Amen, Amen, I say to you!
fireteller2, you are obviously one to understand thoroughly
the pragmatic benefits of 3D animation rendering via the net.
As a hobbyist, I can appreciate the ability to send the many
thousands of frames comprising a 5 minute sequence to a
more advanced farm with larger capacity than my i7 940
could -- or even should -- be expected to endure.
Add to that, the ability of such inexpensive wonders as
Grid for Carrara and LuxRender to bring to bring to bear
the tools for effects and quality everyone wants, but until
recently had been locked away in some dungeon alongside
scores of humans, hand-painting individual celophane sheets
for somebody else's amusement.