With Valencia out of the way, we will already be turning our attention to the next race at Spa. I thought we had got all the back-to-back goings on at the beginning of the season, but apparently it is not so. Here are some of the things we are talking about right now:
- Barrichello will no doubt be celebrating his win - the first since 2004 - in style. I love that the paddock was full of good thoughts for Rubens, and no one could have anything bad to say about our race winner. Equally, our comments were full of love for the Brazilian, and long-time fan Lukeh blogged about his own happiness alongside Rubens'.
- Red Bull are reportedly thinking about KERS, although Christian Horner was quite cagey about it yesterday. They may or may not be planning to implement it in the next couple of races, but it does mean that the technology is back in the headlines again, and maybe even back in favour.
- Although Domenicali is saying all the things that Badoer would want to hear right now, in that they don't plan to chuck him out of the car just yet, they haven't ruled out a replacement after Spa. Luca previously said he would be in the seat until Massa returned but after his woeful performance this weekend, that doesn't seem likely at all. Who will they draft in to replace him?
That'll do it for now. We are/were up into the early hours watching Franck drive in the IRL race at Sonoma, so today will probably be a tough Monday. Either way, I'll see you in the comments.
A little tip for those who take holidays. If possible, have the Monday of your first week back as a day off as well. Especially if you know you'll have a big night on Sunday. A four day week when you come back makes the holiday so much better!
You speak the truth!
So.... Chicagoland's not a theme park, right?
The tab I am commenting in works perfectly well and I can ctrl + tab through all tabs but the tab is not shown with the other tabs in the window. I also can't close any other tab. The other tabs show normally with ctrl tab but when I am in the commenting tab none of the other three tabs are highlighted. So it knows I am in that tab but the tab is not shown even though the doohickey appears each time I ctrl tab through the tabs.
Bizarre. Have you tried using another tab to open doohickey, while redirecting the current (missing) tab to another site?
Can you drag that tab to another window?
That's odd. On the new FF you can right-click a tab and re-open it as a new window, try that..
I switched from the LCLT to the doohickey on it. It does everything except show the little tab itself and regardless what I do it won't let me close any of the other tabs.
I guess I will have to close the window and start again.
No because I can't see the tab to pick it up but I can see the doohickey in that tab
Have you tried Chrome? :P
Hello new daily thread of joy
But you need to be able to see the little tab to right click on it or to left click and drag it
Firefox has been great since the upgrade. This only happened a few minutes before I mentioned it. I am sure it will be fine after I re-boot it in the morning
Is there a 'move tab to new window' option in the menu bar?
I still think chrome is better, but i do understand the firefox love, especialy as it gives you snip noises :D
There is no reason why Franck can't race next week if a car is available to him. His next ALMS race is the Petit Le Mans on September 26th
Safari? (just to be cheeky) :P
No. I don't see this causing any real problem. I am just curious about it
I tried that and it tried to choke my computer. That is the slowest piece of software I have ever run
On windows? Apple software is great, but it aint getting anywhere near my PC
Safari isn't as good on windows
Most Apple apps are like that. Sad but true
Isn't that a yoghurt?
you've made my browser have a go at epic fail now.....
My LCLT has taken away the scroll arrows on the side of the comments bit. I won't be able to see your amazing suggestions for this problem for another 10 minutes when they get to the top of the page. I just want you all to know that you're responsible.
Only if Klien is driving
Taking the blame is my job
Logic assumes it is a LMS race on the Bugati circuit, not in the states!
It's not. It is a 10 hour race in Brasleton Georgia
Road Atlanta. Then 2 weeks later he is at Laguna Seca
I closed the window and it asked me if I wanted to close 4 tabs so it knew the tab that was hidden was in there. Firefox just bcame a little bit odd. Still all is well in a new window so no harm done
Good stuff
Mr C is breaking the internet with his updates in Lou's absence
I'm gonna go to bed, catch you Tuesday as I will not be here tomorrow. Going for a 'goodbye curry' with my sister who will be moving to Spain on Tuesday!
See ya Pat
Enjoy the Ruby
Night!
#sidepodspace update
NASA are 96% certain that the shuttle will launch at stupid o'clock Tuesday morning. I want to see the launch but I don't want to have to get out of bed at stupid o'clock -2 hours to watch it. Especially not if the 4% chance of postponement hits.
Weather is 80% which is by far the best number in a long time. THe last launch never got above 60%
Night Pat
Yankees Red sox game just started. I wonder what kind of ridiculous score we will get tonight after the last two games
Badoer... Making Yuji Ide look good.
Will his superlicence be under threat?
He wasn't dangerous, just crap
Except for that pit incident.....
He did move over :)
Into the wall.... Moron.
True
He wasnt on the pace though, although the FIA dont apparently take this into account.
No
Poor Grosjean, he must have got such a fright. 2nd race, he'd be wondering wtf was going on.
I am sure Bernie will have a word with Ferrari and explain that it is bad for business to have a Ferrari strolling around at the back miles off the pace.
From the 5live podcast...
If he was treating it as a test, he failed it :P
You think they won't realise?
1st race
One of my mates has a son... ;)
I thought they would realise before they put him in the car. Everyone on the internet knew he was going to be rubbish
He must've thought it was Krusty trying to do him in again
Baby Brundle?? Bernie loves Martin.
Baby PK ;)
I disagree. I think he was very close to dangerous. That effort in the pit lane was just stupid, and things like that can become dangerous very quickly.
Better putting Martin in the car
Oh my gosh! I'd pay good money to see that!
May as well. This might all be a subtle plan to get testing restored.
I think if they approached him he would do a deal for DC to race although Martin still has the racing bug.
He cant use the steering wheel which is a minor issiue :P
Yeah, he's let himself get far too portly. Plus he must be old. I heard him call DC "sonny"
I think he is 49
I am sure he has used a steering wheel before
There are plenty of likely options. Le Seb is the first to come to mind.
Cripes! that is old ;-)
Anyone fancy a Jake Blog?
I think he told PK he wouldnt have a clue what to do with it in Monaco!
Is Murray Walker alright? I haven't seen a blog from him in months. I hope he's not ill.
Yeah he said there were too many buttons and that his steering wheel used to have NO buttons on it.....
Thats true, he didnt do his normal preview...
I watched the 93 highlights.. he was right!
He didn't do the post-race stuff after Hungary either. I can't remember if he previewed that. Hunch says no, but I can't really remember
There are literally a ouple of sozen options who would b instantly better
Yeah he did, the Hungary preview was the last one he did.
Its great that Lewis just walked over to jake and offered an interview... they seem to get on really well
If the problem is driving these particular cars without experience, the drivers who have been in them this year should be the first choice, you would think
He probably wouldn't play about with the buttons to fine tune everything for every corner but Badoer probably didn't do that either. He was so far off the pace it wasn't worth the effort.
He was, at times, 3 seconds off the pace. If that's not dangerous, I don't know what is.
Giving the FIA a kill switch on the cars apparently... ;)
No... lets not go there again!
Eddie never seems to make sense when i am watching live, but when i have a second look at the build up he does seem to make really good points and calls
You need to lie down
:P I may still be suffering from Ashes Fever!
Greetings Everyone.
Spare a thought to those two poor Aussies who run F1 rejects webiste. They where so hoping for Badoer to get a fifth placed finish to escape their website.
Now it looks likes they will have to write an additional chapter to the Luca "Bloody Awful-oer" saga...
It just goes from bad to worse for us doesn't it?!
hehehe, Next week :P
Hows the media down there treating the cricket?
Cricket? What's that?
