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  1. jangofett287

    Humor Random Comments Thread

    The finally block is always executed, even if the try block encounters an exception. It's for making sure any resources like file streams or pointers get cleaned up.
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    Good FPS on Chrome now.
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    I've seen a piece of software that does this before, but I can't for the life of me remember what it was called.
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    Gaming Space Engineers (now in BETA)

    XP end of support date: April 8th 2014 DirectX 9.0c last update: June 2010 You can't go on supporting obsolete platforms forever.
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    Discussion What would you like to see happen by 2050 in space flight?

    Permanently inhabited moon base. The start of near earth infrastructure. Non-scientific jobs in space. Still keeping my fingers crossed for a He3 boom.
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    Meshing Question Shiny Reflection of mesh

    In case you didn't know, for 'recalculate normals' and 'flip normals' to work, you have to be in edit mode and have some/all faces selected.
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    403: The server (operator) has decided that you aren't allowed to see this 451: An outside entity (The courts/govt) has decided that you aren't allowed to see this.
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    In related news there's a new HTTP status code now: 451 Unavailable For Legal Reasons
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    Math Can you solve...

    gchq.gov.uk is currently unavailable, possibly due to ongoing issues with JISC.
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    C++ Question Strange maths results and right ascension problems

    This is c++, so you want "60.0f" Also float angle = (blah) needs the float treatment as well.
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    Humor Random Comments Thread

    I'm still using Office 2010. Never going to go for that 'X as a service' BS.
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    Gaming Space Engineers (now in BETA)

    Be warned that if you want to try and take one of the pirate HQs you're going to need to be prepared to do some serious damage to it. I tried approaching one in creative, with the plan of just grinding down the turrets. Couldn't get near. The only way I could approach was walking, where I...
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    General Question Visual c++ 2008 setup compiling

    You mean this? Or is there some other problem I'm not aware of? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/32418766/c-unresolved-external-symbol-sprintf-and-sscanf-in-visual-studio-2015
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    C++ Question Open File Dialog creates Orbiter.cfg and other files

    You should set the size of your currentdir buffer to 260, which is the maximum length a file path can be under Windows in most circumstances. Else you could have problems. ---------- Post added at 01:26 ---------- Previous post was at 01:24 ---------- Addendum: You should also use...
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    C++ Question Vessel development starting point

    Use a version control system. It is the solution to the "Yesterday it was working, today it is not working. What did I change?" problem.
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    What's so paradoxical about the black hole information paradox?

    Umm, no. Gravity can carry information, therefore it can only travel AT the speed of light, it can never be faster than it. So long as relativity holds.
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    Humor Random Comments Thread

    For a time approximately less than 1.28 hours. After that you wouldn't have much armour left.
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    Question Docking port stuff

    IIRC Orbiter doesn't like it if you modify a docking port while something is docked to it. This hampers any attempts to animate them in a meaningful way.
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    Software Windows 10 Free Upgrade?

    All my Uni comp labs are now Win10/Ubuntu, so I'll get a chance to experience it soon.
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    Hardware Orbiter in a 144 mhz display

    Some games cap their frame rate to 30 or 60. This is usually because they're A)Console ports, B)Fighting games (or any other frame sensitive game) or C)Cheating their physics by using a fixed time step.
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