 | | Re: Create an installer for the Dutch MLCad DLL file
|
|
"Matthew Miller" <mattdm@mattdm.org> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:slrnbja4tt.8bj.....bu.edu... (...) You might also wan't to try InnoSetup (URL) is also free. Regards, Michael (21 years ago, 12-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
|
| |
| | Re: Black Holes
|
|
(...) The "matter" a black hole gives off is Xrays. The constant streamout of Xrays is what will, in about 10e60 years (what? no exponent in FTX?) cause black holes to start exploding. At this time, exploding black holes will be the only source of (...) (21 years ago, 12-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: Black Holes
|
|
No, Stefan, a Black Hole is a collapsed super-giant star. If a star is like our sun it will grow, then shrink to a white dwarf. If it were some bigger, it would collapse to a neutron star (where a spoonful weighs millions of tons), and if it were a (...) (21 years ago, 12-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
|
| |
| | Re: Black Holes
|
|
(...) If it's a rotating black hole (and just about everything in the universe rotates), then the vacuum solution to the Einstein Field equations gives a flat ring shaped singularity rather than a point. (21 years ago, 12-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
|
| |
| | Re: Black Holes
|
|
"Stefan Garcia" <sastrei@netscape.net> wrote in message news:HJGJrG.1BC9@lugnet.com... (...) So (...) can (...) like the (...) the (...) Your infinitely small pinpoint sounds about right. The "border" of a black hole is defined as the even horizon, (...) (21 years ago, 11-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
|
| |
| | Re: Black Holes
|
|
(...) :-) Play well, Jacob (21 years ago, 11-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
|
| |
| | Re: Black Holes
|
|
(...) I haven't been inside one recently, but that's the theory (IIRC). (...) Thanks. Play well, Jacob (21 years ago, 11-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
|
| |
| | Re: Black Holes
|
|
(...) Perhaps it's converted into 'dark matter'. Allister (21 years ago, 11-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
|
| |
| | Re: Black Holes
|
|
(...) That's the prevailing theory. Another is that they really are a toilet flush, with all of the sucked in matter getting spat out somewhere else through a spatial wormhole of some sort. Carl Sagan tossed that out as a possibility in Contact (...) (21 years ago, 11-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
|
| |
| | Re: Black Holes
|
|
(...) I figured as much. So they really are infinitely dense pinpoints then, right? -Stefan- p.s. Cool rowing boat. (21 years ago, 11-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
|
| |
| | Re: Black Holes
|
|
(...) Because it is a good (2D) description of its gravitational potential. Jacob (21 years ago, 11-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
|
| |
| | Black Holes
|
|
A Black Hole is supposed to be a collapsed neutron (type?) star, right? So then, why is a Black Hole always depicted as an infinite toilet-flush? I can understand that the "matter disc" forms into a disc because of gravity, like the rings of a (...) (21 years ago, 11-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.space)
|
| |
| | Re: Create an installer for the Dutch MLCad DLL file
|
|
(...) Try NSIS. (URL) (21 years ago, 9-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
|
| |
| | Create an installer for the Dutch MLCad DLL file
|
|
Hi all, Does anyone know a good but easy to use program to create an installer? What I am looking for is an installer that first searches the users computer for the MLCad executable and then puts the DLL file in that directory. I need this since one (...) (21 years ago, 9-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
|
| |
| | Re: Matrix Weapon Tech
|
|
(...) Hi, I have not read the entire thread carefully, but I believe nobody has yet talked about the (PS2)game "Enter The Matrix" ?! When I came to the last level WARNING!!! SPOILER!!! I had to defend Niobe's hovercraft from Sentinels, by manning (...) (21 years ago, 8-Aug-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.geek, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: announcing TrackDraw (BrickFest preview)
|
|
In lugnet.cad.dev, Don Heyse wrote: ... (...) In short, it's an application platform written for Windows. TrackDraw itself is just a self-contained executable. Unlike traditional Windows applications, it doesn't touch the registry. (...) No, but (...) (21 years ago, 7-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
