Re: John!!!

[P3D John Bercovitz <bercov@xxxxxxxxxx>]

And furthermore!!  888-)  I would like to know who wrote the math 
behind Bill's explanation of SL3D.  Why can't he who wrote it come 
forward and explain it?  What we have is a diagram with no known 
physical model behind it and math that applies to that diagram.  
Give us the model behind the diagram!  Don't fade away and tell me 
that, as Bryan did, "Revealing how the device works will wreck the 
patent."  Bushwah!  I don't want to hear that again.  The patent 
protects the device just fine and does not depend a whit on how 
the thing works nor does it even depend on whether the patent 
holder _understands_ how it works!  I also don't want to hear it 
is metaphysical.  For anyone interested in the diagram and the 
math, get llp and convscar by anonymous ftp (or the web) from 
bobcat.  Also shown is the conventional understanding of SL3D.
 
ftp bobcat.etsu.edu
cd pub/photo/photo-3d/SL3D
binary
get llp.gif
get convscar.gif
 
The plot shows how well the results of Bill's math agree with the 
results of the conventional math.  It's an _astoundingly_ good 
fit.  Until proven wrong, I will contend that this is a curve-fit 
job and an accidental agreement.  (Primarily because I'm 
cantankerous.)  You can also see the diagram and math in Bill's 
SPIE paper; I've lost the citation but Bill can tell us.  My 
drawing turns Bill's drawing 90 degrees to fit on the paper but 
otherwise it's the same and at the time it was drawn, was approved 
by Bill.  One presumes there has been no change in that status.
 
John B
 


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