[sldev] A new look for the Second Life Viewer

[Dzonatas]

The first monitor I had was actually a TV set. The normal colors were 
either cyan on dark blue (like this: http://dzonux.net/ ) or white on 
black. The VIC-20 was a fun toy to program and play (and help run 
nuclear power plants, lol)!!! The immediate popular competition was the 
TRS-80 (famous striped grayish-green on phosphorous black), and its 
Asylum maze wasted lots of time. The VIC-20 came with a complete 
detailed hardware manual, so kids naturally learned assembly while they 
optimized basic programs. Microsoft produced games for the Apple // 
(Death in the Carribean), so you know Gates still owes Jobs for the 
kickstart platform for what Microsoft is today with its blinding black 
on white. =)

I'm still anxious for the day I can take my e-ink padd that sports 
Second Life around town where the display can be seen in bright 
sunlight.  A touch a of few buttons on the padd, I can spend Lindens on 
some new shoes. The prim version on the screen shows me where to find 
them in town. ;)

I'm not sure if anybody noticed with the Terascale CPU design that intel 
has that there is an extra said "memory" link from the core. Normally, 
cores network to each other on a flat 2D array. The said "memory" link 
comes off the core grid as a 3D extension to the grid - network wise. 
Now, think about this, remove the light bulb from the LCD screen and 
attach each "memory" link directly to the back of the LCD for each pixel 
(or a small region of pixels).

Did someone say they think GPUs are going to last in the market? =p

Erik Anderson wrote:
> This is probably very specific on the quality of the monitor that you 
> had.  Back when I was working on my Apple //e *everything* was white 
> on black, and the occasional word processor that came out with black 
> on white writing was very difficult to read and quickly gave me 
> headaches.  Now just about everything I write on (including this 
> email) is black-on-white.
>
> It could also refer to the "blinders" that you wear when inside the 
> virtual world.  A piece of paper would not be constantly illuminated 
> in a real world situation especially at night where the bright aspects 
> of it may be more distracting than necessary from the scene you are a 
> part of.
>
> On 10/22/07, *Dzonatas* <dzonatas at dzonux.net 
> <mailto:dzonatas at dzonux.net>> wrote:
>
>     Jason Giglio wrote:
>     > I just can't deal with staring into a light bulb all day.  I
>     know it's
>     > anecdotal, but still.  I get migraines sometimes, and white
>     > applications don't help.
>     >
>
>     Despite the light bulb, it does seem easier to read black on white
>     than
>     white on black because the mind tends constantly refocus on darker
>     backgrounds. It may be the glossy "behind you" reflection being
>     noticed
>     and easier seen on the dark background.
>
>     ..anxious for e-ink style monitors ... but it may not look "virtual"
>     anymore =)
>
>
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