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From: Darren New
Date: 22 Oct 2007 17:14:02
Message: <471d129a$1@news.povray.org>
Warp wrote:
> delle <del### [at] ciaowebit> wrote:
>> Rendering with LuxRender means simulating light according to physical
>> equations, this produces realistic photographic quality images.
> 
>   Fancy words, but what do they actually mean?

Clearly not what they say, since computing QED interactions is still 
horrifically complicated computationally.  I understand that even 
calculating the IOR of glass correctly is beyond what people can manage 
in a reasonable time with modern supercomputer clusters.

-- 
   Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
     Remember the good old days, when we
     used to complain about cryptography
     being export-restricted?


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