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Interesting. I have been in a few smaller data centers. Cooling, backup power supply, and fire suppression were extremely important. Usually a large UPS battery/inverter with a large diesel generator for power backup. For automatic fire suppression a large tank of Halon or FM-200 gas so any fire would be extinguished. Some automated system must have failed or was disabled. Tom

They used to be called Dodge Ram now it's just Ram. I guess both Dodge/Ram and Citroen are owned by the same company now. Tesla is probably the most popular electric car in California. My wife drives a Subaru. Hardly anybody in the US drives a car with a manual transmission. Stellantis is the new corporation formed from the Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and Peugeot S.A. merger. The name is explained as being rooted in the Latin verb “stello” meaning “to brighten with stars.” The FCA brands sold in the U.S. are now under Stellantis: Alfa Romeo, Chrysler, Dodge, Fiat, Jeep, Maserati, and Ram. Overseas, Citroen, DS Automobiles, Opel, Peugeot, and Vauxhall are among the other Stellantis car brands.

Another amazing style! Thanks, Tom

Old posting revisted. I thought I should also add that storage requirements on slideshowclub.com would be less due to a single .ptshow file instead of both .zip and .ptshow. The player could be an optional part of the .ptshow download for those few users without the player installed. Thanks, Tom

Yes. PTE for Mac is very fast on the M1 chip. Unless Intel is able to catch up with Apple my last Intel CPU will probably be the i3 in my Acer Chromebox. I use it mainly for secure browsing and progressive web apps. The next Apple Silicone (M1X?) should be amazing. https://www.macworld.co.uk/news/m1x-mac-3801943/ If anyone is looking for an affordable Photoshop/Illustrator/InDesign alternative that does not require a subscription the Affinity Products are currently discounted 50% (Checked on Feb. 27, 2021) https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/photo/ https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/designer/ https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/publisher/

Nice looking car. I think Vimeo videos are higher quality than YouTube. 80+ mpg is really good fuel economy. My full size Ram pickup truck has a 5.7L V8 hemi engine that can switch to V4 on the freeway but only gets about 25 mpg (11.3 L/100km). Not many brick houses in California due to earthquakes. New houses in California must have solar panels and an electric charging station for cars. Some tech companies are leaving California for Texas (no state sales tax and cheaper housing) but now finding out that Texas has a poor power grid during the recent cold spell. Thanks, Tom

At first I thought it was the surface of Mars. Amazing photos. Thanks, Tom

I'm glad you were able to get it embedded. Great slideshow. The watercolor style is one of my favorites. Thanks, Tom

I can embed Vimeo videos. You might want to check the privacy settings on the video. Maybe check "Where can this be embedded?" is set to Anywhere. Tom

Affinity Photo Benchmark comparison. Intel and AMD need to improve their system on chip technology to catch up with Apple. My 2 year old AMD with NVIDIA graphics is not as fast as my Mac Mini with integrated graphics. I am happy that WnSoft has created a Mac version of PTE AV Studio. From Affinity Help: "The numeric results reported by the benchmark are linearly comparable, i.e. double the score means twice as fast." Tom

I think you have to watch it on vimeo. Thanks, Tom https://vimeo.com/515013651

Maybe the player as a separate beta in the future. We can already create Mac .ptshow files in 10.5. It is interesting when I tried replacing the PC version of Sample Project.ptshow with the Mac version the file sizes were different. The PC version was 30 MB and the Mac was 19 MB. The Mac .ptshow must have a different data format than PC. Tom

Downloaded. So many stars in the universe. Great looking planets. Thanks, Tom

Hi Denis, The planets look great. I didn't know someone had created rotating spheres almost 7 years ago. I tried to open on my Mac Mini but since the Mac slideshow was created during the 32 bit era it would not run on Big Sur which is 64 bit only. Also Mac apps have to be authorized by Apple now. Maybe the slideshow.dat file can be converted to a slideshow.ptshow file. I will ask Igor. Thanks, Tom

I don't know if this would be an accurate projection transformation. I have not tested with the styles. https://www.winski.net/globus-projector/simplified/ Tom

To convert from 2D to 3D I thought it would require a sinusoidal gore. I need to watch the tutorial video. Thanks, Tom

I might have missed a posting about the subject but will the Windows version of PTE have a separate player like the Mac version? I think the .ptshow data only format is ideal for sharing and playing larger than 4 GB files. This would be in addition to existing .exe and .zip formats, not replace them. Thanks, Tom

Do you need special software to create Gore image format for spheres? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gore_(segment) https://www.giss.nasa.gov/tools/gprojector/ Thanks, Tom

https://webglsamples.org/aquarium/aquarium.html Using Chrome my Nvidia 1660 is a solid 60 fps until 10000 fish then drops to 48 fps Using Chrome my Mac Mini M1 is a solid 60 fps until 10000 fish then drops to 50 fps Almost identical performance but the Mac Mini M1 uses about 30 watts while the Nvidia card itself is about 120 watts. Both Mac and Windows computers play very smooth PTE slideshows. Tom

Very nice. 3D animation is great! Thanks, Tom

This is very interesting watching the circular tracing motion of an object in PTE. Always something new to learn. Thanks, Tom

This is the only method I could imagine to combine multiple slideshows into one (we have no option to "Go to slide name" under Slide Options). Is there a better method other than a linear slideshow and inserting the same menu between slideshows? I am trying to avoid run external slideshow. Thanks, Tom Short 3 slideshow example. Slideshows.zip

Hi Rosy, Yes. The great thing about PTE is that there are so many different ways to do things. I just need to be flexible enough to bend my way of thinking instead of hitting a brick wall. Thanks, Tom

By watching the video and marking the location. I admit I can do the same thing using the master/link video option and inserting custom transition point (+) in timeline view plus fine tuning using slide start timer adjustment to the right. I usually don't use variable length slide duration timed to music or a video scene. It's just a different way of thinking that I am used to (video editors that can split video). Old habits die hard. Thanks, Tom

Unless I am missing something I still have to adjust each slide duration in the timeline so that the next slide starts at the proper time in the video. I find it hard to preview the video while changing the slide duration, but probably just need to practice. I have tried slide view and timeline view and it's hard to get an accurate position in the video. Thanks. I will keep playing with the option until it becomes easier. Tom