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LOTR Special Effects at OSCON
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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Can I be first post PLEASE??? I wont do the goat sex thing, honest!
first first first first...i hate this 20 seconds wait crap..how many times do i have to do th is bs shit..
heh, this is also funny because around the time when the movie came out, my friend was making lots of his own character designs using the GIMP, so maybe the real graphic designers were doin the same thing :P
I'm taking applications now to form The Campaign for Real Movie History. Who's in?
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btw lotr sucks a big dick, that was the gayest movie ive ever seen la la waiting for 20 seconds to go by. oh yeah, lotr sucks.
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FWIW I believe Hemos and I are speaking too
FWIW is an abbrevation for "For What It's Worth" - just a little code-talk word that geeks use to communicate with each other. I looked it up on AOL. Hope this helps out all the normal people reading.
DOWN WITH SLASHDOT. Up against the wall you socialist bastards. Keep your opinions to yourselves and just give us news you gimpy bitch editors.
On behalf of all the ACs in the house: Fuck you, buddy!
Get that module to CPAN stat! I want it! ;)
But I didn't realise they weren't speaking.
I have trouble with passwords among other things.
That must be why the plot moved so fucking slowly. For chrissakes, it's like the ending was purposefully left undone so that they can set the audience up for a sequel.
Worse than Star Wars Episode 1, LOTR was. Well, maybe not. There was no Jar Jar Binks, so we have to give it points for not stooping that low.
I have been pwned because my
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death to palestine.
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haha! Just doin my job, boys.
I always thought that Gandolf looked a bit like Richard Stallman.
Maybe it was just the beard.
Lord of the Token Ring
All your LOTR Graphics are belong to OSCON. Enough said.
The zenith of movie special effects was reached several years ago by Dan Piponi and his crew. What's happened in the interim? Well, Titanic won the Oscar for special effects. That's got to tell you something about the sad state of affairs in movies today.
I have been pwned because my
After we kill the Arabs we should move on to the Indians. Those smelly dirt bags are always hanging out in the computer lab talk smack about Americans in their foreign language and generally stinking up America. These idjits stink more than the Eurofags. I think they learnt it from the Brits. (If only we had enough foresite to let Europe destroy itself in the 40s)
Even the 65% off that students get leaves the student with a hefty price-tag, I know that during my student days every pound (went to uni in the UK) was valuable and there was no way I could justify spending over $300 to get into a conference just for the privilige of speaking to others who have also had to fork out (I find the people I meet at conferences are often much more interesting than those speaking at them).
Richard M Stallman, reknowned communist and Founder of the Free Software Foundation was arrested today on 45 counts of sexual indecency with charges ranging from "Illegal use of a goat" to "Sodomy of a small asian monkey" The FSF could not be reached for comment as they were too busy performing ritualistic orgies with small barnyard creatures. Cmdr. Taco, founder and cult leader of the Slashdot website was quoted as saying, "I am extremely saddened and upset by the entire affair. Had I know RMS like small asian monkeys I would have readily loaned him Cowboy Neal and Hemos for a few weeks until it was out of his system." Police officers working guard detail where RMS is currently being held awaiting trial have reported he keeps insisting on being served "GNU/Lunch" and requests his cell mate Bubba von Thrusterton to stop violating the GPL on his GNU/Anus.
Multiple sources have verified within the Slashdot cult that similar behaviour is common amongst Open Source advocates and Free Software Zealots claiming, "Doesn't it make perfect sense? They want to Open Source your computer and then Open Source your children! Your children damn it! Think of the children!!!"
*Ahem*
In other news today Freshmeat.org was shut down for hosting pornographic depictions of elderly men with their anuses torn wide open from the many sexual encounters they have had with Bobo the gorilla. No one could be reached for comment at this time.
There IS a car in the background in one of the LOTR scenes
Speak on the benefits of Open Source, or fork over more $ to the MPAA? Which would be a better use of our editors' time?
It's been 3 days since I've been back on my feet after my anal correction surgery. The doctors told me they have corrected as much of the damage as they could. I think I will get used to having to wear diapers the rest of my life, things could be worse. At least I am still alive, and I can still breathe the fresh air, smell the blossoming flowers, and hear the chirps of courting birds on a spring day. Although my life is much different now, I have the willpower and confidence to move on.
My name is Rob Malda. I got anally feltched too hard.
