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From: Walter Soyka <walter@keenlive.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2012 15:00:55 -0500
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Jim Blinn, computer graphics pioneer and the genius behind environment
mapping, bump mapping, and the now-ubiquitous teapot, put it best in what
is now called Blinn's Law: As technology advances, render time remains
constant.

I think there is an economic truth underpinning Blinn's Law, so I've
generalized it a bit. I'm now trying to pass off the line "Expectations
rise at the same rate as capabilities" as Soyka's Law, but it hasn't really
taken -- yet... :)

Walter Soyka


On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 2:49 PM, Brendan Bolles <brendan@fnordware.com>wrote:

> Right.  In graphics production we have always found ways to use new CPU
> and I/O resources as they become available.  In 10 years you might be able
> to to today's work in the cloud, but then the future desktop will be much
> faster too and we'll find new things we want to do with that speed.
>
> With word processing or spreadsheets you're basically doing the same work
> now as you were 10, even 20 years ago, so the cloud has been able to catch
> up.  Not so with what we do.
>
>
> Brendan
>

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Jim Blinn, computer graphics pioneer and the genius behind environment mapp=
ing, bump mapping, and the now-ubiquitous teapot, put it best in what is no=
w called=A0Blinn&#39;s Law: As technology advances, render time remains con=
stant.<div>

<br></div><div>I think there is an economic truth underpinning Blinn&#39;s =
Law, so I&#39;ve generalized it a bit. I&#39;m now trying to pass off the l=
ine &quot;Expectations rise at the same rate as capabilities&quot; as Soyka=
&#39;s Law, but it hasn&#39;t really taken -- yet... :)</div>

<div><br clear=3D"all">Walter Soyka<br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><br></div=
><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Wed, No=
v 7, 2012 at 2:49 PM, Brendan Bolles <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailt=
o:brendan@fnordware.com" target=3D"_blank">brendan@fnordware.com</a>&gt;</s=
pan> wrote:<br>

<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Right. =A0In graphics production we have alw=
ays found ways to use new CPU and I/O resources as they become available. =
=A0In 10 years you might be able to to today&#39;s work in the cloud, but t=
hen the future desktop will be much faster too and we&#39;ll find new thing=
s we want to do with that speed.<br>


<br>
With word processing or spreadsheets you&#39;re basically doing the same wo=
rk now as you were 10, even 20 years ago, so the cloud has been able to cat=
ch up. =A0Not so with what we do.<br>
<br>
<br>
Brendan<br></blockquote></div></div>

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