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You saved the project and made somebody a ton of money?

• wazoox 13y ago
  There was actually a huge heap of money involved, because we made the CGI and stats software and animations for the worldwide TV broadcast of FIFA World Cup '98. It was a crazily ambitious project, not to be equalled by off-the-shelf software for 8 years, and we had to throw an insane amount of hardware at it: 2 SGI Origin 2000, 30 SGI Octanes and 60 high-end PCs, plus some custom hardware at places to interface with the video mixers. We of course got almost nothing in return :)
  • aylons 13y ago
    Upvoted both of his comments so people learn it is not worth working this much for someone else.
    • jotm 13y ago
      What happened to working and sacrificing towards a single goal? Would you say the same if the project was to bring water or electricity to a few remote villages or parts of a city somewhere? I'm not saying it's a must - everyone decides for themselves - but some might think it was all worth it even if someone else got all the recognition.
      • pmorici 13y ago
        Two things... 1. Workers that build water and electricity projects are typically unionized and get paid at least time and a half if not double for hours over 40 per week. 2. If those remote villages have gone w/o power and water for years and years there is no good reason to work excessive hours to bring those things to them a few weeks faster.