There are very talented people that can hide things in only a few lines of code. See http://ioccc.org/ for some examples that will make your skin crawl.

Fine? Agreed. Good? No. CRTs are bulky, heavy, flickered, hot, fragile, limited in size, have a (slighly) blurry image, contain considerable toxic chemicals (particularly lead, barium and cadmium) and drain 2-4X the power of a LCD or LED. They were useful but they were never without a lot of drawbacks. Positives? Good color and color depth, good black level, good viewing angle, minimal distortion, can display multiple resolutions and decent response time.

Some of them certainly do emit a high pitched noise (heard it with my own ears) though this may be due to malfunctions in most cases. And if you think they don't have flickering or geometry issues then I want some of whatever you are smoking. It's not even a debate that they flicker - some quite badly especially below 85Hz. Their non-flat screen and projected image causes all sorts of geometry issues. They don't have a lot of distortion but they do have geometry problems.

There are quality CRTs out there but even the best of them have some pretty significant drawbacks.

Yes they are, they find justification to kill each other all anywhere they can find it.

When I slam 3-4 red bulls and have a Pot of 2X strength coffee being consumed fora marathon session. But at that point I can see the overhead lights flickering at me.

Mine runs on the souls of interns... Reminds me I need to get some more interns...

Now all we need is solar cells that are better than 30% efficient so we can have this magical "surplus" you speak of.

No. Can't say I've ever seen or heard of anyone having trouble with LEDs specifically. I honestly cannot even see a flicker in most LED screens whereas I was pretty sensitive to it on CRT screens. I find LEDs to be much easier on my eyes than even the best CRTs. I've seen light sensitivities that are due to interactions with poor quality or old fluorescent bulbs. My last office was next to a window which made for some glare problems and excessive brightness problems at times. I've also seen issues with brightness due to external stimuli or just a larger brightly lit screen. My wife is actually rather light sensitive so I had to dial the brightness down on a 24" monitor at home.

I'd be curious it the original poster's issue is with the LEDs or with the backlighting or with something else unrelated to the LED screen.

You fight murderous forces with murderous forces, only a fool would try to do otherwise. Read the "art of war".

All "holy books" call for violence. Except for one, Buddah does not call for it in any instance.

The National Association of Attorneys General

In English this means "National Association for the removal and criminalization of the 1st amendment and other pesky rights"

These Men and Women are the single most evil people out there in the USA, They enjoy destroying people's lives to further their own careers.

Yes. we bombed the shit out of berlin for days on end. Why? because that was the only way to stop the evil people. you had to kill others to get the evil people.

Why dont the UN just fire up gatling guns and mow down the whole frigging crowd attacking?

"These attacks would not have happened unless something was going on that they found objectionable enough to kill over. "

many use the ancient writings of a madman in a holy book to use as their justification to kill.

If you took a photo of a person in a perfect camoflauge suit, they will stand out like a beacon with this camera mod.

It will work great for detecting non living organic things in camo easily.

I am a manager. I have a staff of about a dozen people that report to me. If one of my employees needs to involve IT for some aspect of their work then they should do that without wasting my time needlessly. If their request could or would impact something beyond their ability to do their own work then sure, come to me first. I expect them to know when something might have external ramifications. I'm fine if they consult me when they are unsure about something but I really do not want them wasting my time (or anyone elses) on issues where I would just have to refer them to IT anyway. I hired smart competent people and I expect them to be able to interact with other parts of our business without asking for permission first. If they need my involvement to make something complicated (and necessary) happen I'm happy to oblige. If I didn't trust them to make reasonable requests and handle issues with IT themselves then I hired the wrong person.

Both are cost centers very much like IT. In fact there is only one job (sales) that is not a cost center in any company. However that does not mean they contribute nothing to helping the company make money.

The job of marketing is the creation and maintenance of the perceptions of the relationship between potential and current customers and the company as well as its products. Marketing differs from sales because marketing is only indirectly concerned with the actual generation of sales. Without a positive perception of the company and its products, customers are unlikely to purchase anything unless they have no alternative. Done properly the return on investment for marketing can be and is measured. The effect of good marketing can be seen on the bottom line. You put $X into marketing and sales change by $Y is a key task for any marketing department. Sometimes the relationship between $X and $Y is easy to determine and sometimes it is more difficult.

As for accounting I can speak to that directly since I am an accountant. Accounting is a lot more than just paying the bills and depositing payments received. Accountants are intimately involved in quoting new business, cost reduction activities, production and budget planning, purchasing and more. Profitability comes from revenue minus costs. If you don't understand your costs, you are highly unlikely to be profitable. Accountants job is the help the company understand their costs and thus understand whether and how they are making money. Without accounting the company is quite literally operating blind.

Spoken well and truly like someone who knows nothing about accounting. Accounting (like IT) can be a very significant differentiator for companies that do it well and I can tell you from first hand experience that many do their accounting quite badly and it hurts them in ways that are easily measured. Efficient accounting operations can help the company win business they would not otherwise and to keep costs low. That is one of the biggest possible differentiators there is.