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Wolfgang Weisselberg wrote:
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> SneakyP <> wrote:
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> > Even worse when considering there are no round paper printers with round
> > papers, round photo processors or even curved & rounded monitors.
>
> Well, there used to be a number of circular ... monitors[1].
> Even the usable area of a circular sensor glass is used to
> describe the chip sizes of P&S cameras today ...
>
> -Wolfgang
>
> [1] Radar screens, for example.


Another instance: Some early consumer television sets.

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"John Turco" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Wolfgang Weisselberg wrote:
>>
>> SneakyP <> wrote:
>>
>> > Even worse when considering there are no round paper printers with
>> > round
>> > papers, round photo processors or even curved & rounded monitors.
>>
>> Well, there used to be a number of circular ... monitors[1].
>> Even the usable area of a circular sensor glass is used to
>> describe the chip sizes of P&S cameras today ...
>>
>> -Wolfgang
>>
>> [1] Radar screens, for example.
>
>
> Another instance: Some early consumer television sets.
>


But there are not too many around

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Peter

On Wed, 14 Jul 2010 22:36:14 -0400, krishnananda
<> wrote:

>In article <i1loqb$36i$>,
> John McWilliams <> wrote:
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>> Scotius wrote:
>> > Why is it that camera lenses are round, but pictures are
>> > square? Hmmm? Tell me that ya' smarteys!
>>
>> It's a mystery that'll never, ever be explained.
>
>The Nikon 8mm 180-degree fisheye produces a circular image on
>rectangular film, as do other non-full-frame fisheyes.
>
>But a much more important question is why are hot dogs sold in packs of
>10 but hot dog buns are sold in packs of 8?
>
>In philosophy this is known as the "Hot Dog Dilemma".

It's a very irksome dilemna, whatever you call it.

Peter wrote:
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> "John Turco" <> wrote in message
> news:...
> > Wolfgang Weisselberg wrote:
> >>
> >> SneakyP <> wrote:
> >>
> >> > Even worse when considering there are no round paper printers with
> >> > round papers, round photo processors or even curved & rounded monitors.
> >>
> >> Well, there used to be a number of circular ... monitors[1].
> >> Even the usable area of a circular sensor glass is used to
> >> describe the chip sizes of P&S cameras today ...
> >>
> >> -Wolfgang
> >>
> >> [1] Radar screens, for example.
> >
> >
> > Another instance: Some early consumer television sets.
> >
>
> But there are not too many around


Wolfgang had said, "used to be" -- do you recall?

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