[KLUG Members] Movies? Weird!!!

[Russell Dillenburg]

OH hell yeah!!!   I so wish I could have been there to see that!  I just 
love to spot microsoft screw-ups.  Another one I have is the local 
television station here in lockport illinois runs microsoft windows NT 
(actually i think its 2000 now).  Anyway, every now and then (at least 
once or twice a month) the computer may sometimes show the blue screen or 
during the daylight saving switch it shows the message box (on live tv).  
Once I actually saw the blue screen of death!  Maybe I should drop them an 
email or prepare a presentation for them as to why they should migrate to 
linux.  I could probably get a full-time job out of that!  :-)

Anyway I'm just adding my thoughts!

Happy Holidays
Russell

On 16 Dec 2002, 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
> http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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