Slime <noo### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
> I don't understand why people use this "stacked-planes" technique when
> method 3 media basically simulates it, sometimes making it faster because of
> it's anti-aliasing capability.

  When a concept gets popular, it's quite difficult to eradicate. In this
case the concept is "media is slow".

  (Another example of this kind of misconception is "area lights are slow;
it's better to use an array of point lights". See
http://www.students.tut.fi/~warp/povQandT/misconceptions.html#arealightconfusion)

-- 
#macro N(D)#if(D>99)cylinder{M()#local D=div(D,104);M().5,2pigment{rgb M()}}
N(D)#end#end#macro M()<mod(D,13)-6mod(div(D,13)8)-3,10>#end blob{
N(11117333955)N(4254934330)N(3900569407)N(7382340)N(3358)N(970)}//  - Warp -

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