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Ken wrote:
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> Warp wrote:
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> > Ken <tyl### [at] pacbell net> wrote:
> > : POV-Ray began it's existence in May of 1991 making the program 9 years
> > : of age this month. Long may she live !
> >
> > She?
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> She!
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Never thought of it as female gender. It?
OTOH it (she) can quite bitchy sometimes ... :-)
Happy Birthday!
Marc
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Marc Schimmler
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> > : POV-Ray began it's existence in May of 1991 making the program 9 years
> > : of age this month. Long may she live !
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> > She?
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> She!
please share how you managed to determine POVray's gender (or maybe we had
better not know - oooo)
9years good going tho !, concidering the way its developed
Rick
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9 Years Old? Wow! BTW, I think it's more of an "it".
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>Never thought of it as female gender. It?
Did you ever see the Saturday Night Live sketch in which these two guys are
talking about their wives and their ships?:
-So, how's your wife?
--It's fine.
-And how's your daughter?
--It's doing great. It's birthday is coming up.
-That's nice. Congratulations.
--Thanks. Hey, I got a new boat.
-Really? What's she like?
--She's a real beauty.
Notice the gender thing going on there? :)
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Most vehicles (ships, cars, carts, wagons) that men are proud of
get called "she". But if the thing really "ticks us off", it becomes
"that thing", "hunk of junk", "bitch", or anything else. It would seem
that if we love it, it becomes "she". Just like the joke TonyB shared.
Maybe this concept can be applied to programs also.
"Rick [Kitty5]" wrote:
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> > > : POV-Ray began it's existence in May of 1991 making the program 9 years
> > > : of age this month. Long may she live !
> > >
> > > She?
> >
> > She!
>
> please share how you managed to determine POVray's gender (or maybe we had
> better not know - oooo)
>
> 9years good going tho !, concidering the way its developed
>
> Rick
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TonyB wrote:
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> >Never thought of it as female gender. It?
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> Did you ever see the Saturday Night Live sketch in which these two guys are
> talking about their wives and their ships?:
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> -So, how's your wife?
> --It's fine.
> -And how's your daughter?
> --It's doing great. It's birthday is coming up.
> -That's nice. Congratulations.
> --Thanks. Hey, I got a new boat.
> -Really? What's she like?
> --She's a real beauty.
>
> Notice the gender thing going on there? :)
Ships are female in german, too.
Programs have a neutral gender.
Always.
Marc
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Marc Schimmler
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"Marc Schimmler" <sch### [at] icauni-stuttgartde> wrote in message >
> Ships are female in german, too.
Eeer.., like "das Schiff" and "das Boot" you mean? ;-)
Johannes.
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Marc Schimmler wrote in message <391AC417.F45F4F03@ica.uni-stuttgart.de>...
>TonyB wrote:
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>Ships are female in german, too.
>Programs have a neutral gender.
hmph. Well after the results of this evening I can say that
my computer is definatly male!!! *Tried* to install pws,
it crashed half way through and now won't even boot.
Tried to do something nice for it and see what I get...
<Walks away muttering and swearing in assorted languages>
Gail
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"Rick [Kitty5]" wrote:
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> > > : POV-Ray began it's existence in May of 1991 making the program 9 years
> > > : of age this month. Long may she live !
> > >
> > > She?
> >
> > She!
>
> please share how you managed to determine POVray's gender (or maybe we had
> better not know - oooo)
Because "she" makes my neural nets feel all warm and fuzzy inside when
I communicate with here.
--
Ken Tyler - 1400+ POV-Ray, Graphics, 3D Rendering, and Raytracing Links:
http://home.pacbell.net/tylereng/index.html http://www.povray.org/links/
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On Thu, 11 May 2000 12:00:40 -0400, Serge LAROCQUE
<sg_### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
>I think the Russians (in the days of the Soviet Union) had a male gender for
>their ships. At least they did in Tom Clancy books :-)
Depends on the type of ship. In Russian (and all Slavic languages) all
nouns have a gender. For example, in Bulgarian a boat is feminine and
a ship is masculine.
Peter Popov ICQ : 15002700
Personal e-mail : pet### [at] usanet
TAG e-mail : pet### [at] tagpovrayorg
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