It's the day after the night before and I can only imagine what kind of sugar hangover I will have after all that Milky Bar. Nevertheless, the week goes on, and here are some of the things we're talking about at the moment:
- Nick Heidfeld has been blown away by the number of submissions for his helmet design competition, with other 5,000 to date. Apparently one of the designs is a panoramic view of the Nurburgring, which can only be described as bizarre. If you haven't had a go yet, head on over to the site to submit your design. (Please note, we still think Button's competition is better.)
- I had an overdose of more than just sugar yesterday, when a host of Franck pictures hit the Sidepodcast drop. Firstly, James made me an awesome Franck montage, whilst Gavin - newly returned from Le Mans - has pictures of the man on the start line. Yay for pictures.
- In actual F1 news, Renault have defended Piquet's um, Piquetness, by suggesting that he is still learning, still inexperienced, and if there is no confidence in the car, how can they expect confidence in the driver? I would suggest that a lack of confidence is not the problem Piquet has.
Those are just some of the things we've been thinking about, if you have any more to add, please feel free to use the daily post to discuss anything on your mind. Yesterday, we managed to combine conversation about both politics and kettles in the same thread, so anything goes. I'll see you in the comments.
hello wednesday!
that's so 9 hours ago. ;-)
heeeh!
More Piquet, from his Twitter: http://twitpic.com/7kofy
Just set up on Real Racing to upload best Time Trial laps to YouTube. My first time trial lap should be up in a few minutes :D
you can do that? wow.
This little racing game is simply amazing. £5.99? Bargain.
First video is just processing :D
groovy. do you have a url?
Indeed. Still processing, so you'll have to wait a bit. :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BO7fNkiGd8
is it a huge video? or is YT being slow?
Erm...pass? No idea. First time doing something like this (not uploading YT videos that is) so I'm not sure.
Mr. C, I think my question a few days ago got lost in the shuffle. Are you and Christine going to Silverstone this weekend?
hi joe. i did reply, but the answer was no, we'd rather spend our hard earned money on something like a new mac, or, as chrsitine would prefer, a new kettle.
anything but f1, in otherwords.
I understand, I am not spending money on F1 this year with no races in North America.
More comfie in front of the TV anyway.
...and you can enjoy a cuppa from that new kettle.
But I would spend any amount of money on F11
hahaha. me too!!
quite.
if f1 ever manages to dig itself out of the proverbial hole. it would appear we can go to malaysia, bahrain and turkey all for about the same price as silverstone. so maybe we'll do that?
Sounds like an idea
failing that, le mans :)
You know, after watching Le Mans, I am kicking myself in the butt for not going to Sebring....a 1.5 hr drive from my house. The ALMS race in St. Pete in conjunction with the Indycar race was lame.
Another good idea, and maybe better value, viewing wise.
it was good to watch, but it'll be round again next year.
if you go, will you take pics for us?
Sure will. A Couple years ago I met David Brabham at St. Pete, he signed my hat. I was all giddy because his brother drove the #83 Nissan in IMSA....I'm a big Nissan guy
WooHoo, Le Mans Winner
Yes, my brush with fame. Other than that I think I used a urinal next to Homer Simpson at a Buccaneers football game...that's all I got
sidepodspace update
It looks like we may not get a shuttle launch tomorrow. There is now a 40% chance of weather affecting the tanking operation(filling the external fuel tank). There is lightening in the area. The tanking operation can be started as laste as 10pm EDT / 3am UK without affecting the schedule. I guess we will know in 45 minutes whether or not the launch is cancelled before the tanks filling has even started.
hahah. :)
I got driven around a track by a guy who raced Jim Clark, and held a few UK F3 track records.
Those IMSA GTP cars were awesome. Shame they could never tie those rules to the Group C rules. We could have had some incredible Le Mans races then.
Who was that?
I *wish* I could remember his name. I might get to meet him again in July.
He must be in his 70s, and still scared the **** out of me in my own car.
I really screwed up in the late 80's early 90's, IMSA raced around here alot and I could have seen that Nissan....could I call a car sexy? Well it was. I did meet Chip Robinson, the driver of the #84 Nissan, he was at the other urinal
Lets not forget the Silk Cut Jaguars....beautiful cars
I remembered: Spencer Martin
Just goes to show how good some of those older drivers were/are
I have never heard of him. I must dig out his record some time
Never an F1 driver. He raced in the Tasman series down under, and did some lower formula stuff in the UK apparently.
He's not on Wiki. I'm sure a good guy nonetheless
it was fun to meet a guy from that era, and be driven around. He had great car control.
A lot of really good drivers never get a break in F1 unfortunately.
Although I think a lot more did in the 60s. also, F2, Tasman series etc, were seen as "something" in those days, just like sports cars.
That is definitely the case because fewer people were racing and a lot more were dying and as you say other classes had high visibility.
im hungry.
cupcake?
Mmmmm cupcake!
Cupcakes for lunch isn't good for Amy. She'd just get a sugar ruuuuush. :D
apologies. it's all i have to offer though.
Eurgh, I didn't realise the BNP denied the holocaust.
You didn't bake them, did you;)
if i did, would you decline?
They do, which is why most people don't want them as MEPs. But they got through somehow.
:D No comment.
I haven't really paid them much attention before tbh, I just didn't realise they hated Jewish people as well.....
quick comment test, please ignore.
and one more...
this could get annoying...
aha. sorted.
just a quick heads-up. have made some tiny changes to the live commenting page. now when you comment the focus returns to the empty comment box (as requested by alex). haven't managed to get to the bottom of rg's sleeping issue as yet.
also, realtime now has audio alerts like the lclt. again, only on safari.
please yell if anything goes wonky for you.
That's dedication for you! I can't believe you're up at this hour doing site maintenance...
i'm not the one with a meeting to attend to :)
best time to do stuff like this though, when it's quieter.
What do the two of you do?? I don't mean to be funny but I'm not thinking you make a living from this place right?
I have slept though! Apparently 4 hours was all I needed.
hehe. sidepodcast costs way more than it makes from ads.
christine does numbers stuff and i do... stuff.
oh really? wow, times flies!
Yeah I fell asleep with the radio on and woke up listening to racist propaganda
it's subliminal you see. that's how they get ya.
I am impressed with the changes. Commenting is now easier for Amy.
The noise has grown on me btw! I kinda like it now....
yipee. am still campaigning for it to be on by default forever. christine says no though.
wonderful :)
This computer doesn't have speakers so I'm rocking out to Duran Duran on my mp3 plyaer
I can't stand it when I have headphones in though for some strange reason
interesting. i haven't tried that. i shall do in the morning though.
probably needs to be a little softer or something.
I have seen a certain parade lap and from what I had seen I might pass, but then again I didn't watch the show on full screen and maybe I had a bit too much to drink when I watched it, but my dad says you never turn down free food:D
HE'S A WISE MAN.
He most likely gets that from living through WW2 and then having to escape out of his country a few years later
:D
Sorry about the caps, the job I'm doing only recognises them :D
Am listening to Chris Moyles - good way to start my workday. :)
For someone who's expecting F1 Apocalypse on Friday, I found this tweet from 5Livef1 rather surprising:
Thanks to Mr C for the overnight fix :)
I can't be bothered with F1 at the moment TBH. The whole thing just bores me.
What we need is a really special race on Sunday to spark all our interests again!
Oooh that sounds interesting. Care to elaborate?
It doesn't bore me - it annoys me.
Let's hope Jenson and Rubens have a good battle then - that's our only realistic chance of a cracking race.
Well Rubens does love Silverstone. Jenson will have his magical couple of tenths though.
Brawn 1-2, then?
F1 commercial on Radio 1?! What on earth...?
Weren't we expecting the apocalypse last Friday, as well though?
I wasn't - I was expecting a provisional result - which was what we got.
But with negotiations seemingly, in the words of JA, "at a dead end" (only seemingly because I'm not sure this is really the case), we may indeed see something a lot worse this Friday.
That is my wish!
sidepodspace update
THe launch of the space shuttle Endeavour was scrubbed at 1:55am EDT/ 6:44am UK due to a leak in the gaseous hydrogen vent system. Yep exactly the same type of fault that caused the previous launch to be cancelled.
Endeavour's next launch attempt for its STS-127 mission is targeted for July 11 at 7:39 p.m. EDT.
FOTA will not accept the 40 million cap for next year. Unless FIA remove this it is stale mate. Of course this is not the issue - FOTA wants to control more of the action since FIA has mis-managed its regulation in recent years. The budget cap is the thin-end of the wedge since Max thinks the teams get too much financial slice of the earnings. Once in place he will argue that he has saved them money so they need less from the earnings. This fight started when FOTA said it wanted more revenue and Max and Bernie said they should have less.
There only only resolution that could happen this Friday is for FOTA to essentially pull out, otherwise it will be a moving deadline.
July?! So far away.
Morning All
But even a moving deadline would be a win for FOTA - the more the deadlines move, the less feasible it would be for new teams who aren't in the list yet to participate.
I would of throught that a least half the teams have started on there 2010 at least in design! Well March, etc be about to design and build a car quickly????
Most teams, whether existing or new, should have a 2010 design by now in the windtunnel. Even then, this is still iffy, as rules have yet to be finalized. But new teams still have a lot of work to do to be on the grid by March.
Seems odd but I guess that is the next time the ISS orbit puts it in the right position
Will the 2010 be based on the 09 cars, like a evalution
sorry can't spell to save my life
To a certain extent, but there are very significant changes planned for next year, most notably, the refuelling ban. FOTA also want a ban on KERS. Whether or not these are in place is key because it determines the car's weight distribution.
You meant evolution, right? Got ya.
yep
Narrower front tyres as well which massively affects weight distribution and aero
Well they add bigger fuel tanks or tune the engine to use less fuel
Martin Birrane from Lola was quoted as saying they already have a windtunnel model.
And yet they weren't accepted? Turns out Manor Motorsports has a connection with Nick Wirth who is well connected with Max. Big surprise there then!
They'll need to do both, but especially the former.
USF1 have designed their car in terms of the CFD - they seem to think engineering the parts was less of an issue. I guess teams will need to have got at least to this stage. With a ban on re-fuelling a lot of re-design has to take place. One reason KERS was dropped by FOTA is to package it with the need for increased tank capacity. Both fuel and battery are heavy and need to be as low as possible and there simply is not the space to get an optimal weight distribution when you need to add the appropriate ballast for each track.
