(L) [2006/06/14] [greenhybrid] [a little poem] Wayback!A little poem
Converging to zero means find the solution,
this can be done by some nice distribution,
Begging the system for prior execution,
we trace the images with extreme resolution.
The more rays you spawn the higher the detail you get;
We trace it all from röntgen to infernal ultraviolet.
Or just some standard red-green-blue,
it's all not a problem, max problem is you.
Soft shadows a glimpse on what MC can apply,
indirect lighting not only by objects nearby.
A caustic traced through a glass of cognac,
to obtain the solution we have to keep track.
Best intersection in common is nearest,
a realistic synthesis is our dearest.
Expanding the nodes of most interest,
our computers are the ones never rest.
Random is modern, funky and raw;
multiple rays on multiple core.
That global illumation is all-embracing:
It's all about that Monte-Carlo-Raytracing.
EDIT: corrected "We trace it all from röntgen to infernal infrared." to "We trace it all from röntgen to infernal ultraviolet."
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(L) [2006/06/14] [lycium] [a little poem] Wayback!warms my heart :)
an old favourite:
Nick, you'll remember those halcyon days;
The Monte Carlo method was in its earliest phase.
You went to the ENIAC and got it to load
Problems you wanted in a stored-program mode.
The Monte Carlos you gave it opened a crack
That helped you decide to build MANIAC.
MANIAC came out as a marvelous toy,
A machine you could work with and really enjoy.
You called on your friends to, join in the fun,
And it wasn't too long before they'd begun.
There was Teller, Gamow, Turkevich too.
Of others not mentioned there were quite a few.
But these in particular knew that their goal
Was through Monte Carlo in the MANIAC's soul.
Those were seminal papers, seeds had been sown;
That's how Monte Carlo came into its own
(from [LINK http://www.fas.org/sgp/othergov/doe/lanl/pubs/00326886.pdf])