Last night I took one of those message spikes? And stuck it in my eye?
Anybody out there who uses Maya, don't do this:
create a NURBS plane
attach a wave displacement map
convert the displacement map to a polygonal object
reduce polygons by 50%
reduce polygons by 50% again
Just don't do that, unless you want to tie up your computer for an hour or so, to give you an excuse to go play basketball or something. Trust me on this.