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Tech Oscars Awarded

Posted by samzenpus on from the geek-segregation dept.

prostoalex writes "Skip the tuxedos, cleavages and red carpet. Scientific and technical Oscars are awarded for technical excellence and inventive approaches in the field of movie-making. Satellight-X HMI Softlight, DNF-001 multiband digital audio noise suppressor and Tyler Gyroplatform were among nominees, according to MSNBC."

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  1. Run in fear! by I+kan+Spl · · Score: 4, Funny

    The end of the world is near. Slashdot has linked to MSNBC.

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    1. Re:Run in fear! by ravenspear · · Score: 4, Funny

      Why wouldn't they? M$ advertises a lot on /.

  2. The mea;... by Fitzghon · · Score: 5, Funny

    "That's not to say that these so-called "gearheads" don't like to party. Champagne and chardonnay flowed, and they ate well, too -- dining on pumpkin soup, asparagus ravioli and a duet of seared beef medallion and fennel-crusted sea bass."

    ...and then after the appetizers, the ramen was served!

    Fitzghon

    1. Re:The mea;... by JanneM · · Score: 4, Informative

      ...and then after the appetizers, the ramen was served!

      Funny, I agree - but I feel it's a shame that ramen has come to be equated with those freeze-dried instant noodles that students everywhere seems to eat instead of actual food.

      In Japan (where the dish is hugely popular), real ramen is a whole different thing; thick, intense soup base with slices of meat or seafood, greens, boiled eggs, a mound of chopped leek (well, similar to leek), all floating on top of a large serving of freshly cooked ramen noodles slowly soaking up the flavours of the soup. The instant stuff is just a pale shadow of the real thing.

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  3. More Sources by sandstorming · · Score: 5, Informative

    FW News
    Reuters
    NYTimes
    Daily Herald
    Google News

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  4. What more could a geek want? by FunWithHeadlines · · Score: 4, Insightful
    Lots of tech goodness, awards handed to geeks while praising them, geeks getting to give speeches to other geeks who applaud them, and Scarlett Johansson struggling to pronounce what you do. What more could a geek want?

    Oh, right, having Scarlett Johansson and Natalie Portman.

  5. it's not on the women by SuperBanana · · Score: 4, Funny
    No clevage? Then what's the point?

    There's clevage, but with the science/tech crowd, the guys have clevage too...and you really do want to skip that.

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  6. Re:NEVER, EVER, SKIP CLEAVAGE by kiore · · Score: 4, Funny
    Never.

    Geeks have the same rights to a spathic presenter as anyone.

    ... and probably more need.

  7. Disgusting by CastrTroy · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Does anyone else find it appauling that they can dedicate 4 hours to all the pretty stars, and that they can't include tech oscars in with the other oscars. It's a sad day for society when people only care about looking at pretty faces, and couldn't care less about the technology that makes the movie possible in the first place. Without the technology, we might as well just go to live plays.

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  8. I hereby nominate... by GillBates0 · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...the cast and crew of the New York LUG for their special achievements in realistically geeky costume design and visual effects.

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  9. For a Complete Overview by calambrac · · Score: 5, Informative

    if you want something more than the glossover,here you go: http://www.oscars.org/77academyawards/sci-techawar ds/

  10. This isn't an article about the tech oscars by PsiPsiStar · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's an article about how they couldn't find a blonde capable of understanding the awards she was giving out.

    There's almost nothing on what these advances mean to the industry.

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  11. Re:No cleavage? You are wrong. by lavaface · · Score: 4, Informative
    Here ya go: boobies!

    Now where's my informative mod? ; )

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