Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 22nd Nov 2008 23:05 UTC
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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RE: I would suggest pointillism
by Daniel Borgmann on Sun 23rd Nov 2008 11:54
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Pointillism is a popular late 19th century technique of painting with quite large (5-10mm) adjoining coloured dots. A dozen or so different colours are normally used. Up close you just see the dots but they form a nice image at arms length.