Almost on topic...

[Richard Lamb]

Still not Industrial Light and Magic, but a first step, anyway.

3D San Antonio sectional rendered on a rotating sphere.
aka: what cowboy astronauts think the world looks like.

Some people are already wondering, "Why? Why would anybody do that?"

Well, that's an interesting question.


caveats -

No executables, dlls, etc. involved.
It's just an animated Gif.

7604737 (count 'em)7,604,737 great big bytes.

I really did work at keeping the file size down.
But I dare say this one is for the fast lane exclusively.

Mot certified for navigation.
The source chart was out of date. (sorry)


http://www.home.earthlink.net/~tp-3/!sat.gif


So, who has the fastest rig?

Anybody significantly under five minutes?


Richard

ps: when they say 10 meg per email puppet, they mean it!

[UltraJohn]

Richard Lamb wrote:

>
> http://www.home.earthlink.net/~tp-3/!sat.gif
>
>
> So, who has the fastest rig?
>
> Anybody significantly under five minutes?
>
>
> Richard
>
> ps: when they say 10 meg per email puppet, they mean it!

I took 1 minute 20 seconds to download, nice image it's definitely a keeper!
John

[Richard Lamb]

UltraJohn wrote:

> Richard Lamb wrote:
>
>
>>http://www.home.earthlink.net/~tp-3/!sat.gif
>>
>>
>>So, who has the fastest rig?
>>
>>Anybody significantly under five minutes?
>>
>>
>>Richard
>>
>>ps: when they say 10 meg per email puppet, they mean it!
>
>
> I took 1 minute 20 seconds to download, nice image it's definitely a keeper!
> John
>

Thanks, John.



58:50 to upload.

minutes.

at 34,666.6 bps

I'm not on my cell phone here...

[Morgans]

"Richard Lamb" > wrote > So, who has the fastest rig?
>
> Anybody significantly under five minutes?

Around 15 seconds? <g>
--
Jim in NC

[Richard Lamb]

Morgans wrote:
>
> "Richard Lamb" > wrote > So, who has the fastest
> rig?
>
>>
>> Anybody significantly under five minutes?
>
>
> Around 15 seconds? <g>

What the hell kind of alien technology are you playing with, Jim?

[Montblack]

("Richard Lamb" wrote)
>> Around 15 seconds? <g>

> What the hell kind of alien technology are you playing with, Jim?


Mee too. Maybe ...14 seconds :-)

The globe pulled up (full view) instantaneously but was spinning (somewhat)
slowly while it finished loading. When it finished, it spun a little bit
faster. I can click it to make it almost full screen. That's it. Does it do
anything else? I can hold down the <click> and stop it.

http://www.home.earthlink.net/~tp-3/!sat.gif


Montblack
Don't tell Jim in NC mine was 14 sec - ok?
The Fastest Gun Alive (1956) - Glenn Ford.

[Richard Lamb]

Montblack wrote:

> ("Richard Lamb" wrote)
>
>>> Around 15 seconds? <g>
>
>
>> What the hell kind of alien technology are you playing with, Jim?
>
>
>
> Mee too. Maybe ...14 seconds :-)
>
> The globe pulled up (full view) instantaneously but was spinning
> (somewhat) slowly while it finished loading. When it finished, it spun a
> little bit faster. I can click it to make it almost full screen. That's
> it. Does it do anything else? I can hold down the <click> and stop it.
>
> http://www.home.earthlink.net/~tp-3/!sat.gif
>
>
> Montblack
> Don't tell Jim in NC mine was 14 sec - ok?
> The Fastest Gun Alive (1956) - Glenn Ford.


Nope. That's all there is...

I ain't sayin a mumblin' word...

Kinda anti-climactic, huh?

[Richard Lamb]

I was going to upload it to my web cell phone.
Well, it's neater than anything THEY'VE got on it.

But the cell phone took one look at that thing and called the cops.
Gave them GPS coordinates and everything!

No charges filed, as long as I keep it on a laptop from mow on.

12 minutes via wireless.

