Another sports-packed day is up ahead as the World Cup rolls on. The group of death is up ahead so the action should be good. But first and foremost, let us return to what has been happening in motor sports and our beloved Formula One:
- KangarooTV's podcast still cannot compare to the high standard that Christine and Mr. C has set.
- Virgin Racing is probably the most fan-friendly F1 team, giving RG's new team championships a shout-out on Twitter. That definitely deserves some Christine points.
- And talking about Christine points, her rankings are up and Timo continues to pip Karun to the top spot. How will Karun fight back (especially when Timo shares pictures of delicacies)?
- Tweets of the week makes a return. Do share any others that you find interesting!
- Allan McNish's Le Mans diary has been updated with his view of the Audi dominated podium. Previous parts can be found here.
- Motor sports on land may be fast and furious, but motor sports on water is no easier. Here are the F1 teams giving boat racing a try. Which reminds me of a certain Finn's exploits on motorboats...
- The credit crunch hits everyone. Even the great Ferrari.
- PINGs: Leigh, Chris Hughes, and Joe Saward
- Alex has managed to lead the cookie monster astray by making it giggly. Oh no.
- I am no expert (I prefer PC games) but the new Xbox 360 does look sleek. And the good news for those of you salivating over it is that you can go ahead and get one since it is out in the market.
- The football on display yesterday was nothing compared to Germany's decimation of Australia, though Japan and Paraguay did put in good performances. But what is more interesting is the fact that F1 related teams triumphed over the ones with no F1 relations. Should Argentina, Portugal, the Africans and other Asian teams start worrying yet?
Finally, I should end with a reminder to keep breakout comments to the breakout threads. Mr. and Mrs. C have kindly kept Sidpodcast a rather organized group so far, so we really shouldn't mess everything up by commenting on the nearest possible thread rather than the appropriate one. We all have our lapses in concentration, but a little effort will go a long way!
There should be a football post today too, so I look forward to seeing you there (as well as here on the daily of course). ;)
Good Luck to my Zoe with her uni exam today.
Break legs baby!
good luck zoe.
what's she studying?
Zoe is halfway through her Masters in Human Resources
She has been at uni since the beginning of 2004. I'm really hoping she finishes and gets a job at the end of this year...
#loyal #dedicated #inlove
Good luck to Zoe!
I'm excited because I have 2 papers today. I've promised myself a good read of my (bought today) F1 annual as a reward.
in that case so do i :)
good luck too alia.
break legs Alia (everyone understands what this means right?)
break a leg, yeah. multiple appendages sounds a little violent.
more Grands Prix come with more money right? :P
Yeah :D We say that here. Normally just to actors before a play though really....
yes they do!
life is a stage? :-)
if one break is good, more must be better! (ask Mark Webber)
Isn't he officially the unluckiest man alive?
I think hitting that car while making money for charity broke the curse :)
Tunnels (and reduced 3G Internet) are coming.
Have a great day peoples, and remember:
Aussie Aussie Aussie, Oi Oi Oi
Go Lewis!
Good luck to Zoe!!
marilene i loves your daily links :)
Ping - http://toomuchracing.com/2010/06/15/weekend-recap-2/
Took longer than I thought and I've lost the will to go hunting for a photo. :)
Game results hopefully out tomorrow night (late)
err, Tuesday night. err, 24 hours from now
i hadn't notice a new day creep up either.
Good luck to the people with exams
After the lack of sleep of the weekend (and all the concentrating) (and the oversleeping Monday morning) I was going to have an early night, that didn't happen... Off now though, night :)
night good chap.
Yay for ferrari cafe for dinner!i am going to eat under the watchful eye of kimi.
what ya having?
The cafe doesn't have a website :( I wanted to check out the menu...
ahh, boo.
OK, the day has come, bring on Kiwis today !
hello wolf, how are ya?
at work, very sleepy, this football thing is killing me :-)
there wasn't much of a build up, just *boom* three games a day.
