It was a quiet day on Sidepodcast yesterday as we were (and are still) in the process of moving furniture about. There was some racing in the evening though, so plenty to keep you all occupied. Meanwhile, here are some of the things we're keeping an eye on:
- Something to make Mr C happy, Takuma Sato is keeping his fingers crossed he can get a seat in Formula One next year, and with the expanded grid, it could be a possibility. He said that he has unfinished business in the sport and is talking with teams, but if he doesn't get a seat in F1, he'll look at another category of motorsport instead.
- Bernie Ecclestone has swung the pendulum on the Donington debate again. Despite giving the circuit extension after extension on the deadline to confirm plans are in place, Bernie has admitted that it really doesn't seem likely the race can go ahead there - even if they come up with the required money.
- Massa is all set to go for his test in the F2007 on Monday, after passing some pretty stringent medical tests this weekend. He also learned that his eye has fully healed after the damage at the Hungarian GP, which is fabulous news and let's hope he does okay behind the wheel again.
That's all for now. The comments will probably still be light from Mr C and myself for today, but we are still around if you need us, and we'll be back to regularly scheduled commenting as soon as possible.
Two favourite moments of the night:
1) After perviosly pointing Guille towards my Wiki pic in advance, sensing a a lost tourist in the bar, I spotted him & shouted "Guille". He replied - You're not yellow!
:lol:
2) Trying to find the best transport solution for Nick, who needed to cross town, two people on opposing OS phones trawl the web. Guille waves a paper article in the air, to disdain, shouting "I have a map"
:lol #mfc:
I am totally disillusioned
It seems my liver has recovered somewhat since that photo
Heheh :-)
:lol:
More partying, less comments. I'm watching you
No excuses
I'm confused. What's going on?
We are watching the Bathurts 1000km which is the classic Aussie race.
Feed is on http://www.justin.tv/MRSNELLIEK9
Aussie saloon car racing, Bathurst
Hmmm I'll pass.
You OK? Pop in and join us. Some of the guts are on LCLT
guys not guts
How's things Alison, you chilled now?
I'm fine. Just sleepy.
You deserve to be with all the work you have been doing
It's not all Aussie racing, what's on your mind?
Can I say that Guill. Sounds like somewhere between Massa & Fisi :)
*Guille
He was on sidepodradio
Nothing much. I'm gonna go watch Masterchef. You guys enjoy your cars :)
I have seen some of those professionals. Some of them scare me
Yeah. Some of them I wouldn't let serve me in Burger King. Forget a restaurant.
There was one girl this week who was chopping up a lump of cow then cut butter on the same board with the same knife. They had to let through a complete incompetent to cook for Michel Roux because she could have poisoned them
I am on a roof and quite drunk, not a good combo. Dropd pic
Why are you on a roof drunk?
why??
At least half the people here know tom chilton.
They are not fans...
Are you still on the roof singing take that?
:D
No more!
how come no one told me the guy from Boyzone died! Wow!
Who? When?
the one who wasn't Ronan
First I heard about it
Don't know if this is out there anywhere, but at a Toyota demo in Tokyo - Kamui is in for Brazil. I just heard directly from Yamashina-san.
So Glock is out for the rest of the season then?
what a mixed up year 2009 has been for driver changes whether related to accident or 'other'!
aaargh. I feel like im out of the loop. why glock and not trulli? the gash on the leg? has he signed with someone else?
I haven't been on in a few weeks, miss suzuka, and stumble onto this. What's up with glock? Word was he recovered.
There was a suggestion that Glock's illness on Friday in Japan was political rather than real so I assumed he may be the one to miss out again
I wonder why him over trulli. perhaps they feel he has a better chance of finding another drive, or has already committed for another year and the team want trulli to have a nice goodbye
The huge crowd of Japanese fans could care less. I saw more Honda hats than lazuli, Williams and Toyota combined. I was the only one in earshot that gasped when he said it.
Watching Kazuki and Kamui talk - I think this isn't a surprise for Kamui. Also, took picture with Yamashina-san. He didn't answer any questions.
Hello, everyone.
This Twitter account looks interesting...
http://twitter.com/InvitedToWave
Looks Google-like enough.
gasp! their tweets have fancy numbers!
Who knows how they did that!
I do wonder why they'd ask people to tweet their email addresses though. Doesn't that leave it open to spamming?
Morning, back from my holiday in the sun, had fun watching the GP last weekend in German and Spanish, and spent all last evening catching up with highlights of the race and BTCC! Just a shame I can't find full coverage of quali in Japan anywhere on the net, as I missed all of it :(
Anyway, it's good to be back online!
Oh wrong thread, sorry I wasn't paying attention.
Again: Good morning
aloha
Buongiorno y Bonjour
hey now, you're going to America where I believe you have to say "howdy y'all" ;)
non ancora (not yet)!
I hope noone is a fan of Boyzone. one of them died yesterday. crikey. (see i'm still an aussie)
they were far from my favourite boy band but I did like the song they did for the Bean soundtrack :D
Morning one and all!
On reflection standing on a 4th story roof singing was not a great idea. Neither was staying up till 5. 8 have a 90 mins drive this morning too :(
Not a very good morning for me, really, not after hearing that Timo has cracked vertebra after his outing at Japan and will not be racing at Brazil. For all you Fantasy Racers better swap him soon.
what were you doing? I'D say singing on the roof sounds okay - unless it was a sloping roof in which case, I'd stay away.
never saw that movie. was it any good?
Morning all.
I liked it when I was 11 but I'm sure if I saw it now I'd say it hadn't aged well. The sequel on the other hand is the worst movie I've ever seen 10 minutes of. It was so painful I couldn't go on.
I think a few people might have got rid hid of him straight away after the crash. I gave up on that comp though a long time ago. I made a team...all that I remember is there were drivers in it.
Good morning Christine :)
there was a sequel? was it straight to VHS?
Mr Beans Holiday, came out a few years back and surprisingly was on at the movies. It was on TV a couple of months ago so I thought I'd give it a chance. Bad idea.
Hello. Hows it goin.
Hi RG.
Over here it was hard for me to find anything in english - i would watch things that i never would have watched anywhere else because i was a little desperate. But sometimes I still had to turn it off and go find some strange german variety show to watch instead - i understood less but it made more sense.
morning RG. bienvenue.
It is just not a good time to miss races, when you do not have a seat for next year. Personally I think he is bit too good for Toyota (rthar than the way Toyota see it). I just hope he does not have to take a seat in one of the new teams - that will be the end of his career.
:(
James Allen has already reported on it.
http://www.jamesallenonf1.com/2009/10/cracked-vertebra-puts-glock-out-of-brazil-gp/
oooh. Another new driver in 2009. is this a record for the season?
Rich- you're not wrong about missing a race at the moment. There's always a TV career - just ask Wurz (austrian ORF tv) or Ant
Sigh.
not a great start to the day, huh? [sorry RG]
Timo I think could be a very good reporter in his own language, attractive and entertaining. He is clearly an intelligent driver to manage his tyres so well in races. Wurz is just a hilarious guy.
He can always go back to scaffolding.
When I couldn't understand any of the languages in my area, I would watch Wurz on austrian tv because he looked like along with his colleague, the team looked like they were enjoying himself, although I think it was monaco where they seemed to be about 4 kilometres away from the track. much like Jake and crew on the back of the boat...
You saw a lot of the humour when he was given a camera at this year's le Mans and told to take shot that interested him. Wurz would be awesome for a new F1 team though. I just think Timo is too good and to young in his career to go there.
