Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!aries!mcdonald From: mcdonald@aries.scs.uiuc.edu (Doug McDonald) Newsgroups: comp.graphics Subject: Re: 3D Animation Source Code Wanted Keywords: 3D animation C code wireframe Message-ID: <1990Jan3.205741.1767@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Date: 3 Jan 90 20:57:41 GMT References: <9170@cbmvax.commodore.com> <21550@mimsy.umd.edu> <21561@mimsy.umd.edu> <21562@mimsy.umd.edu> <9182@cbmvax.commodore.com> <1990Jan2.224220.4136@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> <1920@tellab5.TELLABS.COM> <1990Jan3.190304.1326@santra.uucp> Sender: news@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (News) Organization: Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Chemical Sciences Lines: 25 In article <1990Jan3.190304.1326@santra.uucp> jmunkki@kampi.hut.fi (Juri Munkki) writes: >Comp.graphics has traditionally been used for slightly more complex >problems than wireframe animation. Most of the readers have progressed >far beyond these areas and are probably not too pleased to read a >million requests for info. > >The books mentioned in the automated posting should probably be >considered the minimum you need to know and understand in order >to post to comp.graphics. > > >Disclaimer: This is not a flame. Please don't be offended. > Comp.graphics has traditionally been the home of egregiously obnoxious postings such as the above. In fact, it is the ONLY group to which I subscribe where I have ever noticed such things. The above posting is indeed offensive. To the poster of it: maybe you should start an exclusive mailing list of which you are the moderator. You can then discuss ONLY the topics you want to, rather than "graphics". Doug McDonald