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From: AAron@image.soe.clarkson.edu (AAron nAAs)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Exercise em! (Re: my eyes are killing me...)
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Date: 31 Jul 90 04:13:10 GMT
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 In article <32129@cup.portal.com> Bob_BobR_Retelle@cup.portal.com writes:
>The biggest problem is the relatively close distance between the monitor
>and your eyes.  It strains the muscles in the eye to keep focussed on
>a plane at the distance of a typical computer monitor for long periods of
>time.. (it's a lot easier on the eye when it's focussed at "infinity", or
>far away...)
 
It is recommended that from time to time during a long stay in front of a
monitor, or anything else that you are staring at "up-close," that you
excercise_em !!!!

excercise_em()
{
while (you think it is necessary)
  {
  eyes_focus(something relatively far away);
  eyes_focus(something quite close);
  }
}


Ya, it's not related to the Atari St specifically, but at least note that I
am NOT adding/responding to the REALLY ANNOYING CRAP that has been
clogging this group recently !!

AAron nAAs
AAron@sun.soe.clarkson.edu