I so far missed better parts of all the day opening games. can't afford to that today though :-)
I am already worried about my health. no sleep are we are yet to reach that stage where extra time and penalties come into the picture
on the bright side - holiday tomorrrow :-)
but there will be less games then, right?
yes, but instead of 4:30am sleep it will be 6am sleep :-)
ahhh.
aside from football, plans?
well, it is dragon boat festival, so basically that means a whole day party on the beach watching and morally supporting those who paddle hard. so, not much rest actually :-)
morally supporting people, whilst partying on the beach...
...am struggling to find any sympathy actually ;)
well the weather is horrible at the moment, dark skies, rain etc - would that help ? :-)
much better!
do you know the people paddling out of interest, are they professionals or can anyone have a go?
I hate flash. That is all.
YESS! (hearts) amy.
why?
Because I want to know if I won the Singapore GP competition but their stupid flash website doesn't load on my phone. Which would be ok if the internet was working on my managers computer but it has chosen this exact time to stop working.
got ya. can i check for you?
Oooh internet is fixed. Competition was rigged I tell you!
bet it was the same people who keep fixing the euromillions.
Already my theory that I won that raffle and thus was destined to win the trip to silverstone is in tatters
it's cold, wet and generally muddy. consider it a lucky escape.
But the mclaren hospitality would have meant I could avoid all of that!
oh.
...
well why didn't you win then!?
depends on location, different beach different set up, but in general it is very competitive and often corporate thing. I did it once (in last century :-) ) and I had enough ... it was fun but I prefer watching from the beach of from a boat :-)
It hasn't been drawn yet! I did get another 98 entries in the draw today
Morning :)
I am awake at this ridiculous hour for my lame course.
Morning people! Is anyone else ready to collapse due to lack of sleep? ;)
Erm not really :P I always live on no sleep....
Good for you. I am counting on my mocha frappacino and red bull to keep me up tonight. Which isn't exactly healthy but who cares? :P
In other news, Pirelli are going to be providing F1 tires soon. Probably.
I've never actually had Red Bull... I also recently read a study that said regular coffee drinkers get no energy boost over zero coffee drinkers. Those who are worst off are those who have it in fits and starts as they get withdrawal symptoms.
I don't really drink coffee that regularly, just whenever the urge hits me. Hopefully I don't get withdrawal! (I mean getting eye bags are bad enough...)
not much difference between the looks of that Jordan on page on page 36 of lastest GP+ mag (and that includes the helmet) and pics of 2010 Kubica's Renault few pages earlier :-)
As a member of the coffee making profession I feel it's my duty to tell you to have it every day :D
which one? Any specific coffee to recommend?
I'd rather not say tbh. I'm a bit boring in that I have it strong and black. I really hate milk.
my words ! strong and black that is the only real coffee ! :-)
Oooh. Bitter. Well I like sweet things so lots of creamer and sugar. :D
morning :)
Oh yes ;)
Morning wolfie,
3-0 to your boys do you think?
we will be happy for any win :-) everybody is expecting strong Kiwi defense, not easy to crack :-)
will be fun, we have few Kiwis coming to watch the game with us
Oh cool. I don't expect our boys to win at all, in fact I see it being very similar to DEN-NED yesterday...
hooray off to the yarn store before dinner. scarfy times!
problem with SVK is that this is the first world cup game ever and it is against a team that even a draw would be considered failure (no disrespect meant). not a good combo. I would very much prefer the first game to be against Italy ...
A draw is failure. You need to beat us and hope to draw or beat Paraguay.
Unless Italy continue their poor form.
Footy talk has started early today. Who is doing the thread?
Ah. Should we save it for later? Apologies...
No worries. :) I think footy comments here should be temporarily allowed till the thread is up and or the daily gets more congested.
I went for 50% merino 50% silk mmm warm. Now I am wondering if I can eat my dinner under the watchful eye of Rob
Morning all, I am off sick today, I feel rooooooooough.
How are we all?
Morning Jon. Do rest and not over exert yourself! :)
Enjoying myself by re-watching Germany play.
