Re: top post fixer?
On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 11:03:55AM -0800, Steve Lamb wrote:
> 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...
If your monitor is slightly out of focus, the white background bleeds
into the letter, making them spindly and hard to read.
Not to mention that, if the monitor doesn't have a high renough refresh
rate, having it mostly white will exacerbate any flicker to the point of
migrain headaches.
>
> 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.
>
>
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