We're all going to go blind.

[Ginza]

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At first i thought ouch 8 hours a day thats a lot. Then i realised that I'm probably going to go blind. I used my laptop for about 10 hours ish yesterday i think which is crazy. 11-2pm (was doing my work) then 4-6 (browsing on here, email etc) then 10-1am (football manager)

Soon i wont even be able to visit the almighty NTSC-UK if these reports are correct.

Edit - Yes. I'm short sighted too. Looks like my days are numbered.

[DjSatansfury]

People who are short sighted are 82% more at risk too


That's me ****ed then

[Yoshimoto]

Thats what the Accessibility Options are for within Windows.

Large text when eye rot starts setting in and then it reads the pages for you when you're properly blind.

[Number45]

I'm short sighted in one eye, and long sighted in the other. And I have a lazy eye. And a history of Glaucoma in the family. And I use a PC for way over 8 hours a day through work, and other stuff. I'm going to die, aren't I?

[Ginza]

You, Number45 are certainly ****ed. Better being a realist!

[Inertia_]

****. I need a timescale of all future Half Life releases, immediately!











(subject to change, of course)

[Number45]

You, Number45 are certainly ****ed. Better being a realist!

Absolutely, at least I know now. I can break the law with gay abandon, knowing that I'll possibly die of Glaucoma related complications before being assaulted in unholy ways by Mr Big, who's in with the warders.

[Spatial]

Soon i wont even be able to visit the almighty NTSC-UK if these reports are correct.

Who said that ? 8)

[goldbricker]

I'm short sighted in one eye, and long sighted in the other. And I have a lazy eye.

You've got three eyes?

[Ginza]

You say it like its a big deal?

[goldbricker]

Maybe I'm just r-eye-cist.

[Super Stu]

Doesn't mention if it's CRT or TFT related (the study), so I assume it's just concentrating on screens in general. As such, I don't see how similar activities don't cause related problems (reading, being glued to the TV etc).

Not convinced, although am a keen advocate of good crt practice anyway.

[DjSatansfury]

I'm sure a CRT cant help given the amount of radiation they give off

[Super Stu]

Considerably lower than they used to be, though. I suspect more headaches come from people running 60hz (all my office, for starters).

[DjSatansfury]

60hz? O_o

I've just got a tft yesterday, but previous to that, the CRT was always run in 80hz