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Nieminen Juha wrote:
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> Chris Huff <chr### [at] yahoo com> wrote:
> : Just one question: Why do you want different numbers each session? It
> : would just make debugging harder...
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> I didn't say that _I_ want different numbers in each render. However, there
> are many people who want. Ask them :)
> There are some situations where "real" random numbers are useful (instead
> of having the same series on number each time).
One example would be a web page that offers a render on line example of
how povray works. With a truly random number there would be no reason to
ask the visitor to supply a seed amount since it would be automated and
each time it was activated the visitor would see a completely different
example.
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Ken Tyler - 1100+ Povray, Graphics, 3D Rendering, and Raytracing Links:
http://home.pacbell.net/tylereng/index.html http://www.povray.org/links/
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