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

[Frank Wimberly]

I'm not Marcus but in finite element analysis the discretization of a 2
dimensional region is always done with triangles. It's much more flexible
than rectangular grids, to oversimplify.

Frank

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Frank C. Wimberly
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On Wed, May 13, 2020, 7:13 PM <thompnickson2 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Marcus,
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> Can you explain why the basic unit is a triangle?
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> Any Peircean would LOVE it.
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> Nicholas Thompson
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> Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology
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> Clark University
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> ThompNickSon2 at gmail.com
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> *From:* Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com> *On Behalf Of *Marcus Daniels
> *Sent:* Wednesday, May 13, 2020 6:00 PM
> *To:* The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <
> friam at redfish.com>
> *Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] PSC Tornado Visualization (2008) [720p] - YouTube
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> Check out that WaPost article for the state-of-the-art.   (The new Unreal
> Engine.)
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> *From: *Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com> on behalf of Angel Edward <
> edward.angel at gmail.com>
> *Reply-To: *The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <
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> *Date: *Wednesday, May 13, 2020 at 4:58 PM
> *To: *The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <
> friam at redfish.com>
> *Subject: *Re: [FRIAM] PSC Tornado Visualization (2008) [720p] - YouTube
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> I vaguely remember plot 3d. No one renders today the way it did. Cray was
> less than a PC with a decent graphics card.
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> Ed
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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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> Frank C. Wimberly
> 140 Calle Ojo Feliz,
> Santa Fe, NM 87505
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> 505 670-9918
> Santa Fe, NM
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> On Wed, May 13, 2020, 5:31 PM <thompnickson2 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> 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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> Clark University
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> ThompNickSon2 at gmail.com
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> https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/
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> *From:* Friam <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>
> *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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> Frank C. Wimberly
> 140 Calle Ojo Feliz,
> Santa Fe, NM 87505
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> 505 670-9918
> Santa Fe, NM
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> On Wed, May 13, 2020, 3:26 PM <thompnickson2 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Dear Phellow Phriammers,
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> Is this eyecandy, or should I take it seriously?
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> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gQutQQiuAI&feature=youtu.be
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