I kinda thought that might have been what was going on there.

>In order for the screen to be big enough that you
>could even see anything at that resolution, the picture tube would
>have to weigh like 4400 pounds!

Elder Days Story Time: I first encountered UF, circa the original posting-to-USENET of Twilight, on a machine whose monitor looked like this:

https://az413224.vo.msecnd.net/img/13140/m_13140_21.jpg?x

... that picture doesn't really convey how huge that sucker was. It for damn sure wasn't flat:

http://az413224.vo.msecnd.net/img/13140/m_13140_24.jpg?x

And yeah, it only went up to 1600 horizontal pixels.

>Actually, it's still pretty ridiculous. Resize your browser window.
>:)

I generally do prefer my text block not to be that wide, yes. :)