Just shows!
Joe mentioned that N Technology have a strong connection to the FIA via the WTCC. Yet that wasn't accepted. Connections with Max may not necessarily be the key here.
Don't forget the weight limit has been raised for 2010
Watching the NASA conference on the cancelled shuttle launch and they are saying that it would be possible for them to leak test the vent system. 127 launches and now they have figured they 'could' leak test the system. It must be cheaper to run tests than to cancel two launches.
Bigger tanks
Oops...
That increase will be used up with the bigger tank
true
It is actually more than that as I pointed out earlier, Nick and Max are business partners They jointly founded Simtek, Max only sold his shares when he became F1 president.
IMHO N-technology should have been on the list, together with USF1 and I would probably have gone for Lola over Prodrive.
Massa and Webber looking at a breakaway series
I think this just adds fuel to the fire
Chris, if you want to talk about these items, I'd suggest you include a link to the article, as well as your opinion on the matter.
that's what i mean about opinion. ;) indeed it does - they're expecting the worst.
quick quote from webber: Red Bull's Webber wrote in his BBC column: "We want to drive for the best teams and race against the best drivers. If it's not the FIA Formula One World Championship, so be it."
Any one putting mone
money on the breakaway happening, less stress and arguing!
that's about as straightforward as it gets, doesn't it?
THey are just saying what their teams want them to say. It is just to re-inforce the fact that regardless what Max says those two teams are aligned with FOTA
Drivers have sided with FOTA - so Massa and Webber are simply following the party-line. I think more drivers should voice their opinions. FIA has both overstepped its domain and been grossly incompetent and irregular in its conduct.
It's more likely they'll end up in court rather than them just agreeing to race for Max. That said, I thought Mateschitz and Mosley were close? I wonder why they fell out...
Have they fallen out? I feel sorry for Red Bull Racing and Brawn as they are F1 teams with no other real commercial interests.
I through I read a quote from Hamilton in the papers saying if McLaren isn't racing next year, he is ready to move to another series
The opposite he said he has contract with Macca and will remain with them in what racing pursuits they follow.
Just a little off topic: Remeber everyone, iphone/ipod touch v3 software out today!, also does anyone now if students get a discount on the new iphone
If they were on good terms, he'd be on Max's side now. But it seems he isn't...
Sorry i meant if McLaren moves to another series he will follow
Take away Opposite - I misread rather say Lewis has sworn loyalty to Macca so yes he could be in another racing series.
Not here it isn't. Grrrrrr
As would Alonso, Massa, and probably Raikkonen too. I wonder who will choose to stay in F1. Rosberg is a free agent at the end of this year, I think - if that is the case, would he rather stay in F1 and be the odds-on favorite to become champion - albeit in a shallow field? Or would he rather drive a McLaren or some other car in the breakaway?
:D
My mistake - apologies - yes I read that.
Sorry - Where are you
Australia. We are second class and have to wait to tomorrow
I'm just reading the FIA statement, it's intresting reading here is a link!
As understand it both BMW drivers are free at the end of this year - and I think Timo is as well!
I think a budget cap is good idea, but it must be a option, with all teams on the same rules
In terms of propaganda its a brilliant piece of disingenuous text!
There will be a fight on for those Williams seats. You think this year is a walk over......
Red Bull make beverages remember? ;-)
The amount they spend on both RBR and STR only amounts to a certain chunk of their marketing budget, so if it did go down the pan Mateschitz would just invest it elsewhere instead.
It's different to Williams who survive just to race. Red Bull are there to sell cans of drinks.
Is there a wiki page on driver contracts
Long term yes and introduced gradually - think of all of the job losses it will cause in the industry? I think it is for the teams to agree and then propose to FIA, not for the FIA to regulate and audit.
Sure - but I said Red Bull Racing - what do you do with the factory and Adrian Newey's skills? The fctory was one purpose to design, build and race F1 cars.
But with the FIA short of saying they believe its their divine right to create the rules, they won't agree to that, will they?
I don't think so, please feel free to make one.
Sell it?
I think it was a speadsheet I have seen somewhere
Not true my friend - this is the Internet! We will likely be asleep when it hits, which is ok by me. There will be millions of people trying to download it at once, I will wait until there is less server load.
I haven't seen student discount on any phone in Australia. Does anyone, anywhere get a discount from a telco just because they are a student?
A budget cap is entirely unworkable.
Not yet
Ah, yes, there is this one:
https://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=prOWs9OlsmMwhc_-FHJsOEQ&hl=en
But I haven't looked at it in ages, may not be up to date.
That is the problem - they have overstepped their mark. Max has had two recent victories - to hold the reigns of power following his sex scandal and then exiling Ron Dennis from F1. He believes he is invincible - this is why FOTA has to win or pull out. Whatever Max thinks if FOTA teams pull out he has has lost (certainly in monetary terms).
Just going on what the Apple web site say, and they're saying it's the 18th for us. I'm not desperate mind you
*refresh*
*refresh*
Red Bull Technology also design yachts and stuff for the America's cup and similar boating things (I haven't a clue about this stuff admittedly), which is something Newey has been dying to do for years now.
So they can dabble in that, other teams could out-source to them or just sell up.
I am inclined to agree here - but if the teams come up with it have some sort of code of honour it may be an option - but as an enforcement its not going to work.
Christine I have edited the Fun and games page on the wiki but how do you add a page so I can add a link on the fun and gams page to the new page
Best off limiting the number of new updates and development!
True, I think Red Bull would find an outlet for his skills in one of its "sports". They are also heavily into aircraft flying races.
Adrian Newey has always dreamed of winning the America's Cup - and Red Bull aren't there yet... Hmmm...
Yes, hmmmmm. We may lose Red Bull completly. They are only in F1 to sell drinks after all
I am not sure it has changed - I knows Kubes only wanted a year-contract and Nick's ends this year. We know Brawn only signed their drivers for one year, same for Force India and STR. I seem to think Toyota only signed its drivers for the year (again Jarno's is to run out and Timo was re-signed for just the year).
There should be a link under the menu on the left that says Add a New Page.
You can tell how long because it still says Honda.
Code of honour in F1??
The real problem with it even if you believe that the budgets can be accurately assessed is that the FIA say it will take two months after the end of the season to audit the books of all the teams. Assuming that is correct and that no-one appeals that means someone could win the championship and get all the advertising benefit only to be disqualified two or more months later. That is an insane thing to build into a championship.
F1 is the most internationally watched regular sport - so from an international advertising it makes sense. A devalued series with a lot of F3 outfits will not have the same coverage - in which case Red Bull will move - I think they would get more involved in Le Mans!
um - well if the alternative is a Max-dictatorship, I do believe both Ferrari and Macca are attempting to be more open and reasonable.
Does anyone here play F1 06 on PS2 or PSP, if so please update my wiki page about best lap times, remeber to add you name next to your time
There will be a formula 1 championship next season the only argument is about who runs it. The same cars and teams will race on the same circuits more or less. No F1 team is going to Le Mans or lower single seater series.
My first mention in a daily post :D
You cut a few corners there Scott :P
Speaking of Honda, how well do people think they would have perfomed in this years championship?
Yay! :)
With Honda engines? I say they'd still be title contenders, but they won't be running away with it like they are now.
I can do it, if you want :)
I wish I hadn't looked at the spreadsheet though, we get the Hungaroring until 2016 :lol:
I have finished the lap times page for now! when get home tonight I will add my lap times to the page to compare them against everyone elses
Agreed and possible a couple of tenths off the pace of the Red Bull, I don't think it is a secret that the Honda engine wasn't very good.
Thanks to the person who gave me the url link to a page about f1 06 car setups because using them car setups I am between 1.5 and 2.5 sec a lap quicker on every circuit!
If they used the Honda engine this year I would have throught Honda would of asked the FIA if they could upgrade it like Renault did!
Someone did that? I'm interested! Can you repost the link, Chris?
Are you going to be online tonight, I am going to edit the F1 06 car setups on the wiki tonight with the setups from the site given to me!
I am at college atm
I wouldn't be so sure, it became obvious that the other teams found more performance from their engines through the changing of little bits here and there when compared to the Renault engine. Honda on the other hand stayed very much where they were last year.
going for a break brb in 15 minutes
I only have the PS3 version so I can't help with the setups, can I still post my laptimes though? :)
There's a quiz tonight, so I'll be online. Feel free to drop a note when it's there to see. :)
The site I was given is the PS3 version (made on 2007 i think) but I have used them in 2006 and they work! They are about the same just the PS3 version you can change the tire pressures which you can't do in 2006
ok no problem
I wonder if it works for the PSP, though... it should, right?
Then it was me who linked you :D http://f1cecarsetups.wetpaint.com/
I have submitted the final version of the page, just copy the list of circuits add you name and times and save the changes
James has just commented a link this is the same set of setups I am going to put on the setup page
I have just added a page of car setups and race pitstops
The Fun and Games page has know got two new links on the bottom,
F1 06/07 (CE) Lap times
Please enter you best lap times on F1 06 and F1 CE
F1 06/07 (CE) Car Setups
Please enter you best car setups on F1 06 and F1 CE
What did 5Live say about a deadline extension?
FOTA writes proposal to FIA, asks for extension to July 1
And I'm 95% certain the FIA will grant an extension.
The car setups are there for all the race, please suggest changes if you feel the setup can be made quicker
In all of this one group has been forgotten about, the fans. The FIA vs FOTA battle is destroying the sport and the only people who seem to see that are the drivers based on Fernando's comments a few weeks ago.
FIA and FOTA both claim they're doing what they're doing for the fans. Whether they really are is up for debate.
What we really need is a group of fans to get together and form FFO (Fans of Formula One) and then see if FIA and FOTA try to get them on board :D
FOFA was launched last weekend. I am not sure it is entirely serious though
http://formulaonefansassociation.blogspot.com/2009/06/fofa-is-born.html
With the slogan "bigger than FOTA, better than FIA" I don't think so :D
Lebol who started it comments here occasionally and he has a lightly off the wall take on things at times. He started off as the blue orange lion and has posted as various members of his family and as his pets. He has a blog by the wombat of the blue orange lion. All sorts of logic and common sense have failed on Bernie and Max so ir would be interesting to see how they coped with lebol.
hear hear.
