A new month is upon us, and this is the month of Sidepodradio. Don't forget to keep your eye on the wiki and get involved. Some new slots have opened up on the schedule, so perhaps you'd like to come up with a show - F1 related or otherwise? They'll be some more blog posts forthcoming about Sidepodradio soon. Meanwhile, here's what we're talking about:
- Jon has been thinking and has a couple of ideas floating around his head - one of which includes jumping headfirst into podcasting. Having commentated on a 24 hour race, podcasting should be easy. We welcome newcomers to the podcasting space, and wish Jon lots of luck (if he chooses to go ahead, which I hope he will!)
- We're trying out something slightly new in terms of daily posts, in that if a big news story breaks, then it will warrant a post of it's own, so that discussion can be easily found afterwards. There was a lot of discussion in the introductory post for this idea, but I don't think it will make too much difference, at least not at first.
- To round off the Spa weekend, all our podcasts are now completed - you can listen to the edited version of the Debrief here, and catch up with all the action from the race in the Digest. Don't forget if you're looking for quick links to any of the racing coverage this year, the 2009 Season page is very useful!
That'll do it for now. It's Tuesday already, which is making my week wonky, as we had Monday off as a Bank Holiday in the UK. Back to work it is, then! I'll see you in the comments.
how on earth is it september already! :( Although i have a driving lesson today! (yay!)
Good morning, people in Sidepodcastland, who has Mr. C managed to kill off today ? :P
I have no idea... this year is FLYING by
Welcome to a happy year of 0% interest on my student loan :D
Hello Sidepodcast peeps
I have returned to rinse my kidneys and allow my liver to regenerate :)
Wake me up when september ends....*
PK theory:
Step 1: Crash
Step 2: Keep job for 2nd Season
Step 3: Get Fired
Step 4: Get Flav Fired
Step 5: Profit?
*This is todays best song ever.
morning Bassano! :)
Good plan, must give it a go!
morning, evening whatever :-)
I hope to get at least 5 days of recuperation whilst at work ;)
So, who's looking forward to Spa, is the road trip still on?
Hi.
Ahh good. I think I need same, although more to do with beer seemingly adding weight...
i'm looking forward to it (if it's still happening).. tis something that will get me through this year i think... Steven didn't know about it until earlier though..
Alex and I are leading the charge and are both still up for it. A wiki page will appear soon if it's not already been created
Definitely. Everyone should fly to LHR and then we can all drive over in a convoy.
It will do that (as well as the burgers, kebabs and curries)
Seemingly, calories consumed after dark are exponentially heavier
i haven't checked the wiki since yesterday... and normally my feed reader would tell me if there were any new things... however i'm too scared to open it... it's not been open for 15 days now :s
Con-Voy!
I'm gonna say 65,829 unread feeds.
I don't think my car would make it all the way to Spa. Certainly not with passengers. Poor Panda! :(
Er, its just down the road, i would have to drive quite a way in order to catch a flight there :P
I liked the Eurostar idea, but driving is cool too
Transportation will be high on the 'to sort' list
Hah, I am kidding. If I'm coming, I'll merrily drive. I love my car, it wouldn't want to miss out on the Belgian experience!
10-4 RubberGoat
The curries of late have not helped..
The main attraction of a convoy is finding ways to annoy 5live and other f1 media types :P
Eurostar would be fun but potentially could price people out.. I like the idea of driving there and back.
Tweeting Ant with "get out of the way, you're not in a Super Aguri now!"
Although... whoever is driving would probably have to be responsible and not drink much.
I'll drive there and back but not on race day
I think if we book early enough it should be cheaper than driving.
the cost of adding euro cover on my insurance would probably pay for at least 2 tickets!
nah we'd have to stay until Monday in a hotel somewhere, the only concern would be transport to/from circuit
Really? I always thought Eurostar was amazingly expensive though I haven't looked since they moved it from Waterloo, and I've never looked a long way in advance...
I would think that would be plentiful and easily arranged
i'll check... but i refuse to read any atm...
it just says 1,000+... i don't want to know :(
Most transportation bookings that far in advance are not usually great deals
If you're on Google Reader it won't say above 1000, and I found it seemed to delete older things if you left it long enough
Eurostar costs a ruddy fortune! It doesn't make a difference to me. I drive on the continent a fair bit so I keep the insurance on my policy as standard. Plus I'm coming from practically Scotland, that adds a fair bit to the rail fare....
Found this http://www.eurostar.com/UK/uk/leisure/latest_deals/belgian_grand_prix.jsp
i would drive there... but i've not passed yet.. and have no inclination to want to drive on the wrong side of the road...
It's certainly something I want to do while I still can... that, and a trip to the Isle of Man TT. If I come to Spa, is anyone interested in coming to the TT? I'll maybe put a new message board post up about this too. I know it's not F1, but the guys there are like the great F1 drivers of the '50s in my opinion.
You won't believe it
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/6114709/Police-to-review-death-of-Rolling-Stones-Brian-Jones.html
yeah i am...gr. i'll check it tomorrow...
I thought they drove on the right side? :P
That is cheap!
You might be able to get a budget flight down and have a lift with someone else, or Eurostar if it turns out not too bad..
If there are enough of us all at the same hotel we just get them to organise a bus to and from
haha :P
"From £59" that's very surprising!
Is driving to the circuit totally out the question? :P
Not sure if it is just 1 way, but that is not buying in advance still
Possibly.. I'm not hugely into bikes, but I was watching the TT review earlier funnily enough and those guys are something else..
The only thing really is it's on for a week and I'm not sure I'd want to commit to that long.
If not everyone is driving a bus will likely make sense, as it will eliminate the cost of parking which i expect would be insanely high.
Although getting a bus on gp weekend will likely be too
That depends who is driving and what condition they are in the following morning. Bassano has a very bad reputation fo gettin innocent well meaning sidepodders drunk against their will.
I never gave anyone a drink that didn't want it :)
Driver's don't even get the offer
The one thing anyone going to the IOM TT should know is that anyone can drive the track on a bike or in a car on the Monday. No speed limits. No traffic laws. Just 36 miles of the best roads in the world and a few thousand loonies.
Mr C told me you got him drunk and he only went into the pub to get orange juice
Only because Christine was listening ;)
Ah, there's no risk of me drink driving....
In that case I like Steven's plan of getting a bus. I don't mind driving the road trip, would quite enjoy it actually, but during the weekend I would not wish to be relied upon...
Same, nor be very reliable in my case. Except of course, to be enjoying myself
or me and I am sure no-one would but some people feel uncomfortable not drinking when others are. I have spent my whole adult life dealing with people who insist I drink when the know I am driving. I am sure Alison has come across the same thing. It is a Scottish cultural problem that we can't see people not drinking so talk them into it.
Best get a bus then everyone can relax and enjoy the weekend.
Favoured option then
Hang on! We havent considered hovercraft, skateboards or micro scooters et!
Yet
You can be in charge of that research then ;)
Two girls at my school were hit by a drunk driver walking home from a night out. One was killed. I just would never dream of drinking a drop.
Perhaps before main travel options are considered we need to get numbers.
The transfers hotel-circuit are one thing, the main travel could be influenced by some margin by how many are coming and where from. And it might take a bit of time to find out.
The race isnt even on next years calendar yet.
oh no :(
i wouldn't drink drive.. i'm not fussed by alcohol at all, so i'm perfectly happy not to drink, not sure i'd be able to drive a mini bus... someone mentioned you need to be over 21 and have had a licence for a few years.. which i wont have...
:-(
Good point!
that's a good point... it will be though... hopefully.
It's on the unofficial provisional one for Aug 22nd
Sorry, I didn't mean to put a downer on the mood. It was a long time ago, I didn't really know them well. It shook me up though.
I dont have the slightes inclination to drive after i had been drinking, the 2 are divorced concepts to me. I hate driving on the road in this country enough as it is sober.
Having lived in the countryside though it is obvious it happens and why.
And if it's not on, I really don't think I'll be able to drive to Suzuka
there is an unofficial provisional calender?...
how about a trip to silverstone??....
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8228228.stm
that was my first option too. but giggles said the train was cheaper and easier. it basically goes door-to-door.
If it's on, definitely
truth.
But it's a road trip! :)
I think that was from hotel to circuit, rather than the main drive
Look me in the eye and say that (at the bar) ;)
err, what Steven said not what the first option was
South Korea isnt on that calendar, donnington is, and hockenheim doesnt want to be their.
I have faith that it wont be the official one!
Anyway, we have a few weeks to think about it
i can check but he said london.
:D
Technicalities. You have a round thing in front of you, a few bits to rest your feet on and a stick to twiddle. If you can drive car you can drive a minibus
But even if we get the train i expect we would stay several miles from the circuit.
I cant imagine the local authority wont have buses running
Are you wanting to do a live debrief from Spa? Do you need a lot of equipment? Too heavy to carry?
that's true. i proper bus was my ideal choice. like a 52 seater. but we don't know anyone with a licence.
I grew up and still live in a rural area, it is part of the culture and very hard to avoid it. My rule is one with food and leave a break before setting off, short journey only, and none at all if passengers involved. Others close to me are somewhat less bothered.
haha i can't even properly drive a car yet! lol
ideally. we did f1 minute from a field outside silverstone and that was a year ago, so we oughta try and raise the game by next year.
It does. Even if it is someone you don't like. I remember when I was 20 arriving at the local country pub at chucking out time for our usual lock in and meeting a guy I was at school with. He had been chucked out for behaving like a prat which was normal. I got a phone call from my mate saying that the local radio was reporting that he had cut a corner and stuck his car into the front of a truck. Killed him stone dead instantly.
is there enough interest to hire a 52 seater bus?
so it's a hotel with wifi we need then?
Even if there were, it'd probably worthwhile chartering one with a driver
At least they drive on the proper side of the road
ABSOLUTELY
at minimum :)
The problem is their is zero public transport or taxi's in many areas, and if you want to go to a pub the only way to go is driving. inevitably people get drunk.
The government really doesn't care though :(
hahahaha :D yes.. you have a point...
Shame about most of the countries inbetween ;)
I think there could be, there is a lot of interest so far, let's see how much there is when it is time to sign up for real.
this is going to be awesome :)
We could get 52 hotel beds?
Also can you rent them without a driver?
ooh, you can do that? all the way to belgium and back for the weekend? what would they do when they get there?
Driving to Spa is easy. The motorway goes pretty close to it. It is also a lot easier if people are taking lots of stuff with them rather than having to carry it every time there is a change of train etc.
There will be a British GP at Silverstone in 2010. I am sure I said that before
True. Luckily we have taxis and around town it doesn't seem to be that prominent. Go just a few miles out though..
We can 'educate' them on route. they will soon switch over when they see our convoy coming ;)
Err, watch the race? ;)
We must have someone who can drive a bus
we're going to charter a driver who's an f1 fan?
Errrm yeah... You think they'd trust you with their bus? They send the driver to look after it. The driver can do what he wants with his free time. You arrange a rate for the trip and tell them when the driver has to be around to drive you. You'd probably have to offer to buy him a race ticket ;)
dad used to arrange golfing holidays to belgium and they would hire a driver and coach for the 4 days... in that case the driver would have meals with them (which were part of the holiday) and have a room in the hotel... not sure what he did other than drive them places though...
Have Nachos? (with mayo)
When it was first raised I thought it would be 2 or 3 cars with people from the UK. Apparently we now have an expedition! :-)
You will be better by Spa. You should be just about ready for a test by then
had no idea. assumed they gave you the keys like a minibus.
They dont call him 'Lewis for nuttin'!
If anyone can...
I could probably work out a train. Buses not so much
Woul you rent a bus to 52 people who couldn't drive it?
Nah. If it's a long trip, you need to take 2 drivers. I think you'd get away with 1 for Spa though. You get the driver. You normally have to pay for their board and meals if it's overnight.
Yes. Bus companies do that all the time. I know people who have gone skiing for a week like that.
Puh-lease ;)
Me & Giggles, with a massive bus?
We'd end up remaking Summer Holiday
well most people know of lewis hamilton... so it can't be too hard... lol ;)
Train seems to make a lot more sense
This would probably be Thurs - Mon/Tues...
Drivers are used to hanging around in their buses or local cafes for hours on end. They do it all the time
I didn't doubt that
:P :D
I don't mean like long in terms of days. I mean long stints of driving. There are a lot of laws about compulsory breaks and rest time.
But if we get a bus maybe we could get all the f1 journos and the bbc to join in.
I bet EJ and Jake could lead a right good sing song!
since going to Valencia i have this urge to walk a track... can we do that with Spa?...
wha? that suddenly seems expensive. at least the train comes with a driver.
Thursday or Monday, possibly
hahahahaha :D :D :D
heeeh! we're getting a red bus?
It would HAVE to be
lol :) we could always take cars... or hire a mini bus... depends on how many people i suppose...
I think Routemasters are going pretty cheap these days
I would expect its a security concern... but you can drive monaco the morning before the race so maybe?
Possibly on Monday? Maybe even Sunday evening.
I've only done one race and that was on public roads that were open at 7..
wohoo! :) if we walk it on thursday we could meet jenson...*cough* i mean...not that i'm bothered...
apparently people were running it every night.
Spa isn't that far, one driver would be fine
I suppose once we are on that side of the channel there is no reason not to add a few miles to the trip. We could go over the Alps to Monaco and drive into Italy.
But they were paddock and pit pass holders though....
They work in F1 though, so they are already in the paddock... not sure the plebs will get through the fence
how long does it take to get a bus licence?
awesome :) not that i would dream of running it... *shudder*
Amy wants to do monza as well whilst she is over i think...
Between the lot of you though.... If you fill the bus, the cost of 3 nights in a hotel isn't a lot split 50 ways!
Now you're just being silly, Monaco is in May
Can't be more than a year?
Depends on the driver :P
2 week road trip to Monza!
But then you are hauling all your stuff every time you move rather than chucking it on a bus and forgetting about it till you arrive. You are also reliant on public transport when there are thousands making exactly the same journey at the same time.
gotya. bugger.
The best way would be to pretend you wanted to work for a bus company, get them to train you and quit once you'd passed.....
going to monaco would be expensive... plus i may die of happiness....
If we e-mail bernie maybe he can make them back-back races for us?
:D hehe
Email Ari instead, he likes us
Spa can only be about 3 or 4 hours from the channel. My mate and I did Calais to Munich in about 12 hours
I'm sorry are you honestly suggesting taking bus driving lessons would be cheaper than just getting a bus complete with driver?? Hahaha. I'd pa to watch you learn :P
you put forward a good case.
i could live comment it :)
it's only a bigger version of a minibus. it hasn't even got a trailer.
Do you know how steep those hills are? A lot of the F1 journalists now run the track in the evenings. Apparently some of them suffered greatly at Spa.
i'd ask jules IF SHE WOULD WRITE BACK TO ME!!!... not that i've been checking the post every morning or anything.... :(
yay! Trip talk! For me this is quite literally the trip of a lifetime so im so excited! I am glad i still have a year to talk someone into doing the spa monza double with me :D
hehe not sure that would help you learn how to drive a bus...
