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1 Aug 2024 18:22:54 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Slashdot article on POV-Ray Competition  
From: JYR
Date: 31 May 2005 11:30:01
Message: <web.429c8218271910186a3607400@news.povray.org>
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 ?

;-P

JYR


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