[KLUG Members] Movies? Weird!!!

[Bruce Smith]

I had the weirdest experience last Saturday . . .

For those who don't know, Linux was used in the making of the new 
Star Trek Nemesis movie.  See the cover of Jan 2003 Linux Journal.

Anyway, Saturday I went to the 1:00 PM Star Trek Nemesis at Crossroads
theaters (behind Crossroads mall in Portage).  About half way into the
movie (give or take an hour :)  the sound started cutting out.  Then 
the movie started slowing down and the sound started dragging (like a
cassette player with the batteries going dead).   Then total blackness.

Then . . .  no kidding! . . .  a screen shot of Windows XP Professional
REBOOTING appeared on the BIG screen!!!  The little progress bar moved
from left to right.  Then the movie was back!  I would have found this
hard to believe if I'd heard it, but it's the honest truth!  I have two
other witnesses with me to back it up!  :-)

I was amused by the comments by other movie viewers when this was
happening.  (oh that explains it, and so on :)  

But what's up with that?  Do movie theaters project from computers now?
(running XP?)  Is it digital (DVD or something)?  If movies are going to
be interrupted with a random Windows reboot, bring back the old film
format!  (or upgrade the projector to Linux! :)

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Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
System Administrator / Network Administrator
Armstrong International, Inc.
Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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