Dear category theorists - In one sense my movie book pays homage to the patient categoristes who tolerated my limitations as a student of mathematics. I sure would like to know if I am on to something with my category of abstract computers and translators as a context for explaining virtual machinery. Below is the formal announcement. Ellis D. Cooper ---------------------------- I will not send more e-mails to you unless specifically authorized to do so via the e-mail link on the web site announced below. Just place the word YES in the Subject line of your e-mail. From the outside, The FORM of Mentamatics: Books and Stories at http://www.mentamatics.com is like a book of short movies. From the inside, The CONTENT centers on my interests in mathematics, engineering, and philosophy. It is an autobiographical video tutorial and report on research. The audience for this FORM is the set of all Educators. Philosophers, Mathematicians, Computer Scientists, and Engineers may value the CONTENT. There is a set of stories and tutorials about Stephen Wolfram's "new kind of science," allocating it a niche in a new structure called Virtuality. Timing machines populate this vast space. These encompass both the discrete and continuous realms of machinery, that is, hybrid systems. Towers of virtual machines grounded in physical systems implement higher level machines. From the inside, the purpose is to entertain, to report on my scientific research, and to raise money for continuing it. However, from the outside, the main purpose of the web site is to demonstrate one way Educators may do more for students.* So, please contact me at XTALV1@NETROPOLIS.NET on how I can help teachers and educational institutions use this FORM to deliver personalized tutorial CONTENT over the Web or on CD or DVD. *Technology demonstrated includes the following. Quicktime: panorama with hotspots, video with timed events, audio-only, screen-capture video, image slideshow; mathematical animation, animated GIF; digital conversion of analog video; HTML popup windows and frames. ,