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In this issue:
* India's First Stealth Fighter To Fly In 4 Months
* A Breathalyzer For Cancer
* The Orange Goo That Could Save Your Laptop
* Librarians Express Concern Over Google Books
* Alan Turing Apology Campaign Grows
* EA Spends 3x More On Marketing Than Development
* Disney Buys Marvel For $4B
* Apple Blames 'External Forces' For Exploding iPhones
* AMD Packs Six-Core Opteron Inside 40 Watts
* Woman Fired For Using Uppercase In Email
* Dad Builds 700 Pound Cannon for Son's Birthday
* Texting Toddlers, How Young is Too Young?
* Robotic Mold
* The Myths of Security
* Military Helmet Design Contributes To Brain Damage
* OS Performance — Snow Leopard, Windows 7, and Ubuntu 9.10
* Scientists Deliver Bee Toxin To Tumors Via "Nanobees"
* Xbox 360 Version of <em>Champions Online</em> Being Held Back By MS
* British Company Takes Lead To Stop Asteroids
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| India's First Stealth Fighter To Fly In 4 Months |
| from the but-now-everyone-knows-about-it dept. |
| posted by timothy on Sunday August 30, @22:36 (The Military) |
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/08/31/0024228/Indias-First-Stealth-Fighter-To-Fly-In-4-M|
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xmpcray writes "Less than four months from now, [0]India's first stealth
fighter will fly for the first time. It is called the Fifth Generation
Fighter Aircraft, or FGFA, and is being developed in Russia by Sukhoi.
Several of the technologies being developed for the stealth fighter have
evolved from those used in the Sukhoi 30 MKI. Considered the most
maneuverable fighter in the world, the Sukhoi 30 MKI uses thrust vectored
engines, which deflect the exhaust from its engines to extreme angles,
enabling the jet to pull off violent maneuvers like a flat spin ��� where
the jet literally spins around on its axis."
Discuss this story at:
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/08/31/0024228
Links:
0. http://www.ndtv.com/news/india/indias_first_stealth_fighter_to_fly_soon.php
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| A Breathalyzer For Cancer |
| from the your-breath-smells-like-carcinoma dept. |
| posted by timothy on Monday August 31, @01:40 (Medicine) |
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/09/08/31/032250/A-Breathalyzer-For-Cancer |
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Tiger4 writes "Cancer researchers in the UK have come up with a way to
[0]sniff for lung cancer on the breath. 'From the results, the
researchers identified 42 "volatile organic compounds" (VOCs) present in
the breath of 83% of cancer patients but fewer than 83% of healthy
volunteers. Four of the most reliable were used to develop a nine-sensor
array made from tiny gold particles coated with reactive chemicals
sensitive to the compounds.' [1]Other sources have [2]picked up the story
as well. Obviously, this would be a big breakthrough for rapid screening,
and early detection significantly improves outcomes."
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/08/31/032250
Links:
0. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5iC9NjDuUS5OVNzE6yyvfAA_8dg6g
1. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/6107229/Breathalyser-developed-for-lung-cancer.html
2. http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/40263
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| The Orange Goo That Could Save Your Laptop |
| from the non-newtonian-novelty dept. |
| posted by timothy on Monday August 31, @04:51 (Technology) |
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/08/31/0627236/The-Orange-Goo-That-Could-Save-Your-Laptop|
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[0]Barence writes "A British company has patented what can only be
described as an [1]orange goo that could save your laptop or iPod after a
nasty fall. The amazing material is soft and malleable like putty, but
the substance becomes solid instantly after impact. You can punch your
fist into a ball of the material sitting on a desk and not feel a thing,
according to the staff at PC Pro who have been testing the material,
called 3do. It's being used by the military, the US downhill ski team,
and motorcycle clothing manufacturers to provide impact protection in the
event of a crash. However, it's also appearing in protective cases for
laptops and MP3 players."
Discuss this story at:
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/08/31/0627236
Links:
0. http://www.pcpro.co.uk/
1. http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/2009/08/27/the-wonderful-world-of-d3o-orange-goo/
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| Librarians Express Concern Over Google Books |
| from the pesky-librarians dept. |
| posted by timothy on Monday August 31, @08:08 (Privacy) |
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/08/31/064225/Librarians-Express-Concern-Over-Google-Books|
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[0]angry tapir writes "Many libraries routinely delete borrower
information, and organizations such as the American Library Association
have fought hard to preserve the privacy of their patrons in the face of
laws such as the US Patriot Act. But now, as more and more titles become
available in Google Book Search, [1]it's not clear whether digital
readers will enjoy the same privacy protections they have at the
library."
