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fractint-digest        Wednesday, June 13 2001        Volume 01 : Number 572




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Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2001 00:25:15 EDT
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Subject: (fractint) C-FOTD  10-06-01  (Fractal Shortfall [6])

Classic FOTD -- June 10, 2001 (Rating 6)

Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:

As I write this, I have on the desk beside me the most recent
issue of 'Skeptic' magazine, a publication that I often read,
which features articles about many strange and wonderfully
interesting paranormal things that do not happen.  On the cover
is a fractal created by a well-known fractal artist, and a well-
known fractal generating program other than Fractint.

As I study the image with its multiple layers and different
coloring methods, I remember the Mandelbrot set as it was in
1985, with its one layer and flat equal-iteration bands.
Fractals are (or were) graphs of the things iterated complex
numbers do.  When I see so-called fractals such as the one on
the magazine cover, I ask myself, "is this what the numbers have
done or what the artist has done?"

If this type of image is to be considered a fractal, so be it.
But then I must think of some new name to call the conservative
images that I produce, which emphasize the behavior of the
numbers rather than any possible artistic ability on my part.
(The word 'protofractals' comes to mind.)  I'll be pondering
this minor dilemma over the next few days.  I may invent a new
name; I may not.  But regardless, the images as well as the
blather will keep coming.

And speaking of images, with today's 6-rated image we begin a
slow climb back to the lofty heights of fractal excellence.  The
rating of 6 is only slightly above average, but it is 2 points
above yesterday's less-than-stellar effort.

I named the image, which was created by the iterated expression
- -Z^(-1.3)-0.02Z^(-13)+(1/C), Fractal Shortfall.  I gave it this
name because the magnitude of the image falls short of revealing
the midget at the center.  In fact, the midget is so tiny that
not a trace of it is visible.

Instead of my normal inside=0 outside=iter coloring, I set the
inside to bof61 and the outside to tdis.  This is not too much
of a sacrilege, since the basic forms are still clearly visible.
Unfortunately, the parameter file takes well over 1/2 hour to
render.  Therefore, a download of the GIF image from:

          <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html>

or from:

          <http://sdboyd.dyndns.org/~sdboyd/fotd/index.html>

is strongly recommended.

The fractal weather today was once again perfect, with blue
skies, puffy white cumulus clouds, a temperature of 83F (28C),
and happy cats.

As for me, I've about had it for the day.  It's already past
midnight and there's not much left to do but settle into my
favorite chair and grow sleepy watching an exciting old sci-fi
movie.  But I'll be back in 24 or 36 hours with the next fractal
image.  Until then, take care, and after 16 years of fascination
with fractals, I don't even know what a fractal is.


Jim Muth
[e-mail]


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g=1/f, h=1/d, j=1/(f-b), z=(-a*b*g*h)^j,
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|z| < l
}

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Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2001 01:56:49 -0500
From: "Paul N. Lee" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) Fractint20 with Windows98

Jean-Pierre SEIMAN wrote:
>
> Question from a new user of Fractint 20 (DOS)
> How may Y use it with Windows?
> Which are the settings?
> Thank you in advance?
>

If you are experiencing problems running FractInt under Windows, then
try reading some of this:

    http://spanky.triumf.ca/www/fractint/fracwin95.html

More information may be found here:

    http://home.san.rr.com/jayrhill/iFAQ/Resource.htm

If you have not created the FractInt Documentation yet, then try the
following from your command line:

      Fractint.exe makedoc

Also, you will need to setup your SSTOOLS.INI file with some options
that may make things a little easier for you.  Any problems in this
area, then just send another message to the Discussion List.

Sincerely,
P.N.L.
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Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2001 12:20:59 -0500
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (fractint) C-FOTD  10-06-01  (Fractal Shortfall [6])

