Ow my eyes

[TimberWolf]

My S2's screen is polarised top-right to bottom left, so holding my spleebs 45 degrees left blacks it out almost completely. My laptop LCD is completely black at the same orientation, which means the laptop must have a narrower polarisation angle.

Coincidentally, a related effect can be used to create a 'private' LCD monitor, that only someone wearing appropriate glasses can see.

My ipod touch is at 45 degrees. My Galaxy S WiFi is a cheaper version of the S2 and the screen is probably a different technology to the posher S2 phone. It's a bit of a biatch to read in bright sunlight (not bright enough), but using polarising lenses seemed to improve clarity a smidgen even though its polarisation is small.

[Gentile]

The result of my polarisation experimentations:

• PC, LCD screen : Marked 45 degree polarisation (to almost blackness)
• TV, LCD screen : Marked vertical or horizontal polarisation (to almost blackness)
• Galaxy S2 WiFi screen: Slight polarisation, mostly just changing colours a little

My S2's screen is polarised top-right to bottom left, so holding my spleebs 45 degrees left blacks it out almost completely. My laptop LCD is completely black at the same orientation, which means the laptop must have a narrower polarisation angle.

Coincidentally, a related effect can be used to create a 'private' LCD monitor, that only someone wearing appropriate glasses can see.

[TimberWolf]

More modern screens are deliberately polarised at 45 degrees to avoid this problem.

The result of my polarisation experimentations:

• PC, LCD screen : Marked 45 degree polarisation (to almost blackness)
• TV, LCD screen : Marked vertical or horizontal polarisation (to almost blackness)
• Galaxy S2 WiFi screen: Slight polarisation, mostly just changing colours a little

[EternalOptimist]

It stopped raining this morning.

must be global warming then

[AtW]

We get all the tabloids.

Same day?

[TimberWolf]

is it still grim there ?

must be global warming

It stopped raining this morning.

[EternalOptimist]

is it still grim there ?

must be global warming

[TimberWolf]

NSFW

[Gentile]

They have sun in Scotland?

We get all the tabloids.

[AtW]

I was in Edinburgh this morning for an interview, and was pleasantly surprised when the dank, dreary lower-level of Waverley station gave way to beautiful sunshine out in the street. It was a lovely day there.

They have sun in Scotland?

[Gentile]

It's only rained once today and now there's a bright thing in the sky. My pupils haven't been this small since March.

What's the word on the street with regard to polarised lenses on sunglasses? Bovvered? I happened to have some polarised sheets from yonks back and thought I'd cut some eye pieces out to cover my £1 sunglasses, in readiness for holiday. A bit of a wrinkly result but nevertheless they seem to cut a bit of extra reflected glare when horizontal.

They're great for boating, and driving in conditions where it's wet but sunny. They cut out all reflection from wet shiny horizontal surfaces that would otherwise blind you. However, they can block out some older LCD screens, because the light they give out is polarised. More modern screens are deliberately polarised at 45 degrees to avoid this problem.

[Gentile]

I was in Edinburgh this morning for an interview, and was pleasantly surprised when the dank, dreary lower-level of Waverley station gave way to beautiful sunshine out in the street. It was a lovely day there.

[AtW]

NSFW

[TimberWolf]

It's only rained once today and now there's a bright thing in the sky. My pupils haven't been this small since March.

What's the word on the street with regard to polarised lenses on sunglasses? Bovvered? I happened to have some polarised sheets from yonks back and thought I'd cut some eye pieces out to cover my £1 sunglasses, in readiness for holiday. A bit of a wrinkly result but nevertheless they seem to cut a bit of extra reflected glare when horizontal.