 | | Re: DAT Explorer v. 0.6.1
|
|
(...) The images are cached "permenantly". KL (25 years ago, 18-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
|
| |
| | Re: DAT Explorer v. 0.6.1
|
|
(...) Do you save the rendered images permanently, or just cache them while a single user is there? I'll have to go test this right now myself. -John Van (25 years ago, 18-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
|
| |
| | Re: DAT Explorer v. 0.6.1
|
|
(...) It's running on FreeBSD 3.2-RELEASE on a dual PII 333. The bandwidth for the explorer is in the noise compared to the scans. The CPU however could be a problem if several people render at once. It won't be a problem unless it gets slashdotted (...) (25 years ago, 17-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
|
| |
| | Re: DAT Explorer v. 0.6.1
|
|
(...) This is SO cool! Todd needs to put this on the resources page if it isn't already. Thanks, Kev. Much better use of your time (1) than resizing images and editing out tears and cropping blank edges. (2) This ROCKS. So you have the render engine (...) (25 years ago, 17-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
|
| |
| | Re: the moon
|
|
(...) Gerry Anderson? Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 17-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
|
| |
| | Re: A UNIX directory/path question
|
|
(...) Caveat lector, although '..' works great 99.9% of the time, be careful in the presence of symbolic links! --Todd (25 years ago, 17-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
|
| |
| | Re: t7po autopick
|
|
(...) (1)---^^^...^^^ (...) 1. For things like this, for example. :-, Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 17-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
|
| |
| | Re: t7po autopick
|
|
(...) :-D No no no, a "bot" like a script or agent of some sort. I was thinking something along the lines of a script which scans LUGNET messages and generates a report based upon possible typos. A sort of Kibo thing. I know I would use one just to (...) (25 years ago, 17-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
|
| |
| | Re: A UNIX directory/path question
|
|
(...) easily (...) In this situation, to access technica you would use: ../../filename To access something in header you would useL ../../header/filename you can use as many .. as you want - each time you use it, you go up one step in the (...) (25 years ago, 17-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
|
| |
| | A UNIX directory/path question
|
|
OK, here's one that I cant figure out but is probably elementary to you guys. I am working on my next Lego site and need to create a directory structure like; ---technica | -header | -index | | | 8800 | | If I am in the 8800 directory I know I can (...) (25 years ago, 17-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
|
| |
| | Re: t7po autopick
|
|
(...) ?? are you asking me if I am a bot? (1) ?? is ther a word missing there somewhere? 1 - people accuse me of being inhuman but I'm just as human as the next guy, maybe a bit more if he's irrational at the time. (25 years ago, 17-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
|
| |
| | Re: t7po autopick
|
|
I've been mulling over the fact that the term "t7po" is awfully close to "C3P0". And you're using "auto" here. Do you some form of bot (other than an automatic tendency to find typos, that is) or script? Assuming access to a decent spell- and (...) (25 years ago, 16-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
|
| |
| | (canceled)
|
|
|
| |
| | Re: Microbuilder
|
|
(...) Thanks for the suggestion, Jonathan, but I personally probably never will install it. I have tried a 1/2 dozen times over the last few years and it always hoses something up. I was holding off on sounds too, but finally relented and installed (...) (25 years ago, 15-Sep-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
|
| |
| | Re: Datsville overview
|
|
(...) Got it. I couldn't figure out how to add a swap *file* in Free BSD, so I'm rendering it on a Sparc5. It's still parsing... It's hovering around 820MB right now. I'll probably try it on the rs/6000 (much faster) if I can get povray to compile (...) (25 years ago, 15-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
|
| |
| | Re: Datsville overview
|
|
Oh; wasn't paying attention. If you've actually got an unused partition, skip the dd stuff, and just mkswap it. (25 years ago, 15-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
|
| |
| | Re: Datsville overview
|
|
(...) You can do it this way: dd if=/dev/zero of=swapfile bs=1024 count=768000 mkswap -v1 swapfile sync swapon swapfile Note that on a 2.0 series kernel, the max size of a swap space is 128M. You'll need something 2.2 or so. (25 years ago, 15-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
|
| |
| | (canceled)
|
|
|
| |
| | Re: Datsville overview
|
|
Kevin Loch: (...) Roughly the same would work in Linux. The problem is to format and mount the partition. Play well, Jacob ---...--- -- E-mail: sparre@cats.nbi.dk -- -- Web...: <URL:(URL) -- ---...--- (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
