View the Earth with this NASA tool.

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REM said:
Browse your Windows directory and look for the MICROSOFT.NET
directory. There are executables for wizards and for updating the
package in mine, but the main purpose is to have commonly used .dll
files all in one neat place on your drive, so that when you download
an app, like World Wind, almost everything you need is on your drive.

.NET is not a "service" that "runs," as I understand it anyway. It is
a collection of basic files used in programs written within the .NET
environment. It is not necessary to include these files in the
download, as you have them now, a one time download.

I suspect the World Wind file contains a small executable, DirectX 9x,
and a whole bunch of graphic files to get you started.

The rest of the program are various .dll files in your MICROSOFT.NET
directory that are used seamlessly. If you have a program to identify
.dll files in use you will see them in this directory when you run a
.NET app.

I have the developer and user .NET portions. You probably do not have
wizard executables in your setup. You might have update (.NET)
executables, I dunno. Otherwise, it should be neatly packed .dll files
and possibly .xml files for errors and such... maybe .config files.
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Why is there an "ASP .NET State Service" service? The description says:
"Provides support for out-of-process session states for ASP.NET. If this
service is stopped, out-of-process requests will not be processed. If this
service is disabled, any services that explicitly depend of it will fail to
start."

I assume "out-of-process" means in a database, instead of data being in
active memory. For this app, it would seem to be a necessity for the huge
amounts data involved. But... it runs.
 
I can't believe all of the morons out there that have not figured out that
Rush uses Suggestive Hypnosis to control his heard of sheep. His sheep
dutifully read what he wants them to, they buy what he wants them to, and
they think what he wants them to. Let's face it, the big fat pig is getting
fatter all the time of the stupidity of his flock. As you can tell, I have
absolutely no opinion on the subject, and that is because what I stated
above is truth not opinion.
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have you been to http://rushlimbaughonline.com yet?
its not too bad for a parody! ;-)
 
I can't believe all of the morons out there that have not figured out that
Rush uses Suggestive Hypnosis to control his heard of sheep. His sheep
dutifully read what he wants them to, they buy what he wants them to, and
they think what he wants them to. Let's face it, the big fat pig is getting
fatter all the time of the stupidity of his flock. As you can tell, I have
absolutely no opinion on the subject, and that is because what I stated
above is truth not opinion.

FreeMan
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WTF does this have to do with freeware?

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Chris
 
I installed it without any problem, but when I zoom on a location, I don't
see anything (just an area uniformly coloured). Can someone help me?
I have an IBM ThinkPad R40 with an ATI Radeon Mobility 16 MB.
Thanks.
Giovanni
 
Starry sky. However, if you install the "Blue Marble" NASA Earth image
(90 mb!!!) into Celestia, there's a lot of detail you can zoom in on.
Probably not as much as World Wind though.
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Salut big boy.

Just for the fun of it,
try a search with your last name for the kébék cultural.
(:-O)...
 
Tim Weaver <[email protected]> wrote:
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Why is there an "ASP .NET State Service" service? The description says:
"Provides support for out-of-process session states for ASP.NET. If this
service is stopped, out-of-process requests will not be processed. If this
service is disabled, any services that explicitly depend of it will fail to
start."
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I assume "out-of-process" means in a database, instead of data being in
active memory. For this app, it would seem to be a necessity for the huge
amounts data involved. But... it runs.
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I misunderstood you, sorry. ASP is Active Server Pages. This is the
portion that downloads the graphics when you zoom in on a portion that
was not included in the file.

That is a service that can be configured to connect to a server.
ASP.NET is an enhanced version that runs much quicker than other
scripts. The various graphics are probably stored in a database. You
have some that came in the download and the rest are in a NASA server
database.

Although they did crash a probe into Mars due to the fact one
contractor used the metric system and another used the Imperial
system, I think you're safe in using this NASA program. <G>

I've got my jump drive cleared. I'll try to snag a copy today.
 
"GRL" <[email protected]> wrote:
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I installed it without any problem, but when I zoom on a location, I don't
see anything (just an area uniformly coloured). Can someone help me?
I have an IBM ThinkPad R40 with an ATI Radeon Mobility 16 MB.
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A high speed connection is necessary to get graphics as you zoom in on
various places. With a slow connection and the big demand on servers
it will probably take quite some time to get the files you need to see
the zoom.

I'm going to have that problem myself.
 
Roger Hunt said:
(Evening dear ... Clunk! Crash! Aaarghhh!)
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Heh! TROUBLE for you!

Ahhh, my schemes foiled. Unless your heart still skipped one beat -- until
remembering you were single. :)
 
omega said:
Heh! TROUBLE for you!

Ahhh, my schemes foiled. Unless your heart still skipped one beat -- until
remembering you were single. :)
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I do know a few who only seem to be married when it suits them.
Disgraceful - but very entertaining when they get caught out. :-)
 
I installed it without any problem, but when I zoom on a location, I don't
see anything (just an area uniformly coloured). Can someone help me?
I have an IBM ThinkPad R40 with an ATI Radeon Mobility 16 MB.
Thanks.
Giovanni
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You may not have anything selected. It's funny that way.

-- Bob
 
eLmimo said:
Salut big boy.

Just for the fun of it,
try a search with your last name for the kébék cultural.
(:-O)...
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Not sure I understand. Can you please clarify?
 
Well it runs well on XPHome SP2. Didn't change any of my DirectX 9c files.
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I tried the program. It did indeed change my user config, but I fixed it.

All to no avail. :(

It has a horrible memory leak that eats up everything within 30 minutes. It
brought my computer to a crawl this morning.

-- Bob
 
I've an ADSL (640K/256K) connection. I've selected a location and indeed the
program shows the area (with the names) of the location I selected. But when
I zoom I see only what I've said (only a coloured area). I think it could be
a problem due to the poor quantity of my video card. I'll try to find an
answer in the forum.
Thanks to all.
Giovanni
 
I've an ADSL (640K/256K) connection. I've selected a location and indeed the
program shows the area (with the names) of the location I selected. But when
I zoom I see only what I've said (only a coloured area). I think it could be
a problem due to the poor quantity of my video card. I'll try to find an
answer in the forum.
Thanks to all.
Giovanni
"GRL" <[email protected]> ha scritto nel messaggio
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for those trying this out - the forum indicates that as the program
gets more popular, the servers serving up the detailed data are
becoming overloaded.

it may get quieter and better soon, I hope

cheers
 
On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 01:49:11 -0400, eLmimo



Where I can find the "Blue Marble" NASA Earth image ?

Do you can post the URL to the group, please?

A lot of greetings!

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Bitte nur in die Gruppe posten.
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Gerlinde said:
eLmimo wrote:

Where I can find the "Blue Marble" NASA Earth image ?
Do you can post the URL to the group, please?
A lot of greetings!
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First go here:

http://exp.arc.nasa.gov/downloads/

then click on " Working Celestia Files Directory tree"

When that directory opens, click on "extras". When that opens, right
click on and save the file named "bm_vtex.zip". Warning: it's 92 mb.

If you want to go directly to the file, here's the link:

http://exp.arc.nasa.gov/downloads/celestia/extras/bm_vtex.zip

YOU will have to figure out how to install it, although it's not real
hard to do. Hope your system is up to the task of displaying it.
 
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