| Matthew Rosewarne on 13 Sep 2008 16:27:57 -0700 |
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On Saturday 13 September 2008, James Barrett wrote: > Correct me if I am wrong, but don't plasma displays suffer from burn-in? Perhaps, though I doubt I'm in danger of burning-in my plasma display... > Maybe screensavers will become the 'appendix' of computer systems in a > few decades. People might ask "Why did my machine come with this > useless thing? It does not seem to have any function, but it must be > here for a reason. What was the original purpose? Was it > evolutionary, and somehow helped when the system was becoming mature > years ago? My system operates flawlessly without it, but nothing is > harmed by keeping it intact. We might as well just leave it and > remove it if it becomes a problem..." They're sort of like the open/close buttons on modern elevators. The buttons are silently ignored, but since people *expect* them to be there, they would react negatively if the buttons were removed. Attachment:
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