Mr C Can you plug the two new pages I created on the wiki under the fun and games section called:
F1 06/07 (CE) Lap times
Please enter you best lap times on F1 06 and F1 CE
F1 06/07 (CE) Car Setups
This page is a list of car setups on F1 06 and F1 CE, please suggest changes to make it better
Could you bring them up in the parade lap this weekend and tomorrows daily thread please
Chris, you have already emailed me about this. Try and have a little patience!
Morning all!
sorry
Heya, Nick. :D
Morning. How are you today?
Morning
Christine, did you get my skype message? I never know whether that thing's working
Ooh, good question. There are a couple of voicemails, I believe, but I haven't checked them yet. Will do so tonight.
good, good, managed to escape my mountain of work i got last night at about 10:30... not a fun time, especially after wine. so its back to blogging! (which is starting to become more like a book)
Ah the moment is lost
?
I'm guessing it was a birthday greeting.
;-) never mind, you'll see.
Still can't get used to using my iphone as a phone tho.
you sent us a voicemail about lost? cool!
:)
:D
:-)
I would have if I thought of it.
Apologies. I don't check the voicemail every day. I really should.
That would be reeeally good.
Sidepodlost.
engadget say 3.0 likely won't be available for another 6hrs, btw.
you know it's nearly finished...
Nope, no worries. Like I said, I have this weird reaction when I use the iphone. It just doesn't feel right. My mesages probably sound quite strange
Ha. Thats what *you* think
Sidepodbringlostback?
It wont finish!
Sidepodiwishsomethingwouldhappenonlost?
Sisepodlostisamazingandifyoucantseeanythinghappeningitsbecauseyournotlookingcloselyenough?
:D
:D
I hope Kathi doesn't come on a slap us for lack of punctuation
brilliant, brilliant video from radio 1:
i ♥ the scrabble question!
punctuation mid word?
I have a question to send in to 'how do they do that'
Not sure that's an excuse
I can make it better.
Sisëpödlöstisämäzingändifyöücäntsëëänythinghäppëningitsbëcäüsëyöürnötlöökingclösëlyënöügh?
hehe
:D :P
Is that about Joe?
Racing Driver.
Racing Driving.
Love it :D
sidepodlostdownthebackofthesofaagain.
:-)
He is awesome
they should do the same thing with Kimi so we can compare..
he is annoyingly funny. i want to dislike him for winning all the time. grr.
Racing Driver
Magnums
I know! It's like that crummy little Vettel fellow
The Reading Festival, that must be in Reading, right?
Except one can overtake :P
yes, but also in leeds
Oh now that's confusing
Yes, but it has a twin festival at the same time in leeds
ha! not at all confusing.
sorry! over clicky. Leeds and reading have the same bills on different days
I wish I hadn't asked.
Aparently there's a competition here for a trip to the Reading festival
hehe. This is what sidepodcast.com is advertising to me:
http://www.gabrielmethod.com.au/weightloss?gclid=COSRna6UkZsCFcctpAod83HApw
gtg going to have lunch be back online at 13:30
boo I have to miss FP1 because silly boss is leaving and we have to go out for silly drinks on silly friday after silly work :(
Socialising? With people?
Beeb must have liked F1 Wolf's idea so much, they came up with their own Silverstone themed quiz.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/funny_old_game/8101711.stm
I did even worse in that one. I prefer Wolfs.
I know! Why can't drinks be at the pub where they play F1 :( I have downloaded a live-timing app for my phone though, might be a good way to see if it works ;)
I have already beaten my 1/10 score and I'm only on the 3rd question. Hooray for the beeb!
WooHoo I doubled my Wolf score.......to 4
This weekend could be my last chasing JTV
Final score, 6/10. Hooray!
Silly drinks sounds fun!
theres still practice to chase. And qualifying if they delay it for the AFL, which I assume Canberra will be lucky enough to avoid :D
I'll be going wild with an orange juice. Maybe a coke if I'm feeling adventurous ;)
Oh yeah. and i wouldn't bet on the AFL, that is what my mum is hoping for!
Lord of the Rings version of F1 :lol:
Same here. I'm starting to tire of the shenanigans involved :(
8/10. *Shakes Fist at Blundell and Prost!*
Indeedy
I just had a look at my EPG for this weekend and it says LIVE: F1 Qualifying. But its 30 minutes delayed. I should sue them for lying to me.
I got 10/10 second time around. I feel like Journeyer :D
I'm not entirely sure, but I think that might be cheating.
If you are registered at http://www.justin.tv/networks/formulaone2009 mishy or dragon will send you the link and the password, and their stream doesn't disappear in the middle of a session. It saves hunting around for the password too.
no no, it's positive reinforcement
Agreed. That's like doing one of those puzzle book mazes backwards!
Why do you feel like Journeyer? Have I missed something here?
from what I could see he has won just about every quiz
I'm interested :) how do i register though? just assume i am really stupid and have no idea... hi everyone, work is stupidly busy, hence my absence...
I wouldn't say EVERY quiz - I haven't been in each one. Winning 5 out of 7 I've joined is a pretty good stat, though.
But I didn't win last week. :( Hope to get back to winning ways tonight. :D
you need to sign up to jtv and once you're logged in there should be a 'join network' button on the left hand side of the page :)
thanks.
:D
I guess I should say I got 10/10 first time round... ;)
Thought you might. Now if only I could get the answers first!
Anyway, moving back to F1, someone had a great idea on Twitter:
FOTA should agree to cost cuts (by whatever name it's under), then move excess staff to Le Mans.
I actually like that idea - I really do.
Can you expand on that a bit? Because teams are pulling out of Le Mans for lack of funding too, you know...
The guy who tweeted it didn't go into detail, but it's worth looking into. If the teams really have the money to spend more, why let the people with immense expertise go? Better keep them productive by keeping them in top-level motorsport. And other than F1, only Le Mans can now really be thought of as a pinnacle of motorsport.
Thanks, just remove any post I write so now I look the bad guy
rcc. i have removed the WHOLE conversation. like i said i would.
the conversation simply did not happen. move along, no-one looks like a bad guy.
drop it.
not sure if the sidepodspace update has been given, but "today's" launch is expected to be performed on July 11/12.
Well, g'night people.
*dreams of iphone 3.0*
Good Night - you sound like you should be on "Buzz Out Loud" ;)
see ya paul.
Probably been listening to TWIT way too long
Indeed it has, courtesy of Steven Roy.
Oh so the 'excess' goes into creating a Le Mans team? Nice Idea. Le Mans is the pinnacle in terms of engineering at least, I reckon...
figured he was around. i'm not here today...
Not another one!
Yup - definitely worth looking into. The rivalries would be immense - Audi v Merc v BMW; Peugeot v Renault; Ferrari v the rest!
:D
Peugeot Vs. Audi is already Mega!
Indeed - but almost any combo would make a good storyline - even Audi v Ferrari, with last weekend's Maranello commercial. :D
I am still in my happy place. I just put some money aside for my Australian Open tickets so I can get in early when they go on sale. Who needs to worry about F1 tickets when theres another major event in my backyard that isn't in jeopardy?
With FOTA asking for a July 1 extension (and me guessing it will probably be granted), your money will be put aside for a while...
Meh, just go to Le Mans. It's better!
She's in Australia! Be practical. ;)
I saw plenty of Australian Flags at the weekend...
...just saying!
Hey Gavin. Did you have a good time? Did you manage to stay awake for the 24h?
The problem with going to any event in Europe, is that one is affordable but I cannot justify coming all the way just to attend one thing, if I'm going that far I'd want to go to lots of places and lots of things and all of a sudden the budget isn't doable. I can walk to the Australian Open from my house in 40 minutes :D
Hey Matt,
It was awesome dude! I didn't stay awake because it was hot as heck and I walked at least 10-15km on both days because I HAD to see everything. I'll blog about it soon but I have loads of good stories ;)
Fair enough!
What about coming over when the Olympics is on, see them plus loads of other motorsport events
One of my 'to do before I die' events is to attend an Olympics, and when they announced London I thought 'ooh that'd be a great one to go to' but all of a sudden 2012 isn't far away and I'd need a lot of money to do all the things I want.
She could come over for the British GP too...
...oh wait, damn!
oh joy, another deadline. Possibly a tatic of FOTA to keep delaying things so that new teams don't have time to prepare?
I want to see this sorted, and with all the teams in the same championship - but really if this can be sorted, then by the continuing delay. Just sit down and sort it. today.
it's the Concorde Agreement causing all the delay - they can't seem to reach agreement on it.
Sorry, there should have been a 'Gerrr' before and aft.
:D
0121 28 TRACK? ;)
So no Concorde can be reachead on the Concorde Agreement? *SHAKES FIST AT BRITISH AIRWAYS!!!!*
Defo on my to do list, always wanted to see them. I used to compete in my younger days until I discovered booze etc
If you came over in June-July you could do Le Man, British GP, Monaco (if you came over a little earlier), Wimbledon, FA Cup Final etc etc........
Nice pun! ;)
Nice Grammar! :)
How about French Open - Le Mans - British GP - Wimbledon.
Even without an Olympics, that's a pretty solid list! :)
its also a very expensive list. I doubt 3 years would be enough time to prepare :(
I couldn't resist editing it... ;)
That's my plan for a certain birthday that I may deny existence of
But there's no Olympics there, so no pressure on making it by 2012. You can go even after that and still have a lot to do. :)
I can almost not be bothered to post this, but as it's PatroniseF1...
I plan on making it by the time I'm 40. So I've got 17 years to save ;)
HAHAHA! Love it! :D
Goodwood, TdF etc.
You're the same age as me!
Here's a proper shocker:
Lola withdraw F1 application
Why didn't they wait? I guess they're calculating a compromise will indeed be made.
You had me questioning my basic maths skills there for a minute!
Expensive? This is the UK, everythings cheap...........hmmmm
Actually yeah it would cost a bomb but just the same as a 2 month back packing jaunt through Thailand etc getting lashed every night.........
Not sure if TdF is still worth watching by then. It's been hit by a lot of problems in recent years.
If Amy doesn't like Le Mans, she can drop that for Goodwood. But will it conflict with Wimbledon?
