Xref: utzoo news.groups:32458 comp.graphics:18283 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!agate!agate!adrianho From: adrianho@barkley.berkeley.edu (Adrian J Ho) Newsgroups: news.groups,comp.graphics Subject: Re: Toughies for comp.graphics.mod moderator Message-ID: Date: 29 May 91 09:58:18 GMT References: <10622@castle.ed.ac.uk> Sender: root@agate.berkeley.edu (Charlie Root) Organization: University of California, Berkeley Lines: 65 In-Reply-To: aipdc@castle.ed.ac.uk's message of 29 May 91 04: 27:10 GMT [Note: The following answers to Paul's questions reflect to a greater extent the _revised_ (ie. comp.graphics.programmer) charter rather than the old (ie. comp.graphics.research) one. More precisely, they illustrate the nature of the actual charter which I envision, except I'm unable to summarize these answers in a single, concise paragraph.] In article <10622@castle.ed.ac.uk> aipdc@castle.ed.ac.uk (Paul D. Crowley) writes: >"Anyone got any GOOD gifs, I mean GOOD gifs?" NO - alt.sex.pictures.d (assuming we're both thinking about the same definition of "GOOD" 8-). >"How do I check if a ray intersects a height field without waiting two years?" YES. >"How do I convert GIFs to Postscript files?" NO - alt.graphics.pixutils. >"What's the format of GIFs anyway? I'm writing a program that >produces/reads them." NO - comp.graphics. >"I've found a better way to compress image files." MAYBE - cross-posting to comp.compression may be appropriate. >"How do I do double buffering on a VGA display?" NO - comp.sys.ibm.pc.programmer. >"Can someone tell me about how to draw a Julia set?" NO - alt.fractals. >"Anyone got C code that implements a BSD tree?" YES. >"Can someone recommend a book on particle-based systems?" NO - alt.books.technical or comp.theory.. >"New technique for hardware support for textured surfaces." YES, if the gist of the post isn't platform-specific. >"What's the cheapest 1Mpolygon/sec platform I can get?" NO - comp.graphics (for want of a better group). >"Shouldn't there be an 'Uglyness' field in Renderman?" YES. >"I've just worked out a much faster algorithm for radiosity." YES. Incidentally, note that quite a few of the recommended alternative groups mentioned above are in the alt.* hierarchy. Since that hierarchy is carried by sites on an "interest-only" basis, methinks such posts will end up in comp.graphics anyway .