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    ROBOT BOAT SAILS INTO HISTORY BY FINISHING ATLANTIC CROSSING   \r
                            (APNEWS.COM)                           \r
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  Thursday September 06, 2018 @11:30PM (msmash)\r
  from the impressive-feat dept.\r
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  o News link: https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/18/09/06/1719243/robot-boat-sails-into-history-by-finishing-atlantic-crossing\r
  o Source link: https://www.apnews.com/f6d0e2a099684468873ab48966590ada\r
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    An  anonymous  reader  writes: For the first time an autonomous\r
    sailing  robot  has  completed  the  Microtransat  Challenge by\r
    crossing  the  Atlantic  from  Newfoundland, Canada to Ireland.\r
    The  Microtransat  has  been running since 2010 and has seen 23\r
    previous  entries  all  fail  to make it across. The successful\r
    boat,  SB  Met  was  built  by  the  Norwegian company Offshore\r
    Sensing  AS  and  is  only 2 metres (6.5 ft) long. It completed\r
    the  crossing  on August 26th, 79 days and 5000 km (3100 miles)\r
    of  sailing  after  departing Newfoundland on June 7th. Further\r
    reading:  A  Fleet  of  Sailing Robots Sets Out To Quantify the\r
    Oceans.\r
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  ** \r
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     ** Re:Hard to understand why this would be difficult (Score:4,\r
        Informative)\r
        (by arth1 ( 260657 ))\r
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        You're a landlubber, I take it?\r
        The Atlantic waves are quite an obstacle for a 2m boat.\r
        Even drifting tar (and garbage) is a problem when you're that\r
        small.\r
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     ** Re: (Score:3, Funny)\r
        (by Anonymous Coward)\r
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        It is not that easy. If you just start sailing in a straight\r
        line, you will end up many kilometers above the sea, which is\r
        no good for a sail boat. If instead you point the boat\r
        straight at the finish line, you'll be under water for most\r
        of the trip. Again, not ideal for a sail boat. The earth is\r
        not flat, you know.\r
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        ** Re:Hard to understand why this would be difficult\r
           (Score:4, Funny)\r
           (by Oswald McWeany ( 2428506 ))\r
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           I've found a FLAT EARTH DENIER !\r
           I bet you vaccinate your kids and don't believe in lizard\r
           people either.\r
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           ** Re: (Score:2)\r
              (by gnick ( 1211984 ))\r
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              Flat Earth statistic: If gravity is caused by a flat\r
              earth accelerating at g, it'll reach c after about 1\r
              year (~354 days).\r
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              ** Re: (Score:2)\r
                 (by amorsen ( 7485 ))\r
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                 > Flat Earth statistic: If gravity is caused by a flat\r
                 > earth accelerating at g, it'll reach c after about 1\r
                 > year (~354 days).\r
                 You are saying that as if it is a problem to hit C,\r
                 like it would be impossible to continue after 354\r
                 days. This is not the case. As long as you only care\r
                 about your own point of view and you're the one\r
                 being accelerated, you can reach as many times C as\r
                 you want (well, have fuel for).\r
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                 ** Re: (Score:2)\r
                    (by gnick ( 1211984 ))\r
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                    You also have to decide what "at rest" means. A\r
                    year accelerating at g will put you at your\r
                    current velocity + c.\r
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                    ** \r
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                       ** Re: (Score:2)\r
                          (by lokedhs ( 672255 ))\r
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                          Would a flat earther believe in relativity\r
