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Inside Look at Pixar HQ
LittleGuernica writes "Aintitcool's moriarty has taken a tour of Pixar's Headquarters in Emeryville, California and it just looks astounding. It instantly makes you wanna work there, or at least pimp up your cubicle... Which they don't have at Pixar, no they have cottages! Looks like Pixar created the optimal work condition for such a creative company, which leaves you no choice but to enjoy your job at Pixar every damn minute you work there."
Coral seems to have the file: http://aintitcool.com.nyud.net:8090/display.cgi?id =19658#1
Here you go: http://www.mirrordot.org/stories/0b03f1cd74ffa8734 e4dd63a452912b2/index.html/
It's a hackneyed, slang term that only appeared recently. There is no "correct" way.
Trolling is a art,
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There's also some great stuff about that in the second DVD of Finding Nemo.. :)
I remember a time, 4 or 5 years ago, when they used to get all of the scoops. It was really the only site you had to go to get the latest news and spoilers about all kinds of cool movies. Today they are a joke. They are the last to report on most stories, if they report on them at all, and I can't remeber the last time they had a really interesting exclusive about any of the movies I really care about. You haven't been able to register for the talkback for almost a year. McWeeny's latest X-Men 3 "scoop" was something to the effect of "I know who will direct X-Men 3 but I can't tell you". It's nothing like it used to be, which is a shame, because I used to love that site.
"pimp out" = recent? What's your definition of recent? 10+ years to me is not recent. I'm sure the term has been used for longer than that too.
Google only cache text, not images.
:-p
So when using the Google cache link, your browser will often start waiting for images to load before displaying the text. And since these images are Slashdotted, it can take a while.
However, you can make it work much faster by clicking the "view cached text only" link in the Google cache header. Here's that page showing text only. It should load much faster, as it doesn't even try to load the images.
Beware: In C++, your friends can see your privates!
they are also known as a shed, a place you keep would usually gardening equipment not people
If you catch them in summer repeats, you'll see a fun place to work.
At least you have a job :^\
Anyone need a linux / novell admin?
Well, let's see...I looked up Ed Catmull on Google and the very very very first link that pops up is from Pixar that describes Ed as:
Dr. Ed Catmull is president and co-founder of Pixar Animation Studios. In 1979, Ed brought his high-technology expertise to the film industry as vice president of the computer division of Lucasfilm, Ltd. During that time, Ed managed four development efforts in the areas of computer graphics, video editing, video games and digital audio. Ed has been honored with three Scientific and Technical Engineering Awards from The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for his work, including an Oscar®. He also won the Coons Award, which is the highest achievement in computer graphics, for his lifetime contributions. Ed is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and National Academy of Engineering. He earned a bachelor of science degree in both physics and computer science and a Ph.D. in computer science from University of Utah.
Which may stimulate a person that's really interested in looking up more about him instead of the person that just wants to try, and fail, at being a smart-ass.
"Leo Fender was in a 'state of grace' when he designed the Stratocaster." -- Paul Reed Smith
And here's a link with images (coralized):/ display.cgi?id =19658#1
http://aintitcool.com.nyud.net:8090
And here's a link with images (coralized).
I just emailed my buddy back at Dreamworks (identity protected!) and here is what he said about what it's like at Dreamworks... - The pixar tour site is slashdotted, so I don't know what they have. We have: large offices, with doors, with one or two people per office fountains, park-like areas, waterfalls, lagoon area, courtyards, etc. Southern California weather free breakfast free lunch (relatively gormet, with usually two or three entree options) free well-stocked snacks (fruit, chips, candy, ice cream, etc) free tea, coffee, soda, juice, etc. $20/month health insurance for my whole family free movies, about 2-6 per month, often well before public release lots of gaming options around campus (pool, ping pong, darts, foosball, shuffleboard (table version), street hockey, etc. free gifts from time to time (ranging from shirts and DVDs to digital cameras and stock)
What are you talking about? Jobs bought Pixar from Lucasfilm in 1986, not 1995. The article is talking about taking stock options that were not given to the other founders (I don't know anything about that).
It IS a nice place to work...
Steve Jobs is still CEO of Pixar, he did not sell it and leave. Whatever problems Steve may have (I don't know him so I can't comment) he hasn't destroyed Pixar. My salary and benefits are sufficient, and I like the work I do.
The building looks the same as it does in Moriarty's photos every day, there is no special decoration crew that preps the place for the press.
I work at Pixar and no, we did build the building. The love
lounge just happened to be one of those spaces built for
the HVAC but ended up unused.
Argh, one slash too much. http://www.mirrordot.org/stories/0b03f1cd74ffa8734 e4dd63a452912b2/index.html
Stupid slashcode.