On Monday 12 July 2004 12:48 pm, Charlie Strauss wrote:
> On Jul 12, 2004, at 12:44 PM, Edward Cherlin wrote:
> > Many years ago I read about optical computing systems that
> > used lenses for Fourier transforms and convolutions. They
> > could pick out words or phrases on a page, in the manner you
> > describe. Nobody could accuse us of fiddling in software
> > with one of those.
Hey! You cut out the most important line!
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> Well I would not particularly recommend doing it optically.
> Not only is it clumsy in practice but You want the luxury to
> digitally massage the image and account for non-linear
> distortions caused by the error-model of the printer, paper,
> and scanner (e.g. out of focus, stretched, etc...)
Wossamaddayou? Can't you read smilies?
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