For the record the production was unique ,exemplary ..jus watch it in 3D an you’ll get the drift my concern was the story line … From: skunkworks-bounces@lists.my.co.ke [mailto:skunkworks-bounces@lists.my.co.ke] On Behalf Of Haggai Nyang Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 7:02 PM To: Skunkworks Forum Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] Humour for Friday : Chuck Norris vs. Linus Torvalds @Pius you might be seriously flying solo in that club! I'm sure the rest of us skunks are just blathering in our minds as to what kind of computing power it took to unleash the eye-popping visuals...knock yourself out here: http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2009/12/22/the-data-crunching-po... The final copy of Avatar equated to 17.28GB per minute. At 166min that gets to 2.8TB by my calculation. For the video purists...blu-ray doesn't even come close to the original! :) This might just spawn another thread. We should have a ranking of which companies/orgs in Kenya have server clusters/datacenters packing the most 'ooomph'.... On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 5:57 PM, Pius Walela <PWalela@strathmore.edu<mailto:PWalela@strathmore.edu>> wrote: Watched Avatar kinda disappointed my take is that its a crossbreed between Shaka Zulu,Lion King-King of the Jungle and Transformers….. From: skunkworks-bounces@lists.my.co.ke<mailto:skunkworks-bounces@lists.my.co.ke> [mailto:skunkworks-bounces@lists.my.co.ke<mailto:skunkworks-bounces@lists.my.co.ke>] On Behalf Of David Njuki Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 5:50 PM To: Skunkworks forum Subject: [Skunkworks] Humour for Friday : Chuck Norris vs. Linus Torvalds This one cracked me up http://www.linuxscrew.com/2007/10/28/fun-chuck-norris-vs-linus-torvalds/ -- ˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ 'spɹɐƃǝɹ ıʞnɾu pıʌɐp ________________________________ Strathmore University provides all-round education in an atmosphere of freedom and responsibility. This email and any files transmitted with it are intended solely for use by the recipient(s) to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential information. If you have received this email in error please notify the sender immediately and permanently delete this email and/or any files attached to it from your computer. Please note that any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Strathmore University. The University accepts no liability whatsoever for any loss or damages incurred, or suffered, resulting, or arising, from the use of this email and/or its attachments. The University warrants neither the integrity of the e-mail nor its freedom from errors, viruses, interception or any other form of interference. …………………………………………………………………. Website: www.strathmore.edu<http://www.strathmore.edu> _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke<mailto:Skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks ------------ Skunkworks Server donations spreadsheet http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AopdHkqSqKL-dHlQVTMxU1VBdU1BSWJxdy1f... ------------ Skunkworks Rules http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 ------------ Other services @ http://my.co.ke Other lists ------------- Announce: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce Science: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science kazi: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general

I don;t think Cameron did much thinking. The parallels between Avatar and Pocahontas are no coincidence! http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/04/avatar-pocahontas-in-spac_n_410538.... On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 7:42 PM, Haggai Nyang <haggai.nyang@gmail.com>wrote:

What exactly about the storyline didn't augur well with you?

Given that the main theme portrayed relates to matters environmental, I think James Cameron was bang on time especially since he'd had the storyline thought out from several years back but waited to have the necessary technology to realize his dream.

On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 7:10 PM, Pius Walela <PWalela@strathmore.edu>wrote:

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For the record the production was unique ,exemplary ..jus watch it in 3D an you’ll get the drift my concern was the story line …

*From:* skunkworks-bounces@lists.my.co.ke [mailto: skunkworks-bounces@lists.my.co.ke] *On Behalf Of *Haggai Nyang *Sent:* Friday, January 22, 2010 7:02 PM *To:* Skunkworks Forum *Subject:* Re: [Skunkworks] Humour for Friday : Chuck Norris vs. Linus Torvalds

@Pius you might be seriously flying solo in that club! I'm sure the rest of us skunks are just blathering in our minds as to what kind of computing power it took to unleash the eye-popping visuals...knock yourself out here:

http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2009/12/22/the-data-crunching-po...

