Rune wrote:
> Email I got:
> 
> "Hello
> 
> I have an idea to use holograms to aid in camouflage while hunting. My idea 
> is that the hunter could carry a digital camera, photograph the terrain 
> right where he wants to sit and wait for his quarry, upload the photo into a 
> small holographic projector, and then project the image onto himself, or 
> onto a light mesh screen or some other see through fabric as camouflage.
> 
> Would you be interested in teaming up to develop and market this type of 
> product? I have contacts who do the marketing and some development but do 
> not have the expertise in the area of holograms, and also some contacts at 
> Cabela's.
> 
> Thank you for your time.
> 
> [name removed]
> Construction Manager
> TIC - The Industrial Company Wyoming, Inc."
> 
> I don't know what is most funny. That he thinks that holograms can just be 
> created from any regular photo and then projected onto any surface, that he 
> thinks people would actually carry and set up such a kit while hunting [not 
> that I have any experience with hunting, but it sounds clumsy], or that he 
> thinks it would be any useful. I mean, will the dear go like "Ooh, there's 
> some of the forest shaped like a person. How ever more convincing it is than 
> if he had worn regular camouflage clothes!"
> 
> What should I answer...? :D
That it'll probably would result in an arms race where the deer have to 
buy holographic projectors themselves. That that would result in their 
bankruptcy given their low cash status. Which would mean the end of 
hunting.

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