<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en">
<html>
Paul Lee-
<p>Could you assist?
<p>In reviewing my list of highly rated FOTD's, I find that Jim gave his
Oct 10, 2000 contribution entitled "The Perfect Fractal" a grade of "10".
<p>However, when I go to your page, scroll to October, 2000, and click
on the date October 10 - which in every other case produces a download
of the image and Jim's attached text, I instead get a variety of other
webpages with your name on them somwhere, but not the image I seek.
<p>I also <b>searched</b> on your page both the date October 10, 2000 and
the title "The Perfect Fractal", and get lists of other fractals in which
the word "perfect " is used by Jim in the text description, but not in
the Title of the image itself.
<p>What am I doing wrong??
<p>Thanks, Nice not to live in Houston this week, eh?
<br>
<p>DeBow Freed
<br>
<p>[e-mail] wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>Classic FOTD -- June 10, 2001 (Rating 6)
<p>Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:
<p>As I write this, I have on the desk beside me the most recent
<br>issue of 'Skeptic' magazine, a publication that I often read,
<br>which features articles about many strange and wonderfully
<br>interesting paranormal things that do not happen.  On the cover
<br>is a fractal created by a well-known fractal artist, and a well-
<br>known fractal generating program other than Fractint.
<p>As I study the image with its multiple layers and different
<br>coloring methods, I remember the Mandelbrot set as it was in
<br>1985, with its one layer and flat equal-iteration bands.
<br>Fractals are (or were) graphs of the things iterated complex
<br>numbers do.  When I see so-called fractals such as the one on
<br>the magazine cover, I ask myself, "is this what the numbers have
<br>done or what the artist has done?"
<p>If this type of image is to be considered a fractal, so be it.
<br>But then I must think of some new name to call the conservative
<br>images that I produce, which emphasize the behavior of the
<br>numbers rather than any possible artistic ability on my part.
<br>(The word 'protofractals' comes to mind.)  I'll be pondering
<br>this minor dilemma over the next few days.  I may invent a new
<br>name; I may not.  But regardless, the images as well as the
<br>blather will keep coming.
<p>And speaking of images, with today's 6-rated image we begin a
<br>slow climb back to the lofty heights of fractal excellence.  The
<br>rating of 6 is only slightly above average, but it is 2 points
<br>above yesterday's less-than-stellar effort.
<p>I named the image, which was created by the iterated expression
<br>-Z^(-1.3)-0.02Z^(-13)+(1/C), Fractal Shortfall.  I gave it this
<br>name because the magnitude of the image falls short of revealing
<br>the midget at the center.  In fact, the midget is so tiny that
<br>not a trace of it is visible.
<p>Instead of my normal inside=0 outside=iter coloring, I set the
<br>inside to bof61 and the outside to tdis.  This is not too much
<br>of a sacrilege, since the basic forms are still clearly visible.
<br>Unfortunately, the parameter file takes well over 1/2 hour to
<br>render.  Therefore, a download of the GIF image from:
<p>          <<a href="http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html">http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html</a>>
<p>or from:
<p>          <<a href="http://sdboyd.dyndns.org/~sdboyd/fotd/index.html">http://sdboyd.dyndns.org/~sdboyd/fotd/index.html</a>>
<p>is strongly recommended.
<p>The fractal weather today was once again perfect, with blue
<br>skies, puffy white cumulus clouds, a temperature of 83F (28C),
<br>and happy cats.
<p>As for me, I've about had it for the day.  It's already past
<br>midnight and there's not much left to do but settle into my
<br>favorite chair and grow sleepy watching an exciting old sci-fi
<br>movie.  But I'll be back in 24 or 36 hours with the next fractal
<br>image.  Until then, take care, and after 16 years of fascination
<br>with fractals, I don't even know what a fractal is.
<p>Jim Muth
<br>[e-mail]
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<p>frm:MandelbrotMix4 {; Jim Muth
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<br>g=1/f, h=1/d, j=1/(f-b), z=(-a*b*g*h)^j,
<br>k=real(p3)+1, l=imag(p3)+100, c=fn1(pixel):
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<br>|z| < l
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Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2001 14:14:25 -0500
From: "Paul N. Lee" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) C-FOTD  10-06-01  (Fractal Shortfall [6])

[e-mail] wrote:
>
> Could you assist?

Hey there!!  Yes, I would be most glad to, if I am able to do so.   :-)

>
> ....Jim gave his Oct 10, 2000 contribution
> entitled "The Perfect Fractal" a grade of
> "10".
>
> However, when I go to your page.....instead
> get a variety of other webpages....

Apparently, AT&T was doing some maintenance and lost about 15 days worth
of web pages during this time period.  I have recently restored those
particular pages.  Thank you for letting me know that this had occurred.

>
> I also searched.......title "The Perfect Fractal",
> and get lists of other fractals in which the word
> "perfect " is used by Jim in the text description,
> but not in the Title of the image itself.

If you use the double quotes around strings of words, then AltaVista
considers everything within the quotes (exactly as it is written) to be
a single entity to search for.  Otherwise it uses each word separately
and finds all pages that may contain those words anywhere within the web
page.

