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SIGGRAPH 2001

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the stuff-to-read dept.

Morgan McGuire writes "SIGGRAPH 2001, the graphics industry's main scientific conference and gathering for artists, film producers, researchers, and game developers, just ended. I wrote up my experiences as a game developer/researcher at the conference for flipcode." Lots of stuff for those of us who wish we could go every year and see the pretty pictures. Hits on Shrek, Monsters, Inc. and a variety of new techniques floating around.

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  1. OH YEAH BABY - FP! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I got the first post LONG BEFORE YOU OTHER MORONS DID! HAHAHAH! Only I know the secret.

    Peace Out.

    You really are just a simple creature - arent you?
  2. SIGGRAPH 2001 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Wonder what's up with that, huh? So how long till they shut down this secret first posting business?

    1. Re:SIGGRAPH 2001 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Good Question. Its sad that Taco cant stop this from happening. It would take about one bit worth of memory for the flag and 2 processor cycles for the integrity check.

      How truly sad.

    2. Re:SIGGRAPH 2001 by smack_attack · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Easy way to stop this first post secret...

      When the story is approved for the front page, delete all the comments for the story (one update, one delete statement.)

      It's so easy to fix it's sad.

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  3. STFU by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You moron - Taco cannot handle that. You are a moron too because I bet you dont use LINUX DUDE!

  4. OT: slashcode by Gregoyle · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Is it just me, or is the new slashcode buggy as a MoFo? I'm getting missing titles on stories, internal server errors, and all sorts of silly things. Something tells me the newest slashcode was not ready for prime time yet.

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    1. Re:OT: slashcode by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      same here... missing titles, sometimes even I get nothing on the frontpage cept the links that are always on the left. Internal server errors too.

    2. Re:OT: slashcode by CDanek · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      http://active.vaporspace.net/~diablos/slashbork.ht ml

    3. Re:OT: slashcode by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Just another example of an open source projects complete lack of quality assurance. The new slashcode isn't even fit to be labeled an alpha version.

    4. Re:OT: slashcode by DahGhostfacedFiddlah · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Absolutely. The closed-source hotmail switchover went far better

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    5. Re:OT: slashcode by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      I actually agree with you. Microsoft software and Open Source software have a lot in common wrt to quality.

  5. be patient by Proud+Geek · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I'm finding it similarly bad. Be patient, though. They're fixing it as fast as they can. We're testing it in ways that they never anticipated, and at a faster rate.

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    1. Re:be patient by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      We're testing it in ways that they never anticipated

      Like loading the front page?

    2. Re:be patient by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      LOL

  6. I love that new Slashcode by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Internal Server Error
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    Please contact the server administrator, pater@slashdot.org and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error.

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    Don't you?

  7. NOT EVEN THE FIRST POST by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Well this aint the first post but since we can no longer see post numbers...I'm gonna have to post every single time...take that, lameness filters

  8. Re:Yep... he's a gamer. by zpengo · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    If anyone understands what this guy just said, send me an e-mail...I need you on my staff of writers. :)

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