I remember the night like it was yesterday. Another fun and energetic Saturday at the discotech in the gay corner of town. I was being my normal flamboyant social butterfly self and talking to all the local cuties. There were a lot of muscly guys there and I must tell you the scent of raw, homosexual energy at the discotec always made the hair on my neck (and other places) stand erect. But there was this one guy who really stood out in the crowd. I would later discover his name was Jamal. The first time I saw his glistening ebony skin at the discotec I knew I wanted him inside me. I've always been good at picking up guys so I walked in my sharp female way, swinging my ass at each step, until I was right in front of that sexy piece of chocolate cake. He had short, frizzy hair, teeth whiter than milk, and a friendly smile that was out of this world. Man, I wanted his dick in my ass so bad. But I had to keep my groove. I said to him in my well crafted lisping tone, "Hey sweetie, I've never your sweet ass in these parts before, want to join me for a drink?" He smiled and replied in a deep yet touching voice, "Heh heh, I sure would you little sex muffin"
This really hit it off from there, We talked and danced and flirted like schoolgirls. I found out he was from a town a few hundred miles away, visiting the big city for a little fun. He had muscles like you wouldn't believe, obviously worked out a lot, I felt like a little strawman compared to him (I'm fashionably slim). I was on top of the world, the envy of every boy at the place, a star. When we were resting from the thumping disco-house music, I asked Jamal if he wanted a bump of crystal meth. He gladly accepted, telling me that in the town where he came from it was hard to find good crystal. I took a bump myself. My nose is no stranger to this wonderful stuff! The energy from the crystal really made us move. His dancing skills were on par with mine (which are excellent, I have danced in a couple of small Broadway-style plays before). I was really getting hot and horny at this point though, I knew we had to find a quiet spot of our own.
We walked very quickly to the bathroom; I couldn't keep my hands off his lucious abs. We found an empty stall and stormed into it, it was a whirling hurricane of passion. The speed made us very energetic. We didn't make out for long before things became hot and heavy. I slipped my hand into his tight leather pants and grabbed his sweet man package. I was thinking at this point 'how did a firehose end up in here?'. Then I realized this was his cock. It was the longest, thickest anaconda of a cock I ever witnessed. I pulled down his pants, which was difficult because he was getting real hard, real fast. I don't even want to guess how long his penis was, at least 12 inches, maybe more. And it was so think I couldn't even grab around it all with one hand. His cock was sweaty and glistened. I wanted this black staff real bad. I pulled off my own pants and bent down. I stuck the head of his cock in my mouth but it was just too big. I licked the rim a bit but I knew what I REALLY wanted. I turned around and assumed the position I have assumed so many times before. Face down, ass up. That's the way we like to fuck. My anus was not prepared for this brutal thrashing however. I've always described the sensation of anal intercourse as taking a long, incredibly enjoyable shit. But this didn't feel right at all. The walls of my anus were ripping, "PLEASE! Be gentle! I'm just a little white boy" I screamed. Jamal, fueled by crystal meth, wouldn't stop though. He began pushing his black cock into me harder and harder. The pain and pleasure was out of this world. I could feel his huge testicles smacking the back of my ass. He was grunting and groaning like a real man. I could hear the sensuous sound of blood and shit being packed by his violent fucking. I was in immense pain but I didn't want it to stop. He must have fucked me for 45 minutes before it was over but finally he began to cum. He was screaming so loud, "OH OH OH OH OH MY GOD, YES YES YES, TAKE IT LIKE A MAN, TAKE IT LIEK A MAN, AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! OH YEAH!" At that moment I felt a gallon of cum spray into my ass, and I could hear shit, blood, and semen squishing inside me. It was paradise.
After Jamal removed his penis from my ass the problems started. I realized I was bleeding a lot more than usual. It took a whole roll of toilet paper to clean it up. I got dressed and returned to the discotech to unwind before going home. As I was walking across the dancefloor I felt a sharp pain in my ass and lower stomach. I fell to the floor and started screaming, I was shaking and sweaty and pale. At that moment, a huge surge of watery shit spewed from my anus. It was mixed with blood and semen. I was crying and screaming and in pain. Everything started to go black and I vomited all over myself. I briefly remember someone pulling me out of my pile of feces, semen, blood, and vomit and on to a stretcher.
I awoke in a hospital bed. A doctor was there when I opened my eyes. He explained to me how I almost died and how my ass and lower intestine were permanently damaged not only from Jamal but also from years of vigorous fucking by multitudes of men. It was a shock but I knew it was my own fault, you cannot lead this sort of lifestyle and not face the consequences one day.
So life goes on, I no longer frequent the discotec where I met Jamal and then collapsed spewing watery shit. I lead a much more relaxed, normal life now. I still talk to Jamal, even though he damaged me I will never forget that night. He is in love now with a boy in his hometown, and I wish him the best.
by: anonymous pancake
The UID isn't quite high enough to really fool people but it's close enough given the +1 posting karmic bonus, which shows a sense of patience and forbearance. However, the AOL reference almost spoiled it as too obvious, and the post could have been longer. A link to a page at http://*.aol.com/* which explains "netiquette" would have been especially helpful in mitigating the obvious AOL reference and certainly would have set you apart from the -1 riff-raff. Using quotes or other HTML 0.9 markup to denote the quoted material would have also increased your overall score slightly as well. In the end, the clincher was the replies you received, which are part and parcel to any good troll.
