In the case of a 6-bit LCD panel, I would have presumed it was the panel hardware was doing the dithering, and certainly not the operating system.
Is it possible that what they think is a Windows superiority in this regard is due to ClearType, which is tangentially related (e.g. OS-based sub-pixel dithering of text only, with the aim of simulating a resoltion increase rather than a colour one.) If they think ClearType's psychedelic colours are great, they shouldn't be complaining about the dithering.
Why yes, actually Dell laptops *are* better, if you want better hardware that is. They have faster hard disks (160GB SATA 7200rpm vs 5400rpm), more memory (4GBs vs. 3GBs), better graphics cards (512MB nVidia versus 256MB ATI), better screens (1920x1200 vs 1680x1050), more display outputs (DVI, VGA & s-video), more USB (6 ports vs. 3). Oh, and their support lasts longer, is cheaper, and covers nearly everything you can do to your notebook. But please don't let me keep you from your kool-aid;) Ignoring that they also only have 6-bit displays (but obviously no colours at all, at least Dell doesn't mention it) - Do all Dell laptops have this? Some? One of them?
The Inspiron 1501 doesn't have one of the better feature you claim. Maybe the high-end does? XPS M2010: 256MB ATI® MobilityTM RADEONTM X1800 Graphics Card for multimedia intensive applications - ouch. Up to 1/2 Terabyte (500GB*) of storage across two hard drives lets you store and access abundant data - no mention of speed again, aren't theses supposed to be the Tech Specs?. Up to 4GB* of Dual Channel DDR2 memory - the odd thing is, that page also misses to tell us what all the "*" are supposed to mean. PS: starts at $200 more than the most expensive MacBook Pro.
Why do you think it's going to be laughed out of court? Apple have, according to the suit, marketed their machines as suitable for graphic designers and photographers etc., and that their monitors can display "millions of colors". If it turns out that "millions of colors" is really "thousands of colors that are made to appear like millions with dithering techniques", he very much has a case. Apple must not advertise that a product is suitable for purpose X when it is obvious that it is lacking in the most fundamental ways. The questions are: what does "millions of colors" imply, why is it misleading to Apple's target customers, and why does this cause harm Apple's target customers? And: can Apple be blamed for this?
I don't think this is going to get "laughed out of court". As soon as Apple shows that they just quoted the companies they bought the LCDs from, it will.
8-bit: 255 red, 255 green, 255 blue + black.
6-bit: 63 red, 63 green, 63 blue + black.
Where do people keep getting this same (bizarrely wrong) math? You get "black" in each of the three channels, so even in your incorrect interpretation of how pixels work, that's 256*3 and 64*3.
Nice try, but a "blue" black is the same color as a "red" black. Actually, black isn't a color, so it's 255*3 and 63*3.
Honestly, there's a legitimate point to that. If the advertised specs say that it can display "millions of colors", then there's a reasonable expectation that a given pixel will be able to represent over 1 million colors (most likely 16MiColors, but who's counting?). Yeah, this might seem a little silly, but if you can't deliver then don't promise it. Well, the displays could never ever dispaly more than 1680 * 1050 = 1,764,000 colors (17" MacBook Pro) at the same time anyway.
Since your eyes can only detect about 16,000 colors, it's a moot point,
I recall reading an article in nature about trained visual artists being able to detect many times that number. I wouldn't be surprised at all. Hell, women can already see 7428 different shades of white.
In the US, sure, this could possibly lead to smaller portions, but what about people in other countries that don't have enough to eat to begin with? The price of torilla's rising 50% in Mexico doesn't mean "smaller portions" it means NO portions.
Ask yourself, "Why is the price so high?"
In EVERY case of people starving on this Planet in this day and age is because of failed states. Period. Africa's food problems? Just look at their governments and how they appropriate food for their armies and buddies of the "President" (read Dictator). Sorry, the only food and starvation problems today are Government made. And no, I DO NOT mean some "evil corporation in their corporation offices being all corporaty" causing the problem. That reason is a smokescreen.
But in this case the failed state is the USA, having flooded Mexico with subsidized corn, killing off any chance of local farmers making a living, and then paying even more for the corn to make "bio-fuel".
do they have similar presentations at conferences, like how the civil war would have ended if the south had stealth bombers... and how Hannibal would have done if he had a fleet of Hummers with 50cal BMGs? Then he would have never passed the alps, for Hummers suck in the mountains.
