We are starting a brand new month today, and for those of us in the UK we're heading into a bank holiday weekend. That means the weather is no doubt going to be bad, but that's okay. We're used to it. Here's what is on our minds at the moment:
- The FIA confirmed that the budget cap for 2010 is up to £40m, which excludes all the usual things like driver salaries and marketing. It looks as though the governing body aren't entirely sure how they're going to police it, except for bringing a new committee on board, and they also haven't decided on a punishment for exceeding it either. Good work WMSC.
- Poor Kubica seems to get most of the stick when it comes to being a tall guy, too heavy for KERS. He's not the only tall one out there, but as we have directly seen his struggles, he might be glad to know that the FIA are increasing the minimum weight by 15kg. Enough to shoulder at least some of the burden of mandating KERS.
- I won't mention any of the other things that the FIA introduced because they are bound to cause some arguments like we saw yesterday. We have always been proud of the SPC community and how heated debate doesn't descend into a slanging match. Yesterday, some of the discussion came close to the line on a number of occasions. This is not acceptable and we will not think twice about moderating. However, hopefully, this was a one off and we can return to the calm and friendly atmosphere we are used to. Sidepodhugs all round.
That'll do it for today. Mr C is still working on small little doohickey updates (like the sleephickey) that are being introduced a bit at a time. Keep your eyes peeled, and I'll see you in the comments.
so here's the test. i'm using the updated doohickey. i've refreshed and found the latest thread. i can view the content of the thread and then post this comment without ever going near the homepage.
the issue is, no-one told me a new daily thread had arrived, i had to guess... i'll add it to the list.
It works perfectly
that makes me very happy!
Does DD have a refresh capabilty?
Could you have a new thread alert that appears next to the pending comments box?
ahhhh. what does apple+r do?
sort of, maybe. that's what it needs, certainly.
Just tie up two fingers to no avail
yeah, me too. no worries. next stop is lclt updates and then DD. site redesign is... on... hiatus.
by the way, did we discuss the message from danny at fantasy racers, about the two minor rule changes coming into effect next weekend?
More changes? Is there a link?
You mean Cmd+R, the Apple logo has been removed from new keyboards, they just have the "cloverleaf" symbol
if we haven't covered it, i'll copy the info. nothing major though.
News to me
Yeah, why was that?
full changes as follows (hopefully danny won't mind me copying and pasting):
As many of you will be aware, the changing driver values is a new feature to Fantasy Racers for 2009. Following a review of the competitions progress thus far, it is necessary to make a couple of small changes to help keep the competition running in the spirit in which it is intended. Most people will not be impacted by these changes.
With effect from the Spanish Grand Prix, the following new rules are being introduced:-
* A team will be permitted no more than 9 drivers at any one time, budget permitting.
* The amount of points awarded for unspent budget will be capped at 200 points per race.
Whilst I do not like to add rules mid season, it is thought necessary on this occasion to prevent a potential loophole in the competitions scoring to be exploited. As ever, if you wish to comment on this message, or the competition in general, you can do so through our contact page.
Regards,
Danny.
mine still has an apple though.
Mine has a Windows symbol. Is that kinda the same? ;-)
You'll need keyboard 1.1.0 then
oh so much worse ;)
Instead of Cmd + R, you need to hit 3 keys :D
News to me
very soon i will do. poor thing has been worked hard.
Damn. Should never have sold that Macbook. Now I feel left out.
I do hope the Netbook and/or Touchscreen rumours are true
why would you do such a thing?
As soon as you log in to Fantasy Racers there is a change notice.
I was (stupidly) hoping to new alloy ones would be the same price as the old plastic ones. Now I can't afford the upgrade!
Looks like I have made over $1 million by replacing Nico by Kimi for the last race.
http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2007/08/11/how-apple-keyboards-lost-a-logo-and-windows-pcs-gained-one/
Explains it all, including how Microsoft got it wrong :D
Same here. It took a bit of time to phase it out I think. The article I posted explains why.
yikes.
i so very much suck at this game :(
Yikes indeed. They are $2,500 in sunny Oz.
New white ones are almost as powerful, just don't have the Aluminium body, the LED Backlit screen and multi-touch trackpad. They do have firewire though.
Ta
You are still ahead of me
yay!
By the way, the Doohickey won't let me post the Cloverleaf symbol :(
But the Aluminium ones are soooooooooo nice!
how do you even make that happen?
Anyone listen the the Mac OS Ken podcast btw?
Unicode 2318. It has to exist - how else do you type it in a document/manual?
Grrr at no firewire on the non-Pros though
ok. how do i make unicode 2318 appear in the doohickey comments box?
Character palatte, technical symbols. Or search for Place of Interest
No, but I'll have to with that name :)
I know. I really like my previous generation Macbook Pro though.
It's about 10 mins per day and quite funny
First few may bug you, his phraseolgy is a bit odd, you get used to it
where's the character pallete?
System preferences > International
Do you have a Union Flag on your menu bar? Click on that and choose "show character palette"
ok. got that. can't see tech symbols?
i didn't, but i do know. next question will be how to get rid of it!
Back to the preferences
cool. still don't see an apple logo?
System Preferences again, untick the box that says "show input menu in menu bar"
How you launch the palette without the flag showing I don't know.
Me neither
or a square thing with loops in the corners.
Hold on, am drop.ioing
The Apple logo is something like, Cmd Alt A isn't it?
andy is correct. doohickey won't, but ye olde will:
?
ooooor, not.
Refurb price is A$ 1,799
They are apparently tested more heavily than the boxed new models
so, even if i got doohickey to work. wordpress can't cope anyways, and even if it could... windows/linux machines haven't a hope in hell of displaying it regardless.
OK Here's how to see the Character Palette:
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/picture-3-png
And here's the Cloverleaf symbol:
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/picture-1-png-3
pretty sure it's not websafe.
Unicode 2318 does not exist on the Windows character map or on any Google search. It only exists on Apple OSX by the looks of things.
⌘
It is there on Windows though.
steven, what does that look like to you?
It looks like the Apple symbol
To me it looks like the 'cloverleaf'
And DD won't allow me to quote it ;(
A bear eating an apple?
wow. okay, that is:
& # 8 9 8 4 ;
minus the whitespace.
:D :D
Something tells me I'm not gonna remember that
you need to use that as you iphone locking pin... when you own one.
Then I'd forget my credit card pin :D
cloverleaf apple symbol thing. a little square with circles in each corner
you mean your cc pin number isn't already the ascii escaped html equivalent of an apple clover leaf symbol?
Well not any more, now that you've blown it's cover ;)
and andy's too...
I don't have an iPhone though.
Is it true that ALL Apple employees were issued with the point upgrade to Leopard this week?
I'm running 10.5.6 here. Rumours are just that - don't believe anything you see unless it appears on apple.com.
True
RIght, waaaay too late for me to be here, so I will bid you goodnight.
TTFN
Night fella
seconded.
just realised something missing from doohickey. when it's sleeping it doesn't update the title bar. have to keep checking the tab to make sure it's having a nap.
Or make it snore
heeeh! :D
Just discovered that. Kept thiking that it was odd that no new comments had been made. It won't be a problem tough once you up the time before sleep.
good point. now upped to 10 minute delay. less annoying, but still useful to me.
You have to test it. It seems to go to sleep and wake up without fail as far as I can see. The only slight annoyance i had was that it went to sleep while i was scrolling through comments but once the time is upped that won't happen again.
same here.
in theory, by the weekend it'll only be trying to sleep 8 times a day, and that'll only effect those who never-ever go to bed :)
Who gets any sleep round here?
not i :)
in f1 news, hartley now has his super license and will begin his 3rd driver role in spain. This leaves me hoping a red bull driver gets hit by lightning so i can see a kiwi in an f1 race. Knowing his luck, it will be webber.
just a quick note. if the doohickey-sleeping thing is annoying you, have now upped the timeout to one hour. just do a hard refresh on your browser, or follow:
http://www.sidepodcast.com/realtime/?
and all should be well.
Wow you're still up. You feeling better? You didn't come in contact we anyone who's just come back from Mexico did you?
My money's on Bourdais being replaced especially if he doesn't pick his socks up within the next couple of races.
bah, as much as I wanted it to be something exciting. it was basically man-flu :(
Um, is that from Manchester? Like Man-U?
:D
How late is it there anyway? It must be nothing-oclock by now!
I hate the flu. We worked in an extended care unit in Dec/07 and I ended up with the flu for about 3 weeks. It was just a vicious cycle in between the patients, staff and us painters. At the same time another ward was in lockdown mode due to the Norwalk virus.
