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From: raveling@venera.isi.edu.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: Scientific visualization
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Date: 29 Jun 88 17:02:31 GMT
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In article <13973@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU> trainor@lanai.UUCP (Vulture of Light) writes:
>eugene@pioneer.UUCP (Eugene N. Miya) writes:
>    >Sorry, I can't take it many more.  I am getting tried of all the
>    >marketing hype of "scientific visualization."  ...
>
>hacker@nucleus.UUCP (Thomas Hacker, ACM) writes:
>    >     I disagree with you.  Scientific Visualization
>    >  is a potentially important tool ...
>
>I agree 100% with Eugene Miya.  The hype will eventually hurt ...

	I agree 100% with Thomas Hacker.  I've just spent a LOT
	of time mucking with image fidelity measurements, wishing
	for a good 4-D graph, trying various alternatives, looking
	for tools and techniques that aren't obvious at all.
	And this is simple in comparison with many other problems
	begging for scientific visualization.

	There's a genuine need for visualization tools and techniques.


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Paul Raveling
Raveling@vaxa.isi.edu