15 Oct
2002
15 Oct
'02
8:59 p.m.
Brian Chase wrote:
On Tue, 15 Oct 2002, Robert F. Schaefer wrote:
In reference to:
http://216.102.153.252/sgi.jpg
For the graphically or bandwidth challenged, it's an Onyx sitting beside a
dumptser. Possibly a troll, but if I was withing a half-days' drive I'd
spend the weekend driving sidestreets to be sure...
The url isn't working for me, but it's probably not a troll. There are
quite a few large vfx and animation shops out here. I might be able to
identify the area if the pic was available. Nearly everyone in the
movie business is dumping, or have already dumped, their non-essential
SGI gear.
I'm curious now. If they're dumping all this SGI gear,
what on earth are they replacing it with?
Surely they still need ultra-high-performance multi-CPU
systems to render and animate with. Or not?
Maybe it's the little shops doing the dumping, which are
hurting for work enough that SGI is just too expensive, and
they make do with inferior tools (e.g. PCs and PC software)
to reduce expenses?
I still can't visualize a major studio settling for anything
less than the real thing (tm).
-- Ross
> In news:3DAC9616.5EB1C69C@pacbell.net, yi ge
mei you wei ba wrote:
Looks like california plates, but where ? I'd go
grab it for you
if I knew where it was .... no street signs in the photo :-)
Area Code: 818
Prefix: 762
Location: North Hollywood
Well this is as close as I can peg it. Wish someone would salvage it. 
-brian.