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BryceTalk Housewarming
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BryceTalk Housewarming; April 6, 1999KPT John, Clay, eljamez, Giles, Kikuchiyo, Beartrap, FireHeart, Gregg, 3DMark, renato! and more are chillin' in the crib. AuntiAlias: quiet bunch in here! : ) 3DMark: Yuppers Hiya brucebryce has just left. FireHeart: Just waiting for the action to begin, I guess. 3DMark: umm action..... Gregg: Perhaps i can start it out... I started out as a child... 3DMark: Great :) So did I, or so says the apes that raised me' Gregg: I was born in a hospital cause i wanted to be near my mother Suddenly Mayor of R'lyeh appears. Gregg: I grew older 3DMark: & wiser?? Gregg: as a matter of fact, am birthday boy today am celebrating the 29th birthday for the 24th time... Kikuchiyo is off to save the world. 3DMark: brb... my tequila needs refreshing and I'll drink a toast Ahhh where was I, yes "Happy 29th, 24th time birthday" ... Gulg, gulg.... AuntiAlias: just as long as it isnt' Casper Milque! Mayor of R'lyeh is off to see the Wizard. 3DMark: ummm no name Mexican junk... Gregg: I dont even notice them anymore until someone tells me its here This year I was born on a Tuesday... 3DMark: Your tequila or your birthday? Gregg: but my mother said I was born on a Sunday 3DMark: Sorry this stuff was probably aged 2 days before I got it Pardon me.... I thought birthdates chaged with the years or am I wrong... Or rather Birth days Gregg: yes, seems every year i was born on a different weekday 3DMark: Umm so I thought, but right now I could be wrong about anything Gregg: anything or everything? 3DMark: Well at least I'm not wrong about the tequlia, the worm's still wiggling at the bottom Betty materializes from thin air. 3DMark: Hiya Betty have a seat Gregg: Betty...as in Betty Boop? Betty: Already have. Thanks 3DMark: My thought exactly Gregg, kinda popped into my head too Gregg: Yes, pull up a chair and sit on the floor We speak English here Betty DanWhiteside has finally arrived. 3DMark: Hiya Dan, smoke if ya got um DanWhiteside: Hi Mark what's cooking? MetaJohn saunters in. 3DMark: Well between my Tequlia and Gregg's life story not much Beartrap: See Betty - I'm still awake (just) AuntiAlias: lol 3DMark: Hiya John\ AuntiAlias: what time is it there, Beartrap? MetaJohn: Hi all DanWhiteside: hi john Beartrap: 2am - I didn't take my sleepers especially :) Betty: So I see. Thought maybe you were face down on the keybd. MetaJohn: Susan are you keeping up with the messages in the main lobby? Beartrap: nah - then you'd be getting asdjlkhkdjfhaslkjdfh Calyxa: lol AuntiAlias: well.. here' what I'm thinking... we should have lobby duty to get people in here... Betty: Ah. This is true AuntiAlias: a new lobby will begin any moment now... 3DMark: Kinda like what I'll be doing when the bottle is down to 1/4 inch MetaJohn: Im in here twice DanWhiteside: Yea - glad you mentioned it Susan Beartrap: the second or the third bottle %) AuntiAlias: so, I'll gleefully take volunteers to hang out and regularly paste that message you know, this one: Welcome to the BryceTalk Housewarming! :D We're all gathered in a room by that name. Click the top button at left to see the room list. Double-click "BryceTalk Housewarming" and join us there! :D MetaJohn: I'm on it 3DMark: Ummm I only got one bottle of Rotgut a month, doctor's (and wife's) orders Suddenly j_lehmkuhl appears. j_lehmkuhl: Hi Guys !! DanWhiteside: Hi john Suddenly jspirko appears. Beartrap: <sympathy> Betty: Hi jspirko: Hi! j_lehmkuhl: I just wanted to say, after spending an afternoon with the animation controls that They are hard to work with !! AuntiAlias: Whee! we got 2 libbies!!! er lobbies Suddenly MetaIan appears. jspirko: Hi Ian! Calyxa: will we end up with 2 housewarmings? or can there be more than 20 in here? j_lehmkuhl: Not sure how they work Gregg: how can you abandon a room u are in? AuntiAlias: no, we'll have lots of people here.. and not unless you start another housewarming room will there be one click the close button upper left (it's white) Clay is off to see the Wizard. Suddenly danster appears. Gregg: doesnt that make u leave from Talk