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/08/31/064225
Links:
0. http://www.goodgearguide.com.au/
1. http://www.goodgearguide.com.au/article/316704
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| Alan Turing Apology Campaign Grows |
| from the he-only-invented-modern-computer-science dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Monday August 31, @08:59 (Government) |
| https://politics.slashdot.org/story/09/08/31/1230243/Alan-Turing-Apology-Campaign-Grows |
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chrb writes "[0]Several [1]British [2]news [3]sources have recently
reported on the growing campaign that calls for [4]an apology to Alan
Turing for his persecution by the British government. The petition to the
Prime Minister was started by [5]John Graham-Cumming, who has also
written to the Queen requesting a Knighthood for Turing, but admits that
a pardon is 'unlikely,' saying, 'The most important thing to me is that
people hear about [6]Alan Turing and realize his incredible impact on the
modern world, and how terrible the impact of prejudice was on him.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://politics.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/08/31/1230243
Links:
0. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/the-turing-enigma-campaigners-demand-pardon-for-mathematics-genius-1773480.html
1. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8226509.stm
2. http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/uk/pardon+for+enigma+codebreaker+alan+turing/3315187
3. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/08/18/turing_pardon_campaign/
4. http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/turing/
5. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Graham-Cumming
6. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_turing
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| EA Spends 3x More On Marketing Than Development |
| from the hey-i-know-one-of-their-marketroids dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Monday August 31, @09:44 (PlayStation (Games)) |
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/09/08/31/1246219/EA-Spends-3x-More-On-Marketing-Than-Devel|
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G3ckoG33k writes "According to Electronic Arts officer Rich Hilleman,
'the price of producing console games has rocketed, with [0]marketing
costing up to three times more than the development of a title.'" Sounds
pretty insane, but does anyone know how this compares to the film
industry?
Discuss this story at:
http://games.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/08/31/1246219
Links:
0. http://www.gamersdailynews.com/story-13183-EA-Portable-Games-Hardware-Now-Outnumbers-Consoles-By-2to1.html
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| Disney Buys Marvel For $4B |
| from the wolverine-with-mouse-ears dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Monday August 31, @10:27 (Media) |
| https://news.slashdot.org/story/09/08/31/1359216/Disney-Buys-Marvel-For-4B |
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whisper_jeff writes "[0]Disney has announced they will be purchasing
Marvel. 'Building on its strategy of delivering quality branded content
to people around the world, The Walt Disney Company has agreed to acquire
Marvel Entertainment, Inc. in a stock and cash transaction, the companies
announced today.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/08/31/1359216
Links:
0. http://www.marketwatch.com/story/disney-to-acquire-marvel-entertainment-2009-08-31-9050
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| Apple Blames 'External Forces' For Exploding iPhones |
| from the don't-keep-it-in-your-pocket dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Monday August 31, @11:10 (Cellphones) |
| https://apple.slashdot.org/story/09/08/31/1353205/Apple-Blames-External-Forces-For-Explodin|
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[0]Shome writes "Apple has stated that there is [1]no evidence that
recent iPhone explosions reported by users are connected to overheating
of batteries. It may be stated that French consumer affairs authorities
have started [2]their own investigation on the reported explosions, some
of which have caused minor injuries to the users, and are studying the
phone's safety features. The Inquirer runs a piece that [3]blames Apple
for blaming its customers. 'This mysterious force is not God, or a rival
religion, nor does it require any metaphysics to understand. An "external
force" is just Apple's term for the black shirted people who believe that
everything that Apple makes is wonderful. It is what other companies call
their "customers," writes Nick Farrell.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://apple.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/08/31/1353205
Links:
0. mailto:shome.sengupta@gmail.com
1. http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/mobiles/exploding-iphones-caused-by-external-force-apple-20090831-f4g1.html
2. http://www.itproportal.com/portal/news/article/2009/8/28/french-probe-case-exploding-iphones/
3. http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1531876/apple-blames-users-exploding-devices
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| AMD Packs Six-Core Opteron Inside 40 Watts |
| from the not-a-power-of-two dept. |
| posted by CmdrTaco on Monday August 31, @11:59 (AMD) |
| https://slashdot.org/story/09/08/31/1419235/AMD-Packs-Six-Core-Opteron-Inside-40-Watts |
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adeelarshad82 writes "Advanced Micro Devices has [0]launched a low-power
version of its six-core Opteron processor in time for VMworld, a key
virtualization show that opens on Monday. The six-core AMD Opteron EE
consumes 40 watts, and is designed for 2P servers, among the most popular
in the virtualized server space."