Awwww I never heard that one before the race, bizarely enough I'm listening to it now. They're so excited. It's a shame
Dont deny ACA and Today tonight are running in depth forensic investigations into exactly what went on! :P
hehe. No excuses that I have seen, except from Ponting that is.
Before the race stephy said "there is no reason to talk about that at this stage" when asked if they would run BAD at spa
any idea on a good talk radio station for me to here the debate?
I don't really listen to that. Stuck here at work.
ah, No worries :D
Two films I'm so looking forward to:
James Cameron's Avatar
and Tron Legacy
Ferrari-speak for we are currently just sorting out the paperwork to hire a third driver as a temporary full-time contract position for a period of 3 months.... Interested parties can inquire at Ferrari GHQ.
I am interested in Avatar, but James Cameron was so boring at E3 i am a bit worried
I saw some clips of it and it looked incredible in 2D. Must be really good in 3D. I have no idea about the story/plot etc but visually it looks something very different
sidepodradio. I wouldn't aste my time on any other radio station.
I am heading off to bed a little bit earlier than normal tonight.
Good night to anyone who is still around
See ya Steven
Night!, better head off myself, sidepodtime has deceived me!
G'night Nick
Nite Steven ==> Anyone else want Taki Inoue in the second Ferrari seat until Massa becomes healthy? At least it will be entertaining to watch "Satefy" cars crash into either himself or his Ferrari...
I have a feeling that Ferrari will disappoint us
I hope I'm wrong
Well let the record show that I was in favour of Nicola Larini, but would Ferrari listen to me?
Zoe and I are in the cinema about to see district 9. If I had a 3GS iPhone or similar, I could live stream our adventure. No copyright infringement intended
I went on Friday to see Tarantino's Inglorious B******s, very good flick and some fantastic acting.
Morning all,
I guess from all the discussion I had better compare Barrichello and Hamilton's lap times on my blog to see if the pitstop really did lose him the race or if indeed Barrichello was faster... I'll start writing it later (before I do my regular posts, in fact!)
I am afraid I didn't stay up for Indy but I see from the results that Mike Conway was mega....
Nice to see....
So it appears Dixon does better when I take no active interest in his races until after they are finished.
Good to know.
For the sake of my country, I will never care about IRL again.
good morning, what will be the mood here today ? how did Franck do last night ?
Boo.
oh, looks like I should not have asked
Yeah I saw that - he never has done well at Sonoma :(
Morning Christine.
Morning. How are ya?
I am well thank you. I enjoyed the race yesterday solely because of Radio 5 and I am excited that I will be doing a special post later on whether Barrichello won because he was faster or because of the pitstop mistake on Lewis...
Ah, good stuff. Can't wait to see it :)
I am curious as to how you had R5 in your non UK location :D
IRL last night - 24 cars, F1 next year - 26 cars . I don't know why I thought there are more cars on IRL grid. the only race I watch is indy 500 and that track looks quite busy with cars
I will tell you later ;)
The bits I saw looked very like an F1 race.
Ah, the Indy 500 usually brings out teams who only race once a year for the money.
IRL has a lot of part-time drivers for example Sarah Fisher who only does Ovals...
Is it worth watching if you know the result?
Erm, I am probably not the best person to ask. I gave up when Franck did.
Yeah I heard that. Gutted - and Dixon did badly too :(
Still, at least Dario and Justin Wilson did well!
I too await your PM via wiki ;)
Home now. Great movie overall. Slow start, and a bit fanciful at times, but plenty of medium level gore. Zoe and I are both happy.
Ya wierdo ;)
Morning all
It was goood...but i think most of us loved it for the fact that the IRL site is amazing, so much stuff to play with!!
It is quite cool!
Morning everyone...
Morning Jon and Alex.
'orning Christine
Is it back to work day today for you Christine? Were you sharpening your pencils and filling in your work revision timetable?
'rning Jon
ooo de ja vu, was just thinking exactly the same thing...
'ning Alex
It's de ja vu all over again.
'ing Jon
'ng Alex
'g Jon
' Alex
Mm. I both love and hate it because it's nice and busy, but my god is it busy!
On the flip side, back to work means:
"Did you have a nice time?" Yes.
"Wasn't the weather good?" Yes.
"Did you enjoy the farm show?" Yes. I bought a hat.
"You've had your hair cut?" WHAT? WHEN DID THAT HAPPEN?
Ahh i love it when people say that, "oh really? i was not aware of this?"
or when my Grandma says "haven't you grown" i say "no, but i'm almost certian that you have shrunk"
Hehehe.
I had a friend come round on Sunday to watch the race... I've known him since I was 12. He's 30 now - I saw him last about 3 weeks ago.
I welcomed him at the door and I said, "hold on, haven't you grown"?
"No," he claimed, "I haven't!"
Then I realised I didn't have any shoes on.
Jon
Surely the answer is - on holiday.
Is this one of those guy things where neither of you will back down?
I don't think so... I'm just curious about what's going to happen when we run out of letters.
I'm lost as well. Quality discussions on Sidepodcast as usual!
Don't knock it it's not as random as Dan Brunell's game!
:D
what happened to drop.io?
From Noble:
http://m.twitter.com/NobleF1
Ferrari has said no chance for Schumacher to race for them this season
Red Bull Racing has decided against KERS for Spa, but will decide on Monza next week
Um... I didn't do anything.
Did you forget to put 10p in the meter again? :D
Either they are struggling again, or point 2 is true.
yes alex?
hehehe. never :)
I think this means I have won the internet :)
nooooooo
In that case, can you fix drop.io, pls?
mwhahah, you walked into that one ;)
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/77964
Soft and Hards to be taken to Japan...that could be interesting
are they deliberately trying to confuse the championship?
I am eating pizza again. I fear another cheese coma.
That was a bit strange - I opened my browser (Firefox 3.5) and it greeted me with a message headed, "Well, this is embarrassing"*.
I understood that artificial intelligence was getting advanced, but I would never have imagined that the humble browser would be feeling emotions by 2009...
* - For those who care, it was having trouble loading a Facebook app because it was trying to do it the moment I loaded and (for obvious reasons) I had yet to log into Facebook at that stage.
apparently you don't have to eat it all?
but I spent good money on it! I refuse to not eat food I have paid for!
i agree. apparently though, it's edible cold too?
I get it lots at the moment, its usually when im running, 20-40 tabs though, firefox goes "umm....NO!!" and then shuts down. boo
very true. I enjoy a cold pizza breakfast.
Freeze the rest and have it ready for another time you need a quick meal?
Chrome is heaps better these days!
Question: Whats that song thats got the lyrics "you got the feeling" that they always play in the live action arena at autosport...its been going round in my head for days and it wont go away
Ah but it wont let me open hotmail
I had that as well this morning, I just figured it was because I'm running a developmental add-on.
Really? That's odd...
Tried Opera or Safari?
God bless the freezer.
well it used to not let me...i coudl get in but it wouldnt let me send any emails. i shall check now, i think i have a new version
Firefox works just fine pour moi ta ;)
ooops.
ooh it works now, it didnt used to, must have been the old version. However firefox is good for me at the moment
wish you'd kept going now dontcha ;)
'lex?
Well I wouldn't want to carry 'on for too long.
I guess so, it must be tough being 'ex sometimes
It's not so bad at least out of my time here I've managed to have some Fish 'n Chips.
Or not.
they are giving us wind + storm warnings for tomorrow, and to prepare for blackouts.
I wasn't even planning on live streaming!
But they always end up on your trousers? in an 'x estential mess
True story.
Stay away from the trees.
I plan to!
You know, i've always loved, apostrophes, i just love them, just look at them...