altogether? MetaIan: : ) 3DMark: Ahhh That's why I'm in two places, nothing metaphysical at all Dr. Mojo has joined the party! Dr. Mojo: Yo! It's Mo! DanWhiteside: Hi Mo 3DMark: That's less confusing, thanx Dr. Mojo: This is my first time on this. Cool... 3DMark: Hiya Moho Lise saunters in. Dr. Mojo: Figured I'd better make sue I could use it before the 7:00 date... 3DMark: Mojo, sorry MD2020 wants to play too. Lise: Hi! DanWhiteside: I'm gald B4 kept the Bryce team in the Moon image - I took a look before I came here Dr. Mojo: This is just like in '81, when I first started with computers as an undrgrad. Beartrap: you were rendering in the background in '81? :) Betty: Only back in 81. Geeze 3DMark: Well some of us are that old Betty: or older 3DMark: urrr bite your tongue Dr. Mojo: At UCSC every student got an account on an old PDP-11. We used to "talk" endlessly. No CG, though... AuntiAlias: no background rendering? 3DMark: lol... cut my teath on that green screen Dr. Mojo: No rendering, except for pig fat. AuntiAlias: : ) Calyxa: must be Ken, eh, Mojo? Michel has joined the party! Betty: Ah such fond memories... Calyxa: good ol' UNIX B.. Dr. Mojo: You smoked me out. Mojo==Ken Musgrave AuntiAlias: NO! I thought it was shakes the clown! Dr. Mojo: Wow--you were on UNIX B? Those were the days... j_lehmkuhl disappears in a blinding flash of smoke. Calyxa: you know me - last time I saw you was on the patio at Seabright Brewery with Steve White. Suddenly j_lehmkuhl appears. Michel: aaaaahhhhh Clay has joined the party! j_lehmkuhl: Got disconnected there........ Dr. Mojo: Well, I did just stop by the Twisted Balloon... Michel: KPT John ??? MetaJohn: Great Clay AuntiAlias: Here are some tips to make things easier: Highlight speakers with different colors to help you track who is saying what. (the room list allows you to change colors--Upper left side, 2nd Green button) Dr. Mojo: I've seen a lot of people there with Steve! Who are you??? Michel: a little bit confusing AuntiAlias: Make Dr Mojo out of gamut, for instance.... Calyxa: Ruth, formerly Colby, now Fry. Clay: I'm back, what a feelin:-) heheh j_lehmkuhl is off to save the world. Dr. Mojo: Hi, Fry! Calyxa: I'm going to Bryce Camp 3DMark: Like Wow~! Clay: must be nice:-( Dr. Mojo: Excellent. Plenty of time to catch up there. MD2020 is off to save the world. Manofmac has joined the party! Dr. Mojo: Hey, anyone using the new terrains? I wanna see pictures! Clay: http://members.xoom.com/claygraphics/index.html/ whiterockpass.html a little sereneity:-) Suddenly Mberg appears. MetaJohn: I wan to see yopur Mo j_lehmkuhl materializes from thin air. Clay: these aren't new ones though FireHeart: I've tried a few things...none worth publishing. MetaJohn: yours Michel: Just a stupid question .....When anybody will make a Bryce Magazin ?? Calyxa: http://www.best.com/~calyxa/pearl/0images/newthing.jpg j_lehmkuhl: Can you change colors for people in other rooms ?? or just for the local room mambers ?? MetaJohn: Michel there is a newsletter already Mberg disappears in a blinding flash of smoke. danster: http://people.ne.mediaone.net/dpouliot/images/bryce/pano-sunset4.jpg MetaJohn: follow the link in the Links menu in Bryce Manofmac: What newsletter? Michel: Wher may I find it ?Please ? AuntiAlias: your color choice for person X is constant for that person for the duration of the current time you have BryceTalk launched j_lehmkuhl: Nice one Calyxa. A bit messed up in the camera dept. DanWhiteside: Nice Calyxa - new terrains? Calyxa: the wide angle, you mean? I think so... probably with 'mounds' added, tho. Dr. Mojo: I'm going to see if I can post a url--that's so cool... Be back in a bit. 3DMark: I kinda like it Michel: The sky is outstanding jspirko: new terrain:http://iaw.on.ca/~jspirko/topworld.htm AuntiAlias: you just type it, Mo Dr. Mojo: First I gotta put it up! Calyxa: http://www.best.com/~calyxa/pearl/0images/fallentree.jpg MetaJohn: newsletter: http://www.sybertooth.ca/bryce/html/newsletter.html 3DMark: Man ya'll have more free time than I do :) Michel: Tanx MetaJohn j_lehmkuhl: Is this room dead or is it just me ?? FireHeart: Nice stuff, everyone AuntiAlias: dead? MetaJohn: Dead? Clay: umm I'm