On 8/8/2016 5:14 PM, Bald Eagle wrote:
> Stephen <mca### [at] aolcom> wrote:
>
>>> Yes.  I am (usually) a big fan of checklists.
>> Unless something is going to go bang. I am not, I am afraid.
>
> For a while, I was using some organoboranes, organoaluminum, and organozinc
> reagents that were air-sensitive and spontaneously pyrophoric.
> So there was great potential for "pop"  "Whooooooosssssh"   "BANG"
>

Rather you than me. ;)

> Others were .... less safety conscious - and it showed.
>
>
I worked on offshore drilling rigs as an electronic engineer for several 
years.

Q. How do you tell if it is a driller ordering a round of drinks?
A. He will show the barman all his fingers and say three pints of beer.
(Really hard to tell a visual joke on paper.) :)


>> The idea is to add dirt/staining to edges, junctions of surfaces etc.
>> You might be interested in this thread.
>>
>>
http://news.povray.org/povray.binaries.images/thread/%3Cweb.4aa83e6a37d8ab92c83e2c410%40news.povray.org%3E/?mtop=3233
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>
> Oooh, yes.   That must be the "Edouard Poor" I have heard so much about in
> related threads.   I'll definitely have to check those macros out.  They could
> add as much or more as radiosity does to a scene.   :)
>
>
Thomas has used it to good effect. I have used it.

>> *.obj is the geometry file, *.mtl is the textures referenced by the obj
>> file. Both are text and human readable.
>
> Got it.  It's been a while.
>

And there are so many TLA (three-letter acronyms) :)

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Regards
     Stephen

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