Usually, I would have a look at Wikipedia and dig out what kind of special day it is today so that I can share a random fact with you good people. I don't need to do that today, because I know what day it is - it is an important day in the Sidepodworld. It is... Flibster's birthday!!! Happy Birthday! Anyway, moving on, here is some F1 stuff:
- Sam Michael says that Williams' performance can only be measured on their position in the constructor's championship, and they are sixth. But he says he doesn't believe they are the sixth fastest car, he reckons they are better than that. I wasn't convinced they were even that far up!
- Ross Brawn has been pondering the situation F1 is in at the moment, and says that all parties need to learn from it. I am thinking perhaps what they really need to do is sort. it. out.
- Finally, Alonso is still touting the party line that they are working hard and hoping to turn things around for the rest of the season. He does mention that the double diffuser should have taken 15 weeks to introduce but they managed to bring it to the car in 5. So, they really are working hard!
That'll do it for now. I can't think there is anything else to talk about today, nothing special happening at all, it is not an important day. Therefore, I'll see you in the comments.
happy birthday to christine. happy birthday to christine.
and happy birthday to flibster too.
Happy Birthday Flibster!!! oh and Happy Birthday Christine!!! :P I hope you both have a lovely day :)
woop
*does the last day dance*
happy birthday one and all (who deserve it)
Wow, happy birthday everyone!! :D
happy birthday mrs c! :D
and happy birthday to flibster too! penblywdd hapus to the both of you :D
good luck jon.
woop woop
i'm so excited, and i just can't hide it...
Happy Birthday Christine and Flibster
and the same from myself and LPG
okay am off to sleep now, night all! x
Happy Birthday to Christine and Flibster :-)
night!
see ya lou :)
Night
night lou.
Night Lou
I am going to do some last minute tax cramming.
You can probably tell I'm not too bothered about this one. It is my 3rd option and we're only meant to take two, I took one as a backup and ended up passing the other two. Would be nice to bag this one as well though.
Enjoy your last day :-)
see ya pat.
when are you taking it btw?
9.30
I shall sleep till 10, get up, school by 12. exam 1.15-2.45, go say bye to teachers, give locker back.
its going to be a good day :)
btw I can't afford to not study tomorrow night, so if I'm here for longer than half an hour, throw me out
today? sheesh.
best of luck to you to. let us know how it goes.
noted. now shoo!
Thanks. I have exams at 9.30am every day except Friday.
and you are still awake?!
ta. compulsory unit on Weds. must do it.
*gone*
geerrroooutt of here (peggy from eastenders stylé)
:)
Happy Birthday Christine and Flibster. Any chance either of you have a middle name of Lisa? I have dropiod the Michael Jackson and Bart Simpson song just in case. So many crazy ideas, so little time :-)
NO WAY!!!
thats my all time favourite simpsons clip ever
you've made my day. :) thank you so very much
Alot of sidepodlove going your way right now Mr C
Why thank you.
Time to open my presents. :D
I know whats in them though - I had to buy them! :(
Goodnight all! I need my beauty sleep, and if i can't get that then i need normal sleep too!!
Happy Birthday Christine and Flibster! :)
You had to buy your own presents? How come?
Hint hint ;)
Bit of an odd request - does anyone have the chequered flag bbc podcasts for turkey - Preview and postrace - that they can stick somewhere for me to grab?
see ya jon.
Still asking for questions for Silverstone :) :
http://zerodownforce.blogspot.com/2009/06/question-time.html
Hello all!
Happy birthday Christine :D
Happy birthday, Christine!
Happy birthday, Flibster!
:D
Happy birthday Flibster!
(Did not read the post or comments before posting)
:D Tis alright. I wonder what surprises are in store for our birthday celebrants. :D
Happy Birthday Flibster and Christine! Nice one.
Happy Birthday Christine and Flibster.
*proffers Milky Bar*
You are not the only one!
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/2009-06-15-17-25-44
I think perhaps he is stocking up brownie points for the year ahead.
I got you one as well.
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/16062009-jpg
Only you're not here so I'm going to eat it for you. You're welcome.
Why does UK Milkybar have brown on the packaging. Do you not realise it's white chocolate?
Ooh, thanks Amy :)
I think it's red. Which doesn't make much more sense, but does prove the G1 camera is not great.
ahh. I wanted to buy a selection of them such as the Smarties one and the Cookies and Cream one, but it appears they don't make them anymore.
Morning alllll :)
Aha, so he did remember :) well done Mr C
Jeremy has made my life that little bit better by putting my all time favourite tune on drop.io
woop woop
Ross Brawn has been pondering the situation F1 is in at the moment, and says that all parties need to learn from it. I am thinking perhaps what they really need to do is sort. it. out. {original entry}
The worrying thing is that I've seen a Twitter message saying that it is down to Ross to save F1 (presumably because everyone else is being less constructive about the whole thing).
It's always up to Ross, isn't it? He's about the most sensible, pragmatic guy I've ever seen in F1.
A very happy birthday to Christine and Flibster!
Since I'm not on my normal computer, I'll offer you an ASCII cake to celebrate:
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88888888888888
WMW-Happy-MWMW
MW-Birthday-MW
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Edit: I'm sorry, it seems to have wobbled a bit on the way to the commenting table. Please accept my apologies for clumsiness.
:D :P
It’s always up to Ross, isn’t it? He’s about the most sensible, pragmatic guy I’ve ever seen in F1. {Comment #56}
Ross for Presidential Advisor!
What with the Milky Bar, and the cakes one has to buy for work, it's going to be a bit of a sugary day!
Happy Birthday Flibster!
My Silverstone woes have taken a recent u-turn. Going somewhere nice on Thursday evening. A station. Full of energy... :-D
aha. so you shall be running sans apparel down the main straightaway?
If he didn't own a team, I'd want him to be FIA President.
Oh. My. GOODNESS! So you're going to that station, Scott is off to Renault, who else will be hanging out there?
It's great that you're on good terms with the folks who run that station, BTW. ;)
No I won't be. You sick puppy you! ;-)
.
Yes that station.
There are 20 tickets still going if anybody else wishes to come along: http://www.red-bullog.com/2009/06/16/thursday-night-is-fans-night/
actually, you just said arms aloft and i guess, thursday isn't friday either. rats.
that's really awesome, your better half must get loads of pics!
I think I'm going to be stuck in a field on Thursday night, holding up a tent frame and hoping it stays up long enough for the guy ropes to go in...
She's on the case. The only place that's off-limits is the Red Bull garage, which is fair enough!
A hand made card!!
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/2009-06-16-10-29-09
WIN!!! Did Mr C make that?
Hahahahahahahahahaha.
No.
i think she's at work ;)
Hahahahaha! I just love your reaction. :D
And it's Felipe! Driving an F248. Maybe they should've just put Rob on the card, instead?
The other F1 card:
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/2009-06-16-10-42-22
RIP Renault livery I actually liked
Ditto
yay! Ant is there!
ooh yeah, awesome
And a Honda that didn't like the Earth had sat on it.
Does that Ferrari have 3 wheels on the right hand side?
On both!
Wowee No wonder it went so fast!
Tyrell esq
*look like
Tyrell DNA?
Right, i need your opinion on something...
I'm having a discussion with someone, they think that because we leave school in 2009 we're the class of 2009, but i think that because we started in 2002, we're the class of 2002.
Opinions?
I think it's the class of 'year you leave'
Rubbish, the general consensus is that you're right. Being wrong sucks ;)
Happy Birthday Christine Have a nice day
Christine is correct... And the reason is because kids get held back etc.
The year you finish is much more important to people. Because that says, "you got these results when the exams were like this".
Fair enough. My old school used to have it as the year you started.
Well there's the confusion...
It's often written as "Graduating class of 2009". But often people miss out the word. If you want to sneakily win your argument you should insist that your friend incorrectly missed the word "graduating".
haha, we're going to stick with Class of 2002-2009
G'morning all.
Morning sire
Sorry to hear about your excess of hair this morning :(
Hello Lukeh!
By the way, I found out that while we've been watching the budget cap scrap, the FIA have changed the licence regulations a bit. They now have the right to involve the Safety Commission as well as WMSC for marginal cases entering F1. The regulation previously read that the FIA as a whole could consider such cases.
Who thinks this could be the FIA's excuse to not reduce Superlicence fees in 2010 as promised?
Excess of hair? Have i missed something?
It made for a nice trip. Waiting 15 minutes for a bus, seeing the notice on the front of the hairdressers, then 25 minutes for a bus back.
Well, at least it's a gorgeous day :P
Went to have a haircut (as my hair has now entered the stage of 'wild') to find out hairdressers is closed.
Till July. Bah! :P
Will this now mean it gets as far as "furious"?
I fear so, my good man. It's quite a stage. Imagine a lion with no food ravaging his way through an african savannah in search for one meal.
Like that.... but with hair. It's quite uncontrollable.
If I remember correctly, Franck's hair was described as wild during Le Mans, so... it might not be so bad.
Huzzah! :D
Having a good birthday mrs c?
I have an abundance of F1 themed birthday cards and sugary items to consume.
A resounding yes.
Awesome!
Went to have a haircut (as my hair has now entered the stage of ‘wild’) {Comment #101}
Great way of celebrating Franck Montagny's great performance in Le Mans (Franck co-owning a hairdresser's and all)...
to find out hairdressers is closed. {Comment #101}
...that's annoying...
Till July. {Comment #101}
...That is one long holiday...
Bah! {Comment #101}
...Agreed!
By the way, did I miss the point where USF1 are allowed to be called USF1? Is it because they are an official entrant now?
Peter Windsor said in March they'd be called Team USF1. The trick is the word "Team" at the start.
By the way, did I miss the point where USF1 are allowed to be called USF1? Is it because they are an official entrant now? {Comment #109}
I believe you are correct.
Dear oh dear.
When all this nonsense between Max and FOTA is over, we are still left with Bernie.
but he's like, really old.
