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Some friends im my programming class were talking about
how oe of their other computer teachers talked about a
way to explode the monitor (or fry it i guess) when you
type a certain command. But he wouldnt tell them what it
was or what you need to do it. I was just wondering if
anyone had ever heard anything like this.
 
I never knew that. Very interesting. It just reinforces my point that the
teacher(s) needs to update their education.

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Some friends im my programming class were talking about
how oe of their other computer teachers talked about a
way to explode the monitor (or fry it i guess) when you
type a certain command. But he wouldnt tell them what it
was or what you need to do it. I was just wondering if
anyone had ever heard anything like this.
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Like many teachers, their technical knowledge can be so outdated that their
wives tales are no longer applicable. Back in the good old days (late '80's
or early 90's) monitors could not react to resolutions/color depth/refresh
beyond the published specs, and if you changed to an unsupported mode, POOF!
If you've purchased a monitor in the past 15 years, unless it is a very
cheap or poorly designed monitor, the monitor contains a built-in protection
against such damage. Makes for a good story, but untrue.
 
Steve said:
Like many teachers, their technical knowledge can be so outdated that
their wives tales are no longer applicable. Back in the good old days
(late '80's or early 90's) monitors could not react to
resolutions/color depth/refresh beyond the published specs, and if you
changed to an unsupported mode, POOF! If you've purchased a monitor
in the past 15 years, unless it is a very cheap or poorly designed
monitor, the monitor contains a built-in protection against such
damage. Makes for a good story, but untrue.
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Steve - I found that very interesting, but could you fix your line
length, please? I like to set mine for 72, but 80 is really the
maximum.

Cheers,

Malke
 
Malke said:
Steve Shattuck wrote:
Steve - I found that very interesting, but could you fix your line
length, please? I like to set mine for 72, but 80 is really the
maximum.

Cheers,

Malke
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Malke, how do you set your line length?
 
Tools » options » send » plain text settings » I use MIME quoted printable, keeps URLs in their entirety.

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Like many teachers, their technical knowledge can be so outdated that
their wives tales are no longer applicable. Back in the good old days
(late '80's or early 90's) monitors could not react to
resolutions/color depth/refresh beyond the published specs, and if you
changed to an unsupported mode, POOF! If you've purchased a monitor
in the past 15 years, unless it is a very cheap or poorly designed
monitor, the monitor contains a built-in protection against such
damage. Makes for a good story, but untrue.
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Back in the day when the Apple II's were popular, and the IBM-compatable
PC was just getting started. My brother took a computer class in collage.
He had to show the teacher how to poperly insert a floppy disk ( 5 1/4 )
:)

David
 
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