So you should ... you're younger than me by 4 years! *SHAKES FIST AT COFFEE AND MATH SKILLS!!!*
does Goodwood have a set time each year? Wimbledon always starts on the Monday between 20-26 June. Always.
Martin Birrane said that they had a working model in the windtunnel but they were waiting until the end of the week to make a call...
I always thought Wimbledon starts the week the weather man forecasts rain..........
The Wimbledon twitter had a solution for that:
"Rain at qualifying. Maybe we need a roof over the whole of south London just to be sure."
Back in 99 we have Merc vs Toyota vs BMW vs Audi, and that was an awesome year. The first 4 hours were like a Formula Ford race with cars passing and repassing. Then the Merc had that 'areoplane' accident.
The Toyota was one the the best looking cars ever at Le Mans.
However after 1955 and 1999, we will not see Merc back at Le Mans for a VERY long time unfortunately. A real shame as their 99 car was a bizare thing. A little ungainly looking, it used to bounce all over the place, but it was soooo fast in a stright line. The engine noise was the most surprising thing - it have this big 'america' growl, imagine a hundred Harly Davidsons - but on steriods.
It has been suggested by several people that a cost capped F1 team could then have personel and resources avalible for other programs to run in parrel with F1 (Le Mans, WTCC, DTM, WRC - whatever floats the manufacturs boat).
It's called 'GT1 Corvette' and you can hear it for miles.
Topped only by 'Aston LMP1 Screams-like-a-Banshee'!
And perhaps they should have:
http://www.fia.com/en-GB/mediacentre/pressreleases/f1releases/2009/Documents/2-fia-president-letter-to-fota.pdf
Max says no to a July 1 extension. He proposes a 2009 Concorde agreement and rule changes for 2010 be agreed AFTER they sign for 2010.
He's sending each team a letter. If they sign it, they would have dropped their conditions to enter in 2010.
Put up or shut up time.
Yup, yr forgetting the Aston's though! They rock at GT Sportscar races
Aston Martin v McLaren. :D
Now that would be a fight.........
Mclaren won on their 1995 debut.
none of that is any different to what he offered last week?
is a thousand words too much for a blog post?
Pretty much identical, except for the Concorde Agreement bit, I guess - he sounds more open to revising it. But this is Bernie's patch more than it is Max's, so I'm not sure how significant that really is.
Not on my blog!
So long as it's structured and subtitled properly, I don't think so.
I have sentences with full stops and everything!
He's pretty much saying "Sign up now and I'll promise to be a good boy"...
I don't buy it especially the argument about there being no time to change the rules...
Post it, by all means. Then we'll give our feedback in the comments! :)
Paragraphs? Nice layout?
Doesn't matter about the length as long as it makes a good point without waffling ;)
So will the teams decide not to sign and break away? After all, now that Lola have decided to drop out of consideration, FOTA can recruit them for a breakaway...
Agreed, he's just desperate to push it through before he loses more face. I just don't get the mans motivation, I think maybe someone within FOTA is really paying the price now for the 2008 NOTW scandal
oooh! hadn't thought of that.
Hehe. Good Man.
Don't worry about the pit stop - that place sucks the energy out of you quicker than you can believe. It took me several years before I managed the '24h'. Ultimately, you have to remember that you are there to enjoy youself, and it you are killing yourself trying to stay awake - you are not enjoying it.
just be thankfull you didn't have the heatwave of 2000 - or the monsoon of 01 ;)
Neither. Why else would they just drop out though. They WANT to be in F1...
Exactly why it's fishy - and why I thought of the FOTA recruitment angle...
I'm inclined to agree with you J.
Now if only they can recruit good ol' DR and Prodrive - we'd be set! :D
Cani plug my new post? Its my first one so please don't expect it to be too good. I promise to try to improve! http://racingpolitics.wordpress.com/
I'm sure it will be great. The cool thing about the blogosphere is that people can be very helpful and constructive with additions and changes...
Yes! Please tell me what i am doing wrong! I have no idea what i am doing other than writting too much, future entry's will be shorter
Comment posted. Good job! :D
May I make one small suggestion? I would try changing the theme, because the default one is, um... rubbish. This is no reflection on you or your writing, because I haven't read it yet!
It was only set up yesterday - give him time. :)
He asked for suggestions!
It's the first thing I do when I set up a new blog.
Thank you!
And if anyone has any artistic advice i would appreciate it too :D
A theme? I see. Just saying. Hehe. ;)
It's reeeeally important. Spam blogs and link farms often leave the default theme on.
It takes a couple of clicks and you've already distanced yourselves from any robots.
It was similar to the Corvette, but not the same. The Corvette rumbles, the Merc growled - like a mechanical Tremane.
The most OTT noise however came from the old LMP1 Panoz. Sitting in the huge grandstand over the pits, you could feel the whole building tremble as the car came down the pit lane.
It was more a seismic event than an engine noise.
Please to hear the Astons's sounded good. On the 'Screams-like-a-Banshee’ front, the BMW V12 was superb, and as for the old rotary Mazda’s....
I cant find any i like :(
Its like painting a house... just leave it long enough and people ignore it or tell you what you need to do :D
you need a christine.
MistyLook is a good one, as it's quite clean and easy to navigate. You can change the header pic to be a car or whatever, and that makes it nice and individual.
Finally a topic I know something about!
Is there a store somewhere?
I looked at that... its very james allen
IS there somewhere where copyright free pictures are in abundance?
Mmhmm, yes, you raise a good point.
The Journalist 1.9 is also nice, but has no header pic.
Flickr Creative Commons search is useful.
you don't necessarily need copyright free pics. creative commons licensed images are also usable, and flickr has lots of those:
http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/
i'll leave one to you then :)
I like ocean mist, could do with a little tweak and a relevent pic!
Afternoon everyone
I see the war maybe over and Fota have sent a letter to the FIA with a compromise
What kinda pic?
something tarmac-ish? or maybe a crash?
The FIA said no to it, basically. Look at the earlier comments for details. I won't believe it's over until I see it.
I am using the Real-Time Doohickey and it only goes back a half a hour
Ooooh. try clicking on the link on the lower right corner of any post - it should allow you to see all moments.
Or you can use the LCLT: www.sidepodcast.com/livecommenting/
Yes, but 1995 was one of those between years - where a new rule book was evolving after the death of Group C, and there were no works teams present.
The result even took McLaren by surprise, with Ron Dennis jumping on a plane Sunday morning when he heard the McLarens were leading.
really? did not know that.
What does Joe think of all this?
http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2009/06/17/paper-trails/
More like paper trails than proper progress.
Just looking at pics on Flickr, I like this one:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/flavio_ferrari/1141912651/
hehehe. faster than a macca :)
No ... especially if it is interesting - look at Joe's blog - it has a really nice style of writing - basically it engages with the reader.
Keep sentences short (average 14 words) and paragraphs also shorter than normal, makes on-line reading easier.
Joes Blog: http://joesaward.wordpress.com/
I like the shell.
aww and it has an actual shell!
Why am I watching scary movies before bedtime *checks under bed for aliens*
I really like this too:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dawvon/121116964/in/photostream/
And the blue one next to it.
ahh, blue one's really nice.
Ooooh thanks, i think i will use that if you're not!
Absolutely. I been looking for you :)
thanks ;) Its on now :D
*sighs happily*
That's lovely. Now I'll read it :)
:D
Ive just broken up the paragraphs a bit so hopefully that will help too!
Oh yes. McLaren did not want their cars to race there, because they didn't think they would last the distance. However after pressure from their customers (who owned and ran the cars - McLaren reluctantly produced some strenghtened parts for the race.
Even so, they were not susposed to be fast enouph to complete with the prototypes. But it rained in 95. A lot. This helped reduce the strain in the cars, and it also helped that the only really competitive prototype was crashed early on (by Mario Andretti), and was playing catch up through the race -and it was close in the end.
MUCH better. Well-done!
Thank you... I aim to please :D
me again. bringing the news hours after it happens. I assume lukeh knows - sept 14 is the release date for muse's next album
We have a Ted news jingle. Perhaps we need an Old news one as well. :)
I'm slightly disconnected from the world right now - hence the "buffering" on current events.
Aw. I will let you off then. I will also send Doctor Who to come and reconnect you to the world.
just watched the Turkey edit. love lewis' quote about the Renault. now how many days ago was that discussed?!
uh oh....
ta ;)
just last Monday, I believe...
Hehehehe. Shhh. Entirely intentional.
:D thought so. I learnt something from that conversation anyway :D
i got no idea what this means. bye again...
Much easier. I got 8. Got the last two wrong. I can't do recent F1. Maybe I should spend more time on it.
Joke: What have the following 4 got in common:
Lewis Hamilton
World Motorsport Council
FOTA.
The current 2010 rule wars
There is a story line here, in the order I have typed them
It's All Lewis Hamilton's Fault
Lewis has a new Union Jack flag helmet for the weekend. Talk about cliche. McLaren marketing fail. Again.
Anyone got the link between Lewis, the WMC, Fota and the 2010 war.
:D Jenson's been at it before he was.
Oh and its the smallest flag ever.
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/88530851-jpg
does it have diamonds?
Have you got the link yet! if you really think about it, it makes sence
Lewis' tussle with Alonso in Hungary 07, led to Alonso threatening Ron, but Ron beat him to it by telling the WMSC, who then exclude McLaren.
McLaren's exclusion worries the other teams later about Max's power, which leads them to create FOTA, which in turn demands changes for 2010. Max doesn't like it, and here we are.
I guess the fact it doesn't is one positive. The press release says "With the yellow surface of his helmet appearing to peel away to reveal a fluttering British flag beneath"
If I hadn't read that, I wouldn't have got that impression from it.
The problem Lewis has is that the Union flag just doesn't go with yellow.
sorry nope
All in need of a servere slapping?
ooh, is it a heat thing like rubens did already?
goes well with the brazilian flag, mind you ;)
Try telling Jenson that. He's been doing it all season. ;)
hehe.
hehhe
He is the answer
Anyway, early bedtime for me. Be back in time for tonight's quiz.
Mr C, you ARE joining, right?
Yes, but I could write an article that is was all Alonso's fault - it was pretty random stuff.
i am.
Poor guy, he's trying.
I think we are starting to see a new lewis 'a la new Mclaren'. Maybe we should cut him some slack ;)
But it's just too easy to laugh at McLarens marketing :D
yay! alrightie. :D
laterz.
bye
Cor, he's so popular. No one misses me if I'm not there.