                          though? If simple geometry eludes them,\r
                          what would they do when being faced with a\r
                          Lorentz transformation?\r
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           ** Re: (Score:2)\r
              (by lgw ( 121541 ))\r
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              > I've found a FLAT EARTH DENIER!\r
              > I bet you vaccinate your kids and don't believe in\r
              > lizard people either.\r
              The earth is not flat - that's just silly. When we ent\r
              to the moon, and we did go to the moon, we discovered\r
              the terrifying truth. The MOON is flat!\r
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     ** Re:Hard to understand why this would be difficult (Score:4,\r
        Insightful)\r
        (by hey! ( 33014 ))\r
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        > There really aren't a lot of obstacles to deal with. Just\r
        > point the boat and go.\r
        I imagine that's true, if you have an effectively unlimited\r
        energy, but the terms of this contest is to build a vehicle\r
        less than eight feet long that can cross the Atlantic.\r
        That's not a lot of room to stuff with batteries or diesel\r
        fuel, or to cover with solar panels. And that's the whole\r
        point. If you could make the vehicle a hundred feet long,\r
        this challenge would be expensive, but easy. By making the\r
        boat tiny, you make the challenge affordable, but tough.\r
        The race has two divisions, sail powered and unlimited, but\r
        it's hard to see what they had in mind for propulsion by\r
        having an unlimited division. Possibly some\r
        seawater-replenished fuel cell.\r
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        ** \r
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           ** Bottles with corks have traversed the Atlantic (Score:2)\r
              (by aberglas ( 991072 ))\r
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              Being small means relative high strength. A solid two\r
              meter boat should indestructible by waves. No need to\r
              keep a human alive, nor to go very fast. A very basic,\r
              fixed, small but strong sail would do.\r
              Ice bergs could be a problem. Surely better to start\r
              further south. Longer but safer. Also need to stay out\r
              of shipping lanes.\r
              I think this could be done without a computer. Just a\r
              magnetic compass controlling a rudder. Occasionally it\r
              would be blown backwards but no big deal. No need to\r
              worry about po\r
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  ** KABLAM (Score:1)\r
     (by fluffernutter ( 1411889 ))\r
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     No concrete barriers in the ocean?\r
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     ** Re: (Score:2)\r
        (by zlives ( 2009072 ))\r
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        or pedestrians\r
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  ** A small achievement... (Score:2)\r
     (by Bearhouse ( 1034238 ))\r
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     Sure the Atlantic can be a tough place, but 79 days?\r
     Single-handed (human) record is 3 1/2 days...\r
     [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... [wikipedia.org]\r
     \r
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     [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transatlantic_sailing_record\r
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     ** Re:A small achievement... (Score:4, Informative)\r
        (by careysub ( 976506 ))\r
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        This is a 2 meter vessel, not a large racing hull built to be\r
        fast (and nothing but fast). Using the page you link to, the\r
        most useful comparison would be the single-handed records,\r
        and the one from 1987 which was about 11.5 days was in a 26\r
        meter hull! And this is the smallest vessel on the list. You\r
        are probably not going to get a 2 meter vessel to tear along\r
        at an average speed of 7.5 m/sec which would be needed for\r
        that 11.5 day crossing.\r
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        ** Re: (Score:3)\r
           (by Solandri ( 704621 ))\r
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           There have been a few sailboats in the 2 meter size range\r
