Hi Spider

Talking about Linux I JUST got it and I'm new to linux:-)

Spider wrote:

> I just love Linux....
> I actually can leave a render in background for all that time, and I don't have
> to bother..
> oh, yes, it's niced, andd I know I risk a crash to ruin it all (continue trace
> :-).
> The most important fact for me now is to keep the renders on a low memory
> consumption rate...   nothing extreme there... but media can do well...
>
> "Rick (Kitty5)" wrote:
> >
> > funny, i have actually concidered getting a cheap 486DX100 / P90 just to
> > leave renders running on... hmm
> >
> > Rick
> >
> > Eric Freeman <eri### [at] geocitiescom> wrote in message
> > news:37239be4.0@news.povray.org...
> > > Scott McDonald <sco### [at] metrolinkcom> wrote in message
> > > news:371406BC.B6D94EE1@metrolink.com...
> > > > Nicholas DePetrillo wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Oh by the way...It took about 30 min to render on my PC... 50 mgz
> > > celeron,
> > > > > (400 overclocked) and it was converted to Jpeg by adobe photoshop.
> > > >
> > > > 30 minutes is the forever it took to render?  <THWAP!>
> > > > Interesting piece, would be more interesting with a bit of a ground
> > > > texture and a sky though.  And of course would take much longer to
> > > > render, but I think it'd be worth it.
> > > >
> > > > (30 minutes, geez, the candle dragon pic takes 30 minutes on my k6/2 333
> > > > at 512x384)
> > >
> > > I got sick of pix using media tying up my computer, so I dug my old 486-33
> > > out of the closet.  The pic it is rendering now is flying along at about
> > one
> > > pixel per minute.  The final image (640*480) will take about 200 days to
> > > render !!!!!
> > >
> > > Eric
> > >
> > > -------------------
> > > "The best trick the devil ever pulled was
> > > convincing people he didn't exist..."
> > > - Verbal Kent.
> > > -------------------
> > > http://www.ametro.net/~ericfree
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
> --
> //Spider
>         [ spi### [at] bahnhofse ]-[ http://www.bahnhof.se/~spider/ ]
> What I can do and what I could do, I just don't know anymore
>                 "Marian"
>         By: "Sisters Of Mercy"

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