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- From: dfr@usna.navy.mil (PROF D. Rogers (EAS FAC))
- Newsgroups: comp.graphics
- Subject: Re: "Scientific American Frountiers" rips off SIGGRAPH
- Message-ID: <2407@usna.NAVY.MIL>
- Date: 16 Nov 92 17:20:04 GMT
- References: <2388@usna.NAVY.MIL> <1992Nov16.141305.2999@ra.msstate.edu>
- Sender: news@usna.NAVY.MIL
- Organization: U. S. Naval Academy
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- In article <1992Nov16.141305.2999@ra.msstate.edu> mrr1@Ra.MsState.Edu writes:
- !In article 2388@usna.NAVY.MIL, dfr@usna.navy.mil (PROF D. Rogers (EAS FAC)) writes:
- !! In article <1992Nov13.193353.2158@megatek.com! tomw@stephanie.megatek.com (Tom Wright) writes:
- !! !Wednesday night on PBS, "Scientific American Frountiers" presented during
- !! !their hour long show a roughly 5 minute segment on SIGGRAPH '92. They showed
- !! !the exhibit hall, featured "The Cave", and showed examples of scientific
- !! !visualization. Yet they NEVER MANAGED TO SAY THE WORD "SIGGRAPH"! And just
- !! !in case you saw the clip and would give your right arm to attend the next
- !! !conference, they never said the next one would be in Anaheim or that it
- !! !would be next summer.
- !! !
- !
- !I would much rather they give the topic partial attention than none at all.
- !
- !Mark
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- No, I disagree. What was done is intellectually dishonest. I'd rather
- they did nothing than do that.
-
- Dave Rogers
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