Grand Challenge 1, Competitors 0

Ivan writes "According to the DARPA Grand Challenge Status Board, 2 bots were withdrawn before the race started and the remaining 13 were all disabled. Red Team and SciAutonics II tied at 7 miles, a bit short of the 142 miles required." CNN has coverage and interviews.

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Re:Rough terrain's a bitch

[mako]

Please explain how, with specific cited examples, Taliban-controlled Afghanistan committed terrorist acts against the United States. Thank you for your cooperation.

Well, obviously they provided Osama with aid, comfort, and support and had no intention of stopping. They made their choice; backed the wrong horse. The Taliban were both stupid and evil.

But Osama's a Saudi, and his hatred for America comes from America's behaviour in the middle east - their unwelcome military presence in the holy land of Saudi Arabia

And we are there against the will of Saudi Arabia? Or perhaps Osama is just an evil, fundamentalist lunatic looking for an excuse to attack non-combatents.

, their failure to force Israel to stop murdering Palestinians,

So it is alright to use force in the Middle East? Which is it? You are speaking out of both sides of your ignorant face.

their greed for oil,

Yeah aren't we terrible. Enriching countries that would otherwise be eating dirt while paying monopolistic prices. The West are just a bunch of devils.

their percieved negative attitude to Islam.

Gee. It's shocking that such an attitude would exist. Islam has done so much good in the last 100 years.

So basically you are completely incapable of providing evidence that the United States has done anything to provoke these, according to you, noble terrorists like Bin Laden. Thanks for playing.