After about 6 years of using Newtons, I saw my first "Newton's Rings" at
work today. Later in the day, I came home, sat down to catch up on NTLK,
and saw this thread.
Spooky.
-Michael
on 30/05/2002 5:02 PM, Gary Moody at gmoody_at_gmx.net wrote:
>
> Actually, this is an interference pattern called, interestingly, "Newton's
> Rings". There has been quite a bit of discussion on this phenomena on the
> Newton screen over the years. They are not oil, nothing's leaking, they
> cannot be cleaned off, and are due to a misalignment of materials in the
> screen composition, indicative of damage to the screen. Rough handling (and
> florescent lighting) makes it worse. Can only be resolved by screen
> replacement. Check the archives for "Newton's Rings".
>
> Regards,
>
> Gary
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