Hi Bob.

02-May-04 09:53:05, Bob Lawrence wrote to All


 BL> The original movie screen, and then TV, was chosen at 4:3 because
 BL> it is the magic number - the way the human eye "sees" things. We
 BL> live in a 4:3 world. The Greeks knew it when they built the
 BL> Parthenon.

:) that'd be whay they used a different ratio...
something closer to 1:0.6180

 BL> What we *really* need on a computer screen, is a 4:3 display (or
 BL> maybe widescren root-two 1.4) that is tiltable... and scanned the
 BL> other way. We need a display that can be reversed... not made
 BL> wider!

 1:root-two like paper. and tiltable, yeah that's what apple did about 10
 years ago...

 BL> I could scream at these silly fuckers who don't have a clue about
 BL> video display, and get it all arse-up.

you mean thay you don't?

 -=> Bye <=-

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