Re: [NTG-context] OT: Asymptote in Context

2014-12-29 Thread Arthur Reutenauer
> I guess that "impress the gallery" is a translation of an expression in > French referring to the upper, low-price, standing room only balcony in > theaters, populated by an audience that is easily impressed... Actually, it's "amuser la galerie" - amuse / entertain the gallery, rather than imp

Re: [NTG-context] OT: Asymptote in Context

2014-12-29 Thread Alan BRASLAU
On Sun, 28 Dec 2014 18:07:38 +0100 luigi scarso wrote: > On Sun, Dec 28, 2014 at 5:51 PM, Alan BRASLAU > wrote: > > > Sorry, but I fail to see what the 3D aspect of this drawing brings > > to anything, other than to impress the gallery and look spiffy. > > > > I guess that we belong now to a so

Re: [NTG-context] OT: Asymptote in Context

2014-12-28 Thread Mojca Miklavec
On Sun, Dec 28, 2014 at 5:51 PM, Alan BRASLAU wrote: > Sorry, but I fail to see what the 3D aspect of this drawing brings to > anything, other than to impress the gallery and look spiffy. Just to make it clear: this wasn't an example for the gallery, but more or less the only asymptote example on

Re: [NTG-context] OT: Asymptote in Context

2014-12-28 Thread luigi scarso
On Sun, Dec 28, 2014 at 5:51 PM, Alan BRASLAU wrote: > Sorry, but I fail to see what the 3D aspect of this drawing brings to > anything, other than to impress the gallery and look spiffy. > > I guess that we belong now to a society without any imagination, > requiring lots of colors, shadowing (a

Re: [NTG-context] OT: Asymptote in Context

2014-12-28 Thread Alan BRASLAU
Sorry, but I fail to see what the 3D aspect of this drawing brings to anything, other than to impress the gallery and look spiffy. I guess that we belong now to a society without any imagination, requiring lots of colors, shadowing (and even animation) in order to get an idea across... (At least