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From: steele@unc.cs.unc.edu (Oliver Steele)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: SE display bug survey results (medium long)
Message-ID: <881@unc.cs.unc.edu>
Date: Wed, 29-Jul-87 11:23:46 EDT
Article-I.D.: unc.881
Posted: Wed Jul 29 11:23:46 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 31-Jul-87 03:58:46 EDT
References: <409@sdacs.ucsd.EDU> <1370@apple.UUCP> <6829@steinmetz.steinmetz.UUCP>
Reply-To: steele@unc.UUCP (Oliver Steele)
Organization: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
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hallett@hamlet.UUCP (Hallett) writes:
}In article <1370@apple.UUCP> ems@apple.UUCP (Mike Smith) writes: 
}>I have noticed a tendency for my Mac+ screen to wiggle after a while.
}>For me, at least, this is an optical illusion.  I sat down and put
}>put the edge of a piece of paper next to the characters and suddenly
}>they didn't wiggle anymore ...  
}
}You know, there is another illusionary effect that may appear to make
}the screen wiggle.  If you eat, grit your teeth or chew gum while you
}use your Mac, you will see the screen flicker.  This is because,
}stupid as it sounds, your eye is fast enough to compensate for the
}screen redraw and avoids the flicker.  Chewing motions throw off the
}eye synch and, wah la, redraw flicker appears.

This is the Foskey Effect, and works best if you bend your knuckles and
run your fingernails back and forth across your upper incisors while
sitting about a meter away from the screen.

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