It's not if you have about 40 people. The driver cost is about 5% extra on your own costs.
plus I think Amy wants to do the whole border crossing over land under water thing
Could take two minibuses?
Thats pretty slow! :P
no not really... but we would have fun finding out :)
Sidepodcast without Borders?
"If you wish to drive a bus or small charter vehicle for hire or reward purposes, you will need to apply for an 'F' extension endorsement on your current licence."
doesn't sound hard.
Alex's box said Jenson was mine.
Even if we say we are from sidepodcast?
Once you get the traveling bug you wont be able to stop! :P
That just added a few quid to the cost ofthe bus
Hire & reqard sounds like a licenced mini cab. We wouldn't be charging each other. It's a non-profit trip
Famous last words?
what about if we say we are from sideposcast? ;)
The name of the drink BC gave Mr. C is called a Screwdriver. It is a combination of Orange Juice and Vodka...
BC is evil....
:(...
http://www.dpi.wa.gov.au/licensing/yourlicence/9557.asp
i don't really understand what's required. that can't be a good start?
And that's just for Italian insurance and excess
so how are you going to tell christine you are going to learn how to drive a bus?...
Monza is just a short march across the continent, I am sure we could walk it quite quickly. We just need someone with a truck licence to carry the bags...
I've read what they think that counts as. If you take a contribution towards petrol they class your trip in that category....
Exactly and is not very fast. Plus if you crash into someone else you are not going to damage it.
He asked for it, wasn't my suggestion :)
Did you write to her?
That website's Australian?
in Western Australia?
Tow rope?
good start!!
I'm NOT driving to Melbourne, I have to save my energy for the Suzuka drive
i think maybe i'll sit near that back and pay what's required. i can't even google the solution.
We were doing a trade show and had a lot of stuff with us. Glasgow to Munich in two days was OK
yep, before i went on holiday. sorry i didn't send it to you in the end. i put a draft copy on dad's desk. he looked at it said it was fine and that was that really..i suppose 3 weeks isn't too long... maybe she'll write back soon?..
I dont understand why you are looking up AUSTRALIAN LICENSING LAWS!
:D :D :D hehehehehehe
I've already looked all this up! The rules for driving minibuses and buses are much stricter on the continent than they are in this country,
You need a PCV license
fine, i concede it's a silly idea :(
We would only need the driver to take a toilet break and we would not need to stop. We must be able to make a bus move between us.
You indeed do. My vote is still with pretend you want to work for Stagecoach and get them to pay for it....
aw :( i was looking forward to you learning to drive a bus....
Blame Alex or the box or Christine
Maybe Mrc could do it anyway?
Awwww no! Don't lose your enthusiasm :(
I'm not sure I'd trust you to drive if you don't know what continent you're on though :P
You can compere the beer tap (.com?)
wouldn't they get a bit suspicious that i couldn't turn up 9-5 like everybody else?
it'sa silly box anyway....
;)
:D
Maybe you do need to do it in australia...
No problem. I am just glad you wrote.
Can we get a private train?
Lou's driving problem is a common one among pilots.... Too much "right rudder"... :P .
Maybe you should learn to fly. Can we get a 52 seat helicopter?
Is Ivor an SPC fan?
You can do that if you like
:) i'm pleased i did too. am hoping darren heath emails me back soon too... i may have emailed him the other day :)
ahah am going to have enough problems doing Alevels and passing my driving test as it is...
ooh, he emailed me. but he wasn't very nice.
Too risky. As soon as someone stops speaking at the end of an announcement Mr C will kill him off like Ringo
In all honesty, I don't object to taking a minibus test. That really isn't strenuous. I do a lot of volunteering, it'd probably be quite useful!
I suppose since we're coming from different places, we could fly to Brussels and meet there
Road Trip! :)
i swear i didn't take one before? have they tightened up the rules?
Can we pool the engineering and aviation knowledge here to build us a flying contraptionto get us there, possibly out of 2Ltr Bottles?
You should have a word with Stuart. Darren Heath must get loads of people contacting him and Stuart has seen your photos. He also knows lots of F1 photographers.
oh noes! :(
Was he jealous of page 22?
Britain don't need it. They do in France and Belgium.
I think you are good up to 15 seatson a normal licence?
I have speed tape
i never seem to be around when Stuart is around :(
I think he realised the pic he gave the BBC was rubbish
I tried to look up a quote for a big bus (and driver :P) but it's asking for a LOT of information!
You can drive I think 12 people in a minibus so long as it is not for profit
Can you just link them to the wiki?
you may have been away.
i pointed out that the bbc had cropped his lovely pic and suggested it screwed up his "rule of thirds" explanation. he replied and said he still stood by it (even though he can't and he's wrong).
i asked him for a diagram explaining how he saw "thirds" and thus far he's declined to respond.
:D :D
:)
got ya. we went to ireland too.
Oh yes. The thirds thing. He did it right then someone at the BBC cropped the pic.
that's what it was.
so do i. albeit less than you.
Oh no! Maths
Even if it was right originaly it still wasnt a good photo
ooh. i remember the photo, didn't know about the response though :(
Rules don't apply there. Just avoid the tractors & horse and carts
I hope you're not the navigator!
I mis read that, as long as our trip to Spa doesnt go through ireland you can navigate!
#sidepodspace
NASA have said that the routine surveys of the shuttles heat shield has shown that there are no problems that would affect it during re-entry.
"I appreciate your point but still believe the position of the car illustrates the 'rule' and certainly makes sense."
except it doesn't. am giving him a bit longer and then i'll blog "basic mathematic skills for darren".
thing is. the text he's provided is wrong and confusing to anyone trying to learn. e.g. me.
christine navigated :)
Australia anyone?
I think I know the pic you're talking about. Maybe he hasn't even looked at the cropped version
Either way, rule of thirds should be eaay to spot & explain
I am currently considering the job on their site as an assistant harbour master in WA
[Bassano would like to stay off the naughty step tinight]
So am I right in understanding this then.... in the UK it is ok to drive a 15-seater, but you need to pass another test in France/Belgium? Or is it a paperwork thing?
She has been on boats so she must know what she is doing
It would save Amy a plane fair and I am sure a few of the Aussies would jump on
It's probably a test regarding mayo & chips in truckie cafes
He asked for an Orange Juice and you added Vodka to the mix !...
You need to pass a test to drive a minibus on the continent. However, the DVLA do provide the appropriate test, you don't need to go to France to do it :P
Whatever way we are getting there, I think an advance meetup in a mutually agreed location is in order, rather than rocking up and heading off straight away. Say a hotel in London (or somewhere cheaper).
oooo.... i wonder whether he actually checked the bbc site? or just assumed that it was cropped a bit and left it at that... i can't remember what it looked like exactly, but maybe it just didn't show the rule of thirds as clearly as it could have done? the 'rules' of photography are basically made to be broken though... tis strange... you would have thought he would have spoken to the bbc or something...
An easy mistake to make. Especially of the bar man was Russian. Water in Russian is voda.
It's a practical test but it's not that hard if you're an okay car driver.... I know a lot of people that have done it.
Ah good :-)
I think taking a test especially is a bit overboard.. We've got a while to work it all out anyway.
as in all go to one place and leave together?
That must've been it. It was a strange bar, the gravity had a very odd effect on the fish & chips
Oh, apparently I have to go to work in the morning so I need sleep... goodnight all.
i linked to it in the original mail. i assumed that he didn't know and was just making him aware the beeb were making him look silly.
i didn't expect the response i got.
The more I think about logistics, the more driving my car down seems like a good idea!!
I can drive a minibus around airports, I'd be up for it
Yes. Or it could be fun to meet up and go, just thought it would be nice to have a hello drink.
G'night Pat
between races i am planning a whirlwind trip to 5 countries, which i can do alone, but i want someone to hold my hand in monza so the tifosi dont eat me :D
There'll be lots of time for hellos
That Russian Helicopter should be pretty decent size and price wise. That Mil-26 I think is the model name (Western one) Can not remeber the NATO reporting name for it... starts with an "H" although....
I heard about the localised gravity fields. Must have been scary
Night Pat
this is what i sent back btw:
"darren. appreciate the response. i think i must misunderstand the rule
then. by your explanation on the bbc site, lewis is not where you
say he should be. could perhaps overlay a sample 'thirds' grid by way
of example?"
as yet. nothing.
for me that would totally depend on what mode of transport we are getting... if it's the train it would be silly for me to go up on the train to london to then come back on the train and pass my town :P seeing as i live about 30mins away from dover/ 20mins away from folkestone as it is ;) awesome idea for everyone else though!
We will all be trapped on a bus for hours.
night!
:D :D :D
oh.. :( i'd love to be able to come up with loads of excuses for him... maybe it's been busy in the f1 photography world?... would have been nice for him to respond though :(
I do like the idea of train. Trains are great.
Safety plan: wear red and talk like flav?
trains journeys are awesome :D
i was pleased he responded at all. i was disappointed with what i read. the bbc shouldn't be cropping his pictures either though. it's not like the man is sending them in an unusual format.
just put them up as they are.
eurostar has wifi. i don't think busses do?
Oh but the Chunnel. Do I have to do the Chunnel?
Especially when the open in a separate window
Hahaha no! But who are you going to talk to....
Are we not doing the finnish rally as well then?
quite! very odd.
you have a point, i assume cropping them takes extra effort... why bother, when the photos are lovely as they are, they don't need to be changed :(
bugger.
tis only around 20mins... plus i'll be there, hating it as much as you..
Qik stream, of course
*sigh
the hazards of loaning pc gear to neighbors include, but are not limited to:
miscellaneous liquids finding their way into components
eager clicks on 'virus warning' boxes
droppage (not the dropio kind, either)
sudden decreases in free storage
etc, etc. worth free internet via wireless? debating.
Depends what the journey is. I did 25 hours on a train once. It became a little boring after two hours
what happens if there is a breaking news story or something? we need to know about it :P plus if there is wifi no doubt we'll be talking to each other (just like the sidepodmeetup in london lol)
You can use the ferry. The chunnel is OK though. I like boats though
25hours! :( this makes me sad... that must have been very dull.
Adelaide to Perth becomes quite boring after the 2nd day
We will all be on the same bus chatting to each other like this
I think you guys should say Stuff it to Spa can come to Montreal...
stuff...aubi dhabi?
if we go by bus it may be easier to go via the ferry, cause i think that would count as part of the compulsory rest bus drivers are meant to have every few hours....seeing as it's longer than the channel tunnel crossing...
ohh wait yes Montreal. cheaper for me. no intl plane tickets required. me likey
It was from the middle of the Ukraine to Moscow two weeks before Xmas with 3 feet of snow on the ground. Most of the journey was one big pine forest.
This better be a joke.... How would one poor connection support all these computers? :(
I know some good bars there & the circuit is a tube ride from town
wow..
And everyone gets a meal without us stopping specially
"Stuff it to Spa" Really. Have a real vacation. Europe is in your own backyard. Go overseas - Transaltantic.
As to Aubi Dhabi, well, I hate to say it, but "Arabic" is a more common language in Montreal than English is...
the meals on the ferry aren't always that nice... depends if you want to go into the proper restaurant bit i suppose and if it's open... lol :D but it makes sense
would love to. cant aford transatlantic at this point. could actually drive to cananda from florida
I have a feeling the boys will be playing VirtuaRacer in the arcade
I always found them to be OK but I haven't been on a channel ferry in quite a few years
hehe i love that game. my best friend and i were playing it at the airport and i won... every time :D hehe to be fair, she knows nothing about racing...
Tell you what. Grab a Concordski (Tu-144) and thor Lou in the Captain's seat... You can have Lunch in London / Gatwick and Lou will have you in centre-ville Montreal for breakfest that same day...
I will be pushing tin from the other direction...(west to east)
oy fighting some trojan BS on this pc - only loaned it out for two days too.
/me is far too kind to be loaning out my backup pc gear
oi, stop trying to ruin my holiday, europe isnt in my backyard! ;)
There's a proper Concorde outside my hangar, I'll see if I can get it for the weekend. We may need to chip in for the deposit
haha :)
Should be what 22 hours plus of driving from FLA to Montreal?
There you go. Instead of god knows how many hours to get to Spa, in half the time you can go to Montreal, and in terms of local time, you gain at least three hours... enough time to have two breakfests on the same day and maybe two lunches...
We could not go straight to Belgium in that though. We would need to head out into the Atlantic to do Mach 2 first
Okay, time for me to get some sleep. Night all x
Bay of Biscay or transatlantic u-turn is obligatory, even on a test flight
Night Lou
Steven, as much as Spa is a great track, after you watch the race, what is there to do? I offer a race track which is on a Island in the middle of a river which is in the middle of Canada's only decent comsopolitan city. The track is two subway stops away from the major subway transfer point and from there there's hotels, bars (pubs), restaurtants, supermarkets galore!
Night Lou.
Enjoy our driving lesson
Can we fit afterburners just to go a little bit faster than anyone else has?
And I am pretty sure there wireless hotspots galore!
The petrol costs involved are a little prohibitive for most though ;)
We have a bus at our disposal and Europe to play with. We could be in Paris in 3 or 4 hours and trust me Paris is fun
Already installed, they call it re-heat. That's what the purple glow is
There is no afterburner on a Concorde. It actually cruises along at supersonic speeds!
Reheat is used on take-off and, I think, to push it over the supersonic barrier
How fun is a place that offers guided tours of the local sewer system?
im with steven. Europe!
Can we do a fuel dump then light it. Of course that won't looks as spectacular from inside the plane I suppose.
Europe rules!
Hmm, not a good track record on that one. Best not
That's because their sewers are entertaining enough to do that. I spent a year there are never visited a sewer.
If people don't fancy Paris then Amsterdam is just down the road from Spa and so id the Nurburgring. I wonder what the lap record is for a 52 seater bus round the 'Ring?
I fell asleep... bed 4 me! Night all!
G'night Nick
i do want to go to canada one day, but europe first :D
Based on this place's track record, that'll be on Top Gear next series
Night Nick
Ooooh Canada! I've completely caught the travel bug. I booked all my vaccination appointments for later this week so if I decide to go to India I don't die!
I see a wipe out at teh banked corner to Swallow's nest....
:D
I've been round with bicycles on the roof of my car :D
Quote of the day :D
To be fair, it is very early in the day!
I doubt it'll be beaten
My laptime certainly will be! Poor panda :(
Night everyone. (Got a little too quite around here.)
See ya Jordan
I am back... wasp sting paranoia and insomnia, not a good combo!
One causing the other?
I have no idea!
Sleep wasnt going to happen though!
Well, it's still relatively early :)
fake jenson seems to be having a similar problem!
I haven't opened Twitter since Friday, I think
I am going to try to get some sleep. I have no wasps or spiders so I should be OK although I worry about not havin chestnuts just in case.
