February is here, and we are looking forward to a busy day at Sidepodcast Towers. However, that doesn't mean we'll leave you with nothing to discuss. Here's what's going on at the moment:
- Mateschitz has said he won't be rushing to sell Toro Rosso, as he only wants to give it to a buyer who will keep the team alive and well. This is good news for the team, and it's refreshing to see a team being sold without the controversy and depressing headlines.
- Supposedly the French Grand Prix has been dealt another blow, as plans for a street race in Paris are ditched. This never seemed particularly likely, but what with all the recent news about a French race being negative, will it ever return to the calendar?
- Don't forget to vote for your choice between Rosberg and Piquet on the first round of the Character Cup. You've got until 7pm tonight, so make your selection if you haven't already, and share your reasons, if you so desire.
We will be back later today with the second round, and more news, if there is any. Please feel free to discuss whatever is on your minds, and I'll see you in the comments.
So what time's the Sunday show? :D
hehe. more news tomorrow, but there won't be a live show this week sadly.
We won't find out till Monday?
are you on the next leg of the sidepodtour by any chance? or just busy with other f1 stuff... do we really need to wait till monday to find out? or by tomorrow do you mean later today?
:D
SidePodTime is way out of kilter this week
If anyone can help - I've downloaded GPM2 and the 2008 mod but everything's still like 1996 despite the updated images and backgrounds. Help?
If I rememebr ( been years, bear with me) you had to toggle an option somewhere... Joe might knoew, I remember him telling me but it's so late and I've gone blank :(
sorry. yes, sunday. hopefully.
Scott, there's a config file in the 2008 mod folder right? I think it's a .cfg file, go to start a long campign, choose a team, and when you see the option to Change Car Colours, choose that option and you should now have the correct teams.
Joe saves the day just as predicted :p
Do I need to copy all the files into a folder somewhere?
mmm interesting ... I look forward to hearing what you guys have been up to :-)
My mistake, it's a .gcf file that should be somewhere in the folder. And I see I missed out putting in a crucial bit of info.
After you've choosen your team, and you're at the n ext screen which says Customise Teams at the top, choose Load Config. Then load that .gcf file that should be with the 2008 mod. Afetr that, choose to Select Car Colours. You should now have the correct teams.
Never mind, I got it! :D
What about the Malaysia track? Should I get that too? And where should it go?
I dunno about the track. Try on the GPM2 forums. Such a thing didn't exist when I played back in the ye olde days of.......summer 2008. <_<
Let me know if you can finish races while watching them, instead of just skipping. Told you about that problem earlier, but I think Luke could finish races fine.
Yeah I got through races alright.
Now that just leaves me confused and sad. : ( I really can't enjoy the game when my team never finishes a race.
On a side note, there's a topic on that GPM forum about a 2009 mod, which shall be in progress soon, woo.
Apropos of nothing, the Shakespearean Insulter is much fun
http://www.pangloss.com/seidel/Shaker/index.html
Thou loggerheaded toad-spotted pigeon-egg!
Oh shush thou fobbing rude-growing baggage! :P
Thy sin's not accidental, but a trade.
Thou dissembling full-gorged strumpet!
You scullion! You rampallian! You fustilarian! I'll tickle your catastrophe!
*thats an insult?... ok....*
I think this must be Bernie
Thou villainous earth-vexing mumble-news!
:D
And Max
There's no more faith in thee than in a stewed prune
Changed my mind
[Thou] hath more hair than wit, and more faults than hairs, and more wealth than faults.
THAT woman
Thou saucy onion-eyed maggot-pie!
James Allen?
You shall stifle in your own report,
and smell of calumny.
Flavio
Thou cockered hell-hated horn-beast!
Autosport have joined Fantasy Racers.
ALL of the Sidepodcast crew rub their hands, sharpen those swords - we have a battle before us :D
OK silly question - we can't (and shouldn't) be in both leagues, eh?
