On Thu, 06 Aug 2009 16:42:48 -0400, Warp wrote:

> Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
>> On Thu, 06 Aug 2009 14:24:29 -0400, Warp wrote:
> 
>> > It must be something like 15 or so years since I first saw a
>> > reference to the "AWSOME ROLEX!" (if I'm remembering the typo
>> > correctly) here. I'm not even sure what the origin of this meme is,
>> > and whether it's exclusive to the povray community, or to more
>> > generic rendering communities.
>> > 
>> >   Does anyone remember the history of the expression?
> 
>> Spammers trying to sell fake Rolex watches.
> 
>   I'm almost certain that's not the history of the expression here.

Well, I remember seeing the subject line in spam mail before spam filters 
got better....so perhaps the person who posted the original post with 
that image/idea in it was spoofing the spam messages.

You asked where it started - I would not be surprised if it didn't start 
with the spammers' subject lines being spoofed by someone saying "let's 
make a watch that looks like a Rolex and use that subject for my posting 
of the image".

Jim

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"Vincent Le Chevalier" <gal### [at] libertyALLsurfSPAMfr> wrote in 
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> Isn't it this one?
>
>
http://news.povray.org/povray.binaries.images/thread/%3C371e9151.0%40news.povray.org%3E/
>

I'm pretty sure it is.  This happened a couple years before I showed up, but 
I remember reading about it a few years ago.

So, he actually used pasted-on textures, rather than creatnig a nice 
rendering using metallic textures?

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Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote:
>   So has the expression come to mean "superbly photorealistic rendering"
> or "fake plagiarism"? I must confess I'm not exactly sure.
>

Actual plagiarism misrepresented as raytraced art,   or  non-value-added
photorealism.

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"Vincent Le Chevalier" <gal### [at] libertyALLsurfSPAMfr> wrote in 
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> Mike Raiford a écrit :
>> Mike Raiford wrote:
>>
>>> Search p.b.i the original posting should still be there.
>>
>> Hmm. p.b.i doesn't seem to carry that post anymore.. :(
>>
>
> Isn't it this one?
>
>
http://news.povray.org/povray.binaries.images/thread/%3C371e9151.0%40news.povray.org%3E/
>
> -- 
> Vincent

Indeed, that is the original that started it all. I'm quite surprised Warp 
doesn't remember it cause I sure do. The group has been having fun with that 
one ever since.

Ken

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Hmm, this is far more awesome:

http://www.ignorancia.org/uploads/images/reloj/reloj-HDRI-5-tk-refl-nc.jpg

and is truthfully pov. :-)

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nemesis <nam### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> http://www.ignorancia.org/uploads/images/reloj/reloj-HDRI-5-tk-refl-nc.jpg

  Reading the name of the watch made me laugh.

-- 
                                                          - Warp

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Warp wrote:
> nemesis <nam### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
>> http://www.ignorancia.org/uploads/images/reloj/reloj-HDRI-5-tk-refl-nc.jpg
> 
>   Reading the name of the watch made me laugh.
> 

Same here, that image really is awesome :-).

-Aero

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On 9-8-2009 7:08, nemesis wrote:
> Hmm, this is far more awesome:
> 
> http://www.ignorancia.org/uploads/images/reloj/reloj-HDRI-5-tk-refl-nc.jpg
> 
> and is truthfully pov. :-)
> 
> 
Why did you misspell awsome?

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andrel <a_l### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
> On 9-8-2009 7:08, nemesis wrote:
> > Hmm, this is far more awesome:
> >
> > http://www.ignorancia.org/uploads/images/reloj/reloj-HDRI-5-tk-refl-nc.jpg
> >
> > and is truthfully pov. :-)
> >
> >
> Why did you misspell awsome?

awch! :P

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nemesis wrote:
> Hmm, this is far more awesome:
> 
> http://www.ignorancia.org/uploads/images/reloj/reloj-HDRI-5-tk-refl-nc.jpg
> 
> and is truthfully pov. :-)
> 
> 

Now, *that's* an awsome rolex! XD

-- 
~Mike

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