I for one am thankful for getting rid of CRTs. It's better than having the world flashing in front of my eyes like a CRT.
On Sat, Dec 22, 2012 at 11:21 AM, John Pratt <jpra...@gmail.com> wrote: > There is one other problem with modern computers: anti-aliasing > is an injurious blur that can never be focused. > > If people are not going to go the extra mile and have non-grid displays, > no one should ever read on a screen. I know that people > do it, I do it because I have to because it became accepted 10 years ago, > but really we all know it is terrible and it hurts our eyes. Please, I > know > that eInk is improving, but I don't care. > > The more I read Alan's stuff, I think that maybe to *other people* he > comes off > as a crank or extremist, but to me I totally agree. Like this: > > "Binstock: Well, look at Wikipedia — it's a tremendous collaboration. > > Kay: It is, but go to the article on Logo, can you write and execute Logo > programs? Are there examples? No. The Wikipedia people didn't even imagine > that, in spite of the fact that they're on a computer. That's why I never use > PowerPoint. PowerPoint is just simulated acetate overhead slides, and to me, > that is a kind of a moral crime. That's why I always do, not just dynamic > stuff when I give a talk, but I do stuff that I'm interacting with > on-the-fly. Because that is what the computer is for. People who don't do > that either don't understand that or don't respect it." > > > > Straight on. Everything he says is like that, it is just that people can't > > understand. Why does no one else at PARC champion the things he > > says? I don't understand that. > > > Everything he says is straight on right like this. Are you all just buried > > in computer data? > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > fonc mailing list > fonc@vpri.org > http://vpri.org/mailman/listinfo/fonc > >
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