P3D Re: New 3D Gear etc.

[roberts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (John W Roberts)]

>Date: Sun, 28 Mar 1999 22:18:01 -0700
>From: Marvin Jones <Campfire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: P3D Re: New 3D Gear etc.

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>>>New.3d.Film.Gear is a discussion forum on 
>>new and modern 3d photographic film equipment 
> What is the difference between new and modern?  

"Modern" means "recently made, from a new design". "New" means "recently
made", but does not require a new design. The physical construction of
Mr. Babbage's Difference Engine a few years ago is "new",
but it's definitely not "modern". If somebody started manufacturing exact
duplicates of the 1950's Realist, the cameras would be new but not modern.

>Instead of "3d photographic film equipment" wouldn't 
>"3d equipment" be shorter and have the same content?

Not if somebody mentions stereo digital cameras.

>I assumed that the self-conscious reference to "film" was a sort of
>snobbish snub of anything computer-related. 

Is P3D's failure to include reference to butter pecan ice cream in 
its charter a snub of butter pecan ice cream? :-)

>I've made my opinion known in
>the past that all these compartmentalized little tangent lists add nothing
>and severely weaken the learning potential of the main list. 

They seem in practice to function mainly as "pressure relief valves".

>I belong the
>the technical list, for instance, and every week or so when I get a digest
>with one or two tiny little messages, I wonder just why it was so vitally
>necessary to segregate this paltry little dollop from the rest of the list,

If they have such a tiny amount of traffic, how can they "severely weaken"
the main list?

>and just how the subscribers to the main list would be compromised by being
>exposed to this information.

A few readers have complained about extended specialized discussions on P3D -
now there are places where such discussions can be taken off-P3D.

I'll probably get around to subscribing to the new list in a week or two -
I'm interested in seeing if it results in worthwhile discussions.
(I'd subscribe right away, but I'm lazy. :-)

.....

"I don't have good depth perception" - Leela, one-eyed alien on "Futurama"

John R


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