That's a w00t! from me. Although I won't wish any kind of bad luck on the drivers (as Webbo has enough of it already :) )
*sighs*
How many do you have?
drivers? For Spain 7 or 8. Haven't decided yet? But I was hoping that when it goes well the first half of the season I wouldn't have to think too much about the second because I am rich enough to just buy the top 12 drivers or sth like that and be UNBEATABLE *evil laughter*
i think I've still got 6 (i really should go check). I've kind of forgotten who they are, but I'm sure I have Kubica because I seem to get angry at him each week for no other reason...He'll get better...honest...
For those intrested, the BBC have put up the 1995 documentary about the life of Senna. (UK people only)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8027912.stm
I've still got six and the only disappointment is Kubica. However, from my Stats (see drop.io) on average he still scores more than he is worth and I think BMW will get better from Spain onwards, so I'll keep him ;)
About that:
How about separate stats for wet and dry races?
Sure!
(What constitues a wet race though? I think we should define it...)
I've kept him since Australia because I've been somewhat convinced he'll get better. but now I'm just over him! The problem is, as soon as i remove him, he'll win (that's the fun part of this game) and also, I spend so little time paying attention to FR, i just keep forgetting to remove him anyway.
the appearance of water?
Can you remove him then please, because I plan on keeping him ;)
Don't get smart! I mean, is it when the drivers have to change to intermediates, or something else such as precipitation (no matter how mild)?
I don't think I'm any threat to you!
That's not the point - I want him to score well and if it takes you removing him, then please do not hesitate!
I shall never have anywhere 9 drivers so that won't affect me, but the other rule will since I have a few teams with a whole lot of spare change, such as the team that only has 4 Red Bull drivers.
I know what people meant, I was just spicing up the discussion for the morning. I hear it got a little hot yesterday..hmmm. i missed that.
I think use of inters is a perfect definition
20Million?
aah. i'm having a slow morning. i get you now. i'll see what i can do. just realised i'll be away next weekend so i'll have to do switches before tuesday - i'll never remember ! so in conclusion, kubica will stay and you won't go well ;)
I shall have to have a serious thunk about changing my drivers for Spain, Kathi showed the way to get the extra points is to have 7 drivers .. hmmm
ugh once again I read something incredibly wrong, oops!
I'm still thinking about 8 but I have to sell Button for that. And that's only be a good decision if he's not winning, taking pole or has the fastest lap.
whom would you drop?
Morning all
Will just say very quickly - R.I.P Ayrton. That is all on that subject.
I'm intrigued by these new FR changes. Are the prices going to change accordingly so that if people wanted to, they can have 9 drivers?
I have 6 drivers and no money left... Seems to have worked out OK...
I don't think it affects the prices at all, it's just a cap.
There is something in the rules, which I can't quite remember which defines it as a wet race. The FIA then remove the restriction that says you have to use both kinds of dry tyres.
Yeah about thatt... I disagree that it would have turned into a slanging match, I think that Mr & Mrs C were keen to nip it in the bud, even if it was a bit heavy handed. The problem was that yesterday two contentious topics came to a head in a kind of perfect storm of anger and passion which spilled over into the comments.
I see. Mind you, I reckon someone would have to get extremely lucky on the values to be able to afford 9 drivers.
I wonder if for next season, the starting budget will be increased to accomodate it?
That's what I was fishing for. Alia, can you help? I know it's academic for races past, but for future races it could be useful...
I could afford 11 drivers if I wanted.
Fair enough. But think of us mere mortals who can only afford 4 or 5 when you win the league ;)
Gavin, it already was turning into a slanging match. I understand that you weren't happy about being singled out for moderation, but the comment policy is there for a reason.
http://www.sidepodcast.com/about/comment-policy/
???
The rules were introduced for you mere mortals. It restricts the top teams and gives you a chance to catch up.
Understood, but I'm sorry, I don't see how I broke the policy? Considering some other comments (not naming names) I thought mine were not that bad.
I can't believe they've allowed two tiers to emerge in the fantasy league. This is a budget cap!
It's sooo realistic :)
I am more than happy to discuss this with you off-site via email or wiki message. However, when all is said and done, we took action to resolve the problem and it worked.
I'd really like it if we could just move on.
To some extent you were just keeping the conversation trucking on. And perhaps it's best we all don't fall into that trap again. So you were being moderated as much as the subject was because it was incendiary.
Here here!
PLease send me a wiki message, because I think it would be helpful to discuss the matter so I may learn from it. I'm sorry to bring it up again - I would like to move on too and I don't mind if you delete the comments from this thread. I hope that's OK, I don't want to cause trouble, I really don't!
Sorry I meant...
So you weren't being moderated as much as the subject was because it was incendiary.
I feel like I should be watching some practice right now or something. Spain feels so far away :(
I know it's Friday... We need some cars going around!
Aha... Wet tires rule is:
Yep. But that seems too open - for example had it not rained in Malaysia and Kimi had still switched to wets when he did, that would have been a dry race.
A bad example but you get my point.
Yeah it's a bit tricky... During practice the session has to be declared wet by the race director. But it doesn't seem that they do the same thing for the race.
Maybe it should be more than a certain number of drivers making the switch. More than five, maybe. You probably wouldn't find three teams making the same mistakes as Ferrari :)
:D
If this is still for the FR statistics - the thought behind it is to determine if there are drivers that are better/worse if it's a wet race. So it would make sense to set the limit to something like at least ? laps in the wet so they can show their skill/Piquetness
Christine, I have sent you a wiki message as requested.
Did you get mine?
Ah, I had already sent a message before you sent me one ;)
Yep, but not until after sending mine. D'oh!
I like skill/piquetness :)
I was wondering whether it should go alongside "a little bit Piquet" in the dictionary.
Has anyone else noticed that the ads on the wiki are more obnoxious than they used to be?
Wetpaint are pushing for users to upgrade to get rid of them - $20 a month!!
By users, I mean site owners.
Ah, commerce...
Still, I suppose they have to turn a coin for providing a service.
Can't you do somethink wiki-like on part of the site here?
Absolutely. I just can't believe it's worth $20 to anyone to get rid of them.
I think Mr C has enough on his plate at the moment. :) It's certainly possible though.
somethink !.. oh dear I've not woken up yet
Hehehe. I didn't notice. I like it though!
*changes browser* Oh!
Morning all! How are we? I'm a happy bunny today because I'm off work on a sunny day for once!
Very good, except the sun hasn't decided to come out from behind the clouds yet. What are you going to do with your day?
I have replied. Thanks for the explanation :)
Sadly, my first thought was to put in some laps for the GRID contest. It's no wonder I'm so pale! I might see if anyone fancies a trip to a beer garden later though.
I think I'll fill in my race-less weekend with 7 games of tennis instead of the usual 2 or 3. Who needs sleep?
Cool. Have sent a final word on the subject. Sidepodhugs all round.
Amy - have you ever heard of doing things in moderation? :)
Who's playing?
Yes, definitely. Sidepodhugs all round and here is the line drawn underneath so we can all move on :)
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Sidepodhuuuuuug :)
moderation is for the weak!
this is the lineup remaining for the next few days. I'm just excited about Nadal v Verdasco again because that was the best game at the Australian Open this year :D
Oh, dear, I need to start paying attention again. I only know three of them!
I don't know who half of them are! Some of the favourites were knocked out early so there are weirdos in there. Although, I'm totally a tennis glory hunter because I only really follow the top 10.
Federer has become the Schumacher of Tennis and killed off the opposition!
it's clay court season, so it's Nadal! He has only lost like, 3 matches out of 130 or something stupid.
There's always one like that though, it was Sampras before.
True. Sad to see though.
Wow!
I guess the only good thing about one person dominating is when they are finally beaten.
To watch Alonso get the better of Schumi was thrilling.
Best tennis moment of my life is driving home from British GP last year listening to Nadal beat Federer.
Oh yes, one of the best ever matches! I watched the last hour or so, and I loved it!
I think the Schumi equivalent was Imola 2005, when Alonso held him off until the end...
*waves*
G'morningt everyone. What a lovely sunny day! :)
Boo at tennis though, tennis is the reason they moved the Chinese Grand Prix to stupid rainy times.
Good old Tiff...
Just quickly knocked together this little post :)
http://zerodownforce.blogspot.com/2009/05/its-been-15-years.html
Must get round to finishing the Group B post though.
Very good.
Thank you :)
Oh Scott, that was wonderful, really well written. Thank you so much!
No objections whatsoever. :)
I haven't had time to read up on the reactions on here, but those that have responded directly to me are all in favour of the changes.