I give it a 7.3 out of 10 post-Siegel & Canter points. Well done, sir!
-B
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I just wanted to be annoying and point out the fact that this is old news. that is all!
I came across this the other day and thought it was really funny, make sure you read it in order though.
The Borg assimilated my race & all I got was this lousy T-shirt
Finally! Peter Jackson, Hemos & CmdrTaco all in one room.
Which is the best way to destroy a troll? Sunlight or (Score:-1, Troll)?
"Can of worms? The can is open... the worms are everywhere."
I am happy that LOTR is a great movie and I love the books but I must say. Who gives a damn if this guy is talking at anything? So he used linux and perl, whoopdy-do, I use it every day for heavy duty imaging work. It's nothing new and nothing different, damn, just have Richard Stallman talk, he loves to hear himself think.
This will show those wooden shoe-wearing bastards!
Thank you.
In the back of O'Reilly books tear out those postcards. Write your name in big letters on the back then laminate. This is the secret to getting in for free.
Is there any Swedish people more then me going to OSCON? I'd really like some travel company. =) Contact me at the above adress.
Ha det gött!
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Then it hit me, they must be using this to replay dvd versions of production tests under linux :)
Hey...CT...thanks for telling us. This way we can avoid the 'on-the-scene' blurbs and posts that usually amount to something like this:
"We're here and it's great and I'll say more as soon as I get a chance but it's great and I'll have more to say soon..when I get a chance. It's great!..."
Try to give us another alert approx. 12 hours before you start slamming the lame dialog, thanks. I'll make a point to tune in some hockey.
FWIW is:
Fortunada Winum Inipsum Woolarium
Which means...
"Investing in Microsoft is risking having your own money used against you in the marketplace"
At least they had the decency to warn us ahead of time that they will be posting drivel, direct from the scene, here at a time and date we can all avoid...
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Is this the same linux that isn't worth a Quicktime player? I thought that was just for those bottom-feeding free-as-in-beer types who never spend any money. Please pardon my seething sarcasm. Maybe more coffee will help. Sigh.
At Weta, they use a variety of different boxen.. Linux (mostly), but also Mac, Irix, and a bunch of other stuff...
and after personally talking with one of the IT dept managers at Weta, I found they use a lot of perl for the same thing that most of us use perl for... writing cgi scripts which drive their intranet.. because intranets are cross-platform.
The revolution will not be televised. It won't be on a friggin blog either
it must be a pretty shit event
Did you by any chance happen to read the Tolkein trilogy? If you had, you would know that the trilogy doesn't end at the first book.
...duh...]
[ listen closely -- you'll hear millions of slashdotters saying
So the movie pretty much follows the first book of the trilogy.
I suggest you read the books. But start at The Hobbit. It makes a wonderful prequel to the series.
The Hobbit (prequel to LOTR)
The Fellowhip of the Rings (LOTR I)
The Two Towers (LOTR II)
The Return of the King (LOTR III)
Silmarillon (History, trivia of Tolkein's midworld. As fun as reading an encyclopedia upsidedown and backwards word by word, in my opinion, but if you *really* want to learn to read Elfin runecharacters, and know the history...)
Correct Horse Battery Staple: 72 bits of entropy. Enter "Correct H" into google. When it generates the phrase, that's
FWIW I believe Hemos and I are speaking too...
It's worth about...hmmmm...nothing--well, to anyone else that is. It sure serves to inflate taco's ego some more though.
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Your discussion will be scheduled in the small room. You know, the one that is the farthest away from where this guy is speaking, and at exactly the same time.
So not only will you not get to see the address, no one will be at your discussion either.
You believe you're speaking? You're not even sure if you're speaking or not? Damn, I'd hate to have to sit in on that speech if you do end up speaking.
"Yea, and, ummmm... (come on, think technology you idiot) So, this one time Hemos and I met Asia Carrera. That was cool."
mbbac
Somehow the image of the handheld device and consumer electronics celebrities lecturing on workstations and computation farms doesn't seem to fit.
They measure them by weight? I always thought they were measured by lines of code.
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"Outlook not so good." That magic 8-ball knows everything! I'll ask about Exchange Server next.
Perl is trying to do too much with regular expressions. Why not just take the thing one notch up and allow for LL(kN) grammars?
That's the approach ANTLR (htp://www.antlr.org) uses for its lexical analizers.
Too complex? Just look at the examples in Wall's article and decide by yourselves.
Juanco
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