I agree, the old "one hour of coding, 10 minutes break" scheme just doesn't apply. I can work all night long with my Gericom 19" LCD, and, apart from the lack of sleep, I get no problems. The only downside I encountered so far is that you have to look down on the picture if you want to see something. If you look directly at the screen, or from below, the picture appears darker. Now I have no idea about the tech behind such a system, but it took me some days to realize this, maybe I can save some converts the time;)
There is a somewhat similar case in Germany, but it's not against
pr0n, but against neo-nazi sites.
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On the 8th of February, 2002 the district authority of Düsseldorf have issued blocking decrees against more than 80 access providers. The district authority refer to their function as regional supervision authority for legal protection of young people and "punishment of infringement of the regulations" according to the German Interstate Media Treaty.
As a result customers of access providers in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia who have given way to this measure of censorship now face a filtered internet...
There is no doubt that the websites filtered by the district authority are offences against basic democratic rights. Yet, filtering out those sites actually prevents net citizens from accessing relevant information and making up their own mind about complex social problems in order to better understand and fight them.
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While this is in practice a different situation (I don't think anyone out there believes that pr0n is a danger to democracy), it's the same problem.
Isn't it telling a lot about humanity that the first non-medical cybernetic implant avaiable to "the masses" is actually a tracking/"wherever you go, we know where you are" device? Is this just because it's easier to build than, let's say, reflex boosters or memory implants? Or is it because we live in a paranoid world?
"The man who trades freedom for security does not deserve nor will he ever receive either." - Benjamin Franklin
I have a similar problem, and the local "Krankenkasse"(no idea how to translate that to english, it's a state department that manages public health issues) said the best thing for vision-impaired people are large TFT screens. I'm now a the proud owner of a 17" LCD flatscreen I haven't paid for (sic!) and I can say it works like a charm. It also doesn't stress the eyes as much as regular monitors by far. Of course the price is hefty, but it's your health we're talking about.
Kid, if you ever went out into the scary dark place that is the real world, you would have noticed there are about a gazillion songs that are called "foo tha noize", therefore, this is probably a joke. So are you, by the way.
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...I'd like that one in gold, please, and where can I change my name to Hagbard?
I agree, the old "one hour of coding, 10 minutes break" scheme just doesn't apply. I can work all night long with my Gericom 19" LCD, and, apart from the lack of sleep, I get no problems. The only downside I encountered so far is that you have to look down on the picture if you want to see something. If you look directly at the screen, or from below, the picture appears darker. Now I have no idea about the tech behind such a system, but it took me some days to realize this, maybe I can save some converts the time ;)
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On the 8th of February, 2002 the district authority of Düsseldorf have issued blocking decrees against more than 80 access providers. The district authority refer to their function as regional supervision authority for legal protection of young people and "punishment of infringement of the regulations" according to the German Interstate Media Treaty.
As a result customers of access providers in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia who have given way to this measure of censorship now face a filtered internet ...
There is no doubt that the websites filtered by the district authority are offences against basic democratic rights. Yet, filtering out those sites actually prevents net citizens from accessing relevant information and making up their own mind about complex social problems in order to better understand and fight them.
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While this is in practice a different situation (I don't think anyone out there believes that pr0n is a danger to democracy), it's the same problem.
More info about it can be found here.
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Isn't it telling a lot about humanity that the first non-medical cybernetic implant avaiable to "the masses" is actually a tracking/"wherever you go, we know where you are" device? Is this just because it's easier to build than, let's say, reflex boosters or memory implants? Or is it because we live in a paranoid world?
"The man who trades freedom for security does not deserve nor will he ever receive either." - Benjamin Franklin
I have a similar problem, and the local "Krankenkasse"(no idea how to translate that to english, it's a state department that manages public health issues) said the best thing for vision-impaired people are large TFT screens. I'm now a the proud owner of a 17" LCD flatscreen I haven't paid for (sic!) and I can say it works like a charm. It also doesn't stress the eyes as much as regular monitors by far. Of course the price is hefty, but it's your health we're talking about.
Just don't forget to cool this thing properly in case you build it yourself. Such devices tend to create vast amounts of heat.
"I'd like a book from Gibson, please." [click] "YOU'RE UNDER ARREST, SONNY!"
Kid, if you ever went out into the scary dark place that is the real world, you would have noticed there are about a gazillion songs that are called "foo tha noize", therefore, this is probably a joke. So are you, by the way.