[bluedino]

>> all his "demo" screens are filled with porn

I don't see any porn there. They may be images of models that participate in adult-themed photo shoots, but none of those images are 'porn'.

It's also not uncommon for images of women from magazines such as Playboy to be used in graphics research. One of the most famous images in computer graphics, 'henna', is a scan from a Playboy magazine.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenna

[smallerize]

Porn is a slang term and the definition can be fuzzy depending on context. I don't think it's very common. Lenna is the only on I can think of, and it's more of historical accident.

[heterogenic]

Aaaaand... That makes it appropriate how?

[coldtea]

First you have to prove why it's inappropriate.

Is it because some people have a magic ability to give dictums to what other people can and can not enjoy?

Or because the naked human form should never be considered pleasant to look at, and hang at walls, as wallpaper, etc?

[stbtrax]

It's inappropriate because the field of engineering is in dire need of more women, and it doesn't help the situation. Imagine if you wanted to go into a field such as nursing and all of the men in the text books were oiled up shirtless muscular dudes.

[coldtea]

>It's inappropriate because the field of engineering is in dire need of more women, and it doesn't help the situation.

That's marketing thinking though, not a real moral objection.

>Imagine if you wanted to go into a field such as nursing and all of the men in the text books were oiled up shirtless muscular dudes.

This is not text books though. It's a student page. If another student, a woman, has pictures of shirtless ripped-abs male actors in her page, I wouldn't bat an eye.

[anonbanker]

I dunno. I'd probably enjoy the textbook more. I suppose I'd be the target demographic, though.