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Mar 14 13 4:59 PM
Donovan wrote:You're still denying that it makes a difference, by using an experiment where someone threw books at a kitchen table and calling it facts. :P So I countered with my own.
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Mon L wrote:Donovan wrote:You're still denying that it makes a difference, by using an experiment where someone threw books at a kitchen table and calling it facts. :P So I countered with my own.Like I said. Whatever. If you think that a 100 grams and ten millimeters is a big deal, than these new books are wicked awesome for you. Why don't you do the Pepsi Challenge? Set up a booth at the mall. Get a stranger to stop by. Plop down two omnis in front of them.
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jephyork wrote: -Jeph!
Alan The Insane!!! Sub-Mariner 26, the Greatest Comic Ever SOLD!!! Looking forward to a Strange World Omnibus sometime in the future!!!
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Mon L wrote:This will fly over your head if your thing is being super pedantic. But there is a threshold of perception varies between people and between stimuli. As the magnitude of the stimuli grow, we need a larger actual difference for detection. So while you can state that 100 grams in an omnibus makes a big difference to you. I would say poppycock to that. A little light reading on the difference between the differences in people...http://psychology.jrank.org/pages/353/Just-Noticeable-Difference.html When we try to compare two different objects to see if they are the same or different on some dimension (e.g., weight), the difference between the two that is barely big enough to be noticed is called the just noticeable difference (JND). Just noticeable differences have been studied for many dimensions (e.g., brightness of lights, loudness of sounds, weight, line length, and others). The human sensory system does not respond identically to the same stimuli on different occasions. As a result, if an individual attempted to identify whether two objects were of the same or different weight he or she might detect a difference on one occasion but will fail to notice it on another occasion. Psychologists calculate the just noticeable difference as an average detectable difference across a large number of trials. The JND does not stay the same when the magnitude of the stimuli change. In assessing heaviness, for example, the difference between two stimuli of 10 and 11 grams could be detected, but we would not be able to detect the difference between 100 and 101 grams. As the magnitude of the stimuli grow, we need a larger actual difference for detection. The percentage of change remains constant in general. To detect the difference in heaviness, one stimulus would have to be approximately 2 percent heavier than the other; otherwise, we will not be able to spot the difference. Psychologists refer to the percentages that describe the JND as Weber fractions, named after Ernst Weber (1795-1878), a German physiologist whose pioneering research on sensation had a great impact on psychological studies. For example, humans require a 4.8% change in loudness to detect a change; a 7.9% change in brightness is necessary. These values will differ from one person to the next, and from one occasion to the next. However, they do represent generally accurate values.
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GaryB wrote:I compared the Mitcheline/Layton newIron Man omnibus with Tomb of Dracula 1.A very noticeable difference in paper quality.ToD pages feel like much better paper and I prefer the thicker paper.I read omnis at a desk so thickness is not an issue for me.Even with the lighter paper I don't see these as volumes as being ones I'd rest on my chest lying in bed for example.Its obviously a money saving exercise.I have to say it won't put me off from buying new style omnis,I can live with the cheaper paper and I love the omni format even more than Masterworks as that extra size gives the page a real wow factor.
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Mar 15 13 11:17 AM
Donovan wrote:I totally agree on the weight difference. It's probably not noticeable, but would just feel lighter because the pages being turned are thinner.
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