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First may I express my admiration for Ken Tylers excellent and comprehensive
collection of POV links.
The POV links page on povray.org is one of my regular favorites. (right up
there with www.dilbert.com)
Of late though I have noticed that this page is being updated less
frequently.
Hope everything is OK.
Should I check http://home.pacbell.net/tylereng/index.html instead?
Regards
Paul Brown
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Paul Brown wrote:
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> First may I express my admiration for Ken Tylers excellent and comprehensive
> collection of POV links.
>
> The POV links page on povray.org is one of my regular favorites. (right up
> there with www.dilbert.com)
Glad you find it useful.
> Of late though I have noticed that this page is being updated less
> frequently.
I do have a bunch of new links to add and I'll try to get it updated
in the next week or so.
> Hope everything is OK.
Got a bad case of real life interfering with my linkmaster duties.
I hate it when that happens !
> Should I check http://home.pacbell.net/tylereng/index.html instead?
The link collection at povray.org is a mirror of my own so you
will find no difference between the two content wise. Only the
format is different.
Cheers,
--
Ken Tyler - 444,443+ POV-Ray, Graphics, 3D Rendering, and Raytracing Links:
http://home.pacbell.net/tylereng/index.html http://www.povray.org/links/
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J Charter wrote:
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> I would be interested, for professional reasons, in an estimate of how much time
> maintaining such a list consumes. -Jim
My next update (of approx. 30-40 new links) will probably be a
minimum of 6 hrs of personal time. Add in an additional couple
of hours spent changing the information on links in the database
because people keep changing ISP's, web page providers, or
restructure their web sites.
It really depends on how you approach it and how much integrity you
want to maintain in the database. If I limited my activity to only
those links submitted by visitors to povray.org and removed the
occasional link from the broken links reporting mechanism, I wouldn't
have to dedicate too much time to it. However I also add links I
find posted to messages here in the groups (which means reading
every message in every group posted here) and I also actively go
searching for new links from hundreds of different sources. Each
one of these new links I add means I have to visit the site to
verify the contents, write a suitable description, verify the
link I added is working properly, update the database, and then
upload it to povray.org. All of this can add and does up to
hundreds of hours a year.
Then there is also going through the database occasionally and
verifying that all the links are valid (this part is a pain in
the ass and takes for ever). I use special software that aids
in the task of verifying links but it does not update my database
when broken links are found nor does it have anyway of trying
to find alternate sources for the resource that were at the
missing site. I spend a lot of time trying to relocate people/
sites/resources so I don't have to remove them from the database.
I also spend a lot of time corresponding with various people
who have links on my site but have changed their URL. This
is happening more and more as the popularity of the site and
the collection has grown.
I guess it really depends on how much effort you are willing
to personally devote to it. I have been reasonably diligent
in my duties and I think the collection reflects it. If I just
let it be self supporting (using only user submitted links)
it would take a lot less time to maintain but it would not
be nearly as comprehensive as it is now.
--
Ken Tyler - 1400+ POV-Ray, Graphics, 3D Rendering, and Raytracing Links:
http://home.pacbell.net/tylereng/index.html http://www.povray.org/links/
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J Charter wrote:
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> Thanks for the detailed response.
>
> Okay, so the 6 hrs refers to time spent on the logistics of actually building,
> labelling, testing, and up-loading the data as separate from time spent on the
> research end?
That about sums it up.
> And including the research it is 100's of hours / year
> which puts it roughly between 2 and 20 hours per week?
...or more. I have been a little less agressive this year because
of increaed job responsibilities but in past years I was easily
putting in the 20 hours a week plus.
> Can you estimate the proportion of links which come to you vs those you seek out?
The collection is currently an estimated 80% my own, the remainder
submitted material. Often the information provided by those submitting
the links is lacking so after visiting the site and verfying the
content I will expand on their discription.
> Besides trying to write up a ( Dilbert? ) project plan for you here, Ken, ( so we
can
> tell how well you've met your goals at year-end bonus time ),... I am interested
> because your list of links exists as a kind of paradigm for me, an example of a
place
> I go to frequently because of the quality/comprehensiveness of the information
there.
I appreciate the praise. I have endeavored to try to describe each link
where possible so that the collection is not only informative but also
meets the requirements of a searchable data base. It still needs a lot
of work but it is better than many I have seen offered.
--
Ken Tyler - 1400+ POV-Ray, Graphics, 3D Rendering, and Raytracing Links:
http://home.pacbell.net/tylereng/index.html http://www.povray.org/links/
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Ken wrote:
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> --
> Ken Tyler - 444,443+ POV-Ray, Graphics, 3D Rendering, and Raytracing Links:
^^^^^^^^
Whoa! You've been busy lately....
--
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flabreq | is by the beans of Java that thoughts acquire speed,
@ | the hands acquire shaking, the shaking becomes a
attglobal.net | warning, it is by caffeine alone I set my mind in
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- Stolen from Badger's .sig file
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Francois Labreque wrote:
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> Ken wrote:
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> > --
> > Ken Tyler - 444,443+ POV-Ray, Graphics, 3D Rendering, and Raytracing Links:
> ^^^^^^^^
>
> Whoa! You've been busy lately....
I do that occasionally just to see if you guys are paying attention :)
--
Ken Tyler - At least one POV-Ray, Graphics, 3D Rendering, and Raytracing Link:
http://home.pacbell.net/tylereng/index.html http://www.povray.org/links/
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"Ken" <tyl### [at] pacbell net> wrote in message
news:39B0C7BC.EB3430A1@pacbell.net...
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> Paul Brown wrote:
> >
> > First may I express my admiration for Ken Tylers excellent and
comprehensive
> > collection of POV links.
> >
> > The POV links page on povray.org is one of my regular favorites. (right
up
> > there with www.dilbert.com)
>
> Glad you find it useful.
>
> > Of late though I have noticed that this page is being updated less
> > frequently.
>
> I do have a bunch of new links to add and I'll try to get it updated
> in the next week or so.
Thanks. I will look forward to it!
PB
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