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!

>>> 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?)

>>> 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.

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