[wellylug] Fwd: "Tales from the Two Towers" - talk by Milton Ngan from WETA Digital

[Andrew Thompson]

On Sat, 2003-03-08 at 00:06, Ilia Pavlenko wrote:
> hm...and that relates to Linux how ?
> 

You sort-of answered that question yourself below... "(to manage linux &
SGI)". The talk is from a network/sysadmin about how he managed the *nix
systems during the growth of the company.  Please yourself really.


> I've been on Job interview at Weta 2 years ago for network admin (to
> manage linux & SGI)... it all went nice and friendly, and they've told me i was one of the
> most skilled.. they could at least reply to me that "unfortunately....." -
> all I got was silence...- typical corporate "human resource"
> 

You sound all bitter and twisted :-/ 


> Ilia
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> On 7 Mar 2003, Andrew Thompson wrote:
> 
> > Here is an upcoming event that will interest some ppl.  As it says
> > below, anyone is welcome :)
> >
> > Anmdy
> >
> >
> > -----Forwarded Message-----
> >
> > From: Stuart Marshall <stuart.marshall at mcs.vuw.ac.nz>
> > To: students at mcs.vuw.ac.nz, staff at mcs.vuw.ac.nz
> > Subject: "Tales from the Two Towers" - talk by Milton Ngan from WETA Digital
> > Date: 07 Mar 2003 10:53:49 +1300
> >
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> i> The School of Mathematical and Computing Sciences, in collaboration
> with the
> > Interface Computer Club (http://www.interface.org.nz) are proud to welcome
> > back an old VUW student who has since risen up the ranks of WETA Digital.
> > Please note the venue change to that advertised earlier in the month. All
> > welcome.
> >
> > ----
> >
> > Speaker: Milton Ngan
> > Time: Wednesday 12 Mar 2003 at 6:00pm
> > Location: MacLauren 103 (NOTE VENUE CHANGE)
> >
> > Abstract:
> >
> > During the post production of "The Two Towers", Weta Digital went through an
> > exponential amount of growth to achieve the number and quality of the effects
> > seen in the cinemas today. This is the story of how these effects were made
> > and the challenges that were faced along the way. A short history lesson into
> > the origins of Weta is included to provide some perspective of the journey
> > into Middle Earth.
> >
> > ----
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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