X-Git-Url: http://git.nikiroo.be/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=test%2Fexpected%2FSLASHDOT%2F0102637868;fp=test%2Fexpected%2FSLASHDOT%2F0102637868;h=42173acc58d4e9b288cfaf3d4533c268e3d1dd35;hb=299a08f325f3de71e191b17b16a120d1714e3d7c;hp=0000000000000000000000000000000000000000;hpb=1aaa6ba3686a5a14f2957b6b8d02ffc0903f6832;p=gofetch.git diff --git a/test/expected/SLASHDOT/0102637868 b/test/expected/SLASHDOT/0102637868 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..42173ac --- /dev/null +++ b/test/expected/SLASHDOT/0102637868 @@ -0,0 +1,306 @@ + ROBOT BOAT SAILS INTO HISTORY BY FINISHING ATLANTIC CROSSING + (APNEWS.COM) + + Thursday September 06, 2018 @11:30PM (msmash) + from the impressive-feat dept. + + o News link: https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/18/09/06/1719243/robot-boat-sails-into-history-by-finishing-atlantic-crossing + o Source link: https://www.apnews.com/f6d0e2a099684468873ab48966590ada + + + An anonymous reader writes: For the first time an autonomous + sailing robot has completed the Microtransat Challenge by + crossing the Atlantic from Newfoundland, Canada to Ireland. + The Microtransat has been running since 2010 and has seen 23 + previous entries all fail to make it across. The successful + boat, SB Met was built by the Norwegian company Offshore + Sensing AS and is only 2 metres (6.5 ft) long. It completed + the crossing on August 26th, 79 days and 5000 km (3100 miles) + of sailing after departing Newfoundland on June 7th. Further + reading: A Fleet of Sailing Robots Sets Out To Quantify the + Oceans. + + + ** + + ** Re:Hard to understand why this would be difficult (Score:4, + Informative) + (by arth1 ( 260657 )) + + + You're a landlubber, I take it? + The Atlantic waves are quite an obstacle for a 2m boat. + Even drifting tar (and garbage) is a problem when you're that + small. + + + ** Re: (Score:3, Funny) + (by Anonymous Coward) + + + It is not that easy. If you just start sailing in a straight + line, you will end up many kilometers above the sea, which is + no good for a sail boat. If instead you point the boat + straight at the finish line, you'll be under water for most + of the trip. Again, not ideal for a sail boat. The earth is + not flat, you know. + + ** Re:Hard to understand why this would be difficult + (Score:4, Funny) + (by Oswald McWeany ( 2428506 )) + + + I've found a FLAT EARTH DENIER ! + I bet you vaccinate your kids and don't believe in lizard + people either. + + ** Re: (Score:2) + (by gnick ( 1211984 )) + + + Flat Earth statistic: If gravity is caused by a flat + earth accelerating at g, it'll reach c after about 1 + year (~354 days). + + ** Re: (Score:2) + (by amorsen ( 7485 )) + + + > Flat Earth statistic: If gravity is caused by a flat + > earth accelerating at g, it'll reach c after about 1 + > year (~354 days). + You are saying that as if it is a problem to hit C, + like it would be impossible to continue after 354 + days. This is not the case. As long as you only care + about your own point of view and you're the one + being accelerated, you can reach as many times C as + you want (well, have fuel for). + + ** Re: (Score:2) + (by gnick ( 1211984 )) + + + You also have to decide what "at rest" means. A + year accelerating at g will put you at your + current velocity + c. + + ** + + ** Re: (Score:2) + (by lokedhs ( 672255 )) + + + Would a flat earther believe in relativity + though? If simple geometry eludes them, + what would they do when being faced with a + Lorentz transformation? + + + + + + + ** Re: (Score:2) + (by lgw ( 121541 )) + + + > I've found a FLAT EARTH DENIER! + > I bet you vaccinate your kids and don't believe in + > lizard people either. + The earth is not flat - that's just silly. When we ent + to the moon, and we did go to the moon, we discovered + the terrifying truth. The MOON is flat! + + + + + ** Re:Hard to understand why this would be difficult (Score:4, + Insightful) + (by hey! ( 33014 )) + + + > There really aren't a lot of obstacles to deal with. Just + > point the boat and go. + I imagine that's true, if you have an effectively unlimited + energy, but the terms of this contest is to build a vehicle + less than eight feet long that can cross the Atlantic. + That's not a lot of room to stuff with batteries or diesel + fuel, or to cover with solar panels. And that's the whole + point. If you could make the vehicle a hundred feet long, + this challenge would be expensive, but easy. By making the + boat tiny, you make the challenge affordable, but tough. + The race has two