[extropy-chat] Pentagon-Sponsored Robot Race Ends As All Entries Break Down

[Alan Eliasen]

> --- Technotranscendence <neptune at superlink.net> wrote:
>>BTW, looks like the Pentagon is either using a bigger meter or a
>>smaller
>>mile.  1500 meters < 1 mile in my book.

Mike Lorrey wrote:
> Actually, it is such a small amount less (40-50 feet) that it is used
> in track competititon as a replacement for the mile sprint.


Actually, it's not even close... a mile is exactly 1609.344 meters.

   They need Frink:
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