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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. Re:No thanks to you, Slashdot. by sheldon · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Rednecks? Indianapolis 500? Rednecks?

    Do you understand the difference between Indy 500 and Nascar? Most of the people I know, such as myself, who watch the Indy 500 are engineers.

  2. Re:No thanks to you, Slashdot. by LocoMan · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    There are several different levels of underdevelopment.

    There are LOTS of places where I agree with you that technology won't help much if simpler problems aren't solved first... but there are also lots of places where access to food, clean water and medicine is at least good enough to live (I can think of quite a few here in Venezuela for example), and where access to technology and education would make a big difference.

  3. Re:No thanks to you, Slashdot. by The+Great+Pretender · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    "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"

    But don't you think that 'tech' helps/allows the 'simple things' to happen?

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