Welcome back!  Don't forget to upload some of those new images once you finish
downloading and reading the 50,000,000 messages that have been posted since you
left.

-Mike

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Chris Huff wrote in message ...
>And we missed you! Really, there were quite a few people asking about
>SamualT's isosurface tutorial... :-)

I saw a few of those posts.....I'm glad that more people are learning the
isosurface. It always helps to have different ways of seeing how to do
something, and having more than one tutorial out there has helped, I think.

>Speaking of stimulating conversation, you might want to avoid getting
>into a "discussion" with a certain person in povray.off-topic(unless you
>feel like being called a lazy, isolationist, unmoral, Pavlovian,
>media-fed, childish goldfish, that is...).

Yikes! I know I worked slowly on my website, and perhaps I'm not as social
as I could be, but sheesh...

>Reading a few of the messages
>there should point out why...the signal-noise ratio in that group is
>disappointingly low now, though the offender seems to be getting bored
>and will hopefully leave soon.

I see, so nobody is safe from that guy's septic attitute? Maybe we can talk
nice to him until he either sweetens or leaves....

>There have been some interesting isosurface images lately,

Cool.

>a new "glow"
>patch based on POV-AFX,

I'll have to check that out...

>a lot of interesting experimentation with
>radiosity, a couple castles, etc. You should find them interesting once
>you get a faster modem and better display...


*sigh* I have those things, but my system is in storage temporarily.... :(

>> I hope to be stopping in more often.
>
>I hope so too, it's nice to see you here again. :-)


:)

~SamuelT

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Great seeing that you back OL!

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In article <39ef2edb@news.povray.org>, "SamuelT" 
<STB### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:

> I saw a few of those posts.....I'm glad that more people are learning the
> isosurface. It always helps to have different ways of seeing how to do
> something, and having more than one tutorial out there has helped, I 
> think.

True. BTW, will there be any additions to the isosurface tutorial soon? 
:-)


> >...a lazy, isolationist, unmoral, Pavlovian, media-fed, childish 
> >goldfish, that is...).
> Yikes! I know I worked slowly on my website, and perhaps I'm not as 
> social as I could be, but sheesh...

It doesn't matter how nice you are or what kind of person you are...he 
simply repeats from the same list of adjectives("goldfish" seems to be 
his favorite right now). Giving actual disproof of his assertions is 
also useless.


> I see, so nobody is safe from that guy's septic attitute? Maybe we 
> can talk nice to him until he either sweetens or leaves....

Well, he has said multiple times that he does not want to become part of 
the community here, so I doubt he will "sweeten", as you put it. The 
best I hope for is that he gets bored, leaves, and then forgets about 
news.povray.org.
Fortunately, he has kept his recent heap of flame messages and rants to 
povray.off-topic...by the fact he hasn't replied here, I doubt he reads 
any other groups. And if this part of the conversation goes on, it 
should also be forwarded to .off-topic.


> >a new "glow" patch based on POV-AFX,
> I'll have to check that out...

Then I might as well warn you ahead of time: don't use "size" or 
"fade_power". :-)
The "size" feature is buggy, but you can adjust the size by adjusting 
the brightness of the color. And the "fade_power" feature doesn't seem 
to play well with reflective or transparent surfaces, so I might remove 
it.
Glows are included in MegaPOV 0.6a, which is the latest version. There 
is a possibility of a bug fix version being released soon, but 0.6a 
should do fine. There are some demo pictures here:
http://users.skynet.be/smellenbergh/demo.html

Oh, and there is a bunch of updated info about 3.5/4.0 in 
povray.announce.frequently-asked-questions, look for the message by 
Chris Cason titled "POV-Team Status Report - September 1, 2000".


> *sigh* I have those things, but my system is in storage temporarily.... 

I meant once you get your system unpacked and running... :-)
Having the computer and not being able to use it must be extremely 
frusterating...

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Christopher James Huff
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TAG: chr### [at] tagpovrayorg, http://tag.povray.org/

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Welcome back!  As others had posted, MegaPov 0.6a has a glow patch.  I tried
using it to make a sun.
Brendan

SamuelT wrote:

> Hey there! Long time no see. Looks like things are still bustling around
> here :) Just thought I'd stop in to say hello to everyone. I miss the
> stimulating conversation of which there is an abundance around here :)
> I've been floating around after having moved, but have recently settled into
> a 35' trailer. Not a big place, but it's just me anyways. After getting
> things secured there, I hope to be getting internet access on my computer
> again. The one I'm typing this message on is outdated: slow processor, slow
> modem, bad graphics.... it always seems that businesses have older computers
> than home-users do....
> Turns out my boss will be letting me do some AutoCad work here (hopefully @
> home), redrawing architectural plans and the like. Of course that means
> learning AutoCad and becoming familiar with building codes.
> Well enough of this drawn-out letter :) I hope to be stopping in more often.
> I've got a couple renderings to show off, too :)
>
> ~SamuelT
>
> P.S. Hello esp. to Bob H., Tony B., Mike H., Chris Huff, and Uncle Ken

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Welcome back.  There's a lot of messages to catch up on, 
and your isosurface tutorial has been missed by some. 

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