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From: Tim Cook
Date: 27 Oct 2007 14:06:43
Message: <47237e33$1@news.povray.org>

Orchid XP v7 wrote:
> Tom York wrote:
>> What unbiased methods give you is certainty. If you leave them long 
>> enough
>> they *will* approach the true solution.
> 
> So will POV-Ray's radiosity system, if you turn the settings up high 
> enough. (And wait a damn long time...) Your point?

Except you can't.  Turn the settings up high enough, that is.  POV 3.5 
has a hardcoded limit of 1500 radiosity samples.  Which hopefully will 
be (has already been?) fixed by the next version that has a compatible 
Moray to use with it.

-- 
Tim Cook
http://home.bellsouth.net/p/PWP-empyrean

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