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From: barkley@tlab1.cs.unc.edu (Matthew Barkley)
Newsgroups: comp.software-eng
Subject: Re: Office Survey Results..................
Summary: better artificial lighting
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Date: 7 Aug 89 21:27:38 GMT
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Duro-Test Corporation sells (or used to sell) a special line of
fluorescents called Vitalite.  They have a spectrum very close to
sunlight, including a smidgen of ultraviolet.  They are even bluer than
cool white, and do impart a bit of a daylight feel to an office.  I
bought some ($8 apiece[!] vs. $1 for cool white) and used them for over
a year.  They may have been a little easier on my eyes, but I can't
really tell: my office had a sliding glass door onto a courtyard == one
huge window.  However, my next job looks like it will be in a tiny,
windowless office, so I'm taking them along.  Looking a CRTs all day
since just the first of this year -- in a large but windowless room
--has definitely hurt my vision.

I have no connection with Duro-Test except as a customer.


Matt Barkley                                           barkley@cs.unc.edu
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