Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!bloom-beacon!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!rutgers!mcnc!ecsvax!cjl From: cjl@ecsvax.uncecs.edu (Charles Lord) Newsgroups: comp.graphics Subject: Re: Scientific visualization Summary: Next: the SOUND of data. Message-ID: <5341@ecsvax.uncecs.edu> Date: 4 Jul 88 19:10:09 GMT References: <10763@ames.arc.nasa.gov> <11026@ames.arc.nasa.gov> Organization: Triangle R&D Corp,RTP,NC Lines: 17 In article <11026@ames.arc.nasa.gov>, lamaster@ames.arc.nasa.gov (Hugh LaMaster) writes: > In 1988 we have "Scientific Visualization", > So, any bets on what the marketeers will have in store for us in 1990? I'll bet Douglas Adams hit the nail on the head when he predicted musical data representation. It sounds like the IDEAL hype form of relation that means nothing to us now but could be learned if we listened to some huckster that was attempting to pan it off as the ultimate way to comprehend large data bases. With the growing trend for better sound generation a la Apple, it would be a simple programmimg/salesmanship progression. And you heard it here second, folks... -- Charles Lord Cary, NC cjl@ecsvax.UUCP Usenet cjl@ecsvax.BITNET Bitnet