[ale] Xterm
Geoffrey
esoteric at 3times25.net
Thu Feb 2 09:22:05 EST 2006
Pete Hardie wrote:
> On 2/1/06, Christopher Fowler <cfowler at outpostsentinel.com> wrote:
>
>>There is something mysterious about using an Xterm with a background of
>>black and foreground of white. Its as if I'm looking through a window
>>into the system itself capable of taking the power of Linux into my own
>>hands.
>>
>>I don't get this feeling when the xterm has a bg of white and an fg of
>>black. Its like looking at a boring piece of paper with drivel all over
>>it.
>>
>>I do get this feeling when I have a bg of black and fg of either green
>>or amber. But to me the window is more like a classy text terminal that
>>is the road to the heart of the system.
>
> Black bg, green fg. Pure power. Not for nothing is it the symbol of
> the Matrix....
Actually studies have shown that a background of black with a forground
of green can increase brain activity and creativity. Yellow on black is
a close 2nd.
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Until later, Geoffrey
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