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1 Aug 2024 14:31:16 EDT (-0400)
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From: stbenge
Date: 31 Dec 2008 16:39:07
Message: <495be67b@news.povray.org>
alphaQuad wrote:
> Eero Ahonen <aer### [at] removethiszbxtnetinvalid> wrote:
> 
>> Though I wouldn't consider raytracing as geeky hobby. I think it's more
>> mathematical hobby.
>>
>> -Aero
> 
> Exactly, math is key, hence my triangulation.inc:
> 
> I wrote it and would be lost without it, because just figuring all that stuff
> out doesn't mean I memorized it, I only know how to use it. I saw the some math
> show on pbs about 8 years ago and hit record on the VCR, it was sine and cosine
> laws. Everything fell into place after that ...

Thanks to my older brother and his Tandy Color Computer talents, I 
learned the ways of sin/cos before POV. The loop is the engine, sin/cos 
are two parts of a gear, and pi is the number of teeth. It's too much 
fun sometimes :)

Sam


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