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Mike Horvath <mik### [at] gmail com> wrote:
> Also, I think Inkscape can export to POV-Ray, but I have never used the
> feature.
it used to export vector paths into povray lathe objects, yes. I used it once,
was pretty alright.
I use Blender as a hobbyist and since then have had little interest into
scripting. Though for purely abstract math-like CG, povray has no competition.
The kind of incredible images you'd get out of competitions such as povray short
code contest. we need more of that...
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On 11/18/2016 4:17 PM, nemesis wrote:
> Stephen <mca### [at] aolcom> wrote:
>> On 11/17/2016 4:50 PM, nemesis wrote:
>>> sure bet, sometimes I lurk in just to watch Stephen and Jim amusing interchanges
>>> :)
>>
>> You are welcome to join in anytime and Jim will sell you a copy of the
>> rules. ;-)
>
> too many anglophone puns for me to bear, I'm afraid :)
>
>
>
But that's the game. ;)
And now we have two letters in our mailbag. :)
--
Regards
Stephen
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On 11/17/2016 12:14 AM, [GDS|Entropy] wrote:
>> just look how far in the past it became: we are still using usenet to talk
>> >about it. how about some whatsapp? :p
>> >
> I like this forum because of the people. Many of you have been around for
> decades, and it is nice to be able to come around and chat with all of the
> folks I knew long ago.
>
So do I. I don't need a render as good as PovRay but I have stuck with
it because I like the people on the newsgroups.
> Without the people, their friendliness, and their willingness to assist and
> share, Pov would never have become what it is.
>
Can you remember when it was all, RTFM?
I am glad those days are gone.
> Half of what makes Pov great is this community in my opinion.
The other half is the great images some folk can make.
--
Regards
Stephen
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Stephen <mca### [at] aolcom> wrote:
> On 11/17/2016 12:14 AM, [GDS|Entropy] wrote:
> >> just look how far in the past it became: we are still using usenet to talk
> >> >about it. how about some whatsapp? :p
> >> >
> > I like this forum because of the people. Many of you have been around for
> > decades, and it is nice to be able to come around and chat with all of the
> > folks I knew long ago.
> >
>
> So do I. I don't need a render as good as PovRay but I have stuck with
> it because I like the people on the newsgroups.
>
> > Without the people, their friendliness, and their willingness to assist and
> > share, Pov would never have become what it is.
> >
>
> Can you remember when it was all, RTFM?
> I am glad those days are gone.
>
>
> > Half of what makes Pov great is this community in my opinion.
>
> The other half is the great images some folk can make.
>
> --
>
> Regards
> Stephen
Indeed! I would never have launched in export scripting without the safety net
and responsiveness these newsgroups gave me ! Thanks
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Am 2016-11-17 17:23, also sprach clipka:
> I once spent hours beside a climate chamber to hunt for a bug that the
> hardware guys couldn't figure out.
>
I got heat because a custom Altera part I was driving failed with my
software. The part worked just fine with the old software (which was
magnitudes too slow for which it was thrown out). Clearly my problem.
After a month of begging, I finally got an afternoon with the hardware
guy, who took 10 minutes to figure out that the output of an 8 input
nand gate was ringing into an adjacent line causing false triggers
elsewhere. Didn't show up when the part was running at 10% capacity.
And then, and *then*, I got big heat because the i82557 SIO chip would
start sending 0's. No errors, hardware checksum was ok. This was my
problem too. Years later, I found out that shiny new Linux 1.0.3 won't
support network cards with this chip (3C507) because of this known problem.
Thanks for not mentioning that when you sold us on the buggy chip, intel.
--
dik
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Am 2016-11-14 09:22, also sprach Stephen Klebs:
> POV-Ray is still around, a pioneer in open
> source,
Once upon a time, at a show (Hamburg?), Richard Stallman, surrounded by
his disciples, walked by the POV-Ray display and gave it a nice Roman
Thumbs Down, because it wasn't GPL'd.
--
dik
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Am 18.12.2016 um 13:13 schrieb dick balaska:
> Am 2016-11-17 17:23, also sprach clipka:
>
>> I once spent hours beside a climate chamber to hunt for a bug that the
>> hardware guys couldn't figure out.
>>
>
> I got heat because a custom Altera part I was driving failed with my
> software. The part worked just fine with the old software (which was
> magnitudes too slow for which it was thrown out). Clearly my problem.
> After a month of begging, I finally got an afternoon with the hardware
> guy, who took 10 minutes to figure out that the output of an 8 input
> nand gate was ringing into an adjacent line causing false triggers
> elsewhere. Didn't show up when the part was running at 10% capacity.
Ah, that sounds like fun!
> And then, and *then*, I got big heat because the i82557 SIO chip would
> start sending 0's. No errors, hardware checksum was ok. This was my
> problem too. Years later, I found out that shiny new Linux 1.0.3 won't
> support network cards with this chip (3C507) because of this known problem.
> Thanks for not mentioning that when you sold us on the buggy chip, intel.
That reminds me of the fun the hardware guys had when it turned out that
the designated MCU for the product didn't like to be started up too
shortly after losing power.
And I mean, it *really* didn't like that. Not in an "I'll throw a
tantrum" way, nor the "I'll go sulking in the corner for a while" kind.
No, I mean the "over my dead body" sort of dislike.
Literally.
Not good in a car, where engine start can occasionally cause power to
cut out on less-important pieces of equipment like ours.
Since a revised MCU was nowhere to be seen, and turning to a different
product was a no-go that late in the development cycle, hardware guys
had to add an extra circuit to the board that would absolutely
positively prevent the device from turning back on for a while after
powerdown.
Which of course would haunt us later down the line, when the car
manufacturer (who had approved the stopgap measure) complained that the
device didn't power up fast enough in some new test scenarios.
I miss that kind of bullcrap. Really.
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On 12/18/2016 12:13 PM, dick balaska wrote:
> I finally got an afternoon with the hardware guy, who took 10 minutes to
> figure out that
And he is probably saying that it took ages to get to talk to a S/ware guy.
Teamwork Rulz!
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Regards
Stephen
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On 12/18/2016 07:36 AM, dick balaska wrote:
> Am 2016-11-14 09:22, also sprach Stephen Klebs:
>> POV-Ray is still around, a pioneer in open
>> source,
>
> Once upon a time, at a show (Hamburg?), Richard Stallman, surrounded by
> his disciples, walked by the POV-Ray display and gave it a nice Roman
> Thumbs Down, because it wasn't GPL'd.
:-) I'd not heard that story.
Bill P.
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On 12/18/2016 7:36 AM, dick balaska wrote:
> Am 2016-11-14 09:22, also sprach Stephen Klebs:
>> POV-Ray is still around, a pioneer in open
>> source,
>
> Once upon a time, at a show (Hamburg?), Richard Stallman, surrounded by
> his disciples, walked by the POV-Ray display and gave it a nice Roman
> Thumbs Down, because it wasn't GPL'd.
LOL
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