I do
awwww.
i can't see the appeal in beating me again mind you. how is that an achievement?
I do! Are YOU joining? :)
Is the silverstone preview online
hehe, will you be there?
(no conferring though ;) )
:D
This is true. We are the Minardi of the quiz.
minardi dna?
Bye Mr. C
I saw that yesterday. Load of garbage. It is all Colin Chapman's fault. If he had insisted Jim Clark drive in the F2 race at Hockenheim instead o the sportscar race at Brands Hatch he was originally scheduled to do Clark would not have been killed. Max made his F2 debut that day and had told his family that he was in no real danger despite all the death at that time because he knew what he was doing and wasn't taking unnecessary risks. When Clark died the family asked if Clark didn't know what he was doing or was he taking unnecessary risks? This forced Max into wuitting racing and as a result becoming involved with Bernie.
aha, the release candidate for firefox 3.5 is now available.
downloading now.
I still maintain that it is all whoever invented the wheel's fault. We're just having trouble tracking them down.
mind you, max wouldn't have been that good a racer, anyway.
am still here - taking a call right now.
It doesn't matter what Lewis does there will be a queue of haters lined up to slap him down for it and explain how it is a bad thing. If he built an orphange with all of the best equipment imaginable there would be people saying the kids will be spoiled and not want families because the orphanage is so good and that he only did it for publicity in the first place.
I don't blame Lewis, I blame McLaren :D
Suzi Perry gets more and more ridiculous every minute she is on TV.
How she will have any respect with the moto gp people after this, i do not know...
They won't let you play in their garage again
She does this every year
I think she is way more over the top this year though...
Ello, ello, ello. Hows everyone on this grim Wednesday?
I don't blame Lewis either, I blame his father!
I wasn't allowed over the red line anyway :D That is reserved for important people like Shane Warne :D
Hey Mr Garros....
Its grim, but at least its warm :D
I don't like your part of the country
Hello..
Did anyone mention the other anniversary yesterday?
Captain Picard Day!
I forgot about Captain Picard day. I must get my stardate calendar re-calibrated
I ran out of milk and forgot to get some more. I never ever forget to get some more, tea means that much...
Hey Amy - Nadal news. well a
profile piece anyway
ooh. tennis > sleep
i do what i can to help.
hello everybody
hey! Did you see the beeb copied your quiz idea?
nope. these days I am rarely online, enjoying a bit of holiday before the F1 weekend :-)
ooh. Lou is famous in Portuguese too!
Is that a Brazillian blog that's linked then?
yep
Tweetdeck is now available for free on the iPhone platform
http://tweetdeck.com/iphone/
That's Becken's blog
Excellent. I recognise the name 'Becken' there..
snap..
the original article (because trackbacks don't work so well in live commenting).
I just went to get some milk from the shop, picked up the local rag.
Headline on the back: Doubles win boosts Amy
:D
ooooooh Heikki for Silverstone, Roger for Wimbledon?
Babel Fish translation of the 'Lou paragraph'
Together with Lewis, Jenson Button also will present a new helmet that was developed for a competition for its fans in the website of the proper pilot. The “briefing” of Jenson for its fans also was the GP Britânico and Louise - active commentator of the Sidepodcast - was in according to place (image to the side). It remains the expectation now to discover who was the winner and also new design to be used for Jenson in Silvertone.
wasn't the original deal that both Honda and Renault could upgrade their engines, not just renault?
eeekk :) i ♥ that video :D hehe he makes me giggle:D
hehe you can't dislike him... it's not his fault the other teams cars aren't good enough... they should make a faster car :P
i don't think so...it is a week earlier this year. i think they usually arrange it in between gps. usually close to the british gp
it's tiny! was it really worth the effort putting it there?
rubens? wasn't it Vettel? or did rubens have a heat sensitive helmet livery too?
oh.. i forgot to say hi. :)
That was a slightly hyper intro!
:D
but that's the sidepodlaw. it's always been that way.
i swear rubens did too?
It's painful supporting a slow car, you should know.
Rubens tried one that was black and the design appeared as it heated up but the day he wore it the temperature never got high enough to do anything.
He did and it didnt work :lol:
hehe :) sorry it's been a non stop day and i've had waaaay too much caffeine:D
Tennis starlet Amy Nicholson experienced mixed fortunes in the Darren Toop Memorial Tournament. 12 year old Amy was knocked out of the singles tennis at the quarter-finals, but went on to win the doubles.
6 replies in one? record?
lol that's cool, although i really should have entered the competition as 'Lou' rather than using my full name. not that i mind it, i just prefer 'Lou' lol
Hi. What is it like being an international star now?
I pretty sure it's not, Alianora may have beaten that before
I like mine better.
yeah, but i think it was only Vettel's that was successful?
ahah i wouldn't know, ask Christine ;)
sadly, that's probably true.
Syncs to the desktop client as well, so no having to scroll through tweets that were read whilst mobile
have yet to get mine to sync, but the ability of multiple logins is a brilliant addition.
Does the desktop version do that yet?
yup.
ooooh:
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/3-0-is-go-png
yay!
Without logging out?
[Checks current version]
Ooh does it now? I was looking for that the other day and it hadn't appeared yet. Will investigate tomorrow.
Don't do it, wait for the feedback! ;)
i downloaded the latest version from the homepage earlier today.
oh.
Apple calling it the iTouch ????
No, that's the name given to that machine by the iTunes user
wow, i didn't even notice.
thankyou!
I see, I'm a point release behind
Beta version has no update facility
oh. ooops. don't tell no-one. you saw nothing... ok?
I'll DM Andy T now! ;)
bugger.
For someone who’s expecting F1 Apocalypse on Friday, I found this tweet from 5Livef1 rather surprising: {Comment #80}
It doesn't surprise me, simply because it'll take everyone in power another 18 months or so to figure out that Force India has already entered uncapped, which will sink both the FIA and FOTA positions as regards 2010.
So, Lola's going back to being a showgirl
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8105474.stm
Or she' me some new friends and wants to dance with them instead...
She's made (never buy microdoft keyboards)
There only only resolution that could happen this Friday is for FOTA to essentially pull out, otherwise it will be a moving deadline. {Comment #92}
If FOTA pulls out on Friday, there'll be no F1 in 2011 because everyone will be out on their ear.
The FIA will never accept they've lost, especially since the reason why they lost the case was because someone left FOTA in a very specific way.
Therefore we will see a deadline that will probably move further than a typical space probe.
That's a given! ;)
I have the sneaky suspicion that Friday won't be the end of this
(Get ready to scream and shout and be excited)
Hey!
Funniest 3.0 comment found so far
"I hear all the protests in Iran have stopped while people rush to update their iPhone software. North Korea has also stopped its Nuclear testing today"
There is no way this will end on Friday
Mine is currently downloading
130mb to go
I'm just annoyed that I don't seem to be able to do videos. Is this a feature for the new phone only?
Yes. Only the 3G S has a video enabled camera
yup. 3gs only.
Time for food + revision, catch you later, enjoy the quiz.
Damn. At least I can "Cut & Paste" now, yipee!!
Silly Schnapple
cheers, pat.
ooh i forgot about the quiz... With answerable questions i hope ;)
Not saying anything on what you should be revising on.
Oh dear, i gave up revsing a couple of years ago!
evening guys and gals
evening
no one said anything about revising...
Good Evening Good People!
aha. one for gavin... finally 3.0 syncs notes.
Can I do stereo bluetooth on a 3g??
Oh you'd be wanting to do that. :)
30 seconds to go on my download
i think that is part of the software update, yup.
but... i thought it was meant to be easier....?
mwaha hahaha ha ha
Actually it is, just building it up.
How, when and where can I play this quiz you keep mentioning??
Why, you can compete this quiz here
http://www.pitlanefanatic.com/chat.php
Need to register first but its starts at 8:30 BST
What is the topic of the quiz?
f1 :D
what about f1
Not saying, find out when ya get there.
how long do you get to answer the questions
I dont think its on the life and times of Bernie Eccelstone's daughters if that helps
I pretty sure it’s not, Alianora may have beaten that before {Comment #522}
I'm not sure whether I have, though given the way I commented before people got fed up of trawling through three-page comments of mine, it is possible.
How do I find out?
As long as you want, obviously not ridiculously long, but you get to change your answer as much as you want until the last question and you send it in.
Errr, if you like, we can just call you the winner :)
Not sure if Steven is around but for all Sidepodspace fans you may want to follow: http://twitter.com/ApolloPlus40
Who are tweeting the Apollo 11 Moon Landing as it happened 40 years ago
Thats insane! Insanely good :D
But we know how it ends?
I've seen Capricorn One
One small tweet for man..
Really? Nothing better to do tonight then??
insane! Insanely
copying and pasting in the doohicky baby!
Is that the iPhone version?
yay.
but it's not playing the new comment sound :cry:
yes
:D
I haven't actually heard that sound yet :(
Doohicky Baby v1.0 (beta?)
Theres an iphone doohickey?? Where????
Sounds like a scissor 'snip'
the checkbox appears in ipod safari. which it didn't before 3.0, so that's good. sadly nothing happens though.
there isn't... yet.
tis on the list though.
No, but the doohickey webpage is the best solution for mobile commenting
Thats good to know, adding to iphone bookmarks now!
I am always here. I didn't know about that. Thanks
I saw a trailer earlier about James May doing two space programs on Sunday night which I will probably watch on the iplayer as the first one at least will clash with the live show. He is doing one called space and one called moon. It llooks like he has been doing some astronaut training because there were clips of him in a space suit and on the vomit comet.
Hey just commenting from my iPod touch
Does live commenting realtime work on the ipod touch
Aren't you the lucky one!
cool
I know that really :)
hey alison. how was the meeting?
IPhone to sidepodcast, come in sidepodcast
Senators have asked the FCC to look into exclusive handset deals with mobile carriers, surely the EU won't be too far behind
From Appleinsider
really REALLY dull! I've learned I have to "live the example" whatever that means. I suggest they have to "learn the english" before they try to run anymore training for me.....
:P
Steven has a ping in his ear when a new comment appears
There is a god!
