10/10/2005, 10:55am, EDT

Monday, October 10th

Mac OS X powered self-driving car fails to finish

The Mac OS X powered self-driving car, "Dora", finished only one of four regular runs in its attempt to qualify for the finals of the 2005 DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) Grand Challenge. The Volkswagen Touareg, which was previously covered by MacNN, uses Mac OS X running on Power Mac G5 systems, and is managed by Team Banzai. "We had a near perfect run in the morning and just needed to finish the afternoon run to qualify for the finals. Unfortunately, our over-conservative driving strategy caused Dora to think she was boxed in by a single traffic cone, thus ending her run for $2 million."

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halicarnassus

I'm curious?

10/10, 11:42am, EDT

Where are the G5's that power the Team Banzai entry? In all of the pictures on their website, I only see three Mac Mini's which are G4 systems.

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Newfie

Please

10/10, 1:22pm, EDT

Well duh; did anyone actually think that you can use a an Apple Mac to get work done?

Lets grow a brain people. Mac OS X not only has issues, it is primitive, written by unqualified people, and is too slow for real time applications. And running it on Intel isn't going to help either.

A retarded OS, for retarded people.

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mr.anderson

re: Please

10/10, 1:35pm, EDT

>A retarded OS, for retarded people

if this is the case, you better hurry up and get your first mac... retard!

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technocoy

wow...

10/10, 1:37pm, EDT

TROLL!!!!!

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beeble

Re: Please

10/10, 5:48pm, EDT

I think Newfie needs to continue to work on his/her comedic ability. Obviously this is a poor attempt at humour as even a windows troll wouldn't lay it on so thick with such wild drivel. There's a distinct difference between witty sarcasm and being an idiot. It is always helpful to be provided with examples of this difference to prevent others from making the same mistake.

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Souljah

Not G5s...G4s..sheesh!

10/10, 10:16pm, EDT

Aug 30, 2005 - Team Banzai, Modern Postcard, and Herman Cook Volkswagen invite drivers to attend a special live demonstration event featuring ‘Dora’, a full sized Volkswagen Touareg SUV that drives herself using GPS and laser sensor technology all controlled by three Apple Mac mini computers.

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