Discuss this story at:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/08/31/1419235
Links:
0. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2352212,00.asp
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| Woman Fired For Using Uppercase In Email |
| from the don't-type-angry dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Monday August 31, @12:49 (Communications) |
| https://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/08/31/1515239/Woman-Fired-For-Using-Uppercase-In-Email |
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[0]tomachi writes "An accountant in NZ has been awarded $17,000 NZD for
unfair dismissal after her boss [1]fired her without warning for using
uppercase letters in a single email to co-workers. The email, which
advises her team how to fill out staff claim forms, specifies a time and
date highlighted in bold red, and a sentence written in capitals and
highlighted in bold blue. It reads: 'To ensure your staff claim is
processed and paid, please do follow the below checklist.' Her boss
deemed the capital letters too confrontational for her co-workers to read
after they woke up from naptime."
Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/08/31/1515239
Links:
0. http://www.funk.co.nz/
1. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10594014
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| Dad Builds 700 Pound Cannon for Son's Birthday |
| from the targets-only-no-shooting-birds dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Monday August 31, @13:19 (Toys) |
| https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/09/08/31/1635223/Dad-Builds-700-Pound-Cannon-for-S|
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[0]Hugh Pickens writes "The Charleston Daily Mail reports that
[1]machinist Mike Daugherty built his son a working cannon for his
birthday ��� not a model ��� a real working cannon. 'It looks like something
right out of the battle at Gettysburg,' says Daugherty. The 700 pound
cast iron and steel howitzer, designed to use comparatively small
explosive charges to propel projectiles at relatively high trajectories
with a steep angle of descent, has a 4-inch gun barrel that is 36 inches
long mounted on a wooden gun carriage with two 36- inch diameter wheels
and took Daugherty about two weeks to build at a cost of about $6,000.
'I've always been interested in the Civil War and cannons, so I thought
it would be a good gift,' says Daugherty's 11-year old son Logan.
Daugherty said he is not worried about the federal government coming to
get his son's cannon because he spoke to the federal Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and found it is legal to own such a
cannon because it does not use a firing pin and is muzzle loaded so the
government does not consider the weapon a threat. Two days after the
family celebrated Logan's 11th birthday, father and son offered a
[2]field demonstration of the new cannon on top of a grassy hill
overlooking Fairmont, West Virginia and on the third try, the blank
inside the barrel went boom and a cannon was born. For a followup they
popped a golf ball into the gun barrel, lit the fuse, and watched the
golf ball split the sky and land about 600 yards away. 'Any rebels
charging up this hill would be in trouble with a cannon like this at the
top,' Logan says."
Discuss this story at:
http://entertainment.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/08/31/1635223
Links:
0. http://hughpickens.com/
1. http://www.dailymail.com/foodandliving/200908290180
2. http://www.dailymail.com/foodandliving/200908290188
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| Texting Toddlers, How Young is Too Young? |
| from the combine-with-powerwheels-for-ultimate-satisfaction dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday August 31, @13:37 (Communications) |
| https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/09/08/31/1526237/Texting-Toddlers-How-Young-is-Too-Young |
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[0]theodp writes "[1]Toddlers don't need to be texting, concedes the
NYT's Lisa Belkinbut, but since they have always had toy typewriters and
toy telephones, why not toy Blackberrys? If your little tyke is itching
to text, the NYT has a [2]round-up of texting devices aimed at children
as young as three who want to talk with their thumbs. The question of,
'when is a child is old enough for their own cell phone' has been
replaced with the question of, 'what type of texting gadget is
appropriate for which age group.' But don't forget to lay down the law:
'Our 13-year-old got a phone with an unlimited plan as a reward for good
grades,' says HiTechMommy.com blogger Cat Schwartz. 'Each night he is
required to turn the phone in at 10 p.m. and then gets it back first
thing in the morning.'"