Thanks also to Katharina for passing on some useful feedback on 'usability' which I hope to implement over the next few days.
Thanks Gavin :)
Ohh the sun and blue skies outside are mocking me... Think I may go out for a walk, or shopping, or perhaps on my brother's bike... but I have so much uni work to do :(
Normally they say to work hard and then take a break with a walk, but as we live in the UK, it's best to soak up the sun when you can :)
Seconded.
I remember that afternoon very clearly. I was at university in Canterbury and three of us were watching the race on a 14-inch portable TV. When the crash happened I had a queasy sensation in my stomach that the outcome wouldn't be a happy one. There was total confusion for what seemed like an age after the race was stopped – you can imagine the internet lighting up like a christmas tree if liveblogging and commenting was around in those days.
There were interminable helicopter shots of the medical staff gathered round the car. It was clear, then, because he wasn't moving and they weren't trying to move him, that the accident had been fatal. One of my housemates kept saying, "I'm sure I can see blood." It was a very grim, depressing Sunday afternoon.
I think the response is positive, except Kathi who wanted to buy every single driver possible so she can keep her lead at the top of our league :)
I can remember where I was when it happened, but don't remember seeing the accident. I was at my Auntie Jo's and my dad came from work there. Mum said to him "There's been a really bad accident". Dad's instant reaction was "It's Senna, isn't it?"
He actually had the privilege of meeting him once when he was in Norfolk for a while and has a signed picture of his Lotus kept safe somewhere in a cardboard tube.
That could be taken totally the wrong way after yesterday :P
my only FR complaint is my eye is drawn to Gino in that crowd shot banner everytime I go to the site and I can't stand that man ;)
But we're not going to do that, are we?
Shhhh, we've drawn a line under it.
To quote Gavin:
:D
Please.
So do I. I remember everything so clearly though. I remember the awful accident with Lehto at the start, the restart and then the accident. As I hadn't seen much F1 at that point I thought he was going to be OK. I was just a boy, and I refused to accept what happened. The rest of the race was a nightmare and I think a mechanic got injured. You could tell the atmosphere was bad but I thought it was because of what happened to Ratzenberger.
After the race, We went to the park, it was a lovely summer's day. I came back, turned on the teletext, saw the headline, and just cried. My Mum and Dad turned to me and said that they kinda knew he was dead but didn't want to tell me. I was devastated and couldn't believe how it could have happened. For days I was down about it, and I couldn't understand what I felt. But time heals, F1 is safer and we all have moved on. Ayrton was one of the best and his passing marked the end of an era.
Roland's accident was just chilling. The really disturbing moment is when you see how he is once the car comes to a halt...
Sadly, I think that race is probably my first F1 memory. Or at least, my mom being upset and me not really understanding why.
Tweet from JA:
Bernie said no way Silverstone, then said if they build the new pits he may rethink. Donington does seem to be in trouble.
I see Jacques Villeneuve has set up a driving school in Canada... I can't wait for his Singing Academy in a few years time :D
Ah yes – Alboreto lost a wheel exiting the pits and it hit someone. Very nasty.
There is a piece by Annie Bradshaw (Williams press office at the time) in this month's F1R describing the events of the weekend from the team's perspective.
I'm going to have to subscribe to that - so hard to get in the shops here in Viking land!
I heart my F1R subscription
They'd better start getting the materials ready for it then just in case. Well, I say just in case...
A glimmer of hope then.
Hopefully if they make the mods they plan for MotoGP it should be enough, at least as a stopgap.
And they include the new pits?
Ditto. I woke up to the news and was a mess for days. Like Stuart, I was at university and of an age where my passion for F1 seemed to rise above everything else. I can count on one hand the number of times that I have been inside a church, but I sat for hours on a cold hard pew that night.
Dunno, they include a new corner (The Arrow)
:D It was such a good plan
Sounds like it ought to be a corner on the Top Gear test track.
The thing I hate the most on days like today is it is always a harsh reminder that it could happen again, and that makes me feel sick to my stomach. It's been a long time so people feel safe, but I'm sure they felt like that in '94 as well, because it had been a long time then too.
The same principles apply out of the race car as in it: do all you can to understand and minimise the risks, then just get on with it.
nope, never, uh-uh, oh no, not a chance, over my dea... oh, all right then.
You do know this "new layout" for Silverstone was originally going to be the new layout for F1 (or something similar). And anyway, it's just a re-hash with parts of the South and National circuits thrown in. Nothing special.
a lot of people saw this coming though!
EJ in possibly right in his opnion shocker!
Yep. It's actually quite smart!
and we have the comments, voicemails and podcasts to prove it :)
You can take some credit for that, too :)
so we can dub the new rule, the kathi rule?
that spreadsheet is really helping you out!
Morning.
Whats going down in groovetown then?
This day seems like it's going really slowly for me. Can't believe it's only half 12 when it feels I've been up ages. Urgh...
Oh what a surprise...
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/74969
It was really only a matter of time, wasn't it?
a post from bbc tees:
"Ferrari Engineer Rob Smedley has become an internet star, after radio conversations between him and Ferrari driver Felipe Massa were turned into a song."
:D
ooh can I claim internet stardom from this as well? the youtube clip with over 23,000 views is the one I uploaded :D
Do you think this is the modern equivalent to getting your name in the paper?
Is that the vid with the radio conversation?
:)
i think your 15mins are definitely up now.
gooo amy!
yep. I find it odd that I put the one of Kimi and his icecream up as well - it got 13,000 views in 4 days before FOM had it taken down, but they have left the Massa one alone.
Phew.
Amy's YT name is slappysquirrel :D
personally, I think my video of Heikki playing cricket is the best ;)
and I just noticed I titled it as "Hekki"
Excuse me while I go and feel ashamed of myself.
awwww.
thats how the commentators here pronounce it, but considering they keep putting Robert Kubika in their grid lists, its not surprising :(
LDM reminds me of our cats. If you so much as move one of the chairs in the dining room a few centimetres to the left or right, the next time one of the cats walks in he or she will do a double-take, as if to say, "You've changed things! How dare you! Put it back where it was!"
Do they still do that? It must be like that fairground game where you have to whack the gophers over the head with a stick.
Heart :D
If I can turn the attention to the BAT game, here is the top 10 after qualifying:
1. Lukeh
2. RCC
3. Dom
4. Scott W
5. Selidor
6. Toxicfusion
7. Amy
8. Alenyaa
9. Lou
10. Flibster
Was also thinking yesterday if may we should start preperations for "next season" IF anyone wants to go ahead with another one ;) Silly season might as well open up now :D
have you heard enough already?
mostly it looks pretty :)
Isn't this going a bit too far now?!
my goodness.
c'mon, someone took the trouble to caption all of those lyrics.
That's true. And it did make me smile, as it always does. :D
Is that FR stats? I think I may have done something similar...
plus the first related video on the list is amy's ;)
The Michael bit is wrong but still... saves me making a video :)
Those are just the value changes of all drivers over time. Nothing fancy but nice to look at. *is easy to please*
I thought it was because I recognised some of the shapes of the curves. But I'm envious now because that one is prettier than mine ;)
Completely random I know but the dog and cat are just too funny. :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUpmNgrqHPg
on the plus side it seems that wasn't a copy&paste from the wiki. someone listened and transcribed. this may be the first ever time someone's taken notice of somethin' you said.
...
...
*digs out eurostar tickets to europe... bye!*
i like that to get lots of views on youtube you just have to break all the copyright restrictions.
me too. how long have you been keeping that chart?
From the start of the 2009 season I reckon...
from the start, but i'm to lazy to do it regulary. So the time scale is an absolute mess.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/3605323.stm
BBC's Tribute to Senna - complete with a 49 minute documentary...
isn't that the same one that's been in drop.io for a while?
i recognise the intro.
I've seen that all of that in parts on YT, but just because it's today I'll watch it again :)
speaking of bbc videos, I still haven't managed to track down Heikki v Legard. Hint. Hint. Hint.
Did we know the DC Museum is open again?
No way!? :D
Howdy all, how is everyone today?
I did.
Yes way!
http://www.dcmuseum.co.uk/News/dcm_open_in_2009.htm
I am well...
Sun is shining... Birds are singing etc...
EXCELLENT! :D
someone's rebranded!
Well you can always use mine, it's on drop.io and updated after every race ;)
Hello again. Whata frustrating afternoon.
