SAY YES TO "HYPER"!

[P3D Dr. George A. Themelis <DrT-3d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Larry writes:

>Maybe the problem is in the terminology. *Hyper* generally refers to
>negative factors wherever it's used, hyper-tension, hyper-active, etc. 

"Hyper" comes from Greek where it is used in a similar manner as the
Latin "super".  For example, superman is hyperman (or something like
that) in Greek.  So "hyper" in Greek does have a positive meaning just 
like super.   I bet Larry would be very happy with "superstereo" instead 
of "hyperstereo", but I do not mind having yet another Greek word in the 
stereo dictionary! (stereo, stereoscope, parallax, hyper, hypo, stereo-
graph, photography, etc., are all Greek words!)

(I check the dictionary and both "hyper" and "super" have the common
definitions of "over" and "above" but hyper in the English language is 
used more often to mean excessive.)

My conclusion:  "HYPER" is IN!!! ;) ;) ;)

Thank you! -- George Themelis, stereo photographer and Greek Linguist


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