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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2006-11-24
methinks a mosaic is more 'free-style' - it's not like the stones are arranged in a matrix with equal numbers per line; or without straight lines of stones all together.