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 --- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM On Wed, May 13, 2020, 7:13 PM <[email protected]> wrote: > Marcus, > > > > Can you explain why the basic unit is a triangle? > > > > Any Peircean would LOVE it. > > > > n > > > > Nicholas Thompson > > Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology > > Clark University > > [email protected] > > https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/ > > > > > > *From:* Friam <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Marcus Daniels > *Sent:* Wednesday, May 13, 2020 6:00 PM > *To:* The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group < > [email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] PSC Tornado Visualization (2008) [720p] - YouTube > > > > Check out that WaPost article for the state-of-the-art. (The new Unreal > Engine.) > > > > *From: *Friam <[email protected]> on behalf of Angel Edward < > [email protected]> > *Reply-To: *The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group < > [email protected]> > *Date: *Wednesday, May 13, 2020 at 4:58 PM > *To: *The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group < > [email protected]> > *Subject: *Re: [FRIAM] PSC Tornado Visualization (2008) [720p] - YouTube > > > > I vaguely remember plot 3d. No one renders today the way it did. Cray was > less than a PC with a decent graphics card. > > > > Ed > > __________ > > Ed Angel > > 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) [email protected] > 505-453-4944 (cell) http://www.cs.unm.edu/~angel > > > > On May 13, 2020, at 5:51 PM, Frank Wimberly <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > 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? > > --- > Frank C. Wimberly > 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, > Santa Fe, NM 87505 > > 505 670-9918 > Santa Fe, NM > > > > On Wed, May 13, 2020, 5:31 PM <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks, Frank. > > > > NIck > > > > Nicholas Thompson > > Emeritus Professor of Ethology and Psychology > > Clark University > > [email protected] > > https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/ > > > > > > *From:* Friam <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Frank Wimberly > *Sent:* Wednesday, May 13, 2020 3:35 PM > *To:* The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group < > [email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] PSC Tornado Visualization (2008) [720p] - YouTube > > > > 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. > > --- > Frank C. Wimberly > 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, > Santa Fe, NM 87505 > > 505 670-9918 > Santa Fe, NM > > > > On Wed, May 13, 2020, 3:26 PM <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear Phellow Phriammers, > > Is this eyecandy, or should I take it seriously? > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gQutQQiuAI&feature=youtu.be > > .-. .- -. -.. --- -- -..-. -.. --- - ... -..-. .- -. -.. -..-. -.. .- ... > .... . ... > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam > unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > > .-. .- -. -.. --- -- -..-. -.. --- - ... -..-. .- -. -.. -..-. -.. .- ... > .... . ... > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam > unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > > .-. .- -. -.. --- -- -..-. -.. --- - ... -..-. .- -. -.. -..-. -.. .- ... > .... . ... > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam > unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > > > .-. .- -. -.. --- -- -..-. -.. --- - ... -..-. .- -. -.. -..-. -.. .- ... > .... . ... > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam > unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ >
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