|
| |
| | Re: Matrix Weapon Tech
|
|
(...) My impression from the first movie is that after a human is no longer useful for energy production, they are pureed and fed to other humans thru IVs. You still have a net loss of chemical energy each generation though, since some carbon, (...) (21 years ago, 7-Aug-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
|
| |
| | Re: announcing TrackDraw (BrickFest preview)
|
|
(...) Cool, new code! I'll have to go easy on the Microsoft bashing for a little while. By the way, what is .Net anyhow? I thought it was the latest name for SOAP (perhaps that explains the XML). And hey, since TrackDraw seems to import and export (...) (21 years ago, 7-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
|
| |
| | Re: announcing TrackDraw (BrickFest preview)
|
|
(...) ... (...) I've heard about Linux-based versions of .NET, but I don't have any personal experience with them. It may be very reasonable to port to Linux -- I think the largest stumbling block will be an accurate port of GDI+, the 2D drawing (...) (21 years ago, 7-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
|
| |
| | Re: announcing TrackDraw (BrickFest preview)
|
|
(...) I noticed you're using .Net So it might actually work on Linux boxes since the Framework is also available for Linux. See: (URL) for more info about a .Net framework implementation. -Frank (21 years ago, 7-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
|
| |
| | Re: Matrix Weapon Tech
|
|
(...) If you think that's a problem, consider this. How much energy do they need to produce to _feed_ all of those people? How much energy are those people capable of producing? Where do they get all the extra energy required to keep up with food (...) (21 years ago, 7-Aug-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
|
| |
| | Re: Matrix Weapon Tech
|
|
(...) ditto (...) If I might interject and flog this dead beast some more, if there was fusion energy available, why the need for humans? If the robots had fusion technology, the only point in keeping people around would be as reactor fodder, NOT as (...) (21 years ago, 7-Aug-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
|
| |
| | Re: SCO -- Micro$oft's Lap Dog
|
|
(...) In fact, they haven't even given a hint as to what they are actually claiming they own! (...) Cool. I suggest you download a copy of the Linux kernel from SCO themselves, distributed under the GPL. You can get the source from: (...) (21 years ago, 6-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
|
| |
| | Re: CD Burn help
|
|
(...) I know, I know, replying to my own post is bad, but since no one offered help, I was lucky enough to find the answer while searching for dvd player hacks. Surprising to me, a regular CD Burner can create VCD's... I had thought you needed a dvd (...) (21 years ago, 6-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
|
| |
| | Re: SCO -- Micro$oft's Lap Dog
|
|
(...) woo hoo :) except that using Linux isn't enough to make you a rebel these days... uh. maybe if you were running Linux on a mac :) welcome to the fun side of the geekdom though :) you'll find that the people here are usually very friendly and (...) (21 years ago, 6-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
|
| |
| | SCO -- Micro$oft's Lap Dog
|
|
Disgusting. A few million dollars investment by Micro$uck in SCO and suddenly the smaller company is all piss and vinegar, snapping at its UNIX brethren with a ridiculous threat to sue any company using Linux on a server if they don't cough up a (...) (21 years ago, 6-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
|
| |
| | Re: Matrix Weapon Tech
|
|
"John Riley" <Rohnjiley@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:HIw6Dv.178o@lugnet.com... (...) seen (...) <El Snippo> neo's abilities in the real world made sense to me, if one cares to take a very broad view of how he alters the matrix. through (...) (21 years ago, 6-Aug-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
|
| |
| | Re: Matrix Weapon Tech
|
|
(...) I actually found myself being very invested in the ultimate fate of the Osiris crew, and I'm undecided as to whether I liked Osiris or the 2R two-parter best. What I do know for sure is that I consider the four Wachowski pieces to be much (...) (21 years ago, 1-Aug-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.geek, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: Matrix Weapon Tech
