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Cinema Studies seeks sole-source contract for red helium brain

The PCS site at https://pcs.uoregon.edu/content/business-opportunities is a mix of RFPs for “Parking Management Solutions”, “Executive Buzzword Coaches“, “Proposals from qualified Proposers for Clean kitchen grease / exhaust hoods, including all hood surfaces, grease filters, fans, fan housing, fan blades and associated ductwork”, and attempts to find a brave consultant willing to try running a logistic regression with a continuous dependent variable. All essential to the functioning of a modern university, I’m sure – although I’ve made public records requests for the Buzzword and Regression docs, just in case.

But every now and then I come across something deeply suspicious, like this attempt by Cinema Studies to acquire a red helium brain – and without going through the usual competitive bidding process. Sorry, your opportunity to protest expired at 5PM today – but I can’t wait to see the movie:

 

9 Comments

    • dog 06/22/2017

      there is support for 8K playback but none of it
      is yet open source

  1. dog 06/21/2017

    Wow,

    I actually know something about this camera and have used one.

    a) its about 30K
    b) it produces 35 million pixes per video frame
    c) the post processing associated with this camera (i.e. video
    edits) are laborious and require propriety RED software.

    d) in my view, this will be unnecessarily complex for undergrads
    to use and what platform and monitor combination are they going to use for true 8 K video (i.e. all 35 million independent pixels
    of it).

    e) my advice – ask to borrow some of these from the football team …

  2. checksum 06/22/2017

    Awesome camera! What a great opportunity for undergrads to be exposed to technology like this in their studies. Doesn’t seem “deeply suspicious” to purchase highly specialized equipment for your program.

    • UO Matters Post author | 06/22/2017

      Sure, it’s a great opportunity until those undergrads use up all the helium. What then? Mars?

        • UO Matters Post author | 06/22/2017

          Heinlein would have prefered a more competitive, libertarian solution.

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