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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
by 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 agoUpvoted both of his comments so people learn it is not worth working this much for someone else.
- jotm 13y agoWhat 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 agoTwo 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.