Ironically so is this war of words between the FIA and FOTA, yet neither seem any sign of stopping :(
I have stopped reading F1 news sites because I just don't care anymore. Someone tell me when its over.
Am I gonna have to make another happy place?
I was happy at work, I have been moved to another project for 2 weeks where I have unrestricted internet access and can listen to my mp3 player all day.
Ah, that's my dream!
But the work is soooo boring. I get the feeling they only let us do it for 2 weeks in case we fall asleep and never wake up again.
Sounds like a plan!
*puts sign up saying 'No max's, no bernies, and especially, no mindnumbing politics allowed.'*
Happy Birthday Christine!
"No, this is not your weekly F1 fix. You must have us confused with sideposcast"
:)
Mmmmm Pancakes. :D
I had pikelets for lunch on my birthday!
Happy Birthday to you too!
Why thank you. :D
Happy Birthday Christine too. :D
Must be nice to be 21. ;)
None. Had to buy my own birthday presents! :(
Come on over to my house*, we can all push crayons up our nose
*house does not exist on internet
Again?
At least you know you'll like what you get!
He said it - not me!
I get the right things too. :D
Noted.
I got a recorded message from my girlfriend, delivered via an F1 podcast. What did you get? :P
Arrgh - confusion reigns!
I'm working on 5 machines at the moment. All have keyboards and mice.
All on my desk
All have identical keyboards and mice...
Keep on typing the correct commands into the wrong machines or vice versa...
label maker?
more employees?
I discovered a lottery ticket for tomorrow's draw in one of my cards.
This time tomorrow I'm going to be a millionaire.
Coffee
New Coffee grinder
And a stack of LP's, CD's BLurays and DVD's.
Uh, this time in two days time, actually.
I'd be willing to wait another day for that.
Can't - these are customer machines.
Thats happening. Got another interview for assistant no2 on thursday.
Bigger desk?
Cant get any bigger in here without being unable to open the cupboard door. :D
ooh ooh ooh! open ended ring spanner type desk with swivel chair in the middle?
Would have to get rid of my sofa, plasma tv and cd racks... :(
swivel sofa and wall mount everything else
I would wall mount my monitors if I could get away with it - but not brick walls and more importantly - my monitors weigh 45kg each!
Christine, what is your favourite colour? :D
Purple.
http://www.kvmswitchdirect.co.uk/
Now are talking a reddy purple or bright pinky purple?
Wow! My 30 inch only weighs 12.5 Kg
CRT?
Beautiful beautiful Apple Cinema Display. 2560 x 1600 pixel, matte screen, LCD goodness.
Just regular purple. Like these.
Actually, they are quite cool.
Ha ha - I'm guessing you were born in the eighties!
Just plain old regular purple...nice
I'm a sucker for dark purple - think Ribena purple!
Mmmmmm. Ribena.
3 x Sony GDM-FW900 Professional CRT screens.
2304 x 1440 and heavy.
I just had a purple slurpee. Mmm...frozen purple
I am happy because I am researching obscure drivers for my Formula BMW entry.
you're entering formula bmw?
Weak, Piquet, resolution. 3 x Piquet does not equal win :P
Just joking, very nice indeed!
I refuse to replace them. Have another 2 in the server cupboard as spares
Considering they're 10 years old at least, £400 for a good un.
you’re entering formula bmw? {Comment #163}
Not yet :D but I'm writing (or should I say just uploaded the first draft) a primer for people going to watch it as a support race at Silverstone. Bit like the GP2 one I did yesterday.
Yes, I am planning on attempting primers for the historic and Porsche Supercup races as well...
We have it on tap at work (well huge 5 litre bottle every week) and it's so tempting to keep hammering it all day long. So bad for the teeth though!
Just thinking a Ribena livery car would be awesome....
Nikki has written an interesting post about how TV is becoming more social, and given us a shoutout along the way:
http://nikitafullmoon.blogspot.com/2009/06/did-twitter-save-pvr-star.html
No car updates for McLaren at Silverstone, it's set for the Nurburgring now like originally expected so it looks like more frustration for Lewis and 'the other guy' this weekend.
Sorry Amy. :P
Go other guy! Remember that one time at Silverstone you got pole? (We will not mention what happened in the race)
Go both those guys. Forlorn hope I fear
I have to drive back home this afternoon but I think it's gonna bucket.... Ho hum.
Rain for the weekend you reckon?
Will the Official F1 iPhone Live timing App and PVR technology mean that we can live comment 'time shifted' Formula One?
Rain? What's that?
you can, we won't stop you. but...
you'd be the only one doing it, and would then miss out on the community aspect of it all, no?
i shall be supporting lewis this weekend. sidepodlaw states we must support the guy struggling in the boat at the back, and not the self-centered egotist making it look easy up front ;)
Yay! Turn a blind eye if I "Go Lewis"?
go lewis!
Sidepodcast to be overrun with Canberreans? Canberrites? Canberra-people?
Can I support the German :)
Yay
support the guy at the back?
youse' guyse's are crazies!! ;)
Go Lewis!
always.
...which one?
Isn't it already?
There are almost 5 of them!
Vettel
I really want to know why James wanted to know Christine's favorite colour!
true. ONE HD launches July 2nd though so no more delayed F1 for the "rural" folk.
go vettel!
Biggest yay ever! You've made my night!!!
A group of people decide that getting up at crazy o'clock in the morning is not acceptable, and all agree to record it and watch (plus comment) at 8 or 9 am Sunday morning, just a few hours after the race is actually run?
Afternoon all. Happy Birthday to Christine and Flibster!
That's who I'm supporting this weekend too!
Grrrr upstart
Oh well - bye bye F1.
£40million cap going ahead.
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/76244
how would you sync the start point though? if you were all watching a re-broadcast on the same station maybe, but not if you've all recorded it individually.
:D
I love the underdog. But I always get far too emotionally attached. I've banned myself from supporting people without an actual hope of winning :)
la la la la la I can't hear you *is in happy place*
Happy thoughts, happy thoughts
*covers eyes*
Zoe sent me a text today when she heard that. We both agree that WOMEN HD would work to counter the whole ONE HD = nothing but sport.
i don't know what happened. but i think he broke it:
http://www.autosport.com/gallery/photo.php/id/1310843
needs more blowtorch
Little bit of t-cut - it'll be fine
Oops. Whatever it was, he didn't miss it!
aw I like ONE HD even though a lot of the programming is rubbish. Let me survey my EPG. On now: NBA. Next, Netball, then the 2008 Race of Champions. Then surfing, then the Red Bull Air Race. Not too bad tonight actually. It's when they have whole days of surfing, poker and bull riding that I want to cry.
Yay yay OneHD
I was thinking it would suit the Americans. Aren't the races mostly on early in the AM for them?
Even less reason to go outside :-)
:D
I think there's a high chance of spoiling the result before the end no? You can hardly avoid people talking about the race around here....
i think you'd still miss the build up atmosphere.
also a good point.
Justin TV (or similar) replay? I'm just excited at being able to replay the live timing
Shhhh secret :P
But you've been asleep? I admit there are a lot of holes in the plan, but there are probably small groups of people doing this already. It would only take one joker to ruin it for all!
understandable, it is very cool.
we can technically hide the live comments and replay them in time, just like the f1 app does, but if you leave a comment, you'll never get a response. so it kinda seems pointless.
So now what? Should we really be looking at a serious possibility of a breakaway? Or will Le Mans find itself having new entrants next year?
*without the commenting
we wait. another deadline will rear it's head before long. then another..
Shocking suggestion I know but you could always record it and watch it with real people at home :)
6 months more bickering
Haven't McClaren already spent more than £40m on next year? Or did I just imagine that I'd read that? What are they supposed to do?
Eeww real people. Next you'll sugest going outside
I wonder what's taking FOTA so long to release their dossier. Why do I have this feeling that it will more or less claim that the FIA is lying?
Also, I hear FIA trashed any suggestion that Donnelly has acted inappropriately. Did they explain why they thought he didn't?
Possibly both.
You just know the ACO want to get these guys to jump ship - I think they have quite the rivalry with the FIA...
There's plenty of room here. Stay the night before you're flight back to England etc. :D
I don't recall a team of that name ;)
:D
The ultimate loophole in the budget cap?
Haha yeah. Also couldn't you just pretend your development was for this year's car but that it didn't make it in time.... Surely the whole thing is a continuous process and anything helpful you find will apply forever more (until the rules change) I don't see how you can separate season's spending so discretely.
Mr Button must be hating all this. Imagine the thought of not defending your title.
more worrying, imagine if the sport implodes before you take your title?
If there's a breakaway, he'll defend his title there. But if it's Le Mans... well... that wouldn't be ideal, would it?
Sutil world champion next year then?
ooooh. that would really hurt. do you honestly see some teams not even bothering to finish the season? can't they get sued for that?
Oh yeah :-(
Nah - Rosberg and Williams will take it.
I still maintain this is all Bernie puppetry, but Max is going through a tough time mentally after the death if his son, and at some point in the distant future, will admit to not realising how much it affected him
I can't see any of the drivers being happy with only racing once a year
they can get sued, yes. but if they don't turn up next year they'll likely get sued anyways.
There is a Le Mans series. it currently races on 8 circuits, I think - including the Nurburgring (is it the whole Nordschleife? not sure on that), Algarve, Silverstone, and others...
Or the teams
now that would be quite the worst-case scenario. the question is what bernie would do if there is indeed a breakaway...
I would even suggest that they merge with the American Le Mans Series (ALMS) and we'd get a proper Le Mans World Champiosnhip
just the baby-ring, sadly.
So pay the money to settle out of court, and get rid of Max and Bernie in one go.
There is, but who watches it?
Even though half the teams haven't signed the concorde agreement... Bernie will sue them anyway.
Sell the TV rights?
And the ALMS
if you're ferrari and you don't want to be in 2010 f1, as it currently stands. and you've no hope of winning this year either. you know you're going to meet bernie's lawyers at some point, so why not cut your losses early?
