Comments for Chris Collins http://chris.collins.id.au Sat, 24 Dec 2011 02:04:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on Ubisoft: When Offline Isn’t Offline by Sea Po'ked http://chris.collins.id.au/2011/11/21/ubisoft-when-offline-isnt-offline/comment-page-1/#comment-587 Sea Po'ked Sat, 24 Dec 2011 02:04:37 +0000 http://chris.collins.id.au/?p=231#comment-587 Damn, if only i read it before i bought revelations :C Goddamnit! Ubisoft HAS GOT to fix this! Some sort of hacker (on the pirate bay) should be hired to help those idiots. As i said somewhere else, perfect games! Just shit communication and customer service. Damn, if only i read it before i bought revelations :C
Goddamnit! Ubisoft HAS GOT to fix this! Some sort of hacker (on the pirate bay) should be hired to help those idiots. As i said somewhere else, perfect games! Just shit communication and customer service.

]]> Comment on SMASH 2011 Photos and Wrap-up by VirtualWolf http://chris.collins.id.au/2011/07/17/smash-2011-photos-and-wrap-up/comment-page-1/#comment-526 VirtualWolf Sun, 17 Jul 2011 06:23:17 +0000 http://chris.collins.id.au/?p=201#comment-526 Ah, fair enough. :) Ah, fair enough. :)

]]> Comment on SMASH 2011 Photos and Wrap-up by Chris http://chris.collins.id.au/2011/07/17/smash-2011-photos-and-wrap-up/comment-page-1/#comment-525 Chris Sun, 17 Jul 2011 05:33:37 +0000 http://chris.collins.id.au/?p=201#comment-525 No :) Fighting SCA means I've developed quite a tolerance for carting around such a heavy camera/lens combo. Whilst my arm got a little tired after 4-5 hours with no harness, my legs hurt far more by the time I got home. I only really find it only gets "heavy" when I'm actually trying to use it and balance the weight out in front, rather than letting the weight hang down. To get stable shots (so the IS can work at it's best), I brace the lens with my left hand at the tripod ring (which I leave on), and use the ring to give me manoeuvring space for my fingertips onto the focus and zoom rings. No :) Fighting SCA means I’ve developed quite a tolerance for carting around such a heavy camera/lens combo. Whilst my arm got a little tired after 4-5 hours with no harness, my legs hurt far more by the time I got home.

I only really find it only gets “heavy” when I’m actually trying to use it and balance the weight out in front, rather than letting the weight hang down. To get stable shots (so the IS can work at it’s best), I brace the lens with my left hand at the tripod ring (which I leave on), and use the ring to give me manoeuvring space for my fingertips onto the focus and zoom rings.

]]> Comment on SMASH 2011 Photos and Wrap-up by VirtualWolf http://chris.collins.id.au/2011/07/17/smash-2011-photos-and-wrap-up/comment-page-1/#comment-524 VirtualWolf Sun, 17 Jul 2011 04:24:04 +0000 http://chris.collins.id.au/?p=201#comment-524 Was your arm falling off after using the 70-200 the whole day? A friend of mine has one of those, and dear <i>god</i> it's heavy. D: Was your arm falling off after using the 70-200 the whole day? A friend of mine has one of those, and dear god it’s heavy. D:

]]> Comment on ia64: Plan9, Compilers and ABIs by Chris http://chris.collins.id.au/2009/02/02/ia64-plan9-compilers-and-abis/comment-page-1/#comment-523 Chris Sat, 18 Jun 2011 12:15:41 +0000 http://chris.collins.id.au/?p=53#comment-523 Unfortunately I haven't had much time to work on this particular side-project and I've mostly given up trying to fathom KenCC. I will revisit this once I've had some time to play with other compiler tools/frameworks such as LLVM which I've been looking into casually as of late. Unfortunately I haven’t had much time to work on this particular side-project and I’ve mostly given up trying to fathom KenCC.

I will revisit this once I’ve had some time to play with other compiler tools/frameworks such as LLVM which I’ve been looking into casually as of late.

]]> Comment on ia64: Plan9, Compilers and ABIs by Mark Haas http://chris.collins.id.au/2009/02/02/ia64-plan9-compilers-and-abis/comment-page-1/#comment-405 Mark Haas Fri, 18 Mar 2011 14:59:16 +0000 http://chris.collins.id.au/?p=53#comment-405 Have you made any progress? I'm thinking that might be a good thing to have running. An optimized compiler would be even more useful. Are you using cross-compilation? -- Mark Have you made any progress? I’m thinking that might be a good thing to have running.

