Sqrt(x*x+y*y)+3*cos(sqrt(x*x+y*y))+5 from -20 to 20 • Hacker News Board

Re: Sqrt(xx+yy)+3cos(sqrt(xx+y*y))+5 from -20 to 20

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Post by Foy » Fri, Mar 30, 2012, 7:24 PM UTC

postfuturist wrote: post #2

This works great in Firefox 11. It doesn't work in Chrome 18 which has WebGL disabled (on Linux). EDIT: I really doesn't work because "NVIDIA cards with nouveau drivers in Linux are crash-prone." Firefox has no trouble, strangely.

Not working in Opera 11.62

Shame that my favourite browser doesn't support WebGL. :( But props to Google for making their search engine that much cooler.

Re: Sqrt(xx+yy)+3cos(sqrt(xx+y*y))+5 from -20 to 20

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Post by darien » Fri, Mar 30, 2012, 7:27 PM UTC

If anyone is interested about WebGL and the latest news surrounding it, I run a blog at http://www.webgl.com If you think it sucks, let me know.

Re: Sqrt(xx+yy)+3cos(sqrt(xx+y*y))+5 from -20 to 20

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Post by reedlaw » Fri, Mar 30, 2012, 7:27 PM UTC

postfuturist wrote: post #2

This works great in Firefox 11. It doesn't work in Chrome 18 which has WebGL disabled (on Linux). EDIT: I really doesn't work because "NVIDIA cards with nouveau drivers in Linux are crash-prone." Firefox has no trouble, strangely.

It works for me in Chrome 18 under Ubuntu 12.04.

Re: Sqrt(xx+yy)+3cos(sqrt(xx+y*y))+5 from -20 to 20

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Post by why-el » Fri, Mar 30, 2012, 7:29 PM UTC

postfuturist wrote: post #2

This works great in Firefox 11. It doesn't work in Chrome 18 which has WebGL disabled (on Linux). EDIT: I really doesn't work because "NVIDIA cards with nouveau drivers in Linux are crash-prone." Firefox has no trouble, strangely.

Ubuntu 11.10 and Firefox 11. Works like a charm.

Re: Sqrt(xx+yy)+3cos(sqrt(xx+y*y))+5 from -20 to 20

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Post by georgieporgie » Fri, Mar 30, 2012, 7:29 PM UTC

luser001 wrote: post #4

Am I missing something? What's the significance of this link?

I spent a good minute reformatting the formula in my head, trying to figure out the significance of the equation, before I went, "oh, duh, it's the fact that it's rendering a formula in 3D within a Google result!"

Re: Sqrt(xx+yy)+3cos(sqrt(xx+y*y))+5 from -20 to 20

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Post by joliveira » Fri, Mar 30, 2012, 7:30 PM UTC

Foy wrote: post #21

postfuturist wrote: post #2

This works great in Firefox 11. It doesn't work in Chrome 18 which has WebGL disabled (on Linux). EDIT: I really doesn't work because "NVIDIA cards with nouveau drivers in Linux are crash-prone." Firefox has no trouble, strangely.

Not working in Opera 11.62 Shame that my favourite browser doesn't support WebGL. :( But props to Google for making their search engine that much cooler.

If you want to see it with Opera try the 12 alpha. Just did and it is working perfectly.

Re: Sqrt(xx+yy)+3cos(sqrt(xx+y*y))+5 from -20 to 20

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Post by guygurari » Fri, Mar 30, 2012, 7:32 PM UTC

necenzurat wrote: post #8

is that a sombrero?

No, but this is.

http://www.google.co.il/search?q=5000-140*%28x*x%2By*y%29%2B...

Re: Sqrt(xx+yy)+3cos(sqrt(xx+y*y))+5 from -20 to 20

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Post by lloeki » Fri, Mar 30, 2012, 7:35 PM UTC

postfuturist wrote: post #2

This works great in Firefox 11. It doesn't work in Chrome 18 which has WebGL disabled (on Linux). EDIT: I really doesn't work because "NVIDIA cards with nouveau drivers in Linux are crash-prone." Firefox has no trouble, strangely.

Works fine in Safari too. Don't forget to Enable WebGL in the Develop menu (itself activated in the Advanced tab of Safari's Preferences)

Re: Sqrt(xx+yy)+3cos(sqrt(xx+y*y))+5 from -20 to 20

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Post by huhtenberg » Fri, Mar 30, 2012, 7:37 PM UTC

This looks... erm ... neat. A "sophomore OpenGL term project" kind of neat. Wolfram on the other hand does the graphs right [0], which hardly surprising given their 20 years of head start.

On a more general note, this reminds me of old Microsoft's tactics. Google should really stick to the search, but instead they throw together something that mimics competitor's feature. Something that looks more featureful and which is free, but upon closer inspection is effectively a half-ass effort, because it's an entirely different domain that's not their specialty.

[0] http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=sqrt%28x*x%2By*y%29%2B3...

Re: Sqrt(xx+yy)+3cos(sqrt(xx+y*y))+5 from -20 to 20

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Post by postfuturist » Fri, Mar 30, 2012, 7:37 PM UTC

drivebyacct2 wrote: post #17

postfuturist wrote: post #2

This works great in Firefox 11. It doesn't work in Chrome 18 which has WebGL disabled (on Linux). EDIT: I really doesn't work because "NVIDIA cards with nouveau drivers in Linux are crash-prone." Firefox has no trouble, strangely.

>It doesn't work in Chrome 18 which has WebGL disabled (on Linux). WebGL is definitely not disabled. You either disabled it or your GPU is not on the whitelist (or is on the blacklist).

According to chrome://gpu:

>WebGL: Unavailable. Hardware acceleration unavailable

Chrome sadness.