But I thought they signed a commercial deal when they decided to enter for the 2005 or 2006 championship?
agreed. if f1 implodes he'll go about suing everyone, whilst simultaneously signing them up to a new series.
There is a small, but significant, community of people who watch it. And you just know that if they defect en masse, a lot of the people who watch F1 now will at least watch the first few races of it...
hehe. too true. and when they sign up, they'll suddenly "settle out of court"?
There's a Letter of intent that says they will abide by the existing concorde agreement - but as that legally expired in 1997(?) there is no legal basic to it.
Also, the new Concorde agreement is only legal when the FIA and the FOM representatives have signed it. Currently, the FIA Haven't.
I'd probably watch one then get angry and never watch again
Exactly. Letting things drag on in court just hands control to someone else and makes the lawyers rich. Spend your money on motor racing!
yep, perfect. Just as I get live F1 tv coverage.....
Oooh - you just know the lawyers will pick on that while there's no tomorrow.
And they're blaming each other for not doing so. The FIA just wanted a renewal of the current version. FOTA wanted a revised one. No one budged.
:)
it probably won't happen. just saying that jenson should have bigger worries than "i wonder if i can defend my title".
even if heikki were there? ;)
but seriously, why would you be angry? there is some good racing right now in that series - with only 2 manufacturers. add some more, and we'd get a really good show. LMS/ALMS races are longer too. They're usually 3 or 6 hours, with the occasional 12 or 24 hour race.
You're not talking about Rubens are you?
i didn't follow Mika to DTM ;)
because its not the racing I like. I can't give a reason as to why I'm not really a fan of sportscars, I'm just not.
so you're still confident this will all get resolved? but will max release a list on friday without the 5 asterisked entries?
The reason I wanted to know Christines fav colour is over on the drop.io but I've forgotten how to link it all up :lol:
Actually....
Does anyone want a copy of the 1997 Concorde Agreement?
no idea. have given up reading f1 news. i care not at the moment.
franck montage!
huh?
Love the pun!
That's AWESOME. You have replaced Gavin as my new favourite person.
thats awesome!
catchy.
It isn't as finished as I'd like but Christine likes it :D
where is Gavin anyway?
I have, in PDF form, a copy of the Concorde Agreement that dates from 1997, this was actually the agreement used until 31st December 2008
arrested for kidnapping.
*covers eyes again*
i forgot about the mario/kubica thing I made :(
how???
Oops.
i actually miss the times we debated on whether or not F1 should have refuelling. that pales into insignificance right now...
it was made available.
I saw that, made me laugh :D
lets all switch sports. Tennis also has twitter insiders.
"Just walked past Andy Murray on his way to practice. I had a doughnut in my hand. Why he's world number three and I'm on Twitter."
hehe. at least i gave a damn back then. i just couldn't care less at the minute.
am sure everything will be sorted before long though.
i don't know where i morally stand on that one.
:P
It had better be. I have never given in to the politics before, and always remained optimistic.
Right now, it's a real struggle to find the motivation to do F1 Minute.
Tennis also has two of its top 10 on Twitter. Two more than F1. Because I'm 100% sure Nelson isn't in the top 10.
Sleepy time. Happy thoughts people! Have a great rest of day Christine and Flibster. Night :-)
Mmmm. reposted Ribena...
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/5pintsofribena-jpg
There are copies of it floating around the interweb
It's not hard to find actually.
see ya paul.
maybe i'll look later. is it big?
Um, why are we interested in something that is no longer relevant though?
100 pages roughly.
This is what they are currently obeying.
Because it still is relevant - this is the Concorde Agreement the FIA want to renew, but FOTA want to revise...
I'll get you through it!
F1 Rocks! Sing it to the tune of the Drew Carey show theme (Cleveland Rocks)
Ah okay.
Still not interested, but you guys carry on!
Do what I would do, pretend the politics aren't happening :D
I have been. Yesterday's F1 Minute was about Le Mans!
Easier said than done, James, especially if it's that same politics that might kill the sport altogether.
I was hoping it would do better than 60 seasons.
Maybe Franck is mystic and decided to jump to Le Mans before F1 implodes? :D
if he was mystic, wouldn't he have jumped that football too?
Mean.
Lovely works on Alain Prost and (gasp!) the FIA-FOTA chess match.
http://mantovani.zip.net/
I especially love the latter. :)
I'm back to watching Kimi play ice-hockey.... It's strangely compelling
can you explain it? the chess match? is lost on me.
Why are the Brawn drivers on the FIA's side? :P
you know - FIA and FOTA trying to checkmate the other? Would be better if he used Max and LDM as kings rather than Button and Alonso, but, oh well.
Probably because the FIA will want to keep them - and they are a privateer team. That said, I'm a bit confused as to why Le Seb is on the FOTA side, when RBR is on the FIA side.
It doesn't really make any sense. Not a fan of that one.
I did like the one with Barrichello facing backwards though.
That's it for me, I'm off to bed. Good session, see you all (my) tomorrow. Manly bum pats all round. As a team, we'll beat this current hiccup in motivation. Luvs u all!
I have a headache and I blame politics.
Same :D and then the black hole that appear and swallows a renault :D
see ya jeremy.
poor barichello, they're all picking on him
Hello everybody!
Gavin! We were just talking about you.
How was your weekend? :D
Yeah I saw that ;)
I got back late last night after a 24-hour drive (luckily I wasn't driving!) and I'm so knackered I took the day off work.
What. A. Race!
Indeed. We're happy for Franck. :) Peugeot wouldn't let him challenge, sadly.
I'm not!!
Neither am I - I can't see how Peugeot didn't let the all French team win???
Hello everyone...
Happy Birthday Christine and Flibster!!!
Its a lovely sunny day for you (at least where I am)... :D
http://joesaward.wordpress.com/
Joe's latest article about light at the end of the tunnel...?
They didn't want them to take each other out going for the lead, so they ordered them to hold station.
They may also not be 100% confident of their reliability, so they asked them to tune down engines.
it's an oncoming eurostar.
and it'll hurt. bad.
my poor head can't take it so I bid you all good night! (hey look, its before midnight!)
heheh! night, amy. :)
we're going to need an new angle if we have a conversation with joe this weekend.
i have no idea/interest about what's been going on in f1, and joe doesn't appear keen to discuss the subject either.
any idea what we ought discuss?
see ya.
Not necessarily, i have some thoughts on a breakaway... whats the best way to start a blog for a beginner?
Night!
if non-f1, perhaps le mans? or promising young talent in gp2/f2? or even personal musings...
http://wordpress.com/
am thinking, past silverstone experiences.
What is the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow?
african or european?
I have the solution. Follow Le Mans instead. Here's why:
- All the cars are different and are all interesting
- Franck!
- They have sidepods and a class called P1 so no major name change required.
- It was 5 Pints of Awesome!
The other problem is, it's easy to come up with other things like: what about Silverstone's last race?
But every race could be the last race.
How do know so much about swallows?
:P
ooooh, sounds nice. it'll be hard, though, for the discussion not to end up on the future of silverstone.
Oops, driving instructors beeping outside. Lost track of time..
I like that idea. A lot. :D
am thinking the staple:
"what would you be if you weren't an f1 journalist?"
may not be appropriate at this time ;)
Thankyou!
and so the F1politics Blog is born
that will be busy all year. you may not want to pin yourself down on F1, though...
definitely not...
Could you do it every other weekend? :D
I was going for Racing Politics, but i dont want to get to broad yet. The emipre can grow later :D
Can I just say, that was easily the best race I have ever been to - the whole thing is so well done and the place has it's own, um, energy and atmosphere! I could sit there for hours and not know!
Don't use F1, though - it'll be hard to change your blog's name once it's stuck...
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
OK i have racing politics now :)
By the way, tried to comment on Friday but my phone wouldn't have it... I could tweet but it ran out of battery on Sat. afternoon. Sorry guys :(
Guys, quick update - I'm not gonna be interviewing Alonso and Piquet. I'm still gonna get to tour the Renault garage, but instead I'm interviewing Kubica and Heidfeld! :D Slight misjudgement on my behalf there, I will change my blog when I get home. So yep, I'm with 2 teams and I'm gonna be at the BMW barbecue on Saturday evenin :D
Hahaha... next you will be telling us your going on the podium presenting the trophies!
Your a lucky guy :D
Dear Adobe,
Why are your products SO bloated?!
Does Adobe Acrobat Pro really need to take 15 minutes to decompress before installing?
Here's something you can ask Kubica.
Why can't you cheer up?
get a ma...
It's a DVD with a 350mb installer file on it.
Whats wrong with having the unpacked files on the disk and a single setup file?
I even choose english as the language, and it stull unpacks the German, Spanish and French language versions...
If you just need a reader, Foxit is much better!
Christine,
I have lots of Franckage for you coming up...
Asuming we have f1 next year... And rosberg is leaving Williams...
What do you think about Nico at Brawn? he's got a lot of experience, and i cant see him challenging Jenson in the short term?
better than franck montage?
I'm trying out the full thing, to see if any of the shareware alternatives are better.
What's that?
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/franck-jpg-3
No, just close up pics from the parade.
Crikey. A choice between unpaid leave and unpaid work.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8102862.stm
That's not fun.
who in the name of all that's holy would choose the latter??
Oh dear. I hope a certain Sidepodder is OK...
Erm, I guess some of them have to otherwise nothing would ever get done? There would be bags getting lost, flights being delayed... oh wait...
agreed.
BA wont go under, the government would bail it out or some genius will buy it up and reformat it.
The biggest shame is its not the current workers who are at fault, its the airlines pension obligations which drag it down...
A quick hello and a WB to Gavin before I vanish.
I think that's a better deal no? The barbecue sounds entertaining, presuming it is German-style...
Didn't you say Chris Evans (the DJ not our Chris Evans) proclaimed the recession was over? I beg to differ.
Germans make the best sausages. Since Thursday that's all I've eaten!
that's what he said the other day.
however, this is BA, they get into trouble during boom times.
Cheers dude!
