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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