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  • S Simon Capewell

    Indirect natural light. Direct sunlight makes the screen difficult to see and masses of overhead fluorescent lighting gives me a headache. I've taken the starters out of all but one of the cluster of 4 tubes in the light above my desk.

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    PIEBALDconsult
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    Simon Capewell wrote:

    taken the starters out

    :wtf: I simply remove a tube.

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      Simon Capewell wrote:

      taken the starters out

      :wtf: I simply remove a tube.

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      Simon Capewell
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      What do you do with the unwanted tubes :confused: Taking the starters out is much easier and they can live in your top drawer until they're needed again.

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      • S Simon Capewell

        What do you do with the unwanted tubes :confused: Taking the starters out is much easier and they can live in your top drawer until they're needed again.

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        Simon P Stevens
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        Simon Capewell wrote:

        What do you do with the unwanted tubes

        Hook them up to a power supply and act out famous scenes from star wars.

        Simon

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        • S SlowFatRunner

          What is your office lighting preference? Do you like it dark, do you use a small lamp, do you default to the overheads, do you use some other configuration?

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          Lost User
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          Dark, it's easier to sneak up on people :cool:

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          • S SlowFatRunner

            What is your office lighting preference? Do you like it dark, do you use a small lamp, do you default to the overheads, do you use some other configuration?

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            PIEBALDconsult
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            Dim and natural... just like my women. :cool:

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            • S Simon P Stevens

              Simon Capewell wrote:

              What do you do with the unwanted tubes

              Hook them up to a power supply and act out famous scenes from star wars.

              Simon

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              Simon Capewell
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              Oh, so that's what the Van de Graaff generator in the junk cupboard is for.

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              • S Simon Capewell

                Indirect natural light. Direct sunlight makes the screen difficult to see and masses of overhead fluorescent lighting gives me a headache. I've taken the starters out of all but one of the cluster of 4 tubes in the light above my desk.

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                Gary Wheeler
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                Simon Capewell wrote:

                fluorescent lighting gives me a headache

                Tell me about it. I get migraine headaches. Damn 60Hz flicker from office fluourescents is like a railroad spike to the temples.

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                • S SlowFatRunner

                  What is your office lighting preference? Do you like it dark, do you use a small lamp, do you default to the overheads, do you use some other configuration?

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                  Paul Conrad
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                  I prefer lighting to be dim. Bright enough to read, but dimmed down enough to be easy on the eyes.

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                  • S Simon Capewell

                    What do you do with the unwanted tubes :confused: Taking the starters out is much easier and they can live in your top drawer until they're needed again.

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                    PIEBALDconsult
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                    Put 'em in the supply closet with the spares.

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                    • S SlowFatRunner

                      What is your office lighting preference? Do you like it dark, do you use a small lamp, do you default to the overheads, do you use some other configuration?

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                      Stuart Dootson
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                      The glow from my 3 20" monitors is quite adequate, thank you very much :-)

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                      • P PIEBALDconsult

                        Put 'em in the supply closet with the spares.

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                        Simon Capewell
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                        The storeroom is through two fire doors and down two flights of stairs. The drawers are under my desk. I'm sticking with the starters ;)

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                        • S Simon Capewell

                          The storeroom is through two fire doors and down two flights of stairs. The drawers are under my desk. I'm sticking with the starters ;)

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                          Dan Neely
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                          SOP where I work is to just loosen them enough from the sockets that they don't light up while still being in enough to stay in place. :rolleyes:

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                          • S Smithers Jones

                            Two of my four office walls are windows from ground to ceiling which is quite nice (there are only meadows and forest around the building), but a real pain for any work on the computer, since I am sitting with my back to the window. So I have to close the blinds during the day. There is still enough light though, so I don't need the overhead.

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                            SlowFatRunner
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                            Smithers-Jones wrote:

                            Two of my four office walls are windows from ground to ceiling which is quite nice (there are only meadows and forest around the building),

                            ... that sounds like a very very cool office. I'm in the middle of the building so there is no natural light. We do have "open spaces" with lots of windows.

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