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Lorensen at 20:48, 20 December 2018

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	"The future ain't what it used to be", [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yogi_berra Yogi Berra]		"The future ain't what it used to be", [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yogi_berra Yogi Berra]

	In 1990, I was honored with a GE Coolidge Fellowship, the highest scientific award at the GE Corporate Research and Development Laboratory (CRD). At that point I had been at GE for 12 years after spending 10 years in the Watervliet Arsenal Research Lab. I had 22 years of experience in computer graphics and software engineering.		In 1990, I was honored with a GE Coolidge Fellowship, the highest scientific award at the GE Corporate Research and Development Laboratory (CRD). At that point, I had been at GE for 17 years after spending 10 years in the Watervliet Arsenal Research Lab. I had 27 years of experience in computer graphics and software engineering.

	In 1995 I was able to spend six months at Stanford as part of my Coolidge Award (see [http://marchingcubes.org/index.php/The_Visible_Human_Project background]).		In 1995 I was able to spend six months at Stanford as part of my Coolidge Award (see [http://marchingcubes.org/index.php/The_Visible_Human_Project background]).
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	I spent a lot of time interacting with the students and exploring the, then new, Internet. I created a number of web pages at Stanford that were related to [http://www.crd.ge.com/esl/cgsp/projects/vm/ the Visible Man], [http://www.crd.ge.com/esl/cgsp/projects/vw/ the Visible Woman], and [http://www.crd.ge.com/esl/cgsp/projects/vw/smooth/smooth.html Decimation and Smoothing]. The Visible Human web pages were very popular. As a guest at Stanford, I was a bit embarrassed that my Visible Human pages were getting many more internet hits than any other Stanford Graphics Lab pages.		I spent a lot of time interacting with the students and exploring the, then new, Internet. I created a number of web pages at Stanford that were related to [http://www.crd.ge.com/esl/cgsp/projects/vm/ the Visible Man], [http://www.crd.ge.com/esl/cgsp/projects/vw/ the Visible Woman], and [http://www.crd.ge.com/esl/cgsp/projects/vw/smooth/smooth.html Decimation and Smoothing]. The Visible Human web pages were very popular. As a guest at Stanford, I was a bit embarrassed that my Visible Human pages were getting many more internet hits than any other Stanford Graphics Lab pages.

	Due, in part to my Internet interests, I met a young ~~PhD~~ student who was working on a new way to search for web pages. At this time, there was [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo Yahoo], which was really an index of web pages, not a search engine. There was [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inktomi Inktomi], a search engine developed at Berkeley, and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altavista Altavista]. Altavista was a great search engine and dominated most searches on the Internet. This ~~PhD~~ student described how his search engine differed from the simple keyword search of Altavista and Inktomi. His engine ordered the returned searches depending on the "popularity" of the sites. He called the system [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_page BackRub].		Due, in part to my Internet interests, I met a young Ph.D. student who was working on a new way to search for web pages. At this time, there was [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo Yahoo], which was really an index of web pages, not a search engine. There was [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inktomi Inktomi], a search engine developed at Berkeley, and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altavista Altavista]. Altavista was a great search engine and dominated most searches on the Internet. This Ph.D. student described how his search engine differed from the simple keyword search of Altavista and Inktomi. His engine ordered the returned searches depending on the "popularity" of the sites. He called the system [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_page BackRub].

	Here is where my recollection of the details may be fuzzy. I either told this ~~PhD~~ student or thought that I should tell him, '''"Why waste time on a search engine when we already have Altavista"'''?		Here is where my recollection of the details may be fuzzy. I either told this Ph.D. student or thought that I should tell him, '''"Why waste time on a search engine when we already have Altavista"'''?

	Fast-forward a year. I'm back at GE. A colleague, Chris, comes to my office to ask a question about some new technology. I say, "No problem, we'll look it up on Altavista". Chris says, "You're still using Altavista? I use Google." I check it out and say, "Oh no, not Google".		Fast-forward a year. I'm back at GE. A colleague, Chris, comes to my office to ask a question about some new technology. I say, "No problem, we'll look it up on Altavista". Chris says, "You're still using Altavista? I use Google." I check it out and say, "Oh no, not Google".