alive AuntiAlias: has text stopped appearing? Clay: noo AuntiAlias: It's a lively warming-up housewarming!! j_lehmkuhl has left the building. MetaJohn: Is that a comment on our discussion John? edward materializes from thin air. 3DMark: Not mine, scrolling right along Clay: Hi ED! Manofmac: Thanks MetaJohn for the newsletter info.... renato!: I show 22 in here AuntiAlias: welcome edward edward: hello DanWhiteside: the newsletters been very good you can get back issues on the site FireHeart: I enjoy reading it jspirko: http://iaw.on.ca/~jspirko/stone5.htm danster: Susan, it's very nice to meet you. I've got your Real World Bryce 2 book and I think it's excellent. MetaJohn: We feel that it is a great resource AuntiAlias: : ) Clay: It's a great resource for sure:-) AuntiAlias: Glad it's found a happy home on your bookshelf, danster! :D danster: I teach a Bryce class and that's the only book I recommend. MetaJohn: Where do you teach? AuntiAlias: love it! danster: NH Pioneer Computer School MetaJohn: Can we publicize you? danster: Sure AuntiAlias: yes, put you on the learning resources page danster: I'm teaching May 22 next MetaJohn: Send me details to jfeld@metacreations.com danster: The school would love that. I'll send you details. AuntiAlias: oh! I smell dinner!! (pardon me for beginning the string of food references) brb MetaJohn: FOOD? Lise: LOL FireHeart: RutRo...dinner...I gotta start it soon. Manofmac has just left. danster: http://people.ne.mediaone.net/dpouliot/images/pano.jpg Gregg: well, im otta here...nice meeting you all Giles: Danster, where in NH? I used to live there. :) DanWhiteside: jspirko, likes that sky in Stonering Calyxa: see you later, Gregg danster: http://people.ne.mediaone.net/dpouliot/images/sunrise.jpg Giles: Adios Gregg Clay: Here's another image for yall:-) http://members.xoom.com/claygraphics/index.html/thefilteringsystem.html danster: The class is in Manchester, I live in Epping Gregg: http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Gallery/2780 email me your links!! Gregg disappears in a blinding flash of smoke. AuntiAlias: bak Lise: Pouliot, I hear a french sound here ;D AuntiAlias: Trader Joe's rules! renato!: lol Calyxa: amen! danster: Oui Oui! AuntiAlias: okay... GeoCheck! Where's everyone from? <--LA area Lise: Ahhhhh! MetaJohn: Santa Barbara DanWhiteside: Birmingham, Al Calyxa: Sunnyvale, CA Beartrap: London UK# Clay: Joplin,MO renato!: phx Giles: I lived in New London, Newport, and Lebanon (in that order) but my wife and I went to Machester often enough. danster: Awesome image clay Lise: Warwick, Québec jspirko: <----Fort Erie, Ontario Giles: Now live in Waco, TX (please be nice) edward: blue springs MO. Betty: Nebraska 3DMark: Well folks my wife & iguanas call me, see ya later.......... 3DMark has just left. Clay: FRom Bryceland heheheh renato!: Call of the Iguanas FireHeart: <--just left of the Lesser Magellanic Clouds danster: Up north... Giles: yes Lise: Is Bryceland near Graceland? Clay: you bet momma hehehe DanWhiteside: closer to Disneyland I think Lise: Can we ask Paul Simon to do us a song? danster: reminiscent of Riven Clay: hehehehehehehe hastingsdd wants to play too. Clay: hi j_lehmkuhl has finally arrived. MetaJohn: Welcome John Clay: anyone have any snacks for this party? AuntiAlias: So.... we're at the beginning of a cool thing... with this BryceTalk room thing... FireHeart: I have Fritos AuntiAlias: we're kicking off with these regular meetings... but there are other things we can do Beartrap: chocolate! Clay: I've got the beer AuntiAlias: like have user group meetings DanWhiteside: I have Milanos AuntiAlias: such as a scheduled "Help with DTE" Giles: It's been fun folks. Gonna have to log off so my wife can use the comfuser. Lise: Maple syrup Clay: we all need to take a road trip DanWhiteside: Bye Giles Clay: to Bryce camp! AuntiAlias: or whatever... have Birds of Feather groups... Lise: CU Giles FireHeart: "In the DTE, no one can hear you scream" AuntiAlias: : ) Betty: Susan is anyone listening? Clay: heheh Giles: Wish I could stay for the housewarming. Maybe I could get the PB connected and make it in time... :) Calyxa: I am. AuntiAlias: I think so... DARTH has finally