NIRC. Chit Chat

[johnnyh66]

Originally Posted by saydee1800

Jason or Johnnie

any news. Save me!!!!

They have now gave us the crappiest ins. I have every had.

Help!!!!!!!!!

Sorry man, the only people getting hired here are account managers... and they're on a freelance basis.
Now days, I think most employed artist are just happy to be employed.

On a related note (preparing for my own possible layoff), I finally bought the last parts to get my new workstation running... gonna start the build Saturday. Once it's running, I'll just need to come up with another $700 for the graphics card and I'll be all set... well, and then another $3,500 for Maya and $700 for Photoshop
I may need some help from Captian Jack Sparrow!

[sally1800]

Originally Posted by johnnyh66

I may need some help from Captian Jack Sparrow!

We need to stick together.

[thzero]

Originally Posted by johnnyh66

Once it's running, I'll just need to come up with another $700 for the graphics card and I'll be all set...

700 for a graphics card? Geesh... what the hell are you getting?! Even a Radeon 7970 ain't 700 bucks

[johnnyh66]

Originally Posted by thzero

700 for a graphics card? Geesh... what the hell are you getting?! Even a Radeon 7970 ain't 700 bucks

NVIDIA Quadro 4000
256 CUDA Cores
2GB GPU Memory

[thzero]

Originally Posted by johnnyh66

NVIDIA Quadro 4000
256 CUDA Cores
2GB GPU Memory

What does a Quadro get you that a normal GTX don't?

GeForce GTX 680 - GeForce

1536 CUDA Cores

Hell even the GeForce GTX 580 - GeForce 580 GTX has 512 CUDA Cores

[johnnyh66]

Originally Posted by thzero

What does a Quadro get you that a normal GTX don't?

stability... I don't know exactly but it seems Autodesk builds it's software around the Quadro architecture, or something like that...
All I know is the damn software crashes on just about anything except a Quadro card... I'm going to have to research that more before buying though.

[thzero]

Originally Posted by johnnyh66

stability... I don't know exactly but it seems Autodesk builds it's software around the Quadro architecture, or something like that...
All I know is the damn software crashes on just about anything except a Quadro card... I'm going to have to research that more before buying though.

So don't use autodesk... I've always seen that the Quadro cards are underspec'd and overpriced; so there has to be something they are doing that makes them better for 'CAD workstations' than the better spec'd 'consumer cards'.

[johnnyh66]

Originally Posted by thzero

So don't use autodesk...

I wish... that's like saying, don't use Axial.
I used to run Newtek's LightWave (the original powerhouse) and then Modo (when I worked for myself)... but most companies today run either 3D Max or Maya... both owned by Autodesk. They even bought Soft Image (was a competitor) and changed it around so now it complament Maya and Max as opposed to competing with them.

[thzero]

Originally Posted by johnnyh66

I wish... that's like saying, don't use Axial.
I used to run Newtek's LightWave (the original powerhouse) and then Modo (when I worked for myself)... but most companies today run either 3D Max or Maya... both owned by Autodesk. They even bought Soft Image (was a competitor) and changed it around so now it complament Maya and Max as opposed to competing with them.

Oof...

[neillarson]

Hmmm, kind of sounds like Oracle, Hyperion and Peoplesoft.

[johnnyh66]

this is BS.
off center stock truss

[badhoopty]

Originally Posted by johnnyh66

this is BS.
off center stock truss

just throw some spacers or washers between the rod end and link on the upper link that needs to be longer to offest the off-center mount.

i did it on my wraith before i even knew the mounts were off. i just assumed i measured wrong and had one link shorter than the other.

[johnnyh66]

that should work.

[JHTreyIII]

Ladies! Check out what Johnny did for me! I got a new head unit in my truck and Johnny helped me with the image type I needed to change the boot screen. Turned out sweet! Now instead of the goofy Kenwood logo when I start the truck, I get this...Thanks Johnny!!!

[neillarson]

Originally Posted by johnnyh66

this is BS.
off center stock truss

I am not sure you get the axle truss functionality out of those as well as you do the VPs or HRs.

[neillarson]

Since there are a couple of you artistic types, why don't you see what you can come up with for a Club Logo, the one I did is pretty lame though I don't feel too bad as I only spent about 30 minutes on it.

[johnnyh66]

No problem Trey

Originally Posted by neillarson

I am not sure you get the axle truss functionality out of those as well as you do the VPs or HRs.

I'm not sure what exactly you mean here... The VP and HR work better than the Axial or Dinky? I know the Dinky requires a CMS...

[johnnyh66]

Originally Posted by neillarson

Since there are a couple of you artistic types, why don't you see what you can come up with for a Club Logo, the one I did is pretty lame though I don't feel too bad as I only spent about 30 minutes on it.

I'll give it a think... anyone have any input? I want to do a video intro too

Jason, you gonna AD

[Die-Laughing]

Originally Posted by JHTreyIII

Ladies! Check out what Johnny did for me! I got a new head unit in my truck and Johnny helped me with the image type I needed to change the boot screen. Turned out sweet! Now instead of the goofy Kenwood logo when I start the truck, I get this...Thanks Johnny!!!

That's awesome! cool!

Originally Posted by johnnyh66

I'll give it a think... anyone have any input? I want to do a video intro too

Video intro? Like when we take video's of the TTC we can put your intro at the beginning of each video? that'll be cool.

I'm not coming up with anything creative right now so, I'll let you know if anything comes to me.

[johnnyh66]

yup, video intro for NIRC videos covering our events

I skipped my after work L ride nap and came up with a few ideas... I'll try to scribble them down tonight.