[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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> Bruce Smith bruce@armintl.com
> System Administrator / Network Administrator
> Armstrong International, Inc.
> Three Rivers, Michigan 49093 USA
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