Tom Galvin wrote:
> Michael Raiford wrote:
> 
>>
>> I completely dissagree with you. I have to side with Thorsten on this 
>> particular issue. He was a complete troll. And -- yeah, I tossed a few 
>> bread crumbs his way, so I'm just as guilty.
>>
>> I don't think there was a well meaning bone in his body when he made 
>> the post. Its apparently either a whining session or a post with malace. 
> 
> 
> I read all his posts.  Inculding the multiple ones where he apologized 
> for misunderstandings.  Stated clearly that he was not demanding 
> anything, rather making suggestions for improvement(however misguided in 
> tone or content), and acknowledged misunderstandings over terminology 
> usage.
> 
> There was a similar dust-up several months ago over Open-GL and Scanline 
> rendering with a lot of initial resisitance, and a few rude remarks.
> 
> http://news.povray.org/povray.general/thread/%3C3eda5cd8$1@news.povray.org%3E/ 

Maybe its me, but... his tone seemed a bit less...hostile than the tone 
Paris has used.

> 
> That poster a few weeks later released a OpenGL wireframe preview patch
> 
> http://www.daylongraphics.com/other/povray/patches/index.htm

Thats a kinda cool patch. Much like Moray's preview I would imagine

> Paris did not use profanity, or deride the povray authors ancestry.  His 
> critiques were specific, and he used the commercial packages as 
> references for feature comparisons.  IMHO, this newsgroup could use a 
> little more tolerance to alternate viewpoints and newcomers.

After reading the responses to the OGL Post above, I'd have to say... 
yes, you're right on that count.

> If you read his website you would see that he is actually a fan of POV-Ray.
> 
> http://paris1839.tripod.com/computers/computiary.html

Hmm. so he does actually like POVRay.. thats actually suprising, but he 
appears to be a bit of a blowhard, even his tone on his webpage seems a 
bit agressive.. more of a "Look at me, I can do better than the original 
artist" Not taking into account that the chessboard image was actually 
created long ago and has not been since updated.

>>> BDW was a troll.
>>
>>
>>
>> I wish I had known him when he was posting before he was killbanned. 
>> Ohh well.
> 
> 
> He left of his own accord.

Hmm, so I have been told multiple times. I thought he was banned from 
the servers much like IMBJR was.

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