Night all
Chestnuts?
Night!
Night Steven :)
Luckily i also have an f1 race to watch followed by a forum!
According to Lou who is an expert on the subject spiders won't go near chestnuts
Ah so they wont stop me sufforcating from my wasp sting then :(
They now fear my Italian dictionary too :D
I must retire for the night too
Till the sun sets again...
ohh less than a day. Of course, I could do it in under 19 hrs...(no speed cameras here, folks.) FULL THROTTLE ALL THE WAY!
My poor '91 mazda might disagree with me, but I've got a large hammer for just such an occasion.
Pretty sure they do this all the time, since it's a public road and all. We'd have to find a driver insane enough to:
1) drive a bunch of F1-obsessed geeks around Germany and
2) push it through the green hell, with aforementioned F1-obsessed geeks critiquing every missed apex and turn. "oh, webber would have done better." ahaha would be fun. I wonder if Sabine is available?
As the rest of you get up, I prepare for sleep. Good morning, everyone! Hope you all have a great day :D
Night, Jeff. :D
Morning, everyone else. I've been watching a replay of Hungary 2001 - and Martin was in the booth! I guess he didn't miss ALL the Hungaries in his ITV run. ;)
Ooooh, that would be a good idea. :D Waaaaait a minute - you're going to the Nurburgring AND Spa?! *even more jealous*
*got caught reading the 'making comments' section. good ideas there...
yeah in my dreams. this would happen after USGPE calls me back to offer a job as director of facilities. At which point I'd offer a behind the scenes tour, as you'd all come to the next US GP, if ever we host one again.
There will be a USGP in the next 3-5 years, I'm sure of it. USGPE will call ya soon, don't worry. ;)
who do you know and what have you heard? On both fronts! (hopefully both happen much, much sooner than you prognosticate) Not sure which I'd be more excited about, either. I swear I was heading to bed, but you got me excited again.
Okay yes checking out, got my backup pc de-trojan'd, running smoothly, and made some notes for a spcradio feature I may or may not be considering. must consult the wiki tomorrow (a how-to for tin foil hat origami followed by a seriously ludicrous dive into the renault investigation)
YAY SPC! Soo much to do, so little time.
you're officially hooked. it feels good, no? :D
g'night. ;)
good afternoon.
Good Morning!
Hello to everyone. :D
I am still wondering what happened to Korean GP. I checked their official site, all in Korean by the way. It looks like it is still up to date, there is a mention of some promo event for the race next year held early August year ... does not look like site of GP that is not planning to have a race next year ...
Yes, I do prefer F1 going to Canada rather than to Korea, but still, what happened there ?
Hmmm. Last-minute issue with FOM, perhaps?
Well Bernie already sued Korean orgainzers once, in late 90s, when the race did not work out :-)
But if he was gonna sue, we would've heard it by now. But nothing. How odd.
eBay sells Skype - that's expected. Disney to buy Marvel - where did THAT come from?!
Morning all.
Morning. Is it more like Monday or Tuesday for you?
It actually feels like Tuesday, which is unusual.
Bernie sticks his oar in: http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/78232
"But if they are true then I would have thought Nelson was in just as much trouble. If I tell you to go and rob a bank and you get caught you can't say, 'Well Bernie told me to.'
If Bernie told him to he would, I suspect...
But this is kinda like the suspect turning himself in wanting to get protected as a witness so he can point to the mastermind...
True enough. You don't usually tend to get away with it completely though. Perhaps a reduced sentence.
True. Thing is, will the FIA go for a suspension, or will they grant clemency to the driver ala-Spygate?
It's a different situation, because back then, it would have removed an awesome championship battle. Piquet isn't exactly doing much for the sport right now, so I don't imagine they'll feel lenient towards him?
Anything that keeps Piquet out of the sport can't be that bad can it?
Ha. I don't suppose it reflects well on the FIA to ban him just because they don't like him, though.
Good point. Methinks we'll see if Piquet Sr is still close enough to Bernie to avoid any serious punishment.
True. But I think that his status 'on the outside' and the fact he is not going for a championship means he may get a harsh penalty though...
Could do. But then if they penalise Piquet badly then they have to also judge Renault in the same light as well, and that would be Bye-Bye Renault, wouldn't it?
My guess is they look into it and say there isn't enough evidence. They're seen to have done something, but no punishments needed either way.
I think Renault are on their way out anyway. The thing is, Max hates Flav because in 1994 Flav sent a very public letter of no confidence to the FIA president...
Oooooh i made it onto thr daily :D :D thank youuu
Yup. Good point.
It's the SOP for FIA opt-outs isn't it?
All to do with terrible movies based on average cartoon books
I don't think I've really liked a single comic book movie lately - except for Batman...
That's not the way things went with the McLaren/Ferrari thing. The drivers (Anando/Pedalo) got off scott free. If anything were proved, I would expect the same, and a more harsh punishment.
Iron Man was good..
it probably was - but I have been put off because the others have been so bad!
Good in a "I know exactly what's gonna happen" kind of way. Comic books don't make good movies, they make good action
I love this Autosport headline: "Ecclestone: Race probe may have consequences "
Really? No kidding?
I think it's a case of good story, bad headline.
I know, I just had a laugh.
James Allen's take on the Renault saga is interesting...
Seems like management buyouts are in vogue - ironic that after all the years of Max courting the major manufacturers (and ultimately seeing most of them withdraw), the future of F1 is back into the hands of the garagiste vs. Ferrari and a couple of other manufacturers...
Question to all, is there a leaving clause in the Concorde agreement?
Oh good question. Especially if, say, Renault were given a McLaren size fine.
That was my thinking, a clause that says they could leave with minimal fuss under certain circumstances
Could they then sell the team though? Hmm interesting.
I don't believe for one minute any of this will happen
I'd think that it was the manurfacturers that got tied in by the agreement, so like Honda, even thought their space was filled by Brawn, they should have still gotten screwed a bit by Bernie
Iron is definitely worth it
Morning all
I've just been watching last year's Singapore.
If this was planned, it was a huge gamble. I just can't believe it. The only thing that would make any sense is they planned a crash just as all the others were due to pit - hence penalties for Rosberg and Kubica?
But would they still have won, and Ferrari not mucked up Massa's refueling? Hmmm. It just doesn't make sense.
Morning everyone!
Morning Alex!
So on the Spa conversation from last night... I have two thoughts
a) the train sounds like the simplest option still
however
b) my Cousin, Bearded Stew from SofaF1, is a registered coach driver, has the maximum licence including the one where you can drive the longest legal coach + a trailer on the back (reversing in those situations is fun!) and of course loves Formula 1 and Spa. I'll ask him what he thinks is necessary / possible. He has a lot of experience in driving coaches from London all over Europe for Skiing trips and Summer camping holiday breaks. So will know how far you can go and what's neccessary - and might even be convinced / willing to do it.
But it does still sounds slightly more complicated.
#SpaOrBust
Are we planning a Spa trip next year? Because it's the closest race to me so I'm keen!
Morning Alex
Well. Who'd a thunk it
I prefer the idea of the train but I will tag along with whatever everyone else does :D
Yes, they would've. Even if Massa was first to come out of the pitlane, he'd still have ended up behind Alonso on track. And as Alonso was using his tyres well, Massa wouldn't have been able to overtake him.
you've missed all the discussions? it's quite the international meet up!
I suppose if we have two groups, we could opt for train or road trip.
Fair enough. It seemed Massa was very quick in the opening laps, but you are right about the overtaking.
The idea of crashing a car deliberately still seems beyond reality to me
I have - I was writing my blog last night and went to bed early...
I'd like road trip, but not in a bus :D I hate buses :D
I thought you might be, it's in the early stages of planning. There'll be a wiki page soon
I believe it first came up on Saturday too :D
I really really want to go. I'm going to have a year of being jealous
I was out on saturday...
I'm still quite up for driving, I find coaches a bit of a drag personally
ahh you cannot have a life, and keep up with spc :D
heh...
I really think it will be much easier for everyone if we say... this train leaving at this time is the train... Book a seat yourself and we're away.
Logistically it's got to be easier.
a Crofty/Ant like road trip in a car would be fun :D
Not without spoiling the Qually results, no!
or a job, for that matter
And probably cheaper to be honest if those prices from Nick are right. £50? That's fantastic.
As long as you accept that Giggles and I don't have access to any fast Jaguars ;)
...yet.
I am totally not on board with this yet, but...
To me, it would make much more sense if the overall thing is: we're meeting in Belgium at this time.
Then everyone can travel however they want and if several people want to get the train then they can have that adventure, whilst others road trip or whatever.
To get everyone together travelling the way everyone wants seems like a logistical nightmare.
Agreed. Meetup at the track I reckon...
You could even have a Top Gear style race.
Giggles is a classic E-Type man and Bassano strikes me as an XJS type...
That is an option
There will probably be smaller groups congregating and Chips & Mayo outlets
Everyone else can do what they want but I need someone to hold my hand from London because Europe = scary :D
:D
:lol:
Mark II actually
you know london is in Europe right?
we're allowed to walk near trees.
I can do that if you need, Giggles can be the chaperone ;)
:)
I mean scary foreign language other culture europe :D
since when!?! i was never told this
Only geographically. Politically, it's just outside Sydney
Absolutely... I think as we're already in London that can be the easiest thing.
If you meet me in Denmark (and can drive) we can drive down?
I'm gatecrashing your long-planned roadtrip!
It's easier for me to go to London because its waaay cheaper than flying to any other part of the continent
And..
Gatecrashers make the best guests sometimes
long-planned? It's been 2 weeks I think. Or is it longer? I can't remember.
eddstraw tweeting that massa wont be back till next year...aalthough we knew that...kinda
I think there was beer involved
you know for a fact a team will quit formula one, the second we've finished packing our bags. it's the sidepodcast way.
Depends - Singapore fly direct to Copenhagen.
If you always wanted to see Denmark I'd be happy to show you around!
if only it had been livestreamed, we could pinpoint the moment the idea seed was planted
I was sober when the idea was born, FACT
I still think he's finished, but he will recover 100%
It was discussed after the live streaming blind installation though
this trip is whirlwindy so I'm going to save Scandinavia for next time. :D
I assembled an Ikea footstool today, I kind of wished I had an orange drill
so far......
You honestly can't beat 'em
never mind bag-packing, we might not make it to the end of the year without someone quitting...
eheh if I do add any time to the plan, it will just be so I have more days in the 5 countries on my 'must do' list :D
Was it really wonky and shoddy like mine was?
I've finally got round to doing the fuel weights and stints (only two days late, then!) and have also compared the different engines. I think I understand why Giancarlo and Kimi ended up pitting on the same lap now...
it was the cheapest one in the store so I wouldn't be surprised. The cover hides the shonkyness though :D
That's exactly the one I have!
The hard part is getting there. You won't want to leave when you do, especially with built-in tour guides
no more holidays for us then.
Mr C... I'm trying to understand playground search and can't seem to get it to work for me :(
I wanted to find out my Sidepodversary... so I found my first comment on the wiki and tried to search for it... But it doesn't seem to come up. If I use the speechmarks the only thing it finds is the wiki...
The bit I was searching for was "Don’t Prodrive start in Formula1 next year. Who’s in charge of Prodrive again?"
this one? :D
ahh I won't have the tour guides for the most part :D I shall for Switzerland because my friend lives there, and I shall for Italy because I'm going to talk someone into Monza :D
Does "prodive work on it's own"?
*prodrive
I meant, on it's own
The google knows though: April 29th, 2007
Gosh I've got to wait aaaaaaaaageeeeeeeessssss... ;)
I searched for "Don't Prodrive start in Formula 1 next year." Found it straight away.
http://www.sidepodcast.com/2007/04/28/button-to-red-bull-racing/#comment-297
How do you get google to sort results by date?
Two years later and we're still none the wiser...
But there is still that rumor that they'll take over Force India, with the team and Vijay's other companies struggling with debt...
You called?
Advanced search?
I went with too much! Cool :)
The conversation on that post is very funny between Mr C and I...
Imgagine that back in 2007 we were talking about Jenson doing well in a drive with either Red Bull or a customer Mercedes Engine car.
Mr C and I are clearly forward looking geniuses ;)
Imagine if Button ended up at RBR. Where would the 2009 title battle be right now...? :D
I didn't need to... When I did the search results with quotes around it the only sidepodcast page that came up was that one.
:D Two years ahead!
tricky. I can't remember what I said first time.
We can find this out for you.
You can ask Christine or Mr C to search it for you, then you can put it down on your wiki page (if you have one).
mine was about Heikki, although it was kind of being mean to him :D
Have you since apologised to yourself?
Sometimes you need some tough love :)
:D
I was sure I caould find it myself, if only I could do the goggly sorty thing
I wouldn’t be surprised if I come last in the league, soley due to my inability to face the fact that Heikki is very expensive and won’t get many points.
#sorryamy
:D That said, you're leading the 2010 league! Do you have Heikki there?
Not a happy start, it seems.
http://www.sidepodcast.com/2009/03/27/live-australia-free-practice-1/#comment-227298
I have both the Finns :D
Leading WITH Heikki in your team?! Wow.
ahaa
Right... Random factoid of the day...
While watching the feature where EJ met Rubens I noticed something weird. Rubens eats the same cereal as Katherine.
So the next day I showed her the program and told her that she now had an affinity with Rubens.
This morning she said...
"I woke up in the middle of the night with a random thought... It was totally random and about that clip you showed me. I didn't think of it at the time but the cereal Rubens was eating was, 'Jordan's Country Crisp'. Was that relevant to Eddie Jordan - some kind of in joke? Or what?"
Madness.
clearly this means he will be world champ in 2010
Oh dear that was not a good start. I'm not sure I shoudl have asked now.
so, one driver for 2010 confirmed ? Ferrari back on track for their Monza 2010 drivers announcement ?
Hahaha! There HAS to be a story behind that.
if that's true, then yes, they're back on track.
as for the 2009 lineup:
Ferrari not expecting Massa return in '09
Fisichella to stay put for Monza
So... who will it be, then? Somehow, I still think that just because they denied nothing's happened yet, doesn't mean nothing will happen later in the week. So I still think Fisi's the favorite for the Ferrari seat. If not, will it be Badoer, Gene, or Bianchi?
Ooooh, from the AUTOSPORT article:
Interesting, but would that threaten any talks with Alonso? Kubica's a much more likely bet to stay at the team than a retirement-bound Fisi.
"the team said in a statement that with plastic surgery on Massa's skull due to be undertaken in the next few days"
umm...plastic surgery on his skull?
From nobleF1:
Remember Bahar? He came from Red Bull before Ferrari. But why join Lotus now?
Google Translate? Must've meant face...
To become the CEO of Lotus
Either reconstructive or to ease the facial scarring, I'd imagine
...Really? Where'd you hear this?
