[geeks] XIO V10 card size question

[Joshua D Boyd]

On Wed, Jan 15, 2003 at 03:43:47PM -0500, Kurt Huhn wrote:
> On Wed, 15 Jan 2003 15:34:32 -0500
> > Oh really.  I was under the impression that it would.  Oh well.  Not
> > like it was a realistic or serious plan anyway.  Anyone actually
> > intending to do it should look further.  I do wish I had an Octane
> > though.  Something like to run Houdini Apprentice on.  I want to do a
> > melting ice cube in it for their competition.
> 
> Not too rub salt on an open wound, but I've got Apprentice running on my
> Octane - and it is *awseome*.  I think it would even run well on an R10k
> with SI graphics.  It's really very well put together.
> 
> Of course, I was completely lost when I first fired it up.  It's very
> complex, but it's also very powerful.  I did notice that it allowed manual
> parameter entries (location, size, transform, angle, etc) which is a huge
> help for people focused on exact measurments.  After firing up the tutorials
> PDF, I started to see how everything fit together.  I'm working on animating
> the rocket tutorial right now.

/me kicks Kurt. 

I can't even summon up the resources to get it on a Linux box right
now.  I wonder if they would let me do my entry using python and aqsis
only.

I have an idea for the ice cube that I think would work well, and I
don't think it would be hard to do in python.  But I have never had the
chance to touch Houdini, so I don't know how hard it would be to
translate my idea into their system.  

And I just found a nice Octane for $245 shipped too.  Pout.

Out of curiosity, how much disk space did the installation take?

-- 
Joshua D. Boyd