'
hotma...? nope, never heard of it ;)
Whatever it is... it doesn't sound cool.
hardly the next wave is it?
http://www.instantrimshot.com
I'm awaiting a phone call from the University of Cumbria and i may explode if they don't phone soon!! Grrrr
Make sure you don't explode before they call. I don't think that's the kind of clearing you had in mind. ;)
Badoer… Making Yuji Ide look good.
Will his superlicence be under threat? {Comment #37}
The best line of BBC commentary in the race was when Martin Brundle, commenting on Webber and Button being told to overtake and defend respectively, said, "They're professional drivers - they all know what to do". Before he had chance to draw breath for his next sentence, the camera moved to Luca Badoer pointing the wrong way mid-spin.
My own comment was, "Well, most of them do!"
My take on the Superlicence is that Luca will be fine as long as he does not produce a repeat performance at Spa. If he shows significant improvement, the FIA will simply put Valencia down to a bad weekend at the office, which every driver has occasionally (albeit not necessarily as blatantly).
If Badoer is still crashing into cars in parc fermé, driving the wrong way down run-off areas and inducing overtaking in the pit lane in Spa, I think the licence will be considered for revocation via the F1 Commission, which will give Ferrari the excuse it needs to put someone else in the car.
:D :D :D
Poor Jean.
"It's hard to assume that you won't be racing at your home grand prix after winning the Le Mans 24 Hours and having completed over 10,000 kilometers with Ferrari and Peugeot."
whats Jean got to do with it?
Holly calls him Mark Jean.
all the cool kids call him "Mark Jean"
ahhh ok :)
Morning all!
I would like to announce that I'm no longer unemployed! It's happy days
Huzzah!
Yeeeeeeeeey
:D
On the minus side, it does mean I'm going to have to go to work now..... Back to missing all my F1
ah but if you work hard enough, you could buy F1 off bernie...then F1 would become your job.
Simples
good week/bad week?
I get it lots at the moment, its usually when im running, 20-40 tabs though, firefox goes “umm….NO!!” and then shuts down. boo {Comment #174}
In this case, the app was the one and only tab. However, I will admit that it is very difficult to load a Facebook app if you're not actually logged into Facebook...
I've had some good news. From now on, I'm going to be doing one day a week of voluntary work (Wednesdays) at BTCV!
Oh cool. BTCV?
w00t!
British Trust for Conservation Volunteers?
British TC Volunteers?
Now Maclaren are good again people realise KERS doesn't equal a rubbish car.
I read a Sam Michael interview recently. Williams still have people working on KERS and they want to run in before the end of the season.
Will be intresting to see who (re)introduces it.
Bought my tickets to the Melbourne 2010 GP last week. Woo hoo!
I wonder if those extra air ducts I talked about last night are to do with cooling for KERS?
British Trust for Conservation Volunteers? {Comment #222}
I think so, but since they never use the acronym and the parent company's website won't load on my computer, I can't be sure.
What kind of work will you be doing?
i didn't know that. if they manage it, it'll be impressive, but the seasons almost drawing to a close. we only have x2 european races remaining and after that it starts to get expensive to fly new parts out to venues.
That's the one then. I think they decided back in the eighties to just use the acronym for some reason.
They voted against banning KERS for next year too.
*ahem*
woooooooooooooooooooo
i got an interview!!
They may be forced to use it now so it's ready for next season. I mean, it's not like they can have a test day at the moment...
woo! SPC takes over!
true, but their kers solution is completely different from everybody else's. could they learn anything from bringing it into production?
So would you if you invested in a company providing a unique solution for the technology...
yay.
Well done sir!
i'm not so sure. mclaren's solution is vastly different to the flywheel solution.
I'm trying not to get too excited, we're going to North for a few days (I live in essex...the lake disrict is quite far away), i'm going to take my laptop and will keep in touch :)
I'm going to go get packing!!!!
:D
What kind of work will you be doing? {Comment #227}
I'll be doing admin. Filing, photocopying, typing stuff up etc.
Good luck!
Maybe you should pack some lucky cling film?
woooooooooooooooooooo
i got an interview!! {Comment #231}
Well done, Jon!
Not a bad idea
From the Williams website:
Q: Are you still pursuing KERS?
SM: We still have a team of people working on KERS, but I don’t want to put a date on when we’ll run it for the first time.
I read something separately a while ago saying Singapore could be a good track on which to test KERS.
@Gavin - the same has occured to me. If you are being cycnical you might run the flywheel on Kaz's car at one race and then market Hybrid Power "as a proven F1 technology".
Or use Kaz's car as a mule for the new system - not entirely a bad idea as he can be a bit of a donkey sometimes! ;)
I got an edit marked as spam because I decided to link to Jon's previous comment...
using doohickey?
we're always cynical, and i like that line of thinking :)
do they have the budget to do it though?
Don't start dissing my team. We've got squillions in the bank. Ahem......
I've read quite a few contradictory things on different sites. Some say the big advantage of the flywheel is that it is much lighter than the battery power systmes. Others say it is heavier.
I am talking to my brother, he says "Luca may be bad, but at least hes better than Barrichello"
wow. He really doesn't like Rubens!
:D
part of the issue is where to put it. ideally it would be on the back of the gearbox, but this years cars like a forward weight bias, which makes that difficult.
at tiddlywinks?
the only thing I could come up with was "being Italian"
It's certainly more efficient at gathering and storing the energy, plus batteries are pretty unsound ecologically. The thing is, with the rules the way they are, you're not allowed to use all the energy you've gathered as it is so extra efficiency doesn't add much.
rubens drove for ferrari and won a race with them. that makes him more italian than luca.
touché
I am talking to my brother, he says “Luca may be bad, but at least hes better than Barrichello” {Comment #251}
Did he have a credible explanation for why Rubens and Badoer finished 16 positions and over a lap apart?
"Luca was just having a bad day, Rubens has been bad for 17 years and got lucky once"
Tell your brother to take the eye patch off so he can see more clearly!
At least Luca's not so grumpy!
am looking forward to mantovani's pic this week :)
There is something wrong with the boy, he went to a grand prix and never wants to go again.
Does. Not. Compute.
“Luca was just having a bad day, Rubens has been bad for 17 years and got lucky once” {Comment #259}
Um... ...I think he missed the "credible" part of my question!
I think his dislike of Rubens is like my dislike of Nico. There is no reason for it, it just happens :D
Personally I don't think Nico is as good as everyone says he is...
My only hope is that if he gets into a McLaren, he wins nothing.
Just like his Dad, in fact!
They'll just claim it's a McLaren conspiracy. Too much Lewis love again.
:D
You think he's less good than I think he is!
Riiight, how are we all doing?
I am eating a sandwich...
Ah how not what...
I am eating a sandwich moderately successfully.
I would say that i've just low-moderate success with my sanwich....
It was a salad-cream shift squirter
You all mean sammich, of course.
That's one of the main reasons I've only been moderately successful.
Now that you've corrected me - I've finished :)
I am not sure whether I like this idea, but Anthony Davidson has offered his services to Ferrari.
Wouldn't we miss him too much in the commentary box?
The man deserves a race drive! That said, Ferrari will turn him down, I think.
of course they will, he's better than Badoer, but im not sure he's ferrari standard, but i'd be quite happy to be proved wrong :)
It seems insane that there are four retired or fired F1 drivers with more relevant experience than him and have no chance of getting in that car.
The only explanation is that they want Alonso to break his contract with Renault somehow!
Fair point, except the 'Ferrari Standard' clearly is not that high judging by 'Look-how Bad-you-are's drive was last weekend! ;)
:D true story
At least Luca's been loyal to the team for who knows how long. Ant has nothing of the sort to show them.
