oldSkool questions

• RGB 24 to 16-bit color conversion - Colors are darkening
• Odd exception terminology "throwing up"
• Is this the most optimal way? C bitfields
• Are the GDI functions BitBlt and StretchBlt hardware accelerated in Win32?
• C structure pointer dereferencing speed
• OpenGL GL_LINES endpoints not joining
• Disabling Eclipse auto-complete but keeping auto-activation
• Throwing generic Exception discouraged?

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