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Slashdot Daily Newsletter
In this issue:
* Marine Corps Wants a Throwable Robot
* Open Source Tech Used To Monitor Afghan Election
* US Navy Tries To Turn Seawater Into Jet Fuel
* Writing Style Fingerprint Tool Easily Fooled
* Amazon, MS, Google Clouds Flop In Stress Tests
* Irish ISP To Block Access To Pirate Bay
* NASA Probe Blasts 461 Gigabytes of Moon Data Daily
* The Myth of the Isolated Kernel Hacker
* IPv6 Challenges and Opportunities
* Poor Design Choices In the Star Wars Universe
* Xbox 360 Failure Rate Is 54.2%
* Cameron's Avatar Trailer Posted
* PCI Express 3.0 Delayed Till 2011
* US Life Expectancy May Have Peaked
* First American Internet Addiction Treatment Center
* A Video Ad, In a Paper Magazine
* New York MTA Asserts Copyright Over Schedule
* Speculating On the Far Future of Cellphones
* Alternative Orion Missions Proposed
* New Hitchhiker's Guide Book "Not Very Funny"
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| Marine Corps Wants a Throwable Robot |
| from the goblin-bomb-dispenser dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday August 19, @21:11 (The Military) |
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/09/08/19/2234201/Marine-Corps-Wants-a-Throwable-Robot |
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[0]coondoggie writes "The US Marine Corps has a request ��� build and
rapidly deploy more [1]10lb-or-under robots its personnel can throw into
dangerous situations that can quickly gather information without
endangering Marines. The throwable robot is part of a family of robots
that would range from the 10lb version to one that would act as a central
controlling device and weigh close to 300lbs. Marine commanders are
demanding ever lighter robots so that troops don't have to offload
critical equipment from their rucksacks to accommodate them."
Discuss this story at:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/08/19/2234201
Links:
0. http://networkworld.com/
1. http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/44509
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| Open Source Tech Used To Monitor Afghan Election |
| from the free-as-in-voting dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Wednesday August 19, @23:28 (Media) |
| https://politics.slashdot.org/story/09/08/19/2246233/Open-Source-Tech-Used-To-Monitor-Afgha|
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chrb writes "BBC News is reporting on how the [0]Alive in Afghanistan
project is helping to [1]oversee the Afghan elections using open-source
technologies. The site was set up by Brian Conley, who is also
responsible for 'Alive in Baghdad', 'Alive in Mexico', and who was
arrested for filming protests in China last year. The Afghan site uses
[2]FrontlineSMS and [3]Ushahidi to process and visualize SMS texts from
Afghani citizens, allowing reports from all over the country to be
rapidly collated and re-distributed globally."
Discuss this story at:
http://politics.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/08/19/2246233
Links:
0. http://aliveinafghanistan.org/
1. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8209172.stm
2. http://www.frontlinesms.com/
3. http://www.ushahidi.com/
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| US Navy Tries To Turn Seawater Into Jet Fuel |
| from the ocean-in-the-tank dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday August 20, @01:52 (Power) |
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/09/08/20/0215202/US-Navy-Tries-To-Turn-Seawater-Into-Je|
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[0]Hugh Pickens writes "New Scientist reports that, faced with global
warming and potential oil shortages, the [1]US Navy is experimenting with
making jet fuel from seawater by processing seawater into unsaturated
short-chain hydrocarbons that with further refining could be made into
kerosene-based jet fuel. The process involves extracting carbon dioxide
dissolved in the water and combining it with hydrogen ��� obtained by
splitting water molecules using electricity ��� to make a hydrocarbon fuel,
a variant of a [2]chemical reaction called the Fischer-Tropsch process,
which is used commercially to produce a gasoline-like hydrocarbon fuel
from syngas, a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen often derived from
coal. The Navy team have been experimenting to find out how to [3]steer
the CO2-producing process away from producing unwanted methane by finding
a different catalyst than the usual one based on cobalt. 'The idea of
using CO2 as a carbon source is appealing,' says Philip Jessop, a chemist
at Queen's University adding that to make a jet fuel that is properly
'green,' the energy-intensive electrolysis that produces the hydrogen
will need to use a carbon-neutral energy source; and the complex
multi-step process will always consume significantly more energy than the
fuel it produces could yield. 'It's a lot more complicated than it at
first looks.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/08/20/0215202
Links:
0. http://hughpickens.com/slashdot/
1. http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17632-how-to-turn-seawater-into-jet-fuel.html
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fischer-Tropsch
3. http://oasys2.confex.com/acs/238nm/techprogram/P1260309.HTM
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| Writing Style Fingerprint Tool Easily Fooled |
| from the is-that-your-signature dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday August 20, @05:08 (The Courts) |
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/08/20/0221246/Writing-Style-Fingerprint-Tool-Easily-Foole|
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[0]Urchin writes "Some of the techniques used by literary detectives and
courts of law to identify the authorship of text are easily fooled, say
US researchers. They found that non-professional writers could [1]hide
their identity from 'stylometric' techniques by writing in the style of
novelist Cormac McCarthy. Stylometric methods have been used in a number
of high-profile legal cases in recent decades, including the 'Unabomber'
trial. 'We would strongly suggest that courts examine their methods of
stylometry against the possibility of adversarial attacks,' say the
researchers."
