bestbuy already has it listed on their site for $9.99, but a 'limited' version of the CD with a 32 page booklet for $20.

Which 3D application uses rendezvous on the Mac? Oh yeah, none of them do. Idiot.

They aren't using Sun for render farms anymore! They are using Linux PCs! Go watch the credits of Monsters, Inc. and you will see.

Pixar doesn't use Maya! They use proprietary software, you f****** idiot.

Wasnt this about iTunes? Now you clowns are talking about Pixar and PC's??

Anyway.. Onwards with iTunes.. Will be nice when the iTunes music store is no longer an American exclusive.. IE, Hurry the fook up and bring it to the rest of the planet.

... bought it! :-D

I checked Amazon.com for their pricing (as I prefer to have a full-quality version, and rip it myself), and it was ~$14 before shipping. In any case, I couldn't resist having it now, so I bought it through the iTMS. Instant gratification!

Quote "Which 3D application uses rendezvous on the Mac? Oh yeah, none of them do. Idiot.

They aren't using Sun for render farms anymore! They are using Linux PCs! Go watch the credits of Monsters, Inc. and you will see.

Pixar doesn't use Maya! They use proprietary software, you f****** idiot. "

Wow, cut down on the sugar, man.

Pixar uses it own in-house software, just go there website and read about it. Renderman is avalable for other platforms.

Pixar is very independent of King Jobs. In fact it may be accurate to say many at Pixar resent their connection to Pixar as they sacrificed ownership/control to Jobs who lost pretty much nothing (no realy money or prestige).

Jobs is pretty much the Pixar Sugar Daddy who kept them afloat until they broke out with Toy Story.

Jobs, in fact, wanted to nix the animation parts of Pixar and instead focus on high-end computer hardware (sound familiar).

That post is 100% bullshit. I took a tour of Pixar last year and talked to the people who's names are in the credits. They respect Jobs both as a good hands-off boss (quite different to the way he runs Apple, btw) *and* as an artist/designer in his own right (which he never gets much credit for).

As for Pixar using PCs (running Linux), well of course they are. Server farms need fast machines with minimal OS overhead so that as much of the processor(s) as possible are doing RENDERING. If Darwin could handle it, they would be using that, and probably Darwin WILL be able to handle it at some point in the future. But for now, for that sort of limited use, Linux was a better/cheaper option at the time. The current server farm will probably be replaced with something ELSE in two years or less, as technology changes.

Finally, about the actual STORY ABOVE, it's a great idea for the iTMS to offer these pre-release exclusives. People who can't wait or like the idea of the album already ripped for them will pay the $10 to get it now and might *also* buy the "real thing" when it comes out on sale. They'll have spent only $1 or so more than if they'd bought the "real thing" at full retail, and they'll have saved the time ripping it, will have had it two weeks before the rest of us, etc.

Go Apple!

http://www.apple.com/shake/quicktour/rendering.html

Watch this and you will see what the f*** i am talking about... you jackass.

it talks about how maya uses the same API as shake, and maya can use shake's Distributed Rendering using rendezvous


sorry if i did not know about their switch from maya.

people get really upset about this kind of thing... sheesh

Sheesh, what a bunch of cretinous muppets many of you are..
Shut up about rendering, pixar and the size of your dogs testicles or whatever. Keep it on topic.
The topic being the iTunes music store.

huh? whats the topic, i forgot...

Yeah, Apple's bullshit PR marketing says that Maya can benefit from it, but it doesn't. Go to Alias|Wavefront's site and show me were Maya 5 uses Rendezvous in OS X.

But you f****** idiot, every application like this has distributed rendering. I'm using it right now in AfterEffects Production Bundle 5.5. I don't need Rendezvous to do it. I just put a copy of the rendering application that comes with AE on every Mac and PC on the LAN and then when I render a composition, those computers are used to render.

Every professional rendering application has distributed rendering, you sweat on the balls of a camel. Rendezvous goes out and finds the computers on your LAN - big f****** deal. So does every distributed rendering application I use, like Lightwave.

Idiot.

And Steve Jobs is responsible for getting the very lucrative contract with Disney, you f****** idiots. He got major kudos from all kinds of financial analysts. What a bunch of morons. I hate you guys.

I've got this great idea... I'll start a website, and ask people to submit 'news'. Most of the time it'll be bogus junk, that people can't find on any other credible website like Maccentral or News.com. Then, I'll let people, who have no idea what they're talking about comment on an article that was submitted by some random person! What a great idea!

Wow, I'm glad I went to journalism school... oh, wait.

PIxar uses their own proprietary rendering system -- Renderman. THey have always been using it. I think that program dates all the way back to when Pixar was still part of ILM and the George Lucas Empire.

I want to get that song at the end of "Finding Nemo." iTMS has 6 different versions of it... but not the RObbie WIlliams version as shown in the film.

Oh well

Yeah, I know, how date I talk about the topic...

People who can't wait or like the idea of the album already ripped for them will pay the $10 to get it now and might *also* buy the "real thing" when it comes out on sale. They'll have spent only $1 or so more than if they'd bought the "real thing" at full retail, and they'll have saved the time ripping it, will have had it two weeks before the rest of us, etc.

Umm, if they buy both, how is it only a dollar more? Wouldn't you be spending $10 more for two copies?

And Steve Jobs is responsible for getting the very lucrative contract with Disney, you f****** idiots. He got major kudos from all kinds of financial analysts. What a bunch of morons. I hate you guys.



First off, what's with the attitude? Not getting any lately? (Or at all?).

Second, you're the freakin' idiot, moron. Pixar has a incredibly lousy deal with disney. Pixar does all the work, and Disney distributes and merchadises it, taking most of the money with them. They get very little of the profits, and most likely none (or little) of the merchandising ("where the real money is", as Yogurt would say). Why do you think that Pixar is trying to get out of it as quickly as possible (as has been reported elsewhere)? Its because they realize that they could be making a LOT MORE money if they had more control of the whole process.

If you need an example, pretend Disney is the RIAA and Pixar is some poor rock group tied to a 7 record deal and only getting a measly 20 cents for every $17 CD sold, and having signed over partial ownership of their songs as well, so little income from residuals.

It was a good deal before Toy Story, as they had NO real commerical experience or product, but as of now, they really can't wait to get away from Disney, not stay under their thumb.

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My favorite indie label (everfine records www.everfine.com) is there. In fact, OAR is featured. DAMN STRAIGHT.

You are a giant f****** idiot. Pixar needs a movie studio to distribute their films, like all production companies. Even George Lucas is distributed by Fox! What a f****** idiot you are!

Pixar is making a killing from the contrat with Disney, you moron. The only disagreement they had was that sequels don't count in their 5 picture deal that they signed AFTER TOY STORY.

Pixar's deal ends in 2006 after the movie CARS, and it is expected they will sign again with Disney. They might sign with Sony.

I f****** hate you guys!

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