POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.object-collection : categorising objects : Re: categorising objects Server Time
2 May 2024 14:52:46 EDT (-0400)
  Re: categorising objects  
From: jr
Date: 22 Apr 2023 04:55:00
Message: <web.64439fc5eebe96f34301edef6cde94f1@news.povray.org>
hi,

Cousin Ricky <ric### [at] yahoocom> wrote:
> On 2023-04-14 01:57 (-4), jr wrote:
> > coronavirus, it'd be 'organic forms' and 'terrestrial fauna' primarily, I guess,
> > and 'microscopic' too.
>
> I don't think of viruses as fauna.  I still hear dieticians referring to
> bacteria as "flora," probably a holdover from the days when biologists
> thought bacteria were plants; but viruses have no analogous history.

yes.  dilemma(s).  fungi too cannot be categorised, really, as is.


> Would coffee mugs be considered "Furnishings/Decor"?

furnishings.  :-)  not ideal, but definitely not decorative (only).


> >     Transforms
> >     Cameras
> Great additions!

hey, thanks.


given that there have been no other follow-ups, I'll go with the last published
list, plus added 'Splines' (after 'Transforms'), and, maybe, something like
'Utensils' to go with the 'Furnishings/Decor'.


regards, jr.


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