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/08/20/0221246
Links:
0. http://www.newscientist.com/
1. http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17639-writing-style-fingerprint-tool-easily-fooled.html
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| Amazon, MS, Google Clouds Flop In Stress Tests |
| from the dark-clouds dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Thursday August 20, @07:57 (Google) |
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/08/20/0327205/Amazon-MS-Google-Clouds-Flop-In-Stress-Tes|
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Eponymous writes "A seven month study by academics at the University of
New South Wales has found that [0] the response times of cloud compute
services of Amazon, Google and Microsoft can vary by a factor of twenty
depending on the time of day services are accessed. One of the lead
researchers behind the stress tests reports that Amazon's EC2, Google's
AppLogic and Microsoft's Azure cloud services have limitations in terms
of data processing windows, response times and a lack of monitoring and
reporting tools."
Discuss this story at:
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/08/20/0327205
Links:
0. http://www.itnews.com.au/News/153451,stress-tests-rain-on-amazons-cloud.aspx
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| Irish ISP To Block Access To Pirate Bay |
| from the it'll-happen-here-soon dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday August 20, @08:45 (Censorship) |
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/08/20/1227210/Irish-ISP-To-Block-Access-To-Pirate-Bay |
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[0]flynn writes "Ireland's oldest and largest ISP will be [1]blocking
access to The Pirate Bay from September 1st, while other ISPs have
rejected the request to block TPB. From the Irish Times: 'Under an
out-of-court agreement with EMI Records, Sony Music, Universal Music and
Warners in January, Eircom agreed to cut off customers found to be
repeatedly downloading music illegally. The deal also required Eircom to
cut off access to Pirate Bay if requested. Yesterday, cable TV operator
UPC, which has more than 120,000 broadband subscribers, announced it
would not comply with a request to block access to Pirate Bay.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/08/20/1227210
Links:
0. mailto:flynny51@gmail.com
1. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/frontpage/2009/0820/1224252952116.html?via=mr
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| NASA Probe Blasts 461 Gigabytes of Moon Data Daily |
| from the thats-a-lotta-bits dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday August 20, @09:32 (NASA) |
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/09/08/20/1233258/NASA-Probe-Blasts-461-Gigabytes-of-Moon|
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[0]coondoggie writes "On its current space scouting mission, NASA's Lunar
Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) is using a pumped up communications device
to deliver [1]461 gigabytes of data and images per day, at a rate of up
to 100 Mbps. As the first high data rate K-band transmitter to fly on a
NASA spacecraft, the 13-inch-long tube, called a Traveling Wave Tube
Amplifier, is making it possible for NASA scientists to receive massive
amounts of images and data about the moon's surface and environment. The
amplifier was built by L-3 Communications Electron Technologies in
conjunction with NASA's Glenn Research Center. The device uses electrodes
in a vacuum tube to amplify microwave signals to high power. It's ideal
for sending large amounts of data over a long distance because it
provides more power and more efficiency than its alternative, the
transistor amplifier, NASA stated." It kills me that the moon has better
bandwidth than my house.
