- Grey Tuesday – Feb 24, coordinated civil disobedience to put the Grey Album online
- The special effect of physics
From a physics point of view we would also like to leave geometric optics behind and use the wave nature of light rays instead. As well as allowing us to simulate the visual effects of interference, this opens up the possibility of simulating sound waves in complex geometries. Architects, for example, might eventually be able to use such software to optimize noise pollution in their buildings.
- Photon Mapping on Programmable Graphics Hardware
We present a modified photon mapping algorithm capable of running entirely on GPUs. Our implementation uses breadth-first photon tracing to distribute photons using the GPU.
- Henrik Wann Jensen – research on Global Illumination using Photon Maps
- Global Illumination Compendium
- Validation Proposal for Global Illumination and Rendering Techniques
- Special Topics in Computer Graphics: Global Illumination
- Global Illumination
- Paul Debevec
- Acquiring the Reflectance Field of a Human Face – zowie
- The Tragedy of Colin Powell: How the Bush presidency destroyed him
Powell’s outburst is a textbook sign of overwhelming stress. Maybe he was just having a bad day. Then again, he’s also been having a bad three years.
- Life, Liberty and Pursuit of Porn – Xeni interviews Larry Flynt
- ZUG: The Viagra Prank – OK, I can’t advocate supporting spammers, but this is funny
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