POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.general : Etymology of bozo : Re: Etymology of bozo Server Time
30 Jul 2024 08:24:41 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Etymology of bozo  
From: Warp
Date: 20 Apr 2009 05:26:31
Message: <49ec3fc7@news.povray.org>
clipka <nomail@nomail> wrote:
> Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote:
> > none <""martin\"@(none)"> wrote:
> > > Why is the bozo pattern called bozo? I have searched around, and the
> > > only reference I've found to a bozo function is in the POV-Ray
> > > documentation. Is it a function that is used just in POV-Ray, or is bozo
> > > a common term for a specific kind of function?
> >
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bozo_the_Clown

> Ah, really? We'd probably *never ever* have found that article without your help
> ;)

> Now where's the connection?

  Are you sure the pattern is not named after the clown?

-- 
                                                          - Warp


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