RenderMan & RISpec, How to Enter in the Renderman World !

1. The Largest Virtual World in the world with connections

2. the "real world" VS the "academic world"

WARNING..  this is a bit of a ramble/vent

theres obviously a difference.  i've been in both.. several times.  i'm
returing to art school for probably the 3rd time.  going on 10 years.
i've had a job in the industry that started as an internship and ended
in a layoff.  i'm maybe 8 to 10 years older than most of the students
in all of my classes.  i'm taking mostly upper level art courses..
computers in art 3(4300 level course.)  drawing 4(also an senior level
course)  and i notice that i'm the most skilled in both of these
classes.  i'm not boasting in this asessment.  i notice that in my
computer art course (which is centered around lightwave), i'm so far
ahead in my comprehension of the program and its usage that its almost
embarassing to show my projects for critique.  i feel like i'm showing
off.  the job i had was in web design but it started as an internship
for a 3d animation project and was a result of a portfolio i turned in
to the company containing projects from my first semester in a 3d
animation class.  even in that first semester, which was the first time
i'd ever used any 3d graphics program, i demonstrated an understanding
of the program and its concepts that was years ahead of anyone else in
my class.  but this school is not known for its visual design program.
it is a relativly small school with a mediocre visual design program.
i still wonder though, cant there be any student here that has
ambitions to be a 3d animator, modeler etc.  or someone who wishes to
work in some kind of visual design industry?  because all i see are
people who will never make it anywhere in their chosen field.  i dont
even think I have what it takes myself!  i see myself as an amature.
someone who simply pays attention and can figure out enough to dazzle
the students in the class along with their missplaced professor.  who
are the people who make it in the 3d industry?  does anyone whom, not
knowing their own ambition as a student to become a 3d graphics
designer, none the less, finds him/herself working in the industry of
special effects, or 3d animation or visualization?  is performance in
college an indication of ones potential to excell in the industry?
thanks for yer time
jtg

3. Worlds Largest Photo and Worlds Largest Camera...

4. Getting graphics characters when entering data and program editing

I am having an issue with an Access application. When entering data in text 
boxes, I sometimes start getting ASCII graphics characters instead of text. 
Once this happens, any editing I attempt to do on forms also appears as 
graphics. The only way to get past it is to shut down the project and 
re-start it. My application is on a network drive, and I am seeing it on more 
than one machine. I have tried converting to Access 2007 and see the same 
thing.

5. d3d10 alt-enter

6. How to achieve alt-enter to full screen mode

I know how to create full screen and windowed surface.
But how could I interchange between them whil I'm displaying?
Thx

7. The end is near (for entering the Fantasy Graphics League)