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From: eugene@eos.UUCP (Eugene Miya)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: Any thoughts on "comp.graphics.images"?
Message-ID: <3693@eos.UUCP>
Date: 22 May 89 17:42:27 GMT
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Reply-To: eugene@eos.UUCP (Eugene Miya)
Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Calif.
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Opinions:
The potential for this is kind of neat, but the bandwidth will still
remain a problem.  I would hope that sound also be included (hopefully
lower bandwidth, after all Unix talk(1) and VMS phone are really dumb
programs, but then maybe that's because I saw an Etherphone).  Consider
the video and file formats problem, too.

Some of the problems I can envision:
1) There is agreement in the physical science community that things like
space images which principal investigators get a 1 year lead time are
respected.  The recent bouts with fusion and conductors cut this
"normal" review process to hell.  Do these people get respect?  Will
images just be released or could you just grab them as they become
available.  What happens to the PI?

2) There was a recent Nova looking at the Kennedy assination.  Just think
everybody with a computer can do their own analysis of all the Kennedy
photos and draw N different conclusions adding to the confusion.
You still need skilled (trained) intepreters.  Recogition isn't there yet.

3)  It would be useful to have "standard" images, standard formats, etc.
These will be needed for calibration, etc.

Another gross generalization from

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