfied with their jobs feel exactly the same way regardless of what they actually do.
And in other news, studies show that eating ice cream increases your risk of being attacked by a shark. (Think about that for a moment...)
=Smidge=
It's not just the CRT, it's the SITTING. All day in one position, gee I wonder if thats going to have an effect on you.
:-P They've had to replace it a couple of times. The weight's not what's bad, it's these damn IVs and catheters. I can't walk anymore (not that I've really tried), my eyes can stand the sunlight, and I don't even remember my name anymore. But other than that, no real effects from sitting in front of a CRT, no.
The only damage I've had from sitting in front of a monitor at work for 10 years is 100 more pounds on my frame than I should have.
10 years and only a 100 pounds? Heck, I've been sitting in front of this monitor for the last 20 years. Continuously.
My journal has hot
Source: Dictionary.com
--- What
when you can't fit into your jeans, it must be your genes.
since I've started I've gone from 250 to 180 (and now can run 5 miles in 45 minutes).
Hah! I can drive 5 miles in ten minutes, and I didn't have to lose any weight to do it, either!
If a job's not worth doing, it's not worth doing right.
i think you just lost your audience =)
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