[PLUG] Runt monitors

M. Edward (Ed) Borasky zznmeb at gmail.com
Mon May 25 17:34:03 UTC 2009


On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 10:27 AM, Keith Lofstrom <keithl at kl-ic.com> wrote:
> I can compute the square root of 3*3+4*4=25 in my head.  9*9+16*16=337,
> not so much.  It is precisely this difficulty that causes average people
> buying widescreen monitors to think they are getting more square inches
> of pixels, when in fact they are getting fewer.  The math is too hard
> for the average person (that is, the person who makes stuff for, and
> feeds, us L33T H4XORs) to have a gut feel for.
>
> Perhaps if we explain it to them properly, our fellow citizens will
> lynch some LCD monitor marketing scum, and the chastened companies
> will start making non-Runt monitors again.

It might be easier to back-port Ubuntu to an abacus. :)
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