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In VB you can use characters like !, &, $, and % to quickly specify the data type of a variable. So for example, instead of saying Dim f as Single you could just say Dim f! Similarly, & means Long, $ means String, and % means integer. This is a "feature" that has leaked in all the way from Q...

Nothing but Radiohead!

- The (superluminal) gas jet from M87. - Gravitational effects, at least in the solar system closest to the observer. - Nebulae as transparent meshes. Example: http://dmitrybrant.com/10233.jpg - Latitude and Longitude lines drawn on planets, as well as axes of rotation. - Ability to position observe...

What about the concept of 'night-side lights' in our spacecraft models? For example, it would be neat to see Spacedock orbiting the earth and emitting tiny dots of light...


-Dmitry Brant

I've made a file with a whole bunch of Messier objects (about 100 more). If anyone's interested: http://dmitrybrant.com/galaxies.zip (just replace the old galaxies file) The data is based on the following: http://www.seds.org/messier/xtra/marathon/marath.html (i wrote a tiny parser app that went thr...

I don't think it should have to be this difficult to add a new star (or modify the parameters of existing stars). I can create a simple app that would be able to append an entry to stars.dat... or the app could just be an 'explorer' of stars.dat, where you could add or modify stars' parameters. Woul...

Somehow I doubt that a DOS environment has OpenGL anywhere in its future.