[choo-chee]

first is with maxwell. how come m-r knows how to calculate reflections inside a nickel tube or cube? it's like having endless bounces... ?
second is google related. how come when I type something in google I get answer instantly yet in my PC I have to wait ..

[alexyork3d]

too much xmas booze?

[choo-chee]

no - I really want to understand this ...

[Bubbaloo]

how come m-r knows how to calculate reflections inside a nickel tube or cube? it's like having endless bounces... ?

I don't understand the question. As far as I know, give Maxwell enough time and it will calculate all bounces.

[choo-chee]

but that's impossible ...? each bounce is affected by the previous bounce which reflects in it infinitely ...? and google ?

[tom]

Maybe you mean googol (which means 10^100) and not Google?

[choo-chee]

no no , I really can't get no one to explain to me how typing a phrase in www.google.com returns 10000's of hits in 0.1 of a second while searching for a file or phrase in my PC takes minutes ?!

[yolk]

that's because google's information is indexed: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Index_%28search_engine%29

you can also index your files on your computer with google desktop search or use vista's (or 7) own indexing tools: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Features_n ... sta#Search

[choo-chee]

this I know but the speed it happens is not natural....

[yolk]

well it should not take minutes on your computer..just seconds or split seconds. maybe your computer didn't finish indexing the harddisk or the index is corrupt. that or you're running your os off a floppy disk

[tom]

first is with maxwell. how come m-r knows how to calculate reflections inside a nickel tube or cube?

Maxwell has no idea about nickel tubes or cubes. It bounces light energy between triangles forever and renders the rays reaching camera sensor.

[choo-chee]

so what I see with my eyes at once , actually is calculated over-and-over by mr ? I think that if I have time one day I'll try to see how MR handles a nice hall-of -mirrors ...

[tom]

Exactly! I can't wait for your "hall of mirrors" test

[mashium123]

i guess, that is the only action that makes maxwell some kind of a biased renderer: to stop it.

*ducking and hiding*

[tom]