Although I do have F1 Racing and a lovely Brawn interview to read about :D
Today's a good day for post, F1 Racing and Racecar Engineering, and WSR tickets yesterday! Woot
nothing better than motorsport mail! I am expecting the September 2008 issue of Racing Line, better late than never :D
You survived the bus then.
haha, a bit late
Uggghh. No comment.
turns out magazine deliveries go AWOL when you move 3 times in 4 months :D
Think of it as even more incentive during driving lessons.
See, I like that thinking :D
talking of f1 racing...
http://drop.io/meandpage22/asset/the-icing-on-the-cake-jpg
we had cake :)
!:D
:o
awesome!
Is the comment count in the title bar not working anymore?
that is AMAZING :O :D
*sniggers at animated gif on drop.io*
Never mind, it is now :)
Whose birthday is it? :)
:) :) :)
Page 22's by the looks of it!
I LOOOOOVE DE CAAAKE!!!
But aren't birthday's usually celebrated every year?
who's on page 22 this month?
KERS!
oooh. that is acceptable, yes.
heehee, I love manipulating photographs
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/sidepodmatt-jpg
Hey everyone, thought i'd pop by and say hi as i've been working/ revising hard all day and could do with a break.
yes... i did comment about it when i found out. No one really noticed. lol
boo, fainting crowd members disrupting tennis
Ah, apologies. It just confirms to me that I am about a month behind on comments :)
I love this quote by Jenson on the interview in F1R
"I don't want people to get bored of this team through over exposure"
Sadly something I personally have been a bit worried about with a lot of fans :(
what you need is some kind of hearting system, to keep on top of the important ones...
:D
i've already realised i'm probably not going to be able to catch up on all the comments i've missed lately... there are just too many :)
Happy Birthday Mr C? I guess 27.
That was an awesome read. it's also convinced me that Rubens is a lot, lot happier with the team his status than I thought.
ooo new f1 racing. *thinks about going up town after school*
You totally, totally should, biiiiiiiig rubens, ross and jenson interview :D
Hows the revisionn and work going today lou? I don't think you said you had a mock today... or you might've but it's fallen out of my mind.. :)
no mocks today. Just textiles and ict lessons, and as a prefect i had to help with the inter house, school science comp. it was really strange this year. all the questions where projected onto the screen in the hall and each person had like a mini hand held device which they answered the questions on. Then depending on the mean average of correct answers from each house their 'racing car' would move a certain distance round a track. The winning house was the one to cross the line first after like 5 laps. :s
Did you see my mail?
wow! All we had back in school with house competitions was draw a picture of the welsh flag and hope to god it doesnt come out looking like a bus, or draw something else. That sounds quite mad.. :D
Fits you perfectly then ;)
can someone recommend me a dslr that will take good f1 photos (but not awesome ones), that won't absolutely destroy my bank account? I say not awesome because I assume awesome comes at a price.:D
i did too. trying to solve the challenge you posed first.
it really was, we needed to make sure all 400 odd people all had the right device and it was working properly and that they all went back in the right place. It's been a busy day :)
Good oh :)
I can't remember how well I ever did in them. To be fair after a year or two ors was run so badly that they just gave up anything like that or forgot about it.
Another example is our welsh lessons in Year 10 - our teacher for them was the headmaster of the school and he told us not to bother turning up for the e
lessons - nuff said!
What a shame you didn't learn Welsh :(
How are you going to go on holiday to Wales now? ;)
During her midlife crisis my mother decided her and I should learn Welsh. We both gave up quickly. I've never even met any of my Welsh side of the family.
I did in Yr 7, 8, and 9 when it was veeeeeery basic. :P
Noone in South Wales speaks Welsh anyways...
Hang on - A1GP is on Sky1 this weekend not Sky Sports?!
I didn't know you had family in New South Wales ;)
The Canon EOS450 is good and won't break the bank.
blimey, sounds like a cup of tea is in order ;)
So who's birthday is it then? How old are they? For some reason, I feel the need to know this info before I go to bed.
I already said, it is Page 22's birthday.
Thanks, I just want some ideas before I go in and speak to the camera experty people because I have nooo idea where to start or what I should be looking for.
Just don't go to Harvey Norman and you'll be fine ;)
Pretty fancy cake for a life changing moment... I'm suspicious (ok, maybe not really) :D
I couldn't even tell you where Harvey Norman in Melbourne is!
Page 22 is about to be replaced by a younger, sleeking looking page. It's only fair :)
The king is dead, long live the king etc.
Internet killed the dropio star? It sounds like video (you tube) has killed the radio (BBC) star as well?
It comes with quite a good lens but you'll need more zoom than the standard one offers. This one is very good for the money:-
http://tinyurl.com/d8gxw2
With a camera like that, it's all about the Lens isn't it?
I'd also add the £60 50mm f1.8 - not the best built of lenses, but a great one to use as a general out and about lens.
What Camera do you use Mr. C? I'm thinking about the page 22 pic here...
Although - the most important thing is to find a camera body that you are comfortable using that has the lenses you need available.
Once you buy a camera you tend to be tied into a cerain lens system.
don't have it too hand. eos450 i think.
however. keep in mind that de la rosa was snapped whilst being towed by a people carrier and at close range.
i wouldn't use it as a basis for shooting f1 cars at their intended speed.
i always end up in places with too many fences in the way for decent shots at speed anyway :D
Amy,
You would be wise make friends with the good people at www.mactalk.com.au especially Anthony - the guy who runs it. Lot's of photography (and Mac) experts there based in Melbourne. Good podcast if you don't mind the language and happen to like a relaxed (beer drinking) style.
Also, Shaun(?) who runs www.ozphotowrap.com.au would be a good contact as well seeing as he is an F1 nut.
thanks for the tip!
That's true. You can't use Canon EF-S lenses with a non-EF-S camera, although you can use EF lenses with an EF-S body.
The 55-250 can be flaky in low light but I managed to do this with it:-
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sc_pix/2942169725/
There's usually somewhere decent to stand! This is from the grandstand at Fuji.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sc_pix/2928202175
What are the emerging technologies in digital cameras these days? GPS and HD video? Out of Amy's price range no doubt but interesting to hear about whether they are worthwhile waiting/spending for.
Someone recommended that I take a single shot with the iPhone to get GPS co-ordinates before proceeding to take proper photos with DSLR and then marry the information up in iPhoto/Aperture.
I shall see you all in approx. 9 hours after sleep. Happy Birthday to who/whatever :-)
all the photos i have taken with my phone have gps co-ords attached, but I really don't see the point in them. Why does it matter where they were taken, surely I already know seeing as how I was there? Or is there more to it that escapes me seeing as how I'm not a photography nut?
that picture highlights having an eye for photography is way more important than an expensive lens.
HD video with photography lenses could be a huge growth market in the near future. am considering renting a few models.
camera bodies and lenses, obviously. not the kind of models you photograph.
i'll be going too then.
am attempting to mashup alex's live commenting iphone pics with a map of london. so when he's having a beer, we can see where he's having one.
ooh stalky. me likes.
Now that's how technology ought to be used...
I vote we all just go and live with Alex, that might make things a bit easier.
Come on over there's plenty of beer :)
Room. That's what I was supposed to say ;)
I like it! Do they have the location data in them?
if someone pays for my flights, and finds me a guaranteed job, I'd be in England in a heartbeat :D
:D :D
The new Canon 500D *one above entry level* shoots full HD footage.
Looks pretty good quality as well.
The problem I have is that the low end Canon cameras are too small. They need the battery grip to make them a sensible size.
the only person i know with a guaranteed job is bernie.
Roflcopter!
it does, but shots i've seen, seem to suffer from the bendy wall problem :(
nooooo!
That could be down to the lens used.
Andy won't approve!
Good point.
I have little girl hands, I assume I'll be ok?
Possibly, possibly not. Only thing is to go to a photography shop and try them.
They 300D was a good size, they then shrunk then considerably for the 400D and above.
If I was starting from scratch again, I'd have to go with Nikon.
i think it's the way the sensor reads the scene. they were never designed for moving picture work.
Ditto
I look forward to bugging them, then buying nothing since payday is a week away :D
Evening all.
Do I see the correct time on previous comments on the lclt? Wooooo
Soo, anything big happen today (should stop asking that, there usually is)
I have to say there is nothing that beats having picked up and held one of whatever you're choosing. It's important advice.
ooh yes, I'm a well known gadget fondler
Definitely an angle worth pursuing. They're trying very hard to break Canon's semi-monopoly in the sports market, and everything I've read about their products at our sort of level (£500-ish) has been good.
i touched nothing.
Oh this is were it goes horribly wrong, I can only see the uptill of Gavin's comment on 15:27
bound to be a dodgy character from flibster ;)
i'm on it.