Discuss this story at:
http://mobile.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/08/31/1526237
Links:
0. mailto:theodp@aol.com
1. http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/27/texting-for-toddlers/
2. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/27/technology/personaltech/27basics.html?_r=1&hpw
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| Robotic Mold |
| from the he-slimed-me dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday August 31, @14:28 (Robotics) |
| https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/09/08/31/1623214/Robotic-Mold |
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Canis Lupus writes to mention that researchers from the University of
West England are designing the world's first biological robot,
[0]constructed from mold. The robot, "Plasmobot," will be created using
vegetative slime mold called plasmodium (Physarum polycephalum) that is
commonly found in forests, gardens, and most damp places in the UK. "This
new plasmodium robot, called plasmobot, will sense objects, span them in
the shortest and best way possible, and transport tiny objects along
pre-programmed directions. The robots will have parallel inputs and
outputs, a network of sensors and the number crunching power of super
computers. The plasmobot will be controlled by spatial gradients of
light, electro-magnetic fields and the characteristics of the substrate
on which it is placed. It will be a fully controllable and programmable
amorphous intelligent robot with an embedded massively parallel
computer."
Discuss this story at:
http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/08/31/1623214
Links:
0. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090827073256.htm
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| The Myths of Security |
| from the read-all-about-it dept. |
| posted by samzenpus on Monday August 31, @15:19 (Security) |
| https://books.slashdot.org/story/09/08/31/1358227/The-Myths-of-Security |
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[0]brothke writes "The Myths of Security: What the Computer Security
Industry Doesn't Want You to Know is an interesting and thought-provoking
book. Ultimately, the state of information security can be summed up in
the book's final three sentences, in which John Viega writes that 'real,
timely improvement is possible, but it requires people to care a lot more
[about security] than they do. I'm not sure that's going to happen
anytime soon. But I hope it does.'" Read on for the rest of Ben's review.
This story continues at:
https://books.slashdot.org/story/09/08/31/1358227/The-Myths-of-Security
Discuss this story at:
http://books.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/08/31/1358227
Links:
0. mailto:ben@rothke.com
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| Military Helmet Design Contributes To Brain Damage |
| from the minor-oversights dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday August 31, @16:05 (The Military) |
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/09/08/31/188228/Military-Helmet-Design-Contributes-To-Br|
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[0]BuzzSkyline writes "Improvements in helmets have helped modern
soldiers survive bullets and blasts that would have killed them in past
wars. But increasing numbers of soldiers are suffering long lasting brain
damage from explosions, partly as a result of what appears to be a
[1]flaw in helmet designs. Although the blast itself may not accelerate
the brain inside a soldier's head enough to cause injury, shockwaves that
make it through the space between a helmet and a soldier's head can cause
the skull to flex, leading to ripples in the skull that can create
damaging pressures in the brain. Simulations that relied on 'code
originally designed to simulate how a detonated weapon rattles a building
or tank' could lead to new helmets that reduce the traumatic brain
injuries that many soldiers suffer as a result of improvised explosive
devices and other moderate-sized blasts. The research is due to be
published in Physical Review Letters, but a [2]pre-print of the entire
article is currently available on the Physics ArXiv."
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/08/31/188228
Links:
0. mailto:buzzskyline@gmail.com
1. http://www.physicscentral.com/buzz/blog/index.cfm?postid=6862223523768708113
2. http://arxiv.org/abs/0809.3468
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| OS Performance — Snow Leopard, Windows 7, and Ubuntu 9.10 |
| from the but-how-do-they-run-as-vms dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday August 31, @16:57 (Operating Systems) |
| https://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/08/31/1916238/OS-Performance-mdash-Snow-Leopard-Windows-|
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BeckySharp writes "With the nearly simultaneous release of Apple's Mac OS
X 10.6 'Snow Leopard' (available right now) and Microsoft's Windows 7
(available Oct. 22), you get the inevitable debate: Which is the better
operating system, [0]Windows 7 or Snow Leopard? To help determine that,
Computerworld's Preston Gralla put both operating systems through their
paces, selected categories for a head-to-head competition, and then chose
a winner in each category." Relatedly, Phoronix has posted [1]Snow
Leopard vs. Ubuntu 9.10 benchmarks. They ran tests from ray tracing to 3D
gaming to compilation. Their tests show Ubuntu 9.10 winning a number of
the tests, but there are some slowdowns in performance and still multiple
wins in favor of Snow Leopard, so the end result is mixed.
