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14 Aug 2024 18:03:07 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Sugoi!!!  
From: Timothy R  Cook
Date: 23 Sep 2002 08:49:55
Message: <3d8f0df3@news.povray.org>
Xplo Eristotle wrote:
>> the top characters translate to daydream/fantasy/fancy/vision 's
>> persistence/fortitude/indomitability, or, persistence of vision

> Nice, but.. doesn't the "vision" in POV refer to an ability to see?
> Your version is more romantic, but hardly accurate ;P

The 'vision' in POV might or might not refer to an ability to see,
it isn't specified in the context.  There were several dozen varieties
of 'vision' in my japanese/english dictionary, I picked the one I
liked best.

-- 
Tim Cook
http://empyrean.scifi-fantasy.com
mirror: http://personal.lig.bellsouth.net/lig/z/9/z993126

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