P3D Re: flash-back

[Larry Berlin <lberlin@xxxxxxxxx>]

> Date: Sun, 12 Dec 1999 
> From: Peter Davis <pd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> .......
> At 03:10 PM 12/12/1999 -0700, you wrote:
> >Peter Davis wrote:
> > > Sentences like:
> > >
> > >  > While today's graphics cards have 3D features, PC
> > >  > Magazine points out the data is trapped inside the card and once
> > >  > it travels to the monitor, it is squeezed onto a 2D surface.
> > >
> > > only convince me that this was written by some clueless journalist who
> > > hasn't the foggiest idea what this is about.
> > >
> >
> >While a bit overly simplified, I don't find anything wrong with the
> >quote above.  .......
> 
> I understand all this quite well.  I've been earning a living from computer 
> graphics for the past 20 years.  I still say the idea of data being 
> "trapped" in a card and "squeezed" onto a surface is journalistic 
> hogwash.  In fact, it is the card which is doing most of the 3D to 2D 
> projection.
> 
> -pd
> ..........


Do you really begrudge the journalists their creativity? (they have to
do a lot of writing!) The journalist may have had an excellent idea of
what is going on and merely found a creative way to express the less
concrete aspects of the situation. In that sense it is well expressed.
It's intended to convey meaning and it does. I find that it may not be
very complete by itself, but if it maintains someone's interest maybe
they will get more from it than a description that is more technically
rigid?
-- 
Larry Berlin

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