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8 Aug 2024 06:12:39 EDT (-0400)
  Re: The Pi Pool Balls  
From: the ajj
Date: 24 Nov 2005 08:35:00
Message: <web.4385c133663c0519a43155f60@news.povray.org>
"PM 2Ring" <nomail@nomail> wrote:
> If you like, I can translate a short Pi generator into POV SDL that will
> give about 700 digits before it gets overflow errors. On a related note, I
> posted a POV scene file a few months back that can calculate e to millions
> of digits. I'll repost it if you like.
>
> PS. Nice concept. Years ago, I wrote a PostScript program to print pi in an
> exponential spiral, and I've recently been thinking of converting it
> (somehow) into POV SDL.

Pi generator would be cool! Could generate some very nice abstract images
then!  Be great if you could post it.

Yeah i was think of a spiral too.  My other concept was placing the balls on
a sine curve in the xz plane and use less focal blur.....lot of image maps
using this message.  Would look nice though ! :-)


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