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POV-Ray Competition Winners

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the trip-down-memory-lane dept.

An anonymous reader noted that you can "See how far POV-Ray developers have pushed the limits of raytracing in the POVCOMP 2004 Raytracing Contest." Yes it's from 2004. It's still neat. And you try finding something interesting on a holiday monday ;)

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  1. The server... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    And the server is from 1995 because it's already slow...

    1. Re:The server... by vrt3 · · Score: 2, Funny

      That's because it's rendering the images on the fly.

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  2. Holiday? by Jeff+Hornby · · Score: 1, Funny

    And you try finding something interesting on a holiday monday ;) I line in Canada. It's not a holiday here, you insensitive clod ;) Oh and just maybe first post

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  3. Re:The thin line between reality and digital reali by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    You are talking about pr0n right?

  4. Re:Holiday monday? by coopaq · · Score: 5, Funny
    And you try finding something interesting on a holiday monday ;)

    Try looking outside the US. it's not a holiday here.

    I think taco is just saying it's hard to find news on a holiday Monday because he is really sunburned and drunk.

  5. Re:It's all too clean by brianmf · · Score: 5, Funny

    The light is the only unusual thing you noticed about the first entry?

    I'd say the big dinosaur is a further tip-off that is is not real!

  6. Re:Callback by XFilesFMDS1013 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Long holiday, they haven't been back since /. was created.

  7. Re:Quicklink Top-25 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    "Model Expo Entry" incorrectly states that it is an image of a "rotary" engine. It is, in fact, a radial engine. The design and looks are completely different.

  8. Remember when... by eguaj · · Score: 3, Funny

    I remember playing with POV on my Atari 1024 STe upgraded from 1MB to 2MB (so it was a 2048 STe). Editing my scene by hand with Everest and rendering them in 80x50 with the lowest details to adjust the elements. Then, launching the final fullscreen rendering in 320x200 that could last half a day, just to get a glass ball over a heighfield rendered mountain. Then, the day I got my first PC (a P100 with 8MB) and could render those scenes in 5 minutes in 640x480 with full details, I never touched POV again...

  9. Re:And you try finding something interesting... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    The word "monday" should be capitalized (e.g., "Monday").

    This is Slashdot. You're lucky they spelled it right.

  10. This IS News by RealityMogul · · Score: 3, Funny

    This actually is news. While the competition was from 2004, the rendering just finished yesterday.

  11. The Grand Prize... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    A free copy of POV-Ray.

  12. Re:Quicklink Top-25 by idlemachine · · Score: 2, Funny

    Ah, slashdot...where ignorance should never be reason enough not to voice your opinion.