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/08/20/1233258
Links:
0. mailto:mcooney@nww.com
1. http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/44529
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| The Myth of the Isolated Kernel Hacker |
| from the get-outta-yer-mom's-basement dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday August 20, @10:09 (Programming) |
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/08/20/1342223/The-Myth-of-the-Isolated-Kernel-Hacker |
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[0]Ant writes "[1]The Linux Foundation's report (PDF) on who writes Linux
��� "... [2]Linux isn't written by lonely nerds hiding out in their
parents' basements. It's written by people working for major companies ���
many of them businesses that you probably don't associate with Linux. To
be exact, while 18.2% of Linux is written by people who aren't working
for a company, and 7.6% is created by programmers who don't give a
company affiliation, everything else is written by someone who's getting
paid to create Linux. From top to bottom, of the companies that have
contributed more than 1% of the current Linux kernel, the list looks like
this: ..."
Discuss this story at:
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/08/20/1342223
Links:
0. http://aqfl.net/
1. http://www.linuxfoundation.org/publications/whowriteslinux.pdf
2. http://blogs.computerworld.com/14576/who_writes_linux_big_business
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| IPv6 Challenges and Opportunities |
| from the blah-blah-blah dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday August 20, @10:51 (The Internet) |
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/08/20/1423224/IPv6-Challenges-and-Opportunities |
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[0]1sockchuck writes "Opinions differ on when the Internet will run out
of IPv4 addresses, prompting a wholesale transition to IPv6. In recent
videos, [1]John Curran of ARIN provides an overview of issues involved in
the IPv6 transition, while Martin Levy of [2]Hurricane Electric discusses
his company's view that early-mover status on IPv6 readiness can be a
competitive advantage for service providers. Levy's company has published
an [3]IPv4 DeathWatch app for the iPhone to raise awareness of the
transition."
Discuss this story at:
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/08/20/1423224
Links:
0. http://www.gamehostingguide.com/
1. http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2009/08/19/video-ipv6-and-why-it-matters/
2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p47m5XVt4WQ&feature=channel_page
3. http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2009/07/21/ipv4-deathwatch-app-for-the-iphone/
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| Poor Design Choices In the Star Wars Universe |
| from the there-are-so-many dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday August 20, @11:31 (Star Wars Prequels) |
| https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/09/08/20/153223/Poor-Design-Choices-In-the-Star-Wa|
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[0]Ant writes "[1]John Scalzi's AMC blog shows a short guide to the most
epic FAILs in [2]Star Wars design ��� 'I'll come right out and say it: Star
Wars has a badly-designed universe; so poorly-designed, in fact, that one
can say that a significant goal of all those Star Wars novels is to
rationalize and mitigate the bad design choices of the movies. Need
examples? Here's ten ...'"
Discuss this story at:
http://entertainment.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/08/20/153223
Links:
0. http://aqfl.net/
1. http://blogs.amctv.com/scifi-scanner/2009/08/bad-designs-in-star-wars.php
2. http://starwars.com/
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| Xbox 360 Failure Rate Is 54.2% |
| from the that-seems-a-bit-high dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday August 20, @12:16 (XBox (Games)) |
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/09/08/20/1527212/Xbox-360-Failure-Rate-Is-542 |
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Colonel Korn writes "The Seattle PI Blog is reporting that a soon to be
published Game Informer survey finally shows the [0]failure rate of XBOX
360s: 54%! The survey also shows the rates of failure for the PS3 (11%)
and Wii (7%). Impressively, only 4% of respondents said they wouldn't buy
a new 360 because of hardware failures."
Discuss this story at:
http://games.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/08/20/1527212
Links:
0. http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/176741.asp
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| Cameron's Avatar Trailer Posted |
| from the costs-a-little-more-than-district-9 dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday August 20, @13:02 (Sci-Fi) |
| https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/09/08/20/1614243/Camerons-Avatar-Trailer-Posted |
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graviplana was one of several people to submit that Avatar, James
Cameron's 3D Sci-Fi epic has [0]released a trailer to whet your appetite.
There's a lot of very cool visual elements in there but no indication of
any actual story. Here's hoping there is one.
