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  Re: Povray 3.7 - duty cycle : not working or obsolete?  
From: Stephen
Date: 25 Jun 2009 12:15:01
Message: <web.4a43a1a4626d3535fd99d9e0@news.povray.org>
"clipka" <nomail@nomail> wrote:
> Alain <aze### [at] qwertyorg> wrote:
> > Historicaly, the purpose of that setting was so that a computer
> > operating in zero G had less chances of overheating. There is no thermal
> > convection in the shuttle or in the International Space Station.
>
> For all who think this sounds like pure bullshit babble: POV-Ray has indeed been
> up in space. See the Hall of Fame for what I guess is probably the only artistic
> 3D render ever produced under zero G conditions.

I used this feature when my laptop was overheating. It kept it rendering without
shutting down.

Stephen


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