[FRIAM] PSC Tornado Visualization (2008) [720p] - YouTube
Steven A Smith
sasmyth at swcp.com
Wed May 13 23:16:56 EDT 2020
some quads are not... think boomarang-like... I think there is a
technical term for that class of quad... also think if a "bowtie", also
technically a quad but potentially having "negative area".
On 5/13/20 9:13 PM, thompnickson2 at gmail.com wrote:
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> And quadralaterals aren’t convex? I don’t get 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 <mailto:ThompNickSon2 at gmail.com>
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> *From:* Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com> *On Behalf Of *Angel Edward
> *Sent:* Wednesday, May 13, 2020 7:40 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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> Because triangles are convex they are guaranteed to be rendered
> correctly. Every modern graphics system whether hardware or software
> is based on using triangles as the basic element.
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> Ed Angel
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> Founding Director, Art, Research, Technology and Science Laboratory
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> Professor Emeritus of Computer Science, University of New Mexico
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> On May 13, 2020, at 7:28 PM, Frank Wimberly <wimberly3 at gmail.com
> <mailto:wimberly3 at gmail.com>> wrote:
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> 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.
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> Frank
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> On Wed, May 13, 2020, 7:13 PM <thompnickson2 at gmail.com
> <mailto:thompnickson2 at gmail.com>> wrote:
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> 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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> n
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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 <mailto:ThompNickSon2 at gmail.com>
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> https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/
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> *From:* Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com
> <mailto: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 <mailto: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
> <mailto:friam-bounces at redfish.com>> on behalf of Angel Edward
> <edward.angel at gmail.com <mailto:edward.angel at gmail.com>>
> *Reply-To: *The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group
> <friam at redfish.com <mailto:friam at redfish.com>>
> *Date: *Wednesday, May 13, 2020 at 4:58 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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> 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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> __________
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> Ed Angel
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> Founding Director, Art, Research, Technology and Science
> Laboratory (ARTS Lab)
> Professor Emeritus of Computer Science, University of New Mexico
>
> 1017 Sierra Pinon
> Santa Fe, NM 87501
> 505-984-0136 (home) edward.angel at gmail.com
> <mailto:edward.angel at gmail.com>
> 505-453-4944 (cell) http://www.cs.unm.edu/~angel
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> On May 13, 2020, at 5:51 PM, Frank Wimberly
> <wimberly3 at gmail.com <mailto: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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> 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
> <mailto: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
>
> Clark University
>
> ThompNickSon2 at gmail.com <mailto:ThompNickSon2 at gmail.com>
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> https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/
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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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> Frank C. Wimberly
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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,
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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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