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Rowing Across the Atlantic

Posted by michael on from the gosh-are-my-arms-tired dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes: "Wired News has an article about 68 men and women who are rowing across the Atlantic. "All 34 boats in this year's race are equipped with Global Positioning System (GPS) devices, and practically all the rowers have satellite phones and other wireless gadgets with Internet access.""

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  1. Wireless gadgets by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    and practically all the rowers have satellite phones and other wireless gadgets with Internet access

    Good ! they can read slashdot !

  2. But do they have OnStar? by Wordsmith · · Score: 3, Funny

    They'll need OnStar if they want ads to notify them of all the great sites around the Atlantic.

  3. Re:Big deal by VA+Software · · Score: 2, Funny

    Some one crossed the English channel on a tricycle in 1883

    The 1823 duck hunting machine from England (on the same page) is brilliant.

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  4. wireless internet? by usernumber31337 · · Score: 3, Funny

    I can see it now:
    "Hey, why aren't you rowing?"
    "I'm posting to slashdot!"