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From: Simon
Subject: Can we stop the flame wars?
Date: 17 Oct 2007 15:47:26
Message: <471666ce@news.povray.org>
This is ridiculous!

I come on the newsgroups after a couple of weeks away to catch up on what's 
happening and all I can find is petty bickering.

1. Some of you don't like others - Live with it
2. Some of you are incredibly rude - Personally, I think if you can't take 
the time to be polite, I  won't take the time to read your response, but I 
stick by point 1 - You've got as much right to post as I do.

The only thing I would point out is that this is supposed to be a community 
and new members having threads hijacked for battles is NOT a good way to 
make them feel welcome. If we're trying to encourage a place for people to 
sit back, share ideas and show off some truly fantastic and innovative 
renderings, why scare new members off for a petty argument?

(and if you don't like this post, see point 1 above)

--Simon


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From: Tim Cook
Subject: Re: Can we stop the flame wars?
Date: 17 Oct 2007 15:58:46
Message: <47166976$1@news.povray.org>
Simon wrote:
> This is ridiculous!
> 
> I come on the newsgroups after a couple of weeks away to catch up on what's 
> happening and all I can find is petty bickering.
> 
> 1. Some of you don't like others - Live with it
> 2. Some of you are incredibly rude - Personally, I think if you can't take 
> the time to be polite, I  won't take the time to read your response, but I 
> stick by point 1 - You've got as much right to post as I do.
> 
> The only thing I would point out is that this is supposed to be a community 
> and new members having threads hijacked for battles is NOT a good way to 
> make them feel welcome. If we're trying to encourage a place for people to 
> sit back, share ideas and show off some truly fantastic and innovative 
> renderings, why scare new members off for a petty argument?
> 
> (and if you don't like this post, see point 1 above)
> 
> --Simon 

Awwww, shaddup.  [insert lengthy flame here]

XD

-- 
Tim Cook
http://home.bellsouth.net/p/PWP-empyrean

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From: Simon
Subject: Re: Can we stop the flame wars?
Date: 17 Oct 2007 16:04:21
Message: <47166ac5@news.povray.org>
"Tim Cook" <z99### [at] bellsouthnet> wrote in message 
news:47166976$1@news.povray.org...
>
> Awwww, shaddup.  [insert lengthy flame here]

Q.E.D.


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From: Samuel Benge
Subject: Re: Can we stop the flame wars?
Date: 17 Oct 2007 16:21:53
Message: <47166ee1@news.povray.org>
Simon wrote:
> This is ridiculous!
<cull>
> If we're trying to encourage a place for people to 
> sit back, share ideas and show off some truly fantastic and innovative 
> renderings, why scare new members off for a petty argument?

Now I feel bad for getting a little peeved at a guy over in p.new-users 
:/ Not that it was a terribly hot flame (because it wasn't), but the 
tone wasn't too nice.

Sam <tiptoeing away>


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From: Warp
Subject: Re: Can we stop the flame wars?
Date: 17 Oct 2007 17:02:01
Message: <47167848@news.povray.org>
What flame wars?

-- 
                                                          - Warp


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From: Zeger Knaepen
Subject: Re: Can we stop the flame wars?
Date: 17 Oct 2007 17:19:26
Message: <47167c5e$1@news.povray.org>
Could you give a specific example of what you mean?  Because I haven't seen 
any flame-wars on this server, although I don't read every newsgroup

oh, and uhm... Tim Cook was joking, as one should be able to determine by 
his use of a smiley.

cu!
-- 
#macro G(b,e)b+(e-b)*C/50#end#macro _(b,e,k,l)#local C=0;#while(C<50)
sphere{G(b,e)+3*z.1pigment{rgb G(k,l)}finish{ambient 1}}#local C=C+1;
#end#end _(y-x,y,x,x+y)_(y,-x-y,x+y,y)_(-x-y,-y,y,y+z)_(-y,y,y+z,x+y)
_(0x+y.5+y/2x)_(0x-y.5+y/2x)            // ZK http://www.povplace.com


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From: Gail Shaw
Subject: Re: Can we stop the flame wars?
Date: 17 Oct 2007 17:49:53
Message: <47168381@news.povray.org>
"Simon" <povray@*NOSPAM*SOWare.co.uk> wrote in message
news:47166ac5@news.povray.org...
> "Tim Cook" <z99### [at] bellsouthnet> wrote in message
> news:47166976$1@news.povray.org...
> >
> > Awwww, shaddup.  [insert lengthy flame here]
>
> Q.E.D.
>

Set sarcasm_detector = on


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From: Tim Cook
Subject: Re: Can we stop the flame wars?
Date: 17 Oct 2007 17:52:16
Message: <47168410$1@news.povray.org>
Zeger Knaepen wrote:
> Could you give a specific example of what you mean?  Because I haven't seen 
> any flame-wars on this server, although I don't read every newsgroup
> 
> oh, and uhm... Tim Cook was joking, as one should be able to determine by 
> his use of a smiley.

That and the obvious lack of effort bothering to come up with a real flame.

-- 
Tim Cook
http://home.bellsouth.net/p/PWP-empyrean

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N++ o? K- w(+) O? M-(--) V? PS+(+++) PE(--) Y(--)
PGP-(--) t* 5++>+++++ X+ R* tv+ b++(+++) DI
D++(---) G(++) e*>++ h+ !r--- !y--
------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------


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From: Jim Charter
Subject: Re: Can we stop the flame wars?
Date: 17 Oct 2007 19:28:32
Message: <47169aa0$1@news.povray.org>
Simon wrote:
> This is ridiculous!

Qua?????????

Normally I would suggest you grow a thicker skin, but in this case maybe 
  just a skin,... or a membrane,... or something.


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From: Simon
Subject: Re: Can we stop the flame wars?
Date: 18 Oct 2007 03:23:36
Message: <471709f8$1@news.povray.org>
Have a look at "Beta updates" by inhahe, about 4 threads down in p.b-t


"Zeger Knaepen" <zeg### [at] povplacecom> wrote in message 
news:47167c5e$1@news.povray.org...
> Could you give a specific example of what you mean?  Because I haven't 
> seen any flame-wars on this server, although I don't read every newsgroup
>
> oh, and uhm... Tim Cook was joking, as one should be able to determine by 
> his use of a smiley.
>
> cu!
> -- 
> #macro G(b,e)b+(e-b)*C/50#end#macro _(b,e,k,l)#local C=0;#while(C<50)
> sphere{G(b,e)+3*z.1pigment{rgb G(k,l)}finish{ambient 1}}#local C=C+1;
> #end#end _(y-x,y,x,x+y)_(y,-x-y,x+y,y)_(-x-y,-y,y,y+z)_(-y,y,y+z,x+y)
> _(0x+y.5+y/2x)_(0x-y.5+y/2x)            // ZK http://www.povplace.com
>


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