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Re: [zzdev] Re: [zzdev] Re: :zz: Orthoplex or Hypergrid? You decide
- To: "B. Fallenstein" <b.fallenstein@xxxxxx>
- Subject: Re: [zzdev] Re: [zzdev] Re: :zz: Orthoplex or Hypergrid? You decide
- From: Tuomas Lukka <lukka@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2001 11:38:05 +0300
- Cc: Leslie Carr <lac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, zzdev@xxxxxxxxxx, ih@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Helen Ashman <hla@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Adam.Moore@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Tim Brailsford <tim.brailsford@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Craig D. Stewart" <craig.stewart@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, naemura@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Ted Nelson <ted@xxxxxxxxxx>
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> > I feel comfortable with putting "orthoplex" or
> > "orthoplectic software" in a funding proposal or technical article.
>
> Well, I have a different perspective there: I do not care much about
> sounding technical; I care about a word that sounds interesting to
> someone who hears it for the first time, that does not sound overly hard
...
Obviously several terms are needed for different contexts. For example,
applying for funding for researching "haptic technologies" is much better
than "force feedback" but on the side of a joystick box, "force feedback"
is much more convincing than "haptic joystick".
Tuomas