	Backrub was now called Google and the ~~PhD~~ student was [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Page Larry Page], co-founder of ~~google~~.		Backrub was now called Google and the Ph.D. student was [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Page Larry Page], co-founder of Google.

	So much for using my experience to predict the future...		So much for using my experience to predict the future...

Lorensen at 19:38, 19 January 2013

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	Fast-forward a year. I'm back at GE. A colleague, Chris, comes to my office to ask a question about some new technology. I say, "No problem, we'll look it up on Altavista". Chris says, "You're still using Altavista? I use Google." I check it out and say, "Oh no, not Google".		Fast-forward a year. I'm back at GE. A colleague, Chris, comes to my office to ask a question about some new technology. I say, "No problem, we'll look it up on Altavista". Chris says, "You're still using Altavista? I use Google." I check it out and say, "Oh no, not Google".

	Backrub was now called Google and the PhD student was [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Page Larry Page].		Backrub was now called Google and the PhD student was [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Page Larry Page], co-founder of google.

	So much for using my experience to predict the future...		So much for using my experience to predict the future...

Lorensen at 18:39, 24 November 2012

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	Fast-forward a year. I'm back at GE. A colleague, Chris, comes to my office to ask a question about some new technology. I say, "No problem, we'll look it up on Altavista". Chris says, "You're still using Altavista? I use Google." I check it out and say, "Oh no, not Google".		Fast-forward a year. I'm back at GE. A colleague, Chris, comes to my office to ask a question about some new technology. I say, "No problem, we'll look it up on Altavista". Chris says, "You're still using Altavista? I use Google." I check it out and say, "Oh no, not Google".

	Backrub was now called Google and the PhD student was Larry Page.		Backrub was now called Google and the PhD student was [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Page Larry Page].

	So much for using my experience to predict the future...		So much for using my experience to predict the future...

Lorensen at 18:22, 31 October 2011

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	My visit to the [http://graphics.stanford.edu/ Stanford Graphics Lab] was a great opportunity to share my experience with the young graduate students and, more importantly, to stimulate and rejuvenate me.		My visit to the [http://graphics.stanford.edu/ Stanford Graphics Lab] was a great opportunity to share my experience with the young graduate students and, more importantly, to stimulate and rejuvenate me.

	I spent a lot of time interacting with the students and exploring the, then new, Internet. I created a number of web pages at Stanford that were related to [http://www.crd.ge.com/esl/cgsp/projects/vm/ the Visible Man], [http://www.crd.ge.com/esl/cgsp/projects/vw/ the Visible Woman], and [http://www.crd.ge.com/esl/cgsp/projects/vw/smooth/smooth.html Decimation and Smoothing]. The Visible Human web pages were very popular. As a guest at Stanford, I was a bit embarrassed that my Visible Human pages were getting many more internet hits ~~that~~ any other Stanford Graphics Lab pages.		I spent a lot of time interacting with the students and exploring the, then new, Internet. I created a number of web pages at Stanford that were related to [http://www.crd.ge.com/esl/cgsp/projects/vm/ the Visible Man], [http://www.crd.ge.com/esl/cgsp/projects/vw/ the Visible Woman], and [http://www.crd.ge.com/esl/cgsp/projects/vw/smooth/smooth.html Decimation and Smoothing]. The Visible Human web pages were very popular. As a guest at Stanford, I was a bit embarrassed that my Visible Human pages were getting many more internet hits than any other Stanford Graphics Lab pages.

	Due, in part to my Internet interests, I met a young PhD student who was working on a new way to search for web pages. At this time, there was [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo Yahoo], which was really an index of web pages, not a search engine. There was [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inktomi Inktomi], a search engine developed at Berkeley, and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altavista Altavista]. Altavista was a great search engine and dominated most searches on the ~~internet~~. This PhD student described how his search engine differed from the simple keyword search of Altavista and Inktomi. His engine ordered the returned searches depending on the "popularity" of the sites. He called the system [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_page BackRub].		Due, in part to my Internet interests, I met a young PhD student who was working on a new way to search for web pages. At this time, there was [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo Yahoo], which was really an index of web pages, not a search engine. There was [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inktomi Inktomi], a search engine developed at Berkeley, and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altavista Altavista]. Altavista was a great search engine and dominated most searches on the Internet. This PhD student described how his search engine differed from the simple keyword search of Altavista and Inktomi. His engine ordered the returned searches depending on the "popularity" of the sites. He called the system [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_page BackRub].

