Me too...
Brendan Ryan

"SamuelT." wrote:

> Yikes.. only 14/50 here.
>
> Alex Vandiver wrote:
>
> > One thing the POV community is missing is a POV *ity test; in other
> > words, what insane things have you done with POV and/or what strange
> > tricks do you know?  This has no bearing on your artistic ability, POV
> > knowledge, or general worth.. ;>  I care not so much for scores as for
> > additions/corrections.  This list does have some overlap with the 'You
> > know you have been raytracing too long when..' list, with the difference
> > that some people have actually done these things..
> > Without further ado,
> > POV-Ray *ity test, 50 questions
> > SIMPLE STUFF
> > ..rendered a 'reflective sphere over checkered plane' scene?
> > ..rendered all of the examples?
> > ..shamelessly stolen and modified one of the examples?
> > ..used POV units less than 0.0001?
> >  ..less than 0.000001?
> > ..greater than 10000?
> >  ..greater than 1000000?
> > ..done an entire render at 1pps?
> > ..nested more than ten {} blocks?
> >  ..more than twenty {} blocks?
> > ..upgraded just to speed up your rendering time?
> >
> > UGLIER STUFF
> > ..generated height_fields in POV-Ray, for use in POV-Ray?
> > ..hand-coded bezier patches?
> >  ..polygons?
> >  ..meshes?
> >  ..smooth_triangles?
> > ..hand-coded using the right-handed system?
> >  ..by mistake?
> >  ..using some other system (neither right nor left)?
> > ..manually specified bounding?
> > ..manually specified clipping?
> > ..known the difference between bounding and clipping?
> > ..done animation?
> >  ..wthout the clock variable?
> > ..used media?
> >  ..and gotten it to work the first time?
> > ..used the matrix command?
> > ..used julia_fractals?
> > ..used poly, cubic, quartic, or quadric?
> >
> > #PROGRAMMING
> > ..used a macro?
> > ..written a macro?
> > ..written a recursive macro?
> >  ..for something other than a fractal?
> > ..written a macro only to do mathmatical operations?
> > ..used file I/O directives?
> >
> > PATCHES
> > ..used a patched version of POV-Ray?
> > ..looked at the POV-Ray source?
> > ..changed the source?
> >  ..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?
> > ..posted a binary in the wrong group?
> > ..been involved in a flame war? (>50 messages in one thread)
> >  ..not on p.o-t?
> >
> > OTHER
> > ..used DKB-Trace?
> > ..contributed to this list?
> > ..contributed to the YKYBRTLW.. list?
> >
> > Additions?
> > -Alex Vandiver
>
> --
> Samuel Benge
>
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>
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