[Nottingham] LCD "Burn-in"

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This is mostly for Michael Simms, since he was the one contemplating his 
LCD quandary yesterday, but I thought others might be interested as well.

It seems that LCD panels can (contrary to popular urban legend) show a 
phenomenon similiar to CRT burn-in which is known as "image persistence". 
Image persistance is theoritically a temporary and fixable state, however, 
unlike the "burn" suffered by CRT phosphors which will never again regain 
that youthful glow.  The answer, according to the manufacturers of LCD 
panels, is to leave the panel off for the same amount of time that the 
offending image was displayed on the screen and all should eventually 
return to normal.  Another (quicker) option (as suggested at this rather 
interesting web page-- 
http://www.dslwebserver.com/main/fr_index.html?/main/lcd-screen-burn.html
  )is to set the screen to show all white (ie. a blank white screen 
saver).  Anyway, that's a bit of my curiosity satisfied for today.

I would also like to know if Duncan managed to come up with a Unified 
theory relating to gravity, light, astrophysics, and other space-time 
phenomenon after a few more pints of cider, or if he just gave up and 
"whipped it out" in end as threatened... but alas, I may never discover a 
foolproof way of knowing the real truth.

Cheers,

-Stef