	Here is where my recollection of the details may be fuzzy. I either told this PhD student or thought that I should tell him, '''"Why waste time on a search engine when we already have Altavista"'''?		Here is where my recollection of the details may be fuzzy. I either told this PhD student or thought that I should tell him, '''"Why waste time on a search engine when we already have Altavista"'''?

Lorensen at 19:30, 10 October 2011

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	Due, in part to my Internet interests, I met a young PhD student who was working on a new way to search for web pages. At this time, there was [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo Yahoo], which was really an index of web pages, not a search engine. There was [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inktomi Inktomi], a search engine developed at Berkeley, and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altavista Altavista]. Altavista was a great search engine and dominated most searches on the internet. This PhD student described how his search engine differed from the simple keyword search of Altavista and Inktomi. His engine ordered the returned searches depending on the "popularity" of the sites. He called the system [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_page BackRub].		Due, in part to my Internet interests, I met a young PhD student who was working on a new way to search for web pages. At this time, there was [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo Yahoo], which was really an index of web pages, not a search engine. There was [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inktomi Inktomi], a search engine developed at Berkeley, and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altavista Altavista]. Altavista was a great search engine and dominated most searches on the internet. This PhD student described how his search engine differed from the simple keyword search of Altavista and Inktomi. His engine ordered the returned searches depending on the "popularity" of the sites. He called the system [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_page BackRub].

	Here is where my recollection of the details may be fuzzy. I either told this PhD student or thought that I should tell him, "Why waste time on a search engine when we already have Altavista"?		Here is where my recollection of the details may be fuzzy. I either told this PhD student or thought that I should tell him, '''"Why waste time on a search engine when we already have Altavista"'''?

	Fast-forward ~~6 months~~. I'm back at GE. A colleague, Chris, comes to my office to ask a question about some new technology. I say, "No problem, we'll look it up on Altavista". Chris says, "You're still using Altavista? I use Google." I check it out and say, "Oh no, not Google".		Fast-forward a year. I'm back at GE. A colleague, Chris, comes to my office to ask a question about some new technology. I say, "No problem, we'll look it up on Altavista". Chris says, "You're still using Altavista? I use Google." I check it out and say, "Oh no, not Google".

	Backrub was now called Google and the PhD student was Larry Page.		Backrub was now called Google and the PhD student was Larry Page.

	So much for using my experience to predict the future...		So much for using my experience to predict the future...

Lorensen at 14:15, 9 August 2011

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	I spent a lot of time interacting with the students and exploring the, then new, Internet. I created a number of web pages at Stanford that were related to [http://www.crd.ge.com/esl/cgsp/projects/vm/ the Visible Man], [http://www.crd.ge.com/esl/cgsp/projects/vw/ the Visible Woman], and [http://www.crd.ge.com/esl/cgsp/projects/vw/smooth/smooth.html Decimation and Smoothing]. The Visible Human web pages were very popular. As a guest at Stanford, I was a bit embarrassed that my Visible Human pages were getting many more internet hits that any other Stanford Graphics Lab pages.		I spent a lot of time interacting with the students and exploring the, then new, Internet. I created a number of web pages at Stanford that were related to [http://www.crd.ge.com/esl/cgsp/projects/vm/ the Visible Man], [http://www.crd.ge.com/esl/cgsp/projects/vw/ the Visible Woman], and [http://www.crd.ge.com/esl/cgsp/projects/vw/smooth/smooth.html Decimation and Smoothing]. The Visible Human web pages were very popular. As a guest at Stanford, I was a bit embarrassed that my Visible Human pages were getting many more internet hits that any other Stanford Graphics Lab pages.

