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In article <2A7377EE.708F@deneva.sdd.trw.com>, blanford@spf.trw.com (Ronald P. Blanford) writes:
|> Jay Steele writes
|> > As I was leafing through the May issue of Byte magazine  
|> recently,
|> > I saw an add for a board which allowed television signals to  
|> be
|> > displayed on a window. I mentioned to a nearby friend that I 
|> > thought it was pretty interesting, and he abruptly responded
|> > "Why... It serves no practical purpose."
|> > 
|> > Well, my [limited] knowledge of multimedia tells me otherwise. 
|> > What are some of these apparantly non-existant "practical  
|> purposes?"
|> 
|> Well, I can think of two just off the top of my head.
|> 
|> 1. Using serial control of a laserdisk, you can have a  
|> customized, interactive educational game similar to the arcade  
|> ones.
|> 

	Or better yet you can found a company and sell multi-media
	training to large companies for large bucks. (Re: Allen
	Communications).  Video in a window is the keystone, PC
	based training is peanuts without it.  Your friend probably
	thinks babies are of "no practical purpose".

|> 2. With enough processing power (and a 486 has it) you could  
|> inspect and capture significant news stories from CNN.  The  
|> military would have loved that capability to help generate  
|> briefings during the Gulf War.
|> 

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