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Re: web sites going dark

2001-09-13 21:50:03
At 08:50 PM 9/13/2001, stan kulikowski ii wrote:
  i thought that was understood as the design technique  there is a
difference between going dark and turning off.


the term "go dark" has a long-standing meaning of "shut down". i'm used to hearing it about theatres and other performance venues, but it certainly has been the standard meaning for at least the last 50 years...

and I wish I did not know that.

d/


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