POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.general : POV-Ray and SMP support : Re: POV-Ray and SMP support Server Time
5 Aug 2024 20:18:33 EDT (-0400)
  Re: POV-Ray and SMP support  
From: Ed Jackson
Date: 1 Aug 2002 00:06:43
Message: <pan.2002.08.01.04.06.42.876510.18632@iastate.edu>
On Wed, 31 Jul 2002 22:57:26 -0500, Timothy R. Cook wrote:

> Ron Parker wrote:
>> Oh, well, shucks, why didn't we think of that?  It's so much
>  > easier than the way we were planning on doing it, where the
>  > processors vote on the colors of all of the pixels.
> 
> Simple majority or 2/3rds?
 
And if one of the CPUs is really offended by a color, can it be blocked
in committee and prevented from ever coming to a floor vote?

And what about filibusters?

I'm starting to understand why this hasn't been implemented.  It sounds
very complicated.  Just the task of implementing Robert's Rules of Order
would be overwhelming.


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