"Bald Eagle" <cre### [at] netscapenet> wrote:
> "laser" <nomail@nomail> wrote:

> > I probably have seen the raytracer you mention, but I can't quite remember what
> > it was like right now.
>
>
https://wiki.povray.org/content/Documentation:Tutorial_Section_3.8#SDL_tutorial:_A_raytracer
>

That looks rather interesting - thanks for the link.  I got a kick out of the
"colored mesh" part.

> > I mostly go right to "Image Digest" and don't always
> > read the posts
>
> I'm sure if you've just been skimming, then you must be a very busy guy.

Yeah, my todo list is getting longer.  But there's often too much information to
go through.  I've been using the internet since 1987 (pre-http) so I've seen
both lack of information and too much information.  Too much is better,  This
page is a nice throwback to my USENET days though.

> > If you want to see some of the stuff I've done,
> Thanks - I look forward to reading/watching all that.
> (Loved the Pink Floyd article!)

Glad to hear it.  I always hope Roger Waters would read it and let me know what
he thinks.

> > An x86 assembly raytracer I wrote
>
> Jeez.  I haven't written assembly since I bought a pamphlet that taught me to
> write assembly for my Commodore Vic-20 and save the code on a tape drive.  :O

I guess then we're both about the same age - a VIC-20 is how I started,  A tape
drive came later unfortunately - after a failed attempt to create a tape
recorder interface that I saw at a science fair.  Maybe the interface worked but
the VIC-20 didn't like my cassette recorder since I think a tape recorder
interface I bought didn't work either.

> What's up with shadertoy?  I can't get the site to open on any machine or
> browser that I've tried.  For a long while now.
> It's one of my primary references for helping me get my brain solidly into
> functional-programming mode. :(

A few months or more ago they added the human verification/check because they
were getting hit by too much traffic or something.  They felt it was caused by
AI scrapers,  I don't know if they would have done it if someone on twitter
hadn't recommended adding the human check,  It is very annoying, but the site
does work for me once I wait the rather long time (not "it's never going to
work" long though) to get to the checkbox,  If your browser is too old (I'm not
saying yours is, just pointing out a possible issue), you will get an infinite
loop of trying to verify with no checkbox ever showing up.

> Hopefully you make regular visits - it's always nice to see other people's work
> - for inspiration, learning, and just simple enjoyment.
>
> Nice to finally meet you.
> - BE

Nice to meet/talk to you as well.  Yeah, inspiration and learning are very
important.
- Mark

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