They don't want someone as bad as Badoer, but they don't want anyone who's good enough to match or beat Alonso (lest it upset any ongoing talks). That said, no one of that caliber is available right now.
Agreed, but I can't see DC, Ant, Piquet, Bourdais or Franck embarrassing themselves or the team like that...
he's a contracted brawn test driver.
not in a million years will he get the drive.
But FTA, he said that he offered his services?
of course he has. doesn't mean they'll accept though.
brawn (ross) would love it if he got the seat. imagine the info he'd acquire.
I just listend to the live stream of the debrief and Mr C you have given me an idea ;)
Just finished watching the Euro GP finish with Brazil TV. Their "Brazil" zinger whenever a Brazilian wins has been there for nearly 30 years - and yet it still sounds awesome in 2009. :D
musical idea?
Oooh do tell!
Indeed.
Funny how even Piquet sounds like a good idea right now ;)
Hehe no. It is to do with blogs I'm investigating now so I will reveal in a bit :)
damnit. i just know alex is looking forward to receiving heaps of dance music for his radio show :)
Sadly I'm not musical in any way.
unreal isn't it?
I miss the drop. Is it point 2? Sounds like point 2.
But why now?
Pardon?
I haven't yet listened back to the live show yet...
You're in for a treat.
Agreed :)
Oh good!
I'll sling it on now!
The idea that Mr. Whiny-useless is more worthy of an F1 driver that Ferrari's Official test driver? Absolutely!
mine is trying to load, I am quite excited :D
Is this something that won't find it's way into the podcast?
It'll be in the podcast.
So I'm going to be laughing out loud at work if I listen to the podcast then ;)
I am not here... But boooooooooooo youuuuuu
Now I'm worried we've built it up to be something it isn't.
Is that you or Piquet talking? ;)
I've just come back from a meeting... starting now...
*do you ever feel, do you ever feel*
mine still hasn't loaded. Now I really miss the drop
Have we heard anything from drop.io?
*thinks back*
I was supposed to be fixing it wasn't I - whoops!
James Allen Speaketh:
I could send it to you through skype (or another method of your choice)
I think the problem is just my super slow internet so I might just wait until it speeds up again :) thanks anyway!
Other than those who have raced this year, who else has driven an F1 car this season?
Hartley? Or was that last year?
ah it was December.
Mercedes engines Mr C not McLaren!
...
Oh Bassano got it!
Hülkenberg?
March 15th to be precise
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/73720
so him and Hartley - that's a short list...
Hartleys helmet has an NZ flag and a silver fern, so he wins :D
Got a pic?
he seems to have about a million different ones but the one in the header of http://brendonhartley.co.nz/homepage.htm has the flag and the fern is visible on most of the other pictures on the page :D
Aww he's awesome!
i bet it wouldn't last long if he made it to F1 :D
There's only room for one Goldilocks in F1!
I would pick a Kiwi over a Finn-imposter any day :)
And on that note I shall go to bed because my aim was midnight but its suddenly 10 past :D
Night Amy!
Parting shot from 5LiveF1's Twitter:
Even Badoer's collision with Sutil is nothing like what Kimi can pull off. ;)
And on that note, off to bed for me. Good night! :D
This was predicted during the Parade Lap!
:D
i put it on drop.io specifically for you.
....bugger :)
it is awesome. it's just that no-one appreciates it :(
I keep getting interrupted by meetings... Still got 42 minutes to go in the show... Just got to the end of Fantasy Racers.
it's happened already then?
the feed still works ... works still ... is still working
well you know what I mean
ahh i do. cheers.
my maths is rubbish, Mr C is not third :(
hehehe. where am i?
Nah, the good bit is when you explain it.
There was some disco music earlier but you didn't explain what it was... I think you were later going to explain what was going on later. Which hasn't happened yet.
Not going mad - yet - phew
9th. My maths is really really rubbish :)
boo. nine out of how many?
9 out of 16.
You are 161 points behind the leader (riktum) and 6 points behind places 6-8.
You've beaten Gavin and his statistics :)
You're team is worth 41.6 Millions because Rosberg value has increased 0.4, Hamiltion 0.5, Fisi 0.5, Alonso 0.3 and Buemi's dropped 0.1 million. Which makes you the second richest team.
that sounds bad.
that sounds good.
that sounds brilliant! thank you :)
Hey, what's happening folks!
hey. have a mediafuturechange video for y'all:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIFYPQjYhv8
Cool, will look now
"80% of Twitter usage is on mobile devices…people update anywhere, anytime…imagine what that means for bad customer experiences?"
Talking of media change, Mr C - have you heard Snow Leopard is being launched on Friday? It's now official
ooooooh. i did not. i look now, ta.
I'm getting regular Kernel Panics at the mo, was going to do a clean install
Now...
will you buy on friday? i can't risk an upgrade during spa weekend. i couldn't even fit it in.
I'll pre-order it online for delivery. Install next week when I'm VERY backed-up.
Carbon Copy Cloner, I think
Interesting thought on the back of something in the live show... You guys were talking about what would you put all of your eggs in one basket or not with Red Bull and Webber.
It has been common practice in previous years to sweeten drivers who are going to have to go into a supporting role for the rest of the season by signing them up to contract extensions.
I'd say RBR have signed the extension for Vettel on the condition that he supports Webber for the rest of the season.
Or vice versa/for both
random question, is it possible to stop someone from following you on Twitter?
You can block people.
Before they attempt to follow you or after?
After
I saw that, but I feel mean doing it.
And moderate all requests to follow you
Don't, if you have good reason
I just wanted to get rid of the random people I don't know :lol:
Mr C's a groovemaker!
Usernames can be deceiving
That was not 'groovy' ;)
[Sorry Mr C]
I'm stunned by Mr C's creativity ;)
Oh, I was stunned alright
Hehe :)
Hi all
I'm 24 hours out of date but heigh ho!
I thought yesterdays race was as average. I haven't heard the podcast yet (awaiting mp3 file) but i can imagine it came in for some criticism??? A beautiful venue ruined by dull racing. I love the final sector of the lap, that's awesome through those corners, proper playstation stuff lol.
I was gutted macca lost the race (Whitmarsh trying to put a brave face on it - oh dear) but glad we had some excitment instilled for the final laps. I think if the pitgate hadn't happened then I feel Lewis wold've won the race. I'm sure the legions of Brawn fans may disagree.
It was really strange watching the full replay last night (yes i'm really sad and managed to watch the whole thing again), the hole race looked for intensive purposes a test session.
What was the general mode towards the race amongst the sideplodders?
hi sidepodworld. Quick q. Have you heard from lou in comments today? If not, huge surprise to share when i get home!
Nope!
Ooooh surprises! oOOOOOHHHH!
Hey RCC
Pretty much as you summed it up but with more 'it was boring' & 'Badoer was embarrassingly bad'
I'm not long here, so no from me
And filter says no for todays thread
okay dokey, will be back very soon with this awesomeness!
Don't you hate it when people do that ;)
Very much so, get us all excited and then leave.
Mind you I mentioned something to Mr C and then left it earlier :lol:
So it was Karma!
[In an 'Earl' way, of course]
Yo yo!!
I felt so sorry for Badoer, I'm not usually one for sympathy but he really tried yesterday. Wish we could've seen an onboard for his race start. We never saw a replay (even though there was plenty of time!)
Who did people feel did best out of the newbies? Grosjean impressed me in qualifying. I've always been passive towards him in regards to GP2, get the feeling i've found a new driver now lol .
