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23 Dec 2024 12:12:04 EST (-0500)
  Re: Congrats Gilles!  
From: Warp
Date: 23 May 2000 03:56:25
Message: <392a39a8@news.povray.org>
Gilles Tran <tra### [at] inapginrafr> wrote:
: By definitition, a model (3D, math, anything) is not an exact replica, but an
: approximation. Real-life objects have a complexity that is out of reach for,
: well, anyone: if you have at your disposal all the monstrous amount of
: information necessary to recreate, say, an apple, you're probably some sort of
: god.

  If you take a photo of the apple and scan it, say, at 1024x768 pixels, you
don't need that much information to make a 3D-model which results in an exact
replica of the photo when rendered.

-- 
main(i,_){for(_?--i,main(i+2,"FhhQHFIJD|FQTITFN]zRFHhhTBFHhhTBFysdB"[i]
):5;i&&_>1;printf("%s",_-70?_&1?"[]":" ":(_=0,"\n")),_/=2);} /*- Warp -*/


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