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Johnny J. wrote: But anyway, I'm sure that if you place 100 monkeys in front of 100 computers for 100 years, they will eventually have coded a version of Windows that's better than the one we have today! 
But who wants to wait that long for a proper version of Windows?
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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Well, the team has been at it for 31 years[^] already, so the wait will probably be shorter than it could seem... 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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You make a very, very valid point here. These idiots have had 31 years to perfect the formula. Instead, the formula gets worse, every friggin' year they are in business. Ugh!! So frustrating. 
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That's because they so rarely fix anything; they just keep adding new stuff (that also never gets fixed), so that they can justify forcing people to "upgrade".
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Didn't know CAT scan worked on computers?
New version: WinHeist Version 2.2.2 Beta I told my psychiatrist that I was hearing voices in my head. He said you don't have a psychiatrist!
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OriginalGriff wrote: Pay peanuts, get monkeys.
Someone is way ahead of you - Primate Programming(tm) Inc[^]
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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Can someone please tell that money he'll never get the mix right on that carbie using a spanner?
He should be using a hammer.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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He's a trained mechanic!
He's using the spanner as a hammer!
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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"If all you have is a hammer, everything is a carburetter?"
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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I type www.lounge.com in the browser to see what's up there! 
Starting to think people post kid pics in their profiles because that was the last time they were cute - Jeremy.
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Nuttin there...
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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It's up for sales[^] 
Starting to think people post kid pics in their profiles because that was the last time they were cute - Jeremy.
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They must be demanding too much money.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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I guess you must always be too hung over to bookmark the real place!
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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Just seen England's team for tonight. There'll be dancing in the streets of Reykjavik!
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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Á Íslandi!
May the crush their foes till finals. Then lose against us 
Rules for the FOSW ![ ^]
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Sterling
When Roy heard we wanted out of Europe he obviously misunderstood.
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gotta love the icelandic fighting spirit 
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Some foresight there!
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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I calls 'em as I sees 'em!
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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I think it's time to retire the ten-year old 32 inch LG 720p teevee I've been using. Here's the parameters of the decision process:
0. the only games I play on the computer are programming and programming. I do watch movies. I find the experience of watching video/movies on the current set satisfactory.
1. where I am has 220v. 50cps electric (if that makes a difference).
2. gotta have a big-screen. right now I'm operating with Win 8.1 using 125% system-text-magnification option. right now I'm often viewing web-pages at 150%. may the souls of all web-designers who use light-colored body-text rot in somewhere rotten !
3. cannot afford the computer monitors I might want (like the 34 inch Benq curved puppy with 144 hz. refresh, or the Dell higher end monitors).
4. the budget would let me purchase one of the very lowest priced 4k teevees (they would have max 60hz. refresh).
5. or, the budget would let me purchase one of the so-called "full-hd" last/current generation teevees, and there are good clearance sales on now for last year's models. But, I can't find one with better than 60hz. refresh (so far).
6. my preferred working distance from the monitor is about 30 inches.
I am assuming that having a teevee with a higher refresh rate might be a factor that would be better, in terms of visual quality for my tired old eyes, than a 4k-teevee, but I'm not absolutely sure of that.
I'm also unsure about the extent to which size of the monitor really makes a difference; theoretically I could afford a 50 inch, or so, non-4k teevee, but can't visualize how that might change my experience.
As always, I will appreciate your wise counsel and advices !
thanks, Bill
«There is a spectrum, from "clearly desirable behaviour," to "possibly dodgy behavior that still makes some sense," to "clearly undesirable behavior." We try to make the latter into warnings or, better, errors. But stuff that is in the middle category you don’t want to restrict unless there is a clear way to work around it.» Eric Lippert, May 14, 2008
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If you decide on a full hd style I recommend looking for a screen that supports 1920*1200 instead of just 1080. Not sure if there are teevees that support this but if I buy a 1080 it's for the sole purpose of being a secondary or tertiary monitor.
I suggest going to a store or two to look at screens and try to compare contrasts and colors to determine what it is you need. If possible bring a list of sites you know can be difficult to read and see if there is a possibility of trying out a few screens.
I'm not sure if 4k is going to be needed since you mostly program so I think its better to nail that refresh rate and find a screen with the right colors.
Maybe a 1440p can be interesting but I'm not knowledgeable enough to come with any further advice.
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Thanks for your response !
My intent is, if I buy a non 4k teevee, to purhcase one with 1920x1080 resolution. And, I have, indeed, shopped around, and looked at a variety of models.
The "disconnect" I face in shopping is that I can't ... in my head ... translate what I see in the store displays to what the actual visual experience would be using the teevee as a computer monitor in my office, sitting 30 inches away.
cheers, Bill
«There is a spectrum, from "clearly desirable behaviour," to "possibly dodgy behavior that still makes some sense," to "clearly undesirable behavior." We try to make the latter into warnings or, better, errors. But stuff that is in the middle category you don’t want to restrict unless there is a clear way to work around it.» Eric Lippert, May 14, 2008
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A laptop and an HDMI cable perhaps?
Surely it cant hurt to ask if you can hookup to models of interest.
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Serious question here. Do you have vision problems? Is that why you need the "very" big monitors? - and zoomed in text size.
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