[FRIAM] PSC Tornado Visualization (2008) [720p] - YouTube

[Angel Edward]

I vaguely remember plot 3d. No one renders today the way it did. Cray was less than a PC with a decent graphics card.

Ed
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Ed Angel

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Professor Emeritus of Computer Science, University of New Mexico

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> On May 13, 2020, at 5:51 PM, Frank Wimberly <wimberly3 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Let me revise that a little bit.  There was a visualization of the rider's view of a roller coaster ride that ran on a Cray supercomputer.  The purpose was to demonstrate the capability and speed of a Lisp-based 3D renderer called Plot-3D or P3D or something similar.  Do you know what I'm talking about, Ed?
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> On Wed, May 13, 2020, 5:31 PM <thompnickson2 at gmail.com <mailto:thompnickson2 at gmail.com>> wrote:
> Thanks, Frank. 
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> NIck
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> Nicholas Thompson
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> Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology
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> From: Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com <mailto:friam-bounces at redfish.com>> On Behalf Of Frank Wimberly
> Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2020 3:35 PM
> To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <friam at redfish.com <mailto:friam at redfish.com>>
> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] PSC Tornado Visualization (2008) [720p] - YouTube
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> You should take it seriously but I'm biased.  I don't think PSC let's its supercomputers be used for eye candy.  They didn't when I worked there and they were accountable to NSF.
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> On Wed, May 13, 2020, 3:26 PM <thompnickson2 at gmail.com <mailto:thompnickson2 at gmail.com>> wrote:
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> Dear Phellow Phriammers,
> 
> Is this eyecandy, or should I take it seriously?
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> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gQutQQiuAI&feature=youtu.be <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gQutQQiuAI&feature=youtu.be>
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