Did you guys ever see some of these strand hair animations with Blender?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BDoQhjpp2Q

https://vimeo.com/10145247

https://vimeo.com/86840172

https://vimeo.com/101554952

https://vimeo.com/44546452

This one is a fully produced animation, done back in 2007 with old version of particle hair:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMsbU-RDjI8

Sorry to crash the thread, guys.  I won't post again.  Just wanted to stick up for Blender a little. I recognize David's name from the Blender forum, and mistakenly thought it was the Blender forum for a second when I started reading. I'm like, what's all this Carrara stuff?  haha.  duh. ;-)