Hehehe. First comments are always funny.
surely thats on his face then?
maybe i'm just being picky
Autosport
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/78234
I know why I was annoyed, but I wish I had kept it to myself
Interesting. I wonder if he'll be looking at F1 or he'll be focusing on road cars exclusively...
the moral of the story is 'aways be at Albert Park' :D
Kubica to Ferrari now? Is there anyone who hasn't been suggested for that drive?
Clearly!
Jenson Button? Rubens Barrichello? Mark Webber? :D
how wrong was i with this:
"prodrive wouldn’t be allowed to beat macca in a straight fight "
both mercedes customer teams beat mclaren on sunday. nobody said a word.
Rubens! There's a good rumour. hehe.
Strangely, Mercedes have got no value from these wins
well, brawn HAS been beating mclaren all season...
but props to norbert haug and mercedes for allowing a straight fight.
...when they should have, especially from a PR perspective.
It's a little bit embarrassing for the team they have a large share in
hm .. ehm .. Kovalainen finished ahead of Barrichello :-)
At least have a 3pointed star on the engine cover.
agreed. renault took loads of credit for the RBR wins earlier this year. how have mercedes got it so wrong?
Not for Mercedes though - they have the must successful engine of the year by far
he did? oh. i take that back then.
well, they probably expected the Force and Brawn to fight for P17 - P20 this season. having their branding on the slowest cars on the grid probably was not part of Merc PR plan :-)
they're not adapting very quickly though?
It didn't take Virgin long to work it out. Surely Mercedes would want to get something out of this
Norbert always mentions it in the McLaren after race press releases, but thats it. My favourite is still the one where he thanked Brawn for 'once again saving their bacon'
shouldn't he have a quote on the brawn/fif1 press releases?
YES!
my F1 Racing has just arrived, I'm a little disturbed by the "Kimi with Alonso's head and Alonso with Kubia's" photoshop.
here's an old red bull press release:
FABRICE LOM, Renault, Principal Engineer Track Support: “This race ended a nightmare weekend for us. We had two engine failures on Sebastian’s car, so it’s a black weekend. I can only apologise to Red Bull Racing and Sebastian in particular for this reliability issue and assure them that we will work as hard as possible to ensure it doesn’t happen again. But, the end of the season will now be tough on the engine side for Sebastian.”
is the renault deal different to the mclaren deal? why can't norby have a say on his partners releases?
aha, but it could be Massa with Alonsos head and Piquet with Kubicas ;)
ahh but Alonso has Kimi's signature on his arm, and theres too many sponsors to be Piquet :D
I would say he's a little more tightly interwoven into the McLaren fabric to be so joyful about the competition's good form
oooooh spooky, i'm glad i cancelled my subscription ;)
yes, KOV P6, BAR P7 :-)
the cat is scary but he is still alive by the way
see, i figured, lewis was out so rubens must have beaten mclaren. i think in my head i've already factored kovi out of the team. #sorryamy
did we actually see kovi in the race? i don't remember anything after button passed him on the first lap.
did we actually see kovi in F1 ? i don't remember much other than bad debut race with Renault, that lucky win in Hungary last year and the massive crash last season ... #sorryamy
:D :D :D
Harsh but fair
#Sorry Amy
Afternoon :)
we see him more than Nico!
evening :D
Lies!
you'll have to get used to it if you're heading down here!
random question - does anyone think I look a bit like lee mckenzie?
just something that came into my head for some reason.
To be honest, I think jet-lag might sort out a lot of my sleeping issues! For a couple of weeks until I get out of sync again at least....
umm.....?
how would i know?! :P
;)
Hehehehe.
:D
is this what i think it is?
If you do, you need to make your in-front-of-camera debut!
What a place to enter the discussion :)
am comment trawling. carry on.
ahah, thought as much
Vera Lynn is still alive?!
Umm, i think he...died
Aparently she now has a CD on the UK charts. She must be 100 or so
you can totally rock out to 'we'll meet again'
My dad is Skype IM (from downstairs, thats another story) with such classic "jokes" as..
What did the big nosed golfer say to the litttle nosed golfer? Is that a bogey
....
why cant a bicylce stand up? because its two tyred
and lastly...and worst of all...
why did the man throw his watch out of the window? because he wanted to see time fly
Wiki says she's still alive....Wiki knows all
Dad jokes - love it
true enough
aftenoon :)
My internet has vanished again... not good! Need more net connections!
I've never seen Lee in a Panda suit so do not feel qualified to make that judgement
Internet connections in general have been getting worse lately. Must be the congestion.
:D
Hi Lou
everyone having a nice afternoon?
not wanting to make anyone jealous, but hello from the beach
My employer probably wishes I were on my way now, so I will bid you farewell
Am really not a beach person, though I bet it's lovely
well im in raining essex and am just about to go to Tescos...so there :P
ciao
Question: Anyone heard from Scott in Italy recently? Havent seen him for a while
they have wifi on the beach!
see ya
They do? I must go back
He was around when Alex and I were watching Friends.
cool, just wondered, thought Mr C may have bumped him off ;)
Did that scare him off? ;-)
@lou technically, its the restraunt
ahh okay :)
I expect so. We accidentally dominated the conversation for a while.
I can honestly day I have never seen that show
say, even
I recommend it.
friends is brilliant :)
there is a friends pub here , may have got me intrested in it
wow! have you been taking lots of pics to show us? :P
battery low , must go ciao
ciao
see ya! hope you're having fun! :)
it is on tv a billion times a day yet I never get sick of watching it. There aren't many shows I can say that about.
i just saw a dude in work in a rubens top! BEST CUSTOMER EVER
Urm.. Back i go. More rubens shoppers please :)
Guten Tag (
Hallo. Wie geht es dir?
eh? Where is the rest?
Hey guys. Quick comment during my lunch break about the spa meet. I'm up for it, and I don't mind which method we take to get there (car, bus, train, plane, dolphin etc). However, whichever way is the most popular, I'll take.
gut danke :) und selbst?
doohockey nicked you comment?
Ich bin ein einenhornhorn!
Ich danke auch Ihnen
it did. I was trying to be funny - maybe it was for the better.
hahahahahahahaha
o-kay
You look more like the cameraman (because if he does his job correctly, we'll never see his face ;) )
Ah watching friends... Boo at being at work :(
I am watching Saved by the Bell. Learning some very important moral lessons.
ooh, which episode?
ehehe i used to watch that when i was younger.. ah the memories.. lol
they're making an anti drug commercial but *gasp* the star is on drugs!
I REMEMBER THAT ONE!!!
I would like to be watching a very special Blossom.
I own all 5 seasons on DVD, plus the 2 made for TV movies, and the terrible one season of the college years :D
I'd understand if you don't want to talk to me anymore.
:D
i can't believe you still own dvd's.
How do you watch iTunes Rentals on a home theatre with a big screen?
;)
on a mac.
or an ipod.
Apple TV?
But what if you want to watch them on your home theatre unit?
Plug it into your projector?
But the quality...?
They have HD rentals.. on the Apple TV.
It's awesome ;)
heh I knew you'd say that. If it helps, I'm watching a digital file because all my DVDs are in boxes :D
at worst shows are dvd quality, at best the hd versions are close to bluray quality.
yay :)
Sounds like an expensive and pointlessly complicated way to watch a DVD if you ask me!
theres no hope with dope!
I am not here. I really am not. Just thought I would pop in and mention that Leo and co on TWiT said that Snow Leopard should be called snow job because it is not a new operating system more like a service pack and if Microsodt had done this they would have been slaughtered. Apparently BOL fans are outraged as well.
Apple are losing their reputation.
I have just discovered that Love Film are doing online streaming rentals as well.
It's very beta and the selection is limited but yay for competition!
Leo just said don't buy Snow Leopard as it is more trouble than it is worth because of compatability issues.
you're saying that as a person who hasn't tried it.
as people who have tried it. we've given away all our dvd's.
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/78239
woah
breakout topic?
this excites me.
But I have a great home theatre system and I can get DVD's really cheap... Somebody like my wife would just want to put a disk in the drive and don't want the hassle of going on the net etc...
It is so much the easiest way to watch a movie ever...
Here's watching a DVD I don't own:
1) Go on internet
2) Buy movie
3) Wait for it to be delivered
4) Get DVD and put in DVD player
5) Watch through the thing telling you don't be a pirate and about movies you don't want to own
6) Watch movie
Here's me watching a movie I own:
1) Get DVD and put in DVD player
2) Watch through the thing telling you don't be a pirate and about movies you don't want to own
3) Watch movie
Here's me watching a movie on Apple TV
1) Select movie and press play
2) Watch movie
It's so easy it's crazy.
i think someone asked the person in picture 5 what they thought about ruben's gearbox.
They look exactly the same!
ahh, noted.
It's so much easier than the net with an Apple TV... Honestly.
we went to buy snow leopard on monday. the shop had sold all 70 copies of it's new OS on friday and couldn't guarantee when more would be unavailable.
that's never happened with any previous max os release before.
Oh my goodness....i'm being taken to Tesco-home to buy everything on this list
I HATE SHOPPING
See ya all later...if im still alive
You should never buy an OS just as it comes out as it's always full of bugs and compatibility issues...
The biggest compatability issues seem to be photo and video related and you really don't need to have those
You sound like my dad who didn't update from Windows 3.1 to Windows 95 because "the computer guy at work said not to"
so he skipped it and went to Windows ME.
Good choice.
only 70 copies?
And why do you have to buy firmware from a shop? No downloads?
No, I meant wait 3 months or so for the patches to come out...
So you just told me not to use DVD's anymore and you went to buy software in a store? Why not online?
heheh I know
It's a pretty big download much bigger than a movie... But I agree!
I see Bernie is in a panic over singate. This looks like it could be serious....
How big, just out of interest?
When does Apple os11 come out?
Singate? Sounds like a film....
Singapore-gate looked like a long word :P
Ah, I thought you'd had a typo on your way to Spingate :D
spingate sounds a lot better ;)
Movies are around 1-2 Gb. Snow Leopard is about 5 Gb
(this is from memory... soz)
#f1 Usf1 have applied to join fota, Williams.... less keen.
You beat me by seconds.
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/78239
Interesting, though, that USF1 are keen to join. Will Prodrive follow if they find a way into F1?
Williams don't have a choice, do they?
They do. It's not like membership is mandatory. Kinda like the GPDA.
that is quite big, but it is suprisinf they don't offer it. Maybe they are balancing the cost savings of digital distribution against the potential sales of getting people into their stores...
But they were kicked out?
Well, FI were also kicked out, but it looks like they're looking at rejoining. Williams don't even seem to be there yet.
I expect FIF1 will rejoin, mainly because of mclaren. Williams seem to have fallen out with ferrari, I think they would only rejoin if their was a big incentive.
I thought there was a specific reason Williams wouldn't be able to join back, at least not without making FOTA look stupid. I know nothing though. Ignore me.
My guess is that it's more about timing of distribution. I would guess that people download movies at a known average pace across their customer base. So there is an average number of downloads which may be trending upwards but is trending upwards at a known pace.
Whereas software release for Apple is very lumpy. I bet they would get a huge percentage of the downloads they ever get in 1 week. Keeping that many servers and bandwidth spare for that would be difficult.
Firefox couldn't deal with everyone downloading firefox (30 Mg) at the same time on launch day.
Apple can't even live stream their conferences when they announce their software because so many people want to watch them.
There was a lot of talk about the whole ban on KERS and FOTA membership. Williams want to use KERS next year and it's a FOTA ban not a FIA one.
Is USF1 joining FOTA really a story? All the teams including Williams will join up. It is not really news when a new team signs up.
and here comes the Korea news - http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/78240
Are you here for that comment or not here?
I think it is in fota's intrest to have all the teams as members. But they do need an enforcement policy to keep the organization effective
Who me? I thought I made it quite clear that I am not
But if there's a FOTA ban on KERS, Williams might opt not to join? Good point, that, from Alex.
Ah okay.. cool just wanted to be sure :)
I wonder if it is something to do with the Easter Egg effect too. People are more likely to part with cash for something that comes in a shiny case, and twinkles at you when you take it out. Downloading something from the web, doesn't hold the same value.
Plus wouldn't it be far easier for the OS to be pirated / distributed if it was downloadable content.
Oh hello everyone by the way...
Ooops sorry I seem to have lost the Quote from Alex in that response. re: Snow Leopard by the way... Not erm... FOTA and such like.
that's true. Perhaps they need to find a p
2p system. E3 has had the same problem, the streams always seem to get online through Justin though
Interesting, but if they want on, who'll get off the calendar? Or will we have the first 19-race calendar in half a decade?
*waves*
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/78234
This looks like an important story to me. Danny Bahar ran the branding for Red Bull for years then a couple of years ago he moved to Ferrari and sorted out their website etc. Now he is leaving for Lotus. Why would anyone leave Ferrari for Lotus nowadays? There has to be a story behind this.
That's fine... overnight download?
hello!
Exactly my thoughts. Is F1 in Lotus' future?
Being a CEO for Lotus is probably more exciting (well paid) than a glorified web designer for Ferrari.
Ross Brawn springs to mind.... Maybe it's just that he wants some freedom to do what he wants (which presumably is limited at the prancing pony) or perhaps he feels he's achieved everything he's going to there and wants a new professional challenge.
Ah... Okay. Anyone care to tell me how to quote from the Real Time Doohickey Screen? I press reply... but no quote.
He wasn't just a glorified web designer - he led Ferrari's marketing team. He ensured Ferrari would be able to grow its popularity and capitalize on it through revenue for non-car items and suchlike.
You press reply and then click on the paragraph you want to quote
Got yeh. Thanks!
Does it tell you this in the guide for new people? It took me ages to figure that out. Intuitively, pressing reply really should do it.
It does link to this wiki page: http://wiki.sidepodcast.com/page/Live+Commenting+Solutions
Where I have attempted to write instructions. Please let me know what is missing though and I will update.
Not a chance
So why go to Lotus? What would he get out of it?
Searching for the words 'reply' and 'quote', and the fact I have read that... I don't think it does. Not to worry it just isn't immediately obvious at first.
He was foing a lot more than that and he was number 2 at Red Bull. I can't see the attraction of Lotus as there are a lot more opportunities at Ferrari and I grew up as a Lotus fan.
That is a different situation. Ferrari basically screwed Brawn and he is interested in winning i F1 not building a business career.
Just click on the bit you want to quote and it will appear. If you click on the commenter's name the whole comment will be quoted.
I did find the instructions in the guide for the LCLT (other live commenting solution). In the doohickey guide it just refers to the other instructions. I might add a link but other than that it does make sense.
It isn't particularly obvious... but the advantage of it not auto-including everything is huge:
a) you don't want to include the previously included paragraphs usually
and
b) If somebody has written loads you can reply to individual bits much more easily
Should I put the instructions in both then? I didn't want it to be word for word boring, but if it's easier that way, I can do that.
Wait a minute. No there aren't are there? I've lost the plot. I don't think it actually is explained
If he is CEO of the company he will run the road car and consulting business. i would have thought that he would have more opportunities at Ferrari. di Montezemolo is not getting any younger so there will be opportunities there sooner rather than later.