An optimized compiler would be even more useful. Are you using cross-compilation?

– Mark

]]> Comment on smallpt by Raphael Rodrigues da Costa http://chris.collins.id.au/2010/08/12/smallpt/comment-page-1/#comment-156 Raphael Rodrigues da Costa Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:20:39 +0000 http://chris.collins.id.au/?p=134#comment-156 Hello, I am a big fan of this code too. Very neat and understandable. I passed the last month trying to port the code to the PS3 to run on the SPEs. I had to modify the radiance code to not be recursive anymore, instead, it use a stack data structure to store the "hitted" object. I am sucessfully so far, but, I'm having a little problem on the calculation of the emission component of the object. I think its a single precision issue, since SPE's works faster with single precision. I runned my code in the PPE only and the scene renders beautifully, but when I ran in the SPEs the scene its a little bit darkier. Any help will be welcome. Hello,
I am a big fan of this code too.
Very neat and understandable.
I passed the last month trying to port the code to the PS3 to run on the SPEs.
I had to modify the radiance code to not be recursive anymore, instead, it use a stack data structure to store the “hitted” object.
I am sucessfully so far, but, I’m having a little problem on the calculation of the emission component of the object. I think its a single precision issue, since SPE’s works faster with single precision.
I runned my code in the PPE only and the scene renders beautifully, but when I ran in the SPEs the scene its a little bit darkier.
Any help will be welcome.

]]> Comment on smallpt by Brian http://chris.collins.id.au/2010/08/12/smallpt/comment-page-1/#comment-145 Brian Thu, 19 Aug 2010 18:41:51 +0000 http://chris.collins.id.au/?p=134#comment-145 I discovered smallpt yesterday and I have been experimenting with it a little. It took me a little while to get it running on my mac. Try: "export GOMP_STACKSIZE=32000" before executing in OSX. This will raise the default stack size for the worker threads. I discovered smallpt yesterday and I have been experimenting with it a little. It took me a little while to get it running on my mac.

Try: “export GOMP_STACKSIZE=32000″ before executing in OSX. This will raise the default stack size for the worker threads.

]]> Comment on Lessons Learnt from Shooting at Supanova by Chris http://chris.collins.id.au/2010/06/22/lessons-learnt-from-shooting-at-supanova/comment-page-1/#comment-130 Chris Sun, 27 Jun 2010 12:07:08 +0000 http://chris.collins.id.au/?p=122#comment-130 Actually, I'll disagree there - for head+shoulders only portraiture, 50mm works pretty well. I'm currently thinking of picking up a 28mm f/1.8 USM for the next major event. The benefit there being that the 28mm f/1.8 USM does report focal distance for ETTL-II shooting. I'll probably pick up at the 35mm f/2.0 at some point however. Also planning to rent a 24-70mm f/2.8L for the next major event so I can get a feel for how it performs before laying down the cash for one. Actually, I’ll disagree there – for head+shoulders only portraiture, 50mm works pretty well.

I’m currently thinking of picking up a 28mm f/1.8 USM for the next major event. The benefit there being that the 28mm f/1.8 USM does report focal distance for ETTL-II shooting. I’ll probably pick up at the 35mm f/2.0 at some point however.

Also planning to rent a 24-70mm f/2.8L for the next major event so I can get a feel for how it performs before laying down the cash for one.

]]> Comment on Lessons Learnt from Shooting at Supanova by VirtualWolf http://chris.collins.id.au/2010/06/22/lessons-learnt-from-shooting-at-supanova/comment-page-1/#comment-129 VirtualWolf Thu, 24 Jun 2010 04:31:55 +0000 http://chris.collins.id.au/?p=122#comment-129 "50mm is too long on an APS-C body for the tight quarters shooting at Supanova, but should be about right on full-frame." Aye, we bought the 35mm f/2 for our 7D for exactly that reason... 50mm is just too long on APS-C (even regardless of what you're shooting, IMO). “50mm is too long on an APS-C body for the tight quarters shooting at Supanova, but should be about right on full-frame.”

Aye, we bought the 35mm f/2 for our 7D for exactly that reason… 50mm is just too long on APS-C (even regardless of what you’re shooting, IMO).

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