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From: Woody on 22 Aug 2008 19:01
Richard Tobin <richard(a)cogsci.ed.ac.uk> wrote:

> In article <1im3gnf.1gp5xq83wctsxN%usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk>,
> Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote:
>
> >> > > The bigger pixels may not be an improvement over a 23" or 24" one
> >> > > if you do real work instead of just watching movies
>
> >> > What happens if your job is a movie critic? would that not then be real
> >> > work?
>
> >> If that's work you don't need a computer screen,
>
> >Well, I am not a movie critic, so I can't say for sure, but I am fairly
> >sure that they are required to write something occasionally.
>
> I think the point was that people who review movies don't watch them
> on computers.

No, I think that the point is that people using the words 'do real work'
should learn that other people use things differently to them.
Because, lets face it, if you 'did real work' you wouldn't have a
computer involved at all.

Also until the operating systems and monitor manufacturers got their
fingers out and got rid of the dependance between screen text/image size
and pixel count, increasing the size without increasing the resolution
is a perfectly valid thing to do.

--
Woody

www.alienrat.com
From: Jaimie Vandenbergh on 22 Aug 2008 19:42
On Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:01:46 +0100, usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk (Woody)
wrote:

>Also until the operating systems and monitor manufacturers got their
>fingers out and got rid of the dependance between screen text/image size
>and pixel count, increasing the size without increasing the resolution
>is a perfectly valid thing to do.

(searches) Drat. Resolution independence doesn't seem to be part of
the rumoured feature set for Snow Leopard, anyway.

Which is odd, since it's about 90% done already. But then it's the
last 10% that takes 90% of the time (recursively) on your average
medium to large software project.

Cheers - Jaimie
--
Programs that crash have been proven to be less useful than those that don't.
-- Apple Technical Note OV04
From: Eddie on 23 Aug 2008 02:27
nospam(a)de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) wrote:

> Eddie <efl42(a)invalid.org.uk> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Have been looking to upgrade my current 20 in dell monitor to a 24 or 26
> > in monitor.
> >
> > The new upgrade to the current Dell 2408 seems to be a long time coming
> > and I'm still not sure if Dell have sorted some of the reported problems
> > out.
> >
> > So what to get?
> >
> > The new Hazro (just released) looks promising - has anyone taken the
> > plunge yet?
>
> Still at 1920x1200. The bigger pixels may not be an improvement over a 23"
> or 24" one if you do real work instead of just watching movies,
>
In the case of the Hazro, the 24in has a glossy screen and the 26in a matte
one - I prefer the matte one.

--
Regards
Eddie
"Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake." Napoleon
From: J. J. Lodder on 23 Aug 2008 17:07
Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote:

> J. J. Lodder <nospam(a)de-ster.demon.nl> wrote:
>
> > Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> > > J. J. Lodder <nospam(a)de-ster.demon.nl> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Eddie <efl42(a)invalid.org.uk> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > >
> > > > > Have been looking to upgrade my current 20 in dell monitor to a 24 or
> > > > > 26 in monitor.
> > > > >
> > > > > The new upgrade to the current Dell 2408 seems to be a long time
> > > > > coming and I'm still not sure if Dell have sorted some of the reported
> > > > > problems out.
> > > > >
> > > > > So what to get?
> > > > >
> > > > > The new Hazro (just released) looks promising - has anyone taken the
> > > > > plunge yet?
> > > >
> > > > Still at 1920x1200.
> > > > The bigger pixels may not be an improvement over a 23" or 24" one
> > > > if you do real work instead of just watching movies
> > >
> > > What happens if your job is a movie critic? would that not then be real
> > > work?
> >
> > If that's work you don't need a computer screen,
>
> Well, I am not a movie critic, so I can't say for sure, but I am fairly
> sure that they are required to write something occasionally.

They write them on their laptop of course,
while watching the big (but also 1920x1200) HD TV screen,

Jan
From: Pd on 24 Aug 2008 06:54
Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote:

> But then it's the last 10% that takes 90% of the time (recursively) on
> your average medium to large software project.

On the software project I'm involved with at the moment, the first 10%
has taken 90% of the resource allocated. The last 90% is probably going
to go into explaining how badly the project was planned, resourced and
implemented, and the remaining 90% will go into recommissioning the old
system the new one was supposed to replace. To be followed by a further
90% creating a paper based system which works really well.

--
Pd
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