Thanks for trying to save me the work but I think I will try and add the links
to my page anyway, unless you personally object to this somehow? What I will
do is put a notice saying that not all the links are guaranteed to work and to
visit your page for the most up to date version of the links.

Ken wrote:

> Thomas Lake wrote:
> >
> > Some time ago I had an idea of creating a texture database. Well that
> > idea has grown a bit and I have started work on a site I'm calling the
> > Pov-Vault. I hope it will become a portal of sorts to pov users. I will
> > try to have anything and everything "pov" related on the site, including
> > my original idea of a texture database. Also it would be nice if I could
> > consolidate some other resources out there. For example , Ken I would be
> > very pleased indeed if I could add your extensive links collection to
> > the page. Also if anyone else has any sizable resource of links or
> > textures or anything please let me know if I can use them. Also I will
> > be creating a mega gallery of sorts with links to as many personal
> > Pov-Ray galleries as I can find. Don't worry I will give everyone who
> > adds to the site credit. So what do you think?
> >
> > Pov-Vault: http://www.geocities.com/~thomaslake/Pov-Vault/
> >
> > My Site: http://www.geocities.com/~thomaslake/
>
>   Since I have provided access to my links publicly there is little
> I can do to stop you or anyone else from copying the entire collection.
> With the taking of the links goes the responsibility of maintaining them.
> Once they leave my site I am no longer responsible for their up keep.
>
>   I can tell you from direct personal experience that this is no small
> task and one you should consider carefully. For instance I have about
> 15 links that I know need to be deleted or change to reflect changes
> to the URL's for them plus I have a backlog of about 70 new links I
> need to add to the list. You would really have to hustle to keep up
> with me. I generally bookmark and average of twenty new sites a week.
> Sometimes that many in a day if my travels on the net are fruitful.
> I will be stepping up the heat for a while now that I have an outlet
> for them so figure the size of the current links collection should
> double in the net 2 - 3 months or so. I have been holding back a
> little up to now but the stops are out and things are a changin.
>
>   You could as easily link to my site and have a lengthy description
> of why it would be in a visitors best interest to take a trip to my
> page and what kind of content they will find once they are there.
> That way you provide a useful service without having the maintenance
> headaches involved.
>
>   One thing I will try to guarantee right now is that my site will
> remain a site that will NOT be an advertising, banner spammer,
> geocities pop up nuisance, animated nightmare, slow loading,
> Java Script don't work, frivolously framed folly for as long as I
> maintain it. My ISP (bell telephone) has just installed a multi
> million dollar state of the art system and connection times to my
> site should be as fast as your connection to the net is. I do have
> a band width limit but hopefully I wont have to worry about exceeding
> it as long a I keep it simple which are my current plans anyway.
> I intend it to be an information resource and not an amusement site.
>
> It's your call but think carefully about it first.
>
> --
> Ken Tyler
>
> mailto://tylereng@pacbell.net

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