Sim Icarus Boeing 777 Handmade Flight Deck 254
ShadowsMV writes "Three technology students finishing up their degrees at the DuPage Campus of DeVry University spent a term designing and building one of the most nifty flight simulators yet. Named the Sim Icarus Flight Deck, it accurately recreates the primary flight accessory controls of the Boeing 777, and interfaces directly with Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004. They have tons of pictures and lists of everything you need! Previous flight decks featured on slashdot include An awesome homebuilt and wideview with 13 Monitors And 9 PCs."
Yay. (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:Another Proof... (Score:2, Insightful)
Shine You Guys (Score:5, Insightful)
Props to these guys-- that is a nice project. Those of you slamming our school-- you know what you can do. I think DeVry comes in right behind Microsoft on the 'acceptable bashing' scale here at the dot.
Re:Shine You Guys (Score:5, Insightful)
It's a chain college. That and the fact that they have to advertise on tv drastically maims whatever credibility they might have as a school producing intelligent graduates.
So please, don't take the attacks as something against you personally, its all about the image your fine school has crafted for itself.
Re:Shine You Guys (Score:3, Insightful)
What did your big name school that took you an additional 2 years (2 years you were not earning 40-60K and also not saving for retirement), that cost anywhere from 2-3 times a much make you?
Showing off about how much you earn is a bad idea. You'll always find out that you're not so well off after all...
Re:Shine You Guys (Score:3, Insightful)
Only if you believe that computer science = programming.
A degree from DeVry will not get you CS theory. I know a DeVry grad who is great at programming and is certainly better at programming than others I work with... when it comes to theories and paradigms and general design, he's not so hot.
A proper degree in CS doesn't merely teach a few programming language. Not to say DeVry sucks, but if you want to directly compare degrees/programs as to which will give you a better understanding of the discipline, then yes, a proper CS degree from a university is going to utterly trounce one from DeVry.
Re:Their admin must be a complete noob. (Score:3, Insightful)
White Elephant [freerepublic.com]
Do you think that Virgin or Emirates will spend the money that they have saved on fuel by employing more check-in staff? I doubt it. As a result you will need to arrive at the terminal 3,300 hours before take-off. Then there is the flight itself to worry about.
In other words, being on board the A380 will be exactly the same as being on board any other jet liner.
On that basis you can marvel at how Airbus has jumped through political hoops and climbed technical mountains to bring the world its shareholder friendly A380. But you are better off going in a Boeing.
Re:Their admin must be a complete noob. (Score:3, Insightful)
All of that coupled with the fact that its quieter, more fuel efficient and greater comfortwise, I think that I would rather go in a A380, if its all the same with you :)
Re:DeVry University? (Score:2, Insightful)
I always liked to say that my education was not defined by where I went to school, but what I did while I was there. I think that it depends on the individual, and Devry is probably like MOST schools: the resources are there if you want to take advantage of them.
The employer's responsibility is to tell the difference between the productive ones and the lazy ones. At any successful organization, they dont care if your from Harvard or Devry if you do your job and are productive. Give me a Devry graduate who is nimble and personable over a Harvard grad who is less productive any day.
Also: don't say that the general student at Harvard is smarter than the general student at Devry or University of Montana, lazy or not. That is NOT true. The only thing that getting into Harvard means is that someone had some influence. For cripes sake, didn't Bush go there?
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