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K. Ryabitsev
monsieuricon
My first computer monitor had:
19%
A clip-on polarized glass screen to catch "bad electrons"
4%
A cactus on top of it to soak up "bad radiation"
5%
A doily
9%
All of the above
61%
Sorry, I didn't grow up in Eastern Europe, so I have no idea what this poll is about
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@monsieuricon I sometimes had to polarize the monitor. Does that count?
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K. Ryabitsev
monsieuricon
@Ertain I think you are referring to "degaussing," which is actually a valid thing to do to a CRT monitor if it starts getting weird rainbowy streaks on it.
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K. Ryabitsev
monsieuricon
@dartov not bad! My first monitor was an old 70's black-and-white TV to which we connected the BK0010. :) It had a doily for sure, just like any other surface that wasn't a floor or a wall (that's for carpets).
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Çağan Mert İŞLEK
islekcaganmert@hereus.net@monsieuricon Had none and grow up in west of the Turkey which is Eastern Europe. Maybe since west of Turkey influenced by France?
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@monsieuricon That does remind me of a trade union push in 80s (??) Australia that visual display units should not emit any electro-magnetic radiation. At all. Caused much hilarity at the time! (How apocryphal this was I don't know, but I was there at the time and there were no internet memes...)
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