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LOTR Special Effects at OSCON

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

gnat writes "The IT Director for Weta Digital, Peter Jackson's company doing the digital effects for the Lord of the Rings movies, is keynoting at the O'Reilly Open Source Convention. They use a ton of Linux and Perl." FWIW I believe Hemos and I are speaking too, but I'm much more interested in seeing this LotR thing.

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  1. Re:Perl? by 56ker · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Could someone explain this joke for someone who just doesn't get it?

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  2. Nam�ri�. Altariello Naini� L�riendess� by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

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