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Playboy image from 1972 gets ban from IEEE computer journals (arstechnica.com)
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[–] ExcursionInversion@lemmy.world 26 points 7 months ago (2 children)

But the image is from a photoshoot for playboy so its inherently dirty and offensive, even if they only use the cropped version. /s

[–] RecluseRamble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Well, according to the Wikipedia article that's exactly the criticism (but without sarcasm).

[–] ExcursionInversion@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

it seems difficult to argue that a 512 × 512 image produced with a 1970s-era analog scanner is the best we have to offer as an image quality test standard

This is the part I don't get. How has the picture not changed with the times due to camera advances.

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 2 points 7 months ago

Same reason the length of a meter hasn't changed despite measurement advances. It was used as a benchmark.

[–] DancingBear@midwest.social 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

You were born out of a vagina. You are inherently dirty and offensive.

[–] Malfeasant@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

So does that mean my son is not? (He was a C-section)

[–] DancingBear@midwest.social 1 points 7 months ago

He is pure and clean