Discuss this story at:
http://entertainment.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/08/20/1614243
Links:
0. http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox/avatar/hd/
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| PCI Express 3.0 Delayed Till 2011 |
| from the dreamliner-of-connections dept. |
| posted by timothy on Thursday August 20, @13:49 (Upgrades) |
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/09/08/20/178209/PCI-Express-30-Delayed-Till-2011 |
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Professor_Quail writes "PC Magazine reports that the PCI SIG has
[0]officially delayed the release of the PCI Express 3.0 specification
until the second quarter of 2010. Originally, the PCI Express 3.0
specification called for the spec itself to be released this year, with
products due about a year after the spec's release, or in 2010."
Discuss this story at:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/08/20/178209
Links:
0. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2351266,00.asp
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| US Life Expectancy May Have Peaked |
| from the so-lose-some-weight-and-eat-some-spinach dept. |
| posted by timothy on Thursday August 20, @14:37 (Medicine) |
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/09/08/20/1746241/US-Life-Expectancy-May-Have-Peaked |
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[0]Hugh Pickens writes "Live Science reports that although life
expectancy in the United States has risen to an all-time high of 77.9
years in 2007 up from 77.7 in 2006, [1]gains in life expectancy may be
pretty much over, as some groups ��� particularly [2]people in rural
locations are already stagnating or slipping in contrast to all other
industrialized nations. Hardest hit are regions in the Deep South, along
the Mississippi River, in Appalachia and also the southern part of the
Midwest reaching into Texas. The culprits ��� largely preventable with
better diet and access to medical services ��� are diabetes, cancers and
heart disease caused by smoking, high blood pressure and obesity. What
the [3]new analysis reveals is the reality of two Americas, one on par
with most of Europe and parts of Asia, and another no different than a
third-world nation with the United States placing 41st on the 2008 CIA
World Factbook list, behind Bosnia but still edging out Albania.
'Beginning in the early 1980s and continuing through 1999 those who were
already [4]disadvantaged did not benefit from the gains in life
expectancy experienced by the advantaged, and some became even worse
off,' says a report published in PLoS Medicine by a team led by Harvard's
Majid Ezzati, adding that 'study results are troubling because an
oft-stated aim of the US health system is the improvement of the health
of "all people, and especially those at greater risk of health
disparities.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/08/20/1746241
Links:
0. http://hughpickens.com/
1. http://www.livescience.com/health/090819-life-expectancy.html
2. http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/slideshow.action?uri=info:doi/10.1371/journal.pmed.0050066&imageURI=info:doi/10.1371/journal.pmed.0050066.g003
3. http://www.livescience.com/health/080422-bad-life-spans.html
4. http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pmed.0050066
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| First American Internet Addiction Treatment Center |
| from the cure-for-what-doesn't-quite-ail-ye dept. |
| posted by timothy on Thursday August 20, @15:21 (The Internet) |
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/08/20/1833202/First-American-Internet-Addiction-Treatmen|
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An anonymous reader writes "Taking their lead from China, two Americans
have opened the [0]first US-based Internet Addiction treatment center in
Fall City, Wash. ��� ironically close to Redmond (Microsoft's hometown).
The center, called reStart: Internet Addiction Recovery Program, is a
45-day treatment center where, for a steep set of fees, people can be
cured of their addiction to the Web. After paying the $200 application
fee, addicts are charged $14,500 for the 45 days, an additional $800 for
a screening, and more for extra services, like kayaking ($1,575)."
Discuss this story at:
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/08/20/1833202
Links:
0. http://www.internetevolution.com/author.asp?section_id=774&doc_id=180711&
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| A Video Ad, In a Paper Magazine |
| from the who'dathunkit dept. |
| posted by timothy on Thursday August 20, @16:10 (The Media) |
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/09/08/20/202243/A-Video-Ad-In-a-Paper-Magazine |
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[0]lee1 writes "The [1]first-ever video advertisement will be published
in a traditional paper magazine ��� Entertainment Weekly ��� in September.
The video will be displayed on slim-line screens around the size of a
mobile phone display and will have rechargeable batteries. The associated
chip can hold up to 40 minutes of video, and uses technology similar to
that used in singing greeting cards, playing the movie when the page is
turned. The first clips will preview CBS shows and advertise Pepsi, but
they will only be distributed in Los Angeles and New York. Imagine the
fun hacking possibilities."