Ah, good point.
In opposite news, an old man has won the lottery, says he won't let it go to his head but he is going to buy a flash car, move to the country and purchase a farm for his children. Not going to his head at all. Mind you, that'll be me tomorrow when I win.
I will purchase an Aston Martin and race at Le Mans!
would it be ironic if he died tomorrow?
no? just me and alanis then.
It would be spooky! Alanis would be prophetic and that can only be a bad thing.
life has a funny way of sneaking up on you like that.
I totally wouldn't have a press conference if I won the lottery. I'd tell my mum and dad and thats about it. And Sidepodcastfolk might guess when I suddenly can afford to go to the remainder of the races this season...
(Hi, I'm Amy and being in bed before midnight was unnatural so I'm back)
:)
The jackpot is £2.4 million. I better start planning my spends now.
whatever you do, don't give them to bernie.
The jackpot in New Zealand is $25 million at the moment. My parents promised to give me 'a buck or two, maybe 10 if I'm lucky' if they win.
Didnt buying the f1 app indirectly give spends to Bernie?
balls.
Is amy posting in her sleep!?
At least I could keep my kidney?
can't sleep :( headache gone though! stupid peak alertness being at stupid hours :(
suppose.
ow ow ow ow ow - in pain.... laughing to much....
Sue Perkins....too funny.
Gooooooood afternoon all.
And I could afford a new kettle :)
:D i thought you'd go all Steven Roy on us and say you're not here. ;)
I hate that, always hits me at about 10pm when this sleepy village is all asleep..
you don't LIKE hot drinks.
I know. But the one I want is so shiny.
what have you found now?
:D I am always here. Secondment at work means I can be here even more! muhaha. Doohickey doesn't work on work computers though :(
I want to know too. Nothing excites me like household appliances. You should see my iron.
Why not? Old IE?
dropio?
it's OK, it has its own website.
yep :(
Nothing excites me like household appliances? A flatscreen TV, maybe, but.. an iron and kettle? :-/
http://www.thermocolour.co.uk/advert.aspx
mmmmm
yeah - have the same issue at work, sadly. just as well that there's not too much activity when you're at work.
I had a kettle made totally of glass so you could see the water boil. It was so beautiful. I miss it.
I want one of these shiny things
that actually sounds nice. ;)
has anyone else noticed that we're all so much happier when we're not talking about Formula Unmensionable
Did you break it?
I admit I spend more time turning the temperature up and down to make it change colours than I do actually ironing with it. Plus I want to iron everything on purple because thats when its at its prettiest ;)
apart from that fact i hate coffee and hot drinks...
i want one
Its in a box in New Zealand :(
shhhh!
That'd be useless here. Very hard water here so it's be translucent in a week with the limescale build up.
that said, am really hoping this community stays alive whatever happens. ;)
seconded
The name has nothing to do with it... honest...
http://bit.ly/bugattikettle
oh oh oh I also had a toaster with LEDs in it but it broke
i remember the days when I chatted on the most inane Yahoo chatrooms - or heck, mIRC! This is muuuuch better... :D
wooow :D
has some great looks - but would i pay that much for a kettle? even if it's a bugatti kettle? :D
holy smokes!
its prettyful. everyone loves prettyful things.
thats why thai brides are so popular
woah. that is amazing and I want it.
I found an old picture of my kettle ;)
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/dsc05702-jpg
If you win £2.4 million like I am going to tomorrow, then it is easily affordable.
it smokes, all right... ;)
IT HAS A CLOCK
I must have that kettle.
thats steam ;)
It doesn't have Internet. ;)
you can set it to come on at a certain time for your tea break.
:o
I never have time for a hot drink before work because I hit snooze so many times that I don't have time to wait for it to boil. This solves all of my problems in life.
Aren't you glad I only asked for Milky Bar for my birthday :)
I have a blog! :D
No content yet though, just a ramble on its Raison d’être
yes.
Not like hot drinks?? What kind of people are you?
I don't like hot drinks. At all.
am trying to get christine to like coffee. she can have expensive kitchen appliances only once she agrees that caffeine is better sans-bubbles.
I love hot drinks.
Espresso based especially!
All the best people don't
don't do it Christine.
I agree. :D
I hope my driving test man doesn't make me do a reverse round the corner thursday.... :(
Can I have the Bugatti kettle?
I will drink coffee, but i will have it with bubbles if given the choice!
I can only do coffee when it from a coffee shop.
Instant is like hot mud.
I drink tea. A lot of tea.
You need excellent coffee.
Could you race a Vernon at Le Mans?
yes.
Oh oh. Caffeine drinks with bubbles are bad for your teeth.
vernon! ???
Veyron!
the diet ones don't.... besides i drink it so quick it doesn't touch the teeth!
No wonder - was rather confused when you said Vernon...
I am not here but I am very scared that this community has drifted into domestic appliances. If you must discuss such things you should consider Phillippe Starck. I want one of his lemon juicers even though I have never juiced a lemon in my life aprt from the occasional slice on fich.
http://www.starck.com/
On unmentionables even NASCAR is taking the opportunity to kick Max.
http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns21563.html
and now I have gone again.
Hmm. You raise an interesting argument for your cause.
Speaking of not being here... neither am I.
I'm off to do 4 or 5 hours of 'Drafting Financial Statements' revision.
I don't like this one. See you at about midnight.
do you know a fact about said lemon juicers?
i shall give you 2;
1) they are uber expensive
2) they don't work, the juice dosent go down the middle, it goes down the legs instead, its competely flawd.
oh and i'll give you third one for free;
3) they don't work
Interesting, but i cant see Ferrari racing there!
skipping topic...Why has Suzi Perry morphed from a moto gp correspondent into a fashion commentator in a day?
When I win 2.4 million, I can pay someone to like coffee for me?
I'll do it!
I would be willing to accept this job. Lets begin salary negotiations.
when you have 2.4m, you don't have to ask permission for anything any more.
Never in a million years. They'll only do breakaway or Le Mans - that's it.
Oooh... you have a link?
Ah-ha! Yes!! Roll on tomorrow.
She is on the BBC Royal Ascot* coverage with an insane hat, giggling away about fashion...
*1 horsepower racing...
you pay someone to ask permission for you
Postman has just turned up!
16:10 in the afternoon!
It's a sure thing. Like when I won $50 on Federer.
has he been asked to work a month for free too?
Does he have my Sims 3?
If they got paid for this service I'd be surprised....
Speaking of which... has everyone else who ordered brawn gp stuff from onpole had it delivered?
An article on Scott being chosen for Silverstone:
http://www.manipef1.com/news/articles/9485/
one day i'm going to invite my postman in for a cup of tea, apparently they like it when you do that :)
Mine is en route to my US relatives, who will then send it here. Our postal service is practically useless.
awesome!
Nobody mentioned interviews with BMW.
Hi all
I havent even had a dispatch e-mail
maybe it got changed last minute.
howdy
Interested all of a sudden? :D He's gonna talk to Ant too! :)
No, but I bought an Audi Cap for 15 Euros, a Renault F1 shirt (blue and yellow) for 5 Euros, and I may be being sent a AT&T Williams F1 shirt...
I wonder if Scott may, just may, run into Joe at Silverstone. :D
now that make the prize awesome...
Ant I don't care about. Heidfeld and the Kube I do.
...worth 15 euros? :P
ok i might email them to see what's happening...
that'd be ace!
perhaps worth a mention on the aside if you're looking for feel-good topics?
shall do.
Couldn't Christine buy him out?
Mr. C, will you and the Mrs. be at Silverstone this weekend?
Scott looks a lot like Anthony Davidson in that article.
Erm, maybe because it IS Ant? ;)
now scott's famous, may i tear apart the following statement:
"I never miss a session, whether it be practice, qualifying or indeed the race."
...only we have many sidepodcomments that suggest otherwise ;)
shhhh... ;) don't ruin the moment. :P
too expensive, i'd rather have a new mac, and christine would quite like a shiny kettle.
His only redemption is spreading the word of Sidepodcast around the paddock
i was thinking the same thing
Indeed - I hope that he mentions Sidepodcast, and someone influential says, "Hey, I've heard of that site!"
And I hope he gets to meet Joe in person. :)
Perhaps he should have it on a hat Nikki Lauda Style?
I noticed that too!
Oh gawd, I hope not. We say some horrible things here :)
Or better yet, Rob Smedley... :D
One must always embellish if it gets you into the paddock ;)
Does have Scott a blog?
I for one welcome Mr Piquet into our community and as a longtime fan of his, would be more than happy to introduce how loved he is, not to mention how delightful his driving style is to view as fans.
*ahem*
He does: http://zerodownforce.blogspot.com
A blog he has: http://zerodownforce.blogspot.com
Michael Schumacher did that to get into F1. ;) And it worked for Scott too. :D
That comment is a bit Piquet ;)
Thank you guys!!!!!! :)
yoda am i, stolen from the muppet show i was
I was going to say me too but I didn't lie. That I know of.
I just hope Scott remembers us!
i'm kinda hoping he forgets us, at least for the weekend.
you know those nightmares i had about silverstone...
You got into F1?!
What were they again? Do refresh our memory...
when I got my McLaren pit tour I had to walk through the paddock first. I was cursing the fact they weren't down the other end of the pits because I only got to go a little way down and didn't get to spy anyone important. Swiping my card through the reader thing was possibly the greatest moment of my life though.
Ohhh, yeah, that! :D
Franckage on Drop.io for Christine... :)
I've still got all my old pit passes from every event I've worked. All hung on the back of the door handle. :D
1) Wooooooooooooooooooooooow :)
2) Does this mean you didn't kidnap him then?
Who'd have thought it would be so hard to wrap a dress, gah, stupid paper
1) Glad you liked them - the Parade ones were difficult to say the least!
2) He's a quick driver and we had no room in the campervan anyway. I promised him he could have one more chance at Le Mans so he could make you happy! :)
Have to ask again as people are now awake. ;)
Does anyone have the 2 bbc chequered flag podcasts for the Turkish GP that they can share with me. I didn't download them in time. :(
I have also taken a video of the race but as I don't have the right cables to connect it up yet (not my camera!) I haven't seen it...
