On Sat, 2005-01-22 at 01:18 -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Friday 21 January 2005 04:54 am, Ron Johnson wrote: > > On Fri, 2005-01-21 at 04:06 -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > > > On Thursday 20 January 2005 09:40 pm, Curtis Vaughan wrote: > > > > > > > What role can a linux server play in this? > > > > > > Speaking as someone who has had to use security footage on a daily > basis > > > before, none whatsoever. Digital video is useless to law > enforcement > > > as it cannot be enhanced later. > > > > Doesn't it all depend on the format and the compression rate? > > Not really. Digital pictures suffer from pixelation at a distance. And analog images suffer from graininess when you zoom them in too much. It all depends on: - the light - the quality of the lens - the quality of the: - film (if analog still) or - video tape (if analog video) or - video algorithm - the size of the: - negative (if analog still) or - size of the tape (if analog video) or - the speed of the: - shutter - tape - CCDs and CPU in the digital camera. - your goal - your budget -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B I prefer encrypted mail. "The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well-meaning, but without understanding." Justice Louis Brandeis, dissenting, Olmstead v US (1928)
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