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By the way, re: Dark vs. Light background. I find it funny that you guys draw parallels between dark background and younger generations. Maybe it's one of those throwback, retro things. I like dark backgrounds because that's how computers were in the 80s, when computers were just dark screens with green text on them.

In the 90s, as graphical user interfaces started to introduce lighter backgrounds, command-line consoles (like xterms) kept the light text on black backgrounds. The trend in the past few years has been for command-line consoles (especially in Linux) to default to a light background with dark text on them. Yuck! I cannot program in those things!

That said, when it comes to browsing the web, I prefer white backgrounds.