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From: Orchid XP v8
Subject: Efficiency is...
Date: 20 Apr 2008 11:18:20
Message: <480b5ebc$1@news.povray.org>
...running WinAmp for over 2 hours decoding Ogg Vorbis in realtime, and 
seeing that it used a total of 4 seconds of CPU time.

(That's one impressive inverse MDCT!)

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From: Chambers
Subject: Re: Efficiency is...
Date: 20 Apr 2008 15:01:18
Message: <480b92fe$1@news.povray.org>
Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> ...running WinAmp for over 2 hours decoding Ogg Vorbis in realtime, and 
> seeing that it used a total of 4 seconds of CPU time.
> 
> (That's one impressive inverse MDCT!)
> 

!

That's pretty cool :)  Too bad we can't have POV ray trace in real time, 
using <10% CPU time!

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...Ben Chambers
www.pacificwebguy.com


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From: Orchid XP v8
Subject: Re: Efficiency is...
Date: 20 Apr 2008 15:14:37
Message: <480b961d$1@news.povray.org>
Chambers wrote:

> That's pretty cool :)  Too bad we can't have POV ray trace in real time, 
> using <10% CPU time!

Well, when somebody comes up with the equivilent of the Fast Fourier 
Transform, maybe... ;-)

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From: Nicolas Alvarez
Subject: Re: Efficiency is...
Date: 20 Apr 2008 16:23:54
Message: <480ba65a@news.povray.org>
Chambers escribió:
> That's pretty cool :)  Too bad we can't have POV ray trace in real time, 
> using <10% CPU time!

If we could, we would increase the detail on the scene to reach 100% 
again :) YKYHBRTTLW...


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From: Chambers
Subject: Re: Efficiency is...
Date: 20 Apr 2008 18:30:01
Message: <web.480bc38e3cd28dabd1c6a0eb0@news.povray.org>
Nicolas Alvarez <nic### [at] gmailisthebestcom> wrote:
> YKYHBRTTLW...

YKYHBRTTLWYKWYKYHBRTTLWM :)

....Chambers


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From: Nicolas Alvarez
Subject: Re: Efficiency is...
Date: 20 Apr 2008 20:48:13
Message: <480be44d$1@news.povray.org>
Chambers escribió:
> Nicolas Alvarez wrote:
>> YKYHBRTTLW...
> 
> YKYHBRTTLWYKWYKYHBRTTLWM :)

You Know You Have Been RayTracing Too Long
When You Know When You Know (?) You Have
Been RayTracing Too Long W... M...

Err... Explain?


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From: Sabrina Kilian
Subject: Re: Efficiency is...
Date: 20 Apr 2008 21:26:18
Message: <480bed3a$1@news.povray.org>
Nicolas Alvarez wrote:
> Chambers escribió:
>> Nicolas Alvarez wrote:
>>> YKYHBRTTLW...
>>
>> YKYHBRTTLWYKWYKYHBRTTLWM :)
> 
> You Know You Have Been RayTracing Too Long
> When You Know When You Know (?) You Have
> Been RayTracing Too Long W... M...
> 
> Err... Explain?

You haven't been raytracing long enough.

You know you have been ray tracing too long when you know what 'you know 
you have been ray tracing too long when' means.

All the acronyms has me wondering, has p.o-t ever had a TTSNBN?


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From: Chambers
Subject: Re: Efficiency is...
Date: 21 Apr 2008 00:20:48
Message: <480c1620$1@news.povray.org>
Sabrina Kilian wrote:
> Nicolas Alvarez wrote:
>> Err... Explain?
> 
> You haven't been raytracing long enough.
> 
> You know you have been ray tracing too long when you know what 'you know 
> you have been ray tracing too long when' means.

Good job :)

> All the acronyms has me wondering, has p.o-t ever had a TTSNBN?

What's that?

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...Ben Chambers
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From: Sabrina Kilian
Subject: Re: Efficiency is...
Date: 21 Apr 2008 16:32:20
Message: <480cf9d4$1@news.povray.org>
Chambers wrote:
> Sabrina Kilian wrote:
>> Nicolas Alvarez wrote:
>>> Err... Explain?
>>
>> You haven't been raytracing long enough.
>>
>> You know you have been ray tracing too long when you know what 'you 
>> know you have been ray tracing too long when' means.
> 
> Good job :)
> 
>> All the acronyms has me wondering, has p.o-t ever had a TTSNBN?
> 
> What's that?
> 

Thread That Shall Not Be Named


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From: Chambers
Subject: Re: Efficiency is...
Date: 22 Apr 2008 13:45:00
Message: <web.480e22fe3cd28dab261d9700@news.povray.org>
Sabrina Kilian <"ykgp at vtSPAM.edu"> wrote:
> Chambers wrote:
> > Sabrina Kilian wrote:
> >> All the acronyms has me wondering, has p.o-t ever had a TTSNBN?
> >
> > What's that?
> >
>
> Thread That Shall Not Be Named

I heard about one on Adam and Eve (I wasn't around for it, but people were
referencing it for months after).

