Dell Precision Workstations and Other Dell Equipment Saved Production Crew Valuable Time and Money
Dell played a major role in creating "Minority Report," an action thriller directed by Steven Spielberg. It is set in Washington in the year 2054 and takes place in a world where the police have developed a psychic technology to arrest and convict murderers before they commit their crimes. Detective John Anderton, head of this "pre-crime" unit, finds himself accused of a murder he hasn't yet committed.
The futuristic nature of the film, based on the story by famed science fiction writer Philip K. Dick, required the actors to interact with virtual objects. The crew needed a fast way to create these complex effects in real time to ensure they would fit precisely with what the actors were doing on screen.
Dell equipment used by the "Minority Report" production crew helped accomplish this difficult task. The solution was to rent a 47-foot trailer and equip it with the latest Dell computer hardware to capture, monitor and edit video in real-time on the set.
The production team installed six Dell PrecisionTM workstations and 10 Dell OptiPlexTM desktops, all with flat panel monitors to save valuable real estate inside the trailer. The systems were loaded with Adobe® Photoshop® , Adobe Premiere® and Macromedia® Director® Shockwave® Studio. Each Dell Precision workstation was configured with a dual 36GB SCSI RAID setup, an IEEE 1394 card and 512MB RDRAM to play back the uncompressed video in full motion as it was streaming in from the set.
The crew used Dell InspironTM laptops for real-time monitoring and for distributing pre-compressed digital information. They also built a complete communication system to stay in contact with the set. This enabled the crew to take this mobile editing setup to the different locations during production.
"Our goal on the set was to create the technical environment that gives maximum flexibility to the actors and the director; it was up to us to work to their rhythm, not the other way around," said Bonnie Curtis, producer, "Minority Report." "Set and talent time are very expensive and the last thing the director wants to hear is 'hold on.' Fortunately, we never had to say those words."
"We saved a 'man-month' of labor at each location because we didn't have to rebuild, reconfigure and rewire every time, not to mention how much we saved by choosing standards-based hardware," said Matthew Morrissey, the film's playback supervisor.
The hardware performed flawlessly," added Morrissey. We needed wicked-fast equipment, huge amounts of storage and great support. Dell delivered."
Dell's involvement with "Minority Report" is both an example of the value Dell delivers to the film industry and a demonstration of how Dell solutions can actually reduce a customer's cost of doing business by utilizing standards-based hardware.
Small distro, runs fast, doesn't install 100's of megs of useless stuff. I can get a TL6.0 server up and running before most RedHat/Suse installs are done.
Plus, I get the benefits of naming my servers things like "turbo-dhcp", "turbo-web", and "turbo-mail"
It's a pretty good distribution. It's probably the most underated of the larger ones. I was getting the CD's free when I'd buy LinkSys products. It might have a spot with me since it was the first I ever used.
The only reason there are less games on teh mac is because of stupid marketing dipshits. Mac games are actually 20-200 percent more profitable
The reason there's so many more PC games is because there are so many more PC's out there. 20-200 percent more profit? WTF
And while the mac marketshare is only %20 of the market or so
Excuse me? Macintosh has 20% market share?
But most companys, and game companies, make such decisions without actually doing the math, and so perception causes there to be fewer games out for the mac.
Companies that don't do math? Enron and Worldcom?
This same set of perceptions is going to be hurting Linux gaming for the next 5-10 years as well.
Who are you, the Gartner Group?
This even though I suspect its very cost effective to develop games under linux, as comapred to the windows API set.
There's at least 5 major Linux distros, a ton of packaging formats, driver hell....what are you smoking?!
Half the reason I bought a modem was to DL softwar
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Back, long ago, the reason I bought a modem was to go on BBS's, AOL, CompuServe, Prodigy, use my 20 hours free with every place I could...
What'd I do? Chat? MUD?
Nope.
