ILM and Pixar are routinely rejected from the SIGGRAPH Electronic Theater, while 30 second shorts from students often make it. Noone cares that your computer g

ILM and Pixar are routinely rejected from the SIGGRAPH Electronic Theater, while 30 second shorts from students often make it. Noone cares that your computer graphics made a billion dollars, people care that they are cool. SIGGRAPH also had, last I checked, the best gender balance of any tech community. One year our Wiki was vandalized claiming that the Archdiocese of Los Angeles was canceling a reception we were having on their property because the organization was supportive of the LGBT community and had strong LGBT membership. So, yeah, Linus freakin' Torvalds can get rejected once in a while. I think his ego would survive. ;)