Re: Thinking of buying a 5300 greyscale

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From: Paul Fuchs
Date: Sat, 06 Jul 1996 00:00

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In article <mkary-0407961325280001@pool1_8.odyssee.net>, mkary@odyssee.net
(Michael Kary) wrote:

> In article <shnst+-0307962106390001@lil-spiffy.chem.pitt.edu>,
> shnst+@pitt.edu (Captain Entropy) wrote:
> 
> > In article <Pine.PTX.3.91.960703185729.13344C-100000@tattoo.ed.ac.uk>,
> > Simon Stuart <sparky@tattoo.ed.ac.uk> wrote:
> > 
> > > On Tue, 2 Jul 1996, John Kestner wrote:
> 
> > > 
> > > Yup. I certainly don't need colour for what I want to do and I'm not 
> > > paying 400 pounds more just to get it.
> 
> > Color portable screens may be a favorite ego-boosting toy for corporate
> > geeks who think their desktop presentations make the world go 'round, but
> > it's just not necessary, or even that useful, for most purposes, and I'm
> 
> According to Dvorak, if I remember correctly (maybe it was someone else),
> the rise of colour has been primarily due to its usefulness in viewing
> pornography. So don't blame everything on the desktop presentation
> maniacs!

More support for the thesis that male sexual fantasy is the driving force
behind most technical innovation.

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Subject: Re: Thinking of buying a 5300 greyscale
Date: 1996/07/06
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