Re: terminology

[P3D John W Roberts <roberts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 10:36:57 -0600
>From: P3D Grant Campos  <gc6094@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: Re: terminology

>It must be the scientific minds in us that make us feel that 
>we must expand our understanding of things in order to make 
>artificial classifications.  
>I do enjoy expanding my understanding, though :)

I agree - it seems to be fundamental to human understanding to try to
organize things into groups, and then fit everything into the groups even
when the fit is not very good. Picture a group of alphabeticists dividing
the capital letters of the English language into two groups:
 - A E F H I K L M N T V W X Y Z
 - C O S
based on whether they're made of straight or curved lines, then arguing about
which of these two categories P, J, R, G, Q fit into. :-)

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>Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 10:57:18 -0600
>From: "P3D Dr. George A. Themelis" <fj834@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: Re: More questions

>>However, instead of asking, "What is a stereo camera?", I'm happy 
>>with the question, "How do I do 3D?"

>OK, the answer to your question is "with a stereo camera".  Which brings
>the next question: "What is a stereo camera?"  ;) -- George

So to do 3D, you need a stereo camera? But that means that if your camera
isn't a "real stereo camera", then whatever you do with it isn't "real 3D"?
Or that if what you do is real 3D, then that means your camera must be
a "real stereo camera"? ;-)  ;-)

John R


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