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$2 Million on the Table for DARPA Urban Challenge
coondoggie writes "The contestants: Thirty-five driverless vehicles. The goal: to navigate an intricate faux-urban environment quickly. The prize: $2 million for the fastest qualifying vehicle. 'The National Qualification Event will take place this weekend ... DARPA says its third-annual Urban Challenge program has the lofty goal of developing technology that will keep soldiers off the battlefield and out of harm's way. The Urban Challenge features autonomous ground vehicles maneuvering in a mock city environment, executing simulated military supply missions while merging into moving traffic, navigating traffic circles, negotiating busy intersections, and avoiding obstacles.'" I'll be cheering, as long as the creepy robot bear isn't participating.
Bonus points if they can kill/intimidate civilians indiscriminately without Congress finding out.
Dog is my co-pilot.
Too bad the other guys (it takes two baby-aahah) only have this violent bastard known as allah. Lots of people want to pretend he has nothing to do with the facts at hand, but all the guys fighting seem to scream "we kill for allah", apparently they get this out of some book, so I'm starting to suspect something.
Anybody got this book that says allah wants people to kill eachother, it's kor-something. Apparently it has a good violent chapter involving selling women for money, or just kidnapping them, although all the reviews say it's boring as hell. Perhaps there's a rewrite with some car chases ?