|
|
(...) I don't think it's possible to shield against an EMP. Any electronic or magnetic memory would be erased during an EMP, unless entirely enclosed completely in a superconductor (perhaps the hovership is designed to enclose critical data before (...) (21 years ago, 31-Jul-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
|
| |
| | Re: Matrix Weapon Tech
|
|
WARNING: I forgot to put a spoiler warning for those of you who have not seen Animatrix or Reloaded yet. (...) No problem. "Osiris" is pretty much just a back story for "Reloaded." A lot of people felt it was just a chance for "Square" to show off (...) (21 years ago, 31-Jul-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.geek, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: Matrix Weapon Tech
|
|
(...) The same way they used the Nebbie's without knocking that ship out (which was a pretty impressive feat, considering how chewed the ship was by the time they used it. Since it's equipped with an EMP generator, one would assume it's got some (...) (21 years ago, 30-Jul-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
|
| |
| | Re: Matrix Weapon Tech
|
|
(...) Prior to the release of Animatrix, I would have said it was just the EMP generator, since Trinity (I think) clearly stated that it was their only defense against the Sentinels. Even with the release of Animatrix showing the Osiris using (...) (21 years ago, 30-Jul-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.geek, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: Matrix Weapon Tech
|
|
(...) Well that's the thing. It's a last resort sort of weapon in the movies. I'm sure every ship has it but it's a bad idea to use it too soon (as referenced in Reloaded) (URL) j o n (URL) zemi.net> (URL) the-shipyard> (21 years ago, 30-Jul-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.geek, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: Matrix Weapon Tech
|
|
(...) I actually totally forgot about seeing this. After seeing Dreamcatcher I've been trying to forget about it ever since. Maybe my brain accidentally lumped "Osiris" in with it. This is perfect. Thank you! (...) And I've seen this one as well. (...) (21 years ago, 30-Jul-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.geek, FTX)
|
| |
| | Re: Matrix Weapon Tech
|
|
"Jon Palmer" <jon@zemi.net> wrote in message news:HIu8Jv.1zts@lugnet.com... (...) was (...) sort of (...) would put (...) hovership. >:D (...) You're not going to put the EMP on it, are you? How would you use it without kocking out your own (...) (21 years ago, 30-Jul-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
|
| |
| | Re: Matrix Weapon Tech
|
|
(...) The (URL) Animatrix> is a good resource. The first Animatrix film, "Flight of the Osiris," has the hovership Osiris combatting Sentinels. They used machine gun turrets, similar to the laser turrets that Han & Luke use to shoot down TIE (...) (21 years ago, 30-Jul-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.geek, FTX)
|
| |
| | Matrix Weapon Tech
|
|
To my knowledge all we've seen is the EMP used in the first movie. There was also the laser thing that Tank used on Cypher, but I don't know if that sort of thing could be mounted on the exterior of the ship. I don't own the first movie, so I might (...) (21 years ago, 30-Jul-03, to lugnet.space, lugnet.off-topic.geek, FTX)
|
| |
| | Laptop batteries
|
|
I'm looking for somewhere to get a replacement battery for my Dell Inspiron 8100 laptop. If it were a perfect world, it would be here in the Chicago area and I could pick it up before I fly out of here on Saturday. But, I'm not holding my breath. (...) (21 years ago, 24-Jul-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
|
| |
| | CD Burn help
|
|
Hi all, I was wondering if any of you knew how to burn a CD in the Kodak Picture CD format using Nero. I mean, I know i can burn pictures to a cd, but how do i get a dvd player to recognize it as a Kodak PCD? Do I have to alter pic size, bit depth, (...) (21 years ago, 21-Jul-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
|
| |
| | Re: Computer Recycling (was Re: Huge Sale @ Atlanta LEGO Outlet)
|
|
(...) Well be sure to introduce yourself and ask questions, that's what the open house is all about. (...) Computer recycling? Normally I just set my old stuff on the curb the day before trash day and someone tends to drive by and pick it all up (...) (21 years ago, 9-Jul-03, to lugnet.loc.us.ga, lugnet.off-topic.geek, FTX)
|
