hello all,

a group of 23 members (a subset of the beowulf list at NASA) have joined
in an effort to build the first plug n' play[tm] beowulf class
supercomputer. we are going to use the next generation playstation 2 due
out in spring 2000 as our base platform. most of us will be working on
the kernel hacks, ethernet over ieee1394, app porting etc. 

so. would you be interested in soon being able to build a scaleable
parallel
cluster that can render povray faster than an sgi origin2000 for about
US$299 per node ? i thought you might :-)

we need help and have recruited some of the best in their field. we
would be so grateful if someone could work on a sophisticated image for
us. this is a non-profit (i.e. no cash) project but the intellectual
property will remain the artists.

please let me know via email if anyone is interested. we envisage
something like tux penguins weilding playstations chasing wolves in an
antarctic type scene.

btw. it MUST be done under linux/unix 

-- 
regards
david r. stone
sto### [at] powernethkcom

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"David R. Stone" wrote:

> please let me know via email if anyone is interested. we envisage
> something like tux penguins weilding playstations chasing wolves in an
> antarctic type scene.

I've got a hyper cute raindeer I could donate to the cause that might fit
right in with your penguin theme. Example image available on request or
look for a thread titled "Cow ?" in the images group posted 4/4/99 for a
preview. The source code for a penguin was also posted somewhere on this
server I could probably locate for you if you are interested. I don't
have the time to put a scene together but I have can locate some to the
parts for you.

-- 
Ken Tyler

See my 1000+ Povray and 3D Rendering and Raytracing Links at:
http://home.pacbell.net/tylereng/index.html

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On Tue, 14 Sep 1999 03:05:57 -0700, Ken wrote:
>
>
>"David R. Stone" wrote:
>
>> please let me know via email if anyone is interested. we envisage
>> something like tux penguins weilding playstations chasing wolves in an
>> antarctic type scene.
>
>I've got a hyper cute raindeer I could donate to the cause that might fit
>right in with your penguin theme. Example image available on request or
>look for a thread titled "Cow ?" in the images group posted 4/4/99 for a
>preview. The source code for a penguin was also posted somewhere on this
>server I could probably locate for you if you are interested. I don't
>have the time to put a scene together but I have can locate some to the
>parts for you.

Doesn't it bother anyone that wolves and reindeer are Arctic while 
penguins are Antarctic?

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Ron Parker wrote:
> 
> Doesn't it bother anyone that wolves and reindeer are Arctic while
> penguins are Antarctic?

It does .. but where belongs the playstation to?

Marc
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Marc Schimmler

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Marc Schimmler wrote:
> 
> Ron Parker wrote:
> >
> > Doesn't it bother anyone that wolves and reindeer are Arctic while
> > penguins are Antarctic?
> 
> It does .. but where belongs the playstation to?
> 
> Marc
> --
> Marc Schimmler

Well, the new Sega Station has an Orca in it's trailor. Now this would
vote for arctic for the sega.
That yields the question whether Sega and Playstation share an ecosystem
or not...

Axel

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Ron Parker wrote:

> Doesn't it bother anyone that wolves and reindeer are Arctic while
> penguins are Antarctic?

  Ron for once I can honestly say it doesn't bother me in the least.
If you want to pick the eggs of a louse that's your problem :)

-- 
Ken Tyler

See my 1000+ Povray and 3D Rendering and Raytracing Links at:
http://home.pacbell.net/tylereng/index.html

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> please let me know via email if anyone is interested. we envisage
> something like tux penguins weilding playstations chasing wolves in an
> antarctic type scene.

Apparently, dogs have been known to disrupt penguin nesting colonies
(presumably not in Antarctica, but perhaps in Australia, South Africa or
South America, and possibly on some of the small southern islands), so
the concept isn't quite so far off as it might seem at first.  There's a
pretty good penguin web site at the URL listed below (this specific page
relates to mammalian predators of penguins).

http://home.capu.net/~kwelch/pp/predators/mammals.html

-Mark Gordon

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Ron Parker wrote:
> 
> Doesn't it bother anyone that wolves and reindeer are Arctic while
> penguins are Antarctic?

ron, we would appreciate any ideas that you may have. the project is
called 'wulfstation' its essentially a linux project. we would like to
include tux the penguin somewhere.

-- 
regards
david r. stone
sto### [at] powernethkcom

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On Wed, 15 Sep 1999 02:27:45 +0000, David R. Stone <sto### [at] powernethkcom> wrote:
>Ron Parker wrote:
>> 
>> Doesn't it bother anyone that wolves and reindeer are Arctic while
>> penguins are Antarctic?
>
>ron, we would appreciate any ideas that you may have. the project is
>called 'wulfstation' its essentially a linux project. we would like to
>include tux the penguin somewhere.

Well, if Gary Larson can get away with polar bears and penguins in
the same cartoon, surely we mere mortals can exercise some artistic
license.  I do think it's a nice concept, considering the project 
name.  

Can you point us to a place on the web where we might see good detailed
pictures of the fabled PSX-2 so we might model it?

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Ron Parker wrote:

> On Tue, 14 Sep 1999 03:05:57 -0700, Ken wrote:
> >
> >
> >"David R. Stone" wrote:
> >
> >> please let me know via email if anyone is interested. we envisage
> >> something like tux penguins weilding playstations chasing wolves in an
> >> antarctic type scene.
> >
> >I've got a hyper cute raindeer I could donate to the cause that might fit
> >right in with your penguin theme. Example image available on request or
> >look for a thread titled "Cow ?" in the images group posted 4/4/99 for a
> >preview. The source code for a penguin was also posted somewhere on this
> >server I could probably locate for you if you are interested. I don't
> >have the time to put a scene together but I have can locate some to the
> >parts for you.
>
> Doesn't it bother anyone that wolves and reindeer are Arctic while
> penguins are Antarctic?

No.

With all that technology and power at their disposal, the penguins obviously
teleported in to the area.

Hmmm. If the gateway is still open, it might make quite an interesting
render.

--
"My new computer's got the clocks, it rocks
But it was obsolete before I opened the box" - W.A.Y.

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