02 November 2006

A Flickering Daze

The company has an in-house Learning Centre which houses a Computer Lab for training purposes. Yesterday, several colleagues and I started a 3-day course on Digital Signal Processing (DSP). I'm not going to write about how difficult and confusing it is because my boss might just read it and realize that I'm either incompetent or lying (or both!).

Unsurprisingly, the computers in the Lab are really old and discarded models. Performance is one issue, but a major headache (literally) are the CRT monitors. Since changing to LCD displays years ago, I've been unable to withstand the flickering on CRT monitors. It drives me nuts and gives me headaches! Plus, the lights are dimmed in the lab so I have to face a glaring, under-refreshed, low-resolution screen!

Arrgh! My eyes! My eyes!

4 comments:

William said...

People huddled over small flickering monitors in a dark room. Sounds like some kind of illegal establishment.

Innocent^^Guy said...

Not every company can get you Mac's....bear with it..

Unknown said...

i am stuck with a CRT too... when lah UM gonna buy a new Dell...

Zemien said...

william: i wished the class was as exciting as *that*...

inno: it seems that only companies that reside in Fantasyland equip the whole company with Macs.

shaz: poor you! if your eyesight spoils, sue the uni for physical harm!