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  Re: generic human model--stand-in or place-holder  
From: Kenneth
Date: 11 Apr 2009 01:35:00
Message: <web.49e02b20ae5b6cf3f50167bc0@news.povray.org>
"clipka" <nomail@nomail> wrote:

> As you Americans probably can't even decide whether to use feet or inches,
> obviously it should be metric :P
>
> But no kidding actually: what kind of size system would *you* prefer to code
> your scenes in - one in which you can easily compute the next bigger or smaller
> scales by just moving around the decimal point, or one where you have to
> multiply/divide by 12, 3, and 1760, respectively?
>
> .... I mean, if it wasn't for the sake of local tradition of the country you
> happen to have grown up in.

I think the world measurement standard--of everything, every quantity--should be
in POV-Ray units. Then everybody's happy. :-P  Never any ambiguity!

KW


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