Discuss this story at:
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/08/31/1916238
Links:
0. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9137182/OS_deathmatch_Snow_Leopard_vs._Windows_7
1. http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=14158
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| Scientists Deliver Bee Toxin To Tumors Via "Nanobees" |
| from the stop-calling-everything-nano dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday August 31, @17:48 (Medicine) |
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/09/08/31/2016211/Scientists-Deliver-Bee-Toxin-To-Tumors-|
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ScienceDaily is reporting that Washington University School of Medicine
researchers have found a way to [0]deliver bee toxin to tumors using
nano-spheres they call "nanobees." The results in mice showed a cessation
of growth or even shrinkage of tumors while the surrounding tissue was
protected from the toxin. "The core of the nanobees is composed of
perfluorocarbon, an inert compound used in artificial blood. The research
group developed perfluorocarbon nanoparticles several years ago and have
been studying their use in various medical applications, including
diagnosis and treatment of atherosclerosis and cancer. About six
millionths of an inch in diameter, the nanoparticles are large enough to
carry thousands of active compounds, yet small enough to pass readily
through the bloodstream and to attach to cell membranes."
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/08/31/2016211
Links:
0. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090810174226.htm
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| Xbox 360 Version of <em>Champions Online</em> Being Held Back By MS |
| from the ready-set-wait dept. |
| posted by Soulskill on Monday August 31, @18:39 (Microsoft) |
| https://games.slashdot.org/story/09/08/31/2036239/Xbox-360-Version-of-Champions-Online-Bein|
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Tomorrow marks the launch of Cryptic Studios' new superhero MMO,
Champions Online. It was developed for the PC and the Xbox 360, but the
console version will be much delayed, according to Cryptic CCO Jack
Emmert, because [0]Microsoft is holding things up. "Microsoft's a big
company, and they have to work out all the various issues related to
MMOs. It just takes time for the big beast known as Microsoft to get
moving. I really have no explanation other than that, because it's as
baffling to developers as it is to everyone else," he said during [1]an
interview with VG247. The game itself is apparently finished, but Emmert
isn't sure it'll even go live for the 360 by the end of this year. Square
Enix developers made [2]similar comments earlier this month regarding
Final Fantasy XIV, which will be available first on the PS3 largely
because it's taking a long time to work out how the game will interact
with Xbox Live.
Discuss this story at:
http://games.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/08/31/2036239
Links:
0. http://www.vg247.com/2009/08/28/ms-foot-dragging-on-360-mmos-is-baffling-says-cryptic-boss/
1. http://www.vg247.com/2009/08/28/vg247-podcast-6-cryptic-boss-on-champions-online-ellie-gibson-on-gamescom/
2. http://www.vg247.com/2009/08/20/ffxiv-discussions-with-microsoft-holding-up-360-version/
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| British Company Takes Lead To Stop Asteroids |
| from the prepare-to-take-the-money-and-run dept. |
| posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday August 31, @19:23 (NASA) |
| https://science.slashdot.org/story/09/08/31/2040203/British-Company-Takes-Lead-To-Stop-Aste|
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An anonymous reader writes to tell us that following the news of
[0]NASA's budget cuts impacting their ability to do things like watch the
sky for asteroids, a British company has decided to create a "gravity
tractor" ship that could [1]divert asteroids away from Earth if the need
should arise. Of course, a gravity tractor certainly [2]isn't a new idea.
"Dr. Cordey said the company had worked with a number of space
authorities on other methods of protecting the Earth from asteroids, but
this one would be able to target a wider range. He said: 'We have done
quite a lot of design work on this with the European Space Agency and we
believe this would work just as well on a big solid iron asteroid as well
as other types.' But the high cost implications mean that before the
device could be made, it would have to be commissioned by a government or
a group of governments working together."
Discuss this story at:
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=09/08/31/2040203
Links:
0. http://slashdot.org/story/09/08/14/1510258/NASAs-Cashflow-Problem-Puts-Moon-Trip-In-Doubt
1. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8230138.stm
2. http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/04/1612239&tid=146
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