Alex Vandiver wrote:
> POV-Ray *ity test, 50 questions
> SIMPLE STUFF
> ..rendered a 'reflective sphere over checkered plane' scene?
Yes
> ..rendered all of the examples?
No
> ..shamelessly stolen and modified one of the examples?
Yes
> ..used POV units less than 0.0001?
No
>  ..less than 0.000001?
No
> ..greater than 10000?
Yes
>  ..greater than 1000000?
Yes (sun at real distance in centimeters)
> ..done an entire render at 1pps?
Yes
> ..nested more than ten {} blocks?
No
>  ..more than twenty {} blocks?
No
> ..upgraded just to speed up your rendering time?
No
> 
> UGLIER STUFF
> ..generated height_fields in POV-Ray, for use in POV-Ray?
Yes
> ..hand-coded bezier patches?
No
>  ..polygons?
Yes
>  ..meshes?
Yes (very small)
>  ..smooth_triangles?
No
> ..hand-coded using the right-handed system?
Once
>  ..by mistake?
No
>  ..using some other system (neither right nor left)?
No
> ..manually specified bounding?
Often
> ..manually specified clipping?
Often
> ..known the difference between bounding and clipping?
Yes, essential.
> ..done animation?
Yes
>  ..wthout the clock variable?
Yes
> ..used media?
Yes
>  ..and gotten it to work the first time?
No
> ..used the matrix command?
Yes
> ..used julia_fractals?
Yes
> ..used poly, cubic, quartic, or quadric?
No
> 
> #PROGRAMMING
> ..used a macro?
Yes
> ..written a macro?
Yes
> ..written a recursive macro?
Yes
>  ..for something other than a fractal?
Yes (folding fair organ cards)
> ..written a macro only to do mathmatical operations?
Yes (trig)
> ..used file I/O directives?
No
> 
> PATCHES
> ..used a patched version of POV-Ray?
Yes
> ..looked at the POV-Ray source?
Yes
> ..changed the source?
Wouldn't dare !
>  ..and had it work the way you wanted the first time?
>  ..with beneficial consequences?
> ..released a patch?
>  ..that was included in the Superpatch?
>  ..that was included in the official build?
> 
> NEWSGROUPS
> ..been forced to go to/gone to p.o.t?
No
> ..posted a binary in the wrong group?
No
> ..been involved in a flame war? (>50 messages in one thread)
No
>  ..not on p.o-t?
> 
> OTHER
> ..used DKB-Trace?
No
> ..contributed to this list?
??
> ..contributed to the YKYBRTLW.. list?
Yes

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