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Fedora + Soccer = Ronaldo-Esque Technique

Linked by David Adams on Thu 22nd May 2008 16:25 UTC, submitted by Rahul

Cnet reports: "Fedora is the operating system of choice for AllemaniACs' winning robot in the RoboCup, a soccer tournament played between robots. Fedora has fueled AllemaniACs' victories in 2006 and 2007, and appears to be poised to raise the cup again in 2008." For anyone interested in using Fedora in robotics, a special interest group for robotics has been started within the Fedora Project to support such efforts.

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RE[2]: football

by PLan on Sun 25th May 2008 01:51 UTC in reply to "RE: football"

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2006-01-10

Many USians deliberately avoid using the term football and replace it with "soccer" as a form of cultural disrespect. The fact is association football arrived before American football and has the rightful claim to the name.

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RE[3]: football

by Calipso on Sun 25th May 2008 03:51 in reply to "RE[2]: football"

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2007-03-13

According to Wikipedia, Association Football was formed in the mid-19th century. Rugby Football was formed in the 18th century. So wouldn't you say that Rugby has the rightful claim to the name 'Football'??

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RE[4]: football

by PLan on Sun 25th May 2008 05:33 in reply to "RE[3]: football"

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2006-01-10

Of the official sporting associations' incarnations -

The Football Association - 1863
Rugby Football Union - 1871
Northern Rugby Football Union - 1895

So it would appear the FA arrived first ...

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RE[3]: football

by Johann Chua on Mon 26th May 2008 09:36 in reply to "RE[2]: football"

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2005-07-22

"Cultural disrespect"? Like USian? Soccer is a perfectly acceptable word.

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