Yeah absolutely. I'm not suggesting changing how the feature works, it's ace! Also the idea that I can click someone's name and the whole comment comes up is complete news to me!
Very good point. Well, it's not like he can't come back to Ferrari, right? But perhaps he needs a place where he can start learning how to run a luxury car company. Given its size, Lotus is a good place to start. Perhaps he'll use it as a training ground for a future move to Ferrari...
This is the explanation
All the standard live commenting features still apply, including click to quote, plus drop.io image sharing integration.
I'm not sure that is obvious enough. What do other people think?
Ah, I think the instructions got buried in the Version 1.0 post. I'll fix that.
Hello. I appear to have walked into the lobby the same time they test out the 'disco' music.
not a fan of the 'disco' music?
Too bloomin loud.
ahhh. sounds fun. ;)
Throw some shapes?
Triangle...
Rhomboid...
Only you would come up with a rhomboid.
Parallelogram? :D
And I thought it was a rhombus? ;)
Why thank you :)
Dear UK,
I am sad that your F1 Racing has an article on Jake, and mine only has an article on Goldilocks v2.0. Does it matter that Jake isn't even on Australian TV? I think not.
Lots of love,
Australia.
They are different...
A rhomboid is a parallelogram where adjacent sides are of unequal lengths and angles are oblique.
A Rhombus is a parallelogram with sides of equal length eg. equilateral
Technically it isn't. I don't think
I felt the Rhomboid is more dancing like... Oblique angles etc...
I am uber geek ;)
My goodness...
:D
I also get a "bonus" 16 page excerpt from Autocar magazine. It's like spam, in paper form.
That smilie comes out like someone has ripped its mouth off on here.
oh oh oh seeing Heikki described as a "gadget obsessed Finn" makes me heart him more. Gadgets rule!
And now that I have reached the back page, I shall go to zzzz.
Night :P
Heheh. :D Night.
Sigh, transfer deadline day is just not the same anymore. Bring it back to midnight cut off point, 5pm is anti climatic.
Must dash as well, 1 min 6, 5, 2 secs to go
hehe :) night Amy
bye R.G :)
it doesn't say all.that much.. I guess someone could. Read it out loud on a live stream?
I'm confused. To go until what? There's longer than that till 5. Else there better be :P
I assume he is buying internet time while he is in Cyprus
Ah thanks :)
Proof that the BBC listen to the Debrief.
http://bit.ly/13lFgA
I didn't help. I am not here.
sssssshhhhhhh
I am sleeping, honestly. I'm not looking at grandstands at Spa, noo.
http://bit.ly/18pApM
Log into your twitter account and see how much you hype. You get a score of 1 to 10. I got 2.
Hehehe
To be honest, no-one can blame you. It obviously isn't nighttime ;)
How about the US Open? ;)
I watch the night session when I'm at work because one of the channels is 24 hour US Open. Other than that, the time difference makes it a lot harder to follow :(
Ahhh. It says tonight's will be Sharapova, then Murray.
I'm not already packing for Spa either.
Can't find my Finland flagHello everyone! Coming to you from Windows 7. This is fun :D
Ahh, it'll be nice to watch Muz in a shock-upset first round exit ;)
I'm not normally a flag person but if I had a Finnish flag, I would be :D
We had a HUGE Danish flag for Le Mans - we hung it from the Caravan before the race too :)
aw! :D
i nearly bought a flag after goodwood... i just kept seeing either Jenson flags or Brawn flags and i was so tempted :)
i got 3.
Same here.
Are you sure this site is reputable?
I just had a brain wave that McLaren have not sent me the beautiful Heikki poster I bought a month ago. Booo eShop, boooo.
It just appeared on a Leo show so it should be. It was written by a few people as a bit of fun and a joke. I don't think there is anything malicious in ti
Ah okay... I just don't like giving passwords to sites I don't know.
Twitter's API has got so many security holes in it that it's just not funny. Apparently somebody has found a way to run malicious code in the "via application" field of a tweet - so you only have to look at it and it runs on your machine!
Just testing, please ignore.
Ok then ;)
ooops!
It's OK I am not here so I wouldn't notice anyway
:)
Final Run Diary before the big race on Thursday...
5Km here I come! :D
Okay, have seriously updated the Live Commenting wiki instructions - with added screenshots and everything.
Love to know if these are more useful than the previous ones. I think they are a bit overwhelming, but I have never written a manual before so am not sure!!
If you did 7 by accident, 5 will be a doddle!
That's what I am hoping!
By the way, the shirt is awesome because it's very much like a Williams shirt :D
Hehe. I noticed I had an email to tell me how many words had been added :D
Pictures?
Certainly a big improvement! But yeah I get your point about overwhelming. I might have a think about how best to procede. If i edit the page and you don't like what I've done, is it easily undoable? If so, I might have a mess about with it.
After the run I promise to drop.io one ;)
Yup. The wiki notes every revision, so it's all good.
I know it is complete BS but anything having to with Franck, I must pass on.
Guess who's name came up in my Google alert email today?
Oh,
Morning all.
Morning :)
Looks much better... But perhaps you just need a quickstart guide at the top?
I can't edit the wiki at the moment but perhaps it could say:
Quick Start
Link: http://www.sidepodcast.com/realtime/
What does it do?
Allows you to follow comments across lots of threads
How do I comment?
Hit reply and type in your comment
But some of the reply boxes are in gray?
You can only comment in one thread at a time. To switch threads choose from the dropdown near the top. Next to the words Active Thread.
Other people's replies have quotes in them, why don't mine?
Once you are replying you can click on the relevant part of the comment you want to quote and it will be automagically quoted for you.
Yes, I was thinking something along the side of a very concise guide with access to the more detailed information if you wanted it.
Absolutely... The stuff Christine has done about the pending and read more and errors and all that is perfect and exactly what you need for when you start becoming a power user.
Sweet... I need to go to the playground more often.
Ah, good plan. It's a long time since I was new to the site, so definitely better coming from someone else :)
The other weird thing is how everything just evolved for us in the doohicky, with new bits added hither and yon we slowly got used to each new bit. For us it's hard to recreate the shock of its awesomocity.
Yes, and at Sidepodcast Towers there are many, many
argumentsconversations about which new things should come next, and how to solve specific problems.I get confused what has and hasn't happened :)
That's probably why you like time travel stories so much :)
All praise to the internet gods, i am back online!
Android was a godsend, i was up to date with everything.
The only things i appear to have missed was fiji being suspended from the commonwealth and GT5 isnt too far away...
:D
Welcome back!
Christine: The Time-Traveller's Wife?
Yay for Googlephone!
That book makes me cry so much.
It's a very nice, yet very very sad novel.
I went a bit app mad.
Got some pointless yet amusing gun thing, last.fm, FxCamera, crazy jumping game thing and post bot...
Didn't really like that one.
Afternoon all, am back from my mammoth tescos shop...and i only broke one thing, go me :)
same, the film makes me cry too :(
Was it good? I haven't seen it. I was worried it'd ruin the book....
My mouse wheel now confuses me. i have gotten used to it working the other way on a touch screen!
It's pretty good if you've read the book. If not, you might get a tad confused.
It's obviously not as good as the book, but it holds its own.
You might be able to change it? in mouse options?
I tried... no joy, i will have to live in a confused world...
Question: Pop shield or the furry over the top things?
the other things are called spoffles
For use indoors or outdoors?
Indoors, but i may use it outdoors too, so maybe both?
Which weirdly is a word invented by Hugh Laurie.
This is information that didn't make the edit in the goforodd podcast - FACT!
That is an awesome name!! only beaten by Andy's son's name!
What is Andy's son's name?
Hello
Mortimer something, its the coolest ever
Hello :)
Guten Tag!
Just back from my holidays so thought I'd pop in and see what I've been a missing
Mr C killed Ringo Star and Heikki
that is all
As far as I know, the pop shield is for indoor use and better for stopping plosives, and the spoffle (really?) is either indoor or outdoor and is better for stopping overall wind type noises.
What did you get up to on your holidays?
I was up home in Scotland. My brother got married abroad earlier in the month and this was the wedding reception.
There could well be a Sidepodadventure to Spa next year. Which may include a trip around the Nurbergring in a 52 seater bus with bicycle's on the roof!
Well fourstar was a sound engineer and told me... I assume therefore it is true, but I don't have much in the way of proof.
Cool, I'd love to do Spa
In my head i'll use a pop shield for indoors, and other than that i'd use the mic for situations such as Autosport and maybe at race circuits. So i think i'll get both
I have no idea what is being discussed! all the other words make no sense to me either, but whats a plosive?
Sounds good. Did you see Spa?
It's going to be awesome :)
I did, syill think Raikkonen should have had a penalty though. Very pleased for Fisi and Force India
For example, if you make a p sound loudly into a microphone and it distorts.
Sounds sensible. We have both. :)
Is this a serious venture or just pye in the sky stuff?
I like spoffles because it means when i get bored i can bounce it off my chin....i may or may not have spent a large amount of time doing that at Snetterton...
I think I might need to get some too... I remember you lambasting Mr C for having a rubbish pop shield.
Do you have a recommendation?
pye :D lol
ahh...I dont have a mike set up but i cant stop saying p
puh puh puh
It is absolutely happening.
Bassano and I are guaranteeing that at the very least we are going to Spa. And would love to meet up with anyone else who is coming.
Amy is saving to come from NZ for example...
I don't know about brands and suchlike, but the difference between mine and his (aside from price) is that his is plastic or metal in the middle, whereas mine is material stretched across. Mine is better. Mr C will probably know more.
Blimey, that's dedication
Does that mean you may yours from a wire hanger and tights?
*made
Shocker!! Thank god she's in bed. Amy doesn't live in NZ :P
Sidepodaddiction...
I am definitely going too. I may bring a friend...
whooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooppppppppppppppppppssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss.................... Ahem!
I was about to say the other way is quicker, but i think i prefer going the NZ route
#sorryamy
Tsk tsk. Apologize now... :P
Good. :D
Off to bed, guys. It's been a surreal day... ;)
G'night!
Is there a race at Spa next year.. I heard something about sharing with the Nurburgring or was it Hockenheim?
Night!!
Night Journeyer :)
round the world tickets are often a cheaper way of doing UK to AUS/NZ as well..
That is the only reason it won't happen. It was on the provisional calendar.
If not, we'll just stage our own.
Nurbergring doesnt have a race next year so i think it will be at spa, but no official calendar yet either...
:)
Night
Night!
Ahhh, I see how this works - with Hockenheim on the calendar, but unable to host, it'll get dropped for Korea...
Right, off to bed for realz. :D
hmmm I'm finding it really hard to investigate plane fares at the moment. Roughly how much would you expect to pay to fly if you had plenty of advance notice to book a ticket.
e
Final question, as all i have is a copy of Audacity so i've been told about this and theres a mini review here
What d'ya think? Anything missing? Seems quite reasonable but i don't know a great deal about this sort of thing. Any advice is welcome :)
I dont think i have ever bought a ticket with much advance notice :P
Usually pay about 950-1050 to go round the world. It can be cheaper but it depends where you go though, i normally try to go through places i can stop and see people so i am not as flexible.
Definitely wait for Mr C on this one :)
aha, ta
Okay cool so paying about £850 for return ticket is about as cheap as you'll get? Thanks.
Sounds like a good deal, buts hop around a bit, airfares are far cheaper now than they were the last time i travelled.
Going longer routes can often be cheaper for bizare reasons too.
*but shop
I've been trying, it's hard to find a good site that lets you compare properly. Thanks.
I have found that price comparison sites are rarely the cheapest way to book flights, airlines often have exclusive deals on their sites, or look for deals from the tourist board of the place you are flying too
Ah okay. I'm not a frequent flyer. I've been on a plane 4 times my whole life.
If you need to do something complicated it is also best to go to an actual travel agent shop. In the past they have saved me a fortune, and can get you on last miniute flights websites wont let you on.
You're not a student are you Alison? Student Unions usually do great round the world deals for young people under about 26.
Try expedia
Erm yes and no. I am registered as a student at Liverpool Uni but I've suspended my course atm. That is a good idea though! I'll go have a look.
Ah, not to worry, i have done more than my fair share.. if you need any help.
Flights are one thing i know about!
STA travel. I would visit them in the shop if there is one...
Absolutely... They offer great deals and the people at the shop are really helpful.
http://www.statravel.co.uk/
Oh score thanks. Yeah, I found suitable flights for £650 :D
Cool :)
They all have 3 changes though :S So many things that could go wrong!! If they're late and you miss a connection, do they have to get you on another plane?
Whoop! at that price my might hop on a plane myself!
hehe, yes!
I still think my favourite part of the live show was when Christine pronounced whoop whoop :) LOVED IT
Although Mr C killing Ringo was...
Oh am torn.
Amy was talking about paying AUS $2000 for flights to Europe which is about £1300
Insanity!
I think we need to tell her about this then....
STA works in Australia too I think... maybe it will work for her?
They have a country selector top right.
http://www.statravel.com.au/cps/rde/xchg/au_division_web_live/
Theres an Oz website
They do, I worked above the shop!
If you are on the UK site it shows you a picture of a kangaroo. The Australian site a picture of a telephone box.
The STA price dosent look any cheaper (but i've only checked one date)
Clearly these are the objects which motivate people to fly across the planet!
we might be catching up with joe later this evening. if you have any questions, please add 'em here:
http://wiki.sidepodcast.com/page/Questions+for+Joe
Awww you're all so helpful! The STA round the world journey planner is thoroughly awesome and has convinced me to enjoy my journey over as well. Not only can I stop at some places I'd love to see along the way but it also says I can stop off in India to see my bf at very little extra cost :D
It's a happy day!!
I'll mention that to the person who wrote that - he's a friend.
Make sure to take the cricket scores with you :P
Evening
Mr C: quick question...whatja think of this?
Will you mention the Valancian gangsters? :D
Awww good! I hope he's proud of it. It works really well!
have added a couple
The only bad point is that it keeps tempting me to click on places like Iran which I know can only end badly..... :P
I have added them but chrome wont let it format properly so there is no spacing
Chrome's only fail seems to be our wiki :(
honestly couldn't tell you.
behringer make cheap copies of other peoples creations. however, it doesn't mean they're bad, some of their stuff is well priced equipment.
we started a level or two higher than this, so have no experience of sadly.
the best advice i can offer any podcaster, is to buy a mac. sad but true.
it fails on doohickey and lclt too.
aha, thought as much :D
Works fine for both with me?
