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From: ra2@doc.ic.ac.uk (Roger Attrill)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: Linguistical question about radiosity.
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Date: 19 Dec 90 21:31:16 GMT
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In article <1990Dec15.163516.18001@cbnewsm.att.com> recker@cbnewsm.att.com (rodney.joseph.recker) writes:
>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 use radiate as well.
Similarly - radiated. 'This was radiated using...' Although it's getting
a little close to 'irradiated'.  'This scene was irradiated ...'  Hmmm,
sound dangerous.

>
>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...
>

Cook! I love it! A bad picture is one that's burnt, or too raw! All the
objects and instances become ingredients, etc etc.

 Rog.

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