I saw a very fascinating Discovery documentary entitled "Beyond the Magic Bullet" wherein they replicated as closely as possible conditions of the day, and a shooter was able to fire a shot nearly perfectly recreating the wounds from the magic bullet, and resulting in a round that had equal deformity (which was very little) to that of the "Magic" bullet. It was very very startling to me, as a doubter of the probability of the theory, and forced me to reevaluate things.
I'm still not sure if I believe that it's what happened, but those decrying the single shooter "magic bullet" theory as scientifically impossible are wrong. If the "non-magic" bullet was hardly deformed, why were there five bullet fragments?
You are conveniently ignoring the "let it happen" in favour of the "make it happen" conspiracy.
Karl: Guess what, we got another "Bin Laden intends to strike in the USA" warning.
Paul: Gee, I can't wait until he blows up a couple of planes, so we can start the war against Iraq already.
Dick: And we don't even have to make thousands of FBI agents, firefighters, demolition experts, scientists, CIA, rescue workers, police, airline pilots, NSA, House of Representatives, air-traffic control, military contractors and the entire the Bush administration keep it secret.
Donny: No, we'll just claim that some of them were incompetent - and Dubya is our best example.
Sorry. None of the [skeptic/conspiracy nut] stuff is even a little credible. You need to offer credible counter-evidence, rather than smugly braying "open your eyes, you fools!" Yeah, who would ever believe White House officials hiring a bunch of "former" agents to break into the headquarters of the opposition's National Committee to plant bugs there.
That's almost as ridiculous as White Hous officials selling arms to an enemy state to use the money to finance "freedom fighters" in a different country.
Interesting you mentioned deserts...
Why is it that none of the current sky is falling, I mean "global warming" climate models include precipitation?
Maybe perhaps that it's not meausured on a Global scale? The main operation of our atmosphere, the cycle that
water makes into and out of oceans/lakes to prepcipitation is not accounted for in the global warming models.
That tells me something, what does it tell you? Maybe that you make up stuff?
Not that rainfall in the desert suddenly makes it not a desert.
You have always been childish. As well as wrong, biased and stupid.
Gosh, I guess I really haven't any comeback to such a well reasoned argument, so thoroughly supported with links, quotes & examples can I? One just has to follow this thread. Or your sig.
Well, this is getting a little childish. I guess that's what happens when children get caught out explicitly denying something that can be proven. You have always been childish. As well as wrong, biased and stupid.
So maybe if it gets warmer the agriculturalists can grow crops in Iceland, Ireland etc..
because currently it's too COLD there to do so consistently ! Well, maybe that will even out the new deserts in the former crop lands.
No mention of RD in my post, that's all in your head - there is enough room for that kind of shit obviously.
False. Roughly drafted was in the subject of your post. Don't you even read your own comments?
I can't believe you think Digg is more biased than R.D. Liar, liar, pants on fire. I can believe that you are more biased than RD, and digg, and Microsoft.com together. And more stupid too.
Your orginal comment sure made it look like you believe RD is less biased than Digg tho'
My original "quote" was saying that you were talking about digg when you were talking about a site that was biased. The rest is a figment from your bias.
Nope. Your original quote was in reply to a comment clearly about R.D's biase, but you replied saying the bias was digg's.
I can't believe you admit you think Digg is more biased than R.D. Well, I can imagine that you would believe that BECAUSE YOU ARE FUCKING STUPID. As if that was new.
Not only is that site biased, but it attempts to push its bias onto other sites. I think it's a real pity that Slashdot accepts submissions from there.
Never have truer words about digg been said.
No mention of RD in my post, that's all in your head - there is enough room for that kind of shit obviously.
Your orginal comment sure made it look like you believe RD is less biased than Digg tho' My original "quote" was saying that you were talking about digg when you were talking about a site that was biased. The rest is a figment from your bias.
So the fact that any story on digg can easily be manipulated is proof that the site is without any bias. SUUUURE.
Please read the thread you're replying to.
1) I said any biased story on digg would be countered by stories/comments with counter opinions. Which doesn't help Slashdot when you submit stories from digg
2) I didn't say Digg was without any bias. I said it was less blatently biased than R.D.
Are you really arguing that Digg is more biased than R.D? No, I'm proving that you are more biased than RD.