           which have made the transatlantic crossing.\r
           \r
           Hugo Vihlen aboard April Fool (1.8m) in 84 days in 1968,\r
           though technically he never finished since he was picked\r
           up by the USCG 6 miles offshore.\r
           Tom MacNally aboard the Vera Hugh (1.64m) in 134 days in\r
           1993.\r
           Hugo Vihlen again aboard the Father's Day (1.62m) in 115\r
           days in 1993.\r
           Tom MacNally unsuccessfully attempted the trip again\r
           aboard a 1.19m craft in 1998. He passed away last year.\r
           [1]Site with picture [microcruising.com]\r
           \r
           \r
           \r
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           [1] http://www.microcruising.com/famoussmallboats.htm\r
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     ** Re: (Score:3)\r
        (by careysub ( 976506 ))\r
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        \r
        Also note that the world speed record for a radio-controlled\r
        sailing vessel (which was also 2 meters long) is [1]157.65 km\r
        in 23 hours 42 min [guinnessworldrecords.com] in the milder\r
        waters of the Mediterranean. At that world record speed in a\r
        small RC boat this challenge would have taken 32 days.\r
        So 79 days in a boat not controlled by a human, and not\r
        limited to a 24 hour period, in the open waters of the\r
        Atlantic is not so shabby. The speed made good over that\r
        whole journey is 40% of that 24 hour record.\r
        \r
        \r
        \r
        \r
        [1]\r
        http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/greatest-di-\r
        stance-by-radio-controlled-model-sailing-ship-in-24-hours-(rc)\r
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     ** Re: (Score:3)\r
        (by arth1 ( 260657 ))\r
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        > Sure the Atlantic can be a tough place, but 79 days?\r
        The Mayflower took 66 days to cross, and was much bigger.\r
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  ** \r
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     ** Re: (Score:2)\r
        (by zlives ( 2009072 ))\r
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        shipping containers are more profitable.\r
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  ** And now the jokes begin... (Score:1)\r
     (by Jharish ( 101858 ))\r
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     \r
     ..."I rowboat".\r
     https://www.theonion.com/i-rowboat-1819583491\r
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     ** Re: (Score:2)\r
        (by starless ( 60879 ))\r
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        \r
        Followed later by Cory Doctorow\r
        [1]http://bestsciencefictionstori... [bestscienc...tories.com]\r
        \r
        \r
        \r
        \r
        [1]\r
        http://bestsciencefictionstories.com/2009/03/29/i-row-boat-by-\r
        cory-doctorow/\r
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  ** Description wrong? Not autonomous? (Score:5, Informative)\r
     (by starless ( 60879 ))\r
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     \r
     > For the first time an autonomous sailing robot...\r
     From the linked article:\r
     [1]https://www.apnews.com/f6d0e2a... [apnews.com]\r
     > The Sailbuoy competed in the “unmanned” class, which allows\r
     > operators to change its course along the way. There’s a separate\r
     > “autonomous” class that prohibits any such communication.\r
     >> \r
     \r
     \r
     \r
     \r
     [1] https://www.apnews.com/f6d0e2a099684468873ab48966590ada\r
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  ** So you crossed the sea, Columbot (Score:1)\r
     (by DulcetTone ( 601692 ))\r
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     \r
     Don't forget that indigenous robots have rights, too.\r
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299a08f3 NR	1	ROBOT BOAT SAILS INTO HISTORY BY FINISHING ATLANTIC CROSSING \r
	2	(APNEWS.COM) \r
	3	\r
	4	Thursday September 06, 2018 @11:30PM (msmash)\r
	5	from the impressive-feat dept.\r
	6	\r
	7	o News link: https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/18/09/06/1719243/robot-boat-sails-into-history-by-finishing-atlantic-crossing\r
	8	o Source link: https://www.apnews.com/f6d0e2a099684468873ab48966590ada\r
	9	\r
	10	\r
	11	An anonymous reader writes: For the first time an autonomous\r
	12	sailing robot has completed the Microtransat Challenge by\r
