Deltawing777: Watched Cameron paying tribute to Clarke and Kubrik last night on the Special Features disk for 2001. Awesome. Im hoping I can clear up this little misunderstanding
All Face is saying is don't let your enthusiasm get ahead of the OMP coding and its capabilities or your in for a let down. I am guilty of that also ill admit. He's trying to do you a favor and perhaps save you a little time in the process. I am a metal musician myself and I didn't understand this part of your post in relation to OMP.
Enthusiasm is an emotion to me. Emotion is a form of intelligence as well as an extremely effective form of communication. It can also serve as the magnitude component of any particular thought when viewed as a vector. I don't see how enthusiasm can literally get ahead of the coding and its capabilities unless I started considering the development of our own addon called "CONAN"; California Orbiter simulation Nexus Axiomatic (multiplatform) Network plugin for the Orbiter 2010 Space Flight Simulator by Dr. Martin Schweiger... Freely available for download at the "California Consortium of Community College Districts, CSU and UC SpaceFlight Development" website. I'm a collaborator and a catalyst. From a system analysis and design 'enthusiast's' perspective, off-the-shelf applications (in this instance OMP) must be evaluated to their fullest to determine if they meet the necessary needs of a particular software component of the intended system's desired specifications overall.
My experience experimenting with the "online jamming" notion is indicative of my openness to explore every possible avenue to determine the feasibility of an implimentation regardless of the status quo's accepted methodologies. If my superior develops the desire to investigate a whim or notion, he or she can approach me off the record and be assured of quality information and detailed results of my findings for preliminary decisions.
I am not unique in this regard. I have attended classes at Cerritos Community College, Compton Community College, Pasadena Community College, Long Beach Community College, California State University Los Angeles, California State University Northridge, and California State University Sacramento. I have attended lectures and special events at California State University Long Beach, Cal Tech, UC Berkeley, UC Davis, and USC among others. My point is that I have a pretty good notion of how the educational system works in my state and how important space flight is to its economy and our pride for contributions elsewhere. My mom worked for McDonald Douglas, Rockwell International, Lockeed, and Northrop as an administrative secretary posessing a high security clearance. She was even approached to work for the CIA but refused. She wanted me to grow up in California.
The high schools and community college systems feed the CSU, UC, and Private school systems. The UC system specializes in theoretical development and the CSU system specializes in application. This is what OMP will compete with if it is to remain viable in respect to this simulation project, not me. The IT sector in California is extremely competitive. Students across the state are constantly looking for opportunities that will set themselves apart from the rest of the herd.
I prefer to 'serve in heaven, rather than rule in hell.' I also prefer applications and developers with extensive experience with the software systems I intend to utilize or recommend, especially if my sense of judgement is being evaluated. In this case OMP currently sets the standard.
Face
Did you mean that you have ideas of how IP communication works?
I believe I stated that I don't have a network cert. I studied Napster during its hay day, and could probably reimpliment it in a pinch. But then what's the point? I don't support software piracy or copywrite infingement. Besides, computer science has already progressed
to the point that I believe no one is capable of thoroughly understanding every nuance of every discipline. I know where to go if I need networking expertise. One person has an office a few doors down from where I am now. I have radical ideas that may never be developed because they simply aren't feasible. I would defer to Face's expertise in this area.
Well, as we are discussing OMP here, and you want to use it for some simulation setting, I'd say let's focus on getting OMP to work in this simulation setting. Getting Orbiter with OMP to work in Linux via Wine is not necessarily the easiest way to test something written for Windows. Especially since you (and me, too!) don't even know how good or bad OMP really fits your needs there.
My programming methodologies include a 'write it once and forget about it', Rapid Application Development model based on extensive planning and modeling. Addressing the same problem space over and over again year after year is not for me. That's how time, money, and headache begin to build. I don't recommend software like that if I'm in a consultant capacity.
Nothing good comes easy. The majority of my limited experience with Orbiter 2010 v101016 is on Linux. I'm accustomed to dealing with it and enjoy the challenge. Its documented in the Orbiter in Linux article started by Cinder1992. Five years of dealing exclusively with experimental software on the Linux platform has prepared me for this. A dual boot testing workstation devoted entirely to Orbiter and addon development allows me to compare and contrast, while evaluating extremes and the middle ground in between. This type of activity is an inate component to my natural thought process. For three hundred and fifty bucks I could purchase a G4 dual core machine to evaluate wine's ability to support OMP on OSX. I don't honestly feel like revisiting OMP seperately for each platform. It's inefficient, time consuming, and does not represent a production testing environment for optimized learning. If you can't keep up I understand. Your only one man.
While you're trying to get me to calm down, focus, and stick to XP, I begin to wonder about your aversion to try. If for some reason your not prepared for tests on all three platforms, I wish you'd be direct, blunt, ...harsh, yes that's the word, harsh and to the point. The only reason I'm not doing it independently on my own volition for the sheer joy of it is lack of funds. I begin purchasing hardware in earnest this coming week. I will be purchasing a 'new' used laptop by the end of it. I'm going to set this Inspiron 2650 up for another student and give it to him for less demanding work.
Testing OMP on XP makes sense. When we're done can we run a quick test via wine on Linux and OSX while the server is still up? Please... I promise to have my hardware and software in order before hand. Why should a test for connectivity and functionality have to take longer than 5 minutes for spectating? If you have something personal you need to take care of, I understand. I have personal matters that take precedence over Orbiter at times, in fact I've recently been exposed to something that means more.
If you don't like people suggesting something, it is better you do not ask me anything anymore, because I'm a guy who suggests a lot if asked for opinions. Especially if asked with
That's a no-brainer. I don't have to work with you, I want to. If it isn't meant to be I'll qiuetly disappear. No one offers suggestions to me a hundred miles off-shore. I know how to get there If I want it bad enough. In the last two days various native american indian tribes have been performing genuine dances and rituals here at City College. I'm Sioux on my father's side, Choctaw on my mother's. An ancient tribe is performing a dance right in front of the Learning Resource Center 100 ft from me as I finish this post. My 'enthusiasm' and 'focus' is deeply appreciated by Elder's of the Sioux tribe I spoke to yesterday. I'm not a freak to them. I got more respect from them yesterday than the last ninety here at the forum. I'm extremely motivated for this similator project to fly on its own. I've been invited to South Dakota. Watch me buy an awesome Meade telescope next with digital imaging hardware. They tell me the stars at night look like you could reach out and touch them. If you don't like my enthusiasm about that...
how is that knee doing? 
