Linux Car Crashes, Comes In Last

[HardOCP News]

Linux fans everywhere will be saddened to know that the Linux sponsored Indy 500 car was the first to crash and came in dead last in the race.

When the pale blue "Linux car," also known as car #77 from Chastain Motorsports, was the first car to crash in the 91st Indianapolis 500 on Sunday, we can imagine hordes of geeks wishing it had been a "Vista car" instead. Imagine the "blue screen of death" jokes that could have resulted!

 

[GJSNeptune]

It's the driver, not the sponsor. It was a pretty messy Indy 500 anyway.

I hate racing, but I love sports highlights .

 

[LeTUOtter]

Watching racing is only tolerable when a sportscaster can distill four hours of circular tail chasing into 45 seconds of highlights and explosions, lol.
Still though, it's hard to tell if this is ironic or not. I'm leaning towards no.

 

[GJSNeptune]

Wonder if any particular companies paid the driver to crash.

 

[rhouck]

Watching racing is only tolerable when a sportscaster can distill four hours of circular tail chasing into 45 seconds of highlights and explosions, lol.
Still though, it's hard to tell if this is ironic or not. I'm leaning towards no.

That's because real racing doesn't involve going in circles/ovals over and over and over....

 

[End7]

I've always told people that linux is a good OS but its hard to find good drivers!

 

[LeTUOtter]

I've always told people that linux is a good OS but its hard to find good drivers!

OH EM EFF GEE, I almost just wet myself laughing at that.

 

[Trepidati0n]

I've always told people that linux is a good OS but its hard to find good drivers!

You win..that is /thread IMO

 

[ir0nw0lf]

I've always told people that linux is a good OS but its hard to find good drivers!

sig line material FTW!

 

[Exavior]

LOL that is a great one.

 

[GJSNeptune]

sig line material FTW!

But the pun is lost on anyone who doesn't know about the Linux car crashing. They'll only get a single meaning out of it.

 

[LeTUOtter]

the Linux sponsored Indy 500 car was the first to crash and came in dead last in the race.
I've always told people that linux is a good OS but its hard to find good drivers!

There

 

[friedmud]

If you want more puns on this topic, just look at the Slashdot thread:

http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/29/1939233

There are literally hundreds to be made...

Friedmud

 

[LeTUOtter]

-Stolen from slashdot site-
"In this timing benchmark, the Tux car was first to complete the race."

Marketing weasel-speak is fun. ^_^

 

[[H]EMI_426]

Sweet, sweet irony...

 

[ziddey]

When I read the headline, I was expecting the car's ecu to be running linux, which was what crashed.

I don't know much about indy500. Do they even have ecu's? Purely mechanically carb based?

 

[alphaone]

Yup they have ECU's. They also run on E100 Ethanol.

 

[Hypernova]

Bad drivers - the number one Linux crash!!!

Such a perfect opportunity for pun.

 

[CodeX]

lol, first to crash, just like their OS.

I have used many flavors of linux and they are all less stable than windows XP. Anyone who says otherwise is a blind fanboy

 

[CyberDeus-RagDoll]

Linux fans everywhere will be saddened to know that the Linux sponsored Indy 500 car was the first to crash and came in dead last in the race.

Sounds like a linux experience to me.


But at least the driver was free!

 

[whrswoldo]

Ha! Sweet irony. Maybe if they had put windows on the car the driver might have been able to see better?

 

[mikeblas]

It's the driver, not the sponsor.

I'd generally agree, but Roberto Moreno is no slouch.