Morning guys. Shame to hear about Timo, and dont hurt me RG but I wonder if that's it for his Toyota life...
Got my fingers crossed he'll be fit/Toyota want him for Abu Dhabi
I think Toyoto, either are simply to unsure about their future. If they can sign a star driver (basically only Kimi is available) then the future is secure, otherwise it is on hold. Honestly which drivers better than Timo and Jarno that are available? Possibly Rubens, but remember in 2007 he did not score a point, Sutil makes too many accidents, so they are really left with Nick and Kovy. In all honesty, and I am a huge fan of Nick (my #1 driver), but it will not be a huge improvement (I really like Kovy as a person). I cannot work out how good Kovy is as a driver, in the McLaren he seems to qualify well but just go backwards despite the KERS (even Badore gained at the start) and when he pushes makes too many mistakes. That is why I say Jarno and Timo are not such a bad team compared to what's available.
Don't kill me - but I suspect Timo will not race at Abu Dhabi - the team know what he can do so they would probably test alternatives. Nick sat out the last four races at Williams BMW under somewhat unclear conditions (well BMW were pulling out of Williams and setting their own team and taking Nick with them). Williams subsequently admitted regret over their actions. I stil have a feeling Nick might return to Williams.
Morning :)
Afternoon lou
Hullo :)
oopps sorry afternoon then :)
hey all. sorry to hear about timo. anyone offered him a massage?
I'll offer him a drive
But I don't have a team :(
aw poor timo! i just checked autosport. :(
i've got to go off and see family now but when i get home i have an awesome cake that i neeeed to show everyone :)
new mika pics for amy: http://j.mp/mikapics
I can only offer him support :(
But now, I must play football and get beat, so see yas later.
Cake!! :D
Have fun. We await the awesome cake with much anticipation!
Phew. Glad it's actually Hakkinen and not who I was originally expecting... for some odd reason.
Why can't we just go back a few years and freeze getting older so he can be back in F1? Hakkinen was awesome.
I wouldn't care about any other Mika!
Me neither! I was just... I dunno. I can't explain that one.
Lukeh needs more sleep? :D
That could be it :)
It's a pity that Timo's got injured this badly. I'm sure he'd have got better results than Kamui will. Even though I'm having serious doubts as to whether Toyota will have a car to offer Timo next year, this won't help him get a seat anywhere else :(
I have Google Wave... But my account has no invites :( Apparently there have been too many new users added. So I can't actually talk to anybody using it!
I am reading Toyota is either going for bang (viz getting Kimi) or bust (no top driver to convince their board to continue). This would change in the unlikely event that Jarno wins this year.
I really, really don't see Kimi going there, there is no way he would go to a team that has and probably never will win anything.
Kimi should just ask Mika (Hakkinen.. :P) if he can use his helmet as his helmet is awesome. I have a feeling this is what's definitely holding him back.
I think Toyota are putting a Japo in the car to try and convince the board to continue next year as a Japanese driver development programme...
Amy are you sad today then?
no?
Only if they get a star in the first seat. The Bosses are requiring at least one victory to secure funding.
Not a Boyzone fan then?
nope, they were probably my least favourite boy band.
Nor do I, Kimi is not a complete enough a driver to go to Toyota and build the team up for success like he who should not be mentioned. Of course there is another star (possibly two) still available.
Did James Allen ever answer the question about posting RSS Stubs? Because I noticed today that the full article appeared in my reader...
Yay!
they were probably the best boyband out there. what happened?
saw the news.
dang.
Hello. I'm being very rebellious. Have decided to come home and sleep rather than work any more!
This inspires me to do a similar route of action regarding uni work
Hehehehe couldn't possibly recommend that ;)
Just decided if it carried on at this rate, I'd be off with stress before I go on holiday....
I wish I could sleep but my cleaning method is 'put everything on my bed' so theres no way I could fit in it at the moment.
Ah yes, the put it on the bed method. Classic.
Its less distance to reach than the floor, which is where everything I own previously was :D
I'm almost finished though. I hope.
Heh, I have no storage at the moment. Everything I own is in a variety of stacks on the floor.
my mum sent me an email reminding me to bring photos of my place with me because my parents have never seen it so I thought I'd better clean up and give off the impression that I'm a grown up :D
I wish I could sleep but my cleaning method is ‘put everything on my bed’ so theres no way I could fit in it at the moment. {Comment #115}
At the moment, I'm employing a similar tactic concerning my overflow of F1 Racings...
Just seen two Williams transporters heading west on the M4. Mr C got very over-excited, thinks they might be heading for a test at Kemble tomorrow.
my guess is they are not driving to Brazil :D
Was Nico's helmet driving them?
has "he" still not "found" that damn thing?
Perhaps we should have pulled them over for a search.
Mr C says he would quite like to drive one of the Williams trucks. I think that is quite a step up from a van.
It's all gone to his head. Vans, big trucks, don't let him watch Transporters any time soon...
So why lie about an injury, or am I not getting the idea here?
Mr C got over-excited ... Never! :D
Okay question. My laptop has 2 harddisks on it. I have managed to fill one of them and for some reason, there's no default to start filling up the other one.... How do I proceed. I don't want to start manually moving things over if it's gonna make a mess.
Hey everyone,
I'm back from my Nan's house and i bring photos of the most amazing cake you will ever see (that was part of the big surprise party my friends threw for me yesterday)
photo 1
photo 2
I should also point out that it was made by Emily :)
Hi all
No, he hasn't replied yet and my reader is still the same. Imay try a different one
I got an email saying someone had reponded but they are probably still in moderation. Essentially echoing my comments
Wow, that's amazing .. how special a friend she must be :D
Is it tomorrow that's you're birthday?
hehe yep, but my friends threw me a surprise birthday party yesterday evening to celebrate it as i wasn't going to do anything :)
your friends sound lovely :D
they are amazing :) specially as they knew to arrange it on a non gp weekend ;)
They know you well, glad you had a great day
hooray, cleaning is finished so I can go to bed! I have to get up earlier than normal because Australian Open tickets go on sale at 9am and I need the best seat possible :D
night amy :)
See ya Amy, good luck with the tickets
that's so very very awesome!! Great to hear you had an awesome time :)
That's amazing! I need to go shopping for food, but for sure I won't get a cake like that!
Afternoon all
Looks like you had a good weekend Lou
Hey Steven
afternoon
a very good weekend thank you :) i nearly died of a heart attack when they all jumped out shouting 'happy birthday!!' :) but it was a great evening :)
I think you made a good decision last night. My eyes are burning because I stayed up till nearly 6am watching Bathurst
He he, I'd ask who won but it wouldn't mean much to me ;)
I didn't see the end. They had a lot of rain and a lot of safety cars. 5 laps of racing followed by a crash and another safety car etc
Shame
It's inevtiable that as soon as you get so many similar cars bunched up that there will be some contact
No real news in F1Land today - unless an unknown Japanese driver will drive a Toyota in the next GP counts.
I swear he is trying to drive me crazy. After Gavin's comment I checked again and after deleting and re-adding the feed I had the full text version, but now it is back to the shortened and on his homepage the comment feed went missing again too.
Tried another reader and was the same, I give up
Joe says Glock has a cracked vertebra. I am surprised at that
http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2009/10/11/kobayashi-in-for-glock/
Are you surprised or suspicious - after the accident Timo was having a sore back. I feel that it could not have come at a worse time. I think it is genuine.
Where is your comment?