I haven't seen Bill DeWitt in here for a while.  He used to like getting people
riled up.  (For that matter, I don't think I've seen Ken post in here for a few
years.  Whatever happened to our favorite AI?)

....Chambers
www.pacificwebguy.com


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From: triple r
Subject: Re: Efficiency is...
Date: 22 Apr 2008 14:05:00
Message: <web.480e28033cd28dabae42298f0@news.povray.org>
Sabrina Kilian <"ykgp at vtSPAM.edu"> wrote:
> All the acronyms has me wondering, has p.o-t ever had a TTSNBN?

Would it break the rules if someone told you?  Or maybe the very act of
mentioning it would change its status.  Whoa.  I need to sit down.

 - Ricky


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From: Mike Raiford
Subject: Re: Efficiency is...
Date: 22 Apr 2008 15:07:41
Message: <480e377d@news.povray.org>
Chambers wrote:

> I haven't seen Bill DeWitt in here for a while.  He used to like getting people
> riled up.  (For that matter, I don't think I've seen Ken post in here for a few
> years.  Whatever happened to our favorite AI?)

BDW==AQ?Yes:No


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From: Stephen
Subject: Re: Efficiency is...
Date: 22 Apr 2008 15:17:16
Message: <ubes04ppt389gd17h824vjae8qur8onrld@4ax.com>
On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:01:30 -0500, Mike Raiford
<mra### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:

>Chambers wrote:
>
>> I haven't seen Bill DeWitt in here for a while.  He used to like getting people
>> riled up.  (For that matter, I don't think I've seen Ken post in here for a few
>> years.  Whatever happened to our favorite AI?)
>
>BDW==AQ?Yes:No

I can't remember BdW posting images. Did he ever?
-- 

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     Stephen


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From: Sabrina Kilian
Subject: Re: Efficiency is...
Date: 22 Apr 2008 20:49:39
Message: <480e87a3$1@news.povray.org>
triple_r wrote:
> Sabrina Kilian <"ykgp at vtSPAM.edu"> wrote:
>> All the acronyms has me wondering, has p.o-t ever had a TTSNBN?
> 
> Would it break the rules if someone told you?  Or maybe the very act of
> mentioning it would change its status.  Whoa.  I need to sit down.
> 
>  - Ricky
> 

That's why I specifically did not ask for the name of said thread.


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From: Mike Raiford
Subject: Re: Efficiency is...
Date: 23 Apr 2008 07:58:56
Message: <480f2480$1@news.povray.org>
Stephen wrote:
> On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:01:30 -0500, Mike Raiford
> <mra### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
> 
>> Chambers wrote:
>>
>>> I haven't seen Bill DeWitt in here for a while.  He used to like getting people
>>> riled up.  (For that matter, I don't think I've seen Ken post in here for a few
>>> years.  Whatever happened to our favorite AI?)
>> BDW==AQ?Yes:No
> 
> I can't remember BdW posting images. Did he ever?

Hmm. Don't think he did, but then again, he was before my time, a bit. 
Though I remember one troll a few years back basically posting 
pornographic images. First time ever a user was basically "banned" from 
the servers..


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From: Stephen
Subject: Re: Efficiency is...
Date: 23 Apr 2008 08:19:19
Message: <a2au0499bhsaj4vg9daspnosrm0h833rqc@4ax.com>
On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 06:52:42 -0500, Mike Raiford
<mra### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:


>> I can't remember BdW posting images. Did he ever?
>
>Hmm. Don't think he did, but then again, he was before my time, a bit. 
>Though I remember one troll a few years back basically posting 
>pornographic images. First time ever a user was basically "banned" from 
>the servers..

I remember him and there was some talk, at the time, about someone
else who had been banned for far, far right views and trolling. But
Bill left voluntarily after showing increasing signs of paranoia.
-- 

Regards
     Stephen


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From: Phil Cook
Subject: Re: Efficiency is...
Date: 23 Apr 2008 10:07:20
Message: <op.t92hh9m2c3xi7v@news.povray.org>
And lo on Wed, 23 Apr 2008 12:52:42 +0100, Mike Raiford  
<mra### [at] hotmailcom> did spake, saying:

> Though I remember one troll a few years back basically posting  
> pornographic images. First time ever a user was basically "banned" from  
> the servers..

Oh wasn't he the one who insisted he had a right to post his images here  
and did so in JPEG2000 format, and then got ratty when someone reposted  
them in standard JPG?

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Phil Cook

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From: Mike Raiford
Subject: Re: Efficiency is...
Date: 23 Apr 2008 10:17:17
Message: <480f44ed@news.povray.org>
Phil Cook wrote:

> 
> Oh wasn't he the one who insisted he had a right to post his images here 
> and did so in JPEG2000 format, and then got ratty when someone reposted 
> them in standard JPG?
> 

That's the one. Boy! Was he fun!


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