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Fogmeister
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:35 pm Posts: 6580 Location: Getting there
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...when you see the book sale offers at work and say "Ooh, that looks good" about the boxed set of a dictionary, thesaurus, grammar guide, and other language based books.
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Sat May 09, 2009 8:06 am |
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joe-amnesiac
Occasionally has a life
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:37 pm Posts: 116 Location: East Yorkshire
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...When your monitor at work is bigger than your home monitor.  When I told you my new desk was cramped, Bish! , I didn't realise it would be because of the 30 incher sat on it, lol. Joe
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Sat May 09, 2009 7:15 pm |
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soddit112
Spends far too much time on here
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:12 pm Posts: 2020 Location: Mute City
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when you are talking to your brother, who is sat next door, over msn, an internet forum, and anything but actually going to his room and talking face-to-face!!
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Sat May 09, 2009 7:40 pm |
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finlay666
Spends far too much time on here
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:40 pm Posts: 4876 Location: Newcastle
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Heh I know the feeling, got 3 20" monitors on mine at work, 2 hooked up to my pc, one between 2 personal servers and a set top box 
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Sat May 09, 2009 8:17 pm |
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saspro
Site Admin
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 5:53 pm Posts: 8603 Location: location, location
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When you can look in a tattoo photo album and go "oh look it's courier bold"
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Sat May 09, 2009 8:18 pm |
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joe-amnesiac
Occasionally has a life
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:37 pm Posts: 116 Location: East Yorkshire
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Does that mean you trump me in the monitor stakes? The reason I have two is one is networked, the other is a development PC so it won't get viruses or the need the spyware our IT support dept require. I know a person who sits just over from me with a 30" dell(much nicer than my HP) a portrait 19" dell and then a 17" for his networked PC. I pity the people who have to use my networked pc for all their work as it is rubbish. Joe PS. soddit does DUMP stand for Dennis Useless Media Publishing?
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Sat May 09, 2009 8:36 pm |
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finlay666
Spends far too much time on here
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:40 pm Posts: 4876 Location: Newcastle
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In inches I think I 'beat' you, in resolution you win for now (Until I persuade them to let me get a couple of 24"s to replace the 20" ones) 
_________________TwitterCharlie Brooker: Macs are glorified Fisher-Price activity centres for adults; computers for scaredy cats too nervous to learn how proper computers work; computers for people who earnestly believe in feng shui.
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Sat May 09, 2009 9:09 pm |
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joe-amnesiac
Occasionally has a life
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:37 pm Posts: 116 Location: East Yorkshire
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Did some quick maths and I think I have 5.54 million pixels and you have 5.3 million. 3 x 24" would have almost 7 million, so a major upgrade, which I think would be very greedy and totally unusable.  I find myself only using a very small area of the 30, but I've only just started using it it I may adjust. Joe
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Sat May 09, 2009 9:35 pm |
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finlay666
Spends far too much time on here
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:40 pm Posts: 4876 Location: Newcastle
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4800x1200 on the 20's I'll be on a 1920x1200 and a 1920x1080 when I get my 24" back from repair for personal use though  I suggest getting win7 if possible, helps so you can have 2 'full' windows per screen in split view which I find helps for doc/spreadsheet/email stuff, but keep a seperate window for programming and debugging in. The RC is really snappy on 64bit too (upgraded last week at work, going to upgrade my home pc soon too)
_________________TwitterCharlie Brooker: Macs are glorified Fisher-Price activity centres for adults; computers for scaredy cats too nervous to learn how proper computers work; computers for people who earnestly believe in feng shui.
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Sat May 09, 2009 10:31 pm |
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joe-amnesiac
Occasionally has a life
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:37 pm Posts: 116 Location: East Yorkshire
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Damn you and your 5.76 million pixies.
I already have Win7 RC and like it very much, although I only run a single screen atm, I'm thinking about getting a 17" to put in portrait beside the 24".
Maybe after uni, when I have some more money.
Joe
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Sun May 10, 2009 9:01 am |
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ProfessorF
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:56 pm Posts: 12030
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Love the optimism 
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Sun May 10, 2009 9:02 am |
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Vigil
Has a life
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 10:49 pm Posts: 58
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...when you get into a contest over pixel counting. ...when this tread hits 13 pages and still going. 
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Sun May 10, 2009 2:31 pm |
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Blue_Nowhere
Spends far too much time on here
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:57 pm Posts: 2220 Location: Here for now...
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Ehehehe! When you have a rubix cube tatoo'ed on your forearm. (I think the coureir bold thing is actually geekier though  )
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Mon May 11, 2009 8:04 am |
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ChurchCat
Doesn't have much of a life
Joined: Sat Apr 25, 2009 7:57 am Posts: 1652
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When your favourite podcast is The SGU 
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Mon May 11, 2009 8:34 am |
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RedFlames
Occasionally has a life
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:04 pm Posts: 269 Location: Gateshead, Tyne and Wear
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when you have this place set as your browsers' home page
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Mon May 11, 2009 3:10 pm |
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