#8
Sorry
http://www.jamesallenonf1.com/2009/10/us-f1-gears-up-for-car-build-phase/
It jut seems an odd injury for that kind of accident.
Hello. What's happened to Timo? Is that an unreported side effect from his previous crash?
Seems to be.
Silly Timo. Are people suspicious it's imaginary again or is that paranoid?
No-one is saying anything like that although you never can tell
about the japanese driving for toyota i think it's most likely to be sakon yamamoto however ya spell it.
Conspiracy theories seem to follow him, poor lad
Yeah. I can't believe how rude Toyota have been about their drivers recently. I think they've been driving better than they have at any point over the past year.
on a scale of 1 to 10 how wild was Timo's accident
It's Kobayashi
I think its a real injury, why would you lie about an injury? Certainly Timo wouldn't accept them to do that would they.
It wasn't that bad really
who is kobayashi?
like was it a touch or smack into wall or rollover or what?
Toyota may think that putting a Japanese driver in the car will encourage the board to sign off next year's budget
Didn't he admit that he made a mistake. Fairly hefty shunt though
He is the test driver. He drove on the Friday in Japan
Head on into a tyre barrier
dude the jap is kobayashi whoever he is.
Toyota's reserve driver. Drove in Free Practice at Suzuka
It was his fault
I think a good result would impress them more and the chance of that are much higher with Glock, and like RG said what's in it for Glock?
It's hard though. They have their own team doctor. Probably puts them in a better position to pull things like that than any other team.
I'm not suggesting that's what happened. If anyone were to get away with it though, it'd be them.
But would Glock allow it?
Glock would do a far better job.
Depends what his contract says
thank you steven and really the tire barrier is supposed to cushion the impact and plus the survival is supposed to help protect the driver so now i don't see how that's possible.
It won't hurt their chances of getting the budget signed off, especially if the Japanese public are behind him. That's what really counts
The diagnosis came from a hospital in Germany not from the team doctor
Meh. Accidents happen. People can fracture their skull tripping over their laces or they can have a shunt at 200mph and walk out of it unharmed.
It's still rapid deceleration. The 'G' light came on warranting mandatory hospital visit
Timo has to allow for the good of the team and plus just a theory the japanese aren't really that good in F1 again just a theory what makes em he'll be any better.
Fair enough. Where's the press release?
He still hit it at high speed so he would have been chucked around the cockpit a bit.
I'm guessing this is it
http://www.toyota-f1.com/en/news/2009/091011.html
It's just a light so it's just like Australian GP in 2001,schumi got into rollover and he was okay.
ok he got chucked around but he was belted i'm pretty sure and even if that didn't make any difference he couldn't have broken a vertabrae.
The fact that people have walked out of far worse accidents has nothing to do with the fact that people can get injured in much less serious ones. There are so so many factors involved in whether someone gets hurt or not. You can't possibly predict it.
Steven, there's a documentary on Hubble on BBC4 at 7pm
don't you think a not really that bad smack into the wall is a tad less serious than a rollover.
Like Massa injuring himself whilst sneezing in a lift :)
I disagree
Considering his injuries, no.
Christian Klien (#sorrymrsc) rolled over a few years back and he was fine.
Yes obviously. I think the potential for someone to die was much less in Timo's crash. Doesn't mean he couldn't have been injured in it though.
It depends, not necessarily
I always thought rollovers are far less dangerous
One has the energy dissipated over 10 sec or so. The other in a fraction of a second
Presumably the risk of spinal injury is increased in a head on crash. That's to do with being "rattled" around in the cockpit.
Seat belts stretch in a head on impact and the whiplash would have slammed him back against the seat
Thanks. I will watch that on the iplayer later in the week
Depends. Pedro Diniz rolled over at the Nurburgring a few years ago and ripped his roll hoop off in the gravel trap. That could have been really nasty
It's definitely a lot better than it used to be. I'm sure peoples helmets used to hit the ground when people rolled in the past.
yeah rollovers are worse there is the possibility of hurting your head or your skull.
You can't just say that though. I don't really want to talk about this anymore. I think you need to try to understand that it isn't a black/white serious/not serious accident distinction.
It's not as simple as that. Statiscally, rollovers are probably less harmful in the modern era
i am just join me back on planet earth for a sec please.
Go back far enough and the theory was that it was better to be thrown out of the car than stay in it. It's one of the problems with gravel traps that roll hoops dig in and the helmet can hit the ground
There's no problem. I think we're just trying to say, it's not as clear cut as you may think
Well the facts are right there when Schumi broke his leg all the brakes did were just kick up dirt since they locked.Here it is the same case I think if the brakes locked.Depending on how fast he was going his back injury probably wouldn't have been possible.And plus about the rollover thing I said there is a possibility i didn't say it was going to happen every time.
I give up
:)
Is it worth reading back to see why?
oh come on i'm just saying.
No.
No
haha :D
Any word on how the move went?
probably a slim possibility not a major one
I don't see why you have issues with the concept that stuff happens. No real reason for a lot of it. It just does.
All we know is Mr C enjoyed driving the white van so much that when they saw two Williams transporters possibly heading to Kemble he announced that he wants to drive one of those
nothing since Christine's post: http://smarterthanyouraverage.com/2009/10/11/its-that-murphy-fella-again/
Ambitious huh
Thanks Kathi
i know that i'm just making up an explanation.
I have completely caught up on my masterchef. I'm sad that it's the semi finals now though. I love watching the incompetent ones fail at simple tasks.
I can't believe she is putting up blog posts during a move
Wow so its just at the towers things go wrong ;)
you're welcome :)
I was most shocked by the mini series :P
That's still on my to do list
Thats what I was going to do. Somehow thats rejiged my memory to listen to an Aside...
What makes you think that Massa is still some way from a full recovery.
"Ferrari has put out a statement confirming that Felipe Massa will drive an F2007 Ferrari tomorrow at its Fiorano test track, but has stressed that together with the team, Massa has come to the conclusion that his best interests would be served by not trying to race again this season at the final event in Abu Dhabi."
James Allen
Simply confirms what we knew already.
I can't keep up she's so prolific
I am glad he is not trying to rush back to race this season. Best to have a break and a load of pre-season testing. Coming back for the last race of the season would mean that if he had problems there would be no way of proving it was a one off for months.
I've got myself some "tablet" .. thats a kind of fudge for folks down south. I may make myself sick, yum!
Mmmmm! So good.
steven's right y'know
That reminds me I was given some last week. I wonder where I put it
I agree, but I am also still not 100% convinced that he will be right next year.
Yep.. pretty yummy
Beats me how people get so much sugar in such a small space
dude come on he's fit now in March he'll be even better hopefully.
It's just fantastic isn't it :p
You never can tell until he gets back into racing.
I did not know there were any roads on Rockall to drive white vans?
just put a lot of it in there and just like jam it real good in there.
He has had a fractured skull and a brain injury. Sometimes people don't ever get back to the top of their game after that
I think they must have built an extension on to the rock. They saw the Williams transporters on the M4 so it must be a big extension
It si going to be when he has to actually complete a fullrace that we will really know. My point is in a competitive way rather than circulating. Felipe has possibly the worst imaginable team mate next year to have to defend his driving results with.
true but he's testing now.And again just saying maybe in March which in 5 months he'll ready to race.
I had a fractured skull many moons ago (excuse for being loopy!) .. anyway back on story I was told it would be 2 years before they knew for definite how much damage was done.
well his teammate will motivate him to drive faster I personally think.
I agree completely.