I gave up with Safari after an hour so no scissor snip. My personal ping suffices
realtime works fine on the ipod best in landscape view tho
Is it bad that I installed safari just so I could have the ping??
that sir, is brilliant :)
Not if you like it, is good to have options
Though I think of it as more of a snip than a ping
Could you do a dohicky ping on chrome?
That is if your taking requests :P
If it's requests, then I'm asking for a Bullseye 'Moo' :D
it can't handle it yet. currently only safari is on the ball.
chrome 3, when it's released, will have the sound. same with ff 3.5.
hehehehe.
actually, we should have that for when an error appears.
You can explain that to Christine later, or get her to watch Challenge TV or YouTube
I know Bullseye. Can't beat a bit of Bully.
How many people won the speedboat and kept it on their drive?
did we notice this on the James Allen blog about the iPhone app
"I’m excited about it too, for reasons which will become clear in time."
Live streaming commentary from James?
Lets have a look at what you cudda won
*makes note for future panel* ;)
oooh. news to me. wouldn't they just take 5live, like kangaroo tv?
The James Allen DIY Commentary app
"The times for this session are now wiped"
I'v had the strangest day today. Is it wrong that I can't work out if my bf tried to propose to me or not??
Odd maybe, wrong....
My guess is that it's not that really but rather him doing some text based commentary.
Did he use a ring? they usualy give a clue :)
ahh, that could be true. but hardly anything to be getting excited about is it?
You are going to have a speedboat as a prize??
As long as there's no talking from him, we should be fine
"And Giggles' special prize..."
No, no ring. If he was asking I most certainly said no!! He's going to India for a year in about a week. I get the impression he was going for the big commitment gesture....
If he was proposing the least you could have done was pay attention
you only wanted to borrow his router...
:D
:lol:
Maybe he was referring to the broadband contract
hahahaha yeah. I forgot to steal it!
That is like something from the 1920s.
Well except for him. It's probably something he'll get excited by.
Do you think when he gets a new job like that he goes...
"And James Allennnnnnnnnnnn.............. Winnnnnnnnnnnnnssssssssssss a new job?"
I think id be good at living in the 1920's....
When does midweek motorsport start?
no...
"get in there my son!"
:)
8pm.
I only had the horrific thought that he might have been serious when I got home.....
How many software updates would it need for all of the corrections?
I think joes right, all these FOTA statements point to legal back up for a breakaway..
Would Sidepodcast cover both?
Racing politics would, and there is a post on there about yesterday's FIA statement :P
The problem is you had to survive one huge war and a massive depression and just when things were looking up Max's family friends started another war. I am sure a bit of the 20s was great fun if you could just pop in and back out again before it got nasty.
Thanks. I might actually get the whole show for a change
When Katherine and I got engaged I didn't have a ring for her. And she said that it didn't matter she wouldn't mind if she only had party rings.
So when we got back from Italy I went and did the big shop got back to the house and she came out into the hall to inspect the haul and I got down on one knee and rummaged around in the bags and pulled out a packet of party rings. She ate the lot and we were engaged :)
Nicely done ;)
I love Art Deco and have romantic notions of colonial India...
I guess phoning and asking if he proposed is considered bad form
You've got the hang of it.
neither.
panda's apparently.
Texting is better
I was going for waiting a couple hours then ringing to see if he sounds horrifically drunk
hehe, just got to work out a way to intergate a link into the text...
Cos you'd know things were normal?
When she calls she better hope he's not on the phone to somebody else or she might find that he's already engaged.
http://www.instantrimshot.com/
I like Art Deco but India at that time is not for mean. Tropical diseases and 20s medicine is not a combination for me
I am hearing the snips.
I am liking the snips.
The snips are rocking.
Surely if he planned to propose he would be taking you out to celebrate
But she said no.
I think the part that might add another angle to this is that I'm 20.....
Max is suggesting some compromises to FOTA including:
"the engine rules will remain as they are for this year - except customer Cosworth units will be allowed to run unrestricted"
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/76269
He just doesn't get it, does he?
How could she say no when she doesn't know if he asked?
:)
Snipscopter?
Hmmm the conversation we had when I look back on it could have been him asking and me laughing too much to even speak....
I guess they would blow anyway without all the testing the other engines have had...
but it doesnt sound like something you should say publicly...
Sounds like you'll be fine then
Yell him you need to see how you get on with his router for a year while he is away before you make any commitment. A year apart at your age can make a big difference
I should give him a ring.
(I should stop these now shouldn't I)
Router technology moves so quickly at any age
:D :D :D
:P
But are you able to?
Hasn't got a clue
You'd have to tell me to stop. But it would depend on your tone.
You're worse than my mother....
Not good for the male ego something like that.
Who was that aimed at? Me?
Giggles? He's not that bad, you get used to it ;)
what did i do?
Who's on first?
It's just that at the moment Alison is on the receiving end.
me's on first.
Unnamed Laughter Powered Aircraft at Jackie's tweet
"Wednesday night is quiz night - tonight SauberRG hosts and Cosworth users get a 5 minute head start... 8:30pm... "
What?
No What's on second.
We're usually a little more sympathetisc than this
It's time to call and end to this
Okay now I'm lost.....?
Hahahahaha, awesome. Just watched the Fastermind thing with Jenson, that's cheered me up lots :D :D
That is as annoying as ROFLcopter
I don't know
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sShMA85pv8M
Lol, I don't need sympathy.
We did the lost stuff earlier. You need to be more original
I was referring to the proposer ;)
If he thinks THAT was a proposal, he needs his head slamming in a door....
Don't worry Alison. Sorry we are all getting a bit silly.
I am interested in your situation. My guess is that he was trying to propose. That's pretty much what boys do when they are going away for long stretches of time. And also they generally aren't very good at expressing themselves when they want to say something meaningful.
eg. I have just always wanted to say... um... your... hair... is... bouncy.
translates to... I have just always wanted to say... I love you.
Know? Know's on third!
Lol, it's all making a lot more sense now....
So when you got engaged, were you asking if you could go back to the hotel to watch the GP?
Can you explain it to me then
But without knowing him and completely generalising for a moment what the proposal probably means is... Don't sleep with anyone else while I'm gone.
Me? Me's on first!
If we did, we'd end up on the naughty step again
This is the first time I have heard this sketch beyou the bases
No. Who's on first
THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING!
Um... I wouldn't like to answer that question as any answer I might give may result in me perjuring myself.
In a nutshell... probably
Does SidepodLaw have a Fifth Ammendment?
I cannot believe I am missing out on the Who's on first game. I have been bugging Mr C with this ever since I watched it.
There's no risk of that.... I give up on men! All men.
it better.
am i the only one that's really really confused while watching this convo?
Am glad I'm sitting down ;)
Check YouTube link
You know who's on first? With the complete lack of your comedy education how can yyou possibly know who's on first?
*raises hand*
me too :(
Get the router first!
In that case I'm taking Ammendments 1 through 27!
Even racing drivers?
I gave up ages ago.
Hahahaha epic!
You want guns?
Lotsa guns
I didn't until five days ago.
http://smarterthanyouraverage.com/2009/06/12/film-watch-07-rain-man/
Well only because I figure if I have all of the guns then nobody can shoot anyone.
That's a pro level plug that is right there :)
No, you need the bullet with your name on it
What if I just get the bullet with my name on it and file it off a bit?
not to interrupt, cause i'm in stiches here. but rlm is on.
Including 18?
Surely not
As in Blackberrys?
I told you it was a strange day!!
I'll take little Rhody's response to it!
As long as your name's legible, I think you'd be okay
*scrolls down* ooooh right, now i understand.
hehe, i haven't seen the film but i really enjoyed your commentary, have you done Reservoir Dogs?
SPC : Strange place for a strange day
And also as I have 21 I'm fine
have you seen the review of groundhog day?
Repeatedly
I'm asking you for advice more often.... Guilt no more
hehe no, i'll have a look!
Nope, will add to the list.
99p film of the week on iTunes this week is Ghostbusters, which got Mr C all happy for some reason.
But if they canccel each other out, does that make it 25?
I want Christine to do Fight Club but the problem would be this
00:01:00 Apparently I may do no further updates.
:)
This page is probably quite useful:
http://smarterthanyouraverage.com/film-watch/
Hehehehe.
:P :P
Who you gonna call?
Both Meme's in one!
Good plan
Don't cross the streams!
I still don't know whats going on after watching the clip :(
Think I'll just quietly head over to pitlane fanatic ready for the quiz...
Have you been reviewing Groundhog Day?
Must be a tie in because... THERE IS A NEW GAME!
Please do - we're already there.
Hi everyone!
Let sidepodcast make the major decisions in your life. Alex does
Oh dear... Well as I have to go and make a risotto in a moment and won't be able to take part in the quiz I would like to back Lukeh for the win tonight :)
If I was taking part tonight I reckon I'd be in with a good shout...
:D
We need an applause smiley
:)
That should have been the reply to the both meme's in one comment
Quiz??
Don't cross the memes!
Pitlane Fanatic's Wednesday quiz
www.pitlanefanatic.com/chat
sign up now. Quiz @ 8:30
:D
www.instantrimshot.com
Yes! Think pub quiz. RG is hosting this week.
http://www.pitlanefanatic.com/chat.php
Register now, so you can join! :DTh
Is it this the new Jenson´s helmet?
http://f1around.wordpress.com/2009/06/17/seria-este-o-novo-design-do-capacete-de-jenson-button/
If it is the one selected by Jenson, I prefer Louise´s…
nope, tis the helmet he uses for his paddock bike :) originally used in testing for the 2007 season i believe ;)
aw thanks :)
He has worn that one before. He was photographed in Monaco on a motor bike with that helmet
Waaah! I've only just about worked out how to make this place work. I might just watch :)
Please do, by all means. :) Feel free to say hi if you're confident of dropping in. ;)
It is easy to sign up
It's fine, I'm not shy!! I'd have run out of here crying an hour ago when you all started making fun of me...... ;)
I thought we were mocking your boyfriend
We hadn't started on you ;)
:D
Ok, Thank you guys...
Dear GOD, I know the answer to one of the questions. I'm really glad I didn't sign up now, I don't think I could have helped blurting it out....
:D
Im still unsure if spyker would be a british or dutch team?
HAhaha! Can you blurt it out onto Notepad? It's not too late... ;)
Once you get into it and get competitive you won't give anything away
Spyker would be Dutch.
i have none thus far.
