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  Re: Regarding Australian content filtering...  
From: Patrick Elliott
Date: 24 Jan 2011 12:56:45
Message: <4d3dbd5d$1@news.povray.org>
On 1/24/2011 10:32 AM, andrel wrote:
> On 24-1-2011 15:26, UncleHoot wrote:
>> "Orchid XP v8"<voi### [at] devnull> wrote in message
>> news:4d3ad55f$1@news.povray.org...
>>> On 22/01/2011 03:56 AM, Patrick Elliott wrote:
>>>
>>>> stupid people imagine computers
>>>> are "magic", and all they have to do is demand someone make it happen,
>>>> and it will work, somehow, eventually...
>>>
>>> I think you just articulated "reason #1 why computer projects fail"...
>>>
>>
>> Reminds me of an idea that I had for a comic strip that I'd like to
>> paste on
>> my cubicle.
>>
>> Panel 1:
>> (young man talking to wizard)
>> young man: So... I really want this girl to fall in love with me.
>> wizard: Hmmm...
>>
>> Panel 2:
>> (wizard looks pensive)
>> wizard: What you are asking is not simple. There are a variety of factors
>> to consider. I should be able to give you an estimate within a couple of
>> days, but you're probably looking at a couple weeks of work, at a
>> minimum.
>> This will not be cheap.
>>
>> Panel 3:
>> (young man looks shocked, wizard looks stern)
>> young man: What??? I can't afford that! I thought this would just take a
>> couple of minutes!
>> wizard: Well what do you think this is? Computer programming???
>>
>
> So why don't you draw that? creating comics has been done
> before in this group.
>
If he could draw, he wouldn't be doing POV-Ray? lol Seriously though, I 
have had ideas I would have loved to do too, but I can't draw with shit, 
and 3D-ing it would have been an even bigger pain in the ass.

-- 
void main () {

     if version = "Vista" {
       call slow_by_half();
       call DRM_everything();
     }
     call functional_code();
   }
   else
     call crash_windows();
}

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