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On Thu, 06 Aug 2009 16:42:48 -0400, Warp wrote:
> Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospam com> wrote:
>> On Thu, 06 Aug 2009 14:24:29 -0400, Warp wrote:
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>> > It must be something like 15 or so years since I first saw a
>> > reference to the "AWSOME ROLEX!" (if I'm remembering the typo
>> > correctly) here. I'm not even sure what the origin of this meme is,
>> > and whether it's exclusive to the povray community, or to more
>> > generic rendering communities.
>> >
>> > Does anyone remember the history of the expression?
>
>> Spammers trying to sell fake Rolex watches.
>
> I'm almost certain that's not the history of the expression here.
Well, I remember seeing the subject line in spam mail before spam filters
got better....so perhaps the person who posted the original post with
that image/idea in it was spoofing the spam messages.
You asked where it started - I would not be surprised if it didn't start
with the spammers' subject lines being spoofed by someone saying "let's
make a watch that looks like a Rolex and use that subject for my posting
of the image".
Jim
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From: Jeremy "UncleHoot" Praay
Subject: Re: AWSOME ROLEX! Where did it start?
Date: 7 Aug 2009 15:05:00
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"Vincent Le Chevalier" <gal### [at] libertyALLsurfSP AMfr> wrote in
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> Isn't it this one?
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http://news.povray.org/povray.binaries.images/thread/%3C371e9151.0%40news.povray.org%3E/
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I'm pretty sure it is. This happened a couple years before I showed up, but
I remember reading about it a few years ago.
So, he actually used pasted-on textures, rather than creatnig a nice
rendering using metallic textures?
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Warp <war### [at] tag povray org> wrote:
> So has the expression come to mean "superbly photorealistic rendering"
> or "fake plagiarism"? I must confess I'm not exactly sure.
>
Actual plagiarism misrepresented as raytraced art, or non-value-added
photorealism.
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"Vincent Le Chevalier" <gal### [at] libertyALLsurfSP AMfr> wrote in
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> Mike Raiford a écrit :
>> Mike Raiford wrote:
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>>> Search p.b.i the original posting should still be there.
>>
>> Hmm. p.b.i doesn't seem to carry that post anymore.. :(
>>
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> Isn't it this one?
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http://news.povray.org/povray.binaries.images/thread/%3C371e9151.0%40news.povray.org%3E/
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> --
> Vincent
Indeed, that is the original that started it all. I'm quite surprised Warp
doesn't remember it cause I sure do. The group has been having fun with that
one ever since.
Ken
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Hmm, this is far more awesome:
http://www.ignorancia.org/uploads/images/reloj/reloj-HDRI-5-tk-refl-nc.jpg
and is truthfully pov. :-)
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nemesis <nam### [at] gmail com> wrote:
> http://www.ignorancia.org/uploads/images/reloj/reloj-HDRI-5-tk-refl-nc.jpg
Reading the name of the watch made me laugh.
--
- Warp
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Warp wrote:
> nemesis <nam### [at] gmail com> wrote:
>> http://www.ignorancia.org/uploads/images/reloj/reloj-HDRI-5-tk-refl-nc.jpg
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> Reading the name of the watch made me laugh.
>
Same here, that image really is awesome :-).
-Aero
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On 9-8-2009 7:08, nemesis wrote:
> Hmm, this is far more awesome:
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> http://www.ignorancia.org/uploads/images/reloj/reloj-HDRI-5-tk-refl-nc.jpg
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> and is truthfully pov. :-)
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>
Why did you misspell awsome?
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andrel <a_l### [at] hotmail com> wrote:
> On 9-8-2009 7:08, nemesis wrote:
> > Hmm, this is far more awesome:
> >
> > http://www.ignorancia.org/uploads/images/reloj/reloj-HDRI-5-tk-refl-nc.jpg
> >
> > and is truthfully pov. :-)
> >
> >
> Why did you misspell awsome?
awch! :P
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nemesis wrote:
> Hmm, this is far more awesome:
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> http://www.ignorancia.org/uploads/images/reloj/reloj-HDRI-5-tk-refl-nc.jpg
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> and is truthfully pov. :-)
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Now, *that's* an awsome rolex! XD
--
~Mike
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