Photon Soup Update

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Posted by timothy on Sunday July 4, 2004 @12:34AM from the happy-4th dept.

rkeene517 writes "Two and a half months ago I posted an article asking for spare computer cycles. I was swamped by emails and volunteers. After the first weeks most dropped out. The die-hards kept running the program and we simulated 45.3 billion photons. The pictures are here. Thanks to all that helped out. I will be submitting the images to SIGGRAPH 2005 and a paper. (P.S. Never post your email address on slashdot. I got 900 emails! ouch.)"

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Never post by bert.cl · 2004-07-04 00:39 · Score: 5, Funny

The pictures are here. Thanks to all that helped out. I will be submitting the images to SIGGRAPH 2005 and a paper. (P.S. Never post your email address on slashdot. I got 900 emails! ouch.)" Within 2 months: "The paper got a prize and I would like to thank everyone who participated PS: Never post pictures of photo's on slashdot, my webserver is nothing but photons now"
1. Re:Never post by Anonymous Coward · 2004-07-04 00:48 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  P.S. Never post your email address on slashdot. I got 900 emails! ouch.
  
  Bah, 900 emails is nothing. I'm still wondering how they got my address.
  
  William H. Gates III
  bill.gates@microsoft.com
2. Re:Never post by dolphinling · 2004-07-04 01:21 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Looks like he still needs the computing cycles. There a client we can run for that?
  
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  There are 11 types of people in the world: those who can count in binary, and those who can't.
Never post your site, either by marsu_k · 2004-07-04 00:40 · Score: 4, Funny

(P.S. Never post your email address on slashdot. I got 900 emails! ouch.)
One comment and cpjava.net is already inaccessible... guess you shouldn't post links either :-)
Neutrinos, too by mangu · 2004-07-04 00:51 · Score: 2, Funny

I'd be interested in the process you suggest that transforms matter into photons...

I don't think this is possible. AFAIK, one could merge that server with another simlar server composed entirely of anti-matter, but then one would be left with a lot of neutrinos, besides the photons.
Re:Freecache by Anonymous Coward · 2004-07-04 00:56 · Score: 1, Funny

All dead as I type.

Now's your chance to direct a slashdotting. Try things like

The pictures are available at www.sco.com
It takes more time... by fok · 2004-07-04 04:14 · Score: 5, Funny

It takes more time to download the images from a slashdotted site then actually render them!

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