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re:Digital vs Analog (and where to get a cheap scanner)

  • From: P3D Gregory J. Wageman <gjw@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • Subject: re:Digital vs Analog (and where to get a cheap scanner)
  • Date: Fri, 13 Dec 1996 12:18:57 -0800
Peter Davis asks:

>>I would disagree; the characteristic of a quantity changing or being
>>stored in discrete steps is the fundamental property of being 'digital'.

>So you would argue that all halftoned images, including ones produced
>optically, are "digital?"

Nope.  The size of a spot of ink can vary continuously from "not there"
to "contiguous with its neighbors".

        -Greg W.


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