[KLUG Members] Movies? Weird!!!

Matty members@kalamazoolinux.org
16 Dec 2002 11:35:13 -0500


I remember seeing a terminal at Hartsfield Airport with a blue screen. I
was with one of my friends, and we laughed like crazy. Also, when we 
were at Defcon X, my friend told us a story about the slot machines
blue screening. Windows CE sounds real stable :)

Did you enjoy Star Trek? I though Nemesis was cool (saw it Friday).

- Ryan

On Mon, 2002-12-16 at 11:26, Bruce Smith wrote:
> 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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