<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>World's First Computer Animation : RSS 2.0</title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/</link><description></description><language>en-us</language><webMaster>plime.com</webMaster><copyright>2008, plime.com.</copyright><lastBuildDate></lastBuildDate><pubDate></pubDate><generator>Plime/1</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><image><title>World's First Computer Animation : RSS 2.0</title><url>http://www.plime.com/images/logo.gif</url><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/</link></image><item><title><![CDATA[World's First Computer Animation]]></title><description><![CDATA[Many of us think of the movie &#8220;Tron&#8221; as the the first film to use computer animation or effects in any form.  But the technology goes back a lot further than 1982, when Tron was released.  Here are some notable milestones in computer animation and effects in film:]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/21746/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/21746/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><hr size='1' class='line' noshade/><div style='padding-top:20px;margin-bottom:-20px'><SCRIPT src="/ads/adsense.js" type=text/javascript></SCRIPT>
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