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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.)"
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I actually take pride in the fact that the U.S. sucks at soccer. We have bigger fish to fry, than to try to dominate yet another sport. Let the Euros have their fun! I live overseas, and a few months ago some guy tried to needle me about the fact that America didn't win the World Cup. I just gave him a blank look. It's on the same level as making fun of a child because his handwriting is so poor.
What I should have come back with is, STFU, within two World Cups the U.S. will be in the final, the women's team took it all once already, and you Euros will have another thing to riot about. It'll cost Starbuck's and McDonald's a fortune in new plate glass when it happens.
Shutting down free speech with violence isn't fighting fascism. It IS fascism!
I heard they're also good at football, those bastards!
And this is news ?!
...and then they said...
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Anagram("United States of America") == "Dine out, taste a Mac, fries"
They've grown adult since then. Now they want to be called Long*Horn*.
Still their penile references fail to amuse me.
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That IS why. Microsoft has realized that it needs to do something before a generation of Linux fans enters the business world. So Microsoft goes to the universities and does whatever it can to capture some mindshare. Sponsoring "fun" research is a way to do that.
There you go again speaking for all humans....you fucktard.... The world does not comprise of America alone.
Get that thru your thick head you lazy bastard.
the wind appeared towel under the short of a miracle poor dead last developers. The1 keep, and I won't propaganda and That *BSD is *BSD is dying Yet