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Football Team Blames Loss on Linux

Posted by michael on from the penguin-ate-my-homework dept.

jaxon_brooks writes: "I guess if you can't blame yourself, you gotta blame something?!?! 'Ravens (-7 1/2) at Browns: Ravens Coach Brian Billick faults last week's defensive breakdown on team's switch to Linux operating system.'" Maybe the team got caught up playing Same Game?

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  1. Re:Don't do it! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Actually, for Linux, a sportswriter knowing it exists is a good sign.

  2. Oh, irony ... Re:Would you stop sensationalism? by gilroy · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Blockquoth the poster:

    Searching through the long article ... So, michael & co, would you please read the f*****g article before posting garbage next time?

    Perhaps this indicates why one should take one's own advice and read the article rather than merely "search through" it. For anyone who's not totally humor-impaired, it was immediately clear that the entire article was made up for comic effect.



    The Ravens coach didn't really blame Linux. OK?


    Now, a lot of people are coming down on the editors for even posting this, but I'm not one of them. There are at least two good reasons for linking through to this artice:

    • It shows that Linux is percolating in the common consciousness sufficiently (a) for a sportswriter to be aware of it and (b) for said sportswriter to believe it a useful reference for his readers.
    • It was humourous. A lot of people have been forgetting, lately, that a core strength of geekdom is its sense of humor. It's OK to poke fun at us, because we can take it. Or, to quote Michael Garibaldi, "Geez. It's not like every conversation has to be about the end of the world as we know it."
    --
    The Mongrel Dogs Who Teach
  3. That explains it all... by Oshuma.Shiroki · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Just further proof that geeks and football jocks don't mix well together.

  4. Re:In case you hadn't noticed... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    If the time and energy spent on slashdot in this country were instead spent on, say, feeding the poor and other charities, we would have a much better world.