John C wrote:
> It's kinda like a religious fanaticism... "everyone should act and
> believe like I do". And yes, you're absolutely right - there is too much
> bile being spewed at top posters.
No, it's not. It's called a convention for communicating with one
another. Do you call it religious fanaticism that everyone is taught the
language of the location they were born? I certainly don't, I called it an
education. Simply put top-posting marks the poster as uneducated in how to
communicate online, period.
> The fanatics insisted that the background should be black and the text
> white because that was the "natural" way to view a computer screen. It
> was the way that it would always remain. Of course, when I went to my
> office supply store and tried to buy some black paper and white ink they
> thought I was crazy.
Of course they are. I would, too. Now to explain *your* ignorance.
Paper is REFLECTIVE. Monitors are PROJECTIVE. What's that mean? It means
that paper REFLECTS the light that hits it. Without an outside source of
light you wouldn't see jack on paper. However a monitor PROJECTS light. In
the absence of all other light you would still see a text on the monitor.
Don't believe me, wait until midnight, take a piece of paper, go into a room
with a monitor, open up your black-on-white terminal and turn off all other
lights, windows, doors, etc and you'll notice 2 things.
1: The BLINDING WHITE BACKGROUND ON THE MONITOR PREVENTS YOU FROM BEING VERY
PRODUCTIVE AND...
2: the paper ain't projecting much but sure reflects the the light of the monitor.
White on black is visible both in high light and low light situations
without being blinding. The reverse is not true. It is because of the
projective nature of monitors. So, again, it isn't a religious debate.
Religious debates are ones of lunacy. This one, and the one about posting,
are based on facts. Scientific, to be sure, debatable definitely, but not
religious. Only the religious ignore the FACTS.