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- From: dbrooks@osf.org (David Brooks)
- Subject: Re: HP Monitor models
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.205527.4658@osf.org>
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- Organization: Open Software Foundation
- References: <1992Nov19.025253.23651@engage.pko.dec.com>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 20:55:27 GMT
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- moroney@ramblr.enet.dec.com writes:
- |> In article <1992Nov18.201232.23942@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com>, billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson) writes...
- |> >taft@adobe.com (Ed Taft) writes:
- |> >:
- |> >: I'm told there are some places on earth where the variation is greater
- |> >: than 90 degrees.
- |>
- |> >There variations of 90 degrees or greater are standard. It is possible
- |> >to have a 180 degree variation, if you are on a line directly north of
- |> >the magnetic north pole.
- |>
- |> Also for spots south of the south magnetic pole, so there would be spots in
- |> Antarctica where the compass would be 180 degrees off, and much of the rest
- |> would be >90 degrees.
-
- Forgive me if I show a weak grasp of solid geometry, but is this type of
- variation really relevant to the question of the monitor model? Whether
- the field points NE or SWbyS can't matter; if it did the installation
- instructions would tell me that I can only have the monitor pointing East,
- like a church, which would put a severe contraint on my office layout.
-
- What is different between the hemispheres is the *vertical* component of the
- field.
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