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  Re: Are angle dependent reflections based upon actual lighting effects?  
From: Margus Ramst
Date: 11 Aug 1999 14:50:18
Message: <37B1C5EA.DE67AE8E@peak.edu.ee>
No, thanks. They could well be BS-ing and I'd have no way of finding out :)

Margus

Mark Wagner wrote:
> 
> Margus Ramst wrote in message <37B0DFCB.4BB5598C@peak.edu.ee>...
> >I believe Ken means light only enters the medium and is refracted if it is
> not
> >reflected. Light can be partially reflected or refracted, but only one of
> the
> >two can happen on a photon by photon basis.
> 
> Take this one up with the quantum physicists -- they will tell you that a
> photon can be simultaneously reflected and refracted. :-)
> 
> Mark


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