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BryceTalk Housewarming
April 6, 1999
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BryceTalk Housewarming; April 6, 1999

KPT 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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