Can be solved with a brute force approach... Use more paper!
And more Duct Tape.
yeah
i think so
I almost touched Bruno Senna in the parade too...
Neither did i, i didn't realise they disappeared :(
i have the review.
do ya want it?
Please. :D
Anyone out there have the preview?
i do. can drop.io for you.
yes please!
Yay!
That'd be fantastic. :D
Review frop.io'd
although give it a minute
Cheers!
Now willie carson is talking about Rossi's ride on sunday!
Although thats mainly because Rossi has a horse named after him in the 4:55 race
I was actually considering hiring a car and checking out the MotoGP here since its only 80km away. But its the same weekend as I'm in NZ, and its $265 and I don't care that much
All dropped sir. Call it a birthday present ;)
ditto ;)
Cheers peeps. :D
Time to listen. :D
Go into a dress shop and plead male incompetence. Een if it is not the shop you bought it in one of the women will take the sympathetic view and wrap it for you.
Trouble is, it's in a box, you'd hope that by this time in my life i could wrap a box.
Doesn't matter. I am older than you by quite a bit and I can't do wrapping but I can smile sweetly and get some sympathetic woman in a shop to do it for me.
Sounds good to meee :D
Is that (Phillip?) island?
a 50p tax is proposed for all uk residents with a phone line, to help those without fast broadband access to obtain it:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8102756.stm
seems reasonable to me, thoughts anyone?
yep
But they're aiming to get 2mpbs to everyone from this
They want fast broadband and I know this may seem spoilt but 2mbs? Seriously?
should be 50p per month, sorry.
Affordable, yes. But isn't that what broadband charges and err.. profit are there for!
Why should I pay for my broadband as well as part of someone else's?
£6 a year, sounds good to me
It would probably be better aimed a people with a broadband connection, there must be more of them around than people with fixed phones these days?
it is. but bt have a monopoly on line installation, so they don't care.
That's 4 times faster than what I currently have.
You'd be surprised
same reason you pay for the nhs, despite being a fit and healthy person, i guess.
UK should have the capabilities by now to have *far* faster speeds though.
I don't use BT, breaking that monopoly would drive prices down
Of all my friends that have their own places, i only know 2 of them which have fixed phone lines, and that was only to get sky.
if you want a new line installed, you have to get BT to do it, right?
Nope, unless cabole or satellite isn't available
I'd get rid of my line if my tv & broadband tariff weren't affected
how the heck do you get broadband via satellite? download yes, but you still need a phone line to upload anything... surely?
They used to offer it in Bahrain and Qatar, i have no idea how it worked...
Dunno but there was an article about it in Mac Format last month
So who else has tried this game?
http://www.niri.us/pics/outside-mmo.jpg
Looks scary.
i think, you get fast download via satellite, but sent new url requests and outgoing email via dialup. which requires BT.
[Runs and hides from next game craze]
I've heard rumours that its full of virus's
IRL is a smash hit?
Pah. Outside sounds rubbish.
OK
Unless you're in a cabled area, you're stuck with a BT installation for the 1st year I think before you can switch (Yooooooooouuuuuuuu gotta SWITCH!)
You need more than to be in a cabled area. You need an act of the gods. I have cable installed up the side of my building, but for some reason virgin cant connect me. they literally just need to drill a hole in the wall :(
Talking to someone with sense there seems impossible
i agree. now...
if you're one of those people and are a long way from the exchange, you cannot get fast broadband access either. BT don't appear to care enough to upgrade older exchanges or install newer ones and, neither does any other business competing.
what does said person do in that situation?
That obstacle has been present for years but unfortunately is not isolated to VM
Corporate Stupidity is abound
Move out of the sticks ;)
My parents moved to the sticks and all my dad does is complain about the speed of the broadband. I'd be more concerned about having to live with tank water and a septic tank.
:)
Seriously, I don't know
Wait until there are enough 50 Pences in the pot to upgrade the connectivity in the local area, I guess :(
exactly what's being proposed. i doubt 50p pm will be enough though.
One of the Simply Syndicated podcasts was (maybe still is) sponsored by a Septic Tank seller. I won't repeat the catchphrases they created when mentioning their benefactors
Does the government's broadband upgrade department have a PayPal account? I'd like to get mine out of the way
it probably isnt enough to pay for it completely, but every little helps and all that.
Exactly how much revenue did BT pull in last year?
£23.4 billion
That's a lot of 50 pences
Actually, that should,ve been £21.4bn
The £4bn profit after tax in 1999 should've been invested a little better too
Or the £10bn over the next ten years or so after that
So, how do we feel about another 50p each per month now?
[Puts soapbox away]
Giggles tweeted this earlier, great App for working out which tube carriage to board to be in the right spot on the platform when you exit
[for Way Out, line changes, etc]
http://www.tubeexits.co.uk/
I wonder who wrote the FIA's statement today, it is nothink like their usual releases, and has a very journalistic style..
oh dear I might be taking things to far again.... but it is different!
Very cool...
Certainly wasn't Max anyway
It is very different, but I think it is strategy. FIA must know there is more public sympathy for FOTA and this release is to re-address loss of ground. Have a look at Joe's comments on this issue. Time has run out for an agreement to be reached by FOTA and FIA.
I've just read it, and it does point out (if bits are true) that FOTA aren't being particularly helpful, but we knew that anyway. And the FIA aren't as innocent as they say that are.
I don't care what happens, just somebody pleaaaaaaase sort it out, im sick and tired of being sick and tired.
Can't argue with that
sidepodspace update
NASA says we are go for launch tomorrow morning with an 80% chance of good weather. At 8:15pm EDT 1:15am UK we will get the go / no go on filling the fuel tank.
Launch is scheduled for 5:40am EDT 10:40 am UK.
The official countdown clock - the one that it is best to ignore because it has all the holds in it will be restarted in 15 minutes at T-11 hours and counting.
I am not sure FOTA is not "being particularly helpful" - although the way they FIA have expressed it FOTA have appeared such. FOTA has to hold up to FIA even if it means they move elsewhere (Le Mans series or a new series). FIA has done too much interference in recent times.
It's not that BT don't care it's that they know how expensive the upgrade is. They watched as all of their cable rivals said they were going to put BT out of business with their new model.
There are still Cable businesses but all of the current ones bought their lines in bankrupt stock from the people who put the lines in. Digging up roads and putting brand new infrastructure in costs Billions.
BT of course made a loss last year £134m.
The revenue doesn't mean much if the costs are that high.
It's not just the FIA's fault, even though it's fun to make it sound like it is. They both have to sort this out.
But... but... but.. I just launched a blog to tell you all about it :(
Which is a lot harder... and a lot longer than i thought it would be :)
Very true, especially in these economically bleak times
Should have been investing for the past ten years though when times were mostly fine and dandy
ooooh link me link me.
didn't know about that
The point being nobody really wants to pay that much more for their broadband (thanks to Carphone Warehouse et al). And so why would BT spend the money.
Here's a great business idea lets go and spend lots of money on a new product which we can't charge any money for.
Well plug it then
I havent written anything f1 yet, just an intro.
http://racingpolitics.wordpress.com
Working on a post on a breakaway...
The FIA members that allowed Max to stay are partly to blame for this.
Joe has a point on that one
*hands nick a socket for his plug*
:D
I assumed you could get to it by clicking on my name, but i guess that's a ye olde feature!
Does it meet the technical, homologation & financial regulations?
Bookmarked
you can if you are in ye olde comments yarr
ditto.
tis very good :)
oh dear... dont get your hopes up to high!
thanks though :D
That's so 'dial-up' ;)
dial what? ;)
I need a modem sound to drop.io :D
do it :D
Does h have enough budget left to buy the socket
evening all, i could do with some cheering up, so what's everyone been up to today? how are the special birthday people? having a good day?
http://www.lazylaces.com/56Kmodem/
But they got there in the first place because of Max. They may not care about F1. It's the structure that's the problem as much as it is Max.
aaah, its bliss to my ears
I think I'm going to need a socket cap.
(I think that's what those things that stop children poking their fingers in sockets are called)
Bad day Lou? Nothing much happened as far as I can see. There was a long discussion here on domestic appliances such as kettles, irons that change colours and lemn juicers but normality seems to have returned.
the sounds cuts rather too quickly. still, it's fun to reminisce... :D
- jon finished his last exam.
- pat's been banished until he's studied some more.
- nick's a blogger.
think that's it for today?
Max issued what I'd consider to be an ultimatum, but no reply from FOTA.
i nearly crashed into a garden but thats not necessarily a good thing ;)
put a sock-in-it.
And everyone owes Gordon Brown 50p
and someone wrote about scott! :D
a month... forever.
It's a press release, isn't it?
while he's PM, anyway...
ah yes...
- lukeh needs a bigger blow torch.
true, but still, it's about him! :D
ok...
- and scott's being used for marketing purposes.
awww - that's harsh! :D
but also true?
kinda, it's just been a bit busy and i feel a little upset and frustrated. Surprisingly lessons were really good today, as teachers seem to have realised it is a good idea to start teaching properly again. But i had a bit of a disagreement with my parents about goodwood tickets, f1 news sucks at the moment, and i just want to escape for a bit. am in a strange mood.
Someone's going to be sick of Milkybars by Silverstone!
Not at all. The whole reason for Puma doing this is marketing
well, that's true, but this is more than a marketing ploy. :)
Anything any company does is more or less a marketing ploy
Nooo, not goodwood. :(
F1 news is expected though, one day we'll get a week without any negative news and only happy news and accompanied with a big smile ;)
umm, no it really isn't.
it's a great marketing ploy. but it's one all the same.
awesome! the more bloggers the better :D
it's great, yes, but it's more than that. i guess it's a matter of what you focus on. the marketing is a given, but for me, it's more about 1 guy having a dream weekend at an F1 race, and possibly being in the middle of history as it happens.