I have full text feed again. *glues it to feedreader*
Maybe it's a bit of a relief in an odd way. Not being able to live up to Fernando isn't an embarrassing thing. I know obviously he wants to be world champion. But at least this accident would give him a good excuse.
She's right
There have been a few drivers with serious injuries like that who after they retired said that even though they were back driving within months it was a couple of years before they felt right again
You make a good point Steven
British Geography is not good but I thought M4 was somewhere Swindon way or on route to Somerset and and the Severn. That is long way from Rockall. Mr C also seemed to me to have a slight west country accent (my grandparent on the one side came from there).
That's the M5. M4 goes from London west to Oxford
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btEpF334Rtc
While we would understand, a) would the p[ress understand and b) will Felipe's fans understand. I really wished Kimi had stayed at Ferrari - I think it would have been better for Felipe.
Thanks - so we know approximately where Sidepodcast HQ really is. Is Williams factory not in Oxfordshire?
Well we can safely say this,he's really gonna give it 110% next year.
Yes. Grove in Oxfordshire
Well if you lived in Swindon you wouldn't want to admit to it
We don't even know if he is going to race next year yet. We still have to find out how the contents of his skull respond to being shaken about at Fiorano yet. Schumacher thought he was going to drive a few races ago but it didn't happen.
Not necessarily. When I drive from my parents house to my university I take the M4, but neither of them is anywhere near that road!
I know I should not, but I have an admission I am hoping that Alonso really struggles with the Ferrari and simply cannot get to grips with it (like Fisi and Luca). In contrast Felipe gets in and drives as if the accident never happened. I know it is a bit mean. Kimi can also have a few smug smiles.
yeah(sniffs in sadness)I was really gonna be glued to the
TV when I heard that and when the neck injury popped up I wanted to cry since he's my hero
Is Swindon such a boring place!
Have you seen the magic roundabout? .. the road not the tv program?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Roundabout_(Swindon)
I live in SA but I have the perception that Swindon is business parks and suburbia on a largish scale.
You can't help but hope Felipe is fine. He's such a likable guy. I do think Ferrari deserve to get burned by the way they've treated Kimi.
Ah, sorry. Swindon is okay, I have a friend who lives there, its a bit of a concrete jungle, or that's how I view it.
I would love to know how stoned the people who designed that were. What options were thrown out for that to be the best one?
Jesus. How is that not the biggest accident blackspot in the country? What's up with a normal roundabout?
Renault need to get burned for the way they treated Nelson.
It's even more insane than the French concentric roundabouts
5 times the fun? Can you imagine driving round that as a learner
It would take the whole lesson to find an exit
I have heard of Spaghetti Junction but not the Magic Roundabouts - but Wiltshire is home to crop circles so clearly there is something special in the air that makes circles more prevalent than any where else and is necessary. Love the sign.
ps Wikipedia says In February 2008 The Times named Swindon as one of "The 20 best places to buy a property in Britain"
Can you go in between all the individual roundabouts? It's just insane.
Wow, I'm surprised
I think that is how it works. You go round one then exit on to the next then the next etc
Maybe it didn't include the category 'fun'.
You can go round all the mini's in order or if you are feeling brave, go round one mini to the inner big one and then leave by another mini
There's one of those near work. You can't get to where you're going without crossing lanes or using the wrong one
It said to BUY property not to LIVE in said property!
Presumably you don't jsut go round the outside of them all? That'd just be like a giant normal roundabout. I can see myself getting lost in the middle. How do you have enough signage to show people the way out?
So there is a roundabout in the middle of all those minis. That is way more complex than the French concentric roundabouts.
Yeah its like a big roundabout with 5 satellite mini's round it
Ahh, makes sense now. Maybe they buy the property and move it to somewhere else.
You are not going to be able to see anything but signs. There must be hundreds of them
This may not work but try clicking on this link then tell it you want Bird's Eye view & you'll be able to see the roundabout
Hahaha I'd be going round in the middle all day too scared to take an exit.
Anything we do not know -do you mean Renault and not Briatore & co, but am fascinated that Romain, Mark and Fernando have sang praises to the guy.
or rent it out!
Think of it as five roundabouts I'm a circle, the middle is not a roundabout
Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrfdQIg4ap0
Oh my
oh turn the sound down, bad music alert
Didn't work for me
I could see myself circulating the outskirts and never finding the real heart of Swindon (if it has one?).
those three need to open their eyes put down their false idols and recognize
This one's better http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPANKRHL9HU&feature=related
:( You could try local.live.com & search for Swindon Town Football Club as the roundabout is outside
I found it. The link showed me a different corner of the stadium. It reminds me of Melbourne when the race is on. There are lines on th road but they don't make any sense.
I can't imagine what that roundabout is like when there is a match on
Here's a nice ariel photo http://majorhitwaves.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/swindons-magic-roundabout.jpg
Hatton Cross near Heathrow
http://www.flickr.com/photos/axelrd/3565041967/
Evening all :)
Hey Scott. Hows it going?
Looks very similar
That's worse. Once you get in the middle you are going round it the wrong way
It is I think
I've had several near misses, as I have to use it twice a day
I'm alright thanks, how's everyone?
Evening. forza 3 achievements got released today if you're interested.
There is no middle, you circumnavigate the inner circle, as it were.
Bad planning IMO
I've already seen them before. To be honest, they could be a bit more challenging.
Picked up through the day I spose.
Though this talk of roundabouts is driving me around the bend (I'll get the coat)
Though you can go either way at the start
Ahh, they've only just popped up on my readers. They are a bit generic for my tastes.
That is nothing compared to all the Jesus puns on the Bathurst thread
okay I'll be quiet, till you all go on about sim racing :P
But then again, to be fair FM3 is going to be a more accessable game for players, so I can maybe see why they're easier to obtain.
Oh yes, I've confirmed my attendance for the karting event after ASI in January :D Now just need to sort out the payment before the deadline.
Actually I don't mind, I've just been waiting ten minutes for the perfect opportunity to say that.
:D
They both seem similar with and outside and an inside ring almost running in opposite directions
Maybe I'll try and do some blogging
Doesn't quite work like that
It's 5 mini roundabouts all linked
Do you have a subject in mind?
Well I did two during the week on penalties so not to sure what to follow up with
Helloooooooo Wembleeeeyyy
You need to plug blog posts.
Hey Jon
Hi Jon, how's things?
I said almost, you in essence do a 3/4 turn
Hi Jon
They think its all over....
Pretty good ta :) yourself?
The weekend will be over soon ;)
OK thanks. Have got a week off so looking forward to having a break
not my style I'm afraid
Ahhh, I shall refrain from football references. Hi jon anyways.
If you put the work in you deserve to have people read it
Howdy!
Bleurgh. I don't want to go to work tomorrow. I'm so glad I came home this afternoon. I'd just be getting in now.
I mentioned them on twitter so I semi-plugged them
As good as any
I think so too
You should plug them here. People are always looking for stuff to read
It's down to confidence I guess. I don't think I'm a good enough blogger to go look at this, it's cool
But, on the plus side, at least I haven't given up
ooooh, Lou. Happy Birthday!!
Plugging doesn't mean you think your post will win the Pullitzer prize. It's just you letting us know that it is there.
That's good
haha
Ooooh kept that quiet! Is that her 18th?]
Happy birthday Lou!!
