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Re: [Digital BW] 16-bit histogram /Dan Margulis' take on some ofthis

Re: [Digital BW] 16-bit histogram /Dan Margulis' take on some ofthis

2001-09-27 by Rodolpho Pajuaba

Boy, I really LOVE Dan Margulis ;-) .
Regards,
Rodolpho Pajuaba
www.pajuaba.com.br

>
> What's random noise? Well, suppose you have two digital thermometers on
> your wall. One of them tells you that it is currently 73 degrees. The
other
> one has more LEDs, and tells you that it is currently 72.86473 degrees.
>
> The second one *sounds* more impressive, but in reality no thermometers
are
> that accurate. The last four digits for sure, and probably the last five
> digits, are meaningless, empty numbers, of no validity at all. And yet
they
> are there.
>

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