Rendering Shrek@Home? 345
JimCricket writes "There's an interesting piece at Download Aborted about using distributed computing (a la SETI@Home, Grid.org, etc.) in the film industry. With the recent release of Shrek 2, which required a massive amount of CPU time to complete, one must wonder why the film industry doesn't solicit help from their fans. I'd gladly trade some spare CPU time in exchange for the coolness of seeing a few frames of Shrek 3 rendered on my screensaver!"
Making things worse (Score:5, Funny)
Can you imagine how quickly the client software would get hacked, and how crappy the movie resulting from nothing but single-frame porn shots would be, especially to photosensitive epileptics?
Oh yeah (Score:5, Funny)
Distributed computing for rendering a movie? I think they have enough hardware problems without getting the worm infected masses into the mix.
Never happen, but... (Score:5, Funny)
But they could tell everyone they were, just have a screen saver that pegs the CPU, tells you that you've rendered X frames, and displays a cool screensaver from the movie! :)
Great PR, no loss of technology, lots of pissed off fans, once they realize the truth!
I doubt it... (Score:5, Funny)
/.ers would combine their powers and probubally have a lot of the movie weeks before it was released.
Re:Making things worse (Score:5, Funny)
That's not a cave, it's a space station.
That's MPAA you are talking about... (Score:4, Funny)
It's my movie! MINE! You want a screensaver -- well, pay in DOLLARS for it, you dirty pirate (* by clicking here you agree that your credit card will be automatically charged $0.99 each time your screensaver kicks in)! And note that you are licensed to use MINE screensaver on just machine by just one user and that our DRM system will make sure of that (* fingerprint reader, purchased separately required for system activation and use)!
Thieves, all of you are thieves! Hah, give them movie frames to render... What, you think me stupid?
Re:I can see it now.... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Oh yeah (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Slashdot BLOG advertising... (Score:3, Funny)
As if you don't pay enough for a ticket... (Score:3, Funny)
They should put the CPUs inside computers (Score:2, Funny)
Imagine if they had these inside their computers too.
Then they should shut the fuck up on pirating (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Would it be worth it???? (Score:2, Funny)
is that an accelation or what???
Re:Would it be worth it???? (Score:3, Funny)
Why? (Score:3, Funny)
I wouldn't. What a waste.