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From: Timothy R  Cook
Subject: Re: Light Cones
Date: 30 Mar 2002 11:34:09
Message: <3CA5E908.863BE9F2@scifi-fantasy.com>
Warp wrote:
> > Intel/AMD need to severly upgrade their FPUs.

>   To what?

To something that can correctly evaluate sqrt(100)==10.

-- 
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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From: Warp
Subject: Re: Light Cones
Date: 30 Mar 2002 12:28:15
Message: <3ca5f5ae@news.povray.org>
Timothy R. Cook <tim### [at] scifi-fantasycom> wrote:
> To something that can correctly evaluate sqrt(100)==10.

  Any suggestion (which is not 1000 times slower than the current system)?

-- 
#macro N(D)#if(D>99)cylinder{M()#local D=div(D,104);M().5,2pigment{rgb M()}}
N(D)#end#end#macro M()<mod(D,13)-6mod(div(D,13)8)-3,10>#end blob{
N(11117333955)N(4254934330)N(3900569407)N(7382340)N(3358)N(970)}//  - Warp -


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From: Timothy R  Cook
Subject: Re: Light Cones
Date: 30 Mar 2002 12:40:33
Message: <3CA5F898.EBB95C00@scifi-fantasy.com>
Warp wrote:
> > To something that can correctly evaluate sqrt(100)==10.

>   Any suggestion (which is not 1000 times slower than the current system)?

I'm an illustration major, not compsci.

-- 
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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From: Markus Becker
Subject: Re: Light Cones
Date: 3 Apr 2002 09:27:58
Message: <3CAB11D5.262C19E2@aicoss.de>
"Timothy R. Cook" wrote:
> 
> I'm an illustration major, not compsci.

So then let the compscis decide what's feasible and what not.

Markus


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From: Warp
Subject: Re: Light Cones
Date: 3 Apr 2002 10:05:15
Message: <3cab1a2a@news.povray.org>
Markus Becker <bec### [at] aicossde> wrote:
> So then let the compscis decide what's feasible and what not.

  Yeah. We know what you need and what you don't. ;)

  Seriously, sometimes something can look pretty simple and obvious and one
tends to think "how come they never have thought of this?". However, usually
when you care to find out about the issue you discover that it's one of
the things first considered and usually quickly discarded as completely
unfeasible. The reasons for discarding it may not always be obvious, but
they are usually very justifiable.

-- 
#macro N(D)#if(D>99)cylinder{M()#local D=div(D,104);M().5,2pigment{rgb M()}}
N(D)#end#end#macro M()<mod(D,13)-6mod(div(D,13)8)-3,10>#end blob{
N(11117333955)N(4254934330)N(3900569407)N(7382340)N(3358)N(970)}//  - Warp -


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