I downloaded all the software I could. I carefully metered out file sizes, what I wanted...$3.00 a disk from the shareware catalogs was too much to pay. Granted, most of the stuff I downloaded was freeware/shareware, but I did get a few 'warez' programs.
What about the outsiders who shoot up their school?
Imagine if Dylan Klebold and the other kid were warezing software, see the FBI van rolling down the street, so they suit up and start unloading shells on the 3 unarmed agents who walk in the front door?
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When you buy a new hard drive, (retail packaged) you get a nice floppy with a program that allows your older BIOS's to see the big drive.
You could try Maxtor or Western Digitals web sites, they have them up for downloading in the support section.
If you aren't using a Maxtor or WD drive, try downloading an older version, or 'modify' it.
Apple better be going after the market....
"Minority Report" Mobile Editing Studio Uses Dell
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Dell Precision Workstations and Other Dell Equipment Saved Production Crew Valuable Time and Money
Dell played a major role in creating "Minority Report," an action thriller directed by Steven Spielberg. It is set in Washington in the year 2054 and takes place in a world where the police have developed a psychic technology to arrest and convict murderers before they commit their crimes. Detective John Anderton, head of this "pre-crime" unit, finds himself accused of a murder he hasn't yet committed.
The futuristic nature of the film, based on the story by famed science fiction writer Philip K. Dick, required the actors to interact with virtual objects. The crew needed a fast way to create these complex effects in real time to ensure they would fit precisely with what the actors were doing on screen.
Dell equipment used by the "Minority Report" production crew helped accomplish this difficult task. The solution was to rent a 47-foot trailer and equip it with the latest Dell computer hardware to capture, monitor and edit video in real-time on the set.
The production team installed six Dell PrecisionTM workstations and 10 Dell OptiPlexTM desktops, all with flat panel monitors to save valuable real estate inside the trailer. The systems were loaded with Adobe® Photoshop® , Adobe Premiere® and Macromedia® Director® Shockwave® Studio. Each Dell Precision workstation was configured with a dual 36GB SCSI RAID setup, an IEEE 1394 card and 512MB RDRAM to play back the uncompressed video in full motion as it was streaming in from the set.
The crew used Dell InspironTM laptops for real-time monitoring and for distributing pre-compressed digital information. They also built a complete communication system to stay in contact with the set. This enabled the crew to take this mobile editing setup to the different locations during production.
"Our goal on the set was to create the technical environment that gives maximum flexibility to the actors and the director; it was up to us to work to their rhythm, not the other way around," said Bonnie Curtis, producer, "Minority Report." "Set and talent time are very expensive and the last thing the director wants to hear is 'hold on.' Fortunately, we never had to say those words."
"We saved a 'man-month' of labor at each location because we didn't have to rebuild, reconfigure and rewire every time, not to mention how much we saved by choosing standards-based hardware," said Matthew Morrissey, the film's playback supervisor.
The hardware performed flawlessly," added Morrissey. We needed wicked-fast equipment, huge amounts of storage and great support. Dell delivered."
Dell's involvement with "Minority Report" is both an example of the value Dell delivers to the film industry and a demonstration of how Dell solutions can actually reduce a customer's cost of doing business by utilizing standards-based hardware.
Borland's only a couple years late.
Good try, anyway.
RHIDE had me pretending to be using Turbo C++ for the longest time.
doesn't survive 30 seconds of a
I like the old LC, and the Centris 610-style cases....
PC cases were SO ugly back then. Macs are just -cool-, from the keyboard mouse, to the case.
Too bad they don't make them like that any more. Maybe when the 90's are considered 'retro' they'll do it.
Seriously, Ask Slashdot question for this??
Toms Hardware IDE RAID review
IDE RAID without hardware
Exercise left up to reader: Finding SCSI RAID reviews
ALT-PrtScr...open up a new email in outlook, hit Ctrl-V, paste it in there....hit send...
It's better for troubleshooting, etc
Like 50 OC3's?
