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    Question Is this document accurate?

    I have lots of games. Those that use DirectX5 or lower simply do not work with compatibility fix. Yeah, probably I should get rid of that statement. But I also would like to know how to make them work.
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    General Question Tutorials you would like to see

    flytandem, you have made tutorials to fly making the most efficient use of fuel. What happens with low thrust-high ISP vessels like a ship that uses VASIMR engine? Trajectories will be a spiral. Have you ever thought of that? What would be the main differences in nav planning?
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    Question Is this document accurate?

    How would you explain API? Graphics rely on API, not on direct calls to hardware drivers. What other OS families should be worth mentioning? Where do they come from? ---------- Post added at 05:28 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:23 PM ---------- Wrappers are useful when games...
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    News Too fat to fight?

    It seems that in China they have the same problem Chinese youth accused of not being fighting fit Are fast food companies a threat to national security? :lol:
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    Question Is this document accurate?

    I have been making this PDF to help people who need to emulate old systems. I wonder if there is any inaccuracy that may need to be corrected. I also wonder if it should be at OH or not.
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    Humor Email spam/attacks... they are getting really tricky

    Well the Orbiter era has brought a new kind of problem: Spam for orbinauts. :lol:
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    OHM Tutorial: Space shuttle from KSC to ISS and back

    Tutorial has been updated to tell you about RMS operation and also about aborted missions.
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    General Question Tutorials you would like to see

    Perhaps you refer to this. When I see it, it seems like reading russian to me. Completely unfamiliar to me.
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    Magnetic field found on moon

    Did you know about the space program in Atlantis? They blasted the Cylon iron mothersips that crashed on the moon and that's why you have magnetic field. This war started when Cylons attacked Atlantis Mars base with a big asteroid that carved Valles Marineris... If you fly to other planets...
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    Launch News Progress M-05M atop Soyuz-U on April 28, 2010

    May I ask about the text in the ascent chart? I do not understand russian.
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    News Serious games movement

    The Serious Games Initiative is focused on uses for games in exploring management and leadership challenges facing the public sector. Part of its overall charter is to help forge productive links between the electronic game industry and projects involving the use of games in education, training...
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    Humor Dollar re-design

    In the beginning there was gravity, but man discovered he needed money to defeat gravity, and he tried to make more and more money, until he forgot about defeating gravity...
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    Question General Spaceflight Q&A

    They are opened or closed, but are they pressurized? I figure out they are. Are they?
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    Question General Spaceflight Q&A

    1.During ascent, is the payload bay pressurized? Or will it lose air as it goes up? 2.Is it pressurized during EI? 3.I have a scale model of a space shuttle. It has something that looks like a Space Hab inside the payload bay. What should be the best color to paint it? Gloss white? Flat white...
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    Question How do you estimate the weight of a vessel?

    I found the solution here. dV = Ve * ln (m0/m1) Ve = Isp x 9.81 m0 = vessel mass + propellant mass m1 = vessel mass (empty) For an Isp between 4,000 and 40,000 empty mass would represent between 46% to 97% depending on Isp. How do I estimate fuel consumption to achieve a DeltaV? How do I...
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    Vaporware?

    Some addons come up because of a need. I started to make Alysimia city, trying to use analythical methods only to place buildings and suddenly I realized that I had so many buildings that I lost awareness of empty spaces, so I needed a graphical interface. So Surface Base Wizard was created...
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    what do i need to download ?

    Try [B]Orbiter diagnostic V0.2[/"]Search
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    News Lots of earthquakes lately

    This is a list of earthquakes in the last 30 days. They seem too many. How much do we know about anticipating earthquakes? If I am certain, at most you could anticipate them a few minutes ahead if you fill the area with sensors and a statistical software designed to analyze trends. Right?
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    Idea Cool ideas for modellers

    VASIMR vessel VASIMR engine
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    FSX in 5-10 years

    And how about FMS (Flying Model Simulator)? Not vaporware and it is freeware. What do you think of it?
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