As part-time animator myself, I think that is probably some of the better compliments you can receive. If it's real enough to get passed that you are watching an animated film and bring your characters to life, mission accomplished!
"Of all the advances on this film, I think that our use of global illumination was the biggest technology breakthrough," asserts Bielenberg. "Ray tracing/global illumination/radiosity techniques have been out there for a number of years, but it has been price-prohibitive to utilize them significantly. For Shrek 2 we used global illumination for 80% of the shots. "It's our own renderer, and it's been re-written since the first Shrek. We developed a bounce light technique that --given a key light -- automatically computes the correct bounce light off of the other objects in the scene. If the light bounces off of a yellow wall, it will bounce back yellow in character.
They re-wrote an entire renderer? Granted, Shrek is still behind some of Pixar's work but i've got to ask... Why not use some of the other renderer tools out there?
It's about time they had a good marketing strategy that they can work from. The article shows just how well they are doing overseas by promoting Linux and their apps that run wonderfly on it. The next step would be to start promoting it elsewhere, perhaps try in the US soon!
I kind this kind of funny and for IBM it couldn't have started at a better time. Microsoft, dilligently working on Longhorn, seems to have turned towards something other than "web-linked" software. They have turned their heads more towards search technologies and fighting a losing battle with Google. Like any corporate american company, they will turn their business to where the money is. Right now, it seems that searching is where the majority of that money will funnel to and Microsoft seems to struggle if they need to support more than 1 thing at a time.
Best quote from the article... "While IBM's products run on Windows, it wants its customers to see how nicely they would run on Linux as well, using the free operating system as a lure. "[It's] Like getting free bread in a restaurant," says Irving Wladawsky-Berger, vice president of technology and strategy at IBM.."
I think it means that our US military relies very heavily on GPS and requires 24/7 for anything they do. If the EU decides to go forth with their own, perhaps it might be able to take away its access to it and make it rely on it's own.
"Juniper Networks has individual routers that are at least as fast, but the company cannot combine as many routers to ultimately produce the same speeds, according to Chris Nicoll, a telecommunications industry analyst with Current Analysis, a research firm."
and more....
"The new router design is the first developed by Cisco that allows several routers to be connected, according to the company. A single router would be able to transmit data at 1.2 terabits a second. But as many as 72 routers can be hooked together to send data at 92 terabits a second, far faster than any router sold now. In telecommunications, data transfer is usually measured in bits per second. A terabit is one trillion bits. "
Considering that the largest earthquake ever in Washington was a 7.3 in 1874 and that this was largely just discovered a few years ago, perhaps this is a precursor to something big about to happen? More recently was a 1949 earthquake that measured 7.1 near Olympia.
From the Science Daily article..."Making that determination will help in understanding whether they are adding to or relieving stress in the Cascadia subduction zone off the Washington and B.C. coast, where the Juan de Fuca plate dives beneath the North American plate. The subduction zone is capable of generating great earthquakes, and scientists recently determined that a Cascadia earthquake in 1700 measured about 9.0 in magnitude."
And Wired... "The coastal region of northwest Washington state and southeast British Columbia is prone to earthquakes, and scientist warn the area gets hit with a devastating shake of magnitude 9 about every 500 years."
Sure.. we're only 196 years off the 500 year mark since the last 9.0, but for it only to pop up a few years ago makes it seem very ominous.
This data, while very interesting, could still go 2 ways. It is helping to alleviate and prevent major earthquakes in that area, or it's a major precurosr to a huge event that could happen in the near future. The hard part? What is considered teh near future... tomorrow? 5 years? 10 years? Guess we'll have to wait and see.
What's even more interesting is that I have yet to see any reports about this coming from any of the California plates, perhaps it hasn't been found or tested for or it's just not there.. Who knows.
This is where they will need to find the break-even point. Does it cost more to maintain the necessary temperature for fusion, than the benefits we'll get out of it? My guess is that right now, yes. However, get more $$$ and research into the project and in the future this may be very, very possible.
I also work on a military installation and it takes forever to be able to choose a password. Not only do you have to use the basic methods already described here, but it also cannot be similar to used passwords or dictionary passwords in any way. Therefore, it checks for a password such as keyboard23 or 2clock10. Add that with all the other password tricks (alphanumeric, etc..) and it takes a good 5 minutes to pick a password before the system takes it.
A quick blurb.. "A "grassroots" action or campaign is one that is started spontaneously, and is largely sustained, by private persons, as opposed to politicians, corporations, or public relations firms; a "grassroots" campaign comes about because of the popular feelings of some mass of people, as opposed to being the creature of the powerful.
"Astroturfing", then, is a campaign crafted by politicians or spin-doctors, but in such a way as to appear it's the result of popular feeling rather than crafty manipulation by political or corporate elites".
Atleast quote the rest of the paragraph. It did a little bit more explaining, but not much. Atleast all the CEOs know it's an alien fighting game.
