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...Global Oil Practice of Cambridge Energy Research Associates, says changing market conditions can't sustain gas at $2 a gal., never mind the $3 that alarmists are bandying about. "We believe gasoline prices may well have peaked, and could come down," he says, noting that refineries are running flat out and inventories have begun to build...
...taking a "quick look" at the core of a nuclear reactor just to see if it is melting down or not. It is a sure route to quitting without thinking through an adequate escape plan, thus maximizing the humiliation without gaining even the smallest short-term benefits of just flat-out quitting. Cross this one off the list...
Unfortunately, such an approach would get me fired. So, fresh and fearless after a sun-filled vacation, I dug into a stack of flat-panel monitors I had ordered a few weeks earlier when their prices went into free fall. Over the past month, IBM, NEC, Philips, Samsung and Viewsonic have all announced 15-in. flat-panel displays costing from $499 to $599, almost half their typical price a year...
...flat? The obvious answer is space. A typical flat panel is less than 3 in. deep. That's because the bulky, funnel-shaped tube in standard monitors is replaced with a flat, fluorescent bulb and a thin layer of transistors. Including their stands, flat monitors rarely extend more than 7 in. deep or weigh more than 12 lbs.; monitors with CRTs (cathode-ray tubes) are up to three times as deep and twice as heavy. Flat screens also save energy, reduce eyestrain and look really cool...
...note of caution: flat monitors are more sensitive to external light conditions than are CRTs. They also have a narrower viewing angle, so the colors won't look as rich when viewed from the side or from above. It's best to keep the display away from sunlight and tilt the top edge slightly away from you. Then sit back and enjoy the view...