EMAIL: evilsnack@hotmail.com
NAME: John VanSickle
TOPIC: Unnecessarily Complicated Devices
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
TITLE: The Price of Freedom
WEBPAGE:  http://users4.50megs.com/enphilistor/irtc.htm
COUNTRY:  US of A
RENDERER USED:  Various betas of POV-Ray, version 3.5.
TOOLS USED:  Text editor, CMPEG, pencils, paper, MGI PhotoSuite (to
generate the PNG and TGA files used to make some of the robot displays).
HARDWARE USED:  K6-2 @ 300MHz, 96 Megs of RAM
CREATION TIME:  I got started on this project three weeks after the topic was
announced; I also spent time working on The Lost Rusty Episode, and on the
posable mesh modeller as well.  Final rendering was finished on 15 April.
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION:  Full color, 24 frames per second.
ANIMATION DESCRIPTION:  Rusty takes the Linux leap!

DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS ANIMATION WAS CREATED:

I typed out a bunch of scene code, rendered the frames, and slapped them
together with an MPEG compiler, just like I always do.

The most important modeling issue in this episode is that Rusty's house now
has an exterior that is suitable for public viewing.

The Tux picture is by Larry Ewing (lewing@isc.tamu.edu).  He has granted
permission to incorporate the image into other works.

If you have any other questions about things, e-mail me directly, or leave
comments on the comments page (and be sure to put your e-mail address in the
comments; sometimes the bot records the wrong address).