I'm spending my day in bed and may do a bit of website stuff, along with lots of films and sleep
That sounds good. Through the website stuff may get stressful. :P
True story
am afraid that draw between PAR and ITA messed up things a bit
Morning all. Is it my turn for the World Cup post today?
Maybe. Anyone else volunteered? I would but I really shouldn't be hogging the post 2 days in a row. :P
Italy always messes things up. It's a habit.
Hehe. Plenty of days still to come yet :)
Do you need any info on NZ? There's not many highlights among the players I guess, but from what I have been told, NZ qualifying has really been supported by the country. A big surprise considering football is a minor sport down there.
It's the first time they have qualified since '82...
and they play country that qualified for the first ever although the same country has more Euro Champ winners than England I believe :-)
Some cool news about iRacing: http://www.inracingnews.com/iracing-news/mclean-the-gp-master/
Di Licious raced against some guys over the net...
oh, not nice ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5x1HscZfww&feature=player_embedded
I am sitting next to a picture of gino. Dinner is ruined!
Ping: http://smarterthanyouraverage.com/2010/06/15/lessons-in-the-world-cup-four-day-crash-course/
Ooh! There's a cool new Mac Mini!
morning everyone
is anyone doing silverstone per chance this year?
Morning.
Oops. I was up 10 mins earlier than yesterday, but still got to work at the same time... 4 mins late. #notAmy
morning pat
Been once already ;) Hadn't heard of anyone from here going, I sort of assumed someone would be though..
I'm only doing the Friday - figured I might as well seeing as how I'll be heading up to Joe too
went last year, opting for the Tifosi GP this year
nice
:)
Meeting Amy?
we didn't manage it at Melbourne, a second try would be nice :D
morning amy
well looks like we may be at the same grandstand although I ams till a bit confused by the numbering :-)
evening :D
hooray! I am in Row Z5, whatever that means. I wish they had a seating chart of the grandstands like most other grands prix do.
afternoon
;)
we are talking Italy :-)
Ping: http://sidepodcast.com/2010/06/15/2010-fifa-world-cup-day-5/
:D
Oh dear dear me
http://twitpic.com/1wyfo2
yikes!!
:o
Doesn't work for me - the page loads but there's no pic...
Williams Brazilian football-thing fail
O2 users are going to try to bring the network down on iPhone launch day in protest of the data caps
http://www.macworld.co.uk/ipod-itunes/news/index.cfm?newsid=3226928&pagtype=allchandate
Off to work, laters
say hi to Heathrow for me, only 69 days til I am there!
See ya
I'll be there in just over 4 hours...
It's hailing the size of marbles!
ooh, my oyster card is here. #waywaywaytooorganised
Does it have credit on it?
10 pound
wow... that is crazily organised. maybe you should see if it works in melbourne!
haha even my myki doesn't work in Melbourne
I like this ad. Can I have that chair please?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CN21CfV4OTI
oh pants, magically its 1.19am again. zzzz time.
hate when that happens...
hehe. ant vs rlm: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=1272810&id=1456164546
Love it!
I'm having a very hard time staying mad at Ant. Pictures like this don't help. :)
where were the commentary boxes positioned in canada?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/5livef1/4703669036/
ooooooooooooooooooooh whoops.
wassup?
i was just reminded that tomorrow might be a day of certain significance at spc hq.
Can you tell me so I can include it in the daily.
Or, would you like to write the daily if it's that significant?
I think the spc calendar might help ya there...
i'm not sure writing the daily would quite get me out of this one. thank you though.
*loads up calendar*
oh i see
#nothere
it's no good checking now!
That was the most depressing day of my life. Courses suck
Was there any F1 news today?
Some people said they aren't giving up, some other people said their track is nearly ready, and some other people said they are still thinking about which team to invest in.
So not proper news, no :) Just filler.
Nice Q&A with the man from del monte though, the Canadian GP boss. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/84519
no idea if this is old news, but kubs is going home: http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2010/6/10918.html
Now all the bird flu, swine flu and other reasons to panic have trned out to be completely bogus NASA have issued another reason for panic / end of life as we know it prediction.
