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When 8 Megapixels Just Isn't Enough
squidfrog writes "AP has an interesting article on a half photochemical, half digital process to produce 2.6-gigabyte photographs at 'more than a thousand times the size and resolution of those generated by a typical digital camera for consumers.' 'A vacuum pump ensures that the film is flat to within one-thousandth of an inch, and a dual-mirror device keeps the film parallel to the lens. Sand bags strapped to the camera and tripod prevent the machine from shifting, and a reinforced aluminum cradle maintains the parts of the camera in perfect alignment.' The images are apparently higher resolution than can be reproduced on available printing technology (5' by 10'), but the designer hopes to use an 18' by 36' digital display wall to reproduce the images at their best possible resolution in the future. The camera has apparently only been utilized for landscape photography thus far."
I wonder what other uses the vacuum pump could have in this context...
"I did this cuz Linux gives me a woody"
Hmmm, the first three comments are about pr0n...
There are other things to do with pictures you know...
I think that the "quiet revolution" has been Materials Science. I can buy a bicycle made from carbon fiber, aluminum, titanium, even boron. That was not the case a quarter century ago.
So I'll just say this...:
Imagine a beowulf cluster of these puppies!
followed by
In Soviet Russia, the picture takes YOU!
followed by
1.Take an even bigger picture of the Marlboro Man
2.??? (How about - Speak to advertising agency..)
3. Profit!!
followed by
I'm far-sighted, you insensitive CLOD!
My Favourite Meme
Besides.. how the @!#@#!@ do u photograph something like what Picasso does without being Adolf? (Sorry to invoke that Nazi-reference-in-conversation law...)
My Favourite Meme
But of course, you don't need more than 8 Megapixels to see the hairs on a Slashdotter's chin!
A vacuum pump ensures that the film is flat to within one-thousandth of an inch, and a dual-mirror device keeps the film parallel to the lens. Sand bags strapped to the camera and tripod prevent the machine from shifting, and a reinforced aluminum cradle maintains the parts of the camera in perfect alignment.'
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At the datacenter the webserver has a vaccum pump which keeps the server from shifting and falling off the rack due to high rotation of HD when slashdotting is at its peak. A mirror is placed right in front of sysadmins to monitor their nervousness. In fact Clifford Ross himself monitors the bandwidth and shouts CUT which actually means "PLEASE PULL OUT THE ROUTER WIRE" Striving to be common
Striving to be common...
what's the matter with you , i cannot picture what u are saying, in english.
lookout bullow.
all is not lost.
consult with/trust in yOUR creators.... perfect resolution at any light/distance/time. see you there?
the irony is using ancient and inconvenient measurements with modern technology such as this
The only word I can think of is "quaint"
If only you'd use the metric system like congress insisted back in 1886 things really would be easier for you.
It's like saying "what's the point of doing math when a computer can calulate for you?"
Uhm... what is the point? Do you really do math for fun? I code for fun. Spending my Friday nights solving integrals isn't exactly my idea of a good time.
Like woodworking? Build your own picture frames.
hmm...no.
Example: News report: car crashes and kills 4 local teens this afternoon
This is a NEW story, but nothing has been INNOVATED...cars have crashed before, but not this one this time this place, so it's news without innovation