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Re: [OM] Senseless Sensor Trivia

Subject: Re: [OM] Senseless Sensor Trivia
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:03:57 -0500
Only if you're attending the Christmas party for the Kodak sensor 
development engineering group.

Chuck Norcutt


Joel Wilcox wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 4:00 AM, Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> siddiq@xxxxxxx wrote:
>>> On Nov 19, 2009, at 8:59 PM, Ken Norton wrote:
>>>
>>>> Q4. How many different colors of Green Detectors are used int he KAF5101C 
>>>> sensor?
>>>> A4. Two. They are identical except half of them have slightly more red 
>>>> sensitivity
>>>>
>>> They can’t be “identical” and go on to have “slightly more red sensitivity.”
>>>
>> Thanks for that. I hate to always be the one.
> 
> I think there is an equivocation involved.  Sameness can apply either
> to the thing itself or to attributes of a thing.  By "identical" I
> suspect Ken means "attributes which are the same," not that they are
> the same in every respect, i.e., not the same things in themselves.
> 
> But for those of us who are mostly content when things work and don't
> always have to know exactly how they work, is there a subtext of all
> this?  Is the KAF5101C better or worse in terms of these
> characteristics?  Is this just kind of interesting?  Why should I
> care?  Should I bring this up at parties?
> 
> Joel W.
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