"Of all the enemies to public liberty war is, perhaps, the most to be dreaded because it comprises and develops the germ of every other. War is the parent of armies; from these proceed debts and taxes … known instruments for bringing the many under the domination of the few.… No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare."
- James Madison
So I explore into Direct3D a little again. This time it's DX9 and the first demo utilizing it is here. It's a demo of volumetric lighting through a 2.0 vertex shader.