From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Oct 2 22:03:51 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA28188 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Fri, 2 Oct 1998 22:03:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ridge.spiritone.com (ridge.spiritone.com [205.139.108.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA28183 for ; Fri, 2 Oct 1998 22:03:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dionn@spiritone.com) Received: from spiritone.com (us5a-176.spiritone.com [206.98.120.176]) by ridge.spiritone.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA13221; Fri, 2 Oct 1998 21:58:20 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <3615AEDB.8589C8BD@spiritone.com> Date: Fri, 02 Oct 1998 21:58:03 -0700 From: Haze Organization: The Foundation X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Malartre CC: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Slowly going blind ;-) References: <361545DB.3EFDD68C@aei.ca> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On 10-02-98 @ 21:30:03GMT, Malarte wrote: > > I was having a really good vision has I can remember from 1 year or so. > Now I'm a little bit paranoic and I'm always checking how I see since I > am on a computer. I have the paranoiac not so fun feeling than my vision > is slowly decreasing. > Are there any study/link on how can a computer screen damage your eye? > I have a 0.28 17" screen with a 1024X768 resolution. > Anyone here who have done 20 year of computing without wearing glasses? 11 years, not 20. I wear glasses to correct for astigmatism but when I'm at the computer they make my eyes strain. So I quit wearing them and found that my displays are positioned at just the right distance that I don't have to strain my eyes to focus on them. Nearsightedness: The ultimate in display ergonomics. :-) > Anyone tried those crazy filter they sell you for 99$? You mean those polarized glare filters? They're a waste unless you're getting glare from nearby lights and windows and you can't move the lightsources/monitor. What I do is darken the color schemes and turn down the brightness and contrast (just a little), then position a light so that it illuminates the frame and surrounding desk area. My preference is a 60 watt rose- tinted incandescent light bounced off the wall or ceiling. Bounce the light, not the lamp, that is. -- Knowledge is the perception of truth distorted by reality To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message