Ars Technica reports
A second-tier German professional basketball team has been relegated to an even lower tier as a result of being penalized for starting a recent game late—because the Windows laptop that powered the scoreboard required 17 minutes to perform system updates.
The March 13 match between the Chemnitz Niners and the Paderborn Baskets was set to begin normally, when Paderborn (the host) connected its laptop to the scoreboard in the 90 minutes leading up to the game.
In an interview with the German newspaper, Die Zeit (Google Translate), Patrick Seidel, the general manager of Paderborn Baskets said that at 6:00pm, an hour and a half before the scheduled start time, the laptop was connected "as usual."
"But as both teams warmed up, the computer crashed," he said. "When we booted it again at 7:20pm, it started automatically downloading updates. But we did not initiate anything."
After all the updates were installed, Paderborn was ready to start the game at 7:55pm.
By the end of the match, Paderborn won 69-62. But then Chemnitz formally protested, saying that because Paderborn had delayed the start time of the match by 25 minutes (instead of the 15-minute maximum as allowed under the German basketball rules), they should be penalized. As a result, Paderborn lost another point in the standings (Google Translate), according to a Basketball Budesliga press release, which meant that it would certainly be relegated to the "ProB" league of German pro basketball.
(Score: 3, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 08 2015, @03:50AM
systemd or not, it's better than winblows
you say that now, but based on how systemd is "expanding its capabilities", there will come a day when you can't tell the difference
(Score: 3, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 08 2015, @05:02AM
We need a -1 Douché moderation...
(Score: 5, Funny) by Kell on Wednesday April 08 2015, @05:46AM
Sounds like that's what you get when you combine Touché and Disagree mods.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 08 2015, @02:24PM
Sorry to hear you need a douche. Try having sex with less partners, or at least stop having sex with animals. Maybe try vinegar, if that doesn't work try the extra strength drano, that should clear up the clogged orifice you speak from.
(Score: 2) by mtrycz on Wednesday April 08 2015, @08:06PM
So we'll have a scoreboard software directly in systemd sometime soon? That would be cool!
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