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From: Jim Charter
Subject: Re: ... and Fark.com
Date: 31 May 2005 11:41:30
Message: <429c85aa$1@news.povray.org>
Renderdog wrote:
> Favorite comment:
> 
> My God, it's full of math.
> 

Got a warm smile from me too.

Also liked the one that said:

"There are two types of people, those who get POV-Ray and those who 
don't"  Probably a shill from these servers, still, very well summarized.


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From: Chris Cason
Subject: Re: Slashdot article on POV-Ray Competition
Date: 31 May 2005 13:40:17
Message: <429ca181$1@news.povray.org>
BTW as a result of both the listings, the povcomp server is currently pushing
 out a little under one gigabyte every five minutes.

-- Chris


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From: Warp
Subject: Re: Slashdot article on POV-Ray Competition
Date: 31 May 2005 14:35:54
Message: <429cae8a@news.povray.org>
JYR <jyr### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
> Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote:
> > In fact, the theory is even older: The concept of "radiative transfer
> > theory", which is basically the radiosity algorithm, dates back to 1926.
> >
> >   Thus: Radiosity is almost 80 years old, thus it's crap.

> Do you mean that before 1926, a torchiere with an opaque shade casting light
> to the ceiling would only illuminate said ceiling, because the photons
> weren't aware at that time that they had to bounce off the white surface
> and light the whole room ?

  Formal theory for modelling this is a bit different.

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                                                          - Warp


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From: Jeremy M  Praay
Subject: Re: Slashdot article on POV-Ray Competition
Date: 31 May 2005 15:41:18
Message: <429cbdde$1@news.povray.org>
One of the dummerest comments:

"'Twin Girls With a Pearl Earring' should not have won. It is mirror images 
of the exact same model rendered twice. Every wrinkle in their clothing is 
exactly the same. And he (or she?) put some sort of weird head scarf on her 
so he wouldn't have to render hair. Shame on you, Rene Bui. '

'Sure, it's better than anything I could do, but it pales in comparison to 
the others. '

At least someone corrected him (or her).  Vermeer obviously made her (or 
him) wear a scarf, so that he (or she) wouldn't have to paint hair.  ;-)

--
Jeremy


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From: Jim Charter
Subject: Re: Slashdot article on POV-Ray Competition
Date: 31 May 2005 17:52:06
Message: <429cdc86$1@news.povray.org>
Jeremy M. Praay wrote:
> One of the dummerest comments:
> 
>  It is mirror images 
> of the exact same model rendered twice. Every wrinkle in their clothing is 
> exactly the same. 

No flies on that guy!


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From: B  Gimeno
Subject: Re: ... and Fark.com
Date: 31 May 2005 18:22:54
Message: <429ce3be@news.povray.org>
what about this?:
>Learn povray in 24 h
>So what is the best way to learn to program povray images such as these?
>Any tutorial links? Free pdf books online? Or is the only way to "learn by
doing"?

just simply cut&paste man!

B. Gimeno


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From: Ross
Subject: Re: Slashdot article on POV-Ray Competition
Date: 1 Jun 2005 13:59:12
Message: <429df770$1@news.povray.org>
"Chris Cason" <nos### [at] deletethispovrayorg> wrote in message
news:429ca181$1@news.povray.org...
> BTW as a result of both the listings, the povcomp server is currently
pushing
>  out a little under one gigabyte every five minutes.
>
> -- Chris

either that, or people finally found the "pr0n-Ray" directory...


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From: Warp
Subject: Re: Slashdot article on POV-Ray Competition
Date: 1 Jun 2005 14:21:32
Message: <429dfcac@news.povray.org>
Ross <rli### [at] everestkcnet> wrote:
> either that, or people finally found the "pr0n-Ray" directory...

  What directory is that?-P

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                                                          - Warp


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