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11 Aug 2024 03:27:33 EDT (-0400)
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From: Margus Ramst
Date: 30 Oct 1999 20:19:24
Message: <381B8A7C.4EB44769@peak.edu.ee>
35... Damn I'm good!

Margus

Alex Vandiver wrote:
> SIMPLE STUFF
> ..rendered a 'reflective sphere over checkered plane' scene?
yes
> ..rendered all of the examples?
yes (?)
> ..shamelessly stolen and modified one of the examples?
of course
> ..used POV units less than 0.0001?
yes
>  ..less than 0.000001?
perhaps as results of functions
> ..greater than 10000?
yes
>  ..greater than 1000000?
yes
> ..done an entire render at 1pps?
yes
> ..nested more than ten {} blocks?
yes
>  ..more than twenty {} blocks?
dunno, lost count
> ..upgraded just to speed up your rendering time?
not just, but mainly

> UGLIER STUFF
> ..generated height_fields in POV-Ray, for use in POV-Ray?
that's quite normal, IMO
> ..hand-coded bezier patches?
no
>  ..polygons?
yes
>  ..meshes?
yes
>  ..smooth_triangles?
no
> ..hand-coded using the right-handed system?
yes
>  ..by mistake?
no
>  ..using some other system (neither right nor left)?
no
> ..manually specified bounding?
yes
> ..manually specified clipping?
yes
> ..known the difference between bounding and clipping?
yes, it's very important, IMO
> ..done animation?
yes
>  ..wthout the clock variable?
noooo
> ..used media?
yes
>  ..and gotten it to work the first time?
sort of
> ..used the matrix command?
yes
> ..used julia_fractals?
once :)
> ..used poly, cubic, quartic, or quadric?
yes
> 
> #PROGRAMMING
> ..used a macro?
yes
> ..written a macro?
yes
> ..written a recursive macro?
yes
>  ..for something other than a fractal?
yes
> ..written a macro only to do mathmatical operations?
yes
> ..used file I/O directives?
yes
> 
> PATCHES
> ..used a patched version of POV-Ray?
oh yes!
> ..looked at the POV-Ray source?
yes
> ..changed the source?
yes; I shouldn't have
>  ..and had it work the way you wanted the first time?
no
>  ..with beneficial consequences?
n/a
> ..released a patch?
no
>  ..that was included in the Superpatch?
n/a
>  ..that was included in the official build?
n/a
> 
> NEWSGROUPS
> ..been forced to go to/gone to p.o.t?
yes
> ..posted a binary in the wrong group?
'fraid so
> ..been involved in a flame war? (>50 messages in one thread)
yes
>  ..not on p.o-t?
yes
> 
> OTHER
> ..used DKB-Trace?
no
> ..contributed to this list?
no
> ..contributed to the YKYBRTLW.. list?
no


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