The SIGGRAPH conference has thousands of attendees. One of the reasons I like to go is the opportunity, when things go well, of running into old friends. In some cases I may get to see someone I haven’t seen in years.<\/p>\n
This morning on my way from the hotel to the conference center I saw an old friend walking ahead of me, somewhat in the distance. I hadn’t seen him in years, and I began thinking of all the interesting things we could talk about, and of all the things that had happened since the last time we had spoken. I started walking faster, so I could catch up with him.<\/p>\n
I was surprised to see, as I got a bit nearer, how young looking my friend seemed. Some people, I’ve noticed, just don’t seem to age with the passing years.<\/p>\n
As I got even closer I observed that my old friend wasn’t nearly as tall as I’d remembered him. It’s funny how over time we can exaggerate certain traits in our memory, like height or weight.<\/p>\n
When I was just about close enough to call out to get his attention, I noticed that my friend was the wrong color.<\/p>\n
It was around then that I decided there wouldn’t really be any point in saying hello.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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