Wow, where did the 6 reply buttons come from for the doohickey?!
Looks like I'm innocent this time :P
ooh, we haven't had that since alex managed it on the iphone. give it a refresh.
I get it quite frequently...
damnit :)
actually lclt seems completely fine for me?
Ah there we go. Just kinda made me laugh there, I will reply there's no need to shout! :D
I had that yesterday too... I was about to screen grab then I got a call and when I came back the page refreshed and then I forgot. That was on the iPhone...
Seems a quick refresh was in order.
Flibster did manage a strange comment in this comment... http://www.sidepodcast.com/2009/05/01/daily-1st-may-2009/#comment-284773
Heh I meant strange character....
saw that one come in and fixed it on the fly. i wish i knew how it happens though :(
No I didn't mean that Flibster is a strange character who makes strange comments.
we know what you meant.
Flibster are you doohickying?
Damnit! Must try harder!
Pardon?! 8O
how are you commenting on SPC?
Desktop doohicky
could very well be that causing the issues.
NZ news says:
Motor racing driver Brendon Hartley is just an illness or injury away from driving in the Formula One this season
I quite like 'the Formula One'
I hope it catches on ;)
also spotted on http://www.sportindustry.biz/awards/
1,300 guests attended a spectacular evening, which once again featured a host of sporting celebrities including, Jenson Button, Joe Calzaghe, Michael Johnson and Rob Dennis,
Unicode encapsulation oddity... It looks like unicode character 20 to me... But why?
so that's how he's tricked the fia.
you can spot unicode characters?
no idea, problem is i can't even search for it :(
You're not running that over a terminal are you Flibs? Could be a ^Z
Well everyone's got to have a talent ;)
Nope.
Running on a fully patched XP64 box.
OK... I'm drunk on Vodka and off to a demonstration/workers party now... wish me luck :D
Is that like that dude that could read the matrix?
Hope you've had a walk by now :-)
Dictaphones are *really* useful, as are backpacks for carrying said reading matter... oh, and a handy place to stop for ice cream :-)
ANd the office movers are here... so see you later!
pretty much!
Oh sunny skies, lucky lucky you, I get the miserable old weather now don't I.
That's amazing!
I did :d Went for a walk, then went into town, then got stuck on a bus. :)
Try this... str.replace(/\x14/,'')
christ!
For those following on in black and white 14 is character 20 in hex.
Just like how counting in base 8 is just like counting in base 10.
If you're missing 2 fingers.. ;)
Just because there are few times where I can segue the joke into the conversation...
There are 10 kinds of people in the world. Those who understand binary and those who don't.
Hey hey! :D
Currently doing the rounds elsewhere as my sig... so far I've had to explain it more than once, and even then meet blank incomprehension...
takes me back to the days of usenet when AOL peeps would occasionally wander out of their enclave :-P
Hey - does this mean that I'm not the only person to once fill an exercise book with hex. just to see what number I could get up to in one terms english classes?
ummm... you got me ;)
Evening all. Much happening? My car broke down so I've had an interesting day by the side of a road.
nice wildlife?
So not the time to mention fractal quilting then? hehe!
Although I saw a fantastic quilt on rav. today that has the names of all the F1 race winners and where they won embroidered into it as the quilting :-)
every year as the weather gets colder I get the urge to pull out my knitting needles, and try to think of something F1 related to knit. It's nice to know I'm not the only person such inclined...
Oh another ravelry person... It's all coming out of the woodwork!
I did go and see the hyperbolic geometry crochet at the Hayworth in the summer last year...
wha?
Who, what, where are you?
Snap...
Ok - so who else will confess to maths/craft geekery?
There has been an interesting discovery that a shape that nobody knew how to make (essentially coral - like the reef) is not just really hard to make in any kind of machine... but is surprisingly simple to make using crochet (well not simple for me... but you get the idea)...
http://www.toroidalsnark.net/mathknit.html
Ah... Not me... But Katherine is on there... I can't work out how to do a link... I think she's kat_hall
i once knitted a moebius strip scarf. :D
fractals, but in quilts.
Actually it works better as knitting or bobbin lace, not that I'm capable of either (lol, will leave the complicated stuff to my mother).
Rumour has it that more than one F1 driver knows how to knit... not sure how true, but given that its taught in schools in scandinavian countries.....
There is a link on that site to klein bottle hats! Ha!
http://www.toroidalsnark.net/mkkb.html
I once knitted.
Painful experience
klien?
Klein
Similar...
Klien goes round and round
Klein goes inside out!
Yep - got a couple of those :-) I like the way that they stay on all by themselves. Not knitted by my hands though...
is this a different kind of toroidal, to the one we normally talk about?
got it.
I still haven't found anything F1 related to knit though :D
There are patterns for steering wheel covers and driving gloves somewhere in the knitty archive...
serious? my mind has been blown.
Well the shape is a torus in both instances.
Here's a nice introduction to the subject...
http://www.cabinetmagazine.org/issues/16/crocheting.php
i am floored. who knew?
from that article
stop it. stop it now!
;)
*stops and puts Mr C's brain back together*
We'll need some speed tape to get this head back in one piece!
If it makes you feel any better toroidal is basically a fancy pants way of saying "doughnut like"
They had an exhibition of these at the crafts council (pentonville road) a few years back - a PhD candidate (3d design) from my old uni had some stuff in it. There are scary numbers of peeps with maths Alevels lurking in universities in the 'artistic' fields (great at parties though when you can out intellectualise the final year mathematicians from the 'other' older university and leave them swearing never to think that those from the 'former poly' down the road are there because they couldn't go 'red brick' ha!
As for putting Mr C's brain back together - I've got a darning needle somewhere, what colour thread do you need?
how did homer simpson miss that one?
lpg did you go to Strand Poly?
"Mmmm, torodial..."
nope - I went to Bristol, UWE (although Andy will tell you with gusto that it was the poly when he went there). I've been to CCCU cant. as well though (and that is a *really* good place for nurking the 'bright kids' especially if you are in your 20's with a small child and recently ran away from the high-powered sort of media stuff that they are all desperately training for, lol)
Somewhere on cafepress there is a t-shirt with this on....
phrases you never thought you'd read:
"Margaret Wertheim spoke to them about crocheting and non-Euclidean geometry"
*boom*
i want it :)
I liked the use of the word simple in this phrase:
a simply connected Riemannian manifold with negative Gaussian curvature.
Actually to be totally geeky for a second (even more) the first time Stephen Hawkins was on the Simpsons he said... "Your theory of a donut shaped universe intrigues me, Homer"
what is that extra s doing in there? grrr.
you're worried about a stray 's'? after the whole crochet meets hyperbolic plane business?
maybe its because its 3am but oh, I'm so lost.
point taken!
actually i might have to try this line on steven later:
"Personally I'd quite like it if the universe were infinite and turned out to be hyperbolic. "
i have no idea what it means, but it sounds reasonable to me.
:)
i may have underestimated the point of crochet. with susan boyle levels of underestimation in fact.
3am won't be helping :-D
Its' OK, I'm now wondering if I should attempt to crochet again (I over think it and it just goes flipping wrong :banghead: ) or just resume the :banghead: that is making socks instead....
even though I can knit like a pro I just cannot for the life of me get my head around crochet
Boston.com's Big Picture is a good one today.
2009 F1 Season, wet & dry
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/05/2009_formula_one_season_wet_dr.html
Finally bringing this all back to the point is this from the article:
cooooooooool. we (hearts) big pic.
Very nice! :D
talking of which. i've found my favourite ever autosport forum post. the background to the thread isn't important, i just love that the person was so incensed to require the use of a massive typeface, but still remembered to capitalise the word AUTOSPORT.
:D
Cars. Lots of cars. All moving.
rubbish. you could have befriended a ladybird or something :(
A quick look at the academic backgrounds of some of those in race teams (not just in the aerodynamic bits) is quite illuminating :-) It was one of the things that an old maths lecturer of mine used to hold up as something you would be advised to do maths and music Alevels towards :-) (lovely man, got the whole college timetable changed so that I could do that when the head of academic studies couldn't understand that putting the two in the same timetable slot lost them students)
Maybe they just autocapitalise?
replacing the g it seems
nah, other comments are fine. although if they'd thought about it...
Whoa! They are really quite upset aren't they?
You've blocked the facility for big pt sizes here haven't you? teehee
Does this have anything to do with your dislike of capital letters?
very true!
I preferred to go to the pub and drink a pot of tea.
:-) Tea is good :-)
Wonder if there are any interesting F1 themed adverts for tea...
LPG is probably very sad... so is going to make the pizzas now.
