New subject: OT: MYLEX Controller under Win9x, revisited

15 Feb 2002

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  -----Original Message-----
 From: Doc [mailto:doc@mdrconsult.com] 
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    What's happening more and more, though, is a
long pseudotechnical
 mis-explanation of the part's function.  I was looking at digital 
I love those. :)  See my previous comment about the composite video
input.

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  cameras last year, and asked the salesperson at the
camera 
 counter what
 3.2 megapixels translates to in terms of resolution and color 
 depth.  He 
I always assumed megapixel was referring to the number of pixels at
a fixed color depth (probably 24-bit)...  I'm certain that it's just
a manufactured slang term to make digital cameras sound more impressive
and annoy people who know what they're talking about.

Chances are that we're either talking about 1024 * 1024 pixels, or 1000
* 1000 pixels, in which case 3.2 megapixels gives one a resolution of
something like:

3355443.2 (?) pixels -- that's using 1024, so it's probably incorrect :)
(The .2 of a pixel makes me wonder)

3200000 (Sounds better to me, so it's based on 1000s)

A square picture of 1789 * 1789 would be slightly larger than this.  You
can probably assume some kind of a rectangular aspect ratio, though.  I
would guess that a normal camera is something around 1.5 (wide) to 1, 
but I don't really feel like calculating that. ;)

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  explained to me at length that megapixels was a
measure of "how many
 pictures you can take on one smartcard"
   Not being busy that day, and being unduly irritated by his
 condescension, I made him repeat himself in front of the 
 store manager.
 I don't know if the manager cared at all, but it made _me_ feel much
 better. 
Chris

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