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starman · May 29, 2007, 03:59 PM

Ok, as some of you may know, I despise Linux. I've tried many, many times to like it and gave it many chances to redeem itself, but it's a steaming pile of dog turd to me.

And then this happens:

"Linux car" first to crash at Indianapolis 500 - Engadget

I laughed my ass off

The comments are even funnier. "Driver issue"

Jawbone54 · May 29, 2007, 04:02 PM

I guess this means that Linux will never be a viable alternative for average users.
Heh heh...c'mere Besson

design219 · May 29, 2007, 04:04 PM

Next year they're hoping to crash it again to see if they can duplicate the error.

Funny stuff!

Atomic Rooster · May 29, 2007, 04:11 PM

Lucky it wasn't a Microsoft Windows car. It would have crashed before the race started.

C.A.T.S. CEO · May 29, 2007, 04:27 PM

Originally Posted by Atomic Rooster

Lucky it wasn't a Microsoft Windows car. It would have crashed before the race started.

besson3c · May 29, 2007, 04:42 PM

Must have been a proprietary driver!

Jawbone54 · May 29, 2007, 05:01 PM

Just when I think that I'm fully geek, I am proven wrong.

Peter · May 29, 2007, 05:34 PM

mduell · May 29, 2007, 06:44 PM

Typical shoddy drivers.

besson3c · May 29, 2007, 06:48 PM

If you're a computer company/organization, doesn't it seem like a big gamble to advertise on a car for this sort of reason?

Chuckit · May 29, 2007, 06:50 PM

Originally Posted by Atomic Rooster

Lucky it wasn't a Microsoft Windows car. It would have crashed before the race started.

No, it wouldn't have worked correctly, but Microsoft just would have paid to get the rules changed so that cars have to be driven in reverse.

Tenacious Dyl · May 29, 2007, 07:11 PM

If Microsoft sponsored a car, it would show up years late to the race that of course had already completed. It would still attempt to race (alone) although it would encounter numerous problems and barely make it around the circuit a single time. After this pathetic attempt at a race, they would explain that they still had some kinks to work out, and that it would really WOW the audience at the next race. Its fanbase would be the crowd in the XXXL beer t-shirts who can hardly maintain focus enough to cheer for their favorite car as it goes around in circles. Perhaps a few out of place people wearing suits and looking quite confused as to why their car wasn't at the race at all.

To be fair, if Apple sponsored a car, it would show up with the most beautiful exterior of any car at the race, but it would cost at least twice what it should, and would be incompatible with almost every part from other auto manufacturers. Its fanbase would be geeks and mechanical geniuses. They probably wouldn't care that much about the race given that the Windows car never showed up, and the Linux car crashed quite early on.

Stogieman · May 29, 2007, 07:23 PM

Now, whenever a Linux error does appear, it'll be called a "Moreno".

Adam Betts · May 30, 2007, 01:23 AM

That's what you get for installing unofficial, reverse-engineered driver

Big Mac · May 30, 2007, 09:43 PM

Pretty funny. Still, I don't see cause for hating Linux - it's just not a desktop OS.

This thread's jokes remind me of the classic Usenet threads about "If Your Computer/OS/Programming Language were a gun/toaster."

Chuckit · May 30, 2007, 09:50 PM

Originally Posted by Big Mac

Pretty funny. Still, I don't see cause for hating Linux - it's just not a desktop OS.

That's like saying, "I don't see a reason for hating Fergie — she's just not a singer." People wouldn't hate her if she'd stop pretending to be!

peeb · May 30, 2007, 10:02 PM

I love that it was a 'driver issue'. Funniest thing I've heard all day.

highstakes · May 31, 2007, 12:25 AM

Originally Posted by Atomic Rooster

Lucky it wasn't a Microsoft Windows car. It would have crashed before the race started.

Eug · May 31, 2007, 12:45 AM

Car analogies always suck. Oh wait...

besson3c · May 31, 2007, 01:47 AM

Originally Posted by Big Mac

Pretty funny. Still, I don't see cause for hating Linux - it's just not a desktop OS.

Right. It can be a Desktop OS in some circumstances, particularly a managed build in government, education, or business doing certain tasks, but it is primarily a server OS.

Not taking this into consideration is like complaining that some ethnic (non American) restaurant makes poor hamburgers.

- - e r i k - - · May 31, 2007, 09:50 PM

Originally Posted by Chuckit

That's like saying, "I don't see a reason for hating Fergie — she's just not a singer." People wouldn't hate her if she'd stop pretending to be!

Actually Fergie is quite a capable singer. It's just that her songs suck.

besson3c · May 31, 2007, 09:57 PM

Originally Posted by Chuckit

That's like saying, "I don't see a reason for hating Fergie — she's just not a singer." People wouldn't hate her if she'd stop pretending to be!

Who is pretending and what is being pretended?