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An old rendering, made from a photo in the "Cosmos" science book by Carl
Sagan.
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Stefan Viljoen
Software Support Technician
Polar Design Solutions
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From: Marc Jacquier
Subject: Re: The lost library of Alexandria - 252K
Date: 5 Oct 2004 01:50:59
Message: <41623643@news.povray.org>
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4161cec7@news.povray.org...
> An old rendering, made from a photo in the "Cosmos" science book by Carl
> Sagan.
> --
> Stefan Viljoen
> Software Support Technician
> Polar Design Solutions
Very nice
But...
Dit they get the books safe before the fire?
And is not Beethoven (if I don't mistake)a bit anachronistic in this
context? ;-)
Marc
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From: Thomas de Groot
Subject: Re: The lost library of Alexandria - 252K
Date: 5 Oct 2004 03:37:27
Message: <41624f37@news.povray.org>
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The edges of the steps are 'soft'!! Did you use Wings3D?
Otherwise, very nice.
Thomas
"Stefan Viljoen" <ryl### [at] intekom coza> schreef in bericht
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> An old rendering, made from a photo in the "Cosmos" science book by Carl
> Sagan.
> --
> Stefan Viljoen
> Software Support Technician
> Polar Design Solutions
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"Marc Jacquier" <nos### [at] wanadoofr> schreef in bericht
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> And is not Beethoven (if I don't mistake)a bit anachronistic in this
> context? ;-)
>
burned of course, and he is totally forgotten today ;-)
Thomas
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> The edges of the steps are 'soft'!! Did you use Wings3D?
I'd rather say superellipsoids.
> Otherwise, very nice.
I agree.
Regards,
Tim
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"Tim Nikias v2.0"
Homepage: <http://www.nolights.de>
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From: Stefan Viljoen
Subject: Re: The lost library of Alexandria - 252K
Date: 5 Oct 2004 05:48:55
Message: <41626e06@news.povray.org>
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Marc Jacquier wrote:
> Very nice
> But...
> Dit they get the books safe before the fire?
Nope - it burned down in total. Lots of knowledge was lost - I have heard it
postulated that if the library had not been burned down, we would have been
far more advanced today than we are. Apparently lots of knowledge was lost
that had to be rediscovered many years later.
> And is not Beethoven (if I don't mistake)a bit anachronistic in this
> context? ;-)
Yes :) - I did not have a fast internet connection when doing the scene in
2000 and grabbed the first human-like model I could lay my hands on. But I
admit that Beethoven does not quite cut it in the Library...!
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Stefan Viljoen
Software Support Technician
Polar Design Solutions
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From: Stefan Viljoen
Subject: Re: The lost library of Alexandria - 252K
Date: 5 Oct 2004 05:50:10
Message: <41626e51@news.povray.org>
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Thomas de Groot wrote:
> The edges of the steps are 'soft'!! Did you use Wings3D?
> Otherwise, very nice.
No - they are isosurfaces.
And they are only soft 'cause I had no other idea how to make steps and NOT
use simple boxes. I was still very much in my Pov infancy!
Thanks for commenting and taking a look, though.
Kind regards,
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Stefan Viljoen
Software Support Technician
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From: Stefan Viljoen
Subject: Re: The lost library of Alexandria - 252K
Date: 5 Oct 2004 05:51:16
Message: <41626e94@news.povray.org>
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"Tim Nikias" <JUSTTHELOWERCASE:timISNOTnikias(at)gmx.netWARE> wrote:
>> The edges of the steps are 'soft'!! Did you use Wings3D?
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> I'd rather say superellipsoids.
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>> Otherwise, very nice.
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> I agree.
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> Regards,
> Tim
>
Thanks Tim - the steps are isosurfaces if I remember correctly. No Wings3D
use - I only discovered Wings last week!
Kind regards,
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Stefan Viljoen
Software Support Technician
Polar Design Solutions
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From: Marc Jacquier
Subject: Re: The lost library of Alexandria - 252K
Date: 5 Oct 2004 08:03:05
Message: <41628d79@news.povray.org>
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> Marc Jacquier wrote:
>
> > Very nice
> > But...
> > Dit they get the books safe before the fire?
>
> Nope - it burned down in total. Lots of knowledge was lost - I have heard
it
> postulated that if the library had not been burned down, we would have
been
> far more advanced today than we are. Apparently lots of knowledge was lost
> that had to be rediscovered many years later.
>
LOL I know that but my question was "where are the books?" :)
Now, I doubt knowledge was concentrated only in books and only in one
place. (but we are drifting O.T.)
Regards
Marc
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Stefan Viljoen wrote:
> Nope - it burned down in total.
I've read that some scraps of scrolls were eventually found and saved,
including things like the formulae for the orbits of planets, etc,
leading to the conclusion that science was fairly well advanced. If only
they'd discovered movable type. :-)
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