I should do that now otherwise ill forget, can someone link me, and is the league set up yet? p/w please too if so :) ta
http://www.fantasyracers.com/
League Number 6
Password franck
What would be the point in being on the winning AND losing side
Ask Kimi Raikkonen... ;-)
He'd show you his bank statement
Hence he's a winner and a loser...see?
thank you :D
i am "Force Honda B-Team" :P
Monza BATrace race done
The good news was I didn't crash into anyone
How can the BBC be so stupid? They have the first showing of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy on against the start of the superbowl.
Geez, where's the dilemma in that one?
I don't think I've watched the Superbowl since William 'The Refrigerator' Perry
Who's showing it?
Is there any reason why I should watch this one?
Can you spare 4hrs from 23:00 GMT?
That's sleep time!
I think you have your answer :D
Yup.
HHGTTG wins. :D
Lou, have you read Ollie's piece on the Honda livery evolution?
oooo no, haven't opened my read reader in a while now... (too much homework) was just about to actually. will go have a read now. Thanks for the heads up :D
BBC1
Why are BBC1 showing the Superbowl? Surely that's a prime candidate for a sport that should be on Sky/Setanta?
I think it is on Sky Sports, considering all of the play offs and conference leagues or whathaveyou have been on it.
That's a sport I really don't understand!
Sky show it as well. The coverage of the NFL is a bit weird. Channel 5 do the regular season including 2 live games a week. Until last season ITV did the post season in cluding the superbowl but this year Channel 5 did the post season but only highlights and BBC 1 have the superbowl. It doesn't make any sense to me.
Sky show live games all the way through the season.
Cheers for the info. I wonder how many people actually watch it? It's on TV here too because there used to be a Dane playing in the NFL. But there's no Rugby on TV here :-(
Howcan a New Zealander live in a country that doesn't show rugby?
Easy. In NZ they show so much rugby on TV you can get really sick of it. So I'm perfectly fine with not seeing it that often.
There's always Sopcast or TVU if I could be really bothered to see it...
He, he. It's one of the few I do
But it just takes so long!
Just want to get my head round who is testing this week and when....
Aren't Ferrari in Bahrain?...
Sinagpore practise runs complete Scott
I think BMW said they were going to Bahrain
According to Christine's calendar no tests this week but tests at both Bahrain and Jerez from Tuesday 10th. Red Bull launch is Monday 9th
http://www.f1minute.com/f1-calendar/
Just call me impatient...
This close season seems to be going on forever...
Something which may interest any GPM2 or GPW players (Scott in particular):
http://www.abandonwaredos.com/abandonware-game.php?abandonware=Grand+Prix+Wizard&gid=MTMyNw==
It's old but supposed to be quite good. I can't get it ro run on XP without uysing DOSBox at least, problem is that I have no clue how to run games with DOSBox. Any help would be very appreciated.
The snow is now settling in the big smoke now, the foxes had better get home :)
Pitpass Tribute to Teddy Mayer
ALL of the Sidepodcast crew rub their hands, sharpen those swords - we have a battle before us {Bassano Clapper - 38 comments ago}
We have a secret weapon. The prices of drivers has gone up since most of us registered, as evidenced by my teams currently having a spare budget of between -$0.10m (Dragons) and -$5.30 (Aléman).
How can the BBC be so stupid? They have the first showing of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy on against the start of the superbowl. {Steven Roy - 28 comments ago}
I would have said I'd be watching Hitchhiker's, but since Mum will have control of the remote and that time and she'll probably be dozing at that time, I'll probably end up here instead. Or in bed.
Just call me impatient…
This close season seems to be going on forever… {LadySnowcat - 6 comments ago}
And there's another 7 weeks to go *groans*
It’s old but supposed to be quite good. I can’t get it ro run on XP without uysing DOSBox at least, problem is that I have no clue how to run games with DOSBox. Any help would be very appreciated. {Joe - 6 comments ago}
First of all, what version have you got? In particular, do you have DOSBox, DOSBox Reloaded (which is much easier to use) or some other variation using the DOSBox engine?
I've used both vanilla DOSBox and the Reloaded version, but the way to get games to run differs a little depending on which one you're using.
