Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution

From	Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.sys.mac.system, alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.cellular-phone-tech
Date	2017-04-22 15:31 -0700
Message-ID	<2017042215311133169-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom> (permalink)
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Subject	Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution

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On 2017-04-22 21:35:54 +0000, "James Wilkinson Sword" 
<imvalid@somewear.com> said:

> On Sat, 22 Apr 2017 22:27:59 +0100,  wrote:
> 
>> On 2017-04-22 20:41:31 +0000, "James Wilkinson Sword"
>> <imvalid@somewear.com> said:
>> 
>>> 
>>> You mean 60Hz.  I always used 90Hz, but I still didn't like them
>>> bright.  If I set a CRT and an LCD side by side to both be comfortable
>>> to work with, the same photo on both displays looked completely
>>> different.  The CRTs didn't seem to have a linear output, so the darker
>>> areas of the photo were not visible on the CRT.  If I made the photo
>>> look correct on the CRT by brightening it in Photoshop, it looked
>>> washed out on the LCD.
>> 
>> It doesn't sound as if you are using any sort of color management at all.
>> 
>> I would start by obtaining the tools to calibrate your displays. Done
>> correctly you will find that display calibration will/can be adjusted
>> in realtime for changes in ambient and/or room light. Consider
>> something such as the calibration tools offered by X-Rite.
>> <http://www.xrite.com/categories/calibration-profiling/colormunki-display>
> 
> A calibrated display isn't necessarily nice to use.  Anyway, CRTs are 
> now obsolete, so it doesn't matter.

Nice hasn't got anything to do with it. Correct color does. Just 
tweaking the display settings so that it is "nice" for you doesn't mean 
that the display color is correct.

...and who said anything about CRTs?
Calibration is needed for all displays including LCDs, and you sound as 
if you have some seriously uncalibrated displays.
-- 
Regards,

Savageduck

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Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-22 00:21 +0100
  Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-21 19:36 -0400
    Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-22 01:13 +0100
      Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-21 20:17 -0400
        Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-22 01:42 +0100
          Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-21 20:54 -0400
            Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-22 02:27 +0100
              Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-21 21:49 -0400
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-22 14:48 +0100
              Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-21 20:38 -0700
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-21 23:41 -0400
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-21 20:48 -0700
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-21 23:58 -0400
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-21 21:40 -0700
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Wolf K <wolfmac@sympatico.ca> - 2017-04-22 10:22 -0400
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-22 13:25 -0700
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-22 18:33 -0400
                Colour printing etc (Was: Re: Apple told to warn ...) Wolf K <wolfmac@sympatico.ca> - 2017-04-22 22:19 -0400
      Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-21 17:48 -0700
        Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-22 18:19 +0100
          Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-22 10:43 -0700
            Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-22 18:59 +0100
              Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-22 11:08 -0700
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-22 21:41 +0100
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2017-04-22 14:27 -0700
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution "James Wilkinson Sword" <imvalid@somewear.com> - 2017-04-22 22:35 +0100
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2017-04-22 15:31 -0700
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-22 18:33 -0400
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-22 15:07 -0700
                Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-04-22 15:12 -0700
              Re: Apple told to warn against charging phone in bath after man's electrocution nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-04-22 18:33 -0400

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