	13	crossing the Atlantic from Newfoundland, Canada to Ireland.\r
	14	The Microtransat has been running since 2010 and has seen 23\r
	15	previous entries all fail to make it across. The successful\r
	16	boat, SB Met was built by the Norwegian company Offshore\r
	17	Sensing AS and is only 2 metres (6.5 ft) long. It completed\r
	18	the crossing on August 26th, 79 days and 5000 km (3100 miles)\r
	19	of sailing after departing Newfoundland on June 7th. Further\r
	20	reading: A Fleet of Sailing Robots Sets Out To Quantify the\r
	21	Oceans.\r
	22	\r
	23	\r
	24	** \r
	25	\r
	26	** Re:Hard to understand why this would be difficult (Score:4,\r
	27	Informative)\r
	28	(by arth1 ( 260657 ))\r
	29	\r
	30	\r
	31	You're a landlubber, I take it?\r
	32	The Atlantic waves are quite an obstacle for a 2m boat.\r
	33	Even drifting tar (and garbage) is a problem when you're that\r
	34	small.\r
	35	\r
	36	\r
	37	** Re: (Score:3, Funny)\r
	38	(by Anonymous Coward)\r
	39	\r
	40	\r
	41	It is not that easy. If you just start sailing in a straight\r
	42	line, you will end up many kilometers above the sea, which is\r
	43	no good for a sail boat. If instead you point the boat\r
	44	straight at the finish line, you'll be under water for most\r
	45	of the trip. Again, not ideal for a sail boat. The earth is\r
	46	not flat, you know.\r
	47	\r
	48	** Re:Hard to understand why this would be difficult\r
	49	(Score:4, Funny)\r
	50	(by Oswald McWeany ( 2428506 ))\r
	51	\r
	52	\r
	53	I've found a FLAT EARTH DENIER !\r
	54	I bet you vaccinate your kids and don't believe in lizard\r
	55	people either.\r
	56	\r
	57	** Re: (Score:2)\r
	58	(by gnick ( 1211984 ))\r
	59	\r
	60	\r
	61	Flat Earth statistic: If gravity is caused by a flat\r
	62	earth accelerating at g, it'll reach c after about 1\r
	63	year (~354 days).\r
	64	\r
65	** Re: (Score:2)\r
66	(by amorsen ( 7485 ))\r
67	\r
68	\r
69	> Flat Earth statistic: If gravity is caused by a flat\r
70	> earth accelerating at g, it'll reach c after about 1\r
71	> year (~354 days).\r
72	You are saying that as if it is a problem to hit C,\r
73	like it would be impossible to continue after 354\r
74	days. This is not the case. As long as you only care\r
75	about your own point of view and you're the one\r
76	being accelerated, you can reach as many times C as\r
77	you want (well, have fuel for).\r
78	\r
79	** Re: (Score:2)\r
80	(by gnick ( 1211984 ))\r
81	\r
82	\r
83	You also have to decide what "at rest" means. A\r
84	year accelerating at g will put you at your\r
85	current velocity + c.\r
86	\r
87	** \r
88	\r
89	** Re: (Score:2)\r
90	(by lokedhs ( 672255 ))\r
91	\r
92	\r
93	Would a flat earther believe in relativity\r
94	though? If simple geometry eludes them,\r
95	what would they do when being faced with a\r
96	Lorentz transformation?\r
97	\r
98	\r
99	\r
100	\r
101	\r
102	\r
103	** Re: (Score:2)\r
104	(by lgw ( 121541 ))\r
105	\r
106	\r
107	> I've found a FLAT EARTH DENIER!\r
108	> I bet you vaccinate your kids and don't believe in\r
109	> lizard people either.\r
110	The earth is not flat - that's just silly. When we ent\r
111	to the moon, and we did go to the moon, we discovered\r
112	the terrifying truth. The MOON is flat!\r
113	\r
114	\r
115	\r
116	\r
117	** Re:Hard to understand why this would be difficult (Score:4,\r
118	Insightful)\r
119	(by hey! ( 33014 ))\r
120	\r
121	\r
122	> There really aren't a lot of obstacles to deal with. Just\r
123	> point the boat and go.\r
124	I imagine that's true, if you have an effectively unlimited\r
125	energy, but the terms of this contest is to build a vehicle\r
126	less than eight feet long that can cross the Atlantic.\r
127	That's not a lot of room to stuff with batteries or diesel\r
128	fuel, or to cover with solar panels. And that's the whole\r
129	point. If you could make the vehicle a hundred feet long,\r
130	this challenge would be expensive, but easy. By making the\r
131	boat tiny, you make the challenge affordable, but tough.\r
132	The race has two divisions, sail powered and unlimited, but\r
133	it's hard to see what they had in mind for propulsion by\r
134	having an unlimited division. Possibly some\r
135	seawater-replenished fuel cell.\r
136	\r
137	** \r
138	\r
139	** Bottles with corks have traversed the Atlantic (Score:2)\r
140	(by aberglas ( 991072 ))\r
141	\r
142	\r
143	Being small means relative high strength. A solid two\r
144	meter boat should indestructible by waves. No need to\r
145	keep a human alive, nor to go very fast. A very basic,\r
146	fixed, small but strong sail would do.\r
147	Ice bergs could be a problem. Surely better to start\r
148	further south. Longer but safer. Also need to stay out\r
149	of shipping lanes.\r