Although DOSBox can be fiddly to set up, once it gets going it will run most DOS games, and the ones it struggles with are usually absolutely ancient (i.e. pre-1990) or were badly coded in the first place.
Isn't it 8 weeks?
56 days away (though it's more like 55.5 really)
noooo. we need more time :(
Maybe if you ask nicely to the FIA, they might delay the start of the season and push everything a week back?
it would be easier to invent time travel.
wha? you want te off season to be longer? i'm just about coping as it is ;)
Thanks to some very changeable weather conditions at Montreal, I've just managed to win my first BATracer race! :D
Just 5 points away from the championship lead in a Renault. :D
yes please. we have more new stuff to prepare.
Isn’t it 8 weeks?
56 days away (though it’s more like 55.5 really) {Bassano Clapper - 6 comments ago}
Grrr... ...wishful thinking didn't move the season start any closer. Must try harder :( ...grrr...
Well done sir, at a circuit that I've forgot right now, I think Hungaroring, I've got second, the only problem is my team mate is first and is a lot better than me.
it would be easier to invent time travel. {me - 5 comments ago}
Please consult with R&D at RSPCRF1. I believe they acquired time travel devices some time ago.
It may take until the start of the season for us to learn how to use it without getting completely lost, however.
Thanks to some very changeable weather conditions at Montreal, I’ve just managed to win my first BATracer race! {Dom - 5 comments ago}
Congratulations, Dom!
:(
And BATRacer cannot be found, according to my browser :(
Apologies, it is Valencia.
But then my team mate says its moist weather, damn this stupid game.
do you not miss the racing?
also, speaking of new stuff, earlier one of my comments was moderated, and was reposted in the doohickey once it was unmoderated without the need for me to refresh, is that a new feature?
so so, and have still lots to do.
no such luck. i unmoderated it before anyone else commented so doohickey just saw it as a new comment.
oh i see.
Off-topic question: why does it take Cafepress so long to upload designs?
not had that problem. slow to print, but seemed ok on the uploads.
Am loving the 'new posts' indicator in the browser tab by the way, nice touch!
Same here!
I agree, noticed it the other night and it works fantastically!
'cept on chrome/safari, but it's on me list.
lol it's helped persuade me to use firefox more :P that and the problems my laptop is experiencing anyway :)
Lots of helicopters are hovering near my house and 4 ambulances and police cars just drove past on the m4. uh oh..
Somethings happened me thinks, there'as already been 2 local big pileups right by my house recently this week....
Lots of helicopters are hovering near my house and 4 ambulances and police cars just drove past on the m4. uh oh..
Somethings happened me thinks, there’as already been 2 local big pileups right by my house recently this week…. {Lukeh - previous comment}
That sounds bad, Lukeh :(
Blimey, i just opened the window to see how white is was outside and got covered in snow. can't believe it's STILL snowing :s
'me', i think i have just found out why the doohickey does that quote thing to me sometimes. It seems to be that sometimes once i have clicked quote and go to write a reply it highlights the last '>' so once i start typing it deletes it, i didn't notice that had happened until after i clicked post comment. However i swear when i use Chrome it doesn't come up as missing the '>' before i click post. So it's not your fault it's mine. need to slow down my typing i think.
I know! It never normally snows this much...
well the main road outside my house (yes i live in the countryside, however unfortunatly there is a main road that goes directly past our house :( ) is now covered in both ice and an ever thickening layer of snow. Getting to school tomorrow should be interesting..
I think it may be cancelled
Woo Hoo, snowmen!
loving the fropio pics. snowmen photos tomorrow?
My boss might not like it but I'll give it a go :D
our school never officially closes... it's a boarding school see, so it has to remain 'open'. So if the roads are good enough i'll be going into school :( however if not i'll be taking lots of pics of the snow and stuff plus looking after my ill cat.
i just opened the window again and it's no longer snowing much. i hope it snows again now, i wanna make a snowman, haven't made one for years now.
Night all.
