"Linux car" first to crash at Indianapolis 500

custangro · 05-29-2007, 02:49 PM

Pretty Ironic when you think about it...

http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/29/l...ianapolis-500/

-custangro

shadowdancer · 05-30-2007, 09:53 AM

They can't blame someone...

Because they installed the buggy kernel to the car...

hacker supreme · 05-30-2007, 10:00 AM

The Windows car probably crashed as they rolled it out of the pits.

rickh · 05-30-2007, 10:19 AM

Jokes from Slashdot...

"The penguin couldn't see over the dashboard"

"Linux couldn't have crashed; he must've been dual-booting Windows"

"Finding good drivers for Linux is hard"

OTOH, the very fact that we're still talking about it, shows what a good idea it was.

raska · 05-30-2007, 10:20 AM

The hilarious Inquirer version of this new

crunyon · 06-01-2007, 09:14 AM

who knows maybe Linux got more publicity by crashing then if it had came in 20th or 15th or something else.

briealeida · 06-03-2007, 10:24 PM

Should probably stick to OSs.

The car was pretty, though.

AceofSpades19 · 06-03-2007, 10:48 PM

The driver probably forgot the bash command to turn it hahaha

hacker supreme · 06-04-2007, 10:03 AM

or it could have been a typo.

Quote:

./turn -rt

instead of

Quote:

./turn -lt

uv256 · 06-06-2007, 04:27 AM

how ironic

V!NCENT · 06-07-2007, 08:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by crunyon

who knows maybe Linux got more publicity by crashing then if it had came in 20th or 15th or something else.

You like bad publicity? It was bad for microsoft

KPryor · 06-07-2007, 10:21 AM

LOL, I love that video.

The Indy 500 was a pretty good race this year, though not as exciting as last year. The rain delay followed by more rain ending the race early didn't help, but what race there was was good. Hated to see Tux out early. Maybe next year.....
KP

ErrorBound · 06-11-2007, 03:17 PM

yup, definitely a driver issue, LOL

phantom_cyph · 06-11-2007, 03:24 PM

See, note that Windows doesnt have a car because they aren't allowed on the tarmac, right in the 499th lap, after doing great, complete system failure, BSOD, system wipe out, and the techs would run out onto the tarmac with a Vista CD and find out that they only had 511mgs of RAM because of a tire blowout and couldn't run it.

DragonSlayer48DX · 06-11-2007, 07:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rickh

OTOH, the very fact that we're still talking about it, shows what a good idea it was.

True, and we're not the only ones. Just since the race, I've seen "Linux" bumper stickers on cars, and I hear a lot of chatter about Linux on the CB radio, which I've never previously seen or heard.

I've also received a lot more requests to install Ubuntu for my friends, their friends, their friend's friends...

Must have been a GREAT idea!

Cheers