Interesting Links for 5-8-2011

• 1 in 6 Dutch clergy are atheist or agnostic.
  (tags: atheism belief religion holland christianity)
• I entirely agree with this piece on the "comfortable prison" awaiting Anders Behring Breivik (the Norwegian mass murderer)
  (tags: prison norway usa crime)
• In purchasing power terms, the "emerging economies" have overtaken the "developed world".
  (tags: economics globalization)
• US police are using a flawed scientific test in drugs busts that gives false positives to strongarm citizens into plea bargaining
  (tags: police law drugs EpicFail usa)
• Liberal Democrats want inquiry into decriminalising drug possession.
  (tags: libdem drugs)
• If you're mad Frank Darabont left The Walking Dead, blame Mad Men
  (tags: FrankDarabont MadMen WalkingDead)
• This Is Why You Share (and also why this linkpost exists. If you're reading this on LJ.)
  (tags: sharing culture psychology)
• Diablo 3 will make you liable for taxation whenever a magic item is dropped...
  (tags: diablo taxes)
• The Ultimate Flowchart on How To Deal With Internet Arguments
  (tags: internet flowchart debate argument funny)
• Some thoughts on the possible reintroduction of Capital Punishment in the UK
  (tags: death law uk politics capitalpunishment)
• Virtual pets starve after bungled resolution to Second Life’s “unauthorized food” war.(Winner of awesome headline of the day)
  (tags: Second_Life TheFuture)
• Lego being sent to Jupiter. That'll show em!
  (tags: lego space nasa)
• The Batman Equation
  (tags: batman visualization mathematics)
• $1 chip tests for HIV in 15 minutes flat, fits in your wallet
  (tags: hiv disease testing technology)
• TV Size Matters - upload a photo of your wall and see what different size TVs will look like on it
  (tags: tv technology)

I need better eyes

Assuming that I am sitting 2 feet (or around 60cm) from my monitor, and it
is 22" across the diagonal at 16:9 ratio (so approx 19"x11") , what is the
maximum resolution that my eyes would be able to see?

Is 1080p (1920x1080) almost as good as it gets? Or is it worth pushing the
resolution much higher? I know that's only about 100dpi, but can I
actually resolve objects smaller than a quarter of a mm from two feet away?

(Come to think of it - 1080p being 100dpi on a 22" monitor seems an
unlikely coincidence - is that why it was chosen?)