|
| |
| | Re: Datsville overview
|
|
Kevin Loch <kloch@opnsys.com> wrote in message news:FI2Iy0.n4r@lugnet.com... (...) I added a link to the Datsville page: (URL) don't have an ftp utility yet. -John Van (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
|
| |
| | Re: Datsville overview
|
|
I forgot a footnote: [...] (...) 1) Unless NT counts. Play well, Jacob ---...--- -- E-mail: sparre@cats.nbi.dk -- -- Web...: <URL:(URL) -- ---...--- (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
|
| |
| | Re: Datsville overview
|
|
Jacob Sparre Andersen <sparre@sys-323.risoe.dk> wrote in message news:FI2I4t.LI4@lugnet.com... (...) I changed my swapfile disk to one with 1 Gb free space, so maybe that will work better. -John Van (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
|
| |
| | Re: Datsville overview
|
|
In solaris: If foo is a 1G *filesystem* then: mkfile 768m /foo/swapfile swap -a /foo/swapfile would give you an additional 768 MB of virtual memory I'm not sure about linux Also, That zip file wasn't accessable, could you upload it to (...) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
|
| |
| | Re: Datsville overview
|
|
(...) [...] (...) I found out how to solve the PNG problem - and that I only have memory+swap space for the first 65608 lines of the (65649 lines long) POV file. I have an "unused"[1] 1 Gb partition on my disk. Can anybody suggest how I can format (...) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
|
| |
| | Re: the moon
|
|
(...) Go blowhole! (1) Cheers, - jsproat 1. Another "name that reference"... :-, (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
|
| |
| | Re: the moon
|
|
(...) GASP! what is that greyish roundish big thing heading straight for my house??!!! (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
|
| |
| | Re: the moon
|
|
I remember reading somewhere about a supposed advertisment being projected on the moon? Is that what this is all about? Was it some kind of hoax or something? DaveE (...) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
|
| |
| | Re: the moon
|
|
(...) Okay, I looked up at the sky this morning, and get this... THE MOON WASN'T THERE! Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
|
| |
| | Universal solvent (was Re: RCX 'brick connectors' and how-they-work??
|
|
(...) Another (and somewhat more relevant) reason you can't have a universal solvent is that there is a significant "polar/nonpolar" issue in the action of solvents. Water is polar, and something like heptane (C7H16, found in gasoline) is nonpolar. (...) (25 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
|
| |
| | Re: the moon
|
|
(...) ~ how will barbara bain and martin landau be able to survive? what adventures will they have? and will they ever be able to return to earth? will there even be an earth left for them to return to? later ~ craig (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
|
| |
| | Re: the moon
|
|
Yes, I look forward to seeing it! ;) Scott S. (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
|
| |
| | Re: the moon
|
|
(...) Sure, let me go fire up my eagle. Steve (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
|
| |
| | Re: the moon
|
|
(...) Yoiks! And I thought I was a geek because I celebrated Skynet day... :) James (URL) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
|
| |
| | Re: the moon
|
|
(...) Oh yeah, watch for it on the edge of the limb, just above the "A" in supervillan Chairface Chippendale's aborted grafitti project. Oh, and that's a nucular explosion. Nu-cu-lar. :-, Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
|
| |
| | Re: the moon
|
|
(...) supposedly, there will be a large nuclear explosion which affects the gravity and sends the moon hurtling out of orbit and into space. --Todd (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
|
| |
| | Re: the moon
|
|
(...) That reminds me--I've got a couple of old school buddies to send birthday greetings to today. I could *never* remember their birthdays when we were kids. Steve (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
|
| |
| | Re: the moon
|
|
(...) ?!? Wouldn't my eye simultaneously freeze and burn and explode and implode and turn to useless jelly from the exposure? Not that this effect is any different from watching the last Star Wars flick... :-P What's happening today on the moon? (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
|
| |
| | Re: the moon
|
|
(...) Perhaps we could send a warning to Commander Koneig? F (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
|
| |
| | the moon
|
|
Everybody keep an eye on the moon today! (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
|
| |
| | Re: Xerox GUI ideas vs. Apple GUI ideas (Was: Perl rules!)
|
|
(...) searching. Now if only the Communications of the ACM were freely available online...! Anyone know what the heck "Interactions 1.3" is? Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 9-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
|
