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On Wed, 14 Nov 2001 22:51:02 +0100, Hugo wrote:
> You're not writing the same kind of program as I am, are you? I thought I
> could patent my idea and fill a gap in everyones POV experience.. Well.. At
You are aware that software patents are one of the purest forms of evil,
right?
--
#macro R(L P)sphere{L F}cylinder{L P F}#end#macro P(V)merge{R(z+a z)R(-z a-z)R(a
-z-z-z a+z)torus{1F clipped_by{plane{a 0}}}translate V}#end#macro Z(a F T)merge{
P(z+a)P(z-a)R(-z-z-x a)pigment{rgbt 1}hollow interior{media{emission T}}finish{
reflection.1}}#end Z(-x-x.2y)Z(-x-x.4x)camera{location z*-10rotate x*90}
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Hi Ron,
Hehe.. That made me smile.. It was a joke from my side. I have no patent in
mind, just maybe a dream of "being known" for having done something useful
among some POV people.. My program should be both freeware and open source..
The rest of what I wrote was honest however.
Hugo
Ron Parker wrote
> You are aware that software patents are one of the purest forms of evil,
> right?
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No, its not anything like the software you are developing. And, um, mine's
a secret too. ;-)
Cris Williams
"Hugo" <hua### [at] post3 teledk> wrote in message
news:3bf2e692$1@news.povray.org...
> Hi Cris,
>
> You're not writing the same kind of program as I am, are you? I thought I
> could patent my idea and fill a gap in everyones POV experience.. Well..
At
> least I'm struggling with math these days, reading and thinking, to get up
> on the level I need for my things to work.. I'm interested in knowing what
> you are trying to make? Maybe we could cooperate. Though, for now my plans
> are secret, in case I do have something unique in mind, that I can
develop.
>
> Regards,
> Hugo
>
> Cris wrote
> > I'm looking for a Mesh2 file that uses all of the Mesh2 features. I am
> > playing around with writing a program to manipulate meshes and I'd like
to
> > thoroughly check my parser code
>
>
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Cris Williams wrote:
> No, its not anything like the software you are developing. And, um, mine's
> a secret too. ;-)
>
> Cris Williams
>
And is it anything like mine?
:-)
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Jon A. Cruz
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Yes - it uses little mesh2 objects to create a mosiac image of the secret
source code from Hugo's secret software. :-)
Darn! I meant to keep that a secret! Don't tell anyone, okay?
Cris Williams
"Jon A. Cruz" <jon### [at] geocitiescom> wrote in message
news:3BF33D94.D0729DC3@geocities.com...
> Cris Williams wrote:
>
> > No, its not anything like the software you are developing. And, um,
mine's
> > a secret too. ;-)
> >
> > Cris Williams
> >
>
> And is it anything like mine?
>
> :-)
>
>
> --
> Jon A. Cruz
> http://www.geocities.com/joncruz/action.html
>
>
>
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Cris Williams wrote:
> Yes - it uses little mesh2 objects to create a mosiac image of
> the secret source code from Hugo's secret software. :-)
I personally suspect you are both writing the same program, not
noticing the extra lines that appear between your own editing
sessions.
--
Tim Cook
http://empyrean.scifi-fantasy.com
-----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK-----
Version: 3.12
GFA dpu- s: a?-- C++(++++) U P? L E--- W++(+++)>$
N++ o? K- w(+) O? M-(--) V? PS+(+++) PE(--) Y(--)
PGP-(--) t* 5++>+++++ X+ R* tv+ b++(+++) DI
D++(---) G(++) e*>++ h+ !r--- !y--
------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------
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Cris Williams wrote:
> Yes - it uses little mesh2 objects to create a mosiac image of the secret
> source code from Hugo's secret software. :-)
>
> Darn! I meant to keep that a secret! Don't tell anyone, okay?
Ooops. wrong program. The mosaic was just one I was maintaining for someone.
My program is YAMC
http://news.povray.org/povray.binaries.images/18811/
> Cris Williams
>
> "Jon A. Cruz" <jon### [at] geocitiescom> wrote in message
> news:3BF33D94.D0729DC3@geocities.com...
> > Cris Williams wrote:
> >
> > > No, its not anything like the software you are developing. And, um,
> mine's
> > > a secret too. ;-)
> > >
> > > Cris Williams
> > >
> >
> > And is it anything like mine?
> >
> > :-)
> >
> >
> > --
> > Jon A. Cruz
> > http://www.geocities.com/joncruz/action.html
> >
> >
> >
--
Jon A. Cruz
http://www.geocities.com/joncruz/action.html
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Ron Parker <ron### [at] povrayorg> wrote:
: You are aware that software patents are one of the purest forms of evil,
: right?
And also useless. Patenting your algorithm makes sure that it will never
be popular, it will never be developed further and that it will be forgotten
for tens of years (only after the patent expires, if the algorithm is still
relevant, it *might* have some success).
This is exactly what happened with, for example, fractal compression of
images. How many programs do you know that support encoding? Or even decoding?
How much has it evolved since the idea was discovered?
In contrast, think about PNG. No patents, huge popularity boom.
--
#macro N(D,I)#if(I<6)cylinder{M()#local D[I]=div(D[I],104);M().5,2pigment{
rgb M()}}N(D,(D[I]>99?I:I+1))#end#end#macro M()<mod(D[I],13)-6,mod(div(D[I
],13),8)-3,10>#end blob{N(array[6]{11117333955,
7382340,3358,3900569407,970,4254934330},0)}// - Warp -
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I knew that! No, it's not really like yours - in fact I'm not sure if my
software really knows what it wants to be when it grows up. Anyway, I hope
you're making good progress with YAMC. It looks pretty cool.
SPOON!!!
"Jon A. Cruz" <jon### [at] geocitiescom> wrote in message
news:3BF362DA.2D44E76F@geocities.com...
> Cris Williams wrote:
>
> > Yes - it uses little mesh2 objects to create a mosiac image of the
secret
> > source code from Hugo's secret software. :-)
> >
> > Darn! I meant to keep that a secret! Don't tell anyone, okay?
>
> Ooops. wrong program. The mosaic was just one I was maintaining for
someone.
>
> My program is YAMC
> http://news.povray.org/povray.binaries.images/18811/
>
>
>
> > Cris Williams
> >
> > "Jon A. Cruz" <jon### [at] geocitiescom> wrote in message
> > news:3BF33D94.D0729DC3@geocities.com...
> > > Cris Williams wrote:
> > >
> > > > No, its not anything like the software you are developing. And, um,
> > mine's
> > > > a secret too. ;-)
> > > >
> > > > Cris Williams
> > > >
> > >
> > > And is it anything like mine?
> > >
> > > :-)
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Jon A. Cruz
> > > http://www.geocities.com/joncruz/action.html
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
> --
> Jon A. Cruz
> http://www.geocities.com/joncruz/action.html
>
>
>
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Cris Williams wrote:
> I knew that! No, it's not really like yours - in fact I'm not sure if my
> software really knows what it wants to be when it grows up.
[SNIP]
> SPOON!!!
Two things for you and Hugo to ponder:
1) If you write it in Java and use Java3D, then the exact same binary will work
on Windows (with either Direct3D or OpenGL), Linux, Solaris, Mac OS X (soon),
Irix, and many others
2) If you code in C/C++ with OpenGL and GLUT then you can re-compile your same
sources to make a separate binary for Windows (OpenGL), Mac OS X, Irix, Solaris
and others.
The more, the merrier.
--
Jon A. Cruz
http://www.geocities.com/joncruz/action.html
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