It's not just statistics, though. The sum of the light collected by the 8 is lower than the sum of light collected by the one - the surface area is smaller due to the extra circuitry and other non-light-collecting chip features.
The core use here is for super-sampling with dedicated hardware that produces superior 5MP & 8MP images.
But you can also "super sample" by making fewer, larger pixels that will collect more light each. Canon stepped back to a 10MP sensor for low-light performance in their G and S9x series cameras (they've since gone back up to 12).
What, pray tell, social benefit does moving numbers around actually do?
What social benefit does stuffing my mattress with cash serve? At least this way my money is in play.
I don't think you should feel bad selling to "suckers" - they are just betting, same as you. I like to get cozy with a stock and keep accumulating shares over time. While I'd prefer the stock just steadily march up, I do get a bit excited when they go down if I have some cash because that's a buying opportunity.
No, only the USA's economy. But the difference in scale doesn't make a difference to the principle.
I don't think the couple of billion that Hollywood brings in would have an impact anywhere except in southern california. They really don't have that much revenue.
What was it?
Not that it's relevant, but it was "in the company of men".
No prob - sarcasm is horrible via written word, but dammit... I'm a sarcastic bastard. I think encryption is a great idea on a phone, though remote wipe is almost as good as long as you discover that the phone is missing quickly.
LOL, well yeah. The end of big-budget Hollywood movies vs. the crash of the world's economy. It's like the difference between a schoolyard fight between two 8-year-olds and a thermonuclear world war:)
One of my favorite movies cost under $40,000 to make, so while I'm sure Hollywood suffers some from piracy, it's good to know that someone would be making movies even if it didn't really pay very well. Hollywood, all combined, makes less revenue in an entire year than the profit Apple earned last quarter. Economically, they just aren't that big of a deal.
The only reason I wouldn't let you is the address book and some NDA stuff in my email - I assume my gadgets are compromised or could be lost at any moment... why would I keep anything incriminating on there.
But that silly scenario aside, you aren't a warrant-waving member of law enforcement, and if you were you'd be awfully disappointed in the contents of my phone. And if I did have encrypted baddies on there, I sure as hell wouldn't imply such on a public message board.
Right, you are "stealing" (to use your word) from one person or corporation, as opposed to: (a) stealing from everyone who holds dollars by deflating the currency and (b) destroying the confidence that people have in their currency, which if severe enough would lead to economic calamity.
Only to the same extent that forging a movie DVD steals from everyone else who owns that DVD.
No, the only person hurt when you duplicate a DVD is the person legally allowed to sell the DVD - and even then, it is only because they are granted that right by the government. We have "first sale" in the US, so you are probably right to the extent that the used market will see some price depression as well.
However, if someone started printing out millions of fake DVDs, it would not destroy people's faith in the DVDs and bring the economy to a screeching halt.
The "Federal" "Reserve" "Bank" is controlled by the people, and the the theory goes that they can ease shortages in money supply by printing new, thus helping the economy overall, at the expense of inflation.
If mhajicek prints money in his basement, it may or may not help the economy overall - but chances are that mhajicek is doing it for his own benefit and not for the benefit of society... any aid to the overall economy would be by accident.
As I commented in a previous story [slashdot.org], people are bringing this on themselves, and also ruining the internet for the innocent bystanders like me.
I guess it is perspective - I feel like people willing to feed the RIAA/MPAA infinite copyright machine are ruining the internet for innocent bystanders like me.
It's like a smoke detector which is telling you your house is already on fire, but can do nothing about putting it out or preventing it from happening.
On the other hand, you can get a 2-year jump-start on locking the kid in the attic.
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It's not just statistics, though. The sum of the light collected by the 8 is lower than the sum of light collected by the one - the surface area is smaller due to the extra circuitry and other non-light-collecting chip features.
The core use here is for super-sampling with dedicated hardware that produces superior 5MP & 8MP images.
But you can also "super sample" by making fewer, larger pixels that will collect more light each. Canon stepped back to a 10MP sensor for low-light performance in their G and S9x series cameras (they've since gone back up to 12).
Todd, lol. Go Rod Paul!
