On Fri, 12 Mar 2004 08:50:08 -0000, "scott" <sco### [at] spamcom> wrote:

>IMBJR wrote:
>> On Thu, 11 Mar 2004 08:55:00 -0000, "scott" <sco### [at] spamcom> wrote:
>>
>>> IMBJR wrote:
>>>> On Wed, 10 Mar 2004 12:36:15 -0800, "Chambers"
>>>> <bdc### [at] yahoocom> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> "IMBJR" <no### [at] spamhere> wrote in message
>>>>> news:b8as40d47rtbrt8ih37iq1imnhvt7dckqo@4ax.com...
>>>>>> Don't kid yourself that this is a community. A community happens
>>>>>> in "meatspace", face to face, in real buildings with real
>>>>>> progress. This is merely a exchange of data.
>>>>>
>>>>> I will take personal offense at this.
>>>>>
>>>>> This *is* a community.  The individuals here are more intelligent,
>>>>> capable, considerate, helpful and productive than any other group I
>>>>> have known.  This community produces incredible artwork, as well as
>>>>> the tools to create it.  I am proud of the fact that I am allowed a
>>>>> space here in these forums*, and I don't appreciate your attitude
>>>>> in this respect.
>>>>
>>>> Believe you me, comparing this news server and it contents to a
>>>> community is inaccurate to say the least.
>>>
>>> Look up community in the dictionary "A group of people having common
>>> interests" seems to crop up.
>>
>> Using a dictionary to define such a word is like using the self same
>> dictionary to find a recipe for a cake - woefully skimpy on detail.
>
>Haha what a bizarre reply, I suppose you think the "scientific community" is
>a city in America somewhere with lots of scientists!

???

No, really, using a dictionary as your source is bad form.

>
>>>> People here post images, binaries, bits of POV code. They critique
>>>> images and points of view. Share ideas on POV-Ray and its satellites
>>>> of software. Some even discuss off-topic stuff like on the rest of
>>>> usenet.
>>>
>>> Sounds just like a community to me.
>>
>> No. Sounds like usenet to me.
>
>Indeed it does, but it *is* also a community (have you still not looked it
>up in the dictionary yet?)

Again, dictionary usage in such cases is bad form. I know someone who
does this all the time at work and he eventually realises that his
dictionary is not giving him the full picture.

>
>>>> In a real "meatspace" community the depth of interaction makes the
>>>> above list of activitys look extremely small. The true personal
>>>> touch is where community is really at. This is merely a digital
>>>> facimile of a community, and as such does not go to the nth degree.
>>>>
>>>> Try comparing this place and its sister groups to, say, a village
>>>> or a city - both communities of differing scale. That will ensure
>>>> that one will see that this is a merely drop in the ocean of human
>>>> interaction.
>>>
>>> How many people in your village/town/city have you spoken to about
>>> POV?  I think this community is far better than my "real-life" one
>>> for discussing POV.
>>
>> Quite a few actually: my wife, people at work, friends I know. Don't
>> think of POV as something special that only a select few talk about -
>> it's just a piece of software people use.
>
>Indeed, but not very many people, hence this community is far more
>productive than the couple of people I know at work who use POV.

Well, obviously.

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