>"When something isn't right..."...that part being "stabilizing controls damaged", followed three minutes later by "system that monitors speed, altitude and direction, main flight computer and wing spoilers all failed". And... for some reason neither the pilot nor the co-pilot managed to send a radio message during that time.
Manned space flight is a complete waste of money right now. It achieves very little and makes everything an order of magnitude heavier and more complex. We need less astronauts and more Mars rovers.
There's a reason the police don't do anything until a person has been missing for 24 (or 48) hours. It's because 999,999 times out of 1,000,000 the "missing" person will turn up before then.
Yeah, I meant the performance, not the physical construction.
My job is 3D-graphics programming but I never pay more than about $150 for a graphics card. It's pointless trying to stay ahead on the graphics performance curve.
It's not about "not having a choice". Windows programmers aren't stupid, they figured out IDEs are far more productive.
To answer the question: Visual C++ Express is the one. Lightweight IDE, best compiler, most standards compliant, best debugger... it's a free download so don't waste time looking at anything else.
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>"When something isn't right..." ...that part being "stabilizing controls damaged", followed three minutes later by "system that monitors speed, altitude and direction, main flight computer and wing spoilers all failed". And ... for some reason neither the pilot nor the co-pilot managed to send a radio message during that time.
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Yep. I reckon an American pilot in a Boeing could have just flipped a switch and fixed all that. They'd all be relaxing with cold ones as we speak.
It was a "battle hardened" human who flew the 'plane into the middle of a massive thundercloud in the first place.
Will the screen display 2D images without being out of focus or looking weird?
Oh, that'll sell really well then.
Why not? We already have software that converts stereo music to true surround sound.
The eye is only stereo. Extracting parallax information and converting movies to 3D should be easy.
Manned space flight is a complete waste of money right now. It achieves very little and makes everything an order of magnitude heavier and more complex. We need less astronauts and more Mars rovers.
Their 15km version would need ten years of the entire world's helium production to fill it.
The 200km version would use up over half the world's estimated helium reserves.
Fair's fair. Yahoo only gets traffic via of all the browser-hijacking toolbars it's managed to sneak onto people's machines.
(Or is it because Yahoo's adverts create more of an emotional connection with people...?)
Don't be silly, it was definitely Thor's hammer.
Being realistic, most criminals aren't that sophisticated...
The real problem is writing the OOXML parser.
Does GPS work through six feet of soil or at the bottom of a well?
If I was a kidnapper the first thing I'd do would be to search her and throw away the stupid cell phone.
Signing up with AT&T IS purgatory.
Yep.
There's a reason the police don't do anything until a person has been missing for 24 (or 48) hours. It's because 999,999 times out of 1,000,000 the "missing" person will turn up before then.
No!!!
The amount of crapware they could preinstall with a customized browser is unthinkable.
Came here to say this. They're about ten years too late and it won't achieve anything (in fact I think it's a bad idea at this stage).
> If it ain't broke, don't fix it!
This.
Nope. In reality they sell very few of these cards, they mostly make them to get their brand name in the headlines. Any actual sales are just a bonus
Yeah, I meant the performance, not the physical construction.
My job is 3D-graphics programming but I never pay more than about $150 for a graphics card. It's pointless trying to stay ahead on the graphics performance curve.
Mod parent up. This has NOTHING to do with DRM.
How can you compare something that costs $80,000 (plus running costs) to something that costs $800?
The other big difference is that this thing will be "normal" in a couple of years and only cost $100. Mid-range PCs will have this as standard.
A Hummer, OTOH, will still be just as expensive and just as stupid.
Amiga 1000 was better. The horrible ones were the Amiga 500 series.
Think: CRTs use an electron beam ... maybe you can figure the rest out all by yourself.
PS: If you're on Windows then it's a total no-brainer. Visual C++ Express is the best, don't waste time looking at anything else.
There's more to writing code than typing "make"...
It's not about "not having a choice". Windows programmers aren't stupid, they figured out IDEs are far more productive.
To answer the question: Visual C++ Express is the one. Lightweight IDE, best compiler, most standards compliant, best debugger ... it's a free download so don't waste time looking at anything else.