Small distro, runs fast, doesn't install 100's of megs of useless stuff. I can get a TL6.0 server up and running before most RedHat/Suse installs are done.
Plus, I get the benefits of naming my servers things like "turbo-dhcp", "turbo-web", and "turbo-mail"
It's a pretty good distribution. It's probably the most underated of the larger ones. I was getting the CD's free when I'd buy LinkSys products. It might have a spot with me since it was the first I ever used.
You must not have been a very good player!
$2 would get me through a shopping trip to JC Penneys, I'd get 90 minutes easy at Aladdins castle - PLAYING
$5 would get me through an afternoon of bowling...
Of course, this was back when video games were A QUARTER
I've found that in my experience, my mac using friends are far more likely to actually pay for software than my windows using friends
The only reason Mac stuff isn't pirated as much is becuase there aren't as many people using it.
Therefore it's harder to find, there's less sources for it, less crackers for it...
Burn all JPEGs, too?
We have to do something
I was pricing out G4's...well used 400mhz models go for nearly $700, when I can build ONE HELL of a PC for that price. And the parts would be new.
Yeah, yeah, Macs are nice looking, well designed, etc etc. I'll probably just shell the $$ out for one.
Anyone know a good^H^H^H^Hcheap place to buy a 1-2 year old used Mac?
SGI is still in charge?
If you really have to sit a lot, please move! Stokkes chairs are designed for movement and variation.
The Stokke chairs work GREAT for video games
"Available in 2003 as 19-inch rackmount, 2005 for PC."
So...in about 2006 I'll have one in my car? Schweet! 1TB of Music!
IBM said we'll have it in 5 years...oh wait...
Microsoft supposedly helped Apple 'fix' OSX
Did I miss this Slashdot article?
Whats the story behind this? Link to a CNET or Mac rumor site?
The only reason there are less games on teh mac is because of stupid marketing dipshits. Mac games are actually 20-200 percent more profitable
The reason there's so many more PC games is because there are so many more PC's out there. 20-200 percent more profit? WTF
And while the mac marketshare is only %20 of the market or so
Excuse me? Macintosh has 20% market share?
But most companys, and game companies, make such decisions without actually doing the math, and so perception causes there to be fewer games out for the mac.
Companies that don't do math? Enron and Worldcom?
This same set of perceptions is going to be hurting Linux gaming for the next 5-10 years as well.
Who are you, the Gartner Group?
This even though I suspect its very cost effective to develop games under linux, as comapred to the windows API set.
There's at least 5 major Linux distros, a ton of packaging formats, driver hell....what are you smoking?!
Take a look at the cars with the 1.8 Turbo engine.
By changing the ECU programming, they can add power by adjusting boost pressure, air/fuel/spark maps...
The car can magically gain 10-20hp between model years, all with the click of a mouse.
Aftermarket ECU tuners can get the same results out of the cars that are just a few years older.
But, "15 more HP than last year" is a great selling point for a car.
I've written Tetris clones for every new operating system, computer, or API I've learned. OpenGL, DirectX, WinG, QuickDraw, BGI, SVGALib.....
It's almost a "Hello World", becuase it's so simple and so many people have done it.
http://www.linkmichigan.michigan.org/
I'm sure you guys are included!
Back, long ago, the reason I bought a modem was to go on BBS's, AOL, CompuServe, Prodigy, use my 20 hours free with every place I could...
What'd I do? Chat? MUD?
Nope.
I downloaded all the software I could. I carefully metered out file sizes, what I wanted...$3.00 a disk from the shareware catalogs was too much to pay. Granted, most of the stuff I downloaded was freeware/shareware, but I did get a few 'warez' programs.
Ironically, what if this guy had been playing something like Rainbow 6 as his house was raided!
What about the outsiders who shoot up their school?
Imagine if Dylan Klebold and the other kid were warezing software, see the FBI van rolling down the street, so they suit up and start unloading shells on the 3 unarmed agents who walk in the front door?