The final copy of Avatar equated to 17.28GB per minute. At 166min that gets to 2.8TB by my calculation. For the video purists...blu-ray doesn't even come close to the original! :)

This might just spawn another thread. We should have a ranking of which companies/orgs in Kenya have server clusters/datacenters packing the most 'ooomph'....

On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 5:57 PM, Pius Walela <PWalela@strathmore.edu> wrote:

Watched Avatar kinda disappointed my take is that its a crossbreed between Shaka Zulu,Lion King-King of the Jungle and Transformers…..

*From:* skunkworks-bounces@lists.my.co.ke [mailto: skunkworks-bounces@lists.my.co.ke] *On Behalf Of *David Njuki *Sent:* Friday, January 22, 2010 5:50 PM *To:* Skunkworks forum *Subject:* [Skunkworks] Humour for Friday : Chuck Norris vs. Linus Torvalds

This one cracked me up

http://www.linuxscrew.com/2007/10/28/fun-chuck-norris-vs-linus-torvalds/

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So the story line exists, its just that its been re-told!? I am a sucker for good animations, the storyline bit comes after my ooo's and aaaah's, much later! Avatar is indeed a great animation fete! Am just sayin' :-) On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 10:32 AM, Imelda Mueni <mueni0@gmail.com> wrote:

Just wish at the end they showed if "jake" woke up as one of them hmmmm

On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 7:54 PM, Rad! <conradakunga@gmail.com> wrote:

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I don;t think Cameron did much thinking. The parallels between Avatar and Pocahontas are no coincidence!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/04/avatar-pocahontas-in-spac_n_410538....

On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 7:42 PM, Haggai Nyang <haggai.nyang@gmail.com>wrote:

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What exactly about the storyline didn't augur well with you?

Given that the main theme portrayed relates to matters environmental, I think James Cameron was bang on time especially since he'd had the storyline thought out from several years back but waited to have the necessary technology to realize his dream.

On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 7:10 PM, Pius Walela <PWalela@strathmore.edu>wrote:

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For the record the production was unique ,exemplary ..jus watch it in 3D an you’ll get the drift my concern was the story line …

*From:* skunkworks-bounces@lists.my.co.ke [mailto: skunkworks-bounces@lists.my.co.ke] *On Behalf Of *Haggai Nyang *Sent:* Friday, January 22, 2010 7:02 PM *To:* Skunkworks Forum *Subject:* Re: [Skunkworks] Humour for Friday : Chuck Norris vs. Linus Torvalds

@Pius you might be seriously flying solo in that club! I'm sure the rest of us skunks are just blathering in our minds as to what kind of computing power it took to unleash the eye-popping visuals...knock yourself out here:

http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2009/12/22/the-data-crunching-po...

The final copy of Avatar equated to 17.28GB per minute. At 166min that gets to 2.8TB by my calculation. For the video purists...blu-ray doesn't even come close to the original! :)

This might just spawn another thread. We should have a ranking of which companies/orgs in Kenya have server clusters/datacenters packing the most 'ooomph'....

On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 5:57 PM, Pius Walela <PWalela@strathmore.edu> wrote:

Watched Avatar kinda disappointed my take is that its a crossbreed between Shaka Zulu,Lion King-King of the Jungle and Transformers…..

*From:* skunkworks-bounces@lists.my.co.ke [mailto: skunkworks-bounces@lists.my.co.ke] *On Behalf Of *David Njuki *Sent:* Friday, January 22, 2010 5:50 PM *To:* Skunkworks forum *Subject:* [Skunkworks] Humour for Friday : Chuck Norris vs. Linus Torvalds

This one cracked me up

http://www.linuxscrew.com/2007/10/28/fun-chuck-norris-vs-linus-torvalds/

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