On Tue, 08 Sep 2009 19:38:33 +0100, Stephen wrote:

> On 8 Sep 2009 14:31:40 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
> 
> 
>>> Have you found it?
>>
>>That depends on whether you put that axe down or not. ;-)
>>
>>
> I'm just pleased to see you ;)

LOL....

>>> Oh come on! If I wanted to do you harm I would use this razor sharp
>>> Lochaber axe which I am only carrying for agricultural purposes.
>>
>>There is such a thing as varying degress of harm.  If you used the axe
>>and then found that I'd let you the wrong pot, where would you be then?
>>Whereas if I was just unconscious.....uh, ....nevermind... ;-)
>>
>>
> Actually I think Sabrina beat you to it as she never came back and is
> probably living it up in the Caribbean.

Then I think a trip to the Caribbean is in order for the two of us...and 
any family members we wish to take along. :-)

Jim

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On 8 Sep 2009 14:44:58 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:

>
>Then I think a trip to the Caribbean is in order for the two of us...and 
>any family members we wish to take along. :-)

I turned down a job there a couple of weeks ago. A training job, 4 hours a day
for 3 weeks. The money was poor and as I'm not a beach person there's not a lot
to do as the course was in the afternoon. 
PS It was in Jamaica that I discovered PovRay eleven years ago, now. Sitting in
my apartment, smoking ganja and reading the Pov documents while PovRay took days
to render. :)

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     Stephen

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On Tue, 08 Sep 2009 20:00:45 +0100, Stephen wrote:

> On 8 Sep 2009 14:44:58 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
> 
> 
>>Then I think a trip to the Caribbean is in order for the two of us...and
>>any family members we wish to take along. :-)
> 
> I turned down a job there a couple of weeks ago. A training job, 4 hours
> a day for 3 weeks. The money was poor and as I'm not a beach person
> there's not a lot to do as the course was in the afternoon. 

That could be an issue, yeah....

> PS It was in
> Jamaica that I discovered PovRay eleven years ago, now. Sitting in my
> apartment, smoking ganja and reading the Pov documents while PovRay took
> days to render. :)

I've got to think now, when did I start playing around with POVRay?  1990 
or so.  In fact, when the wiki was being set up, I had a chat with Chris 
about the days on CompuServe, and he pulled up the entry for a render 
that I'd created of my old cribbage board.  I had to borrow a scanner to 
do the textures for the playing cards (I wanted to scan in some Russian 
cards I had purchased in Moscow).

Jim

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Jim Henderson wrote:

> I've got to think now, when did I start playing around with POVRay?  1990 
> or so.  In fact, when the wiki was being set up, I had a chat with Chris 
> about the days on CompuServe, and he pulled up the entry for a render 
> that I'd created of my old cribbage board.  I had to borrow a scanner to 
> do the textures for the playing cards (I wanted to scan in some Russian 
> cards I had purchased in Moscow).

Whatever happened to Dan Farmer and Truman Brown?
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~Mike

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On 8 Sep 2009 15:21:56 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:

>I've got to think now, when did I start playing around with POVRay?  1990 
>or so.  

So we will be seeing something in china for your twentieth Anniversary. I'll
need to do something in silk :(

>In fact, when the wiki was being set up, I had a chat with Chris 
>about the days on CompuServe, and he pulled up the entry for a render 
>that I'd created of my old cribbage board.  I had to borrow a scanner to 
>do the textures for the playing cards (I wanted to scan in some Russian 
>cards I had purchased in Moscow).

I had to borrow a scanner to do the textures for a Newton's cradle made out of
Red Stripe bottles (4 days)
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     Stephen

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On Tue, 08 Sep 2009 20:42:30 +0100, Stephen wrote:

> On 8 Sep 2009 15:21:56 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
> 
>>I've got to think now, when did I start playing around with POVRay? 
>>1990 or so.
> 
> So we will be seeing something in china for your twentieth Anniversary.
> I'll need to do something in silk :(

Maybe, I've never been particularly good at textures.

>>In fact, when the wiki was being set up, I had a chat with Chris about
>>the days on CompuServe, and he pulled up the entry for a render that I'd
>>created of my old cribbage board.  I had to borrow a scanner to do the
>>textures for the playing cards (I wanted to scan in some Russian cards I
>>had purchased in Moscow).
> 
> I had to borrow a scanner to do the textures for a Newton's cradle made
> out of Red Stripe bottles (4 days)

I wish I still had my model - or the image.

Jim

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On Tue, 08 Sep 2009 14:33:07 -0500, Mike Raiford wrote:

> Jim Henderson wrote:
> 
>> I've got to think now, when did I start playing around with POVRay? 
>> 1990 or so.  In fact, when the wiki was being set up, I had a chat with
>> Chris about the days on CompuServe, and he pulled up the entry for a
>> render that I'd created of my old cribbage board.  I had to borrow a
>> scanner to do the textures for the playing cards (I wanted to scan in
>> some Russian cards I had purchased in Moscow).
> 
> Whatever happened to Dan Farmer and Truman Brown?

Dan Farmer dropped in the newsgroups here a few months ago.  I don't know 
what happened to Truman, though.

Jim

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On 8 Sep 2009 17:11:07 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:

>> So we will be seeing something in china for your twentieth Anniversary.
>> I'll need to do something in silk :(
>
>Maybe, I've never been particularly good at textures.
>

Me too.

>> 
>> I had to borrow a scanner to do the textures for a Newton's cradle made
>> out of Red Stripe bottles (4 days)
>
>I wish I still had my model - or the image.

Me too.
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     Stephen

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On Tue, 08 Sep 2009 22:39:40 +0100, Stephen wrote:

> On 8 Sep 2009 17:11:07 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
> 
>>> So we will be seeing something in china for your twentieth
>>> Anniversary. I'll need to do something in silk :(
>>
>>Maybe, I've never been particularly good at textures.
>>
>>
> Me too.

I seem to even have difficulty with a matte white finish.  Top that. :-)

>>> I had to borrow a scanner to do the textures for a Newton's cradle
>>> made out of Red Stripe bottles (4 days)
>>
>>I wish I still had my model - or the image.
> 
> Me too.

You wish you had my model and the image?  ;-)

Jim

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On 8 Sep 2009 17:49:52 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:

>>>Maybe, I've never been particularly good at textures.
>>>
>>>
>> Me too.
>
>I seem to even have difficulty with a matte white finish.  Top that. :-)
>

You mean grey? :)

>>>> I had to borrow a scanner to do the textures for a Newton's cradle
>>>> made out of Red Stripe bottles (4 days)
>>>
>>>I wish I still had my model - or the image.
>> 
>> Me too.
>
>You wish you had my model and the image?  ;-)

Actually I meant my scene and models but a look at yours would be good too.

I spent a long time modelling my Red Stripe bottles. I spent a whole evening
looking at them both full and empty, knocking them together to get the "ching"
as they collided in the Newton's cradle. A very tough evening ;)
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Regards
     Stephen

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