I like this idea. Everyone has different budgets and different time considerations, and different travel preferences. Aim to be at such and such a hotel any time on Thursday. Everyone travelling together was fine when the idea was first mooted and only a few were coming... it has grown a bit..
cheers all.
thanks though, i shall have a look at other reviews, my price range isnt huge so whatever i buy isnt going ot be great, but hopefully i can find something good thats not too pricey
multiple live qik streaming!
do you need a mixer? no idea what audacity is like, but headphones plug into you computer, so you only need a microphone. i think you can get usb mics and bypass a mixer altogther.
ah this may interest you... i was speaking to a techie friend and he said apple's business was completely changing. They were pushing hard to get into consumerism, before professional uses for their machines dry up as people look for specialist linux based machines designed only to do one task instead of multi purpose machines running specialist software. It has only just started but thats where he sees things going...
nonsense.
i have no idea, i need a mic input and an input that will record the computer internal sounds too?
Who is going to buy a machine that only does one thing? We haven't had that since the Mainframe computer!
the music industry / film industry used macs, even when they sucked harder than a big sucky thing. they're not going to switch now they're actually quite good.
and they're not going to switch to linux.
as i've said before. i was banned from taking a windows laptop into the studio. as in, not allowed in the door with it. i had to leave it in the car.
heard some good things about one of these:
http://www.studiospares.com/Mics-USB/Blue-Snowflake-USB-Mic/invt/424540
never used one though.
Possibly, but he does do some work for the BBC
I think the ideas he was putting across was that multi purpose computing will give way to devices deigned to do specific things. for example there is no need for the computor on the front of your fridge to be able to run MS Word, but it would be usefull if it could access Tesco's website for example so you could order more groceries
thinking about it, i could just use a different track layer on audacity for loops and things
sure. that's true. that has nothing to do with the professional industry though? a fridge isn't going to render 140+ tracks of cher's overdubs. and linux is bloody awful at handling audio. worse even than vista.
I dont think its a case of using linux, but simply having a machine with an interface to achieve a task.
Did you paint it white and try to sneak it in? :P
Have you never heard of leaving notes on the fridge? :P
hehe. i think the phrase was... if it doesn't "bong" on startup, it's not coming in here.
Wow, that's Apple Fanboi-ism to the extreme!
#sidepodspace.
I have no idea why but the shuttle mission is on a weird schedule. The stronauts woke up today at 6pm UK time and today's spacewalk is scheduled to start at 10:49pm UK time although in recent missions they have tended to start well ahead of schedule. I knew that they had to be running to an odd work day when they launched so early in the morning but I didn't expect it to be this odd.
Come on NASA. How are we supposed to play I spy if they are asleep?
Ok, not the best example... :P
Weirdly enough all I remember is the hat and the t-shirt, the face has gone blank in my memory... so yes?
Apples bong? What does it sound like?
I would say Mr C is being mean but it's too funny! :)
no. it was experience talking.
a recording studio even back then was many hundreds of pounds an hour. a blue screen of death literally cost them a fortune.
Much like the rest of the music industry (rimshot)
bong
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_8zPSO9qns&feature=PlayList&p=DBF4B42DFF249545&index=43
Hmmm... new theory... MrC was in a BoyBand... :P
Maybe the musos were hoping to smoke an apple bong? Certainly you can't get high on a BSOD?
ahhh, i'd buy a mac just for the bong
hehe, it sounds like a windows error!
I love the EEEEP noise as well. I have a powermac '95 in my room at the moment :P I never use it but you've given me the very strong urge to turn it on and get the noise....
It does however still work nearly 15 years after it was bought. I don't think you could say that about a lot of PCs....
He doesn't have a face - how can he be in a boy band? Unless it was a Panda band?
People have been using banks of PS3's do to some supercomputing... not quite sure for what though.
140 lines of audio? I cant cope with 2!
And there was an "event" which is why he now dosent want a panda!
easily. vocals were that many alone and you can fill another hundred tracks with backing instruments.
Hmmm good point!
Kiss?
plus cowbell.
Gotta have more cowbell!
Thats scary!
Theres the sidepodpanel pinger problem solved.
More Cowbell!
:D
Oh man, I know I said this before, but thanks again for helping me plan out my trip. You've all been a big help :)
Oi!
ahhh, I get it now... duh.. *click*
teeeeheeeee
hehe, wondered who'd get it first ;)
Well it was a silly thing to say...
Now that makes sense!
It was a genuine question. There was no need to make fun of it.
If I had the power to moderate comments I would moderate this.
what question did you ask?
;)
fair point. the question wasn't silly, i was a bit left of field.
sorry scott.
*it was. damnit. i need a break from commenting.
I asked if anyone thought I looked a bit like Jake Humphreys. I don't know why, I just thought I did a bit. Seemingly, the entire SPC community disagrees, which is fair enough. But I come home and find that what was a genuine question was made fun of. That I don't appreciate.
It's OK. I just cut my thumb so I'm not in the best mood. :P
I didn't mean your comment.
i know.
Why? I don't agree that Scott should have been made fun of, but he was silly to ask a question like that because someone will always make fun of it.
By the way, I've been trying out the DiRT 2 demo on the 360. So far, with a wheel it's chuffing magic :D
Chuffing Magic :D
Is that four or five stars out of five? ;)
I've never been good with Rally-esq games and wheels, i've never got sliding down. I'm much better with a controller when it comes to that kind of thing
I can imagine it's fun with a wheel :) but with a normal controller I absolutely *hate* it :(
which is a shame... It annoyed me so much I bought DiRT 1 to remind myself how utterly superb that game was!
calling someone else's comment "silly", is unfair. it wasn't to scott if he really thought it.
i found it random, hence why i picked up on it. i kinda want lukeh to photoshop something now...
I can't get my head around not using a wheel with a racing game... am annoyed mine broke..
no nonononon. no nono nonon.no no. Even I have limits!!
rats :)
you photoshopped Jenson as the Doctor! :P
How come you can make fun of it and I get called unfair? You know he doesn't like that kind of stuff. If I asked if I look like DC would you guys not think it silly?
Well thats just silly.
:)
so I'm watching Space: Above & Beyond... yeah, yeah I know, tacky 90s stuff but I like it... and suddenly up pops a cameo from Coolio. how random.
That was an awesome programme!
Has he been spending most his life livin' in a spaceman's paradise?
I think you are being a little bit precious. It was a joke. Get over it
Has this place turned into the PC club while I popped out to Tesco's?
because i kinda do look like lee?
try it.
That's out of line Steven. How dare you use a certain single brand name, as this blatently is unfair on them. In todays society, we must say 'whilst I popped out to supermarket of a brand name you can choose'. Tut.
;)
they landed on a spacestation for R&R and he was the one giving them the pep talk as they arrived, saying how great it was there... so in a way, yeah!
conclusion: Never ever should I be allowed to moderate comments ;)
He has a fair point - even if he asked a question which was open to ridicule - hence why I said it was a silly thing to say.
I am sure Scott is much better looking than Jake anyway...
Morrisons is crying. You did that :P
:D
Adter all the times I have picked Christine up on product placement I have gone and done it myself. I hereby tender my resignation from the moral high ground.
Other supermarkets are available. Other shops that are not supermarkets are also available.
Sidepodcast does not duggest one shop is better than another.
Hehe :)
Actually, now that I mention supermarket brand names, we got asked genuinely today if we had any of the milk stocked at tesco. We asked what the brand name was and they said it was their own brand milk... I honestly wasn't sure how to reply because they were serious about it, and I was kinda amazed!
ahahahah, "Do you have any tesco value baked beans?"
"umm...no...this is..."
You're avoiding the fact that you were mean to someone and they didn't like it
No point. I know I don't because my jaw doesn't touch my ears!
oh you're kidding me. ep 20 and no 'guests' all series, and now two. first Coolio.. now David Duchovny. I mean it isn't a stellar line up but still...
That's ridiculous!
Besides, the implications of you looking like Lee are quite scary when I consider the fact that I have a crush on her!
Basically, working in a supermarket ranges from the sublime to the ridiculous!
I've had worse but I dont think I can share them on here :P
first of all he has apologised already and second he only gave reasons why some silly girl might think your comment should be moderated so be mad at me (not me) and if you want to talk to me about it then you know my skype name.
I'm not mad at anyone. I'd say this argument is silly, but that would be unfair ;)
any word on the second Ferrari seat?
I would agree ;)
What do people think about FOTA and USF1?
I used to work Saturday's and holidays in a supermarket. A woman came in with a turkey on Xmas eve complaining that one of its legs was longer than the other and demanding a replacement. Eventually the shop manager got involved and tried to explain to her that large turkeys were in short supply two hours before we closed on Xmas eve and there was no way it could be replaced but the policy was that anyone who wanted a refund could have one without question.
So she demanded a refund because she could not have an ugly turkey on her Xmas table.
Of course it didn't help that he asked her if she was going to eat it or dance with it.
It wont be Massa ;)
People do the most mental things at Christmas!
That I knew. I did see a story today from Luca where he said it would be insanity to remove him now
and the 364.25 days around it ;)
The only reason it's insane to remove him now is that he has caused a rift in time and space because of his lack of speed, and taking him out of that would cause a supermassive black hole that the superstars would get sucked into.
Ahem.
It's interesting that US Eff Off are one of Max's anointed ones yet they have joined FOTA. When will FIF1 and Williams be allowed in again?
Lukeh, you are the dude!
haha :-)
I think all the teams will be FOTA members by the start of the season. I don't see anything of significance in this announcement
Badoer has disrupted the fabric of the universe so much he ruined the MotoGP race too!!!
I have actually just been out to anonymous supermarket brand T. I was amazed how much less i spent than at my usual shopping place of anonymous supermarket S. I also picked up 2 shirts, i may have to switch permanently
Even Manor (with Nick Wirth - Max's best mate from his Simtek days)?
I'd sort of assumed the new teams would join by the start of 2010 as well.
USF1 may be one of the annointed, but I think that Peter and Ken are going to do what's right. They may have been annointed because it was known they were coming in with alot of money
I belive they are allowed to reapply now. FIF1 probably will, williams are still not getting along with ferrari so i expect they will wait untill fota give them a big incentive
You think a man of his age would be more appreciating really. I'd hate to see him at the bingo, poor guy would still be dotting the first 3 or 4 numbers of the first game after the 5th shout of 'HOUSE!'.
Although even then I'm sure he'd tell the declaring winenrs to not talk whilst he dots his numbers.
Nick Wirth isnt involved at the team level though, he didnt want to be involved in the politics
Why did he ruin the MotoGP race?
Speaking of USF1. I would have thought that Scott Speed would have been running every level of NASCAR to improve his skills. He wasn't even in Montreal this past weekend. I'm hoping against hope that he is teamed up with Jonathan Summerton
I dunno. He raced on the same day as the MotoGP and it's Boooooring!
Why are they the anointed ones?
They were angling to join before Max decided he wanted more teams on the grid...
I think USF1 will choose American drivers just like Force India chose Indian ones ;)
I guess each country has about the same deep pool of drivers
People do the craziest things in supermarkets 365 days a year. For example when I worked their the manager was a genius at catching shoplifters. He used to watch them walk in the front door and say he or she is going to lift something. He even caught people who had been shopping next door in Woolworths and ducked into our shop to hide.
He even caught the bakery delivery man nicking his own stock. His company had a stand with their delivery man stocked. He used to come in with two short bread boards on his head and have the stock checked in. He was caught going out one day with two empty boards and the manager spotted that they looked heavy. Turned out that he hadn't bothered unloading the bottom board.
I have just found this photo from the E3 games conference from July, to be honest I have a feeling Mr C has been photoshopping on the quiet ;)
I don't know if necessarily anointed. But Peter and Ken are probably well thought of in the F1 circles. It might be totally different if Paul Stoddard was trying to start a team named USF1
Rossi fell
Ringo looks like he has been stuffed like Mr C said
And we thought F1 politics were silly... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8232041.stm
I stopped a shoplifter once. They went over to the flatscreen TV's and you could tell that they were dodgy - he had a big jacket and a cap covering his face and his missus was a few metres behind him spotting. So I grabbed a colleague and went over to greet them and I caught him reaching behind the TV to try and unplug it. We stuck around and they got spooked and left!
They are anointed because Max chose them?
Only in France... I bet both mayors have already had a shrug off!
Just found this for Christine:
http://www.life.com/static/realfake/022/1022/comp.jpg
The French mayoral system is very similar to the communist system. All these people with lots of power for a small area. I am amazed this does not happen a lot more often.
It would have been really difficult not to choose them, they announced their intention to join before he opened the selection process.
Of all the teams angling to get on i would have been most suprised if they didnt get in
Badoer made him do it!
I still think Lola and Prodrive were stronger...
When I worked in a supermarket it was when they only sold food. No-one I every saw stopped for shoplifting was taking bread or essentials. Had they been doing that the shop manager was such a soft touch he would probably have filled a basket for them and paid for them himself. The most commonly nicked item was tinned salmon. Most shops have those anonymously on a shelf. He had a display built as the first thing people reached when they entered the shop so that he could watch from his office. He could call the police before they were into the shop let alone leaving it.
I disagree, I think USF1 have a lot of potential. The ones I'm more concerned about are Campos.
Maybe, but when i was guessing which teams were getting in, USF1 was always the first on my list with 2 others
I think whichever teams had got it they'd all spend alot of time at the back, but then one day (like force india this weekend) they suddenly come up a level
You really think a press guy and a NASCAR engineer who made suspension rods for McLaren is better than two teams of great experience in Prototypes and Sportscar racing? Because I dont!
No I don't, which is good because that's not what USF1 is.
Lorenzo climbed a fence at Indy just like Castroneves did!
Windsor is a bit more than a press guy. He was team manager of both Williams and Ferrari.
Thats true but i think its better for the sport to have new teams coming from the US and spain than just another british team down the road from the others.
I would love prodrive to come in at the expense of renault or even FI, but i cant see it happening yet
That was a long time ago...
USF1 has access to one of the most advanced wind tunnels there is. It has access to the US motorsport base in Charlotte, NASCAR has got a lot more technical in the last 24-36 months and there are good people there working on making the most out of restrictive regulations... could be handy the way F1 is going..
Actualy that isnt quite true. Renault have a decent team and i dont want to see them leave.
But prodrive have to be better than a mclaren B team pretending to be from India but based in the UK. But i did enjoy them doing well the other day and i did like them as jordan,.
He still has experieince of being in a winning team and should know enough people to be able to pick up some rising star rngineers and designers
I think they will do ok in the longer term, but its going to take a while to get people to think outside the oval
With that argument you could say that even EJ could make a star team...
Those with a subscription to Autosport.com need to read of Dieter Rencken's visit to USF1. He had many preconceptions about the team before he actually went to take a look...
http://www.autosport.com/features/article.php/id/2326
http://www.autosport.com/features/article.php/id/2335
OK fair enough then. But it's a big step up for them...
Absolutely, of course it is. Same as the other two teams.
Why not?
He managed to drag a team up into F1 and got it to win races. Thats a pretty big achivement!
EJ was never part of a championship winning team though. What EJ was good at was pulling in sponsors and doing deals.
If they have that much technology and expertise available to them, then I agree with you they are on an equal footing to where Prodrive and Lola are.
Campos, I have no idea - how are they qualified to do F1?
They are in F1's growth market. They were probably the best Spanish option...