Tis tomorrow I think.
it's tomorrow
I would disagree. I've not read your blog before but I just went & had a quick look at the ones on penalties & I'm going to go back & read them again because I think they're really interesting
but her friend made her an F1 cake .. pictures earlier in the thread
You all should really read Jackie's post about which driver was the naughtiest this season: http://www.pitlanefanatic.com/blog/index.php/884/on-top-of-the-naughty-step-part-1-the-drivers/
oops. me + facebook fail.
carry on, nothing to see here
thank you
That's a plug
I know .. cringe
The cringe is because it's like hearing your own voice in a podcast .. feels weird.
Not that bad, is it?
Oooh it's a good article. You've been mean about my favourite German though.....
the only thing I think you could change is the link to the reference library I don't seem to be able to get there, although I'm a member of your forum.
and mine seems to be (incorrectly, i say) high up.
do you like hearing yourself on podcasts (even if you have enjoyed doing it?)
Oh dear, thanks
and after finishing reading about the drivers you could check out what the teams have been up to right here
Hello.
Vettel only had that huge grid drop after Australia because he was too polite.
first time i hated it, but you do get used to it
evenin' sire
No I don't. (Though I hardly ever speak so makes a small difference). But I always thought an online post was a good thing.
That's true and I love Vettel .. but that's what the stewards decided and I was trying to be impartial
I found that once I had been on a few podcasts my voice didn't bother me any more.
Yeah, you just get used to it
I really enjoy reading other peoples blogs, I'm just not keen on plugging mine
I have to say, even though I don't like the sound of me, I've thoroughly enjoyed the podcasts I've done, particularly the panels
Fair enough :P I might forgive you. I've added your blog to my google reader (which I'm still majorly struggling to deal with) but I shall persevere.
Is there something else that might be easier for me to use? Some sort of desktop thing. I don't need a lot of functionality.
I would plug Maverick's last post but I still don't understand it ;)
LOL :D
Not that I'm aware of, bookmark?
The panels are so much fun I am sure they have helped a lot of people get past the sound of their own voice
Jackie, you are awesome and we'll be getting you on more panels soon :)
What language has he written it in? you are our best liguist so if you don't understand it none of us will
Hi Christine, how's the move going?
Yay you survived :D
We are done for now. Exhausted, but it's going okay :)
Christine,
Did you manage to stop white van man chasing the Williams transporters?
Mr C given up on his manly phase?
Good stuff! Have a cup of tea.
If ever I move it'll have to be during the off-season
what move. I missed out on a lot.
I did. We had to return the van. Mr C was quite sad.
Yes but yours and Maverick's posts are both great. They actually analyse and are not just hot air and opinion.
Our Sidepodcast hosts are moving house
You need to make sure he doesn't go and trade his car in for a van or a truck
oh right.
well depending on what car it is trucks are manly especially hummers
Yeah. He was very keen about driving us to Spa in a bus. This might be an area of concern....
He may do. He also picked up a leaflet for a motorhome which concerns me.
Especially since he's had one good day of driving a lrge vehicle, he may have used all the good luck up on that front
I have a bus licence lol
Interestingly in our part of the world women like the Hummers they feel safer in them!
Hahaha I have to take my minibus test next April when I get back.
I bet you are glad you have just moved house when he did that. Had he found that before the move you could be living in one
Similar here, Range Rover = Chelsea Tractor
you need an individual license to drive a bus
I just watched the Top Gear episode with motorhome racing.
Yeah, I'd keep an eye on the motorhome.
I suggest a classic VW camper
I hadn't thought of that! That concerns me even more :)
That would be amusing sitting on the ball on a bouncy motorhome floor trying to podcast
Not a 45 foot Winnebago
Also remember RHD Hummers are built/assembled in SA for the RHD global markets.
I think he was describing chess moves
LPG and I used to do radio from an old mobile dentist's caravan.
Oh it went so well for so long. Sorry Christine.
Why are Hummers so expensive, are they armour plated or something?
They're HUGE!
If u plan to sleep in there if say the house had to be checked for bugs i would prefer a winnebago
and not at all aerodynamic
Here they are not especially expensive comparatively, I do not see the appeal of them, monumentally ugly and heavy on petrol.
You almost need your bus licence to be allowed to drive one!
No probs, have fixed it :)
i think hummers are armor plated they're military vehicles or modeled to be military vehicles i.e. the humvees
I read recently that GM were going to sell Hummer of to the Chinese
They must be fun on British roads as I recall the country one were narrow and sort of wiggly.
It seems to be the more expensive your car, the more space you feel the need to occupy on the road. Merc drivers are the worst
no they better not sell em to them
challenging?
it'd be easier to understand if you're American or me but Hummer has always been an American brand always have always should be.
It's nearly complete
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8300102.stm
Certainly the ones you buy are not armour plated. The originally converted military could have been.
The RHD ones in Britain post 2007 would have been built here in SA.
http://www.motoring.co.za/index.php?fArticleId=3787764&fSectionId=3264&fSetId=381
Looks like it is a done deal
no no no no no
thank you.
And good night everyone.
something always gives me the notion that they are.
GM is in a mess so they have to sell off several brands to make cash.
G'night Kathi
Night Kathi
Good night Kathi
I hope Saab goes to someone with some sense, they've messed that brand up too
Bye kathi.
the chinese are gonna ruin it de americanize a true american brand.
our tax dollars when to them and that ain't enough!!!!!!!!!!!
Obviously it isn't profitable at the moment though. It's sell it or be bankrupt....
By the way, mentioned this yesterday but hardly any one was around. Spent time on this yesterday. So, no excuse to get a Glock quesiton wrong ever.
They made SAAB an Opel/Vauxhall variant rather than an individual company that was worth something
saab better go to ford it'll make more sense
Wow RG that's a huge amount of work. It'll take me a while to read and digest but thank you :D
The whole of GM isn't profitable and the first thing any business does is unload non-core business. Hummer is an irrelevant business to GM and there is no way any Amrican company is going to buy it so either it goes to China or the brand disappears
You pipped me to the post, I was preparing a posting all about Timo. I will start on my Driver musical chairs market.
sell it back to am general
Ford are broke too. SAAB has nothing in common with Ford
I was cursing the fact he had such a long and quite successful history.
That looks like a lot of work RG
No, it needs to go to someone who can deal with an individual brand, not homogenised blandness
nice job rg and sell it to daimler chrysler then
does it exist? I think the Hummer's sell by date is well and truly over so I think the Chinese are rather welcome to dabble in tasteless automobiles.
again sell it to am general they had hummer originally.
He does indeed, but then when I research Nelsinho he had a spectacular start to his career - just went very wrong in F1.
Why would they build a business and sell it off at a nice profit then buy it back when no-one wants the cars?
look the chinese should stick to IT stuff when it comes to cars leave it to Japan,America,and most of Europe.
right but again easier to understand if American.
I'll make sure I tell them that over afternoon tea tomorrow
Why?
You think China with a billion people is not going to build cars? China is going to be involved in every industry on the planet and it is going to domniate most of them
I think the Hummer will still hold appeal to less sophisticated markets, like Asiatic, Middle East and Africa -so I think they should manufacture them. Also forgetting India is a huge car manufacturer, and Mexico and Brazil are significant.
hehehe funny Bassano but anyway like i keep saying Hummer is a true American brand like Dodge,Ford,and Chevy it doesn't make any sense.
It's business, sense doesn't come into it. Money does
Now you know how we felt in the 80s and 90s.
Hey Jackie, do you still need those penalty stats?
well pr is part of it right and we're the public so they gotta convince that this is good.
In 20 years time many of use will be driving Chines cars like we drive Japanese today. I drive a European built car and the choice was based on it being the greenest car you can buy.
