Posted by Spaulding Greystoke on 12/06/05 05:53

Onideus Mad Hatter <usenet@backwater-productions.net> wrote in
news:kf2ap1pd4l69i143iumcu6q744bu6r3g01@4ax.com:

> On 6 Dec 2005 03:43:35 GMT, Spaulding Greystoke
> <KILLFILEjasonzc@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>Onideus Mad Hatter <usenet@backwater-productions.net> wrote in
>>news:l3u9p19pq8afuub9fmr22j0nnop4tg345d@4ax.com:
>>
>>> On Mon, 05 Dec 2005 20:16:36 -0600, harold <pressman@nospam.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>Actually, Chum, she's right. DPI and PPI aren't the same and are not
>>>>"interchangeable." "DPI" is a co<SLAP>
>>>
>>> Look, kid, have you been to Wikipedia?
>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dots_per_inch
>>>
>>> "Owing in part to its conceptual similarity with other measurements
of
>>> graphical resolution, the DPI measurement is frequently misused. For
>>> instance, it is common for an image scanner's sampling resolution to
>>> be specified in terms of DPI, though a more accurate measurement
would
>>> be samples per inch. The number of pixels per inch in a computer
>>> display is sometimes specified in this way as well. Usage of the DPI
>>> measurement in these cases is considered by some to be inaccurate and
>>> misleading, though the intended meaning is usually clear based on
>>> context."
>>>
>>> The most important part being:
>>> "the intended meaning is usually clear based on context"
>>>
>>> If you get them to change it to say that it is NEVER clear, even when
>>> keeping it within a specific context, you'll have some ground to
stand
>>> on. Until then...they can be used interchangeably so long as you're
>>> using them within a specific context (print, scanning, screen).
>>>
>>> At this point, you're not arguing against me, you're arguing against
>>> Wikipedia. Go whine to them, Child.
>>>
>>> In the mean time, if someone tells me that they have a graphic that's
>>> 72 PPI, I KNOW what DPI I should print with in order for that image
to
>>> look decent when it's printing (granted it's gonna be small, but I
>>> KNOW what to use). Don't you? By your own deficient logic YOUR
>>> PRINTING BLIND! HOW RETARDED ARE YOU?!
>>>
>>> And to show you just how interchangeable they are:
>>> http://www.backwater-productions.net/_images/are-u-slow.png
>>>
>>> When you create a new image in Paint Shop Pro it lets you set the
PPI,
>>> later, when you save the image, Windows see's that number as the
>>> DPI...IF THEY AREN'T INTERCHANGEABLE HOW IS IT DOING THAT YOU STUPID
>>> RETARDED FUCKS!
>>>
>>> OH...MY...GAWD!
>>>
>>> And to that other RETARD and the people who were slurping his ass who
>>> was saying that PPI is meaningless and doesn't matter...YOU'RE A
BUNCH
>>> OF FUCKING MORONS!
>>>
>>> Let me educate you stupid, ignorant FUCKS:
>>> http://www.backwater-productions.net/_test_platform/ppi-
>>matters/test.html
>>>
>>> PPI doesn't matter? Well if that's true, WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU
>>> LOOKING AT! There's only ONE image being used on that site, you
>>> deficient freshmen dropouts!
>>>
>>> Think McFly, THINK!
>>> What, you need to see the ~magic~ code?
>>>
>>> <img src="test.png">
>>> <br>
>>> <img src="test.png" width=100% height=100%>
>>>
>>> WOAH, amazing! Now granted if you're just a retarded fuck who
doesn't
>>> know shit all about web coding maybe PPI is a meaningless number, but
>>> when you're playing on the web design level that peeps of MY caliber
>>> are on...yeah, it matters, it matters A LOT.
>>>
>>> You stupid tards lose...you lose bad. `, )
>>
>>I didn't read your drivel.
>
> Not much for being humiliated, eh Stupid?
>
>>But 'pixels per inch' is independent of 'dots per inch'.
>
> Proof #1
> http://www.backwater-productions.net/_images/are-u-slow.png
>
>>Everything displays at 72ppi on screen,
>
> Proof #2
> http://www.backwater-productions.net/_test_platform/ppi-
matters/test.html
>
> You lose, Stupid, next time learn to read...or at least how to click a
> fucking link, you drooling deficient.

When you're wrong, Hatter, leap right in with both feet, eh?

Did PoE get tired of you again?

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