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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:SBC_sculpture_daytime.jpg
Almost looks like raytraced, but seems to be just a photo.
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From: Jim Henderson
Subject: Re: Reflecting (and bent) torus on checkered plane
Date: 25 Aug 2009 13:43:07
Message: <4a9422ab$1@news.povray.org>
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On Tue, 25 Aug 2009 13:38:13 -0400, Warp wrote:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:SBC_sculpture_daytime.jpg
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> Almost looks like raytraced, but seems to be just a photo.
It is, but I don't think it's a torus, the locals call it a "bean".
http://preview.tinyurl.com/ko27e8
According to Wikipedia:
"Cloud Gate is a highly polished reflective steel sculpture that is meant
to resemble a drop of mercury hovering at the point of landing on a plaza
of the park."
(The object is called "Cloud Gate")
Jim
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Warp escreveu:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:SBC_sculpture_daytime.jpg
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> Almost looks like raytraced, but seems to be just a photo.
That's it! We should open a challenge to reproduce it in povray! XD
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From: Darren New
Subject: Re: Reflecting (and bent) torus on checkered plane
Date: 25 Aug 2009 14:37:52
Message: <4a942f80$1@news.povray.org>
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nemesis wrote:
> That's it! We should open a challenge to reproduce it in povray! XD
And then include the original as well in the voting results, and see how
many people point out flaws in the modeling of the original. :-)
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Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
Understanding the structure of the universe
via religion is like understanding the
structure of computers via Tron.
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From: Warp
Subject: Re: Reflecting (and bent) torus on checkered plane
Date: 25 Aug 2009 16:37:05
Message: <4a944b71@news.povray.org>
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Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospam com> wrote:
> It is, but I don't think it's a torus, the locals call it a "bean".
It looked like a torus on that photo.
Well, then it's closer to a reflective sphere... :P
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From: Jim Henderson
Subject: Re: Reflecting (and bent) torus on checkered plane
Date: 25 Aug 2009 16:37:58
Message: <4a944ba6$1@news.povray.org>
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On Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:37:05 -0400, Warp wrote:
> Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
>> It is, but I don't think it's a torus, the locals call it a "bean".
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> It looked like a torus on that photo.
Well, yeah, that's why I found the overhead shot. ;-)
> Well, then it's closer to a reflective sphere... :P
True, a very, very deformed sphere. :-)
Jim
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On Tue, 25 Aug 2009 11:37:50 -0700, Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
>nemesis wrote:
>> That's it! We should open a challenge to reproduce it in povray! XD
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>And then include the original as well in the voting results, and see how
>many people point out flaws in the modeling of the original. :-)
No, no, no, no. Did you see all that copyright gobbledegook under the photo?
Someone will send the SWAT Lawyers in ;)
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Stephen
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Stephen schrieb:
>>> That's it! We should open a challenge to reproduce it in povray! XD
>> And then include the original as well in the voting results, and see how
>> many people point out flaws in the modeling of the original. :-)
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> No, no, no, no. Did you see all that copyright gobbledegook under the photo?
> Someone will send the SWAT Lawyers in ;)
teaching and scholarship constitutes fair use and does not infringe
copyright"
I'd quite definitely file that under "teaching and scholarship"...
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From: Orchid XP v8
Subject: Re: Reflecting (and bent) torus on checkered plane
Date: 26 Aug 2009 02:26:54
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>> Well, then it's closer to a reflective sphere... :P
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> True, a very, very deformed sphere. :-)
Did you know that your body is topologically equivilent to a torus?
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From: Darren New
Subject: Re: Reflecting (and bent) torus on checkered plane
Date: 26 Aug 2009 02:32:47
Message: <4a94d70f$1@news.povray.org>
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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> Did you know that your body is topologically equivilent to a torus?
Only if you have really, really bad allergies.
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Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
Understanding the structure of the universe
via religion is like understanding the
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