I suppose that one way to deal with pollution....

...you could go into the display settings, find your WYSIWYG sliding ruler and set it to a larger DPI. that'd take care of your problem quite cheaply and quickly

meanwhile, why the site programmers are unable to grasp Unicode properly is mind-boggling

aluminum oxide is non-conductive, so that's a no. fiberoptics, I've no clue about

there is a model of LCD computer monitor with an AlON surface. a website tested it's durability using a crossbow at close range, and all that happened was that the AlON surface dented a little. plenty tough for me.

furthermore:

"This turned the aluminium nearly invisible to extreme ultraviolet radiation."

that does not mean visibly transparent, which AlON is

and also:

"Whilst the invisible effect lasted for only an extremely brief period - an estimated 40 femtoseconds - it demonstrates that such an exotic state of matter can be created using very high power X-ray sources."

what use is that to anyone??

I completely fail why this is even a story.

if transparent aluminum is "new", what the hell is aluminum oxynitride (AlON)?? this may be a new form of it, we've had transparent aluminum for a few years now, even if it is a ceramic.

I like my logitech MX Revolution. plenty of buttons, and super fast scrolling when you need

o0 who said anything about Emacs or VI don't assume he's working in linux just because you think he should be.

my brother has a 16" viewsonic at 1600x1050 (yes, odd res), and my 10" netbook runs at 1366x768, so I'm not quite sure why you can't seem to find a higher res middle-sized screen. should be dead easy.

if you think 39 is too old to be a techie, you're one of the idiots perpetuating that nasty stereotype. past that, if you think you can't keep up with the learning gruel associated (ignoring age), then go to management, but the techie job will probably pay more later on.

"The question I have, is what is the oldest working piece of equipment fellow Slashdotters have out there?"

I doubt a pair of (currently in-use in my home theater) ~40-year old Pioneer 16ohm bookshelf speakers count, or is very impressive in comparison, but they sound awesome.