On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 4:20 AM, <m...@factoryprime.net> wrote: >> Transparent terminals unnecessarily increase computational power >> required to render simple text. They make a fundamental application >> harder for a computer to run. This makes the core program less >> portable by raising the hardware requirements. The only gain is >> (arguably) aesthetic. This, in short, is a completely braindead idea >> of no practical value, unless you tend to use a computer in the manner >> of someone who has been hit very hard in the head and has forgotten >> entirely what computers do and what terminals are > > So... Houses simply shelter us from weather. Automobiles simply transport > us from point A to point B. Should we only live is sod huts? Should we > only drive wooden go-carts? Of course, anything else is just a waste of > resources, and computers are merely text processors.
Do you read books with semi-transparent pages? Or do you dip the book in acid before reading it? No, wait, you clearly *drink* the bucket of acid when you wake up in the morning. uriel
