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    SlowFatRunner
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    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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      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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      hairy_hats
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      Natural light as much as possible, and even lighting all over the room from overheads.

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        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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        I'll reply with a song: "Let the sunshine in..." :-) [EDIT]What I really, really hate though, is a broken TL light... X| [/EDIT]

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          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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          Harvey Saayman
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          As a geek, i try to block out as much natural sunlight as possible. Fluorescent overheads are much better than the sun's natural UV ;P

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            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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            Simon Capewell
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            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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              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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              John M Drescher
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              I like it on the dark side. In my previous office there was only 1 switch and the lights were way too bright with it on so I obtained a ladder and removed 1/2 of the bulbs and the problem went away. Now at the new office there are 2 switches on the lights so I can make them 1/2 as bright by just turning on 1 switch. There is one problem however there is a 2' x 2' light outside my office door and it drives me nuts because it adds a some illumination to my to my office so I close my door most of the time. {EDIT]Oh by the way I intentionally selected an office without windows to prevent the problem of sunlight blocking me from seeing my screens.[/EDIT]

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                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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                Smithers Jones
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                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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                  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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                      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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                          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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                            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.

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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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                              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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                                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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                                  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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                                    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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                                      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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                                        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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                                          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.

                                          "I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by." (DNA)

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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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