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  Re: Help needed with radiosity and caustics and dispersion and...  
From: John M  Dlugosz
Date: 21 Feb 1999 22:04:44
Message: <36d0c94c.0@news.povray.org>
Peter Popov wrote in message <36cd1c53.13142319@news.povray.org>...
>Now the question is, how the heck do I model all that in just a
>lifetime? And how many Cray supercomputers will I need to render it?
>
>Any help appreciated.



I think you'll need a Quantum Computer.  I can't wait 'till they are a
reality -- besides being able to blow away all current encryption
algorithms, they are great for simulation.  In effect, you are harnessing
Nature's CPU directly, the same one that =is= used to compute such a beam of
light interacting with everything else in the room.

--John


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