Yes!
Run Lukeh! RUN!
Grosjean's fastest lap was better than Alonso's according to 5Live podcast
He done good
I think he should be sacked.
Grosjean?
Are you STILL drinking? ;)
Might have been.
Sadly my idea won't work out. I mentioned it too soon because I got excited.
:(
Can you tell us anyway?
Well Mr C mentioned in the live show how he couldn't keep up with all the blogs because there was so many, essentially the idea was for a site where part of the latest posts from a number blogs would be and link back to the originals.
Whilst its not impossible there are other ways of doing it such as combing the rss feeds for the blogs into one so there would only be the one feed.
I think its just I need something web realted to do so my brain jumps on the first thing it thinks of :D
Couldn't you do this with Yahoo Pipes?
However you'd have to be very careful about how you did it. People would not take very kindly if you were scraping their content.
Afternoon all, am currently in the M6 toll service station....i hearts free wifi.
How are we all?
I would have had people sign up rather than just have it done without their permission :)
OK so... (drop.io is down, damnit!) Lou messaged me this morning that she, her friend and their family were heading off to valencia of all places today! That was pretty cool enough I though, she initially sent this photo when they got to the street circuit area, but then she surpassed any levels of sheer awesome when she sent me this!
How freakin' awesome is that!!! Just imagine, 24 hours ago and now she's where the almighty Rubens was!!! Needless to say I was gobsmacked. Just so totaly cool. I hope it lives up to the hype I was building up :P
AWESOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ahem yes it does :)
Good to see Lou crossed the line first too :)
Probably overlapped Luca Badoer as well :P
Right back on the road!! Have a nice evening y'all!!
See ya Jon!
Cheers Jon
3 hours down....3 (potentially) more to go...
Where are you going?
Ambleside, i have a university interview!
Ooh, good luck
[No idea where that is though :)]
Cumbria!
Now, that's a road trip
Mmmmm, i head that i'd got it this morning and we all went LETS GO!!!!!
mwaha
Best way, hope it goes well
Ooooh Ambleside! That's really near me right now....
That is way cool! Why didn't they go yesterday though?
Fear of cranes, only overcome today?
Wow, Tiffany & Co on New York's Fifth Avenue are thought to be making sales equivalent to $12,000 to $18,000 per square foot annually
Apple's flagship store there, at least $35,000!!
Evening all
Hello!
Evening steven
Hi Christine. I was very impressed with Franck's drive last night. Shame he got caught up in the first lap accident. He drove really well and only 3 drivers beat his fastest lap. Hopefully Ferrari compare his performance to Badoer's
I really shouldn't be allowed to watch him at work. Whenever I watch he always does a good job really, but something gets in the way, ie. other cars or broken legs.
#sidepodspace update
NASA still claim they are going to launch the shuttle at stupid o'clock in the morning. The launch is scheduled for 1:36am Eastern or 6:36am UK. Weather is still 80% good which is the highest in ages. The last mission never got above 60%. They start filling the petrol tank in less than 3 hours.
I am going to be very cranky tomorrow if I get up at 5 o'clock-ish-ish to watch the build up and it doesn't fly.
There is another IRL race next weekend which is on an oval so it will be interesting to see if he is in the car for that. There are three races left all on ovals and you would think if they want him for next year they would let him at least run the practise and quali for that to see how he copes.
i block lots of people. don't feel bad, it's likely they won't even know you're doing it.
the tools are there, use them.
meanies.
hi, i return.
If you don't take your critics' feedback onboard, you'll never improve ;)
lou's on first!
you gave feedback?
I said it was stunning... kinda
you'll be pleased to here i'm working on more tonight.
That's the spirit
[Sorry Christine]
netbook envy
12 hours!!!
Nicest thing I've seen Nokia produce in years. Not inspired by a MacBook at all, oh no
[Still waiting for the Apple Tablet/media slab... thingy]
mmm. has 3g and gps built in too.
how long are you prepared to wait though?
I have an iPhone
I can wait
Bet they won't last 12hrs on a single charge
Mr C, ever thought about one of these for mobile broadcasting energy requirements?
Macbook External Battery
I see dropio is down. If anyone has anything they want to upload they can put it on the sidepodradio drop which is still working and we should be able to transfer it later. I think.
http://drop.io/sidepodradio
that's genius!
sounds like a good plan.
I have had that a couple of times. I jist tell it to load all tabs and it does.
Same
:D
That was fun, went on a sudden bike ride again. Really enjoying cycling again on lovely evenigns like this :D
Too late you are in the bad books Mr C
haha. i wouldn't block you jackie ;)
Also, lou has asked me to ask Christine can she have beluga whales in Sidepodzoo? She's at an aquarium in Valencia and I'm assuming these are Brawn Whales :P
You didn't block me, just dropped me .. I take the huff y'know
i haven't dropped you either jackie. i'm using friendfeed to read and reply to tweets. one second, i shall explain.
His first cartoon is up already
http://mantovani.zip.net/
:D :D
hahaha, brilliant!
I have not heard of this beluga whale, I am going to need photographic evidence.
I've heard of beluga cavier so there must be a mummy beluga
They are ugly. I think they are the ones with a lump on theitr hea like Toyota on Friday
But whales have live young so that would be a big lump of cabiar
:D .. does Toyota only have a lump on a friday?
Oh, then really not. My zoo is going to be pretty.
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/2008f05f27816836281
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/whale-beluga-surfaced
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/beluga
Awwwwww. I like them. :D
Ah yes, *doh* now I do feel silly
first take a look at this page, these are all the tweeters i'm following, you're in there somewhere jackie:
http://friendfeed.com/sidepodcast-tweet-stream
using friendfeed i see all of your tweets, not just the ones twitter wants me to see. i miss nothing.
i'm royally chuffed off with twitter. i absolutely hate it and i hate the people behind it and the decisions they make. i have to use it, i cannot ignore it, therefore i have found a way to make twitter bearable.
it's called friendfeed. please ignore the list of people on twitter that i'm following. its meaningless. i use it solely to import new people into friendfeed and flush the list regularly.
that make any sense jackie. i am following you, i promise.
They took it off after trying it on Friday. I think it must have been banned on the grounds that it was offensively ugly
Ooh, does that mean dropio is working again?
drop.io came back??
Now I feel bad :( sorry
George orwell would be proud ;)
Yeep!
Have added lou's photos too.
Ah, this is the thing that I would do if it wasn't ridiculously confusing.
don't worry. i haven't explained this to anyone.
i'm still fighting twitter. and i'm still experimenting and learning. i will beat it though and then blog the process too.
:)
Evening all.
Has someone linked to something called Susan's diet tips in the comments? If not, I've had a very weird computer occurrence....
Awesome! Look forward to reading that
Beluga caviar apparently comes from the beluga sturgeon
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beluga_caviar
it isn't simple, granted.
Will it be long enough for a "woof" ?
It's the logos!
Ah, so I wasn't imagining such a thing :)
It was threatened with the sidepodradio drop and knew that we had it outnumbered
that bit could be improved, yes. but... there is no other way of every single tweet from a person. twitter will not allow it.
i can live with the logos.
Hehehe.
I wish it didn't confuse me because I am soooo mad at Twitter for their stupidness.
I haven't seen it
Haha
I had always asociated beluga caviar and beluga whales but as soon as I read you say it I realised there was a slight flaw with it
It just opened all by itself, all I'd been doing was clicking randomly on the SPC page i'd just opened because it wasn't opening properly (typical woman response....)
Maybe my computer thinks I look fat.
It's funny, I must be going weird. When I type haha I hear that voice from the Simpsons doing it and when I read something that Giggles or Steven writes, I don't so much as read it but hear them say it.