PG Tips? ;)
There were f1 themed adverts for pizza :)
I have left work now! Phew!
"AAAAAAAND HERE COME'S THE PASTA!"
"It's the pizza, Murray."
Tea is very good! I am unable to function without tea.
Just wondering if there are any other instances, known or possible, of scientific theory crossed with household pursuits.
You are Arthur Dent and I claim my five pounds :-)
Well there is cake making :-) Particularly icing, and chocolate....
:-) Thankfully I don't have to rely on Nutri-Matics!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2B7EndIApEI :D
Ahh classic :-)
I want a pizza now.
I'm supposed to be rolling and topping now... but I seem to have lost all will to leave the computer
the curse of the comments
Sniff Petrol.com is on Twitter too:
if the battery wasn't shot (and the kitchen was less, um, cluttered... the monthly dry goods/jars shop was done two days ago and I've not found places to put it all yet rofl) I'd take the laptop with me...
Hmm, wonder if I can bar the door against the children and risk putting it on a stool?
Just need to find a podcast to listen to whilst going...
me - did you turn off the sleep? Its not going to sleep anymore.....
set to one hour atm.
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/funny-murray-jpg :D
quick Q that I thought whilst I was on my dinner - did Williams not recently speak out against the budget cuts in F1?
Yup, as did McLaren.
I thought so! In F1 Racing Williams are in support of it
*confuzzled*
:(
williams are in support of the budget cap. they are not in favour of a two tier system.
they just want a budget cap.
Ahhh, ok. That makes a lot more sense to me :D
Notebook vs iPhone test: extreme typing
Don't forget custard! That's crazy stuff!
asus keyboards are shocking though. i can't type on them when sitting still at a desk.
Ah. So a Rallycross car would be quite hard then.
the iphone is still impressive, but it was hardly a fair competition.
I'll tell you this the video doesn't work on an iPhone :(
My guess is that on the move at speed the iPhone will be better as the phone moves with your hands.
Hi guys, I am catching up after Bahrain and just love the Felipe Baby song...
hey ya, how was bahrain?
i'll call alanis.
I posted it as a bit of fun rather than the scientific merits of the test method..
:)
Oh yes - looovvveeee custard. Got to be the cornflour/fluid sort to be truly crazy though, egg sort just not the same (although it thickens fine, lol, thinking of which we ended up with a surfeit of eggs so although Andy doesn't know it yet, he's going to be making custard (to become ice cream) and meringes for him and DD1 to eat at some point tomorrow :-) )
I liked the previous attempt to take the 20" laptop on the tube. So I'll check the video when I get home, for sure.
but today is science day at spc. wonder if you can crochet in a rally car?
Somebody needs to find the John Tickle video on YouTube.
I think braniacs custard john tickle will do you.
No copy and paste here.
Well the obvious answer would be hot... extremely hot...
But also very interesting with some really excellent parts to it...
It was by far the most "social" race I have been to with loads of people coming out from Manama to go to a big local party...
In the main merchandising area behind the main grandstand there was two stages... for dancers and musicians... and other attractions (apart from the record attempt at holding breath under water) like a falconer, jugglers, Bernie's F1 cars, a childs driving course, and the air conditioned Gulf Air Club (a life saver)... also loads of cushions and carpets to lounge on ...
I'd think so if you could crochet generally :-)
Custard is thixotropic that's the word. Just remembered it.
Or.. can you crochet a rally car during a science lecture?
Oh, now that you could do. Depends on how big the car, and how long the lecture :-D
Unless you mean a crochet version of 'guerilla knitting'? http://www.we-make-money-not-art.com/archives/2007/12/24c3-the-histor.php
Somewhere someone wrapped a bus, but I can't find the link right now.
FUMOP - I'm incucating a plan to do a 'wrapping' of an MK concrete cow atm... but I wonder if the local 'team' might be a better (i.e. more likely to raise money from it), um, 'partner'
Just to drag it back to F1 and all that rofl
guerilla.knitting.
*explodes*
they have a full size car in the canteen area. you'd hardly be in the way...
Someone knit the digestive system??
http://www.strangebuttrewe.com/knitGI.htm
Have you seen the human skeleton?
No my mind had been blown already.
i know that feeling.
F1 knitting... a few pictures down on this one!
http://www.nationalknittingweek.co.uk/?view=plink&id=119
Aww, I love it when LUCIE falls asleep, the message, aawww.
Hate it when it only loads 20 at a time
And then there is
http://www.blogcatalog.com/search.frame.php?term=knit+ferrari&id=003d74ea78447d03272d5b12188b355e
yay.
boo.
holy...
If Doohickey is Lucie, does that make LCLT Elsie?
How?
LC
christine's shopping
puuuurlease...
Well, since my dad works at that store (not that particular store, but the brand) I can say that that store is the best offers available.
Ahaha, I just saw that. :D
Shouldn't that be going to the phone rather than here though?
Tempting.....
Hehe, imagine it:
"Hey, don't I know you from somewhere? Your voice sounds familiar...oh wait, you're the chick who sung about Felipe baby!"
:)
We have 1 left after the page 22 pictures!
she can read live comments whilst shopping.
Oooh good point...
It might be a good time to mention nachos :)
:D
Ah so its a plea for a purchase then?
Ice cream is easier to make than cupcakes btw and then you can have whatever flavour you want....
on a non race weekend?
oh yes.
Apparently you can keep things in cupboards for more than a week. If she's thinking treats this might be a good time... You don't know if you might be in trouble again next week ;)
i likes it!
I am so glad that I'm not the only person who gets these sort of messages whilst braving the shops :-D
BT Home Hub has good intentions but it's just crap really isn't it..
But what's to stop him finding them and eating them before Barcelona? ;)
i'll rephrase that for you...
"BT has good intentions but it's just crap really isn't it.."
Have to agree. Before I came to my dad's tonight, I had all 3 lights on blue but no connection. Useless...
hahahahehehehhohoho.
in the kitchen?
Ah - you just make sure that you run out of cash before then so you cannot replace them if you eat them...
... failing that you get more than one packet so you can have them twice/thrice
According to the Advert the BT Home hub makes you split up with your long term girlfriend, have massive arguments with her, and then you have constant nightmares about how it's cut your service off.
Mmmmm... yummy kitkat. Has been kept under strict supervision since I bought it.
I thought you were au fait with the washing machine ? Isn't that in the kitchen?
it is, but i can fill it, engage it and empty it again without leaving the living room.
...just.
some people are just *too* tall and its not fair....
:D
What about non-specific energy drinks. Surely the making-things-cold-machine is in the kitchen?
that is true. and wine sadly :(
Any one know what the rough surface area is of an F1 car...
... maths going on here :-)
30 mins and counting....
Until what? Wine o'clock?
hehe!
:D
:D
That or breach the seal on the St Germain I bought the other day....
whistles....
Right - off to locate and bring home the DP now... any spurious comments between now and nine O'clock are not from me!!
i have also just seen officially F1 branded car air freshener. it's mandarin flavour apparently. wonder how they came up with that one.
Do we already know about the deodorant?
step away from the bernie merchandise blachford, step away.
unfortunately.
i mean, it was a nice present n'all...
i got mr c the deodorant for xmas. if i recall... it wasn't the best.
Where is the air freshener? New one on me. The deodorant is in Tesco.
:)
Ah. So I should be glad I avoided it then.
spotted in tesco.
There's F1 deodorant? :D
I bought an official F1 t-shirt last month from there. £8 ;)
it may have ended up in the bin before new year.
No wait, March actually. 'Twas after I watched qualifying I think. Remember almost falling asleep in there at 10 in the morning. Man was I tired!
I wore the official F1 polo shirt from there to the SPC meet.
You know looking at it, I can instantly tell the car on the T-shirt is a Renault R28. Recognise the nose.
Howdy all, how are you all?
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/img-0867-jpg
Sidepodsail....
Hello all from 15:49!
Here is a funny link because it's Friday!
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/where-it-all-started-jpg
I've got another, coming right up..
Not entirely surprising given yesterday's events...
Are you OK though?
In another prediction game I am involved in a wet race is defined as any race where the live timing weather shows at least one lap as wet.
I will - I'm officially qualified as a mathematician so I'm gettting a kick out of your replies :)
And proper Russian Vodka is good, BTW ;)
did you take that?
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/oinksip-jpg
yup, drop.io made it not great quality but yeah, my boat too!
A toroid is just a doughnut shape...
that flippin' brilliant :)
aww thanking you :)
out of interest. you bought the boat, put it together or made it entirely?
