On Tue, 20 Jun 2000 17:44:19 -0700 Ken <tyl### [at] pacbellnet> wrote:

>Wouldn't that violate some existing statuary statutes ?
><bg>

  Gesundheit!

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"Simen Kvaal" <sim### [at] studentmatnatuiono> wrote in message
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> so finding something _a bit_ more original
> shouldn't be any problem.


What is the value of originality for originality's sake?


Philippe

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"Philippe Debar" <phi### [at] hotmailcom> wrote in message
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>
> "Simen Kvaal" <sim### [at] studentmatnatuiono> wrote in message
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> > so finding something _a bit_ more original
> > shouldn't be any problem.
>
>
> What is the value of originality for originality's sake?
>

When you ask this question, you attack the very foundations of Western
Civilisation and software upgrades. Commie.

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"Mark Gordon" <mtg### [at] mailbagcom> wrote in message
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> Scott Hill wrote:
>
> >     I still recovering from the fact that _anyone_ would be put off
povray
> > by the sight of _rendered_ scantily clad females... Kind of implies
they're
> > put off by a whole host of other art forms...
>
> Maybe if she were rendered with a marble texture, she wouldn't be so
> controversial. ;-)
>

    Precisely. <bg>

    Actually, I'm curious, those who where offended by the poser figure, are
you also offended by statues, sculptures or paintings of scantily clad (or,
shock, horror, nude) subjects ?

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"Tony[B]" <ben### [at] panamac-comnet> wrote in message
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> > PS: Please keep in mind that the POV-Team - unlike large companies -
does
> > not have the money or time to employ a whole department of usability
> experts
> > and web designers to create a "perfect" site.
>
> Don't they have a TAG-Team? Can't they make a special team for the website
> design and maintenance? I'm sure lots of people here would devote their
time
> to helping. I know I would. I have Photoshop. I can be of great
assistance,
> with this powerful tool.
>

    Agreed. It amazes me how often we hear about how the POV team 'can't do
everything'. I don't think anyone expects anything like that from them -
sure we criticise, but, speaking purely for myself, it's intended to be
constructive - I, and I'm sure everyone else, wants POV to be cast in the
best light possible - hell, who wouldn't.
    So, come on POV team, there's a whole host of talent out here, all
devoted to POV, utilise that resource! Need some web-authoring done for the
new site ? Just ask, it's quite clear we have talented web-designers (or is
just vociferous ones ?) frequenting these groups, I'm sure somebody out
there has the time to help out. Need some fancy examples of POV's features ?
Just ask, hell, I'm sure a good number of those reading this knows something
about POV or has developed a technique in POV that everyone else hasn't even
thought about.

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"Simen Kvaal" <sim### [at] studentmatnatuiono> wrote in message
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>
> I think that having a semi-nude model...
>                                         ...splashing in your face like
that can scare some
> people away; especially younger people.

    WHAT ! Old people maybe, but young people ?!! Look around you man, we
live in a world surrounded by images of scantily clad attractive woman being
used to sell all sorts of thing - kids growing up today are more than
comfortable with that image - it's the older generation (40+) that seems to
have a problem with it, while us 20-somethings seem happy enough to just let
people get on with their own lives.

> And _I'd_ doubt the seriousness of
> the product.
>

    How old are you ?

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"Matthew Bennett" <ben### [at] btinternetcom> wrote in message
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>
> Sorry, I don't mean to take it all out on you but I've got a little fed up
> of reading some of the complaints about that one image - I really didn't
> think the POV community were quite so... erm... old, boring and dull (to
put
> it frankly).

    God, I may not believe in you, but if you exist, cheers, mate ! at last
it seems I'm not the only normal [1] person frequenting the pov news server.

>   With some, apparently increasingly rare, exceptions of course.

    <Grin> I hope I'm including in that rare number ? Feels odd being
endangered species, in the environment anyway, doesn't it ?

> I don't mean to offend anyone (though quite obviously this post would have
> done in any case) but it's all just a little frustrating.
>

    It's diffucult to say anything now-a-days without offending _someone_.
Very sad state of affairs if you ask me.

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"Chris Cason" <nospam@noemail> wrote in message
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> PS FWIW, I got the inspiration (if you can call it that) for the colour
> scheme from www.planetquake.com. I personally like muted, dark schemes and
> took the advice of the old saying 'if you can't please everybody you might
> as well please yourself'. It's impossible to please every user about the
> scheme, so there's no use even trying.
>

    Keep it dark ! Keep it muted ! I love it.

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"Tom Melly" <tom### [at] tomandluf9couk> wrote in message
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>
> "Philippe Debar" <phi### [at] hotmailcom> wrote in message
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> >
> > "Simen Kvaal" <sim### [at] studentmatnatuiono> wrote in message
> > news:394f3044$1@news.povray.org...
> > > so finding something _a bit_ more original
> > > shouldn't be any problem.
> >
> >
> > What is the value of originality for originality's sake?
> >
>
> When you ask this question, you attack the very foundations of Western
> Civilisation and software upgrades. Commie.
>

    Since when have software upgrades ever offered anything original ? ;-)

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"Mike Weber" <mik### [at] pyxiscom> wrote in message
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> I like it that it loads faster which is the best part..
>
> The girl looks great!! I don't care how she was created. But having her
> there makes the site male biased and possibly scare away any females.. - I
> certainly wouldn't like to visit the site as often it there was a male
> figure with just a g-string...
>

    Why ?

> I think the spiraling movement of the image-de-jour should be static.
>
>

    Eh? Static movement now that's something I'd like to see. ;-)

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