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7th World Solar Challenge Underway

Posted by michael on from the leave-only-footprints dept.

downundarob writes "At around 200310182230 UTC the World Solar Challenge will leave the start line. Entrants will traverse more than 3,000km of the Australian continent from tropical Darwin to balmy Adelaide, in cars powered by nothing more than the sun. One of the unique propositions of the World Solar Challenge is that it is run in one stage. Once competitors have left Darwin at 8am on the first day, they are on their own. Apart from compulsory stops at the seven checkpoints, each team endeavours to travel as far as it can each day, but must make camp by 5pm each evening."

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  1. In addition by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The 7th annual world suck-off begins in my apartment shortly.

  2. The G5 adventure : part one. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    After 12 years, the Linux zealot's ancient 386 machine gives up up the ghost! The machine went through alot, going through DOS 5.0, 6.0, Windows 3.11, Windows 95, Windows 98 and Debian gnu/Linux. It even had a Geforce 4 on it using a AGP to ISA conveter.

    But now the machine was dead. So the Linux zealot decided to go to the local PC world to get a new machine.

    [ to be continued ]

  3. fucking stupid mod didnt even check the link by sh10051 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    NO TEXT

    1. Re:fucking stupid mod didnt even check the link by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
      Shhhhhh! I want to see it score 5!

      /Grandparent AC

  4. Re:Following progress? by Baron_Yam · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Nested Goatse.cx pop-ups. Really nice. It's jerks like this that ruin it for others who post as Anonymous Coward and are now going to get filtered by people like me trying to avoid the trolls and other jerks.