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Colour

2007-03-21T13:13:19Z

MelodiusHunk:

see [[Color]]

It should be noted that some people only understand this word if it is spelt 'C.O.L.O.R'.

However, without too much difficulty most English speakers soon learn to recognise the word 'colour' as being the same exact word only with a slightly different spelling.

Some have suggested that to spell the word 'color' shows an inherent anti-English-English bias.

Colour

2007-03-21T13:12:52Z

MelodiusHunk:

[[Color]] It should be noted that some people only understand this word if it is spelt 'C.O.L.O.R'.

However, without too much difficulty most English speakers soon learn to recognise the word 'colour' as being the same exact word only with a slightly different spelling.

Some have suggested that to spell the word 'color' shows an inherent anti-English-English bias.

Colour

2007-03-21T12:47:29Z

MelodiusHunk:

Colour (or 'color' in the US) is the visual perceptual property corresponding in humans to the categories called red, yellow, white, etc. Colour derives from the spectrum of light (distribution of light energy versus wavelength) interacting in the eye with the spectral sensitivities of the light receptors. Colour categories and physical specifications of color are also associated with objects, materials, light sources, etc., based on their physical properties such as light absorption, reflection, or emission spectra.

Typically, only features of the composition of light that are detectable by humans (wavelength spectrum from 400 nm to 700 nm, roughly) are included, thereby objectively relating the psychological phenomenon of colour to its physical specification. Because perception of colour stems from the varying sensitivity of different types of cone cells in the retina to different parts of the spectrum, colours may be defined and quantified by the degree to which they stimulate these cells. These physical or physiological quantifications of colour, however, do not fully explain the psychophysical perception of colour appearance.

The science of colour is sometimes called chromatics. It includes the perception of color by the human eye and brain, the origin of colour in materials, colour theory in art, and the physics of electromagnetic radiation in the visible range (that is, what we commonly refer to simply as light).

Color perception

2007-03-21T12:46:22Z

MelodiusHunk: New page: see 'colour'

see 'colour'

Colour

2007-03-21T12:46:06Z

MelodiusHunk: New page: Colour (or 'color' in the US) is the visual perceptual property corresponding in humans to the categories called red, yellow, white, etc. Colour derives from the spectrum of light (distrib...

Colour (or 'color' in the US) is the visual perceptual property corresponding in humans to the categories called red, yellow, white, etc. Colour derives from the spectrum of light (distribution of light energy versus wavelength) interacting in the eye with the spectral sensitivities of the light receptors. Colour categories and physical specifications of color are also associated with objects, materials, light sources, etc., based on their physical properties such as light absorption, reflection, or emission spectra.

Typically, only features of the composition of light that are detectable by humans (wavelength spectrum from 400 nm to 700 nm, roughly) are included, thereby objectively relating the psychological phenomenon of colour to its physical specification. Because perception of colour stems from the varying sensitivity of different types of cone cells in the retina to different parts of the spectrum, colours may be defined and quantified by the degree to which they stimulate these cells. These physical or physiological quantifications of colour, however, do not fully explain the psychophysical perception of color appearance.

The science of colour is sometimes called chromatics. It includes the perception of color by the human eye and brain, the origin of colour in materials, colour theory in art, and the physics of electromagnetic radiation in the visible range (that is, what we commonly refer to simply as light).

Freedom

2007-03-21T12:35:07Z

MelodiusHunk:

In wikipedia, the notion of freedom has caused some controversy. This is largely because notions of freedom are often protected by forms of restriction which are themselves anti-freedom in their exercise. The restrictions are usually set in place to protect some people's freedoms from other people who think that acting freely allows them to do 'whatever the hell they like'. In fact, some freedoms need to be restricted, such as the freedom to kill other free people or the freedom to spread racist or communist propoganda. Restricting some freedom is more controversial than restricting other freedom. Whilst the bible (and other religious, philosphical and fictional text) clearly suggests that restricting the freedom to kill is a 'no brainer' - it is not so clear that restricting the freedom to burn a flag is similarly forbidden. Over such matters are wars started. War (while we are on the subject) in which the freedom to kill is reinstated (probably by God) is often perpetrated in order to allow a righteous army to kill shepherds who may one day threaten their lands with homicide attacks.

Whatever its inherent difficulties, 'Freedom' is very clearly associated with the very foundation of the United States of AMerica and most of its populace would agree with the very famous philosopher who said:

"we shall have an association in which the free development of each is the condition for the free development of all."

Freedom

2007-03-21T12:32:42Z

MelodiusHunk: New page: In wikipedia, the notion of freedom has caused some controversy. This is largely because notions of freedom are often protected by forms of restriction which are themselves anti-freedom in...

In wikipedia, the notion of freedom has caused some controversy. This is largely because notions of freedom are often protected by forms of restriction which are themselves anti-freedom in their exercise. The restrictions are usually set in place to protect some people's freedoms from other people who think that acting freely allows them to do 'whatever the hell they like'. In fact, some freedoms need to be restricted, such as the freedom to kill other free people or the freedom to spread racist or communist propoganda. Restricting some freedom is more controversial than restricting other freedom. Whilst the bible (and other religious, philosphical and fictional text) clearly suggests that restricting the freedom to kill is a 'no brainer' - it is not so clear that restricting the freedom to burn a flag is similarly forbidden. Over such matters are wars started. War (while we are on the subject) in which the freedom to kill is reinstated (probably by God) in order to allow a righteous army to kill shepherds who may one day threaten their lands with homicide attacks.

Whatever its inherent difficulties, 'Freedom' is very clearly associated with the very foundation of the United States of AMerica and most of its populace would agree with the very famous philosopher who said:

"we shall have an association in which the free development of each is the condition for the free development of all."

Bias

2007-03-21T12:10:07Z

MelodiusHunk: /* Social Context */

Bias has two meanings.

== Electronics ==

Bias is a [[DC]] voltage level added to an [[AC]] signal which is to be amplified. This is done to put the AC signal within the amplifying transistors linear operating area.

== Social Context ==

Bias is also the predisposition toward one belief before another.
e.g. creating a web based encyclopedia with a conservative bias, like stating that any religious story is true with only shaky evidence to support claims, or making broad generalizations about history in order to justify a faulty argument by making it "sound right."
Related:
[[Media bias]]