Except insolvancy, maybe
I really hope that comes sooner than later, and without anything ground-shattering happening prior to that.
It can be hard when parents control your life. Still it won't be for much longer
Don't tell me they are just nice people who wanted to give someone a break and that is just as imporatant to them as all the publicity they get.
How can you be an F1 fan and not be cynical?
But Piquet may not be there for much longer and his dream will end ;)
oooohkay.
for puma, it's a marketing ploy. one we very much approve of, of course.
i'm going... i'm determined to go. even if i have to catch the train down there myself, i have enough money... just. My Parents promised i could go to goodwood (they even brought it up months and months ago) and i will be going...
:D
i'm not saying it ISN'T a ploy - because it definitely is.
but again, it's a matter of what you focus on. for me, this is more about scott's fantastic weekend coming up.
Blimey. There was me thinking it was just a paddock pass.
Trust me, I am. :D But Scott's prize isn't something worth being cynical about - enjoying the moment and all that.
♥
A paddock pass doesn't necessarily get you interviews and other cool stuff. :)
i think the moment i am able to drive things will ease up, as i'll have more independence, it's just if they let me learn to drive. it makes matters worse that my friend who has been learning to drive for just 2 months, and who my parents persuaded to learn to drive, passed her test yesterday.
we are, and we will.
we still have our eyes wide open at the same time though!
:D
awwww... how sweet. :P
Sounds like your stubborn competitive side is coming to the surface. Not that you are competitive of course. :)
The first one in a group to drive brings benefits to all
2 months!
2 flipping months!
Im still driving like a optician without his glasses uspide down in a water tank after a year!
Once a week?
they promised me i could go months ago, and they promised they were getting the tickets... i've got my hopes up... :(
but no i'm not competitive... not one bit :D
Parents are a pain regardless how old you get or how far away you get. I am so glad there were no mobile phones when I was your age. Being able to drive and having a car makes a big difference though.
hmm... i suppose
My experience with steering wheels on racing games, I'll end up in a water tank.
Yep.
exactly. :P
Haha!
RG, are you ready with tomorrow's questions? Am rather excited with your 2000s Quiz. :D
Eek!
ahh, sweet memories of always being the sober driver. my friends were just lucky I was the first to get my license and I only drink about once a year.
It's the equivalent of the light speed barrier being broken in Star Trek
[Not sure what the cool runnings analogy is]
I am not. I am going to do very badly
:P
after my 1/10 in the British GP quiz yesterday, I once again won't turn up for the PF one :D
But you've been watching this decade, right? I'm sure you'll remember a lot of these.
Getting to the bottom of the run without having been on your head?
awww... come on, Amy! I wake up at 3:30 just to answer this!! Even Mr C is joining. :D
Almost, going to get it finished tonight then I get to start my reign of terr...ific (to quote the Simpsons) host. So anyone who is intrested, go to
http://www.pitlanefanatic.com/chat.php
Register first, answer the 25 questions and enjoy it/fall over it
I got 2/10. There were 5 questions where I narrowed it down to a 50/50 and got all of them wrong.
its 3.30 now! I feel a little sleepy...
But you'll do it 5:30 your time. :D
Glad I'm sitting down
The thing is the more recent questions are the more specific and detailed they tend to be and the further back the more general they are. No-one is going to ask who won the 1954 Italian GP or who had the most podium finishes in 1958.
The more specific it gets the worse I get.
I refuse to wake up at 5.30am to get 1/25 ;)
Wait, is it wednesday today?
Im confused
It's tuesday
Ignore me... *hides in embarrasment*
No-one has ever got that. Besdes normally there are questions with 5 possible answers and you have to be better at spot the difference than me
No
Don't worry, I've been thinking that all day
I'll promise a Heikki question (Not him being an answer of course)
I would be willing to bet I would, unless every question is about the Turkish Grand Prix 2009. I can't remember back further than that. Actually I can barely remember Turkey.
Yes.
:D
:D
I'll quiz myself when the questions get posted later, and I'll let you all know how I get on. I normally do this but don't tell my score because its always bad.
RG's always complained that the quizzes go back too far in time - hopefully, his questions won't be mind-boggling. :D
I have seen the future, and it is dark and cold.
Where do ITV news find people to interview? They are doing a piece on the 50p for broadband thing and the woman they are interviewing says that fast broadband should be a right because she can't imagine a day where at least one member of the family doesn't use the internet. How can there be days where anyone doesn't use it?
don't say that - it might just become true. ;)
Yup, I wanna be the people's host, or whatever they say.
Woohoo! Quiz for the people! :D
OK I have to disappear for a little while but I will be back soon - ish
Though by the looks of it, not everyone ;) See ya Steven
I can't believe how I used to write blog entries without Windows Live Writer. Best thing they've ever made. Soooooo useful.
I heard from Puma that Scott Woodwiss is the first winner of their competition :-) congratulations !
Yup! Quite amazing, really. :D
Have made a twitter related blog entry for those wanting something to read :)
"Scott's Fan Reporter experience will include a tour of the ING Renault F1 garage; interviews with BMW Sauber drivers Robert Kubica and Nick Heidfeld; and a chat with PUMA Ambassador and ex F1 driver Anthony Davidson"
I thought Scott was interviewing the Renault boys?
According to the BBC...
Nelson Piquet has been backed to improve a disappointing set of results in 2009 by Renault's race team manager Steve Nielsen.
Because 2008 didn't happen, it seems
I read that earlier
Either it would take a new driver longer to get up to speed in Renault's eyes or [possibly] all contracts are void in the breakaway series in 2010 anyway
Both Massa & Webber are bigging it up in AUTOSPORT
I'm just amazed that later in the same article Nielsen says he needs more time!
No point putting a noob into the seat for half a season if they don't even know where they'll be racing after it
Yeah, true enough.
Plus, who would we mock then, Kaz?
Evening all
Speaking to Tim again earlier at lunch, he mentioned that he'd read my blog, Zero Downforce, and thought it was great! Wow! :D
Plus there might be some BMW people there, like Andy Priaulx :D I'm just guessing though :P
tom?
Nope, Tim. I won't give the guy's surname away but he's the one coordinating the whole weekend. Tom is his colleague. Yep, confusing I know.
what are the chances.
maybe I will bump into you somewhere around there :-)
I didn't know I was getting grandstand seating for qualifying and the race. At least I know where I'll be anyways :P
But yeah, hopefully I will see some of you guys who are going there this weekend. :)
Don't forget to Tweet
I'll do what I can. Does Silverstone have wifi at all?
media center and hospitality do, yup.
I'm guessing not but maybe the paddock does for guests
I've no idea what kind of pass I'm getting yet, so in terms of access I'm clueless. But then if I'm being allowed to meet Kubica, Heidfeld and Davidson then it can't be just general admission. At least I don't think.
I thought you were meeting the Renault boys.
That's what I thought. Until Tim said "BMW drivers". He did say when I first talked to him "BMW and Renault" but I thought that was a choice of the two, and all he said after that was Renault. So I assumed it would be Alonso and Piquet.
Hello everyone
Can I hop along then.
And if I may say something about the "never missing every session" thing - I try not to. Some I have missed this year, but not out of choice. Work and other things have gotten in the way. But I do always catch up on what's happened. :)
What would Timo say? ;)
Plus red button replays of FP help the cause ;)
Meet BMW then do a runner to Toyota. All planned out, even have a timetable of events and diagrams illustrating different probabilities so I will always see Timo.
Ah, the committed stalker :D
Of course. Even if Scott still says no, I will find a way in. I reckon suitcase be too small, however a possible holdall will be good. This would probably mean I won't see BMW, but that would require more Timo, however with added cramp.
last year they had a tie up with the dark knight. you could do dressed as that this time and say you got the wrong year?
I hope I get some free time during the weekend schedule to have a wander and see a few things. I need to get my dad something for Father's Day anyways.
Doubt that will work. However, are they in any tie ins this year. Any team in fact? Will still get paddock access
Or go as a Transformer
oooh!
I don't think I can dress up as a car, or drive it, don't want to cause a safety car while not actually racing.
Just put in a quick little update to the Question Time post on my blog.
Movie tie-ins seem popular with F1
Superman, The Dark Knight, Terminator Salvation
Transformers could be quite likely, opening weekend is this or next isn't it?
Go as one of the 3 new teams' cars. Say it's there just for a "well publicised test session" ;)
Now if Megan Fox was there....
They may need to hold Crazy Dave back on the grid walk
*drool*
i want that on a wrist band
:D
I need a new Timo cap come to think of it
There's some "friends" of mine on Facebook disrespecting Senna. Someone said basically "my life sucks" and another put something along the lines "jokingly" of "must be as gutted as when Scott found out Senna had died" to which the reply was "Gahaha, Senna deserved it"
WTF? Sick idiots.
Actually what I mean to say is something much stronger but you know, family-friendly community and all that. :)
Arguing on the internet is like taking part in the special olympics...
[Paraphrasing]
What I mean is, don't rise to it
Nah, not worth it anyway. :)
loving mr. dodgins latest column. locked himself out of an apartment barcelona gp weekend:
"So, taking stock, we had to be at the circuit again in 10 hours and we had no laptops and two FIA passes between us. Which was fine because Simon had no long-term insulin either, which meant he would keel over in the morning and wouldn't be needing his pass. We still had no means of contacting the owner, no phone chargers and none of the things you need to make a Grand prix weekend less troublesome – such as a car park pass. And, of course, we had no bed."
oooops!
are you doing anything special for Mrs Christines birthday? a nice meal perhaps?
the girl got x3 giant milky bars, she shouldn't need to eat for a week.
true story
Ooh, birthdays. Yeah, happy birthday Mr Flibster and Mrs Christine. Even if 20 hours and 32 mins late
(Nearly wrote Mrs Flibster, so count yerself lucky)
Milky bar sandwiches for lunch this week then
The outside world is a strange place, and Mr C can't cook. Erm...I'm stuck for ideas.
