Mathias Broxvall wrote in message
<1d8### [at] dialup78-2-26swipnetse>...
>Hi - Sorry to post this outside the movieproject-thread, but
>I think that one has grown large enough now, and I couln't find
>a suitable article to 'reply-to'...
>Anyway what I  meant to say is that almost everyone seem to talk
>about their computer speed when they suggest themself as
>renderslaves. Isn't part of the question what kind of internet
>connection they have. What point is it to render 2-3 megs of
>pictures every day when you only have a 14.4K modem line to
>distribute it with. It would be expensive for the slaves with
>the connection costs...
>Any opinions?
>
>/ Mathias Broxvall
>

As a slave (can we not think of a better name) with a connection cost, and a
fan of POV-Ray, I had to think about what I could offer. I have spare
processing power on my home computer I'm willing to donate, I have spare
webspace I'm willing to donate, and I'm willing to create objects if needed.
However I've only done one of these; I've become a render slave.

1) I may only have a 33.6 connection to my ISP (who sometimes seems to have
less to the internet ;-), but I also have a "sneaker-net" connection (via
zip disk) to a 2Mbit connection to the internet when I need to do large
transfers, so file size isn't a problem for me.

2) I've got approx. 5MB of unused webspace available with my ISP, which I
would donate, but the quality of my ISP's service is sometimes poorly
lacking (yet at othertimes excellent), so I don't believe it would be of
benefit to the project.

3) As for creating objects or parts of the animation, I just don't feel that
my skills are good enough. If they were I would donate them.

What I'm trying to say is that I've reasoned what I can realistically offer,
and I believe that most people here would do the same. But Mathias is right,
don't become a render slave if you can't or don't want to handle the
connection costs (be they time or money).

(Possibly my longest Usenet posting yet).

Justin Whitton
jus### [at] virginnet
http://freespace.virgin.net/justin.whitton
(As mentioned above, this URL may or maynot work depending on which way the
wind is blowing at my ISP :o)

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