7 Jun
2004
7 Jun
'04
12:39 p.m.
Rumor has it that der Mouse may have mentioned these words:
Well, I didn't write that, but...
Did the attribution actually say you'd had? My "Spewdora" gave the correct
attribution on my copy, but that certainly doesn't mean that there's no
bugs in Spewdora... If it did come thru wrong, my apologies!
When I replace this 21" monitor with something,
it will almost
certainly be a flat-screen.....
You do know that there are
"perfectly-flat" CRT technologies, right? ...yes. However, I see nothing wrong with using
"flat" to refer to
something that's, oh, say, 15"x18"x4" as compared to, say,
15"x18"x20".
I do - being flat has nothing to do with being thin.
Of course, I also object to seeing "Flat-screen" meaning "LCD" as
there are
many other flat-screen-based technologies that have little or nothing in
common with LCDs -- Plasma displays (yes, both old and new versions), rear
projection TV monitors, OLED displays, etc. Those all have flat screens, too.
[[ Of course, my screen door has a flat screen, too! I'll start calling
that a flat-screen! Whoohoo!!! In the wintertime, I keep my beer just
outside the flat-screen, to keep it cold. ;-PPPP ]] [1]
Unless you mean there are flat-screen CRTs that have
also done away
with the long neck?
Altho there are several "short-neck" varieties of monitor tubes (with both
flat and non-flat faces) it's by no means as thin as an LCD. Generally, a
19" short-neck monitor is slightly thinner than a standard 17" monitor,
from what I've seen. Also, from what I've seen,
just because the neck is
shorter, they generally aren't any lighter!
My point is: The language (especially around technology) has been
bastardized enough - for all those who become up-in-arms over the media's
bastardization of the term 'hacker,' IBMs bastardization of the term
"Personal Computer," Radio Shacks bastardization of the term "Color
Computer," etc. etc. etc.......
Oy.
Roger "Merch" Merchberger
[1] I learned over the weekend: Don't mix Vioxx & Beer. Bad combo...
--
Roger "Merch" Merchberger | JC: "Like those people in
Celeronville!"
sysadmin, Iceberg Computers | Me: "Don't you mean Silicon Valley???"
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| JC == Jeremy Christian