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From: eugene@eos.UUCP (Eugene Miya)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: network connectivity (FLAME)
Message-ID: <2403@eos.UUCP>
Date: 23 Jan 89 18:38:56 GMT
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Reply-To: eugene@eos.UUCP (Eugene Miya)
Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Calif.
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Well, I apologize to the net if you think I sound too arrogant.
Myself, I am tired of arrogant (obviously not you) over-specialized
graphics people, but that's another story.

Seriously, if you are in a foreign country, GRAPHICS people can
be responsible for developing and motivating the development of
high-speed wide-area networks with heterogeneous powerful computers.
Only graphics are capable of easy reaching a non-computing audience.
There is no reason why even an undergrad student could not rally the
resources to do this.  Before you say, I am just one student,
or one faculty member, or what ever, I remind you this business is
replete with individuals who have done just this degree of change.
You should demand high performance communication services from your
government or industy.  Installing network access should be an undergrad
requirement.  Building a network might take a bit more.

Most recently 3rd world countries like Indonesia have been visiting
to get an understanding of communications requirements.  Anyway, this
is diverging from graphics, flames should be sent by mail, apologies
should obviously be broadcast.

Welcome to the 21st century.

Another gross generalization from

--eugene miya, NASA Ames Research Center, eugene@aurora.arc.nasa.gov
  resident cynic at the Rock of Ages Home for Retired Hackers:
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