[Ron Wanttaja]

On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 23:48:31 -0600, "Montblack"
> wrote:

> ("Richard Lamb" wrote)
> >> Around 15 seconds? <g>
>
> > What the hell kind of alien technology are you playing with, Jim?
>
> Mee too. Maybe ...14 seconds :-)
>
> The globe pulled up (full view) instantaneously but was spinning (somewhat)
> slowly while it finished loading. When it finished, it spun a little bit
> faster.

Ditto, globe up instantly and spinning smoothly about 15 seconds later.

Ron Wanttaja

[Morgans]

"Montblack" >

>Does it do anything else? I can hold down the <click> and stop it.
>
> http://www.home.earthlink.net/~tp-3/!sat.gif
>
>
> Montblack
> Don't tell Jim in NC mine was 14 sec - ok?

When it got done I guessed at 15. It might have been 13! OK, MONT?
sheesh! <g>
--
Jim in NC

[Morgans]

"Richard Lamb" > wrote
>
> What the hell kind of alien technology are you playing with, Jim?

Supposedly 1.5 gig cable. Never runs that hot, since not many can or will
feed it that fast. :-)
--
Jim in NC

[Gig 601XL Builder]

58 seconds for my Cox cable connection.


"Richard Lamb" > wrote in message
ink.net...
>
> Still not Industrial Light and Magic, but a first step, anyway.
>
> 3D San Antonio sectional rendered on a rotating sphere.
> aka: what cowboy astronauts think the world looks like.
>
> Some people are already wondering, "Why? Why would anybody do that?"
>
> Well, that's an interesting question.
>
>
> caveats -
>
> No executables, dlls, etc. involved.
> It's just an animated Gif.
>
> 7604737 (count 'em)7,604,737 great big bytes.
>
> I really did work at keeping the file size down.
> But I dare say this one is for the fast lane exclusively.
>
> Mot certified for navigation.
> The source chart was out of date. (sorry)
>
>
> http://www.home.earthlink.net/~tp-3/!sat.gif
>
>
> So, who has the fastest rig?
>
> Anybody significantly under five minutes?
>
>
> Richard
>
> ps: when they say 10 meg per email puppet, they mean it!
>

[Frank]

8 seconds, Comcast cable.

"Richard Lamb" > wrote in message
ink.net...
> Morgans wrote:
>>
>> "Richard Lamb" > wrote > So, who has the fastest
>> rig?
>>
>>>
>>> Anybody significantly under five minutes?
>>
>>
>> Around 15 seconds? <g>
>
> What the hell kind of alien technology are you playing with, Jim?

[[email protected]]

On Fri, 27 Jan 2006 02:28:28 GMT, Richard Lamb
> wrote:

>So, who has the fastest rig?
>
>Anybody significantly under five minutes?

About 8 seconds.

Corky Scott

[Dorothy Glasgow]

8 sec but no spin ? just a globe ?
> wrote in message
...
> On Fri, 27 Jan 2006 02:28:28 GMT, Richard Lamb
> > wrote:
>
>>So, who has the fastest rig?
>>
>>Anybody significantly under five minutes?
>
> About 8 seconds.
>
> Corky Scott

[Richard Lamb]

Dorothy Glasgow wrote:
> 8 sec but no spin ? just a globe ?
> > wrote in message
> ...
>
>>On Fri, 27 Jan 2006 02:28:28 GMT, Richard Lamb
> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>So, who has the fastest rig?
>>>
>>>Anybody significantly under five minutes?
>>
>>About 8 seconds.
>>
>>Corky Scott
>
>
>

Sounds like you have gif animation disabled?

Or was that 8 seconds to load the first frame
and we're still waiting in the next one???

[Dorothy Glasgow]

It must be disabled -- now to figure out ----how to enable it . probably
a setting hidden somewhere I spoze . I built the puter, but windows
software humiliates me on a regular basis.
Gary G

"Richard Lamb" > wrote in message
nk.net...
> Dorothy Glasgow wrote:
>> 8 sec but no spin ? just a globe ?
>> > wrote in message
>> ...
>>
>>>On Fri, 27 Jan 2006 02:28:28 GMT, Richard Lamb
> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>So, who has the fastest rig?
>>>>
>>>>Anybody significantly under five minutes?
>>>
>>>About 8 seconds.
>>>
>>>Corky Scott
>>
>>
>>
>
> Sounds like you have gif animation disabled?
>
> Or was that 8 seconds to load the first frame
> and we're still waiting in the next one???
>
>

