On Sat, 13 Mar 2004 01:20:26 -0000, "scott" <spa### [at] spamcom> wrote:

>IMBJR wrote:
>> On Fri, 12 Mar 2004 08:50:08 -0000, "scott" <sco### [at] spamcom> wrote:
>>
>> > IMBJR wrote:
>> > > On Thu, 11 Mar 2004 08:55:00 -0000, "scott" <sco### [at] spamcom>
>> > > wrote:
>> > >
>> > > > IMBJR wrote:
>> > > > > On Wed, 10 Mar 2004 12:36:15 -0800, "Chambers"
>> > > > > <bdc### [at] yahoocom> wrote:
>> > > > >
>> > > > > > "IMBJR" <no### [at] spamhere> wrote in message
>> > > > > > news:b8as40d47rtbrt8ih37iq1imnhvt7dckqo@4ax.com...
>> > > > > > > Don't kid yourself that this is a community. A community
>> > > > > > > happens in "meatspace", face to face, in real buildings
>> > > > > > > with real progress. This is merely a exchange of data.
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > I will take personal offense at this.
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > This *is* a community.  The individuals here are more
>> > > > > > intelligent, capable, considerate, helpful and productive
>> > > > > > than any other group I have known.  This community produces
>> > > > > > incredible artwork, as well as the tools to create it.  I
>> > > > > > am proud of the fact that I am allowed a space here in
>> > > > > > these forums*, and I don't appreciate your attitude in this
>> > > > > > respect.
>> > > > >
>> > > > > Believe you me, comparing this news server and it contents to
>> > > > > a community is inaccurate to say the least.
>> > > >
>> > > > Look up community in the dictionary "A group of people having
>> > > > common interests" seems to crop up.
>> > >
>> > > Using a dictionary to define such a word is like using the self
>> > > same dictionary to find a recipe for a cake - woefully skimpy on
>> > > detail.
>> >
>> > Haha what a bizarre reply, I suppose you think the "scientific
>> > community" is a city in America somewhere with lots of scientists!
>>
>> ???
>>
>> No, really, using a dictionary as your source is bad form.
>
>Well I feel sorry for you if you think differently, but the English
>dictionary *defines* English words.  How could you possibly argue with the
>dictionary?  Do you have your own version of English?

No, don't be silly. A dictionary is NOT to be used for a tool in a
discussion on the meaning of terms because it cannot do the term
justics.

>
>> > > > > People here post images, binaries, bits of POV code. They
>> > > > > critique images and points of view. Share ideas on POV-Ray
>> > > > > and its satellites of software. Some even discuss off-topic
>> > > > > stuff like on the rest of usenet.
>> > > >
>> > > > Sounds just like a community to me.
>> > >
>> > > No. Sounds like usenet to me.
>> >
>> > Indeed it does, but it *is* also a community (have you still not
>> > looked it up in the dictionary yet?)
>>
>> Again, dictionary usage in such cases is bad form. I know someone who
>> does this all the time at work and he eventually realises that his
>> dictionary is not giving him the full picture.
>
>Please elaborate.

Not to go into great depth but I've often found my reading age greater
than that of my work associates. They gte out the dictionary, only to
find that it provides very little information on the topic at hand.

>
>> > > > > In a real "meatspace" community the depth of interaction
>> > > > > makes the above list of activitys look extremely small. The
>> > > > > true personal touch is where community is really at. This is
>> > > > > merely a digital facimile of a community, and as such does
>> > > > > not go to the nth degree.
>> > > > >
>> > > > > Try comparing this place and its sister groups to, say, a
>> > > > > village or a city - both communities of differing scale. That
>> > > > > will ensure that one will see that this is a merely drop in
>> > > > > the ocean of human interaction.
>> > > >
>> > > > How many people in your village/town/city have you spoken to
>> > > > about POV?  I think this community is far better than my
>> > > > "real-life" one for discussing POV.
>> > >
>> > > Quite a few actually: my wife, people at work, friends I know.
>> > > Don't think of POV as something special that only a select few
>> > > talk about - it's just a piece of software people use.
>> >
>> > Indeed, but not very many people, hence this community is far more
>> > productive than the couple of people I know at work who use POV.
>>
>> Well, obviously.
>
>So, "this place" is not just "a drop in the ocean" then?

Productive only in a tiny aspect of human behaviour.

>

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