"Code Sandwiches"

[Nick Sabalausky]

"David Nadlinger" <see at klickverbot.at> wrote in message 
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> On 3/12/11 11:49 PM, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
>> "David Nadlinger"<see at klickverbot.at>  wrote in message
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>>> On 3/12/11 11:07 PM, spir wrote:
>>>> Another obvious remark (not from me, read on the web) is that what is
>>>> good for paper is not good for screens; because they are light sources.
>>>> Reading text on white backgroung is like staring at an intensely
>>>> luminous sky, without moving your sight: doesn't this hurt you?
>>>
>>> Only if you have turned up the brightness/backlight of your monitor way
>>> too high.
>>>
>>
>> I have the same effect as him, but my monitor is so dark that  [.]
>
> What effect? In the post you quoted, I was referring specifically to 
> the »obvious remark« by Denis, which only holds for unsuitable monitor 
> brightness settings - even if my monitor was capable of delivering a 
> luminous intensity close to an »intensely luminous sky«, I doubt that I 
> would ever run it at that setting (well, maybe if I was on a sandy beach 
> on a bright summer day).
>

I meant about positive-contrast being hard on my eyes.