POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.off-topic : Ask the engineer : Re: Ask the engineer Server Time
6 Sep 2024 07:16:43 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Ask the engineer  
From: Darren New
Date: 30 Jan 2009 13:11:43
Message: <498342df$1@news.povray.org>
scott wrote:
> afterwards.  This is part of the reason why cars take several years to 
> design and test before they are sold.

Bellcore has the phone pole farm. Hundreds of 4-foot-high telephone poles in 
a field, some with showerheads sprinkling them, some with mirrors around 
them shining extra sun on them, etc etc etc, to see how long the various 
treatments would make phone poles last.

-- 
   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   "Ouch ouch ouch!"
   "What's wrong? Noodles too hot?"
   "No, I have Chopstick Tunnel Syndrome."


Post a reply to this message

Copyright 2003-2023 Persistence of Vision Raytracer Pty. Ltd.