http://blogs.msdn.com/b/cyrusn/archive/2005/03/27/402823.aspxOne of my friend's took this shot and put it on on his blog : I liked it a lot because it reminded me of a picture i generated from the ray tracer i wrote: (click on photo for full sized image) And yet even with all my reflections and translucency hullabalooen-USTelligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)http://blogs.msdn.com/b/cyrusn/archive/2005/03/27/402823.aspx#6979761Fri, 04 Jan 2008 17:21:13 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:6979761Actors and Actresses » Archive du blog » Cyrus’ Blather : Phun photos!<p>PingBack from <a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://actors.247blogging.info/?p=2811">http://actors.247blogging.info/?p=2811</a></p> <img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=6979761" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/cyrusn/archive/2005/03/27/402823.aspx#405317Mon, 04 Apr 2005 23:10:28 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:405317CyrusNAdrian: &quot;like a Koch curve: infinite length (Lebesgue measure) bounded in a finite area. &quot; <br> <br>It's exactly like that. In fact, the name of this structure is a &quot;sphereflake&quot; in homage to the &quot;Koch Snowflake&quot;<div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=405317" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/cyrusn/archive/2005/03/27/402823.aspx#405214Mon, 04 Apr 2005 16:23:21 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:405214Adrian Florea&gt; Interestingly enough it's a fractal structure that has finite volume but infinite surface area <br> <br>like a Koch curve: infinite length (Lebesgue measure) bounded in a finite area.<div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=405214" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/cyrusn/archive/2005/03/27/402823.aspx#403641Wed, 30 Mar 2005 07:25:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:403641Cyrus NajmabadiTravis: Yup. It's a sphereflake. A pretty common structure used in ray tracers. Interestingly enough it's a fractal structure that has finite volume but infinite surface area :) <br> <br>Pretty cool!<div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=403641" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/cyrusn/archive/2005/03/27/402823.aspx#402930Mon, 28 Mar 2005 16:05:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:402930TravisThat raytracer scene looks awfully familiar. I wrote a raytracer for CS 318 at UIUC: <a target="_new" href="http://www.pettijohn.com/images/school/cs318/spheres.png">http://www.pettijohn.com/images/school/cs318/spheres.png</a><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=402930" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/cyrusn/archive/2005/03/27/402823.aspx#402832Mon, 28 Mar 2005 06:17:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:402832Cyrus NajmabadiChris: Oh dear, i'm kinda worried what kind of fun you have in mind.<div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=402832" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/cyrusn/archive/2005/03/27/402823.aspx#402826Mon, 28 Mar 2005 05:30:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:402826Chris SzurgotFun with cheese graters... &lt;grin&gt;<div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=402826" width="1" height="1">