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Plans for International Space Station Cut Back
<http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/07/23/230240>

Sajma writes “Reuters is reporting: NASA and its space partners on Friday
approved a scaled-down International Space Station with fewer astronauts
and less science so the United States can meet a 2010 deadline for ending
shuttle flights, a top NASA official said. Space agencies in Russia,
Europe, Canada and Japan gave unanimous approval to a NASA plan that
means the orbiting platform, now about half completed, will never become
the beehive of scientific and commercial research once envisaged.”

First seen: 2004-07-24 14:00:00
Last updated: 2004-07-24 14:00:00

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History Of Doom Movie Debuts
<http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/07/24/0340252>

Rogerpq3 writes “A G4/Tech TV feature on DOOM 3, offering a history of
the DOOM franchise in the words of the folks at id Software. The clip can
be found on the air on The DOOM Franchise, episode 310 of a series called
'Icons.' The piece offers clips from DOOM 3 and other games, interview
footage, analysis and more, and for those without access to the program.
You can download the movie at: 3DGamers, Doom3HQ, Doom3.de, Doom3maps.de,
and FileShack. It's really worth the download for any Doom and id fans
out there. (Thanks: BluesNews)”

First seen: 2004-07-24 15:00:00
Last updated: 2004-07-24 15:00:00

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Peter Gabriel: Digital Music Downloading's Future
<http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/07/24/1336208>

securitas writes “CNN International's Becky Anderson interviews musician
and OD2 online music service co-founder Peter Gabriel about the future of
digital music downloads. The interview covers Gabriel's motivations in
starting OD2, how technology has changed the music industry business
model in the favor of artists and away from the big record labels, and
where the small, independent artist fits in. Gabriel's words have weight
because of his insights as both a musician/artist and a businessman who
guided a digital music on demand distribution (OD2) and download service
to success.”

First seen: 2004-07-24 16:00:00
Last updated: 2004-07-24 16:00:00

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Marian The Robot Librarian
<http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/07/24/145208>

nusratt writes “BBC reports on robotics researchers in Spain, who have
developed a prototype which can retrieve books from library shelves while
patrons are present. 'When it receives a request for a book, its voice
recognition software matches the titles with the book's classification
code to identify which bookshelf stack to go to. The robot navigates its
way to the bookshelf, using its infrared and laser guidance system, and
scans books within a four-metre radius. Once the book is located, it has
to grasp it and take it off the bookshelf, which is not a simple as it
might seem. For this, the team had to develop special fingertips like
nails, with one nail longer than the other. 'For me that was the hardest
part. All the other things were current state of the art technology,'
said Professor Pobil.' The article also discusses using robots to assist
in digitizing library materials.”

First seen: 2004-07-24 17:00:00
Last updated: 2004-07-24 17:00:00

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Are You Annoying?
<http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/07/23/2129250>

cweditor writes “This Computerworld article looks at some habits of
people in general and IT pros in particular that can drive co-workers
crazy.”

First seen: 2004-07-24 18:00:00
Last updated: 2004-07-24 18:00:00

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The system works well and provides a clean and fairly easy mechanism to receive RSS feeds via email. The makers are also working on a web front end so that you can set up your subscription via an easy to use web page but this has not been released yet.

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