:D
Looks like our plan is working Alex
sidepodbrainwashed?
Instead of him live streaming everything we are bypassing the mobile phone companies and the internet and going straight into the brain
When is the radio again, the 16th?
Ha ha, all caviar is from the Sturgeon. Just different varieties I guess
Oh my god, has anyone seen what Rubens did to a friend? He said if rubens ever won a race, he could do anything to his hair
http://twitpic.com/f4jqk
so thats what the podium gesture was about :D
I am really getting into Bang goes the theory. It just finished on BBC1. It's a science/tech thing but in simple language. They had one feature where the US military have come up with a way of keeping people away from certain areas using directed sound so that it just got too painful if you were anywhere near it. The presenter took some polystyrene faoam and made an outside in anechoic chamer which he wore on his head and walked right up to it. All that military technology and expense rendered utterly useless with a couple of quids worth of polystyrene
Shows you how little I know, can't see me ever wanting to eat raw fish eggs
I saw that, he must be a very good friend and Ruben's was very naughty
September 20th
Lots of shows still looking for contributions of questions / comments etc
http://wiki.sidepodcast.com/page/Sidepodradio
You're computer needs virtual anti-biotics
I watched the first two but ran out of time for the other ones.
*your
[tut tut]
Taramasalata?
Not very creative. He could have done a cross or a tar or a circle or the top of his helmet design
It's looking pretty full already, no?
I think that is only the second one I have seen. I missed last weeks and have bee intending to watch it all week but it never happened.
Oh god no, the colour is enough to put me offf
Want some now, with toasted pitta. Yum!
Is that foodbye in Greek?
goodbye. maybe foodbye is more appropriate
Goodbye my salad, I think ;)
This is what happens when you live in a cosmopolitan city
plain old scrambled egg and toast won't do
I also like burgers
Scrambled egg with cheese and chopped chillis on the other hand...
I'm seriously so faddy about food you don't want to know.
The schedule is full but there are quite a few shows where people are looking for questions and the like.
Nikki is looking for people to leave voicemails about their part of the world
Sean is looking for people to leave sports related comments or questions
RG is looking for stuff people want predictions on.
Alianora is looking for top 5s
Alison and I are doing an F1 phone in but will happily use voicemail or text left on the wiki. Someone in yesterday's show asked what people would do if they were CEO of F1 and could make any changes they like so I have nicked the idea for our show.
Plus we are more than open to shorter show ideas, and of course the lovely voicemail transitions.
Especially voicemails that end with an introduction to F1 Minute just to keep Christine on her toes
Could do a bit of "eeeeking"
I'm going to attempt an earlier night
See ya folks
*early
see ya bassano
sleep well.
Night :)
Something for Scott when he appears, Polyphony digital are adamant that Gran Turismo 5 is still set for a Q4 2009 release despite so little of the game beign shown off. A new brochure from the developers says that release dtae and brags over 1000 cars in the game...!!
How easy is it for people to get into universities these days? Qustion on university challenge. Name 2 EU countries ending in land. Ireland and Swaziland. Swaziland????
We have no eeeeking so far so some would be welcome. We are also looking fro people who can play musical instruments to contribute some music
Night Kon
What's funnier, the fact that they couldn't get two or that they picked such a strange one which isn't in Europe?
Jon
The middle row of my keyboard hates me. I think I am narrowing down th problem
:D :D
EU for god's sake. Maybe ex-British colony but certainly not European. Which uni was it, maybe their parents were brought up there.... :P
THe first guy said Ireland and Netherlands so they didn't even need to think of Ireland
Not sure which as I am not really paying attention but either King's London or Cardiff
Evening all. Can you just make sure I didn't dream that Rubens won a race yesterday?
Hello everyone,
I almost had to check the URL for a second. I didn't realize that I was back in my 459 History of European Politics class.
proof
OK, that's good enough for me. An accurate news source if ever I saw one :)
:D
I'm not sure though. I want a photo with him holding this week' AUTOSPORTS to make sure.
Sorry... AUTOSPORT is singular.
Evening folks... I am shattered
Hey Nick.
I'm available.
What you been doing Nick?
Just been on the go all day. As soon as i got home i had to leave again. Then i got back and had to go shopping. then i got back and had to cook. then I had to blog.
Now i can relax :D
While you are relaxing you need to think about the melodrama for sideodradio. It seems to have ground to a halt and we need to get people into it again if it is going to happen
I'm severely worried about myself right now.... I've just found myself sitting in my room listening to MC Hammer. I really can't remember why.
That is truely scary.
It must be hammer time.
Nothing wrong with a little bit of Hammertime so long as it is just a litlle bit
I'm not sure why I shared that with you.
SidePodConfessional?
Sounds like we all have a bit of a hangover after yesterday.
Is so interested, I've did a blog post about Ken Anderson and Chad Hurley on SpeedTV last night.
I promise you one good Jonathan Legard joke.
Don't worry, Hammer won't hurt you.
we are here for you.
People feel the need to tell sidepodcast lots of things
I'm so sorry. Here, have a cookie.
i'm making dance music.
It's nothing compared with what RG tells us all.
After much watching...The sheriff framed him...
Just thought i'd let you all know
You call that music? :)
Wrong.
I have faith in your music creations like stefano has faith in l... ah wait.
:D
:D :D
What we watching?
I am so confused right now.
:D
I might need to channel potato head here... noooooooooooooooooooooo :P
From Mrs C's blog a few weeks back
#sidepodspace
They should just have started loading fuel into the shuttle. I just found out how cold the fuel is. NASA always talk about having a chilldown before they load the fuel. The liquid oxygen is chilled to -183C and the liquid hydrogen is chilled to the unbelievable temperature of -253C or 20 degrees above absolute zero. I am amazed the hydrogen tank doesn't shatter as soon as the engine is lit.
Kinda like that frozen gas canister at the karting.
I don't think that NASA can create temperatures that low outside in Florida
Oh, I thought you guys were talking about this Hazard County.
It's called a LOT of asbestos insulation.
:P
That's not very safe or light, haven't they heard of expanded polystyrene?
I would imagine asbestos at 20 above absolute zero would be as brittle as glass
I would have thought a tank in tank with a vacuum between would be my guess. I wonder if I can get hold of the fesign drawings for the shuttle
Sorry, they don't use it on the solid rockets or fuel tank but in the shuttle.
It's one of the things I remember when I went to Houston to the Johnson Space Center. We talked a bit with all the problems they have removing all the asbestos from all of NASA's buildings and designs. They were trying to find a decent replacement to some of the asbestos materials they used to insulate the wiring and certain components in the shuttle.
Thermal insulation is mainly from the foam they spray on the outside (which then falls off during launch).
It's not meant to fall off it just does each time. They would need to have something in the inside too. I can't imagine metals at 20 above absolute zero surviving the launch
Is that what made that shuttle crash? Bits of foam smashing into things?
Yes. The foam damaged the heat resistant tiles on the underside of the shuttle and as the shuttle re-entered the atmoshere the temperature of the exposed metal increased to a point where the shuttle disintegrated.
Columbia, yes. Challenger was destroyed by a failure of the O-ring seals in one of the solid rocket boosters.
The one that blew up on launching had been exposed to lower temperatures than intended for longer and when the SRB supplier Thiokol told NASA not to launch NASA put a lot of pressure on them to change no to yes. They have Max's approach to safety. The bottom part of the SRB has a series of O ring seals and one of those failed. They throttle down the shuttle until it passes through the area of maximum aerodynamic pressure and then you hear mission control say 'go for throttle up' When they increased the throttle level gases escaping from the SRB cased the shuttle to blow up. The crew compartment stayed intact and was found.
