Star On the Death and 441-Year Life of the Pixel
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 22nd Nov 2008 23:05 UTC
In the News When you're diving into the history of computing and its concepts, you rarely have to look much further back in time than the Second World War. It happens sometimes, but not that often. However, there are exceptions - and this is one that really boggles the mind: the pixel? One of those little dots on your screen? It's well over 400 years old.
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Comment by BSDfan
by BSDfan on Sat 22nd Nov 2008 23:40 UTC
BSDfan
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2007-03-14

You dare trick us with a broken link? ;)

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RE: Comment by BSDfan
by JLF65 on Sat 22nd Nov 2008 23:47 in reply to "Comment by BSDfan"
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2005-07-06

Works fine for me, and is a very interesting read. ;)

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