Dutch.
tis alright... i only know one maybe 2 so far... ;) the fun is seeing how little points you get :D
I don't like quizzes. I'm glad no one misses me when I'm not there.
;)
We're keeping an eye on you this time... ;)
I know no trivia at all, it's not worth me trying to be competitive. I spent my whole teenage years convinced F1 was dull! My dad took me to Silverstone last year and I've been completely hooked since then....
Won't stay past ten if I don't know them.
So you started last year? You picked a brilliantly exciting season to start with! :D
That would be a warning to RG, then... ;)
Nope, just a statement of fact. Got loads to do.
How long does it go on for? !!
RLM saying there's plenty of goodwood tickets still available.
25 Qs. :)
I should be finished by then.
PM? :D
Milky Bars to eat
Evening all. Just downloading the iPhone OS 3.0 update :D
Ha. 10 Questions.
Scott! This must be the best week of your entire life so far, eh?
We always miss you
We all started knowing nothing. Hang around here and you will learn loads
Yah! Now I'm actually interested though he won't take me back....
:D Don't worry, I'm sure he will someday. Goodwood is cheaper, so it's worth taking a look at that. :)
Hehe :P
shake to shuffle is a bundle of fun.
That's how I
found this place. Mass podcast download. A lot of them are really pants! I liked this one enough to look up your website....
Okay any ideas on how I did that would be most welcome :S
hehe. we give you a preview button.
appreciate you checking out the site. couldn't possibly comment on other shows :)
Doohickey strikes back
Subliminal messaging.
I was thinking the same :)
I hate spot the difference
Especially under pressure
I hate questions ;)
And Maths
I found a fifth one, but... seriously... could THAT be it?!
I love it, you spend five minutes with a drink and biscuits waching everyone else struggling.
yep.
I am not keen on this weeks questions either. I can't do modern F1
Noooo, I don't hate maths. I'm just not very good at it.
Definitely not
If anyone wants to see it
http://i44.tinypic.com/r70ped.png
Don't post answers till the end of the quiz please.
Riiiight, then...
Max, is that you?
Language
:D
Who is Str8guy?
PF native. :)
iPhone's almost finished installing the update.
Oh and I found out at work today that Vodafone's getting the 3GS.
No! Who's on first
he doesnt come here?
More rumours?
i thought who was on at 7?
...aaaaand update is done! :D
Will Lewis be showing it off soon-ish, then?
not that i know of...
No
http://www.gsmarena.com/vodafone_to_sell_the_iphone_3g_s_for_the_hefty_619_719_euro-news-976.php
Are they going to start asking for payments in Euro here now?
Notice it does say Vodafone Italy. I'll check what those prices in pounds.
See I knew the first one I knew was a fluke!
That is for Italy
But Vodafone probably sell it in lots of countries
\
:D Teehee. But have you gotten to watch older races (i.e. before last year)?
yeah. that isn't anything new is it?
Crikey - 619 euros converts at the moment to £526.43. And that's just for the 16GB...
lol no. My F1 knowledge stretches back to things I've read in Murray Walker's blog or heard in Christine's amazing mini-series'
yes. but that's the unsubsidised price... because it's not on a contract.
twas the same with the iphone 3g.
They are very good sources of knowledge, indeed. :D If you're familiar with Justin.tv, there are some channels there that show old races, if you're interested to take a peek. :)
Awww :)
I'd rather wait to see if Orange do in the UK
What's the link again?
http://www.justin.tv/
You can append mc_kik_2, tf1s, livef1.
Has Christine seen Q17?
iPhone gets copy and paste, my 'puter develops delayed copy and paste
Since Java or Firefox update
17) Name the 5 drivers to have driven for Super Aguri.
And another one! Q19!
Franck time
Hmmm, not just Firefox
How odd
Aww, yay. Appreciate it. Sorry, not playing at the mo, though.
You went missing, Bassano?
Gave up
Awww. :(
I opened one of those pages and Bordais is 5th. I think I've opened a portal to some kind of parallel universe.....
Was curious, don't like quizzes I'm no good at
Plus, I can't be serious when there's live commenting too
Too much distraction :)
you, you tooked the ball home?
Now you're getting it
Hehehe. Something like that :)
Known as the 2008 Belgian Grand Prix. ;)
Is Mr C around?
I need to ask a Java question
Which is on livef1 right now :D
hullo.
This is a total n00b question but does the counter go down or up. Like would 43/44 be the beginning or the end of the race?
When you hold the mouse and drag a ala copy and paste...
Is that related to Java if done on a web page?
Laps remaining
Beginning - lap counter indicates number of laps to go.
not usually, no. wassup?
iPhone is now finally finished updating.
Normally down
When I try to copy some text, the highlighting bit keeps missing the 1st few characters, like it wasn't paying attention at the beginning
Have to keep trying till it gets it right
in which app?
Lol, Piquet has spun. I think it's just the regular universe....
LOL @ "The Yuji IdeNTITY"
Win!
Normailty has been restored
Forefox, Safari, will try some others
So you haven't watched this race yet, Alison?
oooh... you'll LOVE this one.
DD
i have all the latest update, inc the java security, but all of those are good for me.
Belgium '08
Indeed
(No spoilers)
Only noticed it yesterday
Does Java have anything to do with highlighting web items?
Then listen to the Sidepodcast EP about this race when you're done watching! It's like you were there. ;)
The only other thing I updated was Office 2008
nope. the only java i personally use is bernie's live timing app. if it wasn't for that i wouldn't even have it installed.
don't have it. thankfully!
I'll reboot later.
Maybe have to search the forums on this if it continues, quite frustrating
hahahah the lot of you are mad
Shake to shuffle is indeed awesome :D
i'll take that as a compliment, thank you very much. :)
Is that a new func?
Sidepodcast EP?
Aye
Episode not songs
Although every time you shake and flick the handset, it does give off the impression to other people that there's something wrong and you're trying to "fix it" :D
:lol: hehehe
Although there have been enough songs to release a decent sized EP here
christine made an imix. one sec.
Hmm, is it me or does this new software improve the audio quality. Songs through the speaker sound so much clearer than before.
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewIMix?id=291168949&s=143444
Is that an Apple cocktail?
:)
how did i live without shake to shuffle?
It is genius, isn't it? Shame it was Sony Ericsson that pioneered it first.
When do the quiz results/answers get published?
Why a shame?
Once RG is done, he'll announce. Then I upload onto the wiki.
sony years before that
Didn't orangina invent it first?
I dunno really. From what I've learnt and observed, Sony Ericsson handsets are the most common that come in for repair at work, along with Nokia. That and the software on it is shockingly poor.
i also like that when you double click when it's on hold that you get information about the song that's playing and not just the play, pause, skip options.
it's the small things :)
Isn't that the service providers bolting on their software to run over the phones usual software? For instance mines with vodaphone but i've had the vodafone software (icons, wap links etc) removed and it runs alot smoother now
p.s 1 more day of work and a sleep to go!!
Am waiting till end of July before iPhone purchase methinks
If I can still afford it by then
Apparently, v3 is also for iPod Touch. Yay!
I'd love to see a f1 car with origina sponsorship, that'd be funny
Yup - at a cost.
I'll take it - Wanna play with the F1 App...
Shake the car, wake the piquet
Just to clarify, do you have to pay to use it for every race?
Major software updates always are for the Touch
Nice
Apparently, or purchase a season pass
A Championship Pass will soon be made available.
Network connection is timing out?! What on earth...
who's going this weekend? is there a sidepodmeet?
already is.
not us.
20 quid - is it worth it?
Scott, Alia, F1Wolf...
dunno. full review post silverstone.
Me, I am! :D
We should all arrange a place to meet up.
I'll wait until then.
I thought Alia already arranged that?
iTunes doesn't even want me to see the 3.0 update page. Grrr...
She did?
Somewhere between FP1 and FP2
I'm looking at the iTunes store, and see that RBR have released an app of their own? Has anyone tried it?
Hmm, that's a bit tough seeing as I'm there Saturday and Sunday only.
lou mentioned it last week. it doesn't actually appear to do anything much at the moment.
I remember her asking a couple of weeks back - not sure if it was settled, though.
it also seems to be a race-weekend app.
Quiz answers coming up now
Yes
RG about to do the big reveal.
Jesus H Christ you weren't kidding!!
We definitely weren't. :D Is it done?
:)
Are you having a conversation on your own?
:D
What was the comment in response to?
Typical Belgian 2008 reactions
Yeah it's all over....
2008 Belgian GP finish
Did they mention the bit about the stewards at the end?
No, they're still rambling in their commentatory way though
Oooh... Not sure if they'll get to mention that. We shall see.
The Lewis / Kimi incident
Yup - that.
No, completely done. No stewards talk. Did the FIA penalise Lewis for something??
:D
This will be... tricky... to explain.
They penalised him for cutting the chicane and not giving Kimi the position back enough. Massa was given the win
livef1 now showing Monaco 2004.
And Lewis was dropped to 3rd.
Ooooh... But I need sleep! Hehe.
But he did give the position back.... I just watched it.
Not enough by the stewards reckoning
Gained an advantage by cutting the corner
uh-oh.
That's the tricky bit... He did give the position back, but then he repassed Kimi at the next corner. Basically, Lewis wouldn't have been close enough to repass Kimi if he hadn't cut the chicane.
yup... tricky to explain, indeed.
But it looked like he lost control and fell off the road...?
Kimi got a big advantage from half-slingshotting off the runoff a couple corners later
oooo!! i love that grand prix! i've watched it way to many times though :)
His car wasn't red though
How times have changed :)
See you are knew to F1. You still think the FIA bases its decisions on reality. They hadn't fallen out with Ferrari by that stage. So when Massa was realeased dangerously from the pits in Valencia despite every other case in history including one in the GP2 race that day being given a drive through he was given a time penalty because - quote - it would have been unfair to give him a drive through after he had driven so well - end quote -
yes, that is true, but so did Lewis, if I remember correctly...
Rubbish.
Sorry, have I started a war....? I do get it, his car's the wrong colour. Is this going on during the whole Spygate debacle?
There is a camera angle where you can see he decided to go off th road to avoid a collision with Kimi. According to Max leaving the road to avoid an accident is not a good enough excuse
Was that the year before?
