jet@karazm.math.uh.edu (J. Eric Townsend) (09/12/90)
Went to lunch with a good (but non-technical) friend of mine the other day. On the way home, we were talking about what a nice day it was for lying around and reading. She mentioned that she'd gotten a Joyce Carol Oates book I was looking for and was going to read it. I said, "I wish I had time to read something fun, but I've got to read some more ray tracing today for my special problems class." She said, "Ray Tracing? Who's that. I don't think I've heard of him." She thought it was funny only after I stopped laughing and took a few minutes to explain it to her. Tomorrow, I think I'm going to add a second name to my door (we have slots for two as most RA's share offices): "Ray Tracing". -- J. Eric Townsend -- University of Houston Dept. of Mathematics (713) 749-2120 Internet: jet@uh.edu Bitnet: jet@UHOU Skate UNIX(r)
mccool@dgp.toronto.edu (Michael McCool) (09/13/90)
jet@karazm.math.uh.edu (J. Eric Townsend) writes: >She said, "Ray Tracing? Who's that. I don't think I've heard of him." For some reason the term seems to collect fun. At SIGGRAPH in Dallas this year the Ray-tracing course organizers kept bringing up the "related fields" of rat-racing and tray-racing. Last SIGGRAPH there was a "tutourial video" on tray-racing that was shown; it involved sliding trays down stairs, and gave examples of acceleration techniques, etc. One wonders. michael mccool@dgp.toronto.edu
mccool@dgp.toronto.edu (Michael McCool) (09/13/90)
jet@karazm.math.uh.edu (J. Eric Townsend) writes: >She said, "Ray Tracing? Who's that. I don't think I've heard of him." I *meant* the term seems to collect *PUNS*. See what I mean? michael mccool@dgp.toronto.edu
greg@bluemtn.uucp (Greg Richter (2XS)) (09/14/90)
In article <1990Sep12.065333.19099@lavaca.uh.edu> jet@karazm.math.uh.edu (J. Eric Townsend) writes: > >She said, "Ray Tracing? Who's that. I don't think I've heard of him." We had a similar incident with a new secretary who informed me that a saleman had called asking about our Gator Rays. She wanted to know if we were involved in animal testing. :) -- A fly can't bird but a bird can fly - | Ask me a question and I reply, | Cottleston Cottleston Cottleston Pie! | Greg Richter | {emory,gatech}!bluemtn!greg