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From: recker@cbnewsm.att.com (rodney.joseph.recker)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: Linguistical question about radiosity.
Summary: more info
Message-ID: <1990Dec15.163516.18001@cbnewsm.att.com>
Date: 15 Dec 90 16:35:16 GMT
References: <1990Dec12.175732.2383@lavaca.uh.edu>
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
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In article <1990Dec12.175732.2383@lavaca.uh.edu>, jet@karazm.math.uh.edu (J. Eric Townsend) writes:
> 
> With radiosity, uh...
> "I wrote a radiositizer." "When I radiate this scene." "My radiator code
> is broken." ("You should drive a VW bug, then." :-)
> 
> So, what's a good everyday verb to use for radiosity?  "radiosity solver"
> is a tad long for informal use.
> 
> I use "radiate", personally.  "Let's radiate this scene and see what
> it looks like." has such a nice ring to it...

I usually try to avoid creating a verb from the word radiosity, instead
I say, "I ran radiosity on this...", which is stil awkward.

Someone from Apple uses the work "cook" - "let's cook this scene",
"how long did it take to cook that", etc. But you lose the critical
"rad" element from the word...

Rod Recker
AT&T Pixel Machines
rjr@pixels.att.com