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On Sunday, July 23, 2023 at 4:53:51 PM UTC+3, Ben Bacarisse wrote:
> fir <profes...@gmail.com> 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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Re: random points near central point Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2023-07-23 14:53 +0100
  Re: random points near central point Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2023-07-23 15:25 +0100
    Re: random points near central point Richard Harnden <richard.nospam@gmail.com> - 2023-07-23 17:46 +0100
      Re: random points near central point Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2023-07-23 21:04 +0100
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