I always get those too mixed up.
Evening all! Just checked my Fantasy Racers. I've gone up to 925! (starts muttering about unreliable Renault engines)
Hi Chris. I had the same problem with them
some mild amusement to pass the time. number 7 is me favourite.
bah! least you had an engine to blow up :cry:
That's true for almost everyone I work with. Will be getting mine soon.
Mock the Week had the answer "One Minute" last week - one of the panellists said it was the time iphone owners wait between playing with their phones.
:(
If the BBC are inviting tenders for F1 2010 coverage, could Sidepodcast bid?
Obviously we'd have to keep Ted on.
ummm, what makes you ask that?
no question :)
Just heard on the news that the most effective thing they have for clearing up plutonium from the Dounreay nuclear power station is Cillit Bang.
tell me that's not true?
No! I can see the next advert now...
Limescale! Rust! Plutonium! Ground In Dirt!
BANG! And the dirt is gone.
I am sure sidepodcast could do a better job. Jake and Brundle would have to stay but EJiot would be first out the door
Barry scott has done a good job selling that to them
Sadly it is entirely true. They say that this will significantly reduce the cost of the clean up operation. Can't believe the environmentalists are now starting to talk about nuclear being a grea option
BANG! And the planet is gone?
The BBC want to shift the F1 coverage?
i'm wondering if brundle should stay? he's had a string of hopeless co-presenters and never once spoken his mind to any of them. or he likes them.
either way, i'd lose him too. haven't heard him commentate properly since the first race and i don't miss him.
Would be interesting. Imagine doing the live show from each GP, no need to track down Joe as you'd be right next door to him. Easy access to Rob...
It is emission free - the problem is burying the stuff as it poisons the ground for 40,000 years!
Only cos you have a man-crush on Croftie.
ahh. thought you'd read something.
in that case, of course we would :)
sad but true.
We have to keep Jake though, with the exception of Ted, he's the best guy on the show!
What?? Sounds like an awful lot of hard work!
Crofty made the last race interesting IMO.
Either that or they've got him in to do the cleaning in th hope it'll finally silence him.
agreed. but only ted and jake.
That'd be really unprofessional? Maybe he shouts at them when the cameras are off. I have heard him correct Legard in a very scathing manner...
we'd need a few more donations...
why put up with allen for so many years? why put up with legard for so many races?
why agree to stand next to legard this year in the first place?
He was probably just grateful it wasn't James anymore?
I would really miss Brundle. He has done by far the best job of any racing driver commentatingon any motor racing apart from JYS himself.
But you'd have easy access to Rob.
i think he likes being the clever guy stood next to the stupid guy.
I have had a conversation with Rob. I need nothing more.
I agree with what Lukeh said on the panel. James was better than Legard
have you tried f1 without him though? really don't miss him at all.
Right... After 5 hours of work, I have finally finished my blog post on whether Barrichello's win was Fast or Fortunate. I really hope you guys like this one as I'm knackered now!
I now take the press conferendces for granted!
I guess being currently unemployed doesn't give you the strongest bargaining position. I dunno. Maybe he sees himself as an educator....
It's not emission free. The area round every nuclear plant is littered ith radioactive material and if it goes wrong like Chernobyl the results are not very green. They are only of use if you are in the drugs trade.
possibly. is still wouldn't retain his services though.
It's also an awful lot of hard cash
I must admit, having listened to 5 live a few times while driving during a race, I'd gladly listen to Croft and And if they didn't keep going to the cricket or football (which I don't have an interest in)
The BBC are going to buy the program from you and Alison will go on Dragons Den with a BBC order and get some dosh from Mr Profiterole
Now this idea I like!
I wouldnt go anywhere near dragons den. it must have a 99% failure rate
If you were doing the BBC coverage you could have breakfast with him and interview him in his office
Apparently the BBC's coffers have hit rock bottom already this season and they don't have the budget to fork out for any 'big' features.
Also, their on-air line up is unlikely to change next season, even if it does get out sourced to someone else to produce.
I watched for years without him and I have watched all sorts of other championships. He is the best of the current crop
Plus he uses amusing metaphors :D And he jiggles as he jogs around the grid
that would explain the force india pit-stop feature appearing before every single race then.
how come? and how likely is it to be outsourced?
Id much rather see stuff at the track than the features. The pit stop thing was cool but looked like it cost more than it was worth.
That is generally due to the people going on being utterly clueless
i'll give you the grid walk. i doubt anyone could better him there.
Thewre are some smart business people about. Too bad they decide to make investments on their own and not on a TV show
I assume it is an extension of the BBC policy to outsource programs
It does annoy me that the beeb obviously know Legard is rubbish! They invite Martin down to chat on their forum or before quali. They've never invited Legard anywhere. They know noone cares what he has to say, so why don't they ditch him?
I'd imagine Force India (and their sponsors) would have offset the cost of that a bit?
Digital Spy is your friend.
Look out for 'jb26' in particular who works behind the scenes.
If you take some time and think about the reasons for going on as I did once you will see that there are plenty of good reasons to go on apart from seeking investment. Some off the people who offer ridiculously small amounts of equity must be there just to advertise their product. Imagine the cost of 5 minutes of prime time advertising.
ahh, i wish i could keep on top of it, but i have a mental block when it comes to forums. appreciate the heads up sir.
Anyone remember the guy with the red mohican and the kilt? Asking for investment in his jerky making business?
The dragons laughed at him and he's been trading on that ever since. Doesn't seem to have done his business any harm at all, quite the opposite in fact. He also now has an extremely spicy beef jerky called "Dragon's Breath":D
That thread is full of complete nutters
Believe me there are about half a dozen benefits to going on and not getting investment although the vast majority who go on want investment and the majority are utterly clueless.
never having watched it... do they not pick the clueless ones deliberately?
Good night all - sorry I haven't been around much lately - I really wanted to get that blog post finished (and I haven't even done my regular ones yet - damn the one-week turnaround :( )...
welcome our world. night gavin.
Of course, just like all the reality shows. Look at Property Ladder or Kitchen Nightmares - expert brought in to save development or restaurant, makes suggestions. Do the owners listen to the advice? Of course they don't, that would make the programme boring.
They put them on the show deliverately as in all reality TV and sometimes they do invest in the oddest things
so what steven/alison needs is an awful business plan that will never make profit. may i suggest starting a podcast?
Shall I start practicing claiming that we're gonna turn over £2million a year with a straight face because we have a 3 year plan to attain 100% of the UK market?
What we need is £300 000 in return for 6% of our business.
Love the fact that twitter lets people who are harshley done by by the media go on the attack against the journalist who wrote about them.
It could well be a profession in its final death rolls i fear.
hi all, how are we today?
sorry I wasn't around yesterday, I was out for the whole day and I missed debrief+irl :-(
£2 million year one
$20 million year two
£140 million uear three
And base the valuation of the company on mking 73% profit after tax in year three
Hi Guille
:D
I'm out.
huh?
hey ya. you missed a dull race with a good result, and an interesting race with a bad result.
Cricket commentator Jonathon agnew had a random attack article written about him in the observer
But he has over 21,000 followers on twitter and has all told them he is unhappy and has sent them all the journo's boss's email address to demand an apology.
Considering the paper is on the brink of closure i would think the last thing they want to see is a boycott
how is that twitter's fault? you could do the same with a blog, no?
i'm not defending twitter, i despise it. just don't follow the logic.
oh no, just missed the interesting race. I saw the dull race but PC and TV are in different rooms. I'm seriously thinking about a TV acquisition card + second monitor for next weekend (god, that it's too close to stage 6 of sidepodaddiction...)