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/4/20100615/twl-increasing-solar-activity-could-wrea-41f21e0.html
does bruce have a plan?
I hope so. It's a giant space storm so presumably we need a giant space umbrella and maybe a giant space rain coat
My Doctor Who post: http://smarterthanyouraverage.com/2010/06/15/the-lodger/
Finally.
Ant Davidson joins us on Midweek Motorsport this Weds 8pm UK/3pm ET to talk #LeMans #Corvette & much more! Don't miss this one! #F1 #Peugeot
/via @MidwkMotorsport
Light the blue touch paper and stand back
I saw that. Wow...
Is it me or have the Le Mans podcasts been edited? I am sure the 'rant' is shorter and that a memorable phrase was left out...
I didn't hear it live so I can't go and check
It seems really odd, they want everyone to know that everythings ok between them, when in reality no-one really cares.
Me neither
ooh really? thats bad
Obviously a sponsor does...
i'd rather hear from franck or bourdais if i'm honest.
Dex keeps mentioning the part we need to listen to ... and I am sure I heard a phrase similar to "That's a typical single-seater mindset" in relation to Ant's interview. It's not in the podcast though and Dex's tweets also imply stuff that I don't remember hearing...
yeah, it was interesting when it happened, now i dont care, a bit like the red bull thing, went on too long
That phrase was mentioned in the comments at the time
it might be that ant want's to go on there?
really? maybe.
Maybe wants to convert RLM from McNish
maybe. rlm are the mouthpiece for sportcars fans right. and hindy did a good job of turning them all against him.
Quite possible. I reckon he was still in 'red mist' zone when he made his initial comments, his normal more rational self isn't like that and we know that from his 5Live stuff.
We'll see, I guess.
I think it's raised to them that alot of people think they are biased.
Dex has a tweet that says that all three of them are F1 fans... yet every week I hear hindy bagging F1 for being boring, not a real race series etc...
That's a funny kind of fan to me!
Yeah Nick is the only fan and he's often not very clued up given his past job
When you come into a race best mates with McNish and sponsored by Audi, then devote considerable time criticising Peugeot, it's a reasonable assumption...
true story
Perhaps it occurred to them that slating the guy that took out their mate's car (Olly Gavin) and allowed their other mate's team (Audi), which gives them promotional consideration, to win... might be a touch biased, yes.
The other thing is they've never really liked Peugeot, or their hiring of F1 guys over people who've been in sportscars for years back when they first came in.
Maybe the fact that the Peugeot people went to the Audi garage to congratulate them has toned down RLM
I think it'll take a while for them to completely accept Peugeot into the family
call me a cynic, but from what you've just been saying, it'll just take some £££'s.
tis quite possible, definitely wouldnt hurt
but eurosport love them. why would peugeot care about rlm?
because they are sportscar racing, especially at le mans
whilst on the subject of le mans. the coding that was being done in the small hours of sunday morning is now live...
Everybody at the track listens to them. They have a radio frequency there and have the Kangaroo deal there, and most of the English-speaking teams listen to them.
if you go here: http://sidepodcast.com/2010/06/15/daily-15th-june-2010/
and start commenting. you'll get a funky live preview box showing you how the comment will look, no button pressing necessary.
if you click on any comment text, you can now quote that comment as well as share it on twitter.
fair enough. small fry compared to the tv broadcasts including speed, though right?
Mr C is awesome
thats quite awesome
Numerically, yes.
also a good point. surely they don't care though, otherwise they would have done something about it.
I think its so sucessful because it's mean to be fans coverage for fans, people who really know what they're talking about, not that the others dont but its clearly a lower-budget production and alot of people like that
w00t. yell if you spot anything odd. very early stages, more still to come.
at some races they do take on the speed broadcast commentary
Dex mentioned 3 million visitors over the weekend...
And ITV last year...
The other thing to note is that in past years, Speed has taken the RLM feed overnight, and Hindy does their ALMS qualifying coverage which is aired online-only.
But yeah they should definitely care if the people talking to essentially everyone on site is turning against them.
