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German Robot Dogs Dominate 2005 RoboCup U.S. Open
fishdan writes "As reported over on Sportsdot, the 2005 RoboCup US Open wrapped up today in Atlanta, Georgia. The American entry from the University of Texas fell 2-0 in robot soccer to the powerhouse German squad, the MicroSoft HellHounds. After the match, the German robot dogs were programmed to flex their metal biceps. With the time to devote to development and the financial backing of a company like Microsoft, the German entries are much more polished then their American counterparts at the moment. Last month at the RoboCup German Open, the Germans dominated nearly every category. (Slashdot has covered Robocup in previous years, too.)"
Not at all a waaa. The Germen won because of the time and effort they were willing to put in. And there robot programming skill
But having a sponser certainly helps. Where the Germans had 20? people working on it, some full time. The Americans, according to the article, were working on it between classes.
Congrats to the Germans, untill the Americans take it more seriously they will be lucky to win.
So to recap, some guy tweaked you 'a few months ago', and you are still bothered enough that you spend two paragraphs telling Slashdot how Soccer is boring and you take pride in the fact that the US sucks at it and anyway the US will win anyway and 'Euros' suck. I'm gonna assume you're a Republican.
Now, calm down. The US is great at lots of things. It's not a major soccer playing nation. That's fine. It's okay that the US is not good at soccer. Accept it... then forget about it. It's no biggie.
Ya know, I really feel I have helped this guy.
Waiter! My redundant/troll/flamebait mod please!
Whence? Hence. Whither? Thither.
Teacher: Sorry, you failed that test.
..."
Pupil: But, I haven't put much effort into learning, and for that, I think it was quite good!
Now, what's the most likely reaction of the teacher?
A: "Oh, sorry, I didn't know that. Well, for not learning much, that work was definitely not bad! I'll correct your grade immediatly!"
B: "So you didn't put much effort in it? Ok, well, then you just got what you deserve."
C: "Well, I'm not sure what I should do now. Maybe I'll make it an AskSlashdot question
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Being Vice World Champion ain't that worthless an achievement in my book. No, Germany is not dominating soccer right now, but it didn't do that in the past either. I wouldn't even say that Brazil is dominating soccer.
The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer.
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