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From: neil@cs.hw.ac.uk (Neil Forsyth)
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Subject: Re: union demo 2
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Date: 8 Apr 91 08:20:35 GMT
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In article <1991Apr7.040622.5384@mailer.cc.fsu.edu> boyd@nu.cs.fsu.edu writes:
>As for the demoes being useless, I for one and amazed by many of them.  Very 
>few folks leave my house without a glazed look in the eye and a new
>appreciation for computer graphics. I LOVE to show them to PC types.

Like magic, It's easy to be impressed when you don't know how it's done.

If they read a scrolling message for long enough, it's not surprising your
friends have a glazed look in their eye. :-)
When the PC types show me Pakemaker 4 and a good reliable Microsoft Write
I get a glazed look in my eye.

>They sell Atari machines (and Amiga machines). 

To people who then wonder why only demos ever managed to do those effects.

>The only thing that scares me is:  What the hell are we going to do when the
>little buggers hit the job market . . . .  :-)

Nothing. Few of them have a clue about application writing and the only high
level language they ever use is BASIC. (OK :-)

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