Nieminen Mika wrote in message <37b19a95@news.povray.org>...
>Bernd M. Jordan <ber### [at] sbssiemenscom> wrote:
>: One thing that struck me while following the discussion (which, btw, is
>: really way off topic) is that some of you use a newsreader from the old
>: times, i.e. when the net was used only by students and other members of
the
>: mental elite. Yet, all of you cannot wait until a new version of PoV-Ray
>: comes out. That IMHO is schizophrenic.
>
>  I don't think that anyone here uses an old-time newsreader. I suppose
that
>everyone uses the latest version available. Newer versions have always
>newer features.

That's my point!

>  It's just like with povray: No-one uses pov2.2 anymore. Just a few use
>pov3.0. Most people use the latest version.
>  The fact that povray has existed for a long time doesn't make it an old
>program. You can't say "povray is an old program, you should upgrade to
>3DStudio".

I did not say PoV-Ray is an old program.

>  In the same way: The fact that a news reader has existed for a very long
>time doesn't make it an old program.

I didn't say that either. However, my feeling is that a newsreader unable to
process VCards, or any other form of binary attachment is lacking some of
the new features. In this case I would upgrade to take advantage of them.

>
>--
>main(i,_){for(_?--i,main(i+2,"FhhQHFIJD|FQTITFN]zRFHhhTBFHhhTBFysdB"[i]
>):5;i&&_>1;printf("%s",_-70?_&1?"[]":" ":(_=0,"\n")),_/=2);} /*- Warp -*/

.....Opinions are my own....
Bernd M. Jordan
URL: http://members.aol.com/berndmj/

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