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From: "P.J. Bruffell" <bruffell@cs.bris.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: Pandora's Picture
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Norman Ma wrote:
[snip]
> 
> I assume we want to see real-color pictures, right? So there
> are 24^(1,024 times 768) pictures in a 21 inch Pandora Box.
> 
[snip]
> --Norm


But if we only wanted to see the Face of God in VGA (320x200, 256
colours), you'd only have to wait a fraction of the time! :)

[Would this work out at 8^(320*200)?  Maths was never my strong point...
Anyone like to tell me how many thousand years at 30fps?]

Pete
