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Submission + - Announcing Crystal Space 1.0

Jorrit writes: "After nearly 10 years of development we finally release version 1.0 of Crystal Space. Crystal Space is an Open Source and portable 3D engine framework which runs on GNU/Linux, Windows, and MacOS/X. It is fully featured with support for vertex and fragment shaders, dynamic lighting and lightmaps, skeletal animation, physics, 3D sound, terrain engine, python support and much more.

Together with Crystal Space 1.0 we also release Crystal Entity Layer 1.0. This is a game layer on top of Crystal Space which makes it easier to develop games. Crystal Entity Layer is heavily oriented towards scripting (but also works in plain C++) and adds features like customizable third person camera, movement system, quest system, rule system, path finding and so on.

We would also like to announce a relatively new project called CELstart. To use Crystal Space and Crystal Entity Layer effectively you need to make your own C++ programs. If you download CELstart then you can start making full powered Crystal Space games by using only XML and/or Python scripts. It is by far the easiest way to make 3D games using Crystal Space.

Interested? Check us out at http://www.crystalspace3d.org/"
Sci-Fi

Journal Journal: Transporting A-Bombs 3

I have a question about Star Trek.

In both the tee vee shows and the movies, they often transport people and objects to and from spacecraft with transporters.

When they are fighting Klingons, how come they never transport an a-bomb into the bridge (or some other vulnerable point) of the opponent?

Math

Journal Journal: Hard-wired for geometry

Hard-wired for geometry 12:44 Friday 20 January 2006 Pending

I submitted this article. Let's see how long it takes for someone to deal with it, and reject or accept it.

Update: It was published at 8:28am PST on 21 January, 2006.

I still have an outstanding article (a poll) pending:

Best funeral for a head of state 11:18 Monday 04 April 2005 Pending

User Journal

Journal Journal: Signatures 4

Ash nazg durbatuluk, ash nazg gimbatul,
Ash nazg thrakatuluk, agh burzum-ishi krimpatul.

HCG 50a = 2MASX J11170638+5455016
11h17m06.4s +54d55m02s

It's funny.  Laugh.

Journal Journal: *BSD is dying

It is now official. Netcraft confirms: *BSD is dying

Music

Journal Journal: Jazz giant Artie Shaw dead at 94

I'm not a big fan of big band swing (although I like that music), and I'm not a big fan of the clarinet.

The only reason I even know about Artie Shaw is that, as a child in the late 50s, I had a set of 78rpm records (as distinguished from "LP 33s") which was a musical adaptation of the Pied Piper of Hamelin. I used to play it quite a bit on a record player.

The story was kind of interesting, but I really liked the music. It was Artie Shaw playing clarinet.

It's funny.  Laugh.

Journal Journal: Being silly

Check this out.

It's a mildly amusing thread I participated in last Monday. I did it anonymously. Mine is the second comment. I actually got modded up.

I generally think that people who write "Mod parent up" or "mod parent down" are boofheads, although sometimes those comments have been right on.

User Journal

Journal Journal: Finding a relative

I just found my nephew here. He has a prestigious low Slashdot userid, from which I gather that he registered about 4 years ago. I wonder how many other acquaintances of mine are here?
News

Journal Journal: Captain Kangaroo dead at 76

I grew up with him. I've always wondered why I never see re-runs of his show -- I'm sure that I remember it being much, much better than it actually was.

It's funny.  Laugh.

Journal Journal: Nerds and geeks 1

Miss Marvel wrote in her journal:

...nerds and geeks. I may live to regret this, but I'm willing to try anything at least once.

I have to say that I am just really disappointed that Miss Marvel seems to be calling me, and a lot of other people, including one of my friends, a nerd and a geek.

Space

Journal Journal: What is CGCG 378-15?

CGCG 378-15 is a galaxy in the Catalogue of Galaxies and of Clusters of Galaxies. It is located at 22h 40m 30s +03d 21m 30.9s (J2000). This galaxy is rather unremarkable, except that it gravitationally lenses a distant quasar, forming a 4-lobed image known as Einstein's Cross .
Space

Journal Journal: What is HCG50a?

HCG50a is the brightest component of Hickson Compact Group 50 (HCG50), a small group of 5 galaxies in the constellation Ursa Major. They are extremely faint, and are visible visually only in large telescopes, say > 25" in aperture.

There are 100 groups in the Hickson Compact Group catalog, compiled by Paul Hickson to investigate interacting galaxies.

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