If you have them Gavin I might do part 3 :D
There is a simple choice. National protectionism or participation in the global economy. If you want to sell to the world you have to deal with other parts of the world taking over your companies
no this is terrible i have to work in the rice fields now.
No they don't
No they err don't. That's the point. The future of automobile industries is in exploiting eastern markets.
These companies are fighting for survival
i understand that but i'm very patriotic and to me this isn't right.And i'm very defensive of our military just saying.
I don't think it will take 20 years. As soon as the Chinese and Indians get serious they are going to blow everyone else out of the water
Steady on Edgar, don't go down that route please
You need to move then because you can't grow rice in America
What has the latter point got to do with anything we've discussed?
ok ok fine.
The whole basis of your economy is founded on the free market. Seems like an odd time to start objecting to it.
It's modern economics. We're not saying it's right, just that it's here
Here you go. My good friend Brian Lawrence from F1NGers got them for me ;)
Hummers were originally miltary vehicles
Thank you
I think China are now the 2nd or 3rd biggest economy by GDP? It was only ion about 2005 they overtook the UK for 5th.
i just wanted to say that but again very patriotic and this isn't right.I'm like a rock can't convince to change my mind
So American companies should never be allowed to buy another foreign business in case the locals don't like it? Are you going to build walls round the border and not let anyone in?
China and India are very soon going to be the biggest markets in the world and America is going to become number three if it is lucky
Nothing wrong with patriotism, but it doesn't pay the bills
and the chinese are gonna make crappy military vehicles.They never won a war because of their military.More people are gonna die!
America cannot really continue to protect its auto-industry. I think it tried and was unsuccessful. It seems, as an outsider, they simply were not building cars their clients continued to want. So Japanese and European brands made a successful offensive into the market. Sadly American imports into SA have been mostly ridiculed for poor build quality, especially their interiors.
Exactly. It's just Rover all over again isn't it?
So you don't believe in the free market? That makes you unAmerican doesn't it?
Precisely
What planet are you living on?
Eurgh it's too late in the day for this conversation. Can we just leave it now?
And goodbye Vauxhall too, if that deal with Opel is what I think it is.
I agree... have been lurking watching on and it's just not the most fun of topics :(
Ironically the US carmakers could learn something from their own divisions in other parts of the world. I think Ford has finally got it, they are launching the Fiesta in the US.
Agreed, let's move on
I think we may be fanning the flames here a bit guys...
well it's true america makes crappy cars and we want the foreign stuff but this affecting our military too.
Only way back - they are simply inflated normal vehicles. In the African bush they are fairly useless where the Land-cruiser is King. Landrovers are capable off-roaders but have a tendency to break down rather a lot.
Most Americans who buy American cars do so because they want to buy American and not because the cars are any good. How many American models sell anywhere else in the world?
STOP
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Hammer time! ;)
Blimey I went to make a reply on twitter and it's going nuts here.
Do do do do do do do do.
ok fine i'm still very furious with them though.
We're trying to reign it in, it's not working
Can't touch this!
No it's not. The military are not going to buy from China. There is no military use anywhere that needs Hummers. There are plenty of better options
haha
It is, it just takes time to filter through to everyone..
Can I make a polite request that we PLEASE, stop this
Yes there is the Americans hello the US Marines.
Go team cool!
ditto
in the name of love.
Gah, its bad when that is your first thought.
SO! Bassano, what have YOU been up to THIS weekend!!???
My-my-my-my music hits me so hard
Makes me say,"oh my lord"
You have a musical problem - Hanna Montana and now this? Guys, how do we fix RG?
Evening everyone - how are you all?
Hope you all had a top weekend!
What about Baby Got Back?
My understanding is Fiesta, Focus and Ka are entirely European, and while not popular in SA are actually rather good vehicles. I think Ford's overall plan is to introduce these to the USA. There was talk that Chrysler would sell its own shares to FIAT so that it could build FIAT sourced cars in the USA - but I think it might have fallen through. Next generation BMWs are all likely to be smaller engined but turbo boosted to comply with environmental legislation.
Recovering, talked into joining the gang for drinks with Guille (thoroughly nice chap)
Decided GP didn't know what she was talking about and started anti-biotics anyway
Feeling much better now :)
whatcha been up to this weekend
Not so family friendly
I suggest a race.
I did - I was a Rollercoaster junkie yesterday, and I played rFactor most of today and watched Point Break for the very first time!
pmsl :D poor RG
wooop
Mmmm chauvinism :P
My wife loves that song ;)
What have I learnt today?
C++ is evil.
Netbeans is evil.
computing is evil.
:(
Utah! Get me two
I wish everyone should just used one browser....am designing my website in IE (multiple tabs in firefox means IE is easy)....faffed around with frame sizes etc....then opened it in Firefox and nothing is the right size....booo
Having fun then?
But IE is awful Jon, the competition are so much better at it
We're one week into this course and I already feel 5 months behind.
:(
Is that wise?
I learned that mini cheddars are majorly underrated.
Haha tell me about it! I've spent most of the W/E rebuilding my blog - the old site varied between IE and F/Fox. Most annoying!
oh i know, it's offline stuff, it dosent count ;)
I thought you were giving up the IT side of your degree
Hmmm, yum
There are two types of browser IE and non IE. Designing for IE is a pain as it has the most compatibility issues but it captures about 2/3 of the market. Almost all other browsers seem to be compatible with each other.
I learned it's not wise to go to Birmingham City Centre when there's a half-marathon on
And falling :D
Nope... It's a Computing degree so that would be odd :P
As are Marmite and Cheese sandwiched.
If you can get some ready salted crisps in there too then you're onto a major winner.
I learned that second hand MacBooks are still no cheaper than £400 :(
Oops, thought it was law and computing
Try playing a team in Gateshead when the Great North Run is on.
Not really ;)
I have learned that buying a bed is expensive and confusing and that my family insists on interfering.
Boooo! I'm going to save up for a new desktop. I'm up for a mac conversion. I grew up using macs. My first ever PC left me without internet access for 4 months....
As we are saying what we've learnt....
I've learnt that you should never get on a bus with a first time bus driver..in the dark....in a route with lots of foxes....in a route he dosent know....
I'd say no but I think you are doing different things with it.
I pretend it doesn't exist and then act suprised when people say things don't work :D
I went for separate mattress and bed. One for comfort, one for style
i would do...but if you open my site in firefox the links menu disapears ;)
Haha, that sounds brilliant. And best experienced on the way home after a few jars at the local...
Glock is awesome. But we knew that already so.....
Penguins are underrated.
No, I'm just rubbish at it. And I hate programming and coding.
That's why my stolen MacBook Pro was replaced with a cheap netbook running Pardus. I have absolutely no complaints about either the Netbook or its OS.
How would you know if he was new?
I have learnt that Keanu Reeves is a bad actor even when he plays a surf bum!
oh and did i mension the bus is falling apart ;)
Merecats are cute
He got lost ;)
Linux is under-rated especially Pardus.
Unfortunately the out-of-town shops want £300 for a mattress and £300 for a frame. So I am willing to compromise on a frame for a while - however, IKEA seems to have some good-looking stuff for considerably less money.
I'll be upgrading my iMac soon
you tried using these? http://www.quirksmode.org/css/condcom.html
:( what are you trying to do?
You can only ever use IKEA bedding then though or unfitted sheets. Deviously they don't use standard sizing.
