Re: [photo-3d] Re: wobble stereo / why do people bash?

[Peter Davis <pd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 02:23 AM 6/15/2000, you wrote:

>Well, I'm rolling in the aisle!
>
>First of all, don't get to upset about abuse of the term "3D." In the
>last few decades, this has become meaningless; it no longer means
>"stereoscopic" in the public mind, it has almost no meaning at all
>beyond, maybe, "the tops" "the pips" "the cat's pajamas."  If you want
>to talk about three-dimensional imaging, use a term such as
>"stereoscopic;" that has so many syllables it will never be pirated by
>the melonheads. But you can't take back "3D." Too late, friends. Words
>are defined by usage, not righteousness. You can still use it in
>context, but it has acquired other contextual meanings beyond our
>control.

This is absolutely true.  I've even seen some brand of snack chips being 
sold as "3D" because they weren't flat chips, but rather some puffy shape.

-pd


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