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Re: [Link Posting] There's a simple reason your new smart TV was so affordable: It's collecting and selling your data

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Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> wrote:
> In comp.misc, Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> wrote:
>> Not in HTML 4 (at least for things that I can think of). How does the
>> browser know what size screen you have? I don't think mine does.
> 
> What kind of computer do you have? Browser probably just asks the OS
> which likely has a good idea.

OK I'm being a bit cheeky because the computer I use for Usenet is an
old Pentium I with a 16" CRT monitor, but I was thinking that I would
have seen some reference to it when poking around Firefox on modern
PCs. I knew it passed on resolution info, but I thought I would have
noticed something measures in "mm" and taken note.

> I've got a random Dell box here connected to a random LG monitor by a
> traditional 15 pin (?) VGA cable, but Centos knows roughly how big the
> screen is:
> 
> $ xdpyinfo | grep -A2 ^screen

Ah, I didn't know that one:

screen #0:
  dimensions:    800x600 pixels (271x203 millimeters)
  resolution:    75x75 dots per inch

xrandr "command not found" (this is a PI sized install).

> In cases like this, xrandr is likely to have the more accurate value
> and xdpyinfo has a size which assumes 96x96 dots per inch unless
> configured otherwise. Lacking a ruler at hand, I can't tell if the
> screen is 480 or 508 mm across, both are in the right ballpark. But in
> previous cases where I have measured, xrandr was within 5mm.

My "Samtron" 76E screen measures 327x242mm, so xdpyinfo is a fair way
out, but possibly not so bad as to be noticed by the average user if
a web page based its layout on that.

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Has two rulers and a miniature tape measure near his computer. :)

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[Link Posting] There's a simple reason your new smart TV was so affordable: It's collecting and selling your data Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2019-01-14 19:09 +0000
  Re: [Link Posting] There's a simple reason your new smart TV was so affordable: It's collecting and selling your data Batchman <batchman@dosville.foo> - 2019-01-14 20:56 +0000
  Re: [Link Posting] There's a simple reason your new smart TV was so affordable: It's collecting and selling your data not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2019-01-14 21:38 +0000
    Re: [Link Posting] There's a simple reason your new smart TV was so affordable: It's collecting and selling your data Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2019-01-14 22:01 +0000
      Re: [Link Posting] There's a simple reason your new smart TV was so affordable: It's collecting and selling your data joecool <joecool@this.is.invalid> - 2019-01-16 17:50 +0000
        Re: [Link Posting] There's a simple reason your new smart TV was so affordable: It's collecting and selling your data RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2019-01-17 18:48 +0300
          Re: [Link Posting] There's a simple reason your new smart TV was so affordable: It's collecting and selling your data Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2019-01-17 11:24 -0500
            Re: [Link Posting] There's a simple reason your new smart TV was so affordable: It's collecting and selling your data Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2019-01-17 16:30 +0000
              Re: [Link Posting] There's a simple reason your new smart TV was so affordable: It's collecting and selling your data Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2019-01-17 16:56 -0500
                Re: [Link Posting] There's a simple reason your new smart TV was so affordable: It's collecting and selling your data not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2019-01-17 22:21 +0000
                Re: [Link Posting] There's a simple reason your new smart TV was so affordable: It's collecting and selling your data Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2019-01-17 23:18 +0000
                Re: [Link Posting] There's a simple reason your new smart TV was so affordable: It's collecting and selling your data not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2019-01-18 22:33 +0000
                Re: [Link Posting] There's a simple reason your new smart TV was so affordable: It's collecting and selling your data Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2019-01-18 18:35 -0500
                Re: [Link Posting] There's a simple reason your new smart TV was so affordable: It's collecting and selling your data Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2019-01-19 00:34 +0000
                Re: [Link Posting] There's a simple reason your new smart TV was so affordable: It's collecting and selling your data Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2019-01-18 21:30 -0500
                Re: [Link Posting] There's a simple reason your new smart TV was so affordable: It's collecting and selling your data Sylvia Else <sylvia@email.invalid> - 2019-01-18 10:59 +1100
                Re: [Link Posting] There's a simple reason your new smart TV was so affordable: It's collecting and selling your data Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2019-01-17 19:56 -0500
                Re: [Link Posting] There's a simple reason your new smart TV was so affordable: It's collecting and selling your data Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2019-01-18 01:28 +0000
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            Re: [Link Posting] There's a simple reason your new smart TV was so affordable: It's collecting and selling your data scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us (Scott Alfter) - 2019-01-25 16:43 +0000
              Re: [Link Posting] There's a simple reason your new smart TV was so affordable: It's collecting and selling your data Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2019-01-25 17:31 +0000

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