I studied Geometry - Spherical and Hyperbolic Geometry does actually blow your mind!
Not sure how it's surprising..?
I'm fine. Got Dad's summer cruising car as a backup - a 1995 convertible Saab 93.
At least I think that's what it is.
bought it ages ago,and over the years i've taken bits from it for my cars etc, but now put it back together!! discovered that there is no wind! lol.
so....bought it
it looks very peaceful out there.
incredibly!!, although i'd have prefered it to be less peaceful, but with more wind!
Yay for CNET links!
So Christine has made Rob famous?
Because your car stopped because of overheating yesterday?
apparently it wasn't the tv appearances, the radio conversations or the crying in brazil.
Evening. :)
Just my way of giving something back to the F1 community.
lo dom.
evening dom.
Why isn't he high? ;)
he's a sensible chap like that.
He stayed in school and didn't take drugs. Good lad.
hello
back here with rose and a *slightly* overdone pizza (mushroom, scheese and asparagus :-) ) Andy is currently dressing his (not sure with what, lol) and will be along shortly
RIght... so I've had a fantastic evening - there was a big woodstock-type festival in the park, so we got really drunk and listened to some cool music... loads of people in the park and a really great atmosphere! A totally random way to have after work drinks (which started with dried squid nibbles and proper Russian vodka) ;)
*quickly hides the roflcopter comments*
:)
So you're well and truly pished then, Gav? ;)
Absolutely. One of those evenings that you had no idea why, they were just 5 Pints of Awesome!
Quite a misleading news headline here on Autosport:
"Baguette leades FR3.5 practice at Spa"
Why? Sorry, the Vodka is confusing me...
Mmmmmmm... baguette.
Read the headline again.
that's a classic. i did find this one whilst trawling the revamped autosport forums earlier.
although clearly i have no idea why everyone thought it funny?
Hehe.
Evening all.
Noticed the camera messages, only one Nikon mention? Boo.
Nikon D60 or D90 are pretty good and cost around the same as the Canon equivalents. D90 does video too. There's also the new D5000.
F1Wolf uses an older Nikon camera and seems to do OK :)
My advice is always to try cameras out in a shop, look at the position of the controls, weight and menus, then pick the one you like better.
I went Nikon back in 2004 because the D70 had a better shutter sound compared to the Canon 300D as well as a lens that wasn't plasticky and looked like it might last more than 10 minutes.
HAHA! I do :D
That's a bit of a frosty thing to be looking for, don't be so cold. Snow joke having a name like that.
*groan filled with sarcasm*
:D
Anyone with 'bottom' or 'cock' in their name is always going to get pointed and laughed at!
What about Dick Johnson? ;)
Dick Trickle FTW?
I distinctly remember you joked once that that headline would be so much funnier if the guy's first name was Andy...
Oh that's fantastic :-)
Wally Dallenbach :D
The Baguette one, that is. ;)
i admire the creativity :)
Okay kids, the moment has passed now.
:D
What about Scott Speed or Chris Van der Drift? Surely the coolest names in Motorsports!
Yeah, been there done that, multiple forums :-)
And there was I thinking you were a I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue fan. :(
Oh yeah, my dad had his long-awaited assessment at Bedford Autodrome yesterday for Palmer Sport. He got to drive all the cars and he loved it :D
I do like Van der Drift as a name.
I've still got Baguette on the mind. That's made me hungry.
kitkat?
Coool
If Mr Kitkat was on pole, sure... but it's Mr baguette! :P
It's made me remember Sniff Petrol's old feature:
Alain Menu's Drivers That Sound Like Food
(something like that)
I like him as a driver too. He drives Formula Renault World Series powered by Nissan...
did you get the ice cream?
His favourite car was the Clio Sport. Paddle change and powered by LPG (gas, not Mr. Taylor's other half ;) ) He loved the Porsche and the fastest car was the JP1. There's two there which are painted in Silk Cut colours and cost £100 a lap to have a passenger ride in :D
Rob Gravellax was one of them :)
Ah ha! The Big Picture has swung our way again!
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/05/2009_formula_one_season_wet_dr.html
Nice pics there!
Got carboard Trulli for 18
No ice cream.
It's F1 related wallpaper time :D ta
For some reason the track and a bunch of their cars were included in TOCA Race Driver 3, which was fun. I'm sure the real thing is considerably better. :-)
Where, when is all this? Near here Bedford, or a different one?
LPG counts how long until she could have a go and prays that there isn't a stupid height restriction...
31 seems familiar
Have you considered stilts?
heeeeh!
I love 6. Love it.
As said earlier, MrC is unfeasibly tall, maybe you could chop off his shins and 'borrow' those.
According to him, it is :D
There were 4 doing an assessment there including Dad and two of the other guys are current FPA drivers. And my dad was faster than all 3 of them! :D He was also 3 tenths off the Caterham 7 Superlight duel instructor record too :D
Many many a time.... I'm not even *that* short, and its not that long ago that I wasn't too short for things like this, but I had no cash to be a doing them then....
6 is brilliant
yay! :)
oi! whilst i am always eager to help out...
Yep, Bedford Autodrome.
Without wishing to burst his bubble, and it is still impressive, FPA isn't what it used to be..
This is just wierd
I didn't read all the way before replying. 3 tenths off the Caterham record isn't too shabby at all!
He was looking to enter it at one point but that never really went ahead. Was gonna be sponsored by Santander and all!
and ever so slightly mind-bending.
Sounds good to me. Whatever it means
Just thinking - if my Dad were to get this instructor job at Palmer Sport, I've just been thinking how tempting a Sidepodmeetup at Bedford Autodrome sounds. ;)
Good Night all...
Crazier than you think. Custard is inversely thixotropic
night gavin.
night buddy
Untempting...
Night Gavin
you lot could really put a man off his custard.
hmmmm... google says 53 minutes...
No it's not
*blinks*
Absolutely!
:D
If that means evil, then you're right.
Ah that's a shame, can I ask why he didn't?
4 hours 10 minutes, err maybe not.
bye Gavin.
Just never really came together. The plan was all there but it just never happened.
3hr 40mins..
I don't get it - what's the problem with Palmer Sport?
Wikipedia says otherwise. Proper egg custard is thixotropic. Custard powder custard is inversly thixotropic under the right cnditions. So you're both correct.
Nothing, its just miles away ;)
evil? nonsense. Custard is one of the main food groups.
Fair enough, bet it would have been fun though.
Gavin's miles away in Denmark. Didn't stop him going to London for the Science meetup.
Yea... in Tellytubby Land.
Oh yeah for sure. Hopefully he gets this instructors job. He'll know on Tuesday I think.
One fails to see how toast and custard is a stable and balanced diet.
hey all.
wasn't he already in london?... he didn't come just for the meet up.
:D :D
Hey Lou, sup?
evening lou.
evening :)
He happend to be in London at the time though to be fair.
I can't really go to these things as
a) they are bloomin expensive to get there
b) the timing is during revision stuff
and most likely
c) my parents will not let me go.
hullo lou
Is it really only 10 o'clock? Feels later.
i'm good thanks. bit cold tonight, but liking the fact i have no school till tuesday :D
That is a very cool property. Thixotropic means it only flows under pressure like screen printing ink which will sit on a screen all day without going through the mesh untill pressure is applied. Custard though is inversely thixotropic which means it flows unless it is under pressure. As a result if you fill a swimming pool with custard you could run along the op of it. Once your speed dropped so that your feet weren't generating enough pressure you would sink in it.
rg, if you came too. who would we stream video too?
I love bank holidays. Best ever invention
Could you eat your way through it? I would give it a go if the opportunity arised rather than get my smelly feet all over it
Hmmm.
JP1 for me please.
:D
oooh, thats a good point. I like being behing the laptop being the only one around as well.
My god am I boring.
yep, although as i have AS revision i'm not sure i'll feel the difference. although maybe not getting up at 7am may help.
You could eat your way through it but if you could close your jaw fast enough the custard would prevent your teeth smashing together. Best not to try it though
if the meetups go much further north than london i'll be around to watch the stream :P
go onnnn, treat yourself to a lie in :P
Virtual reality headsets for chickens. Genius
My coursework and revision mean I can't go to FIA GT on Sunday, OR to my back-up plan at Castle Combe on Monday. Grr.
Straight down the A1 though...
I say this as if I go to racing events all the time, I don't..
that was on QI once... i remember seeing someone walking on a swimming pool full of custard...
I can't stop reading the Brawn interview in F1R. It makes me a very happy panda :D
Laptop? notebook and pencil and type it up later?