I didn't like that defence..
It made me very annoyed
what was said?
Neither did I. I see things got a little ... heated after the race on Twitter...
That basically when you guys 3 million listeners on a le mans weekend then we'd have some sort of come back, it was childish
He replied to someone (Nick?) in the middle of the discussion with you, saying 'come back when you have 3 million listeners' or some such. To be honest I thought he was right on the Ant point but when that line comes out you automatically lose any argument...
Robust discussion, is all :)
*la la la la la la la*
how did it miss all of that? they don't have 3 millions listeners though. that's bull.
they may have got 3 million page views, but not unique listeners. they won't get that many a year.
ooh, missed that.
It's probably just people refreshing because it's not working properly.... That was all I managed to achieve anyways....
i also refrained from pointing out that a large percent of their listenership is made up from people at the circuit who can't speak french and who want to know whats going on in the race
that's probably close to it. i wish i saw the comment, i'd have called him on that.
if they have 3 million listeners, the could afford some decent microphones for starters.
Thing is, as there's no real alternative, it's not even a reflection on their quality at all. There's just nothing else if you want to follow the race.
http://twitter.com/Twiger/status/16163654928
wrong one, 1 sec
http://twitter.com/MidwkMotorsport/status/16163771389
Daily is done - just need to add a sentence about this game when it's finished...
Oh blimey, do I need to apologise to someone on his behalf??
That used to be the case but now we can get Eurosport online.
way to efficient. not allowed.
Too easy when I'm sitting at my computer watching the Footy!
to make you feel better Mr C I finished mine last week about 10 minutes before. ;)
also, loving the new preview feature.
wtf? why has sidepodcast come under fire there? wow, seriously gone down in my estimation.
"screw you radio le mans"
;)
Fair enough. I never actually listened to any of it, so I can't really comment. I wasn't very impressed with them last year though. I had awful technical issues with their website when I tried to pop on this year and I just gave up.
♥
:D
That's what I thought when I read that too. There were other tweets defending Hindy with not nice language with the tone that they were right and we are wrong...
also click to quote is awesome. who needs the doohickey, eh? :P
it was a bit childish, if you look at his twitter page he was clearly getting alot of it from lots of people
It was coming in and out a lot so I just switched to Eurosport. Their commentary was improved this year too.
do they have some kind of inferiority complex there?
i have never heard them, and that pathetic boast has made sure i never bother to do so
So take a breath or ignore it. If you're going to rant like that and wind up F1 fans week in week out you should expect heat in return...
I like ye olde comments :D I used them more or less all day Sunday. They're super. Click to quote makes it complete :D
is there not a chance that the flack was deserved?
i think it might still need quoting at the paragraph level, rather than all of it. but it's getting there.
oh im sure most of it was, my point was if everyones being negative towards you then eventually you'll crack, which clearly he did, not that its acceptable
they never heard of you tube comments then
That's been used as an excuse before and it's never acceptable...
I might just go kill Nick anyways....
Some was. I thought Nick's wasn't but.. well. :)
If he was getting a lot of it at once I can understand the pressure he may have felt, I've been there, 'world against you stuff' you start saying stupid things
true story
hehe.
Yeah I just saw that... The comments just get longer and longer. I will admit to just deleting a bunch of comments off the front there, it's not that easy to pick them out without breaking the whole comment.
He probably deserves it for something
got it in one. shall keep working on it.
Starting (another) flame war? It drives me mad.
I love Eurosports beige overalls....
http://lemans.autosport.com/snaps/picture.php/dir/lm10snapsgav/image/lm_804_dsc05392-6
in fairness to him. he had made similar comments here as it happened. so he did know what he was talking about.
and now he's been credited with sidepodcast's lack of 3m listeners. not bad for an hours tweeting.
No encouraging!!!
err, not sidepodsafe
oops
Cover your eyes children?