This is a year on from that.
Oh dear lord. This again. I'm off.
Is this the onboard?
:D
It's around the same time but after it but the FIA has been biased towards Ferrari for decades. That's why it hurts them so much that Luca is putting the boot in now. You would think Max would at least enjoy the pain.
:D
The spy thing started in 2007
You can't leave.
I think it's my turn for "Eurgh not that again!!" I'll have nightmares for years over that.
I can't remember I haven't seen it since that day or at least a few days after.
Too late - she already did.
Well I think the true person to blame here is Hermann Tilke. He ruined the chicane and caused it all.
;)
Did you watch Brazil last year? If you haven't, that should scrub away memories of this race...
:D FTW!
And on that note, I must sleep. Good night, everyone.
She will come back. She likes it here. She will be a regular one day. I can tell
Yeah I got up at stupid oclock in the morning and watched Brazil live....
This amused me
http://grandprixdiary.com/2009-grand-prix-drivers/silverstone-in-mystery-night-time-attack
Night journeyer
Erm... It was Christine who left, not Alison.
Brazil is at 5 pm. What kind of hours do you keep?
Are you from Australia, land of Amy the Borg? :D I'm just 2 timezones behind. :)
Yeah that christine seems to be getting hooked into this site slowly though. Like Steven says, maybe one day she'll be hosting panels and singing songs and the like
Hmmmm I remember getting up at insane o'clock! Was the race before very early? Maybe it was the first race of this season?
Rob stealing Lukeh's ideas
I love it!
I know
Oh. Hehe. :D
:P
Ha! You wish. ;)
Time to copyright my mind
The race before was China
I did watch Brazil live though, even if it wasn't the middle of the night.
Ohhh... Yup, you probably meant Australia and Malaysia this year, then.
I think you are mixing up China and Brazil which were the last two races. China is a morning race. Japan was just before China and it is stuid o'clock as well
My memory's gone completely. Too much wine I think.
China last year was a total dud.
Right, must really get going now. :)
BBC doing the bit where Christine gets rich
Byeee
Oh no! I left the ticket at work. I won't be able to claim my winnings until tomorrow.
I hope it is securely locked up
Well... I hid it under the hole punch... that ought to do.
Wont they all know now?
I'm starting to think I haven't thought this through.
oh good, you're back. we missed you :P
Oh for goodness sake, I didn't realise you could have a false start in F1, it's not the flipping Olympics.... Why are there not penalties for that??
:D
:D
:D
No-one is going to look for £2.4 million there
There are
Wait till 'crazy dave' rigs the start lights to go into disco mode...
Can't get enough of the Doc.
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/flaniesse-jpg
for some reason i am tired. It is before midnight, I am quite worried...
i thik i will go to bed and try and sleep it off... Night
Okeley dokely doo
Just remember one other person I'm meeting at Silverstone. Hint - a driver Christine doesn't like very much.
remembered*
Minnie?
Grr.
It's a certain driver who spun a certain Peugeot into a certain gravel trap at a certain 24 hour race last year.
So did Lukeh win?
I hope so I was backing him afterall!
Have just read the James Allen post about the F1 app that was mentioned earlier. Is James allen providing the 'expert text commentary'?
How much to punch him?
Anyone wants to see the answers
http://www.pitlanefanatic.com/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=1101
Phew, am shattered
I came 6th, but i beat steven!
alas, everyone beat steven.... :P
Not Minnie then, pretty sure she wasn't at Le Mans last year. Must've been the year before
Can you give me a link
Nooooo, we might need him when Kubica/Heidfeld get hurt.
Erm...
*sits in quite stunned silence not knowing what to say*
sidepodspace update
Now that the shuttle launch is postponed until hell freezes over or Max gets voted out NASA plan to launch the LCROSS mission tomorrow at 5:12pm EDT or 12:12 pm UK. This is really two missions which aim to collect info about the moon. You would think if they had already visited the moon they would have some idea but this is NASA.
The Lunar Reconaissance Orbiter hereintofore after known as the LRO will orbit over the poles of the moon looking for water and potential landing sites.
The Lunar Crater Observations and Sensing Spacecraft (LCROSS) will launch the spent final stage of the rocket into a permanently shaded crater and study the ejcta(all the gubbins that is thrown up in the air - except there is no air) to look for water sources. Later in the mission the LCROSS satellite itself will impact the moon's surface.
All this technology and all these years of study and they are going to spend millions of dollars launching great lumps of technology into the moon and watch for a splash. It's like scrapheap challenge.
I was qute close with Tickle Me Tilke for his company name
Although I am disappointed to see that barry from eastenders was, in fact, not a Super aguri driver
Did RG make Steven lose?
Steven, I don't know if I said this already, but I heart Sidepodspace updates.
Yes i did
Technically though, he did lose -4 points on the last round
did he diss franck?
Is that because he didn't know Who was on first?
he got the Timo questions wrong. Basically, the last round was the Timo round, if you got an answer wrong, you would lose a point
Evening everyone.
Anything good happened today or should I just clear all F1 related RSS entries now?
this is what caused my downfall. :(
Is Timo round?
I got 5!! :D
You only lost 2.
Ah. You need to get up very early in the morning to beat RG on Timo factoids.
Absolutely last. I don't know my Timo or Super Aguri
On Timo?
Max has offered up a deal to FOTA. Apart from that, nah.
You have mentioned it before
Really?
I refuse to blame barry off eastenders for losing me points...
Is Timo Time like Chico Time?
Oi!
Do what I say or I'll punish you?
Oh, ok. I take it back then. Don't wanna be repeatin' myself.
Which still was the second worst score on that round.
Mainly in the Timo round tbh.... I got number 2 right
Cosworths can run unrestricted, even one else - as you were please
*weeps*
:(
You still beat Steven Roy. By a comfortable margin as well
I know Who's on first naturaly
There's only one way to deal with this kind of situation...
If I were consoling RG I would say bring out the hulk. But as it's you I think it might be time for the blowtorch.
So two tier regulations again..
Naturally? He's in the center field.
Hehehe.
The blowtorch is preparing for tomorrow... which is where i take my leave. Might pop on before my driving test tomorrow morning but if not, I'll let you guys know how it goes!
Night all :)
Oh no, they already agreed to disband that
But yes
Ciao lukeh
Good luck!!!
Watching digg reel at http://www.revision3.com/diggreel/tenthings
Watch the dumbest crooks item 12 minutes in
G'night Lukeh
Good luck tomorrow
*selects F1 - selects mark alla s read*
Sorted.
night Lukeh! good luck!
I can take being told frequently
Night Lukeh
I'm off as well, going down to Yorkshire with the school tomorrow. Wondering why I don't just live there at this rate. See ya'll tomorrow night.
See ya R.G. Have fun tomorrow, and well done again on the quiz, it was very fun :)
12 bugs in 3.0
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Night RG
No.4 Adding a task to calendar did not result in task getting done.
That is the most annoying one for sure...
Adds task: Go to bed...
Grrr!
Hello sidepodcast-land. What is happening? It is amazing how quiet it is coming into a Grand Prix weekend... perhaps... a little too quiet...
Also, tonight I will be making my quarterly batch of beer. I decided to make an ale this time and call it SidepodAle. It should be ready in time for Monza.
Any suggestions on what type of ale it should be? I was going to go with an Irish Red but can easily change it to another type of ale.
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Strong, would be my suggestion :D
Sidepodale
What options do we have?
I wonder if we could have a white chocolate ale for Christine?
An idea for the Sidepodcast wiki: a music page.
How about it?
What kind of music page>
Do it
like last.fm?
Made me lol for some reason.
Just a apage where you can list favourite artists, albums, songs etc, whatever you want. Like the Favourite Drivers And Teams thing.
That is why I was asking? If it was people's favourite music etc then last fm is the place for that but if there is some other spin on it then maybe it should be in the wiki.
No. We have a last.fm group for that. :P
Actually, we DO have a last.fm group for a reason......but I'll do the page if people like. Wouldn't mind doing it really.
I think the last.fm thing covers that but I don't use it so I am not sure
There is no readon not to do a wiki page as well. If you start it off and plug it I am sure others will follow
If you do it... they will come....
That is how it normally works
Will you be posting them out?
Let me get my reciepe book out.
*thump of heavy book on my desk*
Have a couple reciepes for for each type of ale. I collect recipes from various sources.
Pale ale - I can make a decent Indian Pale Ale but it would be way too hoppy for Christine's taste.
Light ale - I have a recipe a light ale for it but have never made it.
Irish red ale - The one I usually make at this time for fall. My personal fav.
Brown ale - I have a couple of reciepes but haven't tried them yet. My friend makes these all the time and is really good at making them.
Scotch ales - Never tried making but they are really good.
Belgium or German ales - I can make, but no way...
All the other types of ales require Nirogen to store and I don't have the means to do that.
Never had an Irish Red - sounds interesting.
Brown ale is always good.
I presume Lukeh will be wipping up some special label ? :D
note to self: go to bed earlier
I have never heard of Irish Red Ale either. I would have to go for Scotch ale
But.....it's morning.
Dan needs you to vote on which ale he should make. There doesn't seem to be Romulan though
Yup - most of these would work!
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If there are any lurkers out there and yes I mean you Rachel and others. Help Dan out by voting for your favourite in his ale menu. Come on you know you want to get into commenting and this is a nice easy intro
From Wikipedia:
"Irish red ale, red ale, or Irish ale gains its slightly reddish colour from the use of a small amount of roasted barley. The term red ale or red beer is used by brewers in countries other than Ireland; however, the name Irish Red is typically used when roasted material is used.
In America the name can describe a darker amber ale, and some breweries may produce a "red" beer that is a lager with caramel colouring."
Hehe!
Sounds yummy.
I wish I could use intro because there are some really nice cream, stout, and porter beer recipes that I want to try out.
The one that would be perfect is a chocolate stout. Oh well.
ooooooooo yeah baby
I really wish it wasn't :(
Beer and chocolate together? The only thing missing in pizza, which probably wouldn't go to well I imagine.
I really think it might be time for you to give up and move to the UK
Chocolate stout sounds like a fun idea
Don't knock it just yet. That has to be tried
Done.
http://wiki.sidepodcast.com/page/Music
Not in the right section.....or any section really. Sorry about that.
I am sure one of the wiki experts will sort it