Be aware that IKEA bed stuff is all od sizing, you'll forever have to uy your linen and duvet covers from them
It doesn't help that I want the posh comfy mattress ;-)
I don't know :(
JINX
What about "Ted" Theodore Logan? Possibly his finest role
ah, how annoying..
so anyone here a java developer
I went to a cheap carpentary wholesale place and then had a mattress delivered from some high street bed store
Don't get a cheap mattress, get one that suits you
Definitely
Java? :o *runs*
just the coffee variety
I love coffee
You can't speak about Neo that way! I also realised recently neo is an anagram of one
excellent *airguitar*
Well he is good in the Matrix...
A superior sequel too, quite rare
No way! I've never heard that before!
I'm leaning for same. Looking at a couple of local places tomorrow, should be cheaper.
They are a little over-rated unless you get a good deal in terms of price. In my one lab we got a good price and I have iMacs, but now the price premium is too much.
Welcome to the party Lukeh ;)
you sunk my battleship
I also learnt that even after 6 months of not playing rFactor I can pick it up again and set fast laptimes :D
But they look as cool as eff
I like that
Plus, the OS suits me
If you can wait a while the Next sale at christmas usually has some nice bedframes at a reasonable price.. I got mine for 150 pounds last year
I need to buy a new wheel and race you. Not for a while though.
Does next week count?
Sadly I've not played - my laptop won't support it.
Also I ment to ask you - do you have a 150X150 size banner / pic for your site. Redesigned mine over the weekend and wanted to include a link to yours in a sidebar (have a look at F1TP and you'll see what I mean).
If you can drop me a mail with a file I'll upload one tomorrow...
Oh dear
What's so urgent?
I'm moving and I don't own the bed where I am now.
Oooh no I don't - Could anyone help me design one?
No question about that - a couple had to have their hard drives replaced fairly soon - became panel heaters. Mac OSX is good, but in all honesty a KDE desktop is fairly awesome to. I used Pardus since it especially stable (originally a Gentoo-based distro) and incredibly easy to install and maintain updates.
Ah. As a student, I'd vote airbedding it until you find something cheap. I'm aware that sensible adults often aren't up for that though....
*everyone looks in one direction*
That's nice Adie
really boring today
If it means me not doing this work YES PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF..
I can stay where I am for a week or so and the new place has sofas I can sleep on, if I need to.
Although it's not necessarily the best hardware, I'm a fan of the all-in-one thing.
Not a lot of floor space
Lukeh, if you could, I'd owe you a really big favour dude!
it's days like this where i wish i was in the military.
You've been developing Java..?
What do you want redesigned? Shouldnt take me long..
:) You've got my mail haven't you mate?
(And cheers Jackie)
Yummy yummy yummy.
no i only asked that question because i was curious.
I need a 150x150 logo for my blog to go on Adie's site - can you do that for me? I have no idea what I want, perhaps the blog title with some bits of faded chart or graph in the background? You can use anything you need from my site, of course!
I'm seeing charts, graphs, differently-coloured numbers at jaunty angles..
So am I ...
For future labs (which all have a space issue) I have decided to use SFF Shuttles and 23inch 1900 resolution monitors and Pardus (Windows will be supplied via virtualizing). A Shuttle with 1500 Gbyte drive and Quad 2 Core processor and 4 Gb ram is half the price of an entry-level iMac 20 inch.
That's good value
anyone know of youtube copyright fiasco?
Nope, google?
Are you still talking about the bed? :P
What's happened now?
Copyright Fiasco would be a great band name
you know videos getting muted and whatnot for nothing.
yeah go figure
I have been trying a couple of different specs - also very easy to upgrade since they are bought bare-bones and I assemble them myself with the processors, HD, DVD writer and memory. Lots of ports - 6 USB, parallel, serial and old printer (still have software dongles than use these).
No iMac computers - look great and are desk-space saving.
I used to work in IT, I've had a year out in a new job and I'm amazed at:
A: How much I've forgotten
B: How cheap stuff got
C: How much it's moved on in 12 months (but that's to be expected)
Better patent that!
Hahaha yes.
copyright fiasco is a great name for a song.
I actually think the software is even more scary in its development. A conservation biologist now needs to know so much computer stuff, like Neural Networks and Stochastic Probability Modelling to stand any chance of being employed.
Embarrassingly, Acoustic Avril Lavigne is rather good
[hides in shame]
no!
no!
no!!!
she's aweful!!!
RG?
alien ant farm is a better song name than a band name
Well. At least now I have got something against you.
Mutant Ant Farm would be another good song name
I'm not proud of it but there are about 4 good tracks
Why do people just associate me with bad tastes?
Bit close to Alien Any Farm
5 words
Avril Lavigne Coldplay Live Lounge
You once admitted to singing YMCA & watching Smiley Virus
You brought it on yourself I think
Their cover of Smooth Criminal was very good
Thats only two things...
Aren't they bad enough?
dude classical music is 1800's rock is where it's at.
The Scientist?
Ouch, that sounds terrible
[Goes back to acoustics]
Ah, fair enough.
Tough while I'm on Live Lounge
Arctic Monkeys doing Girls Aloud cover :lol:
well what about general tso and the samurai
See, i win
probably a good band name.
That's brilliant though...
Though I did say the acoustics were good
Nothing else
Plus, she looks pwetty
Gah!
Snooze Patrol, where's the forward button?
The Automatic doing Gold Digger [Kanye's] with accompanying flute
now that was interesting....
wha? coldplay and avril lavigne in the same sentence!!! noooo coldplay don't deserve that :P
Saw them do it live, was full of energy
Cover, don't listen Lou. It'll put you off your tea
they both really good so they deserve to be in the same sentence man.
Gavin is this ok?
Photoshop is having some big old problems with me tonight, i think my laptop in general is just angry at me.. :(
Looks good
but... coldplay are awesome :(
Perfect - thanks a million dude!
Can I make a suggestion that's not meant as a criticism?
But it's Avril doing a terrible Coldplay cover
Of course!
ooh. eewww.
anyways i must sleep, night everyone! :) x
Night :)
Like Kobayashi doing a poor cover of Glock.
Night Lou
Worse, more like Badoer doing a Massa
Nighty night.
See ya Lou, have a great birthday
Night Lou. Have a nice day tomorrow :)
If I were Gavin, I'd change it from making up the numbers to F1 numbers since that's the title of his blog.
The blog is called 'Making Up The Numbers" - but it's too long as a blog address...
hehe nice
Ya think? Or is that the rules?
Gavin said before it's because of the URL why its f1numbers
#MFC Some journalist moaning about watching football on a computer...
If they used it as a test case, the article and comments imply that it failed.
But then again, the iPlayer is really popular and there are loads of people like us who watch TV online - but I guess the mainstream don't like the idea?
ah okay, sorry
Ah.. beat me too it. :)
It was a live event, and from what I heard of it, it wasn't the same as it being on tv at all.
I missed that part :blush: but I likes the big avatar thing
Wonder if there was any buffering?
Lukeh I'm happy with it as it is dude - thanks a lot for that ;)
£11.99 for an England match though... only available online...
It;s just my opinion this but even if England have qualified, there's now at the national team of the country's most popular sport should only be available like that. Have always thought England matches should be BBC/ITV, or what is considered terrestrial TV now, rather than sky or like that.
With the amount of people I'd expect watching it, I'd suspect so.
night
Night peeps who are leaving
Freeview?
Apparently not - but only 0.5 million subscribed and they put a cap on 2 million...
Gavin...Done!
