oxo

[Frederic Madre]

At 21:45 16/05/00 +0200, A! wrote:
>and you really think that our comment was about readability on screens
>fredric

no

>and you really believe that is why net.artists used it?

er, ... NO ?

>its used by artists and designers online because
>its is a simple fact that green on black LOOKS MORE CYBER
>want to make sure people take one look and think 'computer'
>put them in a cyber mood.

you really believe people are dumb ? (no)

>watch any hollywood movie with a computer in the storyline.

ok. point taken, bullshitest movie of last year, matrix
but that was only an ad for sunglasses! let's not talk about advertisement!
let's talk about stuff

> >now people use the most hideous combinations of colors
>
>now that goes back to that lack of experimentation and the design by
>committee which is status quo of software/hardware manufacturers... but
>thats a whole other story.

I meant, every day people (you and me) at work or home
they customize their desktop
it's a freedom they have gained with the 
> >maybe experement is a personal thing.
>
>you're on to something there....
personal computer

a place for ultra secure experiments

the green on black is also a refusal of that fake freedom
a refusal of useless technology
it can be that

lots of diverse people have been using it and I guess it's for diverse reasons
like integer
mmm ?

f.