Re: [HACKERS] Re: Developers Globe (FINAL)

Jan...
Any way of coming up with a suitable Logo to replace what we have
on the main screen?  Something tasteful that jumps out at you?  I like the
one we do have, but I don't think its very "strong"?  How about it? :)


On Wed, 17 Mar 1999, Jan Wieck wrote:

> >
> > >         http://www.postgresql.org/~wieck/index.html
> > >
> > Woh.  I didn't know what ratracing was, but I know I like it.  Certainly
> > jumps out at you.  Is it in a paper tray?
> 
>     Do  a reload.  Just to show you what "HIGH QUALITY" rendering
>     means.
> 
>     It's still the same scene - just the  border  of  the  box  a
>     little  higher, the glass better visible and sized to 600x300
>     (to better fit on the  page).   This  time  rendered  with  a
>     sampling  rate of 5^2 per pixel (so per pixel 25 eye rays are
>     shot into the scene). Including all  shadowing,  transparency
>     and  reflection  a  total  of  over 20 million rays have been
>     traced (for a picture with 180,000 pixels)!
> 
>     Those pictures are CPU killers. A 333 MHz  Celeron  needs  20
>     minutes to finish that one.
> 
>     Remember,  it's a 100% virtual picture. Not one single detail
>     is from a scanned photo or the like.
> 
> 
> Jan
> 
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> 
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