i didn't realize i was a pangolin client

[SaltyRobot]

You did have FB4 sharpied on the Etherdream at SELEM maybe that is where the confusion came from.

[swamidog]

of course! it all makes sense now!

You did have FB4 sharpied on the Etherdream at SELEM maybe that is where the confusion came from.

[polishedball]

i need to start making multi-projector shows.

Speaking of that in ld2000 it is easy to output a dual head show as a single head. It optimizes and mixes down great when you assign both to the same head zone card. I have not yet been able to do that in lsx is it fixed like it appears or can it merge the two and optimize.

[Pangolin]

Hi all,

Since I don't get to PL very often, it was a frequent PL member who called this thread to my attention. Of course I am deeply upset and embarrassed by this situation!

Whenever something fails in a major way, it is normally because of a sequence of events. I'm not sure why, but the example that comes immediately to mind is Apollo 13, whose disaster was caused by a long sequence of events, the first of which happened years earlier to a tank originally destined for Apollo 8...

In this case, the sequence of events went like this:
1. As Pangolin continues to grow, there is a growing sentiment that Bill Benner should not be involved with every single detail, and instead should concentrate only on high-level tasks, especially development.

2. Because of that sentiment and also because of timing, this was the very first year that I personally did not do "the count" of Pangolin-users who received ILDA Awards. Immediately after returning from the ILDA meeting in Frankfurt, I, along with the other managing officers of Pangolin, boarded a plane for the LDI show in Las Vegas.

3. The PR agency wanted to get this press release out quickly -- while it was still news. Normally this does not happen, and we simply send out an announcement after I personally have had a chance to do "the count" and update our web page of award winners. So this year it was a third party that tabulated "the count". Before I left for LDI I was assured by the third party that they had verified "the count" by sending emails to every claimed award winner and waiting for a response before tabulating them. (When this thread was brought to my attention earlier today, I forwarded it to the third party who said they received every confirmation email but one...)

4. Although I supplied the congratulatory sentence used in the press release, this is the very first time that I personally did not completely review the entire press release before it was sent out. Up until now, I insist on reviewing each and every public statement that comes from Pangolin.

So this sequence of events has led to this situation.

Earlier today, at the time when a PL member called this thread to my attention I was in the Las Vegas airport, about to take off for Orlando. In any event, you can rest assured I am not happy about this situation and made phone calls to the PR agency and others involved. Because of this I am fully reinstating the policy that I must review each and every public communication that comes from Pangolin -- regardless of how much time this takes away from development, and regardless of how demeaning it feels to others that the President of the company must watch over their work. Moreover, for however many more years I am on this earth, it will be me personally who does "the count" of ILDA Award Winners.

When we hire new people to work at Pangolin, during the orientation I try to impress upon them that "We get paid to get things right, not to get things done quickly". This is a situation where something was done quickly, but was certainly not right.

I am sorry for this situation, and I am appreciative of and impressed by the grace that Swami is displaying! If the tables were turned, I am not sure I would be so graceful...

Best regards,

William Benner

[norty303]

Does anyone else 'not get' the top 2 abstract places?
I find them to be a bit 80's in look and feel, like an old arcade game, possibly wearing dayglow leg warmers, but maybe thats just the music (certainly of the first one)

I sincerely hope that I'm not offending anyone here, but I just felt they were the visual equivalent of the demo mode on a Casio organ from the last century. I really think the music may be skewing my perspective though.

I just feel that the content was exactly what you might expect from a laser, very boldly technicolour and brash. And we've seen that the art possible using the laser medium is capable of being much more refined than that.

I'd never seen any of the ILDA awards stuff before and I guess that for the pinnacle of shows, I was expecting something much more sophisticated in its mood and presentation.

[WookieBoy]

Hey Bill.

Nice explanation... and good to know that even Pango make mistakes now and again...

You could always make the statement true(ish) by sending Swami a free Beyond + .net system...

[dzodzo]

Does anyone else 'not get' the top 2 abstract places?
I find them to be a bit 80's in look and feel, like an old arcade game, possibly wearing dayglow leg warmers, but maybe thats just the music (certainly of the first one)

I sincerely hope that I'm not offending anyone here, but I just felt they were the visual equivalent of the demo mode on a Casio organ from the last century. I really think the music may be skewing my perspective though.

I just feel that the content was exactly what you might expect from a laser, very boldly technicolour and brash. And we've seen that the art possible using the laser medium is capable of being much more refined than that.

I'd never seen any of the ILDA awards stuff before and I guess that for the pinnacle of shows, I was expecting something much more sophisticated in its mood and presentation.

i see it in similar perspective, when i watched last year's abstract show winner (2012) i thought of it as something even i could do, maybe i should try and apply for next year, however competition will be tough as swami's new shows are hard to beat and even Galvonaut is quickly taking up the pace

[Bradfo69]

My immediate reaction to the first and second place shows was - been there, seen that. Nothing new. Most of the shows are made from frame retreads I KNOW have seen in other shows. I didn't even watch through the entire videos. No offense to Lightwave. They're not bad but, I suspect there is a bit of the good ol' boy network that is ILDA that skews the voting. Can't have a young talented upstart individual taking first place now, can we? Just my opinion... I've not gone back to research previous years winners and their submissions to formulate that hypothesis fully.

[polishedball]

My immediate reaction to the first and second place shows was - been there, seen that. Nothing new. Most of the shows are made from frame retreads I KNOW have seen in other shows. I didn't even watch through the entire videos. No offense to Lightwave. They're not bad but, I suspect there is a bit of the good ol' boy network that is ILDA that skews the voting. Can't have a young talented upstart individual taking first place now, can we? Just my opinion... I've not gone back to research previous years winners and their submissions to formulate that hypothesis fully.

I actually enjoyed the look it seemed to have more a laserium feel. If scene in person, the interaction of the two heads I am sure comes into play more.

[absolom7691]

I actually enjoyed the look it seemed to have more a laserium feel. If scene in person, the interaction of the two heads I am sure comes into play more.

I agree with you about the second place show. Pretty impressive and it definitely had an old school feel. I didn't care for the first place show and actually felt that it was pretty lackluster, especially when stacked up against the second place show and Swami's show.