Luke - thanks for doing that :) I may need a F1TP Banner rejig in the future. I know where to go if I need any help! :D
Thank you kindly ;)
Go for it, I'm always around to help
The reports I heard last night was that a lot of people paid £12 each to watch it and the service worked. Quite why anyone would spend that kind of money for a stream is beyond me
No worries!
I totally agree with that. Scotland had a friendly game in Japan on BBC1 but all the real games are on Setanta and the like. They will all suffer in the long term
The thing that astounds me is that it offered nothing new - it wasn't HD, it didn't have anything exclusive, it didn't reward the customer even... it was just a bog standard run of the mill international qualifier with pundits, average quality strea,, and that's it. No different to TV.
Now ESPN
Justin *cough* tv or Star sports had it on for free surely?
Evening all I have had a tiring day or too. Drivig home tomorrow. Timo news is a shame. Hope for British gp news tomorrow. Conversation looked a bit scary earlier, didn't dare enter it!
Hey Nick
I tried to defend Avril but then the Live Lounge thing ruined it
do you guys have directv over there or just the Americans get those.
do you guys have directv over there or just the Americans get that.
The shopping channels, yeah
i hope they keep british gp at silverstone.
DirecTV is US only. We have Sky satellite and Virgin Media cable in the UK.
oops i asked it twice.
Some events are "protected"like that, but Englad away matches are not.
I missed that!
Think I may have moved onto the girl in the BBC Jane Austin thing ;)
You all have issues!
I'm gonna head off on the train to sleepyland and the land of forty winks. Nighty night
Bye Lukeh
night
I would take exception to that put Bassano proved that wrong earlier. So, with dreams of some awful, awful stuff. Night, lotsa love.
night
Right, I need to head off too guys.
Laters to you all!
I know, I hate Jane Austen :)
Night to all the sleepyheads
From Ofcom: Group A events and highlights of Groub B events must be offered to qualifying free to air broadcasters, but they are not under any obligation to bid for them.
Sports events protected under Part IV of the Broadcasting Act 1996
Group A (Full Live Coverage Protected)
The Olympic Games The FIFA World Cup Finals Tournament The European Football Championship Finals Tournament The FA Cup Final The Scottish FA Cup Final (in Scotland) The Grand National The Derby The Wimbledon Tennis Finals The Rugby League Challenge Cup Final The Rugby World Cup Final
Group B (Secondary Coverage Protected)
Cricket Test Matches played in England Non-Finals play in the Wimbledon Tournament All Other Matches in the Rugby World Cup Finals Tournament Six Nations Rugby Tournament Matches Involving Home Countries The Commonwealth Games The World Athletics Championship The Cricket World Cup - the Final, Semi-finals and Matches Involving Home Nations' Teams The Ryder Cup The Open Golf Championship
Ditto. I keep losing track.
why!
She seemed lovely...
Bye whoevers going
Does that mean the free-to-air channels get first dibs but no guarantee that they will get them?
Basically, yes. The rights holders have to offer them, broadcasters don't have to buy.
I think in most cases if a FTA bids and a non-FTA bids, the FTA would generally get it. Ofcom generally frowns on the non-FTA getting it if there is a choice, so it may not necessarily go to the highest bidder.
I think this is also the case.
Sounds interesting, that OFCOM stuff.
Have a good night everybody !
Night Gavin
G'night Gavin
[We need a goodnight smiley]
night
Good night all who are leaving
Oh dear. That could get quite unbearable!
gosh ticketing annoys me, tickets on sale for 1 minute yet my seat isn't that great!
:(
You got tennis tickets?
Hey, at least you're in
I think the problem is all you can select is 'best available' and maybe their definition of best is different to mine :D
There is also the fact that if you were willing to go to both mens and womens finals they have had tickets on sale for a week so they may have sold all the best ones to those people, or to the travel places that do packages.
Either way I'll be there and that is cooooool.
true, it sounds like its a lot easier than getting finals tickets to Wimbledon :D
Errr yes! At least you can buy tickets.... Rather than just hang around outside and wait for the lottery draws.
Sleepy times. I wish I had more Masterchef.
Night Alison
Have you watched all of them?
night
Closing the packet of mints and putting them away really has no effect on me stopping eating them
Yes :(
I'm not going to bed. I can't sleep without Michel :(
Michael who?
Softmints?
guess it's just us
^^ see what i did there ;)
Humbugs
Been working on a blog post discussing the Silly Season. A lot of rumours and lots of options as John Howett noted.
Here are some of things I will discuss in a too long post (almost 3000 words
Would Kim sign a pact for "no drinking and driving" and would the public buy it given his reputation as liking alcohol?
Would Frank Williams hire Rubens when he so publically criticised Rubens for his blah blah blah rant?
How will Toro Rosso run without Red Bull parent company support?
Will Brawn cough up the dough for Jenson and his team manager?
Who will hire Heikki?
You are going to stay awake until they make more programs?
moreish
my Australian Open just got really expensive because when my ticket arrived I realised I had somehow managed to buy for the wrong day and then I had to buy for the right day as well.
Oops. I cannot afford this.
this works well but you are missing one thing....
a link ;)
Just cos he likes to drink doesn't mean he'd drive under the influence
Sell one
Ebay the other ticket
that is the best time of the season,silly season
I'm going to try but no one really wants to go to the womens final surely. :D
Serena Williams?
He's not stupid enough to drink and drive.
I sense an imminent HHF mk2. I want it to work but it won't.
Badly.
:lol:
:D
I'll keep it if Clijsters or Henin get in, I love those two and I'm glad they're back :D
One would hope so - but would the public accept it as genuine?
Is it possible to be worse than they are at present - Japan was an expensive outing?
I don't see why not!
It's just a shouting match between 2 women to see who can make the most noise...
Therefore i'm now putting tickets to the nightly drunken shouting match that goes on outside my window...and what makes it better than the womens final is that there are people of all genders and more than 2 of them!!
£20 a pop
:D
Women's tennis - best enjoyed with the sound turned down.
You missed the part where someone heaves white goods out the window to break it up....
Lovely....i am yet to enjoy this moment...
We should get some Insomniacs Association sponsorship for the site :)
wow too bad i don't some binoculars and some microphones to hear shouting match at my neighbors house
I don't see why not.
They've always been terrible at driver management, but can be good at race strategy etc. That side can get worse.
Not so much whether he would it is how it will be perceived by the public ad the sponsors? I think it was James Allen who alluded to stepping over him in a Hotel one morning while in paralytically drunk state.
maybe just me now
yep it's just me
I'm still here, watching stuff
I'm jumping between several websites and twitter.
I'm scaring myself silly about how much i have to do this week....oh and do work too...
I'm in mourning. Michel withdrawal.
Online banking
never been know to be a good multitasker
oh and getting back from oxford at 7.20 with a 9am lecture. booo
Oh yeah, that goes for me too. Somehow my move has co-incided with the championship deciding race, and I need to work out when to switch my internet to the new place..
who on earth is michel?
anyone got a link for me to watch the race since i'll be at work the whole time.
Brazil? Bit early yet.
a week early? not so much
A little bit of Michel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FceP3QBMZg
dude not all week i'll be at work friday morning.
:D
I'm not so keen on the whole shopping channel advert thing though.....
I think it should be a law that people shouldn't bid on the good items on ebay, they should be left for me
thank you for the link.
the good thing about being up so early to buy the (wrong) tickets is I have had time for a shower and now I'm having a lovely bowl of porridge and I still have 15 minutes before I have to leave the house.