Sorry. Didn't watch it.
funny though :)
Sony E3 conference currently showing at the moment
http://www.virtualr.net/gran-turismo-5-watch-e3-press-conference-live/
I saw it a while ago and knew it was funny but couldn't remember the content
Miles better than the other two so far but if there is no GT5 news (3D stupidity doesn;t count) there will be a riot
Hotmail really are lovely aren't they, 13 hours after I sent an email to my boss saying that I wouldn't be in because I was ill I get a notification saying that the delivery of my message has been delayed....helpful....
Luckily I left a voicemail with him too, otherwise that would be awkward when i got back!
I'm sure Nick has made me watch it before...
He is banned from meeting members of my family until he can control himself!!!
Oh dear
So nothing so far yet. Thank god!
Yeah they just mentioned it in the 3D gaming stuff. No proper news regarding it yet but the conference so far as been good
Leo Laporte is looking at the on live system over at twit
If you knew my mum, you'd understand.... :P
And then some.
Well according to VirtualR, a big presence in the conference is expected.
I need to concentrate on doing my game results, back in a while
I hate my connection at the moment. All I want to do is watch the Sony conference and it won't let me because the connection keeps stopping and starting. GRRRRRRRRR!
not much interesting. as in no GT5.
That's my fault for eeeking in excitement at Valve's announcement regarding Steam and portal 2, EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK!!!
Still no GT5...
This has been the best conference for me ignoring the 3d stuff. So many excellent games, but yes, #needsmoreGT5
well there;s a GT5 clip. Now exit the video and talk about it :P
they just showed a 5 sec clip of gt5, is that it? :(
AND GIVE US A RELEASE DATE FOR *#*&@ SAKE!
They better!
#sidepodspace
We have a soyuz launching to the ISS in an hour's time with three new crew members on it. It will launch from Baikonur Cosmodrome and is being covered by NASA TV
Details @ http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition24/index.html
I find you'll only be dissapointed because they'll be delayed :P
YES! PLEASE!
at. last.
YAY!
YESSS!
Probably :)
I'm gonna say mid November release date.
anyone see the top gear test track? :D
VETTEL IS IN GT5?!
Surprise us all with mid-september
NOVEMBER 2ND!!!!! :D
Woohoooooooooooooooo!!!!!
NOVEMBER? GRRRR
Or.. not.
OH. MY. GOD. That was intense! :D
Can;t wait for that. Vettel and Newey are doing stuff for the game!!!
:O You don't think....
there's a crash engine in there right?
I SAW IT! THE STIG WAS THERE TOO! :D :D
So, that's 3 games around holiday time I'm gonna be a-gettin' (Fallout: New Vegas, GT5, and Force Unleasehd 2)
But BOO-YA! anyway!
No Webber? #conspiracytheory
I hope it dosen't, GT's have always been my favourite game because could be rubbish and fast
Looked like Vettel was doing voice overs for the tracks. No idea with newey, helping with the devs and the cars/aerodynamics?
pretty sure it does have damage, wonder if you can turn it off.
i can only help :D
I mean, it has Nascar. IT _HAS_ to have damage for that!
No, I was thinking more along the lines of.... Red Bull RB6 in GT5?
points to that IMO
Maybe, who knows
Although vettel was definitely doing voice over work
Cool to see Twisted Metal is back though :P
Maybe I just haven't been paying attention, but do we know if there will there be F1 in GT5?
good luck too alia. {Comment #6}
Thank you very much, Mr C and Jeremy. I had a wonderful day, the exams felt easy, I think I've got a pair of distinctions for them with no more than 3 errors on each paper (though I won't know for certain for a few months) and the only thing I might have broken was the printer (it got a bit confused during the second exam straight after I'd sent it my last two pages, meaning I had to wait 15 minutes for the technician to fix it).
Have to admit, the graphics on the Top Gear Test Track section were insane! I thought for a second it was real footage!
Well WRC and Nascar confirmed... Codemasters own F1 license but no indication from polyphony to say they are sharing it too...
or is it speculation based on Vettel's and Newey's involvement?