I will most likely have to add these 15 pages back into the search
engine before they will be found again by using the search tool.  And
this usually takes AltaVista several days to update their databases.
Afterwards, everything should function again normally.

>
> Nice not to live in Houston this week, eh?

Though I wish the rains could have made it up to our area, we could use
some about now.  It has been way to dry lately, and those days of 90║
weather took it's toll on the grass and grounds.

Later,
P.N.L.
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Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 18:30:18 +1200
From: "Morgan L. Owens" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) Re: [philofractal] C-FOTD  10-06-01  (Fractal Shortfall [6])

At 16:25 10/06/2001, [e-mail] wrote:

>When I see so-called fractals such as the one on
>the magazine cover, I ask myself, "is this what the numbers have
>done or what the artist has done?"

Let's generalise (mathematicians just loooooove to generalise things...).
Is this not merely a special case of the question as to whether mathematics
is discovered or invented?

Me, I still tend towards "discovered", though the Second Gratuitous Greg
Egan Excerpt tells me that it's more a matter of utility and some other
word that escapes me for the moment than some rigorously argued position.

Morgan L. Owens
"Ah! Expedience!"



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Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 10:02:28 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jim Muth <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) C-FOTD  11-06-01  (Pentagonal Midget [6])

Classic FOTD -- June 11, 2001 (Rating 6)

Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:

The reason I have named today's image "Pentagonal Midget" is
obvious.  The very obvious hole filling the center of the frame
is shaped like an irregular pentagon.  To be technically
accurate, I should not call the hole a midget, for it has no
relation whatever to a mini-M-set.  The image, with its rating
of 6, is not a great one, though the arms surrounding the hole
add just enough interest to get the image into the honor-legion
of FOTD's.

The parent fractal of today's scene was created by the formula
Z^(sqrt(2))+C.  The scene itself it located on the chaotic shore
of a midget sitting on a very prominent filament of the main bud
of the parent.  The filament cannot be called a negative stem
because it shoots out in a northerly direction, and due to the
fragmentary nature of the entire fractal, the filament is not
continuous.

The parameter file takes 1/4 hour to run.  The more efficient
choice is to download the GIF image from:

          <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html>

or from:

          <http://sdboyd.dyndns.org/~sdboyd/fotd/index.html>

The fractal weather was once again perfect, with sunshine and a
temperature of 85F (29.5C).  These conditions kept the fractal
cats happy.

As for myself, I'll be happy when I finish the work now before
me.  And the only way to finish is to get started.  So until
next fractal, take care, and things are never so good that they
can't get better.


Jim Muth
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Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 10:56:35 -0500
From: "Paul N. Lee" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) Interesting FOTD statistics...

Greetings,

Just looked over some of the counters for the past couple of years and
noticed that the most viewed FOTD from Jim Muth's postings is the one
for August 30, 2000.  But that is most likely due to the title and the
words found within the text.  I am sure several search engines turn up
this page fairly regularly:

    Giant Flying Boobs ⌐
        http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD_00-08-30.html

So for those that want to have their web pages and galleries viewed by a
wider audience, take heed on what really sells and creates "hits".


BTW, the five most viewed FOTD months have been the following, in this
order:
    May, 1999
    January, 2000
    July, 1999
    December, 1999
    August, 1999
And the five most viewed FOTD days (besides the one above) have been
these:
    December 17, 1999
    May 31, 1999
    February 04, 2000
    May 01, 1999
    November 10, 1999


Sincerely,
P.N.L.
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Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 10:30:53 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jim Muth <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) C-FOTD  12-06-01  (Firecracker Fractal [7])

Classic FOTD -- June 12, 2001 (Rating 7)

Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:

I am occasionally asked why I set the periodicity to 10 when I
use Fractint, when such a setting slows the calculation
noticeably.  Today's image shows the reason.  With periodicity
set to 10, as it is in the parameter file, the image renders in
4-1/2 minutes.  With periodicity turned off, the image takes 5
full minutes to render.  With maximum periodicity checking, (a
setting of 1), the image renders in only 4 minutes, but the
midget is distorted because the program thinks it sees periodic
behavior where none exists, and stops calculating.

Through trial and error I found that a periodicity setting of
10 gives the best compromise between time saved and correct
rendering.  Therefore, I use 10 as the default periodicity
setting.

Today's image is a dark somber thing with a ring of small and
brilliant but shattered cylinders surrounding the midget.  I
pondered the image a few minutes before noticing that the small
red cylinders resemble exploding firecrackers.  Once I noticed
this, I had my name -- "Firecracker Fractal".

