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Penguin Car Earns Indy500 Spot

Posted by kdawson on from the not-bad-for-a-flightless-bird dept.

strredwolf writes "Despite generating over $12K in funds, well short of the $250K goal, the Tux 500 Project was able to secure a spot in the Indy 500 with driver Roberto Moreno piloting the Linux #77 Indy car. He's back in the pack in 31st place (only 5.5 MPH separates 31st place from 1st) but was able to secure it by re-qualifying with an average speed of 220.299 MPH. Will Moreno be able to pilot the penguin-tipped Indy car to victory next week at the 91st Indianapolis 500?"

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  1. Well done by LiquidCoooled · · Score: 5, Funny

    The year of Linux on the racetrack is upon us!

    I just wonder how the pitstop will go

    apt-get new-tyres

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    1. Re:Well done by dfdashh · · Score: 4, Funny
      I tried your command, but it gave me these problems... someone help!

      apt-get new-tyres

      The following packages have unmet dependencies:
      new-tyres: Depends: pit-crew (>= 5.0) but it is not going to be installed
      Depends: community-awareness (>= .01) but it is not going to be installed
      Depends: community-donations (>= .01) but it is not going to be installed
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    2. Re:Well done by markov_chain · · Score: 5, Funny

      It cannot work, because there will be a race condition!

      *rimshot*

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  2. Only 5.5MPH behind! by nmoog · · Score: 5, Funny

    That sounds pretty good! Unless the race goes for, like, an hour.

  3. Obviously Microsoft... by packetmon · · Score: 2, Funny

    Will Moreno be able to pilot the penguin-tipped Indy car to victory next week at the 91st Indianapolis 500? No they won't. Haven't you seen the latest latest latest news? Because the car is using Linux anywhere whether its on a sticker, under someone's breathe, it should be obvious that the car its owner, its pit crew, and the tires have infringed on MS patents. I thought you knew by now that Microsoft patented Indy 500.

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  4. Re:Gentoo by simm1701 · · Score: 2, Funny

    no!! you need to compile the new tyres from source then relink them to the car!!

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  5. Re:Gentoo by StarfishOne · · Score: 5, Funny

    But be careful! History learns us that fast race cars don't go too well with the '-Wall' parameter. ;O

  6. If it crashes... by mtec · · Score: 4, Funny

    it'll probably be because of a faulty driver.

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  7. Finally by antifoidulus · · Score: 2, Funny

    a valid place story for car analogies!

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  8. Re:No thanks to you, Slashdot. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Don't bring real motorsport into this. We were talking about Indycar!

  9. Disappointing by EsJay · · Score: 2, Funny

    Dang! I thought "penguin-tipped" meant a big ol' fiberglass penguin head on the car's nose.

    Better yet would be a something like the 3-foot tall chicken on top of our local Broasted Chicken!! delivery car.

  10. Re:No thanks to you, Slashdot. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Underdeveloped countries need things a lot worse than telephones.

    If you really want to help 3rd world countries, stop thinking tech. Start thinking about simple things like how to get food, water, and medicine into these places.

    Are you stupid or something? If they have phones, they can order a pizza or something.

  11. Re:We're not all petrol heads... by cayenne8 · · Score: 2, Funny
    "Indycar is running entirely ethanol this year."

    And, coincidentally...so is the audience....

    :-)

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