[Gllug] Windows Petrol Pump and monitors

[Adam Bower]

On Thu, Apr 17, 2003 at 08:38:31PM +0000, Chris Bell wrote:
> On Thu 17 Apr, Andrew Black (li) wrote:
> > 
> 
> > 
> > I have seen the platform train displays at London Bridge displaying
> > something like "Insufficient virtaul memory - [OK] " sideways (because the
> > screens are mounted in portait format).  Not clear how you get to press [OK]
> > !
> > 
> > Incedently, why are computer monitors almost always landscape when real life
> > text is usually portrait.  Is it becuase CRTs are based on Television
> > screens?
> > 
> > 
>    Please take care when providing answers or we may follow the trend
> towards widescreen (manufacturers love new must-have trends, and sales of
> ordinary 4:3 screens were not increasing at a sufficiently high rate)

Going widescreen on the desktop is fine, means you can get 2 a4 pages side by
side. :)

Adam
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