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3 Jul 2024 06:11:12 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Growing crystals test  
From: Bill Pragnell
Date: 19 Feb 2016 11:50:00
Message: <web.56c74725e00413375b7d07940@news.povray.org>
Jaime Vives Piqueres <jai### [at] ignoranciaorg> wrote:
> > Prelude to a Crystal of the Week page?
>    The variety on the world of natural crystals is awesome, so, yes... it
> could well be a source for a COTW page on my site. Thanks for the idea!

Excellent, shall keep my eyes open for it :)

> > btw, why media and not sslt?
>    TBH, mostly due to sticking to what I know and can type from memory.
> But I also seem to remember having done a few tests and finding sslt was
> slower for some simple effects like this one... but maybe I'm wrong.

Honestly, I don't use either of them often enough to do anything quickly, or to
know which works best in any given scenario... was just curious!


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