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  1. Re:bigendian on Free Optimizing C++ Compiler from Microsoft · · Score: 1

    Well, if the compiler just mistaked the size of the char, the endianness has nothing to do with it.
    I mean, it just reads a single char at current location, then increments the pointer by the size of an int.

  2. Re:English/Metric - Greenwich on Another English/Metric "Spacecraft" Problem · · Score: 1

    'The UK is effectively metric now'

    Yes. In fact, this was an agreement between UK and France that took place in 1875. UK accepted to use the metric system as the official one, while on the other hand France accepted to use Greenwich as the prime meridian (France was using Paris before).

    http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/info/prime-meridi an.htm

  3. Re:BUT as per the GPL, we'd have the source! on 'Bagle' Worm Heading For A Windows PC Near You · · Score: 1

    I wonder about the legal status of a GPL virus ? Would it have to copy itself along with its source ? And what about polymorphism ?

    Also should there be a specific mention in the license of GPL worms to allow the use of holes in non-GPL applications ?

  4. Re:Check the links, editors on Colorization of Mars Images? · · Score: 1
    I don't think so either. The point is, your brain does not suppress the green. Instead, it amplifies it so that you see the same colors as you normally see under normal lighting conditions.

    This is the same process that allows you to see in dark places. Only that in this case, it only applies to the green component.

    Thus, when you come back to sunlight, your brain still amplifies the green during the first few seconds/minutes. Thus, everything looks more green than usual.

  5. Re:No, he's right, its the 4th on Spirit Rover Lands Successfully · · Score: 1
    Well, your link points to the expected planning. However, due to a modification of the orbit of Mars Express, they had to change it, as they explain here.

    Anyway, IMHO it is likely that beagle landed upside down (thus having its antenna on the wrong side and not visible until Mars Express flies high enough above the horizon), or that something got broken. After all, beagle was not the most important part of the mission, so it did not have any redundant circuitry.