> As you replied to a comment on the first version (hmm, up to now I haven't
> found out how to adress news articles as URLs...), you originally went for
a
> gloomy, oppressing Orwellian mood - so what about a televisor displaying
the
> latest news from the Malabar front, one of those famous "Big Brother is
> watching you!" posters, a crumpled pack of Victory cigarettes (with the
tobacco
> crumbling out of the paper) and a newspeak dictionary on the table, not to
> mention a more worn-out and shabby overall look of the scene?

Hehe actually I just finished reading 1984 for the first time a few weeks
ago, so those image are fresh in my memory, however I don't think any of
that would fit with the alien in the alcove. I think the "dwelling of a
daylight-dodging cranky computer hermit" look you mensioned works better
here.

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> > Assuming he's using MegaPOV, I would actually suggest *increasing* it to
> > 1. This is counterintuitive, but in my tests it seemed to give a small
> > speed boost without significantly affecting the image, whereas other
> > values had no useful effect.
>
> I remember i once managed to reduce artefacts by decreasing it, not sure
> if it works the same in this situation of course.

Thanks, I'll play with the adc_bailout a bit and see what I get.

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The Party would never allow the books in the corner, the picture on the
wall, the calendar... ;)

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"David Fontaine" <dav### [at] faricynet> wrote in message
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> The Party would never allow the books in the corner, the picture on the
> wall, the calendar... ;)

The books definetly not but the rest ... perhaps if they were produced by
the party and prominently displayed political sayings and images.

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