arrived. Clay: I feel the pain AuntiAlias: it's also what logs are for! Giles: adios Giles has left the building. Suddenly tiger appears. Michel: it hurts ahhhh hastingsdd is off to see the Wizard. MetaJohn: Hi there Tiger, Glad you made it Michel: every body dead ??? Clay: again? DARTH is off to save the world. Strator wants to play too. AuntiAlias: Want to add to the QuickTips list that is on the Bryce 4 web site? Just chime in! Clay: use the force! Calyxa: here's another wide-angle pic - http://www.best.com/~calyxa/pearl/0images/suninred.jpg AuntiAlias: Anyone have any tips for Bryce 4? Clay: you make me Ill Calyxa, great stuff!http://members.xoom.com/claygraphics/index.html/thefilteringsystem.html zman52 wants to play too. AuntiAlias: found any new things? Calyxa: illness goes both ways, Clay. I love that filtering system pic! Clay: thanks:-) Michel: Clay i love that Clay: thanks again:-) FireHeart: Excellent work, to the both of you =) j_lehmkuhl is off to render mirrored spheres. Clay: thanksthanks Michel: Send us your scenes Lise: For those who want a Bryce render puppy, I just received these news from CNET Download: New 333-MHz iMacs are on the way. AuntiAlias: cool! Clay: cool! FireHeart: wow mjcarv has joined the party! Calyxa: some of my scenes are on the B4 content disc AuntiAlias: jinx, Clay :D Michel: with a big screen ?? Clay: noooo I'm jinxed enough heheh FireHeart: Aunti: You can expect some of those scene components to be stolen shamelessly ;) Michel: maybe i said some stupid think before ??? MetaJohn: Steal away Michel: about the new CD ??? AuntiAlias: which scene components, FireHeart? MetaJohn: Nothing stupid here Michel Suddenly rdevaney appears. Clay: hi rdevaney disappears in a blinding flash of smoke. FireHeart: I didn't say I was going to do it =) Clay: ookaaay Little Kai saunters in. Clay: hi Kai! Lise: Allo Kai! mjcarv has just left. FireHeart: Heya, Kai Michel: Hallo Kai Little Kai: hi Dr. Dubious has joined the party! AuntiAlias: Grüss Gott, lil'Kai Little Kai: lol Ja Hallo die Susan :) danster: Background rendering is one of the best new features, and wasn't even mentioned in marketing literature Little Kai: hehe welcome to Meta Michel: Grüss dich Gott Little Kai: we never mention the good features :) AuntiAlias: hee! Michel: go head j_lehmkuhl saunters in. danster: What other good features didn't you mention? FireHeart: That would ruin half the fun ;) j_lehmkuhl: Heya guys (again..) Little Kai: =;) Clay: how bout another:-0 http://members.xoom.com/claygraphics/index.html/test_page_2.html DanWhiteside: I like the support for 4 sided polygons on import Dr. Dubious slinks out. MetaJohn: It's only new on the Mac danster: I can't find anything on terrain tiling in the manual AuntiAlias: well... anyone got an answer for that? what other featuers aren't mentioned? Oh, I think that the cool new fractal terrains weren't mentioned, Michel: Outstanding Clay Blade_VI has joined the party! jspirko: http://iaw.on.ca/~jspirko/nightwatch.htm AuntiAlias: nor Dr. Mojo's wild new noises in the DTE danster: Did you improve the rendering of terrains? Clay: thanks j_lehmkuhl: Danster, its on the CDROM Blade_VI: oh ok cool Little Kai: boy .. lots of traffic :) Blade_VI: :) OK maybe I canask now danster: in the PDF of the manual, or somewhere else? Blade_VI: does anybody know anything bout DEM's? FireHeart: That is an intriguing image, Clay Clay: thanks Calyxa: http://www.best.com/~calyxa/pearl/0images/tidepoolsunset.jpg MetaJohn: 20 people here right now AuntiAlias: danster, is that your sunset image I'm looking at? most excellent! post the URL here Calyxa: I just posted a sunset image Michel: I can hear the dinosaurs Clay: I'm lookin Blade_VI: ... hello? AuntiAlias: <---loves the fact that linking works in BryceTalk Clay: hi Blade_VI: ok Clay: metoo danster: http://people.ne.mediaone.net/dpouliot/images/bryce/pano-sunset4.jpg Blade_VI: just makin' sure ya'll can hear me FireHeart: Hi, Blade j_lehmkuhl is off to save the world. sepapu has finally arrived. danster: http://people.ne.mediaone.net/dpouliot/images/pano.jpg AuntiAlias: it's a party, Blade Blade_VI: party? Little Kai: boy do we have a speed limit in here..... :) its