IRC log for #brlcad on 20070324

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02:26.17 IriX64 http://rafb.net/p/St0shs62.html
02:26.21 IriX64 dudes...
02:26.53 IriX64 the & part of that check does nothing, it will always result true dont you think?
02:27.15 IriX64 the null part is covered by if!_ptr
02:27.57 Twingy no
02:27.58 IriX64 i see what its supposed to do
02:28.15 Twingy it's checking the valid bits
02:28.21 Twingy pointers have alignment
02:28.37 Twingy it's checking that you don't have a misaligned pointer
02:28.49 IriX64 but some are pointers to structs twingy its not always a long
02:28.52 Twingy i.e bad mojo stored in the last 3 bites for a 32-bit machine
02:29.02 Twingy forget about the long
02:29.08 Twingy it's cast to a long to do an and operation
02:29.17 Twingy it could just as well be an int
02:29.23 Twingy or a ptr_t
02:29.26 IriX64 i get you
02:29.41 Maloeran intptr_t or ptrdiff_t would be the appropriate portable integer data types to hold a pointer
02:30.17 Twingy not a good check to run if you are storing extra bits in your pointers
02:30.22 Twingy as ray-tracing engines tend to do
02:30.32 IriX64 true who does that ? :)
02:30.36 Twingy everyone
02:30.48 IriX64 heh mea culpa
02:31.17 IriX64 putting a return on that macro for saome reason fixes the terra.g crashing mged problem tho , tested it works.
02:31.22 Maloeran I have a "flags" int32_t in both nodes and sectors, I have bytes to waste to reach proper alignment for structs
02:32.06 Twingy everyone-Maloeran
02:32.10 Twingy :)
02:32.15 IriX64 heh so i see
02:32.45 Twingy Maloeran, when do you leave?
02:32.57 Maloeran Plane is tomorrow at 12h
02:33.00 Twingy ah
02:33.07 Twingy if it left later I'd take you flying
02:33.15 Twingy but I think it's raining tomorrow
02:33.24 Maloeran Do you think I can call a cab here to get me to the airport?
02:33.35 Twingy there are shuttles that do that
02:33.41 Twingy I think it's called "Rapid Rover"
02:33.43 Maloeran It's rather far, the taxi from the airport costs 95USD
02:33.54 Twingy there are speacial vans that pick people up and take them to the airport
02:34.01 Maloeran Hum.
02:34.11 Twingy they usually run around and pick up 3 or 4 people and hit the airport
02:34.15 Maloeran Should I ask the front desk for information about these things?
02:34.17 Twingy in the same general area
02:34.22 Twingy costs $40 or $50
02:34.32 Twingy maybe
02:34.37 Twingy google would probly help
02:34.43 Twingy or the baltimore airport website
02:34.53 Twingy I know at philadelphia airport
02:34.59 Twingy rapid rover will show up in a van for like $50
02:35.12 Maloeran I see, neat
02:35.37 Maloeran A taxi could be fine too, assuming he really wants to go that far
02:35.54 Twingy or grab a train to the marc station
02:35.56 Twingy err taxi
02:35.59 Twingy to marc train
02:36.05 Maloeran Rapid Rover seems specific to PHL airport
02:36.09 Twingy k
02:36.22 Twingy BWI might have it's own version of that
02:36.30 Maloeran Looking
02:37.20 Maloeran BWI shuttle doesn't appear to go as far as Belcamp. Oh well, a taxi it is
02:37.34 Twingy what about marc train?
02:38.04 Twingy then again, marc train would be slower
02:38.07 Twingy but alot cheaper
02:38.09 Maloeran I'm unsure about experimenting with new means of transportation in a new area when on a tight schedule ( a train to catch )
02:38.13 Twingy k
02:38.14 Maloeran a plane to catch, rather
02:38.30 Twingy I'll let you sleep in one of my tool sheds if you miss the plane
02:38.36 Twingy if you're real nice I'll let you stay in the garage
02:38.55 brlcad yeah, should be 40-50
02:39.31 Twingy I'm so proud of myself
02:39.39 brlcad a vanilla taxi would be bad - have to get an airport shuttle
02:39.40 Twingy I wrote some opengl code that displayed lines today
02:39.48 brlcad heh
02:40.00 brlcad and I made an excellent white russian
02:40.15 Twingy I'm working on my last diet pepsi
02:40.52 Maloeran brlcad, a standard taxi wouldn't be appropriate? Hrmph.
