Q: How many POV-Ray users does it take to change a light bulb?

A: 227.

  1 to ask how to do it in povray.general.
  8 to answer the question
  1 to post an article wondering how Ken Tyler can answer so fast to the
questions.
  26 to start a thread about what's the best way to model a working light
bulb with POV-Ray.
  1 to post that although he puts the camera just right in front of the
light bulb, he can't see anything.
  3 to answer with a URL to the povVFAQ page.
  2 to complain that answering with just a URL is not polite.
  10 to justify the URL post and to explain why it's a good answer.
  1 to suggest a new light_bulb primitive for the next version on POV-Ray.
  5 to laugh at this.
  1 to make a light bulb #macro and post it in povray.text.scene-files.
  1 to post a "you have been raytracing too long"-joke about light bulbs.
  37 to answer to this with their own "raytracing too long"-jokes.
  1 to start a "POV-ray users using light bulbs"-survey and to render a world
map indicating the location of the users.
  129 to participate in the survey.

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main(i,_){for(_?--i,main(i+2,"FhhQHFIJD|FQTITFN]zRFHhhTBFHhhTBFysdB"[i]
):5;i&&_>1;printf("%s",_-70?_&1?"[]":" ":(_=0,"\n")),_/=2);} /*- Warp -*/

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Nieminen Mika wrote:
> 
> Q: How many POV-Ray users does it take to change a light bulb?
> 
> A: 227.
> 
>   1 to ask how to do it in povray.general.
>   8 to answer the question
>   1 to post an article wondering how Ken Tyler can answer so fast to the
> questions.
>   26 to start a thread about what's the best way to model a working light
> bulb with POV-Ray.
>   1 to post that although he puts the camera just right in front of the
> light bulb, he can't see anything.
>   3 to answer with a URL to the povVFAQ page.
>   2 to complain that answering with just a URL is not polite.
>   10 to justify the URL post and to explain why it's a good answer.
>   1 to suggest a new light_bulb primitive for the next version on POV-Ray.
>   5 to laugh at this.
>   1 to make a light bulb #macro and post it in povray.text.scene-files.
>   1 to post a "you have been raytracing too long"-joke about light bulbs.
>   37 to answer to this with their own "raytracing too long"-jokes.
>   1 to start a "POV-ray users using light bulbs"-survey and to render a world
> map indicating the location of the users.
>   129 to participate in the survey.
> 
> --
> main(i,_){for(_?--i,main(i+2,"FhhQHFIJD|FQTITFN]zRFHhhTBFHhhTBFysdB"[i]
> ):5;i&&_>1;printf("%s",_-70?_&1?"[]":" ":(_=0,"\n")),_/=2);} /*- Warp -*/


You forgot to mention the one who's asking for the new newsgroup
povray.modelling.lightbulb!

Marc
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Sorry, I've just got to have a response of laughter...

Ba HA HA HAH AH HAH AHAHAHHA HAH AHA  LOL LOL LOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!!

he he he

he he

he

(snigger)

he he he

he he

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And the one saying that when he used to need lightbulbes he felt good
talking to people that HAD lightbulbs.
And the one wondering whether a 3d scanner would allow him to scan a 3d
lightbuld
the one that scanned a lightbulb with his regular scanner and made a
hightfield out of it.
the 24 that start scanning different models of lightbulbs
the one that suggests starting a lightbulb database
the 3 that say its a good idea
the 6 that decide to make an ILP (Internet Lightbulb Project)
the 279 that join

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Nieminen Mika wrote:
> 
> Q: How many POV-Ray users does it take to change a light bulb?
> 
> A: 227.

I don't get it.

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:D
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LOL!!!

Johannes

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You've had a class in statistical theory I see. And a success at the
Comedy Nightclub as well. Some truly funny stuff to read here, been a
while (if ever?).
Sorry to say though that the second to last count is wrong. It takes at
least two there, so maybe it's really 228 total.
Am I wetting down the comedy yet? Didn't mean to.


Nieminen Mika wrote:
> 
> Q: How many POV-Ray users does it take to change a light bulb?
> 
> A: 227.
> 
>   1 to ask how to do it in povray.general.
>   8 to answer the question
>   1 to post an article wondering how Ken Tyler can answer so fast to the
> questions.
>   26 to start a thread about what's the best way to model a working light
> bulb with POV-Ray.
>   1 to post that although he puts the camera just right in front of the
> light bulb, he can't see anything.
>   3 to answer with a URL to the povVFAQ page.
>   2 to complain that answering with just a URL is not polite.
>   10 to justify the URL post and to explain why it's a good answer.
>   1 to suggest a new light_bulb primitive for the next version on POV-Ray.
>   5 to laugh at this.
>   1 to make a light bulb #macro and post it in povray.text.scene-files.
>   1 to post a "you have been raytracing too long"-joke about light bulbs.
>   37 to answer to this with their own "raytracing too long"-jokes.
>   1 to start a "POV-ray users using light bulbs"-survey and to render a world
> map indicating the location of the users.
>   129 to participate in the survey.
> 
> --
> main(i,_){for(_?--i,main(i+2,"FhhQHFIJD|FQTITFN]zRFHhhTBFHhhTBFysdB"[i]
> ):5;i&&_>1;printf("%s",_-70?_&1?"[]":" ":(_=0,"\n")),_/=2);} /*- Warp -*/

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HAHAHAHA

Then consider the result being posted to
alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.lightbulbs.

steve

Nieminen Mika wrote:

> Q: How many POV-Ray users does it take to change a light bulb?
>
> A: 227.
>
>   1 to ask how to do it in povray.general.
>   8 to answer the question
>   1 to post an article wondering how Ken Tyler can answer so fast to the
> questions.
>   26 to start a thread about what's the best way to model a working light
> bulb with POV-Ray.
>   1 to post that although he puts the camera just right in front of the
> light bulb, he can't see anything.
>   3 to answer with a URL to the povVFAQ page.
>   2 to complain that answering with just a URL is not polite.
>   10 to justify the URL post and to explain why it's a good answer.
>   1 to suggest a new light_bulb primitive for the next version on POV-Ray.
>   5 to laugh at this.
>   1 to make a light bulb #macro and post it in povray.text.scene-files.
>   1 to post a "you have been raytracing too long"-joke about light bulbs.
>   37 to answer to this with their own "raytracing too long"-jokes.
>   1 to start a "POV-ray users using light bulbs"-survey and to render a world
> map indicating the location of the users.
>   129 to participate in the survey.
>
> --
> main(i,_){for(_?--i,main(i+2,"FhhQHFIJD|FQTITFN]zRFHhhTBFHhhTBFysdB"[i]
> ):5;i&&_>1;printf("%s",_-70?_&1?"[]":" ":(_=0,"\n")),_/=2);} /*- Warp -*/

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Steve wrote:
> 
> HAHAHAHA
> 
> Then consider the result being posted to
> alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.lightbulbs.
> 
> steve

Then there's the stunt a friend of mine meant to play a few years ago. 
He took a bunch of pictures of the local power plant and scanned them,
but he chickened out before actually posting them to
alt.binaries.pictures.utilities. ;-)


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