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Published: 2009-09-26 08:49:29 +0000 UTC; Views: 4261; Favourites: 44; Downloads: 17
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there's still a lot of grain in the image because of the extremely slow rendering speed, and because my poor cpu is throttling under the 100 degree celsius heat!
it's a generalised (hypercomplex) julia set.
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cheers 
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I find that the grain makes it look even more realistic, Just like a B&W old school photo (of a wiered jelly fish). excellent.
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thank you for the kind words mate
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luckily things are a bit more reasonable these days, with CMOS transistor leakage being better under control
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thanks
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thanks, i am a great lover of grain myself
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Great! I think the grain even does something good to the picture
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thanks! yep good grain is a flavoursome ingredient indeed
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This is gorgeous. Great shape and lighting (and grain 
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appreciated mate 
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I'm glad to see new devs from you. It's been awhile since I've been on this site and even longer since I've contributed.
What great change are you referring to (general or personal)?
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both general and personal; i think just about everyone and their dog is looking into gpu programming at the moment... there are so many incredible programmers out there, it's scary stuff
it has indeed been a while, you should have some more PixelFun (tm), and i should do more renderer coding
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thank you
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I wait that version. Now it looks very interesting already.
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it's already in my gallery, "siebenfach" (same basic formula as this shape, it's zoomed in near the poles)
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Ah huh~ I thought about that in some seconds but I didn't realize that they're one. Then thanks 4 info.
BTW, few days ago I saw ur question about 3D brake disk (in someone' render) - check this link n find more about it. Maybe there isn't exact highpoly model but If you just want some complicated or mechanical model for test ur renderer, try that - hllp://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/search?q=brake+disk&styp=m&btnG=Search
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It looks like some microscopic sea creature that I studied in invertebrate paleontology!! Beautiful!!!!
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awesome, you studied palaeontology
and yeah, there's something weirdly organic about this, most fractals tend to be quite geometric / synthetic looking. glad you like it
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Actually, I have a degree in Earth Science. Just never did anything with it. *sigh*
The picture made me think of electron microscope pictures or something...
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oh, a buddy of mine is in a similar situation - he got a BSc in comp sci but it doesn't look like he'll be using it (currently studying mandarin chinese). it still makes sense though, because a degree often isn't directly pertinent to the job one wants but still indicates a level of commitment (which is why i still don't have one!)
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Oh how ironic... I have a BS in Computer Science, too.... I work in a motel.
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That it one lovely fractal, I see you're sticking with the pink theme 
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no grid, basically i just do a lazy cache of previous potential function evals. that's of course not so efficient given how incoherent the secondary rays are, but oh well
and um, at least on the screens i've been using at home and at work, don't really see any pink
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Ahh with you, still a very functional if not as efficient as I'm sure you'd like it to be
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lulz, i see what you mean but the overall impression i get is more like purple (often mistaken for pink, but it has more green).
i'll be getting my pc fixed up tomorrow finally, can't wait to pwn that i7 properly with some fractal rendering
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Pardon the terrible English in that first sentence
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That's amazing!!
100? Where's the fire extinguisher? No, nevermind... let it cook itself to death and get a better one - then render this bigger and better.
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thanks! i'd prefer to hang onto this cpu as it's pretty expensive and cutting edge still
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Awesome - hope you get your CPU cooling sorted - of course you could always get a dual Quadcore Nehalem MacPro
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nah i'll use that money to get me a larrabee board when it's released
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I'll be checking that it'll be possible to put larrabee on the MacPro before I buy
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sounds pretty expensive! mind you, just got a quote on getting my pc fixed up (new case, power supply and heatsink, cleaning old one etc.) and it comes to about NZ$ 500
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Wow ! That's a lot just for a tune-up/clean-up.
I really must get an upgraded PSU so I can plug in this ATI X1900XT (instead of my old X600).
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it's really a new case, psu and heatsink (all quite good, no lame stuff). plus servicing. but yeah the aforementioned items are all severely overpriced in nz
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The new PSU (750W and up to 30A for video card) I need will cost around £45 here.
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