02:41.10 Maloeran I guess I'll just ask the front desk tomorrow to pick whatever works
02:43.34 brlcad Maloeran: yeah, concierge should have connections to the airport shuttles, though you usually need a couple hours advance notice
02:43.43 Maloeran I may get a driving license eventually, but I won't get a car anyhow... unless I move to ~Belcamp some day
02:43.57 Twingy concierge, that's a fancy words
02:44.14 Twingy Maloeran, a compressed air car
02:44.16 Maloeran Thanks brlcad, I'll try to wake up early enough
02:44.21 Twingy I am going to build a compressed air bike
02:44.43 Twingy as long as the bike doesn't fall over it won't explode
02:44.51 Maloeran That air tank is going to be heavy. A muscle powered bicycle performs remarkably well too
02:45.06 Twingy I'm more interested in doing something new
02:45.34 Maloeran A wind powered car?
02:45.41 brlcad if you end up having to take a regular taxi, it will be more expensive (not that you really need to care a "whole lot", it's a business expense)
02:48.20 Maloeran Ah right, I need to remember to collect receipts too
02:49.43 brlcad yep
02:53.40 Twingy receipts can be burnt in my steam engine
02:53.45 Twingy you should save those
02:54.46 Twingy each one is worth a femtocent
02:57.45 Twingy Not the mama!
02:57.53 Twingy momma
03:52.10 louipc_ damn I'm timing out like there's no tomorrow
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13:17.24 Maloeran Hrm. Does anyone feel like playing the wingate-BWI taxi for a hundred bucks? :)
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14:28.54 bjorkBSD Twingy, you have a team engine?
14:29.12 bjorkBSD *steam
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17:50.33 IriX64 putting data_dir=${prefix}/share in configure.ac after the root dir check allows me to put the resources where I want them, true or false?
17:52.14 IriX64 urf wait...
17:52.35 IriX64 mc
17:53.26 IriX64 datadir
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20:25.44 IriX64 www.irix64.spaces.live.com/photos/brlcad/threads
20:25.56 IriX64 note the thread count :)
20:29.52 clock_ Space Not Available This space is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later. To find other spaces that interest you, go to Windows Live Spaces.
20:30.05 IriX64 you jest...
20:30.22 IriX64 i'm there
20:30.41 clock_ Trying again. The same.
20:31.02 IriX64 shrug (microsoft)
20:31.12 IriX64 should put up an http server
20:31.21 IriX64 but i have a dynamic ip
20:31.38 IriX64 no cracks about dydns please :)
20:33.53 IriX64 try it now
20:34.06 clock_ the same
20:34.50 IriX64 try www.irix64.spaces.live.com/photos/brlcad
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20:37.01 IriX64 did it load?
20:42.40 docelic_ IriX64: yes
20:43.06 docelic_ IriX64: what's that. brlcad on irix ?
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20:55.11 IriX64 taskmgr on irix? :)
20:58.25 poolio Looks like blrcad on windows =(
21:08.55 IriX64 that one is brlcad "on" windows
21:09.01 IriX64 same url
21:11.25 IriX64 32768 global photons, 1024 irradiance rays... how long will i be waiting?
21:21.04 poolio I have no clue what you're talking about, but I'm going to go with a magnitude of hours?
23:33.51 poolio brlcad: I'm having trouble compiling brlcad. misc/Makefile.in is not being created
23:37.21 IriX64 poolio, good guess , it's still not ready
23:38.08 IriX64 poolio starting from ./autogen.sh ?
23:38.14 IriX64 makes it here
23:38.50 brlcad poolio: cvs head is a bit unstable at the moment
23:39.00 brlcad we're cleaning some things up for a release
23:39.33 brlcad though misc/Makefile.in does indeed imply that something went wrong during autogen.sh
23:39.46 brlcad run ./autogen.sh --verbose
23:40.07 IriX64 brlcad: are you saying the source(7.8.4) tarball is at the moment more stable than cvs head?
23:42.11 brlcad depends on what you're doing, but from a simple compilation standpoint -- perhaps
23:42.52 brlcad head is allowed to change you know, usually changes daily
23:43.15 brlcad there will be a STABLE branch created after this next release so HEAD can be more fluid too
23:43.46 poolio brlcad: I did, nothing wrong there
23:47.05 brlcad somehow I fail to believe that :)
23:47.13 brlcad if there really is no .in file
23:47.36 brlcad that means something in automake failed to produce the file
23:48.15 brlcad s/in automake failed/caused automake to fail/
23:49.38 poolio Well there are warnings from lib3ds, but no error messages or things that would indicate a failure of creation
23:50.06 brlcad can you pastebin the output?
23:50.39 poolio Yeah, hold on.
23:52.22 poolio brlcad: aha! My eyes decieve me. src/external/Makefile.am:3: BUILD_CUBIT does not appear in AM_CONDITIONAL
23:52.39 brlcad aha
23:53.01 brlcad yes, just a recent mod -- there's an AM_CONDITIONAL missing in configure.ac
23:54.50 poolio brlcad: what's the test supposed to be for BUILD_CUBIT?
23:55.41 brlcad near the bottom.. there's a bunch of AM_CONDITIONALS
23:55.50 brlcad can just add a line for BUILD_CUBIT that is false
23:56.07 poolio ah alright
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