Secondly, manipulation may add bias to a single story, but not to the entire site. A good example would be roughly drafted's attempt to manipulate digg to get digg to peddle Eran's bias. Eran created multiple accounts to get R.D. stories voted up. Before he was caught, many of his stories were voted down. In addition, there was plenty of comments & stories offering counter opinions. So the fact that any story on digg can easily be manipulated is proof that the site is without any bias. SUUUURE.
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Lebensraum? Is this something like "a Land Without People for a People Without Land"?
In cas you are not trolling: connect the dots.
Is it possible that what they think is a Windows superiority in this regard is due to ClearType, which is tangentially related (e.g. OS-based sub-pixel dithering of text only, with the aim of simulating a resoltion increase rather than a colour one.) If they think ClearType's psychedelic colours are great, they shouldn't be complaining about the dithering.
The Inspiron 1501 doesn't have one of the better feature you claim. Maybe the high-end does? XPS M2010: 256MB ATI® MobilityTM RADEONTM X1800 Graphics Card for multimedia intensive applications - ouch. Up to 1/2 Terabyte (500GB*) of storage across two hard drives lets you store and access abundant data - no mention of speed again, aren't theses supposed to be the Tech Specs?. Up to 4GB* of Dual Channel DDR2 memory - the odd thing is, that page also misses to tell us what all the "*" are supposed to mean. PS: starts at $200 more than the most expensive MacBook Pro.
You forgot question three: how did they come up wit the .5 million colors difference.
I don't think this is going to get "laughed out of court". As soon as Apple shows that they just quoted the companies they bought the LCDs from, it will.
6-bit: 63 red, 63 green, 63 blue + black.
Where do people keep getting this same (bizarrely wrong) math? You get "black" in each of the three channels, so even in your incorrect interpretation of how pixels work, that's 256*3 and 64*3.
Nice try, but a "blue" black is the same color as a "red" black. Actually, black isn't a color, so it's 255*3 and 63*3.I recall reading an article in nature about trained visual artists being able to detect many times that number. I wouldn't be surprised at all. Hell, women can already see 7428 different shades of white.
Ask yourself, "Why is the price so high?"
In EVERY case of people starving on this Planet in this day and age is because of failed states. Period. Africa's food problems? Just look at their governments and how they appropriate food for their armies and buddies of the "President" (read Dictator). Sorry, the only food and starvation problems today are Government made. And no, I DO NOT mean some "evil corporation in their corporation offices being all corporaty" causing the problem. That reason is a smokescreen.
But in this case the failed state is the USA, having flooded Mexico with subsidized corn, killing off any chance of local farmers making a living, and then paying even more for the corn to make "bio-fuel".Karl: Guess what, we got another "Bin Laden intends to strike in the USA" warning.
Paul: Gee, I can't wait until he blows up a couple of planes, so we can start the war against Iraq already.
Dick: And we don't even have to make thousands of FBI agents, firefighters, demolition experts, scientists, CIA, rescue workers, police, airline pilots, NSA, House of Representatives, air-traffic control, military contractors and the entire the Bush administration keep it secret.
Donny: No, we'll just claim that some of them were incompetent - and Dubya is our best example.
That's almost as ridiculous as White Hous officials selling arms to an enemy state to use the money to finance "freedom fighters" in a different country.
Not that rainfall in the desert suddenly makes it not a desert.
Gosh, I guess I really haven't any comeback to such a well reasoned argument, so thoroughly supported with links, quotes & examples can I? One just has to follow this thread. Or your sig.
You have always been childish. As well as wrong, biased and stupid.
False. Roughly drafted was in the subject of your post. Don't you even read your own comments?
I can't believe you think Digg is more biased than R.D. Liar, liar, pants on fire. I can believe that you are more biased than RD, and digg, and Microsoft.com together. And more stupid too.
I can't believe you admit you think Digg is more biased than R.D. Well, I can imagine that you would believe that BECAUSE YOU ARE FUCKING STUPID. As if that was new. No mention of RD in my post, that's all in your head - there is enough room for that kind of shit obviously.
Please read the thread you're replying to.
1) I said any biased story on digg would be countered by stories/comments with counter opinions.
Which doesn't help Slashdot when you submit stories from digg 2) I didn't say Digg was without any bias. I said it was less blatently biased than R.D.
Are you really arguing that Digg is more biased than R.D? No, I'm proving that you are more biased than RD.
So the fact that any story on digg can easily be manipulated is proof that the site is without any bias. SUUUURE.
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