That reminds me of the weird way the opening of William Gibson’s novel Neuromancer has become both obsolete while also taking on a completely different meaning-
The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel
He wrote it in the 80s, so he meant grey and snowy. Now it would mean a blue sky.
I’m old, so I envision the static first. I’m actually curious how many young’ns would get what he meant, since static is still commonly depicted in cartoons and games.
Out not-that-old Sharp tv does fake static on unused HDMI sources. I think I prefer blue though, the static gives me PTSD from being a kid without cable TV living in the woods in the 80s.
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That reminds me of the weird way the opening of William Gibson’s novel Neuromancer has become both obsolete while also taking on a completely different meaning-
He wrote it in the 80s, so he meant grey and snowy. Now it would mean a blue sky.
I’m old, so I envision the static first. I’m actually curious how many young’ns would get what he meant, since static is still commonly depicted in cartoons and games.
Out not-that-old Sharp tv does fake static on unused HDMI sources. I think I prefer blue though, the static gives me PTSD from being a kid without cable TV living in the woods in the 80s.
Or black with a loading throbber