Email: nsmoore@frws.com Name: Nicholas Moore Topic: Great Inventions Copyright: I sumbit to the standard raytracing competition copyright Title: The Written Word Renderer Used: POV-Ray 3.5 Tools Used: Microsoft Image Composer for signature, jpeg conversion, and the image_map Pascal Baillehache's feather include file Render Time: 1hr 36 mins Image Description: The written language is one of the few things that keep a civilation together. Without a language or any other type of communication, there would be no distinction between us and other animals. Because language is so important to our species, we need to do whatever we can keep it alive. Description: The papers were bicubic_patches. The table is a normal plane with a wooden texture. The ink vase is a simple CSG of a lathe and a torus The candles and candle stands are also CGSs The flame is a cylinder with a media statement The feather is an object created by Pascal Baillehache's feather include file By the way, this is my first entry into the IRTC and any comments a critism will be greatly accepted.