Campos have the same qualification Jordan had.
Prodrive still have an advantage that David Richards and some of his senior guys have recent experience of F1 and he can pull people from his other projects and know how the top guys will work together when the heat is on.
no no, I was referring to Campos and Manor. albeit they have Dallara and Wirth respectively so maybe not too much difference.
Daniel Audetto is the team manager and he's the one who had a big hand in Super Aguri beating the works team. They have Dallara doing the car, which on paper should be good, but we said that in the 90s and that didn't work too well.. This is why I'm not sure about them, that and being spread across three bases (Dallara/Italy, Campos/Valencia, Meta(commercial dept)/somewhere else in Spain). Source is a Q&A with Johnny Noble last week.
I disagree completely. Epsilon should have got it.
I don't think Spain is a growth market.
Audetto used to work for Ferrari
Why not?
It has boomed with alonso and now they are looking to consolidate it with a team which should be established after he retires?
I think the who franchise model is wrong. If someone can build an elegible car and a team they should be allowed to attempt to qualify. The best guys would stay and the pretenders would leave.
whole not who
I agree completely!
I agree with this. If that meant pre-qualifying, make it a 15-20 minute session on Saturday just before main quals, perhaps exclude the top so many in points.
When Alonso goes the Alonso fans will go. It makes a lot more financial sense to have teams from bigger countries which have much bigger markets. I would go after the BRIC countries as they have large populations and 3 out of the four are not into F1 in a big way.
Its not feasable with todays costs.
You wouldnt get races like the last one if everyone had budgets small enough for them to be able to afford not qualifying...
It has taken a while to get going, but look how many different teams have been on the podium this year...
Pre-qualifying used to happen on a Friday morning. Several teams started packing up before FP1 started.
That was because normal qualifying was on Friday and Saturday. There is no reason to have it at such a silly time now.
I'm lurking but thought i'd give my 2p....
You couldnt do that, because the big teams with 7 post rigs would get through because they have a base setup to work with from. The smaller teams wouldnt get a chance to sort out their setup and so wouldnt be able to qualify. Occationally you'd get a big team fall off but not too much
A sponsor annoyed at not qualifying can jump to another team. The risk lies with the owners of the team. I don't see what the no of teams on the podium has to do with it.
Its finally happened, i am watching the race on the iplayer and i just cant take it... Get rid of Leggard, or get rid of Brundle they just cant work together.
Preferably get rid of them both.
That is the new team's problems. Quite a few of the teams were on the point of starting the build before found out they hadn't got an entry. If someone can handle the costs they should not be locked out because F1 is a close shop. We have had teams that have sat at the back of the grid contributing nothing for years on end. Why should they have an automatic grid slot for the next 100 years?
We did before
Before we had the franchise system there were regularly seasons with lots of winners and on the podium. In 1982 there were 11 different winners.
They're too quiet and docile!
They'd scrape in at the bottom end. The big teams with rigs etc would only take the top 20 places as they do now. The remaining 6 places are up for grabs.
There is because of the track licences. Tracks were only ever licensed to have 30 cars practise or qualify
Only a week until LegoLand :D
(or it will be in 2 hours....)
I just got my hopes up there when I realised that Don't Stop, by Fleetwood Mac, was available for download to play on Rock Band 2. The song is from the same album as The Chain, see...
Sadly, no sign of f1 epic tunage to play on the game :(
Yet....
In Denmark?
That's why I'm so pleased Force India are doing well. They've done nothing worth anything since they were Jordan and there were times when maybe they shouldn't have been around much more - I believe they were only bought (twice? three times?) because of the franchise they held. Now they are performing again they can justify their presence.
I agree with giving teams the chance to qualify, there is no use having poitless teams gaurenteed an entry.
The only way i can see it working today was if FOM tookover all the sponsorship and sold the ads on the cars, and each team recived a set budget from them. But that would never be accepted.
we would end up with 2 or 3 competitive teams then the rest would constantly be making slow progress way down the grid untill they make a couple of mistakes and fail to qualify and end up going bust
The big teams never had to prequalify. Basically the last four slots in qualifying went to the top four pre-qualifying cars. So the top 13 teams from the previous half season automatically got a slot in qualifying.
Ya!
ahh I see
get rid of Legard i say.. i was stuck listening to him for Valencia and he kept saying the wrong thing.. at one point he said something that he had clearly just made up, i remember him getting Vettel and Lewis mixed up to.. for a moment i thought Lewis was retiring... i had to text lukeh to find out what on earth was happening.
You can't get rid of Brundle. Brundle is the best thing the BBC have
Cool. Where else are you going?
Oh yeah! I had to clarify it myself on here at the time I believe because I didn';t have a bleedin' clue what he was talking about either!!
You are going to LegoLand at midnight??
They are the complete oposite of Jake, Ej and DC. there is no chemistry, you get the feeling Legard is trying but he isnt quite good enough for TV, and it seems like Martin Brundle would rather be out walking the dog.
I think he's losing it. He's not as good as he was.
There is on in Windsor
The difference between BBC and the radio is immense... Crofty's excitement is way better!
Awww I wish! How awesome would that be.... I want to go to the Danish one because that's where I went as a kid.
I remember that Windsor site when it was a Safari park!
He is supposed to be a colour comentator, but he is not doing his job. If he wants to be the lead commentator let him do that, and get someone else in there to the colour stuff.
i think it's eddie... i think he is slowly sucking any life from the other presenters...
It will soon get to the point where only the word 'Jordan' is spoken on BBC due to Eddie's lack of SHUTTING UP ABOUT THEM,
what's a colour commentator when they are at home?
He wasnt that great when he was doing GP2.
I would love to see him given the chance to do it though, especially if Ant isnt around next year...
No. That sounds like the communist system American sports use. American sports are the last bastion of communism.
Didn't happen before. Jordan had to pre-qualify for the first half of 1991 but they were scoring points from there.
The Danish one is fantastic - I love it!
What else are you seeing in Denmark?
The rule was 30 cars quali or practise. 26 maximum in the race except Monaco where the number was lower
Sitting on the couch having a cup of tea? :D
A colour commentator provides 'colour' to the event commentary - in other words, he provides insight and opinion to on-track events...
wwaaa?? why wont Ant be there next year?... he is awesome he can't leave....
Good chance he'll get a drive next year
Ant reckons he has a drive in F1... Will not say more ATM...
i think he meant if hes got seat next year
ah right... makes sense. tbh i'm not sure there is time for that for Martin, he's too busy correcting Legard...
Bacicly the main comentor calls whats happening on the track, what we can all see. then the colour guy is supposed to notice stuff the average viewer wouldnt and explain it, or give a drivers perspective on whats happening.
MB started off doing just that, but when he got paired with JA he had to do a lot more of the main commentary.
Now with leggard they dont know whether they should be talking over one another or both standing there in silence.
But Ant talks the utmost rubbish and spends all his time saying I am great
Mr C was talking about goviral the other day. They have used the Contact Us form on the F1NGers website to ask us to publish their videos... despite the site not having been updated since March, never having featured any video, and the site basically just being a placeholder to get logins (badly)
Legard is too busy interrupting Martin too!
did he say that! awesome!
I didn;t know that was the same place. Tigers and lego is an awesome combination
well i hope the in car radio is good, he couldn't attempt to commentate using the standard of some of them recently....
This is the role of the colour comentator
He wasn't but he did get better... a bit.
The problem is he wants to do the colour stuff but has to keep taking over from Legard when he says things like Kimi looked offside.
Usually an ex-sportsman who adds insight. It is an American term
don't dis Ant. both he and Jenson are amazing :P Ant has some great insight though, i love his commentary with Croftie, they are much better than Hamilton and Phillips are for FP2...
Who is going to hire Ant to drive in F1? He is not that good.
I'm going up to Arhus before LegoLand then driving round to Copenhagen afterwards. Might go over to Sweden just because you've told me that I can!
Lou:
http://www.sidepodcast.com/2009/08/23/live-europe-the-race/#comment-450344
http://www.sidepodcast.com/2009/08/23/live-europe-the-race/#comment-450358
http://www.sidepodcast.com/2009/08/23/live-europe-the-race/#comment-450370
http://www.sidepodcast.com/2009/08/23/live-europe-the-race/#comment-450408
http://www.sidepodcast.com/2009/08/23/live-europe-the-race/#comment-450412
I think thats says it all about legard at Valencia :D
He goes on to much anyway, the start at monaco was an example...
I dont think JL is up to the job, but i cant see anyone else being able to commentate alongside MB if he doesnt know what is role is.
we all think you're great Steven :P
don't dis ant! he was a good driver wasn't he? he did well in le mans! :)
thats not hard ;) im better than ian and phillips
Near here is Cricket St Thomas, which is a wildlife park and for a time was owned by Noel Edmonds, during the 'House Party' TV show era it was also a Crinkley Bottom (the village) theme park.
The locals thought tigers and Noel Edmonds would be an awesome combination!
hehehe :D
grrrrr... they really suck.
how much did they offer out of interest?
Awesome! Yeah you can drive all the way now ;)
When you pass by Odense, give me a wave will ya? ;)
Ant thinks tyres are spherical ??
well you're already better than Lee so miles ahead of those too ;)
i disagree. he's brilliant.
He's a good tester. He was excellent in those free practice sessions, after accounting for the extra revs and not having to save his tyres...
I thought Crofty did well in the GP2 myself...
Is that where you live? I love randomly waving at inanimate objects.... Might well give it a try!
no he does NOT. he was looking for the word, and he was live on air and under pressure.
...trust me on this one ;)
They haven't:
I have a new F1 video that we would like to pay you to publish on your website.
The video shows Lewis Hamilton talking about upgrades to his car: (URL)
Please let me know quickly if you are interested.
rubbish compared to Haven. even after all Haven's ooooohhs, and car ID problems.
that was one slip up.. he is awesome! last year at spa (fp1?) he text five live telling to correct Hamilton's mistakes... he is brilliant! :)
Yeah, I live in Odense but I work in Copenhagen...
Never gonna forgive him for that are ya :P
what if you tell them you aren't interested?
i may need to blog about them.
Ooooh thunder!
hehe :D
i feel left out ;) i want them to ask me just so i can say no :D
usually we just ignore stuff like this
Mock the Week just starting
*confused face* it's not thursday?...
You mean you've actually watched some GP2 this year>
Pat, I'm shocked - are you catching up? ;)
You are right though - Haven is awesome, but I love how Crofty gets excited - he reminds me of Murray!
well reminded, thanks, I'd forgotten!
You have such good taste Jeremy
oh hang on, this is a repeat.
milk them for all they are worth? Just kidding! You could have so much fun playing hardball though - "well, Renault and Ferrari have offered me xxx. Care to match it?" :P
You can have Ant now that Jenson is mine
they arent spherical, they are cyclindrical
Ancient or recent. If it's ancient, it's always an amusing watch!
Um.. I'm comparing to 2007 :-) :-)
Actually I did watch GP2 Asia last night! From January! I insist on watching things in the right order.
Gr... where is Giggles! he is in trouble... ;)
can't i have both?...
But they have a domed profile... so thus they have the form of an element of a sphere, hence they are spherical!
Last Thursday's
honestly, the criticism isn't fair steven. the guy admits he didn't pay attention at school because all he wanted to do is drive. he had to ask croftie this weekend to help him with his maths. that is one of the sweetest things i've ever heard during a formula one race and rivaled rob for cuteness.
i admire him for being open and honest and not trying to pretend he's smarter than he is. yes, he thinks he can do better than some of the drivers out there, but then so do i.
Anyone still want a lewis trade? Offers still open.
:P
Can I have Lewis? He still hasn't called...
He wasn't awesome enough for Honda to sign him and they had all his data.
I think being a superlicence holder without a drive and sitting meters away from a Ferrari garage with Badoer in it must be one of the most frustrating things ever!
Whaaat? Can't we get re-assigned next race?? I'm not having Kubica forever.... I might fall asleep.
He didn't say the tyres had died
even I take offense at you calling Gavin "inanimate" :D
i'll be honest here. you don't have all the facts at your disposal, it wasn't that straightforward.
He makes lots off slip ups
Ant is so adorable! you just wanna give him a hug.. i think he deserves a chance in a car again, but then again i don't want to loose him from commentary :)
Didthis happen on the parade lap? i may have missed out...
stoopid cricket.
I was surprised
It was politics wasn't it? to do with Villeneuve? or have I got my times wrong..
I am not Kimi Raikkonen!
We need him to both at once like they do in Nascar... :D
I haven't seen it.
Politics with Sato, and it wasnt good for Honda to have 2 British drivers...
Hehehe I was thinking of waving at your house.... But meh.
decisions decisions. Webber or Hamilton?
They are talking about Megrahi being released so very recent
Ah yes, I've definitely seen that one.
Giggles gave me Jenson. I can't risk going against him and his box
You are most welcome to ;)
i've heard more insights from from his commentary than i ever did from Martin and James...
Was the legenday owl involved?
ahh yeah.
Everyone is allowed mistakes - Murray made a career off them!
grr.....Giggles!!!!
:cry:
I don't see how a lack of education makes him a better commentator. He makes loads of mistakes. Every time I hear him do practise I hear mistakes. He is not a patch on Brundle
damn good point.
It did but I joined late and missed it too
That depends on Alex. We may go back to Dan's game that no-one understands
Ant has been heavily involved in the team for ages.. after super aguri died I'm not sure Honda were in a place to hire him for his season anyway as they originally wanted a young driver i think. However i don't know much about the pre super aguri days..
Piquet too. Not so well though.
Oooooooh.
You know what? I would much rather have Ant and Crofty make a few slip ups and keep me awake and excited than the borodrome that is Legard - who also makes tons of fundamental errors (not small slipups). He is so boring it is badly affecting Brundle's commentary...
can we keep getting assigned each race till i get Jenson? and then can we stop? :P
you were picking him up on semantics. we understood what he meant. nobody could have been confused by what he was getting at.
i prefer davidson to brundle. brundle is boring. flick between 5live and bbc during a race, it's like walking out of a rave and into a church.
martin brundle is the vicar from father ted with the very boring voice.
I don't like that game. It gave me a cold.
:D:D:D
brilliant...
Not until I get Hamilton!
My God, you really hit the nail on the head there! Well done! :D
hear, hear. you've got it bang on. it's like they're asleep in the box.
Hell that deserves a photoshop.
i agree wholeheartedly following a personal favourite made by myself.....
Me: "Theres steam coming off the engine"
"There can't be"
Me: "Yup, i'm watching it"
"Is it blue steam?"
Me: "Nope, its regular steam"
"The engine is water cooled, there is absolutely no way it can be steam"
Me: "oh"
:)
I know Honda have access to all his data and didn't sign him. I know people move from one team to another all the time and none of them have signed him. I have watched his whole career and never seen anything special. Sato beat him in F3 and F1 and no-one is suggesting he should be at the top of a the queue for any drive.