Or did I just take exams far too lightly (redface)?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygtX2miwU5I
Braniac did it with custard.
Mythbusters also did it with cornstarch held in solution.
I thought you had to run to generate the pressure. Maybe it depends how thick the custard is. I have seen a demo where someone shoved their finger in custard then slapped their hand down on it to prove that the custard would resist the force.
Well to be precise it is thixotropic. Uncooked custard (ie. custard mixed with cold water is inversely thixotropic). I think... I should probably check these things.
Why is everyone talking about custard?
Don't have a laptop and there is too much paperwork to carry around with me.
There is also the issue of cost given the events with my car today.
he could have been running, i just remember him sinking when he stopped moving.
Depends on how heavy you are and the ratios you are presenting. Do it in stilettos and be over 12 stone and you can walk as long as its a 'proper pace' not a dawdle...
I'll be homest with you guys, I just boil custard in a pot then chuck it on some cake or something. It's never come to mind if it's throxypoxic or inversely majistic or stuff, it just makes for a tasty dessert!
ahhhh that's it. i must have seen it on brainiac too at one point, cause i used to watch it.
Ah, true. Was just trying to give you an excuse or two.
Aha thanks Andy! Wikipedia to the rescue :)
I don't know! I tried to tell them it was evil, but they seem more interested in walking on the stuff!
Because you can't make custard out of crochet... I think ;)
Oh I've tried that already, and I tried REALLY hard last week for BTCC at Thruxton 'cos that's a lot nearer :-)
He was walking. Quite incredible
Hehe. Like the teletubbies reference too :) (big hug!)
Well what is the point to just eating it? That will never catch on.
these are some of my favourite new words :)
Yeah that's a good point. The whole water in swimming pools stuff is getting a bit tiresome now.
the fact that i haven't caught up with todays comments is probably the reason that sentance confuses me.
Two dirty knees...
Don't read back through the comments. I did and I am confused. Apparently the universe can only be made by crochet. I think/
Well there were cars, knitting, crochet and phd level mathematics... its been a bit like an episode of numbers really :-D
I blame Alex:
can i just pull you all away from your custard love in....
http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/f1_05_01/f28_18605989.jpg
the car is still moving, but look at how high his head is out of the car! that isnt normal is it?
Uh oh ;)
the universe can only be made by crochet?.... riiiggghhhhtt.
And custard, maybe?
Ah - needs *lots* of yarn, takes a long time and a high tension sort of crochet!!!
As the noo-noo of time lifts the teletubby custard of destiny out of the carpet of reality it appears that we have run out of time... So until tomorrow... Goodnight!
I best go and hail to our new god then, the crochet
:D hehe
That is not normal and in a race would be against the rules
I'm still struck at the whole walking on custard thing myself.
...help
was my thoughts, but how is he that high out the car?
That was a foolish attempt at a crossover between teletubbies and I'm Sorry I haven't a clue! Ah well...
Night everyone!
Well, it was enjoyed and ahhhhhh'd on here :-)
I'm a little concerned that Mr C has left me in charge of the comments for a bit and um... we're talking about crochet and custard.
Time to open iPlayer - completely forgot Genius was on... :(
night Alex.
did he not show you the links to knitted racing cars?
worse things have happened ;) at least we haven't started a religion yet...oh, never mind.
Hehehe.
If you look at picture 20 he is high up as well. My guess is that he had to be that high up to feel confident enough to drive the car. He is a rally driver and used to having a good view. He expects to be able to read the road and interpret what he sees whereas an F1 driver or any circuit later knows that he has done x number of laps so knows what to expect. The lack of information from the normal racing seat position can be a bit spooky.
I've just realised with all this crochet and the universe talk maybe it means string theory really is right?
this is true! good point
Genius. So the only problem with string theory is that they should have been using wool?
I'm just staying out of this part of the convo althogether because I ain't got a clue what you're all on about!
Now this I understand!
The links are about halfway down atm....
'Its maths jim, but not as we know it...' rofl
Its pertinent to F1 though!!
:D
*One of Kimi's Magnum wrappers tumbles by in the wind*
They are just about to start This Week in Fun on twit. It's like TWiT without the adults.
When you eat a Greggs Sausage Roll, I don't really care about anything else.
Ohhh, soooo good! Love Greggs sausage rolls!
Or was that one of me's? Is that why its all gone quiet? Or is there racing on the TV somewhere?
Me didn't get ice cream :(
I doubt it, if there was, we'd be live commenting it
Have you seen the ad with Paddy McGuinness and the dog? :D
Yep :D
Paddy sure loves his Greggs...
"You little...?!"
*Dog shown being driven away in Doggy Boot Camp van*
LMAO! :D
I'm writing a blog about racing on tv this week
I've just found the f1 group on ravelry... they seem to be complaining about a lack of blogs/podcasts about F1 that are 'good'...
should I?
I'm also thinking of a Twitter racing results feed, although I'm not sure if that would be too annoying.
Of course
Absolutely.
A great piece on Senna by Joe
http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2009/05/01/fifteen-years-ago-2/#respond
Not wanting to get the whole Felipe Baby thing started again, (though its quiet, so I'll post). But the place I like to hang around (other than here) has picked up on it, dunno if I should go all smug and say I know the singer.
:D "I'm access all areas, so screw you"
Seconded. That is all.
:D haha.
Racing this week:
http://toomuchracing.blogspot.com/2009/05/weekend-preview-2-3-may-2009.html
I'm trying to make it more readable but the Live Writer thing keeps wanting to give me a line space after a header, its very annoying.
Looks good to me.
I like how in the taskbar when the Doohickey go sleepyeyed it it says [Sleeping..] :D
Ta. :-)
A1 GP isn't at Brands Hatch this week is it?
Yup.
Being shown on Sky1 instead of SkySports too.
oh. sugar :(
According to this weeks Blue Peter it is.
Last race of their season. Mexico got cancelled.
For some strange, unknown reason...
I think it was for financial reasons. All the stuff about flu is a load of porkies
Agreed. This race has been on and off like a light bulb.
Shows how unoccupied my mind has been today.
I've just realised that I've made a 3" across almost perfectly spherical ball of blutack with only my hands over the last 5 hours...
*goes searching for 'a life' on eBay again*
Am going to get a reasonably early night tonight i think, night all! x
night lou
Night.
Good night Lou
did you say anything?
i find this very weird.
that is good. i like the "...but it is probably best not to let time and nostalgia get a look-in" take as well.
Not yet. Though so far someone has said 'meh'.
Might link to the BBC Tees thing though
presumably it's an f1 place, rather football or other?
It's always the problem. All sorts of people have become so much better since the finished racing.
yep, f1 and racing games the such.
got ya.
you should tell the 'meh' person that we have it on good authority it's actually roflcopter / epicwin... or some such something.
;)
Shall do it in the morning, hitting the hay now though, ciao.
night rg.
Scott,
I asked if we could meet up in London because I had already planned a holiday there. It's nice of you to think I am dedicated enough to come all the way from Denmark just for the Sidepodmeetup, but TBH that sounds like the sort of thing one would do if one owned a private jet!
There is something in the rules, which I can’t quite remember which defines it as a wet race. The FIA then remove the restriction that says you have to use both kinds of dry tyres.
That’s what I was fishing for. Alia, can you help? I know it’s academic for races past, but for future races it could be useful… {Comment #135}
If Page 3 of the Live Timing screen says a race is wet at any point between the lights going out and the chequered flag being waved, it's a wet race.
Yes but how is that decided?
Still, I suppose they have to turn a coin for providing a service.
Absolutely. I just can’t believe it’s worth $20 to anyone to get rid of them. {Comment #168}
I would recommend my wiki service (Mindtouch Deki Wiki) because that's free, but there are some basic flaws - primarily that using links rather than the sidebar to navigate through the wiki makes it look like the destination page has nothing on it.
Race director decides based on weather data
and I just noticed I titled it as “Hekki”
Excuse me while I go and feel ashamed of myself. {Comment #252}
Not to worry - there are probably a load of people who mis-spell Kovalainen's first name and find your clip at the top of their searches. Also, it's not a bad way of missing out on the FOM brigade...
Yes way!
http://www.dcmuseum.co.uk/News/dcm_open_in_2009.htm {Comment #282}
I'm glad the DC Museum has managed to re-open after all. Typical that it would do it a week after I said it had shut in my blog (long story), but never mind...
Quite a misleading news headline here on Autosport:
“Baguette leades FR3.5 practice at Spa“ {Comment #645}
I remember seeing "Baguette on a roll" once last year (forget which series Bertrand was in, but apparently he was doing quite well in it!)