[Robert Bonomi]

In article et>,
Richard Lamb > wrote:
>
>Still not Industrial Light and Magic, but a first step, anyway.
>
>3D San Antonio sectional rendered on a rotating sphere.
>aka: what cowboy astronauts think the world looks like.
>
>Some people are already wondering, "Why? Why would anybody do that?"
>
>Well, that's an interesting question.
>
>
>caveats -
>
>No executables, dlls, etc. involved.
>It's just an animated Gif.
>
>7604737 (count 'em)7,604,737 great big bytes.
>
>I really did work at keeping the file size down.
>But I dare say this one is for the fast lane exclusively.
>
>Mot certified for navigation.
>The source chart was out of date. (sorry)
>
>
>http://www.home.earthlink.net/~tp-3/!sat.gif
>
>
>So, who has the fastest rig?
>
>Anybody significantly under five minutes?

5.227 seconds till the globe appeared and _started_ (jumpily) to rotate.
42.713 seconds til the download was complete, and the smooth rotation
kicked in.


Thats on a 1.5mbit/768k DSL -- 'theoretical maximum' download speed
would be about 39.5 seconds.

[Richard Lamb]

Robert Bonomi wrote:
> In article et>,

>
> 5.227 seconds till the globe appeared and _started_ (jumpily) to rotate.
> 42.713 seconds til the download was complete, and the smooth rotation
> kicked in.
>
>
> Thats on a 1.5mbit/768k DSL -- 'theoretical maximum' download speed
> would be about 39.5 seconds.


Ah Ha!

I had a feeling I was getting shined on...

Thanks Robert.

Richard

[Jerry Springer]

Richard Lamb wrote:
>
> Still not Industrial Light and Magic, but a first step, anyway.
>
> 3D San Antonio sectional rendered on a rotating sphere.
> aka: what cowboy astronauts think the world looks like.
>
> Some people are already wondering, "Why? Why would anybody do that?"
>
> Well, that's an interesting question.
>
>
> caveats -
>
> No executables, dlls, etc. involved.
> It's just an animated Gif.
>
> 7604737 (count 'em)7,604,737 great big bytes.
>
> I really did work at keeping the file size down.
> But I dare say this one is for the fast lane exclusively.
>
> Mot certified for navigation.
> The source chart was out of date. (sorry)
>
>
> http://www.home.earthlink.net/~tp-3/!sat.gif
>
>
> So, who has the fastest rig?
>
> Anybody significantly under five minutes?
>
>
> Richard
>
> ps: when they say 10 meg per email puppet, they mean it!
>

About 5 seconds or less to load and spin.


Jerry

[Frank]

About 2 seconds for the globe, 8 seconds to full spin. Connection is
supposed to be 8 Mb, usualy measures at 5-6.

Great picture !

Frank

"Bryan Martin" > wrote in message
...
> You must have the 4 GB connection.
>
> in article , Frank at
> wrote on 1/27/06 11:15 AM:
>
>> 8 seconds, Comcast cable.
>>
>> "Richard Lamb" > wrote in message
>> ink.net...
>

[Richard Lamb]

Frank wrote:

> About 2 seconds for the globe, 8 seconds to full spin. Connection is
> supposed to be 8 Mb, usualy measures at 5-6.
>
> Great picture !
>
> Frank
>
> "Bryan Martin" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>>You must have the 4 GB connection.
>>
>>in article , Frank at
>>wrote on 1/27/06 11:15 AM:
>>
>>
>>>8 seconds, Comcast cable.
>>>
>>>"Richard Lamb" > wrote in message
ink.net...
>>
>
>
I'll tell you what - some of you guys are pretty well hooked up!

[Montblack]

("Richard Lamb" wrote)
> I'll tell you what - some of you guys are pretty well hooked up!


http://www.mutopiaproject.org/cgibin/piece-info.cgi?id=483
Download: MIDI File (worked for me)

Or...

<http://ringtones.duble.com/polyphonic/famous-classicals/chopin-ringtones/chopin-minute-waltz.htm>
Chopin Minute Waltz ringtone page

...45 seconds - tops!


Montblack :-)