TV news question

[mel at destricted.com]

my god thats quite weird, but fascinating, would love to know myself.

On Thursday, February 3, 2005, at 11:01  am, Thomas Vincent wrote:

> Hi there,
> ?
> ?
> I've been pondering this for some time - apologies if this has been 
> covered before:
> ?
> Can anyone tell me, why, when Japanese television news/current 
> affairs/financial news programs wish to present something graphically, 
> a physical, rather than?a computer model?is very often used?
> ?
> I haven't lived in Japan for 18 months, so I'm not certain this is 
> still usual practice. However, a typical?example of this would be the 
> reconstructions of the September 11th attacks, made with physical 
> model airplanes on a rod, and a cardboard manhattan/world trade 
> centre, etc.
> ?
> Any thoughts on why this is done, rather than producing simulations, 
> graphs with a computer?
> ?
> Thanks.
> ?
> Tom
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