Maybe if he did a dance for her in that panda costume...
Is Lukeh about? I need to beat him, i've just seen Robert Kubica as Billie Piper or vise versa, scared me
He should come with a warning some days ;)
i think he scared himself with that.
Ah, that was last night.
Gotta admit Dr Thiessien looks good as the Doctor.
*waves*
Too much information :)
Apart from the multiple chins yep
Sounds funny, shame is subscription only
Hope the insulin was forthcoming
Actually that does sound rather wrong, doesn't it.
Stoooooop ;)
If only cos Pandas have no rhythm
[guilty feet?]
worth the subscription though.
Mr C, the sleep thing where I just commented has happend again.
cheers sir.
i musta done broke it.
If anyone was getting my money on a regular basis, Joe Saward would be 1st in the queue
I had LCLT do that on me yesterday
I think it has narcolepsy
it really does!
It needs whatever Amy has
i wouldnt put that on anyone, even a program
if i could code that, i'd be a very rich man ;)
Will code for Borg
Evening
Force India may not run Kers at all this season
quote from Norbert Haug: "I do not know if they (Force India) want to use KERS this season."
Thats a shame, i wanted the VJM-02 to do well this year, lets hope the aero updates this weekend and any others in the future can give them more performance!!
Can someone explain this to me?
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/eb3oyc-jpg
Completely off topic from everything but I just have to tell you about this as it's just....
at E3, Nintendo announced a new Super Mario Bros for the Wii, yknow, 2d side scrolling etc. Today they announced, if you think the game is getting too hard, you can pause it and choose to let the game play for you until it looks easier, or even better, skip the level completely.
*lauches palm towards face*
Back in my day, level skip was a cheat.. :P
:D
Grr... I just had dinner with a couple who turned down Ferrari hospitality for the Monaco Grand Prix ...Grrr
Back in my day, Atari 2600 was the dogs cajones
Happy Birthday Christine/ Flibster. Also happy birthday Tupac Shakur, Joyce Carol Oates, and Stan Laurel. If it is OK, I booked the same room so everyone can celebrate their birthday at once.
No Tupac... Biggie is not invitied. We actually want to have food for everyone this time. No Stan, Hardy for the same reason.
Sidepodhugs all round
How can there be anyone that stupid on the planet. I hate Ferrari but I would have taken that offer,
Hurrah! And cake
I think I have found the answer to Chrsitine's plant problems. A device that lets plants tweet when the need watered.
http://gizmodo.com/5070279/now-even-thirsty-houseplants-demand-attention-with-diy-twitter-kit
Some excuse about going to a wedding... I wasnt listening, i was too busy *facepalm* -ing
Unless it was their own, pitiful
Still...
Anyone with cash burning a hole in their pocket (yeah, as if) can drop it down on some actual aircraft simulator time, BA are having a sale
No, really
http://www.ebaft.com/
Aren't they also asking staff to work a month for free?
didn't we shelve our original wedding plans because the chinese gp was on the telly?
No wonder why both Airbus and Boeing were shutout during the Paris Air show over the weekend...
Looks like they are doing everything short of a car boot sale. They have simulators sitting there with dead time on them so they can get some plane junkies or flight sim fans pay to use them. All goes to the bottom line.
what happened?
Actually, spoke to soon. Airbus has a few orders that add up to about 2 billion but Boeing haven't sold anything. For those who those who don't know, the Paris Air Show is the biggest event in commerical areospace where civil aviation manufacturers show off their wear and the time where about a quarter of all the world's commerical airplace orders are announced.
It was both China and Japan.
ahh. i thinks we'd have shelved them for a trip to monza too.
I hope to find someone who is this understanding and compassionate about what is really important in life.
no idea if other browsers do this. but i just found the following info in firefox:
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/sidepodhistory-png
has anyone viewed SPC more than me? right click on any page and choose "view page info", then select the security tab to find out.
Naturally.
I concur. Girls who throw stuff at me when i get up to watch a grand prix are not a good idea
286. I blame the fact that I'm on it hours at a time.
i've visted doohickey 1,123. thats a bit rubbish
however, im now going to all pages ot see that
Also, this firefox is new.
mine is 1 :(
Although thats because firefox deletes my cache and whatnot when i close it
:)
Must try harder ;)
I feel like I'm describing why my team got relegated
apparently so.
if its times i've come onto hte page new then it will be alot lower, because my firefox saves my pages when i close it. if not, then i've just made up a rubbish excuse
could be, i've no idea.
On chrome i get:
The identity of this website has not been verified
Your connection to www.sidepodcast.com is not encrypted
You first visited this site on 21 Mar 2009
On a voluntary basis, unpaid leave & unpaid work are available
is anyone seriously considering unpaid work?
hahahaha, i checked facebook..
28,393
:o
whooops
1427 I am pathetic
Rubens apparently...
:P :D ;)
Some of us are being 'encouraged', shall we say
And yes, if it means having a job in 12 months time
over unpaid leave though?
When your wage bill is approx £40m per week if everyone took one week as unpaid...
There are folk in small departments that wouldn't be granted unpaid leave
Unpaid work is one way to help. Even a few extra hours
i understand why BA are asking. i'm baffled anyone is considering doing it.
mind you spc currently owes us 2.5 years in backdated hours (plus overtime).
It could make the difference if a compulsory pay cut ended up coming our way
fair enough. does this put holiday plans in jeopardy?
Will see what happens in the coming months. If anything, delay rather than cancel. Hopefully in the new year if so
GRRRR I'm so annoyed, my housemate has just moved out but I'm here for another 10 days and she's taken OUR wireless router with her even though we both paid for it and now to use the internet, I need to sit on the floor right by my front door so it can plug into the wall..... GRRRR
Ask Amy about getting back at housemates, it's a great story
I think by moaning about the internet I've just broken it... Piece of junk
that's not how tremayning is supposed to work :(
Erm...ouch.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PkCXrV8jxM
Blimey, quite a big msash...
*smash
A bit too fast!
An accident from Loeb is as common as an accident was for MSchumacher - VERY rare.
and its usually to do with a pace note thats wrong
That's two big ones this year when you count Latvala's one...
And last year Gigi Galli broke his leg badly, still hasn't recovered...
So that article about my Puma competition win - where did Journeyer get it? Because I've looked on the Puma Motorsport website and I can't find it anywhere.
Gonna head off now, see y'all for the quiz tomorrow.
it's linked earlier in the comments.
go on twitter, someone hash tagged you
night squire.
See ya matey. Will give the quiz a go if I get home in time from work!
Ah, I think you've read my question wrong - I have the link to it, but I don't know if that's an original article which he wrote or just something he got from Puma.
the manipe f1 article? neither. puma sent out a press release and i would guess he reads their site?
Scott, I've been wondering something...
You linked the other night to a Forza 3 related post from a guy who has Turn 10 connections, and the post mentioned the team have had to cut out the weather and night time racing from the game. If this is indeed the case.... then why on earth have they picked up the Le Mans license and include the race?
Ah ok, cool. :)
You could ask the same for Gran Turismo 4, couldn't you?
puma sent out press release today :-)
That's true with the ridiculously long Endurance races but this is Le Mans that we all know runs off a 24 hour clock rather than the in game endurance races which were just endurance races (unless GT had Le Mans but I can't remember...too tired :()
Would just annoy me a little I suppose if they decided not to have any nighttime in le mans on there...
Oh and I'm not doubting the info at all because we'll eventually find everything out. It's just something that was on my mind earlier wondering about it. :)
Night Time at Le Mans is awesome - headlights, glowing brakes... It's kinda spooky coz you can't see the cars too well!
I can only imagine :)
Must've been absolutely amazing to see in person.
i'd suggest a guest post. but now you have your own blog :(
couple of other sites have published the same release:
- f1update.com
- totalf1.com
scott's f1 famous :)
If it makes you feel any better, Gran Turismo 5 will have Le Mans AND dynamic weather AND day/night cycle. ;)
:D
*looks at ps3 and thinks 'your time is coming....'*
:P
I will get to it but I've only just facebooked the photos. Thought you guys might like to hear from me now rather than in a few days (because I have a lot to tell!)
certainly we do. when you're ready though.
I'm not sure whether I should be excited or scared at the prospect of running down Mulsanne at 200mph plus in the pouring rain at night.
its GT5, no damage ;)
Well my Facebook photos are up. For those of you who are interested you can see them there now (it's facebook.com/RubberGoat if you need to add me).
Good night all...
I take it you've not seen the E3 trailer then.
laterz.
oh no, its not a no damage Gran Turismo is it?!! boo
Night Gavin
No, far from it! DAMAGE IS IN! :D
All gran Turismo is no damage?
New one has damage
:( :( :(
Koenigsegg has bought Sabb...
I didnt see that one coming, but it could be interesting!
I'm never gonna walk again.... Apparently sitting on the floor leaning against a radiator isn't that great for your back!
Why's that a bad thing? For years now, GT's been touted "The Real Driving Simulator" yet without damage it's not been a true simulation. Now PD's first full GT game on the PS3 can be labeled a true simulation with damage included.
did you escape carpet burn though?
So far :)
But... will it have Feeder?
It wouldnt be a GT game without feeder! the two are selotaped together in nostalgic happiness in my childhood! ;)
:D oh dear...
because however good you are damage always ruins certain races. the amount of times i've been half way through a really long race on F1 06 or Race Driver 3 and i've tried lapping someone and they've not moved over, and they've crashed into me, and i've broken and had to retire. ITS SO FRUSTRATING
you know you can buy a longer cable, don't ya?
No idea. They've said nothing about a soundtrack so far. But agreed, I only know and like Feeder because of Gran Turismo. "Sweet 16" was the first song of theirs that I heard on GT1.
The one I have is about 2 metres long. Alas my hallway is longer.... I just got in about an hour ago and found the box was gone
Where di Koenigsegg get the money? I am sure GM were not hard to deal with but how can they run it?
