werner@aecom.yu.edu (Craig Werner) (12/25/89)
I'm sure this bothered other people at the time -- if they noticed it. Remember that great series of commercials about a month back. The helicar on the napkin, run down the steps, scanned in, CADed, all sorts of color graphics, a report to the board of directors, then an animated helicar flying off into the distance. A few things bothered me about that commercial. Minor gripes: 1. The MacIIx, scanner, laserwriter, software, and CD ROM used in that commercial cost over $20,000. 2. From the TV commercial, you think the animation is occurring in real time. The fine print in the print ad admits it is just playing off of a CD ROM. I was really dissapointed. Major gripe: 3. That helicar has no stabilizer. There's no way it could fly. And there's certainly no way it could execute that graceful turn into the sunset. In other words, it's a terrible idea. A great visual presentation, but all style and no substance. But I suppose that marketing types (nor Macintosh users ?) are not supposed to know anything about aerodynamics. It ends with the sloga "the best way to make a great idea fly." The idea may fly, but that helicar never will. -- Craig Werner (future MD/PhD, 4.5 years down, 2.5 to go) werner@aecom.YU.EDU -- Albert Einstein College of Medicine (1935-14E Eastchester Rd., Bronx NY 10461, 212-931-2517) "Results would only confuse people."