What, pray tell, social benefit does moving numbers around actually do?
What social benefit does stuffing my mattress with cash serve? At least this way my money is in play.
I don't think you should feel bad selling to "suckers" - they are just betting, same as you. I like to get cozy with a stock and keep accumulating shares over time. While I'd prefer the stock just steadily march up, I do get a bit excited when they go down if I have some cash because that's a buying opportunity.
LOL, saw that one in the theater! How quaint!
It launched Neil LaBute and Aaron Eckhart's career. You have to be a special kind of person to enjoy such a sadistic movie :)
Believe it or not, you can simultaneously care about things AND retain your dark sense of humor.
Otherwise I agree with everything else in your comment.
No, only the USA's economy. But the difference in scale doesn't make a difference to the principle.
I don't think the couple of billion that Hollywood brings in would have an impact anywhere except in southern california. They really don't have that much revenue.
What was it?
Not that it's relevant, but it was "in the company of men".
No prob - sarcasm is horrible via written word, but dammit... I'm a sarcastic bastard. I think encryption is a great idea on a phone, though remote wipe is almost as good as long as you discover that the phone is missing quickly.
Are you talking about the member banks, because I'm not. They don't print money.
Same problem, just on a different scale.
LOL, well yeah. The end of big-budget Hollywood movies vs. the crash of the world's economy. It's like the difference between a schoolyard fight between two 8-year-olds and a thermonuclear world war :)
One of my favorite movies cost under $40,000 to make, so while I'm sure Hollywood suffers some from piracy, it's good to know that someone would be making movies even if it didn't really pay very well. Hollywood, all combined, makes less revenue in an entire year than the profit Apple earned last quarter. Economically, they just aren't that big of a deal.
entitlement complexes
You mean like feeling entitled to rake in continued profits from work you did 50 years ago?
Privately owned by who?
I think you misread my original statement, which was actually meant to be a bit cheeky.
The only reason I wouldn't let you is the address book and some NDA stuff in my email - I assume my gadgets are compromised or could be lost at any moment... why would I keep anything incriminating on there.
But that silly scenario aside, you aren't a warrant-waving member of law enforcement, and if you were you'd be awfully disappointed in the contents of my phone. And if I did have encrypted baddies on there, I sure as hell wouldn't imply such on a public message board.
Right, you are "stealing" (to use your word) from one person or corporation, as opposed to: (a) stealing from everyone who holds dollars by deflating the currency and (b) destroying the confidence that people have in their currency, which if severe enough would lead to economic calamity.
Only to the same extent that forging a movie DVD steals from everyone else who owns that DVD.
No, the only person hurt when you duplicate a DVD is the person legally allowed to sell the DVD - and even then, it is only because they are granted that right by the government. We have "first sale" in the US, so you are probably right to the extent that the used market will see some price depression as well.
However, if someone started printing out millions of fake DVDs, it would not destroy people's faith in the DVDs and bring the economy to a screeching halt.
The "Federal" "Reserve" "Bank" is controlled by the people, and the the theory goes that they can ease shortages in money supply by printing new, thus helping the economy overall, at the expense of inflation.
If mhajicek prints money in his basement, it may or may not help the economy overall - but chances are that mhajicek is doing it for his own benefit and not for the benefit of society... any aid to the overall economy would be by accident.
It's stealing from everyone who holds dollars, and I suspect you know that.
As I commented in a previous story [slashdot.org], people are bringing this on themselves, and also ruining the internet for the innocent bystanders like me.
I guess it is perspective - I feel like people willing to feed the RIAA/MPAA infinite copyright machine are ruining the internet for innocent bystanders like me.
Yeah, if I were a politician I'd have to apologize to the victims of attic-imprisonment.
Did you just imply that you have evidence of wrongdoing on that phone?
It's like a smoke detector which is telling you your house is already on fire, but can do nothing about putting it out or preventing it from happening.
On the other hand, you can get a 2-year jump-start on locking the kid in the attic.
These infants all had their entire 2-year regimen early :)
Probably :)
But in all seriousness I can't comment without knowing the subsidy structure of the two countries.
Because it's in Estonia?