Mr. Linker3000 seems to think I am rich. I am not. The THX logo theme was made as a part of my regular staff activities at Lucasfilm. I did not get any extra pay for it. I do not get any royalty on it. Nobody at the time thought it would be anything more than a footnote in advertising history. While working at Lucasfilm, I made a fraction of what I would have made in Silicon Valley. Bummer!
Mr. p3d0 has questioned whether the slashdot user "AMoorer" is really me. I posted a special introduction page on my website at http://www.jamminpower.com/slashdot.jsp. This is a private page - it isn't linked into the rest of the website. "AMoorer" is really me. Enjoy my web site! Post a link to it on your website! I will be happy to answer any other questions on the THX logo theme - or anything else, I guess.
Gee, you are absolutely right. I went back and looked at it - it is only 325 lines of C code! Gosh, I remembered it as being huge, but it is only about 12 pages printed out. That's what I get depending on a 20-year-old memory. Sorry about the mistake.
The last time I tried that, the lady looked at me blankly. It turns out there is not a single THX theater within 150 miles of the town she lives in (Tallahassee, FL).
Actually, I thought I was ripping off the end of the Beatles' "Day in the Life". I never heard the Styx&Krakatoa version. I always say when you rip, rip from the best!
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Mr. Linker3000 seems to think I am rich. I am not. The THX logo theme was made as a part of my regular staff activities at Lucasfilm. I did not get any extra pay for it. I do not get any royalty on it. Nobody at the time thought it would be anything more than a footnote in advertising history. While working at Lucasfilm, I made a fraction of what I would have made in Silicon Valley. Bummer!
Mr. p3d0 has questioned whether the slashdot user "AMoorer" is really me. I posted a special introduction page on my website at http://www.jamminpower.com/slashdot.jsp. This is a private page - it isn't linked into the rest of the website. "AMoorer" is really me. Enjoy my web site! Post a link to it on your website! I will be happy to answer any other questions on the THX logo theme - or anything else, I guess.
Gee, you are absolutely right. I went back and looked at it - it is only 325 lines of C code! Gosh, I remembered it as being huge, but it is only about 12 pages printed out. That's what I get depending on a 20-year-old memory. Sorry about the mistake.
The last time I tried that, the lady looked at me blankly. It turns out there is not a single THX theater within 150 miles of the town she lives in (Tallahassee, FL).
Actually, I thought I was ripping off the end of the Beatles' "Day in the Life". I never heard the Styx&Krakatoa version. I always say when you rip, rip from the best!