Le_Forgeron's explanation is interesting and helpful.

You're rant is not.

:(


On 7/13/2018 9:57 AM, clipka wrote:
> Am 13.07.2018 um 04:57 schrieb Mike Horvath:
>> On my host machine, when I close VMWare Player, I have to wait 5-10
>> minutes to start it again. Otherwise, the program just kind of hangs and
>> does nothing for a while.
>>
>> The weird part is, I have to wait 5-10 minutes before I can start
>> POV-Ray too or it will be super slow. ON MY HOST MACHINE!!
> 
> So you're basically saying, "certain programs" run super slow on your
> host machine if started within 5-10 minutes after closing VMWare Player,
> with "certain programs" including both POV-Ray and the VMWare Player itself.
> 
> Well, then by the very definition of the word that's not a POV-Ray
> specific problem.
> 
> 
> More of a VMWare Player specific problem. Or maybe even a more generic
> problem. My guess would be cleanup of resources used by VMWare Player.
> 
> But whatever the reason, it is most certainly not a bug in POV-Ray, and
> therefore off-topic in this newsgroup.
>

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On 07/15/2018 10:06 PM, Mike Horvath wrote:
> Le_Forgeron's explanation is interesting and helpful.
> 
> You're rant is not.
> 
> :(

As rants go, that was pretty mild.  Still, not as nice as clipka usually is.

I have, in the past, seen similar behavior where "certain programs"
behave oddly super slow, after "certain events".  I never figured out
which resources were being chewed up. I would have assumed memory, but
Task Manager always said I was good.

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Am 16.07.2018 um 05:57 schrieb dick balaska:
> On 07/15/2018 10:06 PM, Mike Horvath wrote:
>> Le_Forgeron's explanation is interesting and helpful.
>>
>> You're rant is not.
>>
>> :(
> 
> As rants go, that was pretty mild.  Still, not as nice as clipka usually is.

I have a tendency to not be nice when people label some behaviour as a
POV-Ray bug when evidently it is not.

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Am 16.07.2018 um 04:06 schrieb Mike Horvath:
> Le_Forgeron's explanation is interesting and helpful.
> 
> You're rant is not.

`povray.bugreports` is not there to get interesting or helpful replies.
It is a channel intended for users to officially report newly-discovered
verified(*) POV-Ray bugs, and maybe track progress on them. Where
appropriate, official recommendations for workarounds may also be given,
but generally no response should be expected.

(*within reason of course; no bug is truly verified until it is fully
diagnosed; and no bug is truly diagnosed until it has been fixed
successfully)


As for my "rant", I'm pretty sure you will find that it lacks the
long-windedness to constitute one. If you want a rant, here's one:


`povray.bugreports` is not a place for discussing whether some
unexpected behaviour constitutes a POV-Ray bug or not.

`povray.bugreports` is not a place for discussing what the root cause of
some unexpected behaviour may be.

`povray.bugreports` is not a place for discussing how to work around
some unexpected behaviour.

`povray.bugreports` is not a place for discussing what the root cause of
some unexpected behaviour may be.

`povray.bugreports` is not a place for discussing anything at all.

If you think there's any need for any discussion, `povray.bugreports` is
not the place to post.

`povray.bugreports` is also not a place for reporting unexpected
behaviour in POV-Ray caused by bugs in other software.

`povray.bugreports` is a place for reporting newly-discovered genuine
POV-Ray bugs (and for developers to respond to those reports as they
deem appropriate).


There. THAT was a rant.

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On 16-7-2018 13:57, clipka wrote:
> There. THAT was a rant.
> 

I loved it! :-)

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On 07/17/2018 02:24 AM, Thomas de Groot wrote:
> On 16-7-2018 13:57, clipka wrote:
>> There. THAT was a rant.
>>
> 
> I loved it! :-)
> 

I don't know...
I thought a proper rant required some personal insults.

"Your mother should take away your license to drive a mouse"
"PEBKAC"
"ETC!"

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On 17-7-2018 9:03, dick balaska wrote:
> On 07/17/2018 02:24 AM, Thomas de Groot wrote:
>> On 16-7-2018 13:57, clipka wrote:
>>> There. THAT was a rant.
>>>
>>
>> I loved it! :-)
>>
> 
> I don't know...
> I thought a proper rant required some personal insults.
> 
> "Your mother should take away your license to drive a mouse"
> "PEBKAC"
> "ETC!"
> 

[drool]
Yes! Yes!
[/drool]

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Am 17.07.2018 um 09:03 schrieb dick balaska:
> On 07/17/2018 02:24 AM, Thomas de Groot wrote:
>> On 16-7-2018 13:57, clipka wrote:
>>> There. THAT was a rant.
>>>
>>
>> I loved it! :-)
>>
> 
> I don't know...
> I thought a proper rant required some personal insults.
> 
> "Your mother should take away your license to drive a mouse"
> "PEBKAC"
> "ETC!"

How about "Your mother programs in BASIC"? Would that do?

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On 17/07/2018 10:02, clipka wrote:
> How about "Your mother programs in BASIC"? Would that do?


Oi! I resemble that remark!

QBasic actually. ;-)

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On Tue, 17 Jul 2018 11:02:26 +0200, clipka wrote:

> Am 17.07.2018 um 09:03 schrieb dick balaska:
>> On 07/17/2018 02:24 AM, Thomas de Groot wrote:
>>> On 16-7-2018 13:57, clipka wrote:
>>>> There. THAT was a rant.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> I loved it! :-)
>>>
>>>
>> I don't know...
>> I thought a proper rant required some personal insults.
>> 
>> "Your mother should take away your license to drive a mouse"
>> "PEBKAC"
>> "ETC!"
> 
> How about "Your mother programs in BASIC"? Would that do?

LOL



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