P3D Re: World's Dumbest 3D Question?

[Gabriel Jacob <jacob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

John Roberts writes:
>Gabriel's such a nice guy, I can't imagine him giving anything 
>but a polite and helpful reply to a question from a non-3D person.
>It's fun to recount these episodes among other 3D enthusiasts.
>(Of course, if you just told the non-3D person how to subscribe
>to P3D, they may read your story. :-)

Gee thanks John for the kind words! :-) The intention was exactly
as you mentioned above. And yes I do try to give informative replies.
After awhile I think most know the routine we go through after you
show someone 3-D images. Not new discovery, need two slightly
different perpectives, sticking out the thumb and alternatly closing
one eye, etc......

Greg Wageman writes:
>>Rather than making fun of them, shouldn't we be educating them
>>ourselves?  A lot of folks on this list already are going the
>>extra mile to do so.  What if we all did?

I think most if not all of us that are into 3-D, love to explain
the concepts behind (and in front of) 3-D! Problem is our 2-D 
brethren don't let us go that extra mile (they're interested
but not that interested)! It's true that there are those that
nevertheless do go the extra mile, like Ron Labbe!

Sometimes I have to admit it's hard for me to keep a straight face
and that's not because anyone is dumb but rather because the
concept behind 3-D is so ridicuosly simple but yet it took mankind
over 6000 years to discover it! 

Gabriel who got 3 D's in grade 3! ;-)





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