	Due, in part to my Internet interests, I met a young PhD student who was working on a new way to search for web pages. At this time, there was [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo Yahoo], which was really an index of web pages, not a search engine. There was [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inktomi Inktomi], a search engine developed at Berkeley, and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altavista Altavista]. Altavista was a great search engine and dominated most searches on the internet. This ~~Masters~~ student described how his search engine differed from the simple keyword search of Altavista and Inktomi. His engine ordered the returned searches depending on the "popularity" of the sites. He called the system [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_page BackRub].		Due, in part to my Internet interests, I met a young PhD student who was working on a new way to search for web pages. At this time, there was [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo Yahoo], which was really an index of web pages, not a search engine. There was [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inktomi Inktomi], a search engine developed at Berkeley, and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altavista Altavista]. Altavista was a great search engine and dominated most searches on the internet. This PhD student described how his search engine differed from the simple keyword search of Altavista and Inktomi. His engine ordered the returned searches depending on the "popularity" of the sites. He called the system [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_page BackRub].

	Here is where my recollection of the details may be fuzzy. I either told this PhD student or thought that I should tell him, "Why waste time on a search engine when we already have Altavista"?		Here is where my recollection of the details may be fuzzy. I either told this PhD student or thought that I should tell him, "Why waste time on a search engine when we already have Altavista"?

Lorensen at 20:27, 22 July 2011

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	~~In 1990~~, I was honored with a GE Coolidge Fellowship, the highest scientific honor at the GE Corporate Research and Development Laboratory(CRD). At that point I had been at GE for 12 years after 10 years in the Watervliet Arsenal Research Lab. ~~I had 22 years of experience in computer graphics and software engineering~~.		"The future ain't what it used to be", [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yogi_berra Yogi Berra]

	In ~~1995~~ I was ~~able to spend six months~~ at ~~Stanford as part of my Coolidge Award~~ (~~see [http://marchingcubes~~.~~org/index~~.~~php/The_Visible_Human_Project for background)]~~.		In 1990, I was honored with a GE Coolidge Fellowship, the highest scientific award at the GE Corporate Research and Development Laboratory (CRD). At that point I had been at GE for 12 years after spending 10 years in the Watervliet Arsenal Research Lab. I had 22 years of experience in computer graphics and software engineering.

	~~My visit~~ to ~~the~~ Stanford ~~Graphics Lab was a great opportunity to share~~ my ~~experience with the young graduate students and, more importantly, to stimulate and rejuvenate me~~.		In 1995 I was able to spend six months at Stanford as part of my Coolidge Award (see [http://marchingcubes.org/index.php/The_Visible_Human_Project background]).

	~~I spent~~ a ~~lot of time interacting~~ with the students and ~~exploring the~~, ~~then new~~, ~~Internet. I created a number of web pages at Stanford that were related~~ to ~~Marching Cubes, Decimation~~ and the Visible Human Project. The Visible Human web pages were very popular. As a guest at Stanford, I was a bit embarrassed that my Visible Human pages were getting many more internet hits that any other Stanford Graphics Lab pages.		My visit to the [http://graphics.stanford.edu/ Stanford Graphics Lab] was a great opportunity to share my experience with the young graduate students and, more importantly, to stimulate and rejuvenate me.

	~~Due, in part to my Internet interests,~~ I ~~met~~ a ~~young Masters student you was working on a new way to search for web pages. At this~~ time, ~~there was Yahoo~~, ~~which was really an index~~ of web pages, ~~not a search engine. There was~~ [http://en.~~wikipedia~~.~~org~~/~~wiki~~/~~Inktomi Inktomi~~]~~, a search engine developed at Berkeley~~, and [http://en.~~wikipedia~~.~~org~~/~~wiki~~/~~Altavista Altavista~~]. ~~Altavista~~ was a ~~great search engine and dominated most searches on the~~ internet. This Masters student described how his search engine differed from the simple keyword search of Altavista and Inktomi. His engine ordered the returned searches depending on the "popularity" of the sites.		I spent a lot of time interacting with the students and exploring the, then new, Internet. I created a number of web pages at Stanford that were related to [http://www.crd.ge.com/esl/cgsp/projects/vm/ the Visible Man], [http://www.crd.ge.com/esl/cgsp/projects/vw/ the Visible Woman], and [http://www.crd.ge.com/esl/cgsp/projects/vw/smooth/smooth.html Decimation and Smoothing]. The Visible Human web pages were very popular. As a guest at Stanford, I was a bit embarrassed that my Visible Human pages were getting many more internet hits that any other Stanford Graphics Lab pages.

