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Tek wrote:
> "Dan P" <dan### [at] yahoo com> wrote in message
> news:4081d10b@news.povray.org...
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>>There is no such thing as randomness. We, as humans, conceive of that
>>which is too complex for us to objectify as "chaos". You're brilliance
>>might be complex and subconscious, but it is there!
>
> Well actually it's neither complex or subconcious. I can explain exactly how it
> came about: The light position is <-1,3,-2>, which puts it in a quadrant behind
> and to the left (which is where I needed it) and uses the figures 1, 2, and 3
> which I always use when I first position things in a scene ('cause it's easy and
> not obviously axis aligned)!
Ah, there is a method to your madness! :-)
> In fact, the best thing about the lighting is that the light source is very
> close to the objects, because I forgot to multiply the light position by 1000!!!
> So the thing that looks best was a typo! :)
Some of the best things are found by accident.
> The big white box was created in a similar way but without a typo, I shalln't
> bore you with the details.
>
>>(Another fine message from Psychobabbles 'r Us!(TM))
>
> I know what you mean, but on this occasion I used the word random in an
> innapropriate sense, I tend to use "random" to mean "unplanned", or I suppose
> even "darwinian", which is actually nothing like the true meaning of random.
> It's like I have my own particular type of slang! :)
We'll call it "Tekbonics" :-)
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Dan P
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