clipka schrieb:
> 
> As for #1, #2, #12, #13, #14, #17, #18 and #19, I'm quite lost...
> 
> 
> There. Now I'm going to check the Hall of Fame...

Found #13 (man, I didn't even know this detail was in there!)

Found that I was right with #15 (somewhat to my own surprise).

Identified #1.

Found I was right with #6 after all (didn't remember the shot to be 
/that/ slanted).

Found that I'm probably wrong about #11 after all, and definitely wrong 
about #8.


Found #14 (after a long search).

#2, #12, #17, #18 and #19 (and #8 and #11) remain unaccounted for - I 
don't have much hope of ever being able to dig them up...

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Kevin Wampler wrote:

> I've taken 20 different povray images and clipped out a 64x64 pixel 
> square from each.  The challenge is to identify which image each square 
> came form.  Most of the images are reasonably well known, but I threw a 
> few tougher ones in there just to be a jerk.


Hmm. #16 is obviously that underwater one (whatever the hell it's 
called). #14 looks like it might be that render of the London Natural 
History Museum that somebody did a while back. And it looks plausible 
that #17 is the tea and biscuits scene that renders every time you 
instill WinPOV. (Something keeps telling me #1 is the benchmark scene, 
but I don't think it is.)

Hmm, OK. So, comprehensive failure then?

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Invisible wrote:

> Hmm, OK. So, comprehensive failure then?

Ooo, wait a sec - #15 looks like that crazy violent circuit board thing.
And #11 might conceivably by the splash screen from WinPOV.

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clipka wrote:
> #2, #12, #17, #18 and #19 (and #8 and #11) remain unaccounted for - I 
> don't have much hope of ever being able to dig them up...

I think you got #11 right after all.  All in all really impressive, 
particularly considering how accurate your guesses were.  Except for #19 
I think all the ones remaining are less well-known, so you can rest easy 
that you've basically solved the main part of it.  I'll post an answer 
key in a few days for the curious.

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Invisible wrote:
> Hmm. #16 is obviously that underwater one (whatever the hell it's 
> called). #14 looks like it might be that render of the London Natural 
> History Museum that somebody did a while back. And it looks plausible 
> that #17 is the tea and biscuits scene that renders every time you 
> instill WinPOV. (Something keeps telling me #1 is the benchmark scene, 
> but I don't think it is.)
> 
> Hmm, OK. So, comprehensive failure then?


I don't think #1 has ever been a benchmark scene and you're off on #17, 
but I think the rest of your guesses are correct (including #15 and 
#11).  Nice catch on #14 as well, I was a bit worried nobody would 
recognize that one.

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#3 is that image where there are hexagonal cells, each having some
theme inside. I don't remember the round it was related to. I remember
the image in general, but not details.

  #4 rather obvious. Shouldn't even be necessary to say. Bird, rainy day...
If someone doesn't know this image he should forever hide in shame.

  #5 futuristic robotic police patrolling streets, with a bum sleeping
in the alley. One of the most famous POV-Ray artists of the past, sadly
went to greener pastures (and rival renderers) many years ago. Damned if
I remember his name now, shame on me.

  #6 shadow of a girl jumping the rope. I think it was an allusion to an
atomic bomb blast leaving a permanent shadow on the wall.

  #10 awsome rolex?

  #11 winner of the "water" round. Has a prominent shadow artifact in one
of the rocks in the lower edge of the image.

  #16 winner of the POV-Ray compo. I think it was named "The Guardian" or
something like that.

  #18 was this the one with the dinosaurs playing instruments? Or am I
completely confusing things here?

  #20 Pearl Harbor?

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Warp wrote:

>   #4 rather obvious. Shouldn't even be necessary to say. Bird, rainy day...
> If someone doesn't know this image he should forever hide in shame.

I was surprised not to find the Wet Bird anywhere here. And then I 
realised that IT IS HERE. O_O

The cropped image doesn't even remotely resemble how I remember that 
image; it's far too light (I remember the image as rainy and almost 
black), and the lamp post is the wrong shape (I was certain it's the 
other way around too), and the background looks like interior wallpaper 
rather than a building. It looked for all the world like a bird sitting 
on the side of a birdcage in somebody's front room.

I fail. :'{

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I somehow thought you'd know a lot of these, and I was not dissapointed. 
  Also, nice catch on #18 -- that's an old image.  The artist you're 
thinking of is H.E. Day btw.  I wonder what he's up to these days, he 
was quite talented.

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Kevin Wampler schrieb:
> clipka wrote:
>> #2, #12, #17, #18 and #19 (and #8 and #11) remain unaccounted for - I 
>> don't have much hope of ever being able to dig them up...
> 
> I think you got #11 right after all.

Maybe - possibly at a different resolution; the image was modified a bit 
for the splash screen (and it keeps closing after a few seconds, making 
it hard to take a close look :-P) so I find it really hard to tell.

 > Except for #19
> I think all the ones remaining are less well-known,

Wait - what? So #19 is supposed to be better known than the others? Duh 
- it really doesn't ring a bell in me. (Not these 4096 pixels at least.)

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clipka wrote:
> Kevin Wampler schrieb:
>> clipka wrote:
>>> #2, #12, #17, #18 and #19 (and #8 and #11) remain unaccounted for - I 
>>> don't have much hope of ever being able to dig them up...
>>
>> I think you got #11 right after all.
> 
> Maybe - possibly at a different resolution; the image was modified a bit 
> for the splash screen (and it keeps closing after a few seconds, making 
> it hard to take a close look :-P) so I find it really hard to tell.

I think your "different resolution" hypothesis is entirely correct as 
the image as also in the IRTC.


>  > Except for #19
>> I think all the ones remaining are less well-known,
> 
> Wait - what? So #19 is supposed to be better known than the others? Duh 
> - it really doesn't ring a bell in me. (Not these 4096 pixels at least.)

I'd say that #19 is better known than the other ones you didn't get, and 
I've certainly seen it used in other contexts before.  Probably not more 
well known than most of the ones you correctly guessed though.

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