Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 06:47:12 -0400 From: Allen Landsidel <all@biosys.net> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bitmap? Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.2.20000825064600.00b46bc0@mail.megapathdsl.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008252015360.14504-100000@backup.af.speedne t.com.au> References: <40.866cd.26d65d8f@aol.com>
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At 20:32 08/25/2000 +1000, Andy Farkas wrote: >On Thu, 24 Aug 2000 Lyntal@aol.com wrote: > > > What would be the easiest way to explain the idea of bitmap to my middle > > school computer students? > > thanks > > Lynn > >A museum I went to had a display explaining "resolution". They had 3 >same-sized squares with cylinders in them arranged in a square array. The >first one had few large cylinders, the last many small. sort of like: > > +---------+ +---------+ +---------+ > | O O O | | o o o o | | ....... | > | O O O | | o o o o | | ....... | > | O O O | | o o o o | | ....... | > | O O O | | o o o o | | ....... | > +---------+ +---------+ +---------+ > >These boxes were about 30x30cm with the first one having about 10x10 >cylinders, the last one about 100x100, the idea being to put your hand on >it and make a depression, then view the representation (the high-res one >being the clearest). I think something like that would work well.. or just some graph paper and colored pencils even.. which is almost close to reality. A lite-brite(tm) if you could find one of those things would be great.. :) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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