"Players control one of three alien species in a computer-generated universe, attempting to gather resources, build weapons and annihilate the enemy"
"He has a fan club with 470,000 registered members, but for the past two years he hasn't had a girlfriend. His fame makes it hard for him to risk rejection
by approaching girls, he says: "It's too embarrassing." Also, team rules bar him from bringing dates back to the apartment."
Screw that BS... Get a new team or something.
Out of almost half a million people, there has to be some remotely hot girl that this guy could get and not be afraid of rejection with. I mean..... wait for it..... she' in YOUR FAN CLUB!
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As part-time animator myself, I think that is probably some of the better compliments you can receive. If it's real enough to get passed that you are watching an animated film and bring your characters to life, mission accomplished!
They re-wrote an entire renderer? Granted, Shrek is still behind some of Pixar's work but i've got to ask... Why not use some of the other renderer tools out there?
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Hmmm.. so what happens if I watch Spy Kids:3D on this? Will it upconvert me to 4D?
It's about time they had a good marketing strategy that they can work from. The article shows just how well they are doing overseas by promoting Linux and their apps that run wonderfly on it. The next step would be to start promoting it elsewhere, perhaps try in the US soon!
Best quote from the article... "While IBM's products run on Windows, it wants its customers to see how nicely they would run on Linux as well, using the free operating system as a lure. "[It's] Like getting free bread in a restaurant," says Irving Wladawsky-Berger, vice president of technology and strategy at IBM.."
I think it means that our US military relies very heavily on GPS and requires 24/7 for anything they do. If the EU decides to go forth with their own, perhaps it might be able to take away its access to it and make it rely on it's own.
"Juniper Networks has individual routers that are at least as fast, but the company cannot combine as many routers to ultimately produce the same speeds, according to Chris Nicoll, a telecommunications industry analyst with Current Analysis, a research firm."
and more....
"The new router design is the first developed by Cisco that allows several routers to be connected, according to the company. A single router would be able to transmit data at 1.2 terabits a second. But as many as 72 routers can be hooked together to send data at 92 terabits a second, far faster than any router sold now. In telecommunications, data transfer is usually measured in bits per second. A terabit is one trillion bits. "
That would put it right on par for the 500 year cycle predicted!
Interview with a USGS official on "slow" quakes back in 1992. Click here!
From the Science Daily article..."Making that determination will help in understanding whether they are adding to or relieving stress in the Cascadia subduction zone off the Washington and B.C. coast, where the Juan de Fuca plate dives beneath the North American plate. The subduction zone is capable of generating great earthquakes, and scientists recently determined that a Cascadia earthquake in 1700 measured about 9.0 in magnitude."
And Wired... "The coastal region of northwest Washington state and southeast British Columbia is prone to earthquakes, and scientist warn the area gets hit with a devastating shake of magnitude 9 about every 500 years."
Sure.. we're only 196 years off the 500 year mark since the last 9.0, but for it only to pop up a few years ago makes it seem very ominous.
This data, while very interesting, could still go 2 ways. It is helping to alleviate and prevent major earthquakes in that area, or it's a major precurosr to a huge event that could happen in the near future. The hard part? What is considered teh near future... tomorrow? 5 years? 10 years? Guess we'll have to wait and see.
What's even more interesting is that I have yet to see any reports about this coming from any of the California plates, perhaps it hasn't been found or tested for or it's just not there.. Who knows.
And especially worse if they build it like they do their airports!
This is where they will need to find the break-even point. Does it cost more to maintain the necessary temperature for fusion, than the benefits we'll get out of it? My guess is that right now, yes. However, get more $$$ and research into the project and in the future this may be very, very possible.
I also work on a military installation and it takes forever to be able to choose a password. Not only do you have to use the basic methods already described here, but it also cannot be similar to used passwords or dictionary passwords in any way. Therefore, it checks for a password such as keyboard23 or 2clock10. Add that with all the other password tricks (alphanumeric, etc..) and it takes a good 5 minutes to pick a password before the system takes it.
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I wonder what his Terrorist Quotient is?.
A quick blurb..
"A "grassroots" action or campaign is one that is started spontaneously, and is largely sustained, by private persons, as opposed to politicians, corporations, or public relations firms; a "grassroots" campaign comes about because of the popular feelings of some mass of people, as opposed to being the creature of the powerful.
"Astroturfing", then, is a campaign crafted by politicians or spin-doctors, but in such a way as to appear it's the result of popular feeling rather than crafty manipulation by political or corporate elites".
Now those are faaantastic! And that's how the Irish got anything done!
It's CHENEY! What's next? John Keirey?
I'd be interested to find out.... heheh
But I ALWAYS destroy that Silly Chinese army in C&C:Generals. And if their Army is any indication of their gameplay, I'm home free!
"It's work, not fun," says Mr. Lim, who trains 10 hours a day with his eight teammates and their coach in a two-bedroom apartment.."
Screw that BS... Get a new team or something.
Out of almost half a million people, there has to be some remotely hot girl that this guy could get and not be afraid of rejection with.
I mean..... wait for it..... she' in YOUR FAN CLUB!