POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.off-topic : Geometric puzzle : Re: Geometric puzzle Server Time
9 Oct 2024 04:16:13 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Geometric puzzle  
From: Jim Henderson
Date: 16 Dec 2009 15:51:55
Message: <4b29486b$1@news.povray.org>
On Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:43:20 +0000, Orchid XP v8 wrote:

>>>>> So far I can't figure out how to even change the 3D view. :-|
>>>> Clearly it's impossible, then. <scnr>
>>> I'd be surprised if that's the case. (Although it might be; maybe you
>>> have to change mode or something if you want other 3D views? It's
>>> plausible.)
>>>
>>> Actually, it turns out you just have to use the middle... mouse...
>>> button... Oh dear.
>> 
>> I was just poking a little fun at you (which you've probably figured
>> out anyways), because you have a penchant for saying "that's
>> impossible" when it's just something you don't know about or how to do.
>> ;-)
> 
> In this case, I refuse to believe that even a Python programmer would be
> stupid enough to write a huge 3D program that can't, you know, display
> things in 3D.
> 
> And I was right. Unfortunately, Python programmers *are* apparently
> stupid enough to think that everybody has a 3-button mouse... >_<

An assertion that's easy to prove.  Python runs on Macs.  Macs typically 
have a *1* button mouse.

The defense rests, m'lud.

Jim


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