	~~Here is where~~ my ~~recollection~~ of ~~the details may be fuzzy~~. ~~I either told him or thought that I should tell him~~, ~~"Why waste time~~ on a search engine ~~when we already have~~ Altavista"?		Due, in part to my Internet interests, I met a young PhD student who was working on a new way to search for web pages. At this time, there was [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo Yahoo], which was really an index of web pages, not a search engine. There was [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inktomi Inktomi], a search engine developed at Berkeley, and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altavista Altavista]. Altavista was a great search engine and dominated most searches on the internet. This Masters student described how his search engine differed from the simple keyword search of Altavista and Inktomi. His engine ordered the returned searches depending on the "popularity" of the sites. He called the system [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_page BackRub].

	~~Fast-forward 6 months~~. I~~'m back at GE. A colleague, Chris, comes to my office to ask a question about some new technology.~~ I ~~say~~, "~~No problem,~~ we~~'ll look it up on~~ Altavista"~~. Chris says, "You're still using Altavista~~? ~~I use Google."~~		Here is where my recollection of the details may be fuzzy. I either told this PhD student or thought that I should tell him, "Why waste time on a search engine when we already have Altavista"?

	~~My reaction was~~, "Oh no, not Google".		Fast-forward 6 months. I'm back at GE. A colleague, Chris, comes to my office to ask a question about some new technology. I say, "No problem, we'll look it up on Altavista". Chris says, "You're still using Altavista? I use Google." I check it out and say, "Oh no, not Google".

	~~The Masters~~ student was Larry Page.		Backrub was now called Google and the PhD student was Larry Page.

	So much for experience...		So much for using my experience to predict the future...

Lorensen: New page: In 1990, I was honored with a GE Coolidge Fellowship, the highest scientific honor at the GE Corporate Research and Development Laboratory(CRD). At that point I had been at GE for 12 years...

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New page: In 1990, I was honored with a GE Coolidge Fellowship, the highest scientific honor at the GE Corporate Research and Development Laboratory(CRD). At that point I had been at GE for 12 years...

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In 1990, I was honored with a GE Coolidge Fellowship, the highest scientific honor at the GE Corporate Research and Development Laboratory(CRD). At that point I had been at GE for 12 years after 10 years in the Watervliet Arsenal Research Lab. I had 22 years of experience in computer graphics and software engineering.

In 1995 I was able to spend six months at Stanford as part of my Coolidge Award (see [http://marchingcubes.org/index.php/The_Visible_Human_Project for background)].

My visit to the Stanford Graphics Lab was a great opportunity to share my experience with the young graduate students and, more importantly, to stimulate and rejuvenate me.

I spent a lot of time interacting with the students and exploring the, then new, Internet. I created a number of web pages at Stanford that were related to Marching Cubes, Decimation and the Visible Human Project. The Visible Human web pages were very popular. As a guest at Stanford, I was a bit embarrassed that my Visible Human pages were getting many more internet hits that any other Stanford Graphics Lab pages.

Due, in part to my Internet interests, I met a young Masters student you was working on a new way to search for web pages. At this time, there was Yahoo, which was really an index of web pages, not a search engine. There was [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inktomi Inktomi], a search engine developed at Berkeley, and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altavista Altavista]. Altavista was a great search engine and dominated most searches on the internet. This Masters student described how his search engine differed from the simple keyword search of Altavista and Inktomi. His engine ordered the returned searches depending on the "popularity" of the sites.

Here is where my recollection of the details may be fuzzy. I either told him or thought that I should tell him, "Why waste time on a search engine when we already have Altavista"?

Fast-forward 6 months. I'm back at GE. A colleague, Chris, comes to my office to ask a question about some new technology. I say, "No problem, we'll look it up on Altavista". Chris says, "You're still using Altavista? I use Google."

My reaction was, "Oh no, not Google".

The Masters student was Larry Page.

So much for experience...