Dear Folks,

Peter wrote:
[snip]
> what *is* persistence of vision?

Ken wrote:
[snip]
> Let us use an example to describe the persistence of vision effect.
> ...The reason the light appears persistent is because
> the light receptors in our eyes cannot react quickly enough to
> resolve the individual on off cycles.

This is a very clear explaination of this effect.  But, to continue this
off-topic discussion, why did the creators of this renderer choose this
name for the program that is mostly used to produce still life
snapshots?

This is a question that people have asked me after I've explained
ray-tracing.

Blessings,
          Brendan

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