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From: Doctor John
Date: 4 Apr 2008 08:33:19
Message: <47f62e1f$4@news.povray.org>
Thomas de Groot wrote:
> "Kenneth" <kdw### [at] earthlinknet> schreef in bericht 
> news:web.47f471b31caac34e78dcad930@news.povray.org...
>> Hmm, seems my little joke fell flat.  :-(  Meaning, one screw type is just 
>> as
>> hi-tech (or low-tech) as another...compared to future technology. (Yes, 
>> yes, I
>> know, some screws *are* better than others, in the here-and-now.) But this
>> cool-looking orb has a fantastical quality about it-- Earth-y yet alien--  
>> so a
>> mix of technologies, old and new, seems very appropriate.
>>
>> Actually, I like the slotted screws. They look uncluttered, and the single 
>> slot
>> clearly shows off their "random tightening."
>>
> 
> I am in favour of rivets....  :-)
> 
> Thomas
> 
> 
Unfortunately, rivet guns upset the delicate electronics within the shell.

John

-- 
I will be brief but not nearly so brief as Salvador Dali, who gave the
world's shortest speech. He said, "I will be so brief I am already
finished," then he sat down.


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