You can say we don't have all the facts about anything we discuss here. All we can do is look at the available evidence and draw our own conclusions. All anyone ever says about him was that he was quicker than the race drivers in Friday practise but that is not a fair comparison and he was not the only reserve driver who did that
excellent :-)
Outrageous!
(but true)
Did my PK-Positivity kill the debate? :oops:
Gosh, legard is so boring even photoshopping him is bland.
that's fair. i was telling you though, that in this case it wasn't as straightforward as you presented it.
I was absorbing that positiviting
using your own past reasoning nick. shouldn't we be calling piquet CHEAT, from here on in?
hehe good"
aha
BUSTED
I think Fisi this weekend proved that an F1 driver's real pace is not always straightforward either...
It was all Flavs Fault!
and he goes beyond CHEAT to "FAIL"
All I am saying is if you look at the available evidence there is nothing to suggest he is anything special.
He makes the race more enjoyable though, which is not something brundle has done for years...
But what did we learn that we din't know about him already? He is the kind of driver who on his day with luck can run at the front an win occasioanlly. We always knew that.
eheh
to a point, i agree. people aren't rushing to sign him up and that must mean something.
I disagree about Brundle. Brundle has won something like 6 technical commentator awards and that is open to commentators in all sports coverage in the UK
they also gave ITV multiple awards...
And ITV won sports programme of the year several years in a row....
He wasnt really up against any competition though as F1 is the most technical sport around...
good point. and during his time on itv, who was commentating on 5live... legard.
I'm going mad. I just spent 2 minuts photoshopping david frost into a 5 live picture....
*facepalm*
No-one before him ever won the award and the football guys have a lot more exposure and bigger audiences
Evening all
I like Brundle's & Ant's commentary.. If it wasn't for Legard, I wouldn't be listening to 5Live
The BBC should be aware of that fact, I bet I am not alone
ehehehehe :D
who was before him? murray and hunt?
Im not saying he isnt good, I just dont think he is as good as many people have made him out to be, especialy this year
Most people dislike Legard. I find I can tune him out but still take in the inforamation he gives out which I couldn't do with James Allen. I just found him too annoying which is a shame because he clearly knows a lot more of the sport which comes across in his writing but never did live.
Murray and FacePalmer. Think Legard, halve the charisma and halve it again and you have Jonathan FacePalmer as a commentator
Murray and Jonathan Palmer and before that Hunt
He should have won the award for this alone
LOL, i love murrays reaction
Brilliant!
Sorry, just realised that probably should have had a language warning on it...
Oddly enough, one of the longer-length classic Spa races the BBC featured last week had Palmer on commentary... and he wasn't bad at all.
it had it in the title :)
one of the IRL teams gave Pressdog a Banana-gram..
http://pressdog.typepad.com/dogblog/2009/08/live-from-chicagoland-speedway-82809-part-3-bananogram.html
No he wasn't - but I do remember a lot of GP's when I was a kid when he just went on and on and on...
hehe, thats great! now if Ferrari could send sidepodcast a Car-gram... :D
I have no idea if this has been posted before, but this may be evidence that monosyllablic Kimi is just his idea of a joke
Based on mr c's assesment, the atmosphere difference between the two main feeds... ;)
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/commentarybattle-jpg
I like Kimi's style, always have done
I think he wouldnt answer because the questions were stupid!!!
:)
hehehe, brilliant! You should send it to 5livef1!
#sidepodspace
The first spacewalk of the mission will start in the next few minutes. The astronauts are in an airlock which is de-pressurising and after they have done some final suit checks they will be heading out fr a 6 and a half iur stroll to disconnect a spent ammonia tank. The spacewalk was scheduled to start at 10:49 so it is right on shcedule
He he, if there wasn't so much copy-written material involved, you should have your own website for this stuff.
Quality!
I absolutely hate it. His reaction on sunday was appalling. I'm sorry, but if you can't get excited about winning at Spa after a 25 race drought then you should go and do some rallying or something...
Yeah I can't risk getting sued by... well... everyone. :P
Radio 5 Live Pints of Awesome, my friend! :D :D :D
Palmer was very dry but he is very technical. I never felt he was a good combinatio with Murray. Brundle's personality fitted better.
You've missed the opportunity to give Legard a dog collar while he's in that dark shirt :P
oh my goodness!!!
andypriaulx: "I've really missed you guys! What's happening?"
I'm going to have to resist telling him that Mr C killed ringo star. grrrr
eheheheh :D
I didn';t want to terrify people too much. I had to have that effect as well because quite simply, you have to try your best to simply see straight past his inane commentary!!
you have to tweet them that :)
I remember reading an interview with a Tyrrell engineer who was discussing drivers and for some reason his Palmer comment is burned into my brain. He said Palmer got top marks for verbosity and note taking. Of course nowadays with telemetry and long debriefs those would be good things.
he look happy here?
Jut had a look on twitter, If USF1 do switch to toyota engines, would they run Kaz or would he go to the factory team?
I dont see what they would loose by having him there to be honest.
But you can't see his face so how can you tell?
I think he may take your advice
They would probably lose a few wings and wheels I reckon... ;)
his arms are over his head. unless he's stretching?
yeah ya can! just
For a moment I thought that was Badoer just happy to finish before 7pm...
:D
He doesn't look happy - his eyes look sleepy - nothing like Jenson's eyes when he won at Hungary 2006
He said at the weekend he would be in F1 next year
that was his first race, in a car that was rubbish, im sure kimi looked happy on his first
That was his first win after 100 attempts
the ra106 wasn't a rubbish car! not after Hungary anyways... he scored more points in the latter half of 2006 than any other driver... the ra107 and ra108 were rubbish cars :(
the pressure on him was huge from the media, every race after 100 he was seen as just a rubbish driver
113 actually ;)
Unless Ferrari dump him? All they have to do is pay him out - perhaps Kimi is just holding out for that rather than retire on his own accord?
Yeah, it was probably a "ill be in F1 next year (to my knowledge)"
If he says he would rather have the drive then the cash then they could be in line for a massive pay out unless they keep him in the car...
The point is, he looked happy and excited - Kimi just doesn't.
For Mr C
That's what I think he is aiming for - it's obvious his skill is there but the passion has gone for the sport...
Ferrari can'tjust dump him if his contract is written like DC's were and I am sure he can afford decent lawyers.
I watched that, i have no idea what was going on, but brundle and allen were strangely quiet...
love it. weird that toyota weren't even remotely surprised. did they think it was ralf?
Which is why I think Kimi is holding out for a payout...
Night all...
You don't know what Kimi's motivation is, he may be incredibly happy, just not show it. I know plenty of people like that. Kimi isnt a typical F1 driver, he's an amazing racing driver, you don't get a driver like him in your team and expect him to be good at PR or be happy and jolly all the time
Night Gavin
But Kimi has never been expressive. When Ferrari thought he was so good they kicked Schumacher out for him he wasn't expressive. I don't see the problem with that
He obviously saw "Schumacher" and just went for it.
he cashed heavily in melbourne on the main straight. he was a bit dazed but walked back to the pits.
He probably looked the same as he did this Sunday. This is how he is, just because he isn't jumping up and down with joy doesn't mean he is any less happy.
night Gavin :)
night Gavin
Agreed, just because he dosent act what we would consider normal dosent mean he's not jumping for joy inside. He is the type of guy that isnt a public shower, he does things in private.
I don't see that. He has been on the podium at the last three races with no competition in the team. He could be running round 1 second a lap slower and no-one would be any the wiser. I don't see any change in him
Night
All they have to do is provide a massive cheque. No mean feat, not saying it won't happen, just...
Awww!! Lance Armstrongs son (who looks about 2 weeks old) has a twitter account. Tis quite amusing
Night Gavin
Night Gavin
See ya Gavin
If you google f1 iphone app the first thing i get is the sidepodcast blog post on it... does that mean you should get one free?
Looked like he was avoiding the cameras
It may be more complicated than that. When there were rumours lastseason that DC's drive was under threat he said that his contract was written in such a way that RBR had to give him a car.
I expect Kimi to be at McLaren next year if he leaves Ferrari
I hope so
That means they sould get a royalty from each one sold
hehe. i need to do a proper review on that this week. am waiting on a certainly guest poster...
Law suit for damaging future earnings for someone on $40Million a year... BIG CHEQUE!
Me too, the drivers i want to see in a top car next year are;
Kimi, Felipe, Lewis, Alonso, Rosberg, Fisi, Sutil, Jenson, Rubens, Vettel, Webber,
Yes, I know... :)
I'll see if I can get some work done on it tomorrow, I'm in early so will be home in the evening
Does that mean it'll be a duet? ;)
Kubica?
Who? Name and shame.
On the subject of guest posts. I know Christine said she was going to do some sidepodradio posts. Would it be worth asking people to do guest posts on their own shows and running one a day? Saves Christine chasing people for info and writing the posts
umm, yeah him too, although its marginal.
i'd also like to see Piquet in a fair team with a good car
no worries. i has one billion things to do anyhow.
sounds ace, yup.
why is Jenson only 8th in that list :P
nah i agree i'd like to see them in a top car too... well.. not sure if i'm that fussed about Rosberg being in a good car, i've never really paid much attention to him in all honesty.
There's a Saved By The Bell screenshot on the drop
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/vlcsnap-2009-09-01-23h05m06s95-png
Any reason?
pugwall was busy.
Amy was watching it :D
Wow! Screech has one WILD shirt on there.
OK then everyone with a sidepodradio show get writing. That's telling them.
Just realised that I have volunteered myself to write two guest posts. Clearly I haven't thought this through properly.
Anyone tried Opera 10 yet?
With all the things that have ever appeared there you think that one is worth asking about?
:D
yup. doesn't support doohickey noise alerts = fail.
Is Alison still around?
:D :P
It was the first one I noticed, I usually give up after that
Embargo!
Did you get to talk to Joe this evening? i guess you have been on here though...
done. christine is asleep, which means i have to get friendly with logic, or leave it for her tomorrow. am procrastinating in the comments.
Yes.
Awesome... :D
go man go! only milky bar's would make her happy than you doing the edit!
bugger. okay. catch you in about 5hrs.
Some fool volunteered us to write a guest post on our sidepod radio show. Do you fancy making a start on it while I do my sidepodspace one?
aha, you will score massive brownie points! its worth it
make a copy of the original (if you haven't already) then make a really bad edit. Show it to Christine tomorrow, and she'll do it properly for you, without you asking for it.
I was trying to think of a nice way to say 'shooo' :P
But you can still pop in, 5 mins on each ;)
Surely in that case he should leave it and deliver Milky Bars tomorrow night. Of course if he forgot the Milky Bars.......
i hope they have macs at my uni to use, i wanna see what the fuss is about
Hah. Well done! Yes I'll get started with it. Not tonight though, I'm in bed listening to the rain that sounds like it's going to break my roof.
When i was growing up we lived in a house with a metal roof... i used to love the couple of days a year when it rained!
You'll be converted if they do
Am aware yes, not sure how i'll resist spending my student loan on a mac book....
make sure you keep an eye on the comments, may be posting something later I know you'll love
:D
i think you must have a mac-sense
I had that earlier. I think all that is needed is a quick description of the show and the type of intput we are looking for.
I think we should suggest a few topics to get the conversation started. I nicked Dan's suggestion that was mentioned on the Parade Lap. What would you do if you were the CEO of F1 and could change anything? That should get a good response.
Predictions always work. Not race predictions because then we are taking away from the Parade Lap but predictions like the top three in the championship and who will go where next year and what people expect from the new teams etc.
I would love itif we had a couple of days a year where it didn't rain.
I take it all back about brundle... he said yee-haat spa!
Now thats excitement :D
Yee-ha at Spa.
Its a tounge twister!
aha yeah, twas amusing
No, I've been doing other stuff and only just arrived here.
I've just had to pull out of Sidepodradio :(
You know how the sound card in my computer hasn't been working for weeks? Well, now the PDA has decided it's refusing to talk to my PC, which means I can't even get the audio files off the PDA (which was the only place where I could record anything) to somewhere that made transfer to Sidepodcast Towers plausible.
I considered sending it over mobile internet (which finally got fixed today), but discovered that the maximum speed of the network is currently 30KB per minute due to the new price structure. This would have given a sending time on the Travels in Sidepodland section alone of about 512 hours - and I didn't think you'd want to delay Sidepodradio for three weeks just to get my contribution...
Yeah sounds good! I'll try and remember in the morning.
Booo. 30KB per minute? Did you move to 1994?
That's a shame. Is there no way you skype sidepodcast and let them record? I don't like the idea of losing your show for technical reasons after you have put so much effort into it.
If you need anything from me just let me know
Twitter is great (sorry MrC) I told one of the top cricket commentators about how bad the organisation was at the cricket the other day and he actually agreed with me and was interested in what went wrong as well as telling me who to complain to...
It's good when you get a response like that
oooooo don't get me started.
No, I will resist.
You were there?
I was just annoyed at how obvious it seemed that 7 Tills were not going to be enough to supply half a stadium with beer...
:P
No I wasn't there.
Of course, you'd need lots of fire trucks with beer in and loads of polyfiller to fill the gaps so that no beer would get out, and youd have to invent a new water based cricket game.....
My work here is done! Night!
hehe, night!
night
Night Jon
Does anyone mind if i plug a few things?
night
please do
(not here)
You mean she shouldnt plug things here, or that she should and you are not here? :P
Pipes? Sinks?
nooo.
i mean, please do... I'M not here. #sorrylou
i suck at commenting.
and it's your system.. ;-)
yay!
okay, i'm not used to this plugging thing... but..
- Blog about holiday
- Blog about trip to Valencia
- Photos taken on holiday
- Photos taken of Valencia Street Circuit
phew...
You can't!
You invented it which means you set what is good commenting and what is bad! :D
hehe :) i know what you meant.
#
You have served up a feast!
yeah sorry about that... have been working on them all day...
This was not me!
big plug! you should re-post in the new daily too.
That's some great stuff Lou. Love the jelly fish.
Can't look at everything (I am meant to be working) but you have some great photos.
Not sure I want to read about the holiday, I haven't had one for so long......
Its awesome!
got me away from Dull & Duller ;)
it's a new day? ah darn it... yeah will do. :)
hehe no worries ;)
i was the same, was 3 years since i had a holiday (away from england) before this one :)
How is a 90's only radio station bad? :P
You people are so lucky. I wish I could just hop over to a new country
Yes. Well no not really. Plug away
Another country... go to Tas, its another world! :D
Booo. 30KB per minute? Did you move to 1994? {Comment #1432}
No - I moved to having a mobile internet at all - it's not been working for a couple of weeks because Virgin changed the access point name. They wouldn't tell me because apparently they don't support my device...
I'm saving that for a Targa Tassie adventure some day.
Its amazing... Defiantly in my top 3 places along with Hawaii and Bali
Have done Hawaii, probably won't do Bali, so maybe I should go sooner.
Bali is really good too.
Snorkling on the north coast was better than the Great Barrier Reef in my experience