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NCSA Releases Beta of Milky Way Galaxy

Posted by timothy on from the very-funny-guys-now-release-my-pants dept.

TellarHK writes: "One of the coolest attractions in New York City, the Hayden Planetarium is working with NCSA to produce a navigable, flexible, and soon to be open sourced representation of the Milky Way Galaxy. Available at this link the Partiview Visualization Software tool is a particle engine using OpenGL to display the galaxy on your Linux or Windows PC. A Mac OS port (presumably for OS X) is also planned. At .5 status, the program already has a very high neat factor and runs acceptably well on last month's hardware."

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  1. Wait... this isn't the final version? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    So, uh, what if I'm removed in the next update of the Milky Way? I know I still need a bit of work, but I really wouldn't consider myself a bug... more of an unfinished feature. Do they have a Bugzilla system so I can check on my status?

  2. Even though the Milky Way is still in beta... by diaphanous · · Score: 3, Funny
    ...I've heard that it's been in production use for several billion years.

    Unfortunately, nott all the bugs have been fixed. I guess that's what you get for not waiting for 1.0.

  3. I hate this! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny


    Nobody ever tells me I'm using an alpha until it's been billions of years and I'm used to all the bugs... uh features.

  4. I compiled this thing, but it took six days... by stefanlasiewski · · Score: 5, Funny

    I compiled this thing, but it took my compiler SIX DAYS to finish it, and on the seventh, my compiler wouldn't restart, as if it was resting or something. ....

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    "Can of worms? The can is open... the worms are everywhere."
  5. Beta test site announced by rpjs · · Score: 3, Funny

    Megadodo Publications of Ursa Minor Beta have announced that they will be the largest site running Celestia as official beta testers. The software will be used for "research" purposes, sources said.

  6. i can here it now by paradesign · · Score: 3, Funny
    overheard after Toms gives benchmarking status to Partiview Visualization Software, for testing open GL 5 implementation


    geek 1 - how many galaxys can you push?

    geek 2 - 15, why?

    geek 1 - cause my new 'geForce 8 admantanium 8800' does 25 at like, 95 fps.

    geek 2 - yeah well your boxen will still never beat mine at chess!

    geek 1 - damn

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    I want 2D games back.