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- From: rogerj@aix.rpi.edu (Diversion (Jeff Rogers))
- Subject: Re: Superstitions: power cycling, screen savers, surge suppressors
- Message-ID: <dr31#4m@rpi.edu>
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- References: <By3EGq.Ko6@world.std.com> <1992Nov23.015716.25095@sq.sq.com>
- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 07:18:10 GMT
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- msb@sq.sq.com (Mark Brader) writes:
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- >I can't resist telling again about the most strongly burned-in image
- >that I ever saw on a screen. I saw it in 1982 when I was visiting the
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- Ever notice how on alot of video games Pac-Man is burned into the screen? I
- guess the games popularity led to many machines being left on continuously,
- and then when they were no onger popular and reclaimed, the screens are
- reused. Yes, thru the wonder of phosphur burn, Pac-Man lives on!
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- Diversion
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