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...techie bigwigs who were this crowd's brightest stars. Star Wars effects czar Richard Edlund received the John A. Bonner Medal of Commendation and a standing ovation. Visual effects software developer Ray Feeney took home the coveted Gordon E. Sawyer Award, coveted because it is the only actual Oscar statuette given (the other awards are plaques, medals and certificates). Also honored were the creators of something called the Rosetta Process, which will ensure safekeeping of today's movies for some 1500 years. Joshua Pines, who won for another digital archiving technique, clearly understood both the positive and the negative ramifications...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Oscars for Techies | 2/11/2007 | See Source »

...There were some actual stars in the ballroom - O.K., so there was Ed Begley Jr. and a bunch of guys who looked like Kenny Rogers. An alarmingly large number of scientists from Austria received awards. Apparently the people who gave the world Mozart and World War I are really good at making wireless camera lens controls. We tried to pin them down as part of some kind of vast, Austro-techie conspiracy, but, like the rest of the contented crowd at this Oscars, the Austrians were too friendly to root against...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Oscars for Techies | 2/11/2007 | See Source »

...really well.” While it is encouraging that the Crimson got such strong contributions from its freshmen, the most important part of the weekend was a chance to get some game experience as a team. “The main thing is that this was our first actual tournament together,” Liao said. “Just coming together as a team was important, and I think we did a really great job of that.” Harvard also faced club teams from Dartmouth and Penn. Against the Big Green, Snyder and Pinto tallied three...

Author: By Julia R. Senior, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Brown Earns Rout in Ivy Title Match | 2/11/2007 | See Source »

...from the houses. Outside the Yard’s walls, however, there are real opportunities to invigorate a decrepit social scene. Gatherings in upperclass houses, which were the original target of the UC party fund, are not subject to such crippling restrictions. With alcohol flowing freely, there is an actual need for more funds in order to satisfy partygoers, and the tap frequently runs dry before parties formally end. And while no self-respecting junior or senior would be caught dead in Wigglesworth or Weld, freshmen attend upperclass parties frequently. Any perceived iniquities in fund distribution are thus in practice...

Author: By The Crimson Staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: No Party Like A House Party | 2/11/2007 | See Source »

...fairly evaluate Faust’s qualifications, we should begin with her captaincy of Radcliffe, the basis by which most observers have adjudged her presidential fitness. The actual Institute lies in that nether-world between the Yard and the Quad, prompting me and similarly-ignorant classmates to ask: What, exactly, do these women...

Author: By Christopher B. Lacaria | Title: The Apotheosis of Doctor Faust | 2/11/2007 | See Source »

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