Quote: Aaron @ February 20 2009, 1:38 PM GMTMyth. There's nothing inherently detrimental to one's eyesight about using a computer. The environment in which the computer is used is the problem - and is more or less the same as the issues associated with watching television.
I've always read alot and watched a lot of television and had perfect eyesight, then in less than a year of working on a computer nearly all day, I became a bit short-sighted about 10 years ago. 
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Quote: EllieJP @ February 20 2009, 1:11 PM GMTIndeed.
I am a bit fussy though, I don't like really old tatty ones. I like the ones that look like they've had one owner and read once.
I really like old books though!
Quote: Dolly Dagger @ February 20 2009, 1:41 PM GMTI've always read alot and watched a lot of television and had perfect eyesight, then in less than a year of working on a computer nearly all day, I became a bit short-sighted about 10 years ago.
Could be coincidence. I've always been short-sighted, and haven't heard of anyone 'becoming' short-sighted through computer use like that previously. What kind of environment were you using the computer in at the time? Lighting is the most important factor.
Quote: Aaron @ February 20 2009, 1:44 PM GMTCould be coincidence. I've always been short-sighted, and haven't heard of anyone 'becoming' short-sighted through computer use like that previously. What kind of environment were you using the computer in at the time? Lighting is the most important factor.
Horrible office lighting. The optician seemed to think it was normal and someone else told me I could get my employer to pay for my eye tests and towards specs because it was work-related - but I'm not sure of this is true. I need to wear glasses or contacts to work on a computer, but I'm fine reading.
Interesting, interesting... There are many factors involved (screen brightness, contrast, room light levels, type of light in the room, distance your eyes are from the screen, screen refresh rate, your own individual eyesight in the first place, etc) so it's hard to comment really. Also remember that 10 years ago, computers were still relatively new in many workplaces, and comparative to now, far less research had been done into cause, effect, and risks like that, so what you may have been told then could have been proven to be totally unfounded by now.
The greatest health risks in computer use are neck/back injuries (a monitor should be dead-on to the user, not at an angle) and RSI.
Quote: Aaron @ February 20 2009, 1:38 PM GMTUnlike your boyfriends then.
Oi, my boyfriend was very new and clean... I have corrupted him now though.
Quote: Scatterbrained Floozy @ February 20 2009, 1:42 PM GMTI really like old books though!
I don't like the thought that some stranger/minger spilt their food all over it, or sneezed on it. Really old books that my nan owns are cool though.
Half of my essays come back from teachers stained in food or coffee cup rings. Nice.
That's gross.
Robyn's teachers are inept fools!
Nooo! Just busy.
Quote: Scatterbrained Floozy @ February 20 2009, 2:13 PM GMTHalf of my essays come back from teachers stained in food or coffee cup rings. Nice.
It could be worse, stain-wise.
Tess of the D'Ubervilles.
Quote: Scatterbrained Floozy @ February 22 2009, 6:52 PM GMTTess of the D'Ubervilles.
That like a teenage chick fighting the French version of Hounds of the Baskervilles?
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