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   Y to Ben Bacarisse   
   Re: random points near central point   
   23 Jul 23 09:04:34   
   
   From: yyyyyyyyyayayayyyyyaaaaaa@hotmail.com   
      
   You classify Yourself as a . ?   
      
   On Sunday, July 23, 2023 at 4:53:51 PM UTC+3, Ben Bacarisse wrote:   
   > fir  writes:    
   >    
   > > sobota, 22 lipca 2023 o 21:24:23 UTC+2 Ed Prochak napisał(a):    
   > >> On Friday, July 21, 2023 at 8:55:36 AM UTC-4, fir wrote:    
   > >> []    
   > >> > no i dont want to put an asteroid in 'cylinder' from radius r1 to r2    
   > >> > i want to set most of them in circle r1 and rest in cylinder from r1 to   
   r2    
   > >> > such way it would look naturally such as a n group of astronomical   
   things    
   > >> > or pieces of things when you shatter them on the floor - most density   
   in    
   > >> > the centre till r1 less near r2 and none outside r2    
   > >> >    
   > >> I suggest you define your expected distribution first.    
   > >> You might begin by defining the distribution you really want.    
   > >> case 1: Is it constant density from 0 to r1 and then linear decline of   
   density from r` to r2?    
   > >> case 2: is is a natural distribution of "astronomical things"?    
   > >> (clearly not like case 1, consider the solar system, including the   
   asteroid belt)    
   > >> case 3: is it a random scattering as "when you shatter them on the floor"    
   > >> (clearly not like case 1 or 2. This is a gaussian distribution.)    
   > >> case 4: SOMETHING ELSE???    
   > >>    
   > >> State your desire clearly and we may be able to help you. Without a clear   
   goal,    
   > >> you'll be debugging potential solutions forever.    
   > >>    
   > >> Ed    
   > >    
   > > i dont care to much exactly i need to set a pack of 200 asteroids    
   > > around some point to look good (but this should be not to much density    
   > > in centre, ilke 10 asteroid cover the same piece of screen, thety may    
   > > cover partially, but not like stack in 10 in one place)...also i want    
   > > to use this function to set other things like in random group (but not    
   > > like brush in pain, its more like more density in centre (where centre    
   > > is not point but circle) and gradually less from r1 to r2    
   >    
   > A bit like these:    
   >    
   > http://bsb.me.uk/tmp/r1.png    
   > http://bsb.me.uk/tmp/r2.png    
   >    
   > > i think its not hard to understand what i want    
   >    
   > It's hard to understand what you write. I am sure what you want is    
   > quite simple. This is not about C so I'm going to crosspost to    
   > comp.programming and set followups. I won't post about it here again.    
   >    
   > --    
   > Ben.   
      
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