Rating the image gave me more reason to ponder.  Several minutes
of doing other things passed, while the image sat idly on the
screen, before I decided that it was worth a 7, a rating that
might be a bit liberal.

The rather gloomy image was created by iterating the formula
- -0.6(Z^(-1.3))-0.006(Z^(-3))+(1/Z).  The 4-1/2 minute render
time can be reduced to one minute or less by giving Paul and
Scott a chance to render the image and post it to their web
sites at:

          <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html>

and at:

          <http://sdboyd.dyndns.org/~sdboyd/fotd/index.html>

The fractal weather today was partly sunny with a temperature of
86F (30C) and a few rumbles of thunder in the evening from a
small thunder-shower that passed just north of Fractal Central.
The fractal cats had an uneventful day, displaying moods of
neutrality as they slept peacefully.  I had a day of deeper than
usual meditation as I pondered the rightness or wrongness of
inflicting the death penalty.

It's now around 10:30am -- past the time to get busy.  So I'll
have to cut things short.  But I'll return within 24 hours with
the next in the unending series of fractals.  Until then, take
care, and keep those iterations up.


Jim Muth
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a=real(p1), b=imag(p1), d=real(p2), f=imag(p2),
g=1/f, h=1/d, j=1/(f-b), z=(-a*b*g*h)^j,
k=real(p3)+1, l=imag(p3)+100, c=fn1(pixel):
z=k*((a*(z^b))+(d*(z^f)))+c,
|z| < l
}

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Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 10:00:12 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jim Muth <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) C-FOTD  13-06-01  (Cerberus [7])

Classic FOTD -- June 13, 2001 (Rating 7)

Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:

I named today's FOTD "Cerberus" when, for some reason, I was
reminded of the gates of hades.  (I used the *good* word for
that place down there.)  In ancient mythology, Cerberus was the
watchdog of Hades, who treated the entering souls with kindness,
but ate any souls that tried to escape.  Descriptions of the
monstrous hound vary, but according to most reports it had at
least three heads with poisonous bites, and several snake-like
tails.

Today's fractal comes nowhere near being a hound of the
underworld, but with it's strings of bof60 bubbles and
mysterious glowing fiery pyramid in the background, it does have
just enough of a surrealistic quality to justify the name.

To create the image, I returned to number 4 in my series of 12
MandNewt formulae, a series I have been woefully ignoring
lately.  The formulae are variations of the Ikenaga function,
and I'm still not sure what the Ikenaga function is supposed to
accomplish, or why its creator seems to have disowned it.

I have rated the image a 7 -- a rating perhaps a bit liberal --
but the colors blend quite well, with the bands in the spheres
at the bottom being virtually invisible.  Perhaps I'll devote
more effort to images such as today's in the future.  One thing
for sure is that the midgets are starting to become a bit
routine.

The 8-1/2 minute render time can be avoided by giving Paul and
Scott a chance to post the GIF image to their web sites and
downloading it from there.  Paul's site is at:

          <http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html>

and Scott's can be found at:

          <http://sdboyd.dyndns.org/~sdboyd/fotd/index.html>

The fractal weather today was typical of summer in this part of
the world, with hazy sun, 89F (31.5C) heat, humidity, and
evening thunder-showers in the area.  The fractal cats, who
enjoy such conditions, except for the thunder, enjoyed the day.

As for myself, I'll find my enjoyment when the day's work is
finished.  And the only way to finish is to start.  Until next
time, take care, and be careful to avoid the hound of Cerberus.


Jim Muth
[e-mail]


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z=c=pixel:
a=z^3+(c-1)*z-c
b=p1*z^2+c-1
z=z-p2*a/b
p3 <= |a|
}

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Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 14:28:47 -0400
From: Sylvie Gallet <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) Copyright infringement

Hi All,

  I've been contacted by the owner of this site:

    <http://www.geocities.com/tantrapages/>

  who is asking my permission to use some of my fractals on his site, and=

who also begs my pardon for having always posted some of them.  Although =
he
clearly says he is not the author of the images and mentions for most (bu=
t
not all) of them the author and the source of the image, I asked him to
remove my images from his site.

  He is probably in the process of contacting all the authors of the imag=
es
he's using, but if you haven't been contacted yet, you may be interested.=


  Cheers,

        - Sylvie

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Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 11:44:19 -0700 (PDT)
From: caren <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (fractint) Copyright infringement

there were a few there that looked like they could have been some of my
very early work, but had different names (and authors)...  i saw a few
by damien jones, too, attributed correctly...

while i generally like his taste/choices, i suppose someone will have
to go in there and explain to him what copyright infringement is all
about...

