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Posted by michael on from the these-are-the-penguins-you-are-looking-for dept.

JosefK writes: "Film & Video is running an interesting and fairly in-depth article on the technology that's been used by Peter Jackson's crew and WETA for the production of the Lord of the Rings. From satellite video feeds for overseeing remote shoots, to the development of WETA's Massive program for depicting large scale battle scenes with tens and hundreds of thousands of "agents" (and it runs on Linux!), the article covers the gamut of the interesting things Peter Jackson's been doing Down Under." And Salon is running a lengthy article on the increasing use of Linux in the special effects industry.

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  1. goaty by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    flavored secks!

  2. Typical Slashdot Posting by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    WETA's Massive program ... runs on Linux

    Is it open source? Where can I download it? Open source it, dammit! Come on. You linked to the kernel. Idiot, the kernel is LGPL. Well, they linked to something else obviously. GPL violation! RMS! Kill them! Shut up! There is no GPL violation! ARAGHRHGHAG! Where are the screenshots? Looks like it is based on QT/GTK/Xforms/... Beowulf cluster!

  3. You know something ladies... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    The big Valboski's a lot like concrete...


    Just add a little water, stand back, and watch me get rock hard .

  4. Re:Weather by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Fuck you, spic.

    -- ater

  5. slashdotted already? by ankit · · Score: -1, Troll

    someone have any mirrors?

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    Don't Panic