Hey 8 year old me - I had to go to bed early and didn't get to watch it because I had to wake up at 04:15 for work. Find a job that doesn't make you do that!

Ah, simple, thanks.

Sure is....

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@Dave R You can go to Mlion from snowleopard. I don't know what apps you have there. Most of problems may come from installers. So. Just install it directly on the OSX10.6.8. It will work. Or... when installing a fresh MLion, only then and never after, use the migration assistant. (when asked for activating a user, just chose to bring an older existing user with all apps.) . You probably used timemachine backup already, right? Never use migration assistant after having a full running OSX. Please avoid it.

Yes, those were great spicy somosas. A fine evening celebrating my wife establishing her new consulting business + contracts etc.

I can't help but thinking the thought of immortality is intriguing. But, to be human,is to be a part of a cycle. That age old cycle concludes with death, and the evolution of your genetics embodied in your offspring. This would in essence put a stop to that cycle, and therefore evolution. Also, there are many "human" things that machines have not yet been able to emulate. So, although, it may be technologically possible for the avatar to become a repository for your "information", I can't see how it could actually be the "conscious" you.

Today I met a french guy, Frank, we chatted and lough a lot with each other and having fun time and one of our topic was the fact of Iran, real face, comparing to it's TV show face!!!! finally he said I'll inform my friends, that here is a calm place with hospice people. hope one of you , also come here and visit my lovely city, with his/her child here is Isfahan: https://www.google.com/search?q=Isfahan&hl=en&rlz=1C1NNVC_enIR492IR492&prmd=imvns&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=nnoaUOaIDMyF0QHc-IGwAg&ved=0CFIQ_AUoAQ&biw=1366&bih=681

Thank you andybot If you have any difficulties with my nodes(noodles) set up ask for help. You will probably have. I'll group it for you. I'll write some tuts on this, though it's easy to post the blend file without textures, append it (ask for materials only) and apply it. Insert any texture you like. That's all. In the near future we'll be able to share a library of materials. In a more appropriate way.

@cotty said: Or render pictures around the corner... Makes sense...

Went to NYC with a architect once and he said "Look up,". He pointed out what he called "Bastard Architecture". A mixture of styles & periods. Amazing brick work & carvings rarely noticed.

Thanks Richard.

Richard, we've been making s'mores for decades before the obesity problem hit us. I think the real culprit is inactivity (too much time watching TV or sitting in front of the computer, not enough activity).

Yes, it was very well done. Rowan Atkinson's skit was funny, and the Queen's, too. Also, one of the fastest parade of nations I've seen at an opening ceremony.

Neat. I can't quite decipher everything that's going on. There are some issues with collision detection and the physics, objects get very jittery when held or left to rest after interacting with another shape. The caustics are odd too, I can't tell if they're reflection mapped or light linked, I'd be very surprised if they were real. I can't read Japanese and the Google Translation is poor, so it's difficult to get good info. At any rate, it ran great on my computer. ENTER key changes between scenes. F3 temporarily removes DOF, F5 resets the scene. That's all I could figure out. Fun waste of time for a few minutes. I'd be curious about the use and abilities of the programming. It works well on a small scene with low-poly objects, but how would it do on a large scale? EDIT Here's more: Del/insert - DOF top/bottom pageup/down - zoom Home/end - focus?

About Thea biased presets; unfortunately there is still not much available, but if you can take part to Thea forums, you can get general and scene related help there really fast. If you are not familiar to photon mapping/final gathering - reading trough global illumination tutorial in Thea manual is a good idea. Then continue reading about Thea render settings (as with biased rendering one really needs to understand hows render settings effect to get the fastest possible render time for each scene); one can easily reduce render time to fraction with somewhat optimized settings. There is a new progressive render method Adaptive (AMC) mainly for interactive rendering, but you can also apply IR settings to scene and then use Adaptive (AMC) in darkroom rendering. For fast IR exterior rendering with Sun and Sky as main light source you can use settings like this: [image: rbPx_fast_AMC.png] If you have more complex light setup and/or interior scene (with many light source), then turn caustics on. (Apply settings to darkroom with the icon on far right to "General")

Thanks guys for all the responses! Funny you are away for the weekend here (SCF) and you get back to a wealth of learning on monday! We still use inches for somethings in discussion - over shorter lengths it is certainly easier to visualise. So in any discussion it wont be unusual to hear inches and metres used in the same sentance @Pete @unknownuser said: And here I was convinced it was the porn industry not willing to redefine length from inches to centimeters. Yeah I don't think those parts will change - if a woman were to say to me "wow that must be 8" long - I'm not going to correct her with "no it's actually 203mm" but rather I'm going to exclaim "yeah sorry - it is a really cold day"! Thanks again guys - it's just for some Layout scrapbooks so I'll go along with 1/8":1' (1:96) as it is probably more appropriate. BTW 1/4":1' that's a dam big representation of a floor plan!!! We are trending here for all domestic work to be on A3 size sheet (297x420mm) so 1:50 would most times would fill the sheet.

Wednesday's Non Sequitur cartoon. [image: qBf0_NonSequiturBanker.gif]

Cool this one! [image: 167.gif]

Thanks everyone. I had already used paypal a few times for invoicing, but hadn't realized until looking into it further that you didn't need to have a paypal acct. to pay. This seems like an easier method than waiting weeks for a check to arrive.