Night Andy. Actually i'm off too. Night all x
oh and i still have no idea about Ted's real name. I wont give up though (well not unless i forget all about it by the morning)
Goodnight, Andy.
you did last time :)
night all.
yeah, good point, but last time we didn't have a large discussion about it, and we did have the race a few days after ;)
our school never officially closes… it’s a boarding school see, so it has to remain ‘open’. So if the roads are good enough i’ll be going into school
I never got to skip school, since I live on a road that always gets gritted, my primary school was down a path that somehow never seemed to accumulate snow and my secondary school was at the end of the gritted road. Sixth form was further away, but the only weather-related issue they had was getting home on January 24 2004...
Half time
already? cheers.
There is a bit of a delay because one of the Pittsburg players intecepted a pass on his own goal line and ran it back the full length of the field for a touchdown. A combination of him being injured and play reviews took a while.
It usually takes about 10 minutes to get the stage set up.
sponsored by bridgestone?
Just heard that for the first time. The Americans always like to plug a sponsor
if it were up to me, i'd have chosen phillips razors.
I would have thought in the USA they would have used Firestone rather than Bridgestone
good point.
Isn't Firestone owned by Bridgestone?
Yes that's why I thought they would advertise what is seen as their American brand
Springsteen now
i love this man :)
how is he not too old for that??
He is. He only has to do 12 minutes
yeah, but his poor knees!
Seen him twice in concert you get your money's worth with The Boss, 3 1/2 hrs at least
only once for me, but it was amazing.
It's like anything to do with aging. You only ever need to be as old as you want to be. I refuse to age and so does he.
i admire that.
It's good to see him back with the E street band.
little steven hasn't changed in 20+ years. am betting there's a picture somewhere in his attic of a very old guitarist.
that's the full band too isn't it?
Hey it's Silvio :)
:D
That was an amazing reception for him to get from a sports crowd
true. sure felt like a short 12 minutes.
It is always the problem with the half time show. It is built up as the huge institution but every year it seems like it is over before it has begun
I know its a family show etc. but one of my favourite sayings is:
'you're only as old as the woman you feel'
my girlfriend is 22 :P
It is except for the organ player who replaced Danny Federici who died just this past April
one day we need to get the both of you on podpanel or similar :)
thank you aitch. i didn't know that.
already on youtube: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=GSKY3QAsRwY
That would be fun. She's one smart cookie. No interest in F1 though despite her middle name being Mansell. She doesn't like getting out of bed early either :P
we can be quite accommodating :)
we'll have think of some non-f1 trivia questions that are some how f1 related...
Did I mention that she's quite shy? She has just declared that it will 'never happen'. I wonder how much trouble I'd be in if you called her mobile from Skype? While she is still in bed :-)
cupcake?
'never happen' has been said so often on this site. I remember someone saying that about a panda costume. In the end 'never happen' always happens
and look at the trouble that caused!
if i recall, the good lady did comment on jeremy's behalf once. somehow she avoided the sidepodtractorbeam and never returned :(
Just the mention of cupcakes bought a squeal of delight. I get them cooked for me every valentines day. Perhaps I should return the favour this year?
I shall have to bring that up next time we have one of those 'you don't really love me' arguments :-)
:)
i have a feeling steven's right again.
I like the sound of that.
BTW what happened to the panda shaped cupcakes?
umm. i don't think i've had to bribe anyone since they were suggested. i've yet to see any in the shop mind you.
http://www.sidepodcast.com/2008/09/12/live-commenting-italy-free-practice-1/#comment-104179
this one must be a winner everytime:
http://www.sidepodcast.com/2008/09/07/hoping-for-rain-on-our-parade/#comment-100496
your response is a couple of comments down. if that fails, i quit :)
That is a good one for proving that I love her (live shout-out on a podcast can't be beaten in the romance stakes right?).
But I was thinking of ammunition to hit her with. I mean really, if she truly loved me, she'd come on here more often right? :P
gotta be top trumps.
agreed. steven?
I am convinced.
How many podcasts has Zoe mentioned you on?
:D
genius.
Steven Roy is the doctor of looooove... Hahaha!
Had the tractor beam in reverse, again, huh, Lord Dark Helmut? (from Spaceballs...)