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(...) Takes about 24 hours on the P4 in my office. :) (23 years ago, 4-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) All depends on your viewing distance... If it's a poster to hang on the wall, intended to be viewed at 5 feet away or more, you can easily get away with 150x150 dpi, and often 75x75 dpi. Also depends on how quick/abrupt your color changes are, (...) (23 years ago, 4-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Tim, I think it would be a Good Thing to make this a news item on the ldraw.org homepage. And then park it permanently on ldraw.org somewhere (like in an ldraw.org FAQ). It won't help people at the time they're having the problem, but they'll be (...) (23 years ago, 1-May-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Several people have in the last year reported problems with getting access to www.ldraw.org. The reason for this problem appears to be that the default "time-to-live" (TTL) for TCP packets is too low. I have now recieved confirmation that this is (...) (23 years ago, 30-Apr-01, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) +AM2 +J0.5 +R3 Method one is called supersampling in the Doc's but is only half a supersample. Method 2 is much better as cells are recursivly sampled. You can change the threshold too but 0.3(default) is good. Check your Docs for more info. (...) (23 years ago, 28-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I'm using POV-Ray 3.1...are you talking about +A0.3 or some other command line option? --Bram Bram Lambrecht bram@cwru.edu (URL) (23 years ago, 28-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Default is off or Old non-adaptive. Most 3+ and megapov ports have the Adaptive(aka supersampling) option and it's worth the slight time hit. Best DaveG (23 years ago, 28-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) POV-ray already does antialiasing.... (23 years ago, 28-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Render at 1/2 the target DPI as if going to 150 LPI Film. 9000x3000 and use Supersampling to smooth out any blends and over hard edges. Best DaveG (23 years ago, 28-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Depends on the driver, I think. I know HP inkjets actually change ink dot size to achieve a better appearance without needing higher resolution.... My suggestion would be to experiment -- render something simple and try printing it out at (...) (23 years ago, 28-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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[FUT lugnet.off-topic.geek] I'm going to be printing a rendering of my current architecture on a 24" plotter, so I need to how large I should render the image. The maximum color resolution of the plotter is 300x300 dpi. However, IIRC, since printers (...) (23 years ago, 27-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.publish)
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"Dave Schuler" <orrex@excite.com> wrote in message news:GCAuxx.5Gs@lugnet.com... (...) We've noticed printing problems here on Windows 95 OSR2 machines, but I've had no trouble myself with IE5.5 - just watch out for that MSN Messenger, you might (...) (23 years ago, 25-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Great! Glad I could help. :^) ~Grand Admiral Muffin Head (23 years ago, 24-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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I received notification today that my PC at work will be upgraded with IE 5.5 tonight. Are there any landmines I should be aware of? I'm currently running 5.0. Dave! (23 years ago, 24-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Selçuk (23 years ago, 24-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Macauley Culkin? Was he the little red-head with the curls? No, wait--he must have done the voiceover for one of the fairies in that FernGully movie. Maybe he played Jim Hawkins in Muppet Treasure Island. Was he the Russian sub commander? No, (...) (23 years ago, 23-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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It is getting wierd when the trolls are interviewing the web hosts. Odd times, and a pic to reflect them. (URL) a funny old world... DaveG (23 years ago, 23-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Matthew Miller writes: <snip> (...) Lemme guess! Lemme guess! Congo? and The Andromeda Strain? but I thought that was something you got from looking up at stars too long... punnily yours, --Electro-- (23 years ago, 23-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I didn't say it was *great*. And certainly not deep. I guess I'm just relatively impressed by it because as I recall, the ending doesn't completely suck -- an impressive feat given the author's standard style. ("Oh, the volcano erupts and (...) (23 years ago, 22-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I think I had a different edition, because the one I read was pretty much the standard "wait-for-the-monste...-from-it." It was more deeply developed than the film, but it was still only so-so. As much as I enjoyed Jeff Goldblum (and why, by (...) (23 years ago, 22-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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