150	I think this could be done without a computer. Just a\r
151	magnetic compass controlling a rudder. Occasionally it\r
152	would be blown backwards but no big deal. No need to\r
153	worry about po\r
154	\r
155	\r
156	\r
157	\r
158	** KABLAM (Score:1)\r
159	(by fluffernutter ( 1411889 ))\r
160	\r
161	\r
162	No concrete barriers in the ocean?\r
163	\r
164	** Re: (Score:2)\r
165	(by zlives ( 2009072 ))\r
166	\r
167	\r
168	or pedestrians\r
169	\r
170	\r
171	** A small achievement... (Score:2)\r
172	(by Bearhouse ( 1034238 ))\r
173	\r
174	\r
175	Sure the Atlantic can be a tough place, but 79 days?\r
176	Single-handed (human) record is 3 1/2 days...\r
177	[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... [wikipedia.org]\r
178	\r
179	\r
180	\r
181	\r
182	[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transatlantic_sailing_record\r
183	\r
184	** Re:A small achievement... (Score:4, Informative)\r
185	(by careysub ( 976506 ))\r
186	\r
187	\r
188	This is a 2 meter vessel, not a large racing hull built to be\r
189	fast (and nothing but fast). Using the page you link to, the\r
190	most useful comparison would be the single-handed records,\r
191	and the one from 1987 which was about 11.5 days was in a 26\r
192	meter hull! And this is the smallest vessel on the list. You\r
193	are probably not going to get a 2 meter vessel to tear along\r
194	at an average speed of 7.5 m/sec which would be needed for\r
195	that 11.5 day crossing.\r
196	\r
197	** Re: (Score:3)\r
198	(by Solandri ( 704621 ))\r
199	\r
200	\r
201	There have been a few sailboats in the 2 meter size range\r
202	which have made the transatlantic crossing.\r
203	\r
204	Hugo Vihlen aboard April Fool (1.8m) in 84 days in 1968,\r
205	though technically he never finished since he was picked\r
206	up by the USCG 6 miles offshore.\r
207	Tom MacNally aboard the Vera Hugh (1.64m) in 134 days in\r
208	1993.\r
209	Hugo Vihlen again aboard the Father's Day (1.62m) in 115\r
210	days in 1993.\r
211	Tom MacNally unsuccessfully attempted the trip again\r
212	aboard a 1.19m craft in 1998. He passed away last year.\r
213	[1]Site with picture [microcruising.com]\r
214	\r
215	\r
216	\r
217	\r
218	[1] http://www.microcruising.com/famoussmallboats.htm\r
219	\r
220	\r
221	\r
222	** Re: (Score:3)\r
223	(by careysub ( 976506 ))\r
224	\r
225	\r
226	Also note that the world speed record for a radio-controlled\r
227	sailing vessel (which was also 2 meters long) is [1]157.65 km\r
228	in 23 hours 42 min [guinnessworldrecords.com] in the milder\r
229	waters of the Mediterranean. At that world record speed in a\r
230	small RC boat this challenge would have taken 32 days.\r
231	So 79 days in a boat not controlled by a human, and not\r
232	limited to a 24 hour period, in the open waters of the\r
233	Atlantic is not so shabby. The speed made good over that\r
234	whole journey is 40% of that 24 hour record.\r
235	\r
236	\r
237	\r
238	\r
239	[1]\r
240	http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/greatest-di-\r
241	stance-by-radio-controlled-model-sailing-ship-in-24-hours-(rc)\r
242	\r
243	\r
244	** Re: (Score:3)\r
245	(by arth1 ( 260657 ))\r
246	\r
247	\r
248	> Sure the Atlantic can be a tough place, but 79 days?\r
249	The Mayflower took 66 days to cross, and was much bigger.\r
250	\r
251	\r
252	** \r
253	\r
254	** Re: (Score:2)\r
255	(by zlives ( 2009072 ))\r
256	\r
257	\r
258	shipping containers are more profitable.\r
259	\r
260	\r
261	** And now the jokes begin... (Score:1)\r
262	(by Jharish ( 101858 ))\r
263	\r
264	\r
265	..."I rowboat".\r
266	https://www.theonion.com/i-rowboat-1819583491\r
267	\r
268	** Re: (Score:2)\r
269	(by starless ( 60879 ))\r
270	\r
271	\r
272	Followed later by Cory Doctorow\r
273	[1]http://bestsciencefictionstori... [bestscienc...tories.com]\r
274	\r
275	\r
276	\r
277	\r
278	[1]\r
279	http://bestsciencefictionstories.com/2009/03/29/i-row-boat-by-\r
280	cory-doctorow/\r
281	\r
282	\r
283	** Description wrong? Not autonomous? (Score:5, Informative)\r
284	(by starless ( 60879 ))\r
285	\r
286	\r
287	> For the first time an autonomous sailing robot...\r
288	From the linked article:\r
289	[1]https://www.apnews.com/f6d0e2a... [apnews.com]\r
290	> The Sailbuoy competed in the “unmanned” class, which allows\r
291	> operators to change its course along the way. There’s a separate\r
292	> “autonomous” class that prohibits any such communication.\r
293	>> \r
294	\r
295	\r
296	\r
297	\r
298	[1] https://www.apnews.com/f6d0e2a099684468873ab48966590ada\r
299	\r
300	** So you crossed the sea, Columbot (Score:1)\r
301	(by DulcetTone ( 601692 ))\r
302	\r
303	\r
304	Don't forget that indigenous robots have rights, too.\r
305	\r
306	\r