Hi ET!

I just reread the text on the VFAQ and also Ken's reply, and there is
nothing rude or "ivory-tower" like about it.
On the contrary: It often happens that people ask the same questions over
and over in a newsgroup. This is quite natural: People logging on to a group
for the first time usually don't read all the older posts (which is
understandable, since there often are quite many). Instead they simply ask
the question they happen to have. And some questions simply show up more
often than others.

This is why FAQs where born: To help the regulars in answering those
questions. Now they don't have to retype the answer each time someone asks
it (which they would soon be tired of, leaving the question simply
unanswered), but can simply point to the FAQ. A very efficient and
comfortable thing for both sides.

If you get annoyed and feel rudly handled when Ken (quite politely and with
lots of understanding for the beginner) points you to the FAQ, then *you*
are the one showing bad netiquette - which leaves you in no position to
complain about those of others.

The povray newssever is especially friendly and helpful. There are almost no
flamewars here, and the ones that happen wouldn't be even noticed in other
groups, calm as they are. Actually your reply to Ken's post was the rudest I
have read on this server for quite some time.
The group is also very helpful to beginners.

Just how friendly and helpful, you can see by the fact, that Ken did not
answer with a brandishing flame to your post, but once again was helpful and
friendly - he even apologized to you, when he had actually done nothing
wrong.
As another example for that he was in *no* way speaking from an ivory tower,
I quote from his first post:

> If it [the VFAQ] doesn't tell you what you want to know then come
> back here and I will try to fill in the blank spots for you.

Sounds *very* helpful to me!

I, as friendly as possible, suggest that you check *your* attitude if you
plan to make friends on and get help from the net.

yours,

Johannes.


ET wrote in message <370DBD43.1E2246A8@primus.com.au>...
>Hi...
>Yes, this might be the most often asked question - its probably got a
>lot to do with no- one bothering to answer in straight precise English.
>As a newcomer to this subject I do find it annoying that there seems to
>be a pathetic lack of plain English explanations and clear simple
>examples of what is quite a difficult, yet rewarding subject.
>
>I asked this question myself recently and was rudely ignored - I will
>now show that it is possilbe to give a simple, clear answer.
>If part of it is wrong, I trust some of you might come down from your
>ivory towers and give a dignified correction.
>
>Your pov effort is saved automatically as either a BMP or TGA file.My
>new povray is saving my efforts as bmp format in an "images" folder it
>created when I installed povray.
>This is, of course, a useless format for most people in this era.
>If you want a gif , you need to  open the saved file using a graphics
>editor, such as Paint shop Pro, and resave the file as a gif file, or as
>a jpg file if you want higher quality.
>
>That is what I know from my humble experience.I hope it helps.
>At least it is more precise and less smart alecky than the link you were
>given.
>
>Regards,
>Eero Tarik
>Adelaide
>South Australia........sunny..........max 24C........lovely...........
>

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