Incidentally, thank you to whichever of the Sidepodcast duo had the bright idea of putting in auto-updating comment preview - it's not only useful, but looks cool :)
EA and Sony Liverpool at 1 point shared the f1 license, just to say
That sounds very good. I hope you are right
http://twitter.com/teamIGNUK/statuses/16253938951
:D
there was the Ferrari in Prologue.
iRacing has last year's Williams and GT5P has the F2007. Surely the teams have the last word on which games their cars feature in and not Bernie?
could just be a car or two but no F1 races.
break legs Alia (everyone understands what this means right?) {Comment #7}
One per exam, I assume ;) I think it's gone well, though I should also add that I'm one of the few people I know who thinks properly-prepared-for exams are fun.
I'm positive I saw codemasters say in 2009 they had to negotiate with FOM
joint effort as always. appreciated.
But surely the teams can turn round and say "It's our car and we can have it where we want it"?
good to hear. how long until you get the results?
that doesn't stop polyphony talking to the teams about using year old cars, does it?
ooh, i misunderstood what you guys meant, my bad :)
No idea regarding that, I'd assume they have no control
That sounds very good. I hope you are right {Comment #309}
Me too :)
i reckon you can buy the cars, but you'll only be able to use them for time trials.
good to hear. how long until you get the results? {Comment #318}
I have no idea when the Medical Terminology one will turn up because I've never had AMSPAR as an exam board before. However, the fact that everyone taking that exam in the country does it at the same time suggests to me that months, rather than weeks, is the likely timeline.
Document Presentation is via OCR and their typical turnaround time is 3 months. So I'm expecting to know in September (possibly late August if they're feeling particularly efficient).
Pfft.
I always liked racing the indy car (at least, I think it was an indy car) against... well, everything else :)
I'm positive I saw codemasters say in 2009 they had to negotiate with FOM
But surely the teams can turn round and say "It's our car and we can have it where we want it"? {Comment #317}
They can (last time I heard of it being done for a commercial unlicensed computer game that wasn't an add-on was for Johnny Herbert's Racing). But they can't be called F1 cars in the game without the FOM's permission (not because of the law but because FOM will launch an expensive suit against them), just that they're Team X's cars that happen to look suspiciously like their F1 cars.
#sidepodspace
40 minutes to the Soyuz launch and everything looks good. Weather is good.
Isn't he officially the unluckiest man alive?
I think hitting that car while making money for charity broke the curse :) {Comment #14}
Right, so bad luck is anatomically positioned either in the left leg bones or the left shoulder. I must take note of this in case I ever become unlucky.
I wish cosmonauts could go into the world cup dream team. The commander of the Soyuz has a name that sounds like You're chickem
Good luck to the people with exams {Comment #21}
Thank you, Pat!
Morning all, I am off sick today, I feel rooooooooough. {Comment #77}
Get well soon, Jon!
#sidepodspace
30 minutes till the Soyuz launch
(not here)
Somebody on the internet told me to come and see the new commenting features and say hi. And I can't say no to somebody on the internet :P
Hi! Nice work Mr. C.! You're redefining the phrase 'page interactivity'...
it's just not right, but there's nothing left to do but believe it. hahaha
heheheh!
be there shortly.
#sidepodspace
20 minutes to the Soyuz launch. It's nice and dark so should look good
That was the most depressing day of my life. Courses suck {Comment #142}
*hug*
Ok, I have now recovered from all the big 3 gaming conferences. May do a blog post about it all tomorrow and some of the announcements
I have noticed a lot of people tend to join in a few minutes before a launch so I just post comments to keep people aware of the time line
#sidepodspace
10 minutes to launch
OMG!! i (heart) ye not so olde comments! comment preview is awe.some!
* disappears again*.
Hi Lou
Want to know who the kid that woman was holding is?
hi/bye lou
Oooh. Do tell...
Her niece Lilliana
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1286447/Watch-Lewis-looks-like-Nicoles-feeling-bit-broody.html
tell lukeh. he will tell me. biiiiiiiig exam tomorrow, so must love and leave ya'll
xx
(oh and click to quote is cool too :) )
Good luck
am there now.