going too fast danster: Maybe I can get on your next disc?;) Michel: The deep blue is not bad Blade_VI: wow dan that's an good image Clay: neat Dan! danster: thx Pyewacket has joined the party! Clay: hi FireHeart: Like the tide pools Calyxa: thanks danster: http://people.ne.mediaone.net/dpouliot/images/sunrise.jpg Suddenly Bob Van Ess appears. Blade_VI: hey, does anybody know if the East and West parts of DEM files are supposed to connect in some way? Clay: great image Calyxa MetaJohn: Welcome Bob jspirko: Hi bob Bob Van Ess: hi all! Calyxa: thanks, Clay AuntiAlias: hey wait a second! Clay: welcome:-) AuntiAlias: this party isn't supposed to start for another 12 minutes! ==;o ; ) Clay: heheheh Dr. Mojo: Well, shoot. I can't access my web site so I can't post any of my new B4 images. Blade_VI: oh Little Kai: hey guys... I gotta go home.... will join you in a bit from home Blade_VI: that party Calyxa: does that mean I get to show all my pix again in 12 minutes? danster: Where's the drinks? Little Kai is off to save the world. Blade_VI: I haven't posted any of mine at all Beartrap: right by my monitor... edward: is there any way to import motion capture into bryce4 for poser3 people Blade_VI: yet MetaJohn: glug...here danster DanWhiteside: Here's one using the new Voronoi id1 DTE component: http://www.bryceworks.com/newstuff/noescapemac.html or http://www.bryceworks.com/newstuff/noescapepcc.html AuntiAlias: ::::uploading selzer water::::: Michel: Crowded ? Who said crowded ??? danster: http://people.ne.mediaone.net/dpouliot/images/aaron98.jpg Dr. Mojo: This is really great, posting the urls. DanWhiteside: It's so easy AuntiAlias: that's a great noise.... danster: http://people.ne.mediaone.net/dpouliot/images/gold.jpg AuntiAlias: ya just type! Calyxa: did you catch this one, Mo? http://www.best.com/~calyxa/pearl/0images/tidepoolsunset.jpg Blade_VI: hmmm MetaJonah has joined the party! AuntiAlias: very nice, Calyxa! Blade_VI: slow load time one your image Lise: Hi Jonah!!! AuntiAlias: count: 26 and climbing! j_lehmkuhl has joined the party! Blade_VI: wierd Calyxa: thanks, didn't mean to rip off the cover of RWB2... AuntiAlias: and you didn't! Dr. Mojo: Wow--this is really exciting, seeing what y'all are doing with the new stuff in B4! sepapu: Hi all I changed my page to use thumbs ... Take a look. http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/2916 AuntiAlias: Tip: Highlight speakers with different colors to help you track who is saying what. (the people list allows you to change colors--Upper left side, 2nd Green button) danster: http://people.ne.mediaone.net/dpouliot/images/stacie.jpg jspirko: http://iaw.on.ca/~jspirko/old_quarry.htm danster: a bday card renato!: how's it going with the DEMs blade? Blade_VI: wonder how many people hav ebryce 4 so far good kind of I got them to work are the east and the west supposed to connect somehow? FireHeart: Well, you can be pretty sure all of us here have it ;) AuntiAlias: I think everyone HERE does! Blade_VI: heh heh MetaJohn: at least 4000 by now Blade_VI: :) AuntiAlias: lol.. FireHeart, yer right on it! :D sepapu: lol renato!: well they *should* butt up against each other FireHeart: GMTA, Aunti =) Blade_VI: considering it's been out for only 4 days renato!: here's how I match em up: Blade_VI: they should? hmm AuntiAlias: and lots and lots have signed up for BryceTalk.... Blade_VI: maybe I'm cutting up the wrong edges renato!: make sure you have the correct edges against each other KathG has finally arrived. Blade_VI: ah AuntiAlias: I sent out email to over 300 people! Lise: Hi Kath! renato!: make sure they are lined up numerically Blade_VI: hey, how am I supposed to tell how hi it's supposed to be? AuntiAlias: and i know that this afternoon more folks arrived here for the first time, too KathG: Hi Lise Beartrap: Kath - another night owl! j_lehmkuhl: Heya Lise danster: who's got pix of themselves to post? KathG: I stayed up renato!: and then I go to top view, zoom in real close to a landscape feature at the seam, and nudge em together Michel: Me first Blade_VI: coo Lise: Hi John L! Blade_VI: cool I'll try it later thanks |
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