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Linux (Car) Crashes At Indy 500

Posted by kdawson on from the tux-and-rolls dept.

thanksforthecrabs writes to let us know that the Linux-sponsored Indy 500 car had a rough day at the track this weekend: it was the first car to crash on the track and finished dead last. Joost sponsored a car that came in a respectable seventh.

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  1. Re:Visual data? by canUbeleiveIT · · Score: 5, Informative

    Video of crash

  2. Re:Of course it crashed.. by Raistlin77 · · Score: 2, Informative

    Now, seriously, I find this a great idea: why have all sports to be sponsored by corporations? Individual sponsoring could be a good alternative.

    I dunno how deep your pockets go, but mine are pretty shallow. Shallow-pocketed sponsors are not worth much to any sport.
  3. Re:Not NASCAR by wsanders · · Score: 2, Informative

    I stand corrected

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formula_One

    I had picked the term off the indy500 web site and assumed the Indy class was a subset for F1.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indy_Racing_League

    --
    Give a man a fish and you have fed him for today. Teach a man to fish, and he'll say "WHERE'S MY FISH, YOU IDIOT?"
  4. Re:Of course it crashed.. by red_one · · Score: 2, Informative

    See A1 GP: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A1_Grand_Prix

  5. Re:Who's Joost? by silvwolf · · Score: 2, Informative

    Website that puts tv shows on the web, or something like that. http://www.joost.com/ I recognized the name, Joost, but couldn't remember what it was until I got home and looked them up.

    http://i9.tinypic.com/4qs56ok.jpg - that's a picture of the car, driven by Tomas Schekter, getting a new front wing after a small collision. Took em about 30 seconds I think.

    I kept my eye out for Roberto Moreno's car, looking for the penguin, but never could spot it. Too bad about him crashing out so early.

  6. Re:Of course it crashed.. by LuckyGuess · · Score: 2, Informative

    England 1740, industrial starts. Could we say ends 1985 for the UK. Now consider the birth of modern France (1795), Germany(1860), Italy (1870), USA (picking the Civil War 1865). They seem to coincide quite well. And you don't have shout to show how clever you are.