Yeah, sometimes, when I'm in my bed, my monitor will turn off after like 30 minutes, then I notice a strange, diffuse white/yellow glow above my monitor and seat. It's really weird, because absolutely no lights are on. No light comes in through the windows, my door is closed, so there's no light from down stairs. What the crap is going on?

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Possibilities:

-Your computer is emmiting somekind of radiation.

-Your computer is haunted.

-Your room is haunted.

-Your computer is an alien homing device.

-Your room is an alien homing device.

-Your face is an alien homing device.

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Oh yeah, and I almost forgot;

-You're crazy

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When bread becomes toast, it can never go back to being bread again.

Pic? Pic of monitor? Does this happen when the monitor is plugged in?

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[This message has been edited by Echoman (edited March 07, 2004).]

/me hums the Twilight Zone theme.

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Good question, Echoman. Perhaps I will try and figure that out. But first I must overcome my fear of getting out of bed to look at it, because I am a pansy.

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Emon, that literally made me laugh out loud. Must be sleep deprevation kicking in becuase normally that wouldn't be funny.

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Are you sure it's not a light somewhere on or around your computer? A little led perhaps on your power strip or computer somewhere....i don't know. There's so freakin' many leds all over my room that light isn't a rarity.

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If you focus slightly to the side or above or below your monitor, does the glow seem to change position?
I ask because the human brain tends to remember strong sources of light. For example, if you watch your TV completely in the dark, then turn it off suddenly, you can still see it vaguely. (I first thought this was just the image staying "burned" on the TV, but the luminous phosphorus doesn't maintain an image without an electron flow on it.) The same thing happens with bright lighting sources (especially flourescent lights), and sometimes with digital LED clocks and similar things. Except with the LED clocks, you only need to stare at it for a few moments, and the image gets burned into your eye slightly. I always forget that, and think I'm seeing stuff move in my room... when I move my eyes.
Anyway, experiment with that.

Of course, if the yellowish haze is brighter than the effect you'd get with the above examples, I'll have to tell you that your monitor's haunted, like Flexor said.

Hmm... come to think of it, a green LED would cause a faint yellowish haze on nearby things... like on on my monitor.

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Bleh... scratch all that crap I just said. Is your monitor flat-pannel, or does it use a picture tube? The picture tube might still be emitting light. Check that out, too.

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Does your keyboard have and LEDs on it? Mine has a few for scroll lock, caps lock etc, and whenever even one of them is on it casts a surprisingly bright greenish-yellow light on my ceiling at night.

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Get a hammer and beat the crap out of the monitor. Thatl teach it to make strange lights at night.

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Spookeh. I think it's haunted.

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I assume Linux doesn't make weird lights in the dark?

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I think I have to with Flexo on this one

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Only if you want it to.

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I totally read that as "/me humps the Twilight Zone theme."

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The first thing I thought when I read the topic was "Gremlins". However, I now suspect an ent. You may also have a Baker under your bed, Who comes out at night and bakes bread on your still hot monitor.



[This message has been edited by Chaotic Ghost (edited March 08, 2004).]

It's actually above my chair, not the monitor. And there are no LEDs near by, and I'm not just remembering the light source, because it's there in the middle of the night too.

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Bassoon, n. A brazen instrument into which a fool blows out his brains.

Can you please take a picture of your haunted computer? And why are you scared? You use your computer everyday? Oh yeah! Ghost faces do appear on computer screens. They also do the same with TVs, and mirrors.

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Way to encourage him!
Don't be afraid, be curious. I've seen a ghost before ( I DID GARSH DARNIT!) and I was more curious then anything else... It stared at me, I stared at it, and the someone screemed and it went away. My freind saw it so I know it was real...

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I'll call fox mulder.

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Screw Mulder. Ghostbusters.

Obviously your video card is possessed and is attempting to take over your monitor in a bid to TAKE OVER THE WORLD. Overclock it. MAKE THE LITTLE ******* FRY!

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Sometimes when I am just doing something with my computer, suddenly it starts WROOMing for 4 seconds and then stops.

I have no ******* idea what that is

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Does your monitor still have power during the glowing?
Your monitor has a high voltage electron gun in the back of it. Your monitor may be dying.
Hmmm...


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Is there a light shining in a window or something perhaps? There must be a light somewhere...

Either that, or you should stay away from the pot.

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RIP -MaDaVentor-. You will be missed.

I don't have a camera, Casper, and I'm not really afraid, I'm only kidding around. The glow isn't on the screen, it's above my chair. Flexor's idea of radiation was my first thought, since it is a ten year old monitor. I'm going to my doctor soon to see if I have some form of clinical depression, and oddly enough, I think I remember my depression starting about when I got this monitor...Maybe it's time I get an LCD.

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Bassoon, n. A brazen instrument into which a fool blows out his brains.

When I turn my light off at night, my TV screen glows for a bit (I rarely, if ever, turn my TV on). Something about the way TV's and CRT monitors are designed (behind the screen) tends to cause it to retain some light from an outside source for a period (I've never timed it, but I would guess somewhere around 30min).

So, what I'm suggesting, is that perhaps your monitor is retaining and reflecting some of this glow and then your chair also reflects some of this glow.

Here's my questions:

1) How long does the glow last?
2) Is your chair made of a reflective material such as leather?

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Me too. I would think that Friend14 is on the right track here.



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Get up and put your hand in the light and see if it makes a shadow, if it does then you can track it. If your hand disappears, try jumping into your chair.

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[This message has been edited by Bobbert006 (edited March 08, 2004).]

No, you don't understand. It's not possibly light from the monitor. It is about three feet up from the monitor, and everything infront of my monitor, such as my keyboard, my chair, my tablet, and everything else that the monitor's light would hit, is not there.

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Bassoon, n. A brazen instrument into which a fool blows out his brains.

Windows? Maybe try to make a shadow with you hand to see where it might be coming from.

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[This message has been edited by Echoman (edited March 08, 2004).]

Throw a sock at it.

Talk about eerie, but I'm a big fantic on the super-natural. So, it's not from your monitor, but above your chair. Then, I suggest taking a towel or cloth, BIG ONE, and covering the monitor with it. Make sure it's TOTALLY covered. If the light is still there, take a picture. Sometimes, pictures can capture little balls of light/energy, called "Orbs". Orbs are the spiritual plasma left behind by a ghost or spirit. (I know, I'm a nerd on this stuff. :P) If all else fails, use holy water.

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Amen.



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There is the floating/glowing head of a fallen civil war soldier watching you sleep at night? That seems to be what most ghosts are...

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It's Nazis.

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