T-5 minutes
I love that the Russians let you see inside the capsule during launch
I am scared their winners shirts have moulded into one
they have goalies gloves on.
:D
how did it miss all of that? they don't have 3 millions listeners though. that's bull.
they may have got 3 million page views, but not unique listeners. they won't get that many a year. {Comment #202}
If it helps to figure it out any, Sidepodcast is over 1.1 million places higher on the Alexa rankings (estimate of visits based on Alexa toolbar users) than Radio Le Mans (SPC is #393,161 and Radio Le Mans is #1,523,149). So presumably Sidepodcast gets a lot more traffic than Radio Le Mans does ;)
tell lukeh. he will tell me. biiiiiiiig exam tomorrow, so must love and leave ya'll {Comment #346}
Best of luck!
Soyuz has been around since the early 1960s. It is not the most advanced spacecraft in the world
That's because they rely on Facebook for all their discussions, links etc...
hehe!
Thing is, as there's no real alternative, it's not even a reflection on their quality at all. There's just nothing else if you want to follow the race. {Comment #207}
Well, nothing in audio, at any rate...
Nice. Bit cramped..
It wasn't built for comfort. That's for sure
how many people are in the rocket, more than two surely?
3
The permanent crew of the ISS is 6 so this is half a crew
where's person three hiding?
They are all sitting in a line
oh.
wowzers that's bright.
Someone is filming the sun, and its on fire
That's because they rely on Facebook for all their discussions, links etc... {Comment #356}
One that despite help I was never able to find. Even if I could, it doesn't explain why their own site, which has the actual audio, has so few listeners (I don't think Sidepodcast manages 3 million viewers per weekend and it has many more visits than RLM).
Why are the ground crew asking them what the G loads are? DOn't they have telemetry?
hehe! {Comment #357}
I thought you'd enjoy that little comparison ;)
Yes that was a stick he had in his hand to press buttons. That is normal practise.
Ergonomics didn't exist when this was designed
am amazed it still flies. and they're retiring the shuttle?
This launches every time and doesn't need special weather conditions to land because it flies like a rock
It seems to be traditional to have something dangling from a string so you can work out the direction of the G loads
hehe. crazy no gravity hair.
0 - 12000mph in 6 and a half minutes. Not bad for an old banger
gonna get me a high tech prodder for the ipad.
oooh, the dog flies!
:D
Here's a high quality version of the GT5 E3 trailer. It's a thing of beauty.
http://www.gtplanet.net/gran-turismo-5-e3-2010-official-trailer/
Also, does anyone have an idea what the song is?
shazam says no :(
enjoyed that, cheers steven
No problem. Nice to see a launch that just happens like clockwork
my first time :)
Bugger, was just about to try that myself!
I'm gonna head off. Night guys!
night lukeh
Me too... Good night!
and gavin.
night those that are going.
Hmm, interesting results on the TMR game... nearly everyone picked Peugeot
And I didn't go Le Mans.... I'm feeling confident now...
a mixed bag of scores, that's for sure.. I've done the numbers, now for the blog post
Evening
Hello
How are we all?
Entertained by football and the sound of swarming bees?
Only saw the Brazil game. They look good. North Korea sat back and defended until Brazil scored. There are links to the goals in the appropriate thread
Cheers
Sorry about that, I have no idea why it was brought up. :(
Ill be fine.... as long as they arent on twitter....
I think thats the policy, they can licence though bernie, but ultimatly they own the cars and the ip.
I would be surprised if the red bull cars arent there. I guess that means we could have torro rosso too.
I expect mclaren will want the mp4-12c in the game so i guess there is a posibility of that being there too.
We know the SLS is on the cover art so mercedes might slip an F1 car too.
I expect Renault to be in the game, so no reason they cant slip in a car.
Could be quite a nice grid forming up
It's not your fault Nick - it seems that the people tweeting you may have got a bit frazzled from all the responses. In fairness, had Hindy not called Ant names and had such a go at him it wouldn't have happened.
I am going to listen through to parts 17, 18, 19 of the coverage but I am certain there has been some editing...