On Wed, May 02, 2001 at 07:49:48AM -0400, Travis Bemann wrote:
> > Why not just display the insertion key in 3D text (such as that rendered by
> > many of the gimp plugins), with lots of funky color and lighting effects.
> > Even animate it somehow. It can be converted to ascii art using aalib, for
> > console users.
>
> Too slow. People sending email don't want to wait for some 3D thing
> to render (which will especially be a problem if ray-tracing is being
> used).
Um. It would be transferred as an ordinary, small jpeg..
> > For the blind, it is more difficult. Some kind of distorted recording that
> > allows the listener to piece together the characters in the insertion key
> > is the best I can come up with.
>
> Overall, the problem is that there are NO things that humans can do
> that machines can't do, computationally, at the theoretical level.
Well, that's an article of faith.
--
# tavin cole
#
# "The process of scientific discovery is, in effect,
# a continual flight from wonder."
# - Albert Einstein
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