New PC

So I just got a brand new PC. My old one finally crapped out through a direct result of user-error. The result was that I bricked it and rather than reinstalling everything, I simply chose to get a new one. I bought my last one in 2003 which makes it 6 years old at a minimum.

So the old PC had a 14" tube monitor. This one has a 19" LCD monitor. I have to say that it makes a pretty big difference in terms of appearances, especially text and for some reason HTML background colors. It's pretty shocking really. The differences are significant.

The result is I just went through a bunch of pictures that I was previously pretty familiar with, and I had always wondered why some people rate them really badly and others rate them really well. I just happened to look at one of my previously favorite girls of all time and I have to say... Wow. What a howler!

Some of the girls look ten times better, and some of them look ten times worse. I guess the old monitor blended the pics more so it gave the girls a more uniform appearance overall, but now all the blemishes and wrinkles or splotches on their skin are showing. I can see everything far more vividly now, and I've come to discover that this is not always a good thing...

But wow, what a difference the monitor made here. I seriously need to re-evaluate all my favorites now. Some of the girls are definitely not friends with an LCD monitor, while some seem to benefit from it... It's weird.

At least now I know one of the reasons (though more surely exist) that two people can look at the same picture and come to completely different opinions on them... I mean wow. The monitor upgrade is pretty much forcing me to shit-can at least half of my saved pictures. They simply look like utter crap.

Anyway, just rambling. Peace!

I think the main reason people rate pictures differently at different times is alcohol.

But LCD's typically have less color depth and contrast. You also probably have a different resolution on the much bigger monitor. So you might be seeing more or less detail in the pictures.

You're right. My resolution is far greater now than it was. But then why does the font look blurrier? Shouldn't it be crisper and clearer?

Congrats on the pc man - I have to say i agree with the alcohol comment!

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Originally posted by Tarquin

You're right. My resolution is far greater now than it was. But then why does the font look blurrier? Shouldn't it be crisper and clearer?

Probably due to ClearType being on in the font smoothing options if you are running Windows XP/Vista. You can cut that off or change it to Standard.

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Originally posted by rocknthefreeworld

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Probably due to ClearType being on in the font smoothing options if you are running Windows XP/Vista. You can cut that off or change it to Standard.

I'm running Vista. How do I change this setting?

Right click on the desktop and Select Personalize. Click Window Color and Appearance and in the new screen click Open classic appearance properties for more color options. In the new window, select Effects and it will be in the popup.

OR (easier way) Go to Help and search for ClearType. Select the Make text easier to read option and follow the instructions there.

There is probably an easier way but tht is how I get to it.

Wha thankee!

Congrats Tarquin.

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Originally posted by crazyivan69

I think the main reason people rate pictures differently at different times is alcohol.

I use a very complicated mathematical algorithm for rating pictures. Behold:

My eyes process a decent to good looking girl with no penis = 10
My eyes process a busted girl with no penis = 5
My eyes process a decent to good looking girl with possible (but not yet visible) penis = 3
My eyes process a busted looking girl with possible (but not yet visible) penis = 1
My eyes process a definite tranny = 0 (No rating, abort browser window and go do something manly)

Things like Slidersexy4u and Unterwasserporno are processed on a case by case basis.

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Originally posted by Jack

(No rating, abort browser window and go do something manly)

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Originally posted by Jack

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I use a very complicated mathematical algorithm for rating pictures. Behold:

My eyes process a decent to good looking girl with no penis = 10
My eyes process a busted girl with no penis = 5
My eyes process a decent to good looking girl with possible (but not yet visible) penis = 3
My eyes process a busted looking girl with possible (but not yet visible) penis = 1
My eyes process a definite tranny = 0 (No rating, abort browser window and go do something manly)

Things like Slidersexy4u and Unterwasserporno are processed on a case by case basis.

Im drunk and didnt get that and thats how I vote . Congrats on the new PC

The last two references in that joke will probably only make sense to about two people

I got the slider one, but I'm not as oldschool as most..

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Originally posted by Honda_X

I got the slider one, but I'm not as oldschool as most..

bloody youngins..

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Originally posted by Latino

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bloody youngins..

Look who's talking! I still remember your bear avatars... wait... that might be showing MY age...

yeah, well im not cute and cuddly anymore


and i thought you joined before me.....apparently not

14" monitor? How did you live with that?

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Originally posted by Suckrates

14" monitor? How did you live with that?

I didn't know what I was missing.

I had seen other monitors before of course, but it always looked... Weird to me. And to be fair, this has been a bit of an adjustment. Like I said, some of my favorite girls look absolutely horrid on this monitor now... So it's an adjustment. But also I just didn't feel like spending 500 bucks to upgrade my monitor.

This one came with the PC though and I got what I felt was a very good deal on the computer overall. I couldn't be happier.

As a bonus, my old speakers from my old PC are like four times as clear and four times as loud now. Me and iTunes are having a bit of a party here in my den.

Also, hi, Jack!

As if anyone cared... I had my old shit backed up to my external hard drive... 85+ gigs.

Most of it is totally shitty porn movies and won't be replaced. 31+ gigs however, is my shit, and Jesus fuck I never realized how much duplicate shit I saved. I've found - I kid you not - 23 separate instances of my resume for example. I found 17 different copies of my avatar...

Fuck, I need a PC maid... It's amazing what starting fresh will show you. Holy shit I'm a slob.