I think I'll nail this to the door of the local Microsoft Certified Partner
IT company and change my name to Martin Luther.

Jim

"Jim Kress" <dea### [at] kressworkscom> wrote in message
news:3ba80152@news.povray.org...
> You are correct.  With the advent of the PC, the computer priesthood (who
> stood between the masses and the mainframe) lost their exalted place in
> society's firmament.  Programs like POVRay and simple tools like basic and
> HTML only further exacerbated that reduction in power and prestige held by
> the priests of the machine.
>
> They have stewed over this for years.  Now they are working to be come
> ascendant again.
>
> All one has to do is look at the new developments in basic (e.g. object
> oriented visual basic), HTML (XML), and simple programs like POVRay to see
> their method of choice.  They have decided d that if they can make tools
> (that were previously simple things that ordinary people could do)  very
> complicated and complex to use, the poor, teeming masses of the regular
user
> community will be forced into supplication again.
>
> They will try to confuse you by talking about added features and more
> powerful applications but, at the end of the day, the average schmoo like
> you and me find that the things we could do easily before now require
> priestly intervention for success.
>
> It's a sad thing but something we must continue to resist.  Computers
should
> be for people to use without the requirement of priestly intervention.
>
>
> Jim
>
>
> has decided to reassert their control over PCs
> "Jamie Davison" <jam### [at] ntlworldcom> wrote in message
> news:MPG.1611abca539fd5fd989a0f@news.povray.org...
> > Is it just me, or does POV seem to be turning more and more into a
> > programmers toy...
> >
> > I started back in the days of 2.2, when the requirements for using POV
> > were more 3D geometry, but now, with Isosurfaces, loops etc. it seems to
> > require programming skills to use to the full.
> >
> > I am not a programmer, this is why I use Moray to put scenes together,
> > but this question was prompted by the number of people in the 'Most
> > common way to make POV files?' thread that have said thay they write, or
> > have written prgrams to output POV code.
> >
> > <sigh> Maybe I'm just bitter and twisted, but I'd still like to know
what
> > people think.
> >
> > Bye for now,
> >      Jamie.
>
>

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