All the votes are in for the October-January 1999 round of the Internet Ray
Tracing Animation Competition, and the winners are:

   First place:   Microcosms (cosmsna.mpg) by Neil Alexander
   Second place:  Death to Rusty! (death.mpg) by John VanSickle
   Third place:   PinDrop The Universe on the head of a pin. (pindrop.mpg) by Mike Norton

And our Honorable Mentions for this round are:

   Artistic Merit:   Scientists discover the mechanics of the atom. (atom.mpg) by Mike Weber
   Technical Merit:  Pop!, or Positively No Food or Drink in the Lab (pop1.mpg) by Greg M. Johnson
   Concept/Theme:    Mathematics of Scale (amgmos.mpg) by Aaron Gage

The complete tabulated results of the public vote are available:

   ftp://ftp.irtc.org/pub/anims/1999-01-15/results.txt
   http://www.irtc.org/anims/1999-01-15.html

Congratulations to the winners, and thanks to everyone who participated in the
competition.  Please join us for the current round!

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The IRTC Admin Team