TOOLS played a major role in the spread of object-oriented & component technologies. This work constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 46th International Conference on Objects, Components, Models & Patterns, TOOLS EUROPE 2008, held in Zurich, Switzerl&, in June/ July 2008. ...
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Earth, 2015. The Odyssey travels to Mars to assemble and occupy the Red Planet''s first base station. En route, the sudden appearance of a vast White Cube in space interrupts the ship''s voyage - and the crew of the Odyssey is never heard from again.
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Earth, 2015. The Odyssey travels to Mars to assemble & occupy the Red Planet''s first base station. En route, the sudden appearance of a vast White Cube in space interrupts the ship''s voyage - & the crew of the Odyssey is never heard from again.
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White - A colour combining all colours
Red - One of the three primary colours
Earth - A planet third from the sun. Similar size to Venus but rich in water and complex life.
Mars - A planet fourth from the sun. Around half the size of the planet earth it has a distinctive surface colour due to high levels of iron.