As Alan Turing corrected his mother when she was talking about one of their relatives
"inventing" the electron - "He discovered it, he didn't invent it"

Psychomek wrote:

> Well the guy who invented Quantum physics  did say he regretted ever invinting it!
LOL
>
> Richard Morton wrote:
>
> > Just out of interest :
> >
> > From my (laymans) limited understanding of quantum theory, the rainbow effects on
> > a CD are the most easily seen manifestation of the way that individual light
> > particles/waves travel from source to observer via multiple routes at the same
> > time (I don't think that the CD example is anything to do with refraction at
> > different angles for different parts of the spectrum). No doubt, this would be
> > somewhat tricky to model in a raytracer where the general assumption is that one
> > ray follows one path, not multiple paths as happens in the real world !
> >
> > Warning : Do not read about quantum theory if you are of a nervous disposition, or
> > you have a firm belief in reality.
> >
> > David Fontaine wrote:
> >
> > > Forgot to mention: I would like to put in the rainbow effects, but I don't
> > > believe there's any MegaPOV feature or anything to do this, if there is please
> > > let me know so I don't have to use regular (unrealistic) texturing.
> > >
> > > --
> > > David Fontaine     <dav### [at] faricynet>     ICQ 55354965
> > > Please visit my website: http://www.faricy.net/~davidf/

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