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More on LoTR Special Effects

Posted by michael on from the smoke-rings dept.

sushi writes: "Another LoTR article: this one focusing on the technology used at Weta Digital (the CG shop). Interesting that they are undertaking "major" R&D into running more Linux, and that Linux "delivers about two times the price performance compared to systems running proprietary operating systems". I've been lucky enough to have seen inside this place, and it's cool to see a render-wall of linux boxen. Full story from a New Zealand newspaper." We linked to another good article about WETA a month ago.

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  1. Re:Interesting, isn't it? by Afrosheen · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Now see what happens when trolls are well-fed? They learn how to spell and make a critical argument! Oh the horror...the HORROR...

  2. Re:LotR Topic by glwtta · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I haven't. Does that make me not a nerd, or his crap not a saga?

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  3. Re:Interesting, isn't it? by glwtta · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Troll begone! (who the fuck modded this up anyway?)

    Go ejaculate on a window somewhere.

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  4. The *BSD has died, by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    As for you * the Kreskin which predicts the future bsd as for the necessity to be it is not. As for writing the hand there is a wall: * The Bsd faces coldness future. Actually, future has died * being bsd, * for the bsd entirely, it is not. Thing * looks at the bsd very badly. Our the rank intellectual ? ? it is, already, * the bsd continues to lose share. The red ink flows like the river of the blood. The FreecBsd is done most those all plates dangerously, is and loses 93% of the central developers.

    It probably will maintain to fact, you look at number.

    It shows the leader Theo of the OpencBsd which has the user 7000 of the OpencBsd. Is there no human user of the NetcBsd? you will see. The quantity of post anti- OpencBsd of the NetcBsd of the Usenet from 5 generally is in ratio of 1. Therefore approximately 7000/5 = 1400 years of NetcBsd is a user. As for the post of the BSD/OS of the Usenet it is attached to the half of capacity of the post of the NetcBsd. Therefore there is the user approximately 700 of the BSD/OS. The recent article * put the FreecBsd in approximately 80 per cents of market of bsd. Therefore it is, (the 7000+1400+700) the user 36400 of the *4 = FreecBsd. This is consistent in the number of posts of the usenet of the FreecBsd.

    For being troubled the inlet of the ?? ?, as for sale of the basement so, the FreecBsd of business you go out, you are taken over by the BSDI, you sell another os which is bothered. However now the BSDI had died and the ?, the corpse overturned to the house ? of another charnel it is.

    Principal investigation everything shows thing, * the bsd decreased steadily in share. * The Bsd is the sickness very, seeing the long-term continuance it does and is very dim. * The bsd range depending, between the amateur of the playboy of the os we should continue at ? ? everything. * It continues the Bsd to rot. What of miracle can rescue that of time suddenly at this point in time. Because of all practical objects, * the bsd has died.

  5. shut up by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    shut up...what a gay comment