00 caren


- --- Sylvie Gallet <[e-mail]> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
>   I've been contacted by the owner of this site:
>
>     <http://www.geocities.com/tantrapages/>
>
>   who is asking my permission to use some of my fractals on his site,
> and
> who also begs my pardon for having always posted some of them.
> Although he
> clearly says he is not the author of the images and mentions for most
> (but
> not all) of them the author and the source of the image, I asked him
> to
> remove my images from his site.
>
>   He is probably in the process of contacting all the authors of the
> images
> he's using, but if you haven't been contacted yet, you may be
> interested.
>
>   Cheers,
>
>         - Sylvie
>
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Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 12:53:26 -0600
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (fractint) tantrapages

Sylvie,

I already sent Anatoly e-mail about his site, saying he should explicitly
state that he has permission from the artists to display the images, and
then make sure he really does have permission, by contacting the artists.
I offered to help him identify the remaining images in his collection so
that he can properly obtain permission; I expect he is contacting anyone
he doesn't have permission from yet. I did give him permission to use my
images, provided that the attributions are present. I would probably
withdraw that permission if he continued to post images for which he did
not have explicit permission.

- --Damien

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Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 14:27:03 -0500
From: "Paul N. Lee" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) Re: [fractal-art] Copyright infringement

Sylvie Gallet wrote:
>
> I've been contacted by the owner of this site:
>     <http://www.geocities.com/tantrapages/>
>

Anatoly Goifman (a 28 year old Russian born Jew) states the following on
the About page:

     "I respect copyright of any web artist."

And then later states:

     "Most of fractal images with provided links are
      posted with the artist permission !  Otherwise
      I am waiting to receive it or I shall withdraw
      the pictures."

The site appears to have been recently established.  So that person may
truely be attempting to contact everyone.

Sincerely,
P.N.L.
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Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 14:34:13 -0500
From: Bob Margolis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) Re: [fractal-art] Copyright infringement

"Paul N. Lee" wrote:
>

>
> Anatoly Goifman (a 28 year old Russian born Jew) states the following on
> the About page:
>


Hi Paul;

What does his being 28 years old have to do with the issue at hand?

What does his being Russian have to do with the issue at hand?

What does his being Jewish have to do with the issue at hand?

Best regards,

Bob
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Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 14:57:24 -0500
From: "Paul N. Lee" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) Re: [fractal-art] Copyright infringement

Bob Margolis wrote:
>
> What does his being 28 years old have
> to do with the issue at hand?
> What does his being Russian have
> to do with the issue at hand?
> What does his being Jewish have
> to do with the issue at hand?
>

Only that he is young, comes from one country and is living in another,
and may not be familiar with such things as copyright infringement.

Those that are older, and usually with more experience, most often know
about such things.  Also, that English is not his native tongue, which
is where most of the copyright information is obatined these days.  It
was only an extremely short summation of his About web page to possibly
explain his actions of not contacting artists initially.  Nothing more
or less.

Why, do you have some other reasoning behind my statements??

P.N.L.
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Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 15:17:27 -0500
From: Bob Margolis <[e-mail]>
Subject: (fractint) Re: [fractal-art] Copyright infringement

"Paul N. Lee" wrote:
>
> Bob Margolis wrote:
> >
> > What does his being 28 years old have
> > to do with the issue at hand?
> > What does his being Russian have
> > to do with the issue at hand?
> > What does his being Jewish have
> > to do with the issue at hand?
> >
>
> Only that he is young, comes from one country and is living in another,
> and may not be familiar with such things as copyright infringement.
>
> Those that are older, and usually with more experience, most often know
> about such things.  Also, that English is not his native tongue, which
> is where most of the copyright information is obatined these days.  It
> was only an extremely short summation of his About web page to possibly
> explain his actions of not contacting artists initially.  Nothing more
> or less.
>
> Why, do you have some other reasoning behind my statements??
>

I was just curious as to why his age, country of origin and religion
were of importance to the discussion.

In your reply you say why you mentioned his age and his being Russian as
possibly having something to do with whether he is aware of and
understands what copyright is all about, but you did not say what
connection there is between his being Jewish and his alleged copyright
infringement. Would you kindly enlighten me? Thank you.

Respectfully,

Bob
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