I might see if I can drag an armchair down here. I'm scared I forget I put it there and trip over it in the night though
Ah clever gaming people invented instant replay continues.... rewind to before the crash... then coninue from there.
Doesnt work online though ;) :(
Amazingly I only found out 2 months ago there was a muse song on GT3 :o
yeah but that just feels like cheating
The european investment bank apparently, with a little help from the government
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8102432.stm
ah. it's gonna be a long 10 days then :(
Erm...that's part of racing. Accidents happen. Cars get damaged. Retirements happen. Every racing driver in the world has retired from a race once, I'm sure.
Plus with damage, it should help those who have played GT for ages and relied on wallriding and hitting other cars to get round corners and win become better and cleaner drivers, thus making for hopefully better racing.
w00t! iPhone OS 3.0 tomorrow! :D
I might go rob the one from my boyfriend's house.... I'd get away with that for a couple of days before I had to give it back
yeah but im not in proper racing :P its a game!! i use it to relax, i dont want to get more stressed because some computers taken me out
anythings better than sitting on the floor, right?
I would advise you to wait a day or 2...
I think it was Christine said a few weeks ago her favourite feature about the F1 games was the amount of assists that she had on that braked for her, steered her car etc, and all she had to do was accellerate
Now that is unstressful racing for you! :D
trust me, it wasn't.
i have to put them on for my dad, he's useless. all he has to do is keep the right stick on full throttle and randomly aim at the corner and it does the rest for him!
Probably, although I've got my sleeping bag now and being uncomfy seems more like a nostalgic camping trip. That novelty might last me a whole 20 minutes!
That is insanity. There is no way a company that produces one car every three weeks has the slightest clue how to make a company the size of SAAB work. That is about the dumbest thing I ever heard.
Haha :D
we were talking about dial up earlier, today is retro day :D
At least it's working!! I thought at first it was broken. I nearly cried.
awww. surely someone couldn't be mean enough to leave you with no internet at all?
I guess they are hoping the people at SAAB know how to make a company like them work... I guess the governments priority was to rescue them and a sweedish company taking them over with government funding looks a lot better than a management buy out with government funding?
Next top trump... Volvo
Forza 3 is going to have "one button driving/racing" where all you have to do is just steer or accelerate and the game does everything else. ;)
http://jonwaldock.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/busslogan.jpg
I should hopw not! I'd probably be fine though. I had no computer for about 9 months. I bought my new one about 8 weeks ago. Amazing how quickly you can't do anything without it again though....
:lol:
Make one with Koenigsegg in it :P
Now come on. Who here is going to wait?!
:D
i'm refreshing now, just in case.
I said 'I would' as i suspected that would be the case :D
Me too, on the iphone just in case it will download all by itself!!
Refresh as in a restore?
as in checking for updates.
Push the big silver apple button
It's not the 17th in Cupertino for around another 9 hours.
the 3gs software is already available though.
mind you, the 3gs hardware is somewhat absent.
I think it might be absent from my house for at least another year
Unless you pre-ordered from AT&T - have seen some reports of early deliveries.
and ours.
Oh! is that Christine's b'day pressie?
hahahahehehehohohoho.
no.
morning all ;)
:D more milky bars then
You decided on the Milky Bar then?
Did you even sleep?
SNap!
i did.
I reckon amy just charges herself like a mobile phone
For 3 hours :(
Sometimes I wonder how it is you stay together. Or did you buy her something else as well?
She lasts far longer than that though!
Must have been on quick charge then
Apparently thats all a human needs per 24hrs!
just the three milky bars.
Three! well that's like three birthdays right there!
I saw a milky bar easter egg in a shop last night...
Are they white chocolate too?
to be fair, milky bars are the yummiest of all chocolate
:P
Ooo. Big spender eh? Mind you LPG got chocolate from the children and books from me this year.
on the plus side. no pressies ever go to waste, or need returning.
Hi Amy
morning
At work BT disconnected the ADSL lines because we were too far from the exchange and the service kept dropping out. So we've had to get radio internet. There is a battery-powered receiver on the hill. Unfortunately the battery needs changing every fortnight.
BT have said they are willing to try again, though...
wha?
RSS'd, or whatever you say
I've done most of it!
well done sir. are we allowed to keep you for a bit?
I've just got to look at some ratios and then I'll be done, but I won't stay as long as yesterday. Tomorrow's is more important.
I forgot how happy I was from last night about our new TV channel.
Yay, live F1.
noted.
...who recharges the battery on the hill?
Right you lovely people.
I'm going to bid you fairwell, i may pop my head in at some point if i have a spare moment, and if i do i expect you to be all excited at my precence ;)
Speak to you all when i dooo.
Ciao
see ya jon.
Hamsters in cages. (with little wheels)
bye bye.
Ciao, and sitting with pent up excitement for your return
Meant tomorrow morning's, rather than tomorrow night's revision. :-) Although they are both compulsory, I am much happier about what I have to do tomorrow than what I had to do tonight.
Believe it or not, our very hands-on Managing Director, along with the Farm Manager... then the people come along and pick it up I suppose. Look up South West Internet, they must have a website... I'll look myself later.
night
and the Rusty and Cam pre show, hoorah ;)
Well we can't have everything. I just need to work out a way to listen to 5Live.
It ends up here, but it isn't very helpful:
http://www.westsomersetinternet.com
it sounds completely nuts, but i love it :)
it was there, and then it were gone.
Hmmm I've got to get up stupidly early in the morning tomorrow to go to a course in Manchester but I'm really not tired. Really tempted to just not bother getting sensible amounts of sleep and snoozing in my meeting....
you remind me of someone...
is it an important meeting?
Not really. Well my work think it's important. It's a training course about personel recruitment and training. I'm pretty sure it's not going to be groundbreaking! I just need to show my face.
in that case your time is better spent online :)
Oh that's right, you have to pay ;-)
heheheh.
not again :)
No, better not.
Heading off now so I'll see you guys tomorrow evning :)
see ya lukeh.
Evening Lukeh
There's a small amount of stuff about base stations and repeaters on there...
When it works, it works well...
I can't believe your little island isn't just covered in hi speed wifi
i just think i'd put a solar panel on it. or maybe a wind turbine.
anything but swapping batteries weekly.
There is a solar panel on it. It's crap.
at least I think there is
ah.
night
Yes. You need sunlight to run them.
:P
Rain powered maybe?
I'm saying nothing. Just came back to bid you all goodnight. Busy day tomorrow...
have a good one buddy.
Odd. That was exactly what I was thinking. I wonder why no-one has done rain powered electricity. Especially at the top of a hill. It would be so easy.
I think wind powered is probably easier
Busy MWM tomorrow night, according to Dex's tweets. There's a run through all of the political stuff, Nick Wirth will be on to talk about ManorGP, and there's an LM debrief...
There must be a way to bring back the old water wheels in a modern form.
Wind is so inconsistent. I can't believe how much money is wasted on windfarms in this country. Far better to invest in wave or tidal which is constant and predictable.
cool. and now we can follow live on our macs. only issue is, it's the same time as the quiz.
Easiest thing in the world. Just fit a motor generator unit on the dry side of the wheel.
No multitasking?
Not that I'm any different, I won't be doing either. Will get the podcast later. I want to do RG's quiz but I don't think I can spare the time.
shall try.
It's just the "not in my backyard" thing again though. It might be a great source of power but people don't want it on their coastline. I think tidal power is great but in my area they can't get the radical plans passed.
I'm showing my ignorance: MWM?
Midweek Motorsport
It should be possible on a small scale though.. to power little things..
I genuinely see no reason why every building can't have either a solar panel or a wind turbine. Just a little one.
Ta.
http://radiolemans.com/
I mean it won't provide a lot of power but ramped up across so many premises it would reduce demand on power stations...
Oh! It's on RLM. I never knew.
I would love to power my house with solar. I just can't afford the $15000 ( about 6000 pound)
Live on Wednesdays at 8pm UK. I've been getting the podcast version with the intention of catching up later.
Btw my LCLT is broken! The "What other's said" box is just white. It was working 10 minutes ago. Many refreshes haven't helped....
I will be checking it out
wind turbines in the worng area are worse than useless.
unless you have clean airflow they don't work. so everyone having them would cost a fortune, create noise, and a unecessary danger to birds, and acheive next to nothing.
soloar though, i agree with.
My accidental apostrophe is making my eyes bleed.... sorry
it's not broken. it's showing tomorrows thread and there are no comments yet.
one sec.
Oh yeah! Don't I feel stupid....
There are some devices in use but it is always the same when anything new is suggested. THere is so much money available in this country to fix knackered old buildings that no-one gave a damn about. They should have a five year freeze on maintaining old stuff and use the money to build something thoroughly modern with modern technology. It's time this country was dragged out of the 18th century.
nah, it just highlights that there should be a message there.
Hence the 'either/or'... there would be places where solar panels would be ridiculous, too.
sorry, missed that bit of the comment.
You killed it?
My guess is the new daily thread just landed and there are no comments yet
I wish there was cheaper/more efficient solar. In this country, we could just about power out suburbs with panels on every roof, and feed-back to the grid during the day.
It was freezing before and I refreshed it and yeah forgot the new thread would have opened...
We can get grants here. My landlord has solar-powered heating, unfortunately it isn't connected to my system. He says it works well in all but the worst weather.
Going to call it a night, will drop in again for a couple of short while before and after the final bit of studying. :-)
I forgot to ask Jon if his last day went okay..
We can get grants too, I just can't afford the initial outlay
One of my friends has a council house in one of these new trendy eco-estates and she has solar heating. Works like a dream.
his blog post was hilarious: http://jonwaldock.wordpress.com/2009/06/16/no-subject-3/
see ya.
You remembered - more than some people did...
I've got access to Concorde's Simulator - why would I want any of those pansy ones. ;)
Win! :D
When I read the menu of what was available it struck me that they would sell a lot more seat time on Concorde than on a 757. Who wants to say that they have spent several hundred pounds on flying a 757 simulator when they can say that they have flown the Concorde.