divisions, sail powered and unlimited, but + it's hard to see what they had in mind for propulsion by + having an unlimited division. Possibly some + seawater-replenished fuel cell. + + ** + + ** Bottles with corks have traversed the Atlantic (Score:2) + (by aberglas ( 991072 )) + + + Being small means relative high strength. A solid two + meter boat should indestructible by waves. No need to + keep a human alive, nor to go very fast. A very basic, + fixed, small but strong sail would do. + Ice bergs could be a problem. Surely better to start + further south. Longer but safer. Also need to stay out + of shipping lanes. + I think this could be done without a computer. Just a + magnetic compass controlling a rudder. Occasionally it + would be blown backwards but no big deal. No need to + worry about po + + + + + ** KABLAM (Score:1) + (by fluffernutter ( 1411889 )) + + + No concrete barriers in the ocean? + + ** Re: (Score:2) + (by zlives ( 2009072 )) + + + or pedestrians + + + ** A small achievement... (Score:2) + (by Bearhouse ( 1034238 )) + + + Sure the Atlantic can be a tough place, but 79 days? + Single-handed (human) record is 3 1/2 days... + [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... [wikipedia.org] + + + + + [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transatlantic_sailing_record + + ** Re:A small achievement... (Score:4, Informative) + (by careysub ( 976506 )) + + + This is a 2 meter vessel, not a large racing hull built to be + fast (and nothing but fast). Using the page you link to, the + most useful comparison would be the single-handed records, + and the one from 1987 which was about 11.5 days was in a 26 + meter hull! And this is the smallest vessel on the list. You + are probably not going to get a 2 meter vessel to tear along + at an average speed of 7.5 m/sec which would be needed for + that 11.5 day crossing. + + ** Re: (Score:3) + (by Solandri ( 704621 )) + + + There have been a few sailboats in the 2 meter size range + which have made the transatlantic crossing. + + Hugo Vihlen aboard April Fool (1.8m) in 84 days in 1968, + though technically he never finished since he was picked + up by the USCG 6 miles offshore. + Tom MacNally aboard the Vera Hugh (1.64m) in 134 days in + 1993. + Hugo Vihlen again aboard the Father's Day (1.62m) in 115 + days in 1993. + Tom MacNally unsuccessfully attempted the trip again + aboard a 1.19m craft in 1998. He passed away last year. + [1]Site with picture [microcruising.com] + + + + + [1] http://www.microcruising.com/famoussmallboats.htm + + + + ** Re: (Score:3) + (by careysub ( 976506 )) + + + Also note that the world speed record for a radio-controlled + sailing vessel (which was also 2 meters long) is [1]157.65 km + in 23 hours 42 min [guinnessworldrecords.com] in the milder + waters of the Mediterranean. At that world record speed in a + small RC boat this challenge would have taken 32 days. + So 79 days in a boat not controlled by a human, and not + limited to a 24 hour period, in the open waters of the + Atlantic is not so shabby. The speed made good over that + whole journey is 40% of that 24 hour record. + + + + + [1] + http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/greatest-di- + stance-by-radio-controlled-model-sailing-ship-in-24-hours-(rc) + + + ** Re: (Score:3) + (by arth1 ( 260657 )) + + + > Sure the Atlantic can be a tough place, but 79 days? + The Mayflower took 66 days to cross, and was much bigger. + + + ** + + ** Re: (Score:2) + (by zlives ( 2009072 )) + + + shipping containers are more profitable. + + + ** And now the jokes begin... (Score:1) + (by Jharish ( 101858 )) + + + ..."I rowboat". + https://www.theonion.com/i-rowboat-1819583491 + + ** Re: (Score:2) + (by starless ( 60879 )) + + + Followed later by Cory Doctorow + [1]http://bestsciencefictionstori... [bestscienc...tories.com] + + + + + [1] + http://bestsciencefictionstories.com/2009/03/29/i-row-boat-by- + cory-doctorow/ + + + ** Description wrong? Not autonomous? (Score:5, Informative) + (by starless ( 60879 )) + + + > For the first time an autonomous sailing robot... + From the linked article: + [1]https://www.apnews.com/f6d0e2a... [apnews.com] + > The Sailbuoy competed in the “unmanned” class, which allows + > operators to change its course along the way. There’s a separate + > “autonomous” class that prohibits any such communication. + >> + + + + + [1] https://www.apnews.com/f6d0e2a099684468873ab48966590ada + + ** So you crossed the sea, Columbot (Score:1) + (by DulcetTone ( 601692 )) + + + Don't forget that indigenous robots have rights, too. + +