Discuss this story at:
http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/08/20/202243
Links:
0. http://lee-phillips.org/
1. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8211209.stm
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| New York MTA Asserts Copyright Over Schedule |
| from the might-be-a-bargain-if-they-always-kept-the-schedule dept. |
| posted by timothy on Thursday August 20, @16:52 (Transportation) |
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/08/20/2055225/New-York-MTA-Asserts-Copyright-Over-Schedu|
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[0]Presto Vivace writes "Greater Greater Washington reports that 'The New
York Metropolitan Transit Authority's lawyers are going after a local
blogger, and [1]attempting to block an iPhone application showing
Metro-North railroad schedules. The blog [2]StationStops writes about
Metro-North Commuter Railroad service north of New York City, and often
criticizes its operations. Its creator, Chris Schoenfeld, also created an
iPhone application to give Metro-North riders schedule information. Now
the MTA is insisting he pay them to license the data, and at one point
even accused the site of pretending to be an official MTA site.' I can't
believe that this the MTA's actions are going to go over well with the
public."
Discuss this story at:
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/08/20/2055225
Links:
0. http://www.prestovivace.biz/
1. http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post.cgi?id=3263
2. http://www.stationstops.com/
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| Speculating On the Far Future of Cellphones |
| from the how-about-just-better-coverage? dept. |
| posted by timothy on Thursday August 20, @17:43 (Communications) |
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/08/20/2116247/Speculating-On-the-Far-Future-of-Cellphone|
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Trio writes "What will cellphones look like in in future? silicon.com
explores [0]five future characteristics that could shape tomorrow's
phones ��� from a wearable prototype such as [1]MIT's SixthSense device
which projects mobile data into the user's world, to a mobile that mixes
the real and the virtual by using [2]holographic telepresence. So far, so
futuristic, but one question remains: [3]will there be enough spectrum to
support [4]all this wireless communication?"
Discuss this story at:
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/08/20/2116247
Links:
0. http://networks.silicon.com/mobile/0,39024665,39449360,00.htm
1. http://networks.silicon.com/mobile/0,39024665,39449360-3,00.htm
2. http://networks.silicon.com/mobile/0,39024665,39449360-6,00.htm
3. http://networks.silicon.com/mobile/0,39024665,39164308-20,00.htm
4. http://networks.silicon.com/mobile/0,39024665,39164308,00.htm
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| Alternative Orion Missions Proposed |
| from the things-I-did-not-ask-for dept. |
| posted by timothy on Thursday August 20, @18:36 (Space) |
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/09/08/20/225255/Alternative-Orion-Missions-Proposed |
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[0]skywatcher2501 writes "[1]Lockheed Martin, the company producing
NASA's new [2]Orion spacecraft, [3]published three videos (news article
in German) showing alternative Orion missions. Great efforts are made to
show Orion's flexibility as a space transportation system beyond the
goals of the [4]Constellation program." The three videos, respectively,
illustrate [5]ISS missions with cargo in low-Earth orbit; [6]autonomous
use of the service module; and [7]maintenance missions from low-earth
orbit to geosynchronous orbit.
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/08/20/225255
Links:
0. mailto:ghostinthepuppet@gmail.com
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_martin
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion_(spacecraft)
3. http://www.raumfahrer.net/news/raumfahrt/19082009165949.shtml
4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Constellation
5. http://www.lockheedmartin.com/data/assets/ssc/Orion/Toolkit/KeepSoldPart1.wmv
6. http://www.lockheedmartin.com/data/assets/ssc/Orion/Toolkit/KeepSoldPart2.wmv
7. http://www.lockheedmartin.com/data/assets/ssc/Orion/Toolkit/KeepSoldPart3.wmv
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| New Hitchhiker's Guide Book "Not Very Funny" |
| from the trying-to-meet-a-high-standard dept. |
| posted by timothy on Thursday August 20, @19:37 (Books) |
| https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/09/08/20/2334235/New-Hitchhikers-Guide-Book-Not-Ve|
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daria42 writes "An early review of part of the Eoin Colfer-penned sequel
to Douglas Adams's Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy series [0]has panned
the book as not being very funny. If you read Hitchhiker to have a good
laugh, maybe you're going to be disappointed," wrote Nicolas Botti, on
his Douglas Adams fan site earlier this month."
Discuss this story at:
http://entertainment.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/08/20/2334235
Links:
0. http://www.keepingthedoor.com/2009/08/21/new-hitchhikers-guide-book-not-very-funny/
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