Bytes in a pixel?

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<prep@prep.synonet.com> wrote in message
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> "Paul H." <xxpaulhtck@zzcomcast.yycom> writes:
>
> > Here's a simple definition: a pixel is an ordered
>
> Wrong
>
> > 3-tuple
>
> Wrong
>
> > in a three-dimensional
>
> Wrong
>
> > color
>
> Wrong
>
> > space having equal
>
> Wrong
>
> > bit resolution along each orthogonal
>
> Wrong
>
> > color axis.
>
> Well, you did say `simple'.
>
> --
> Paul Repacholi 1 Crescent Rd.,
> +61 (08) 9257-1001 Kalamunda.
> West Australia 6076

My post was OBVIOUSLY intended as a satirical comment about the incessant
quibbling over trivialities daily conducted in this newsgroup by
anal-retentive obfuscators and savant-wannabees.

BZZZT... Thanks for playing!

 

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"Paul H." <xxpaulhtck@zzcomcast.yycom> writes:

> My post was OBVIOUSLY intended as a satirical comment about the incessant
> quibbling over trivialities daily conducted in this newsgroup by
> anal-retentive obfuscators and savant-wannabees.

And yet completely indistiguishable from a buzzword-laden response by
someone who didn't understand what they were talking about.

Strange.

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"Paul H." <xxpaulhtck@zzcomcast.yycom> writes:

> So much for civility. I suggest you apply your arrogance somewhere else and
> your repeated quibbling proves my original point.

Whatever the hell your original point was.

> Concerning your remark about the unit step function: the term "pixel" is
> jargon, a technical word invented to provide a convenient shorthand
> decriptor

Yes? This is what words do. That they are placeholders for more
complex concepts does not excuse them from requiring definitions.

> --it is not a quantity requiring a formal mathematical derivation.

Mathematial derivation and a precise definition are two very different
things. The word 'quantity' is misapplied here.

> Until step functions are indeed useful and I suspect you haven't a clue
> about when and how they are used.

"So much for civility". "I suggest you apply your arrogance somewhere
else" and your repeated misuse of simple words illustrates your
inability to grasp these concepts.

If you have an issue with the definition for pixel I proffered, then
*say* so, don't beat about the bush.

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