My favourite thing to happen in shows is what happened last week. After two people declared themselves out the guy presenting starts mentioning that he has all there orders that he had not previously mentioned.
OR
The totally clueless guy that Theo was just on the point of investing in (grill thing?) but wanted to change there business plan. He had explained to them that the money they had previously assigned to stock and selling to retailers would not be needed if you license it to the cooker manufacturers. So the final question before the deal was agreed was you now hace £x thousand pounds that you can use for something else and without engaging his brain he says he would use it to develop new products. Theo couldn't get the I'm out said fast enough.
You have a product that has made nothing and you have no idea what the costs of the new approach are so instead of assigning it to something that would help sell that you go and divert your attention on to something entirely different.
Yay, I'm not the only one
Geoffrey?
We don't get IRL here. Did they show the race on their web site?
Maybe they would like news coverage of a twitter attack on TV news for free advertising though
Please no. He is dull even when commentating.
Yeah, it was amazing!
Its a lot easier to get the message to people through twitter. Aggers couldn't put something like this on his BBC blog, but this is just like a massive txt to your mates.
I'm not saying its just twitter, but it giver high profile people a lot more power.
yup. twas brilliant.
They do things on their website you cannot imagine. You get the main feed and 4 onboards and live telemetry from every car and that is only one of the options. YOu can have a split screen of two of the onboards with telemetry thrown in. The service is mindblowing.
Sorry I missed it. Stupid work.
Well there is no way that can be successful, they are not stopping everyone watching and charging millions.
I dont think advertisng the fact that people are boycotting you is a good thing, it will inform more people who are inclined to boycott to join in and those who aren't are unlikely to act differently.
The whole boycottscotland thing is 100x bigger than it was because of media coverage
i really do think that is a good thing.
i like that when i bitch about mediatemple on twitter, something gets done. it's preposterous to have to do it, and we're clearly just going to leave them. but before i had the "power", nothing got done until it suited them.
now they are obliged to respond. and quickly.
media|future|change
#sidepodspace
The petrol tank of the shuttle is almost full. About 40 minutes to go. Launch is still set for 1:36am Eastern / 6:36am UK. Weather is still 80%good
the what?
Now for the awwwwwwwwww moment of the day
http://imgur.com/cejPy.gif
awwwwwwwwww :)
Oh noes. Don't you start with LOLCATS now.
AAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWW
Oh my word. Maybe I'm just dirty minded, but I really really thought that link had porn on it for the first 5 seconds or so.... That's such a relief.
All the anti-Americans will come just to spite the Americans and very few Americans won't come or won't buy stuff. The FBI guy sounded like a hysterical little girl. Releasing Megrahi aho clearly didn't do it He says' Megrahi's release makes a mockery of the rule of law and was detrimental to the cause of justice. How can anyone take that seriously from a country that has people in Guantanamo Bay who have never been charged in court let alone convicted and sentenced?
There is also the flip side of that which is that people can defend themselves quicker as well.
I forget the example I used a while back about a vicious internet rumour circling about a celeb. The interwebs works so fast that Twitter is the perfect solution for this kind of problem.
They tweeted, don't be ridiculous it's not true.
Job done. Rumour sorted.
The usual American reactionary response to anything they see as anti-America. It's like renaming French friees freedom fries when the French had the good sense to refuse to have anything to do with invading Iraq.
Was this when someone said Mr C was cooking?
Hehe. It might have been :)
Scottish governement released the guy who blew up the lockerby flight. Since the passengers were mostly american they are understandebly upset that he got sent home to a heroes welcome.
hence they are boycotting britain and mainly scottland
Scotch Whisky to be renamed Freedom Liquor apparently, which misses the point entirely - French Fries can be made anywhere, Scotch has to be made in Scotland.
Meh. I love Scotland.
ahh, real news. noted.
Well I just watched a thing from today about a new KFC burger in america somewhere that has replaced bread with chicken so they're welcome to stay away ;)
Can we be a little more accurate - he is the only person to be convicted in connection with the Lockerbie bombing. That doesn't mean he did it.
Yes, this on the day the US released their report into CIA torture.
Land of the free and all that.......
eh? chicken sandwiched by more chicken?
i know!!
http://digitaljournal.com/article/278077
Robert Mueller the Director of the FBI worked on the prosecution.
The only identifcation evidence against Megrahi was some guy who worked in a shop in Malta said Megrahi was definitely the guy who bought a suitcase from him months earlier. You would think he was selling custom designed Lewis Vuiton luggage and not no-descript cases to tourists by the thousand. Turns out a few days before he had seen Megrahi's photo in a magazine named as a suspect. Frankly the judges who delivered the verdict should be charged with allowing a miscarriage of justice.
but... but...
what???
Mmmmm calorific chicken.
Here's the video of the chicken, urm, chickenwich
it just looks wrong...
what's wrong with bread??
it's healthy. that is sooo 1993
That is not the point, he wasnt pardened because they thought he didnt do it, he was released becuse he was ill.
But I guess the whole thing shows the massive failures with devolution. People have been saying that it is madness to seperate foreign and domestic policy between 2 governments in an ever globalising world for years, i wonder if anyone will take note now. But i have no idea how real politics came to be discussed here, i dont think it is really the right place.
is that for real? you sure the onion haven't just made that video?
Sounds like one of those turducken things. Eeewwww.
I should warn that googling "turducken" is not for the squeamish.
you saying fia politics aren't real po..... oh.
What if we don't all think it was a massive failure? I don't think there's anything wrong with showing some compassion. Taking the moral highground. Anyways, you're right. It's way too late at night for conversations like this.
The main thing going on in my head is how to make my ancient Lemmings CD work on Vista....
Apparently it's real but it's just so hard to believe
if ti helps, I've found an actual TV commercial for it that suggests it is real.
OK this is immediate concern. We must help. I feel I must help. You cant be held back from lemmings!!!
Let's go! do do do do do do dododo dodo
FIA politics are fun politics... You cant take them too seriously because they are so full of pantomime characters! :P
You have lemmings? Still?
Ahhh the onion..... My sister once came to chat with me when I was looking at it and thought it was a legitimate news site. That was the best day of my life (other than the day I found this CD)
Does Vista have a "play this like it's 1995" option?
I had a brilliant day with a couple of American collegues about ten years ago. They were over here for a couple of weeks so I took them out for the day. I can't remember where we were but I started to cross the road and reslised they had stopped. I went back to find out the problem and they said the red man was on at the crossing and that there was no traffic. Are you not worried about being charged with jaywalking? As a joke I said this is a free country where adults are allowed to cross the road.
It was only intended as a one off but we no sooner crossed when one pointed at a shop window and asked if it was a bookies. I said yeas and they asked if that meant people could gamble. So I told them that it was a free country and if I wanted to gamble my money it had nothing to do with the government. The rest of that day I guarantee there were a dozen things that we were allowed to do that they are not but the real clincher was that I took them to a football match.
They were really confused when the match kicked off without the national anthem being played. I pointed out that it was two Scottish teams and anthems were only played at internationals. They seemed most puzzled about this and started listing all the occasions that they sung their anthem. Why do that I asked and they replied because they were free to do it. You should have seen there faces when I asked if they were free not to do it.
If it does, it's a mystery to me....
It does, whether it works is another matter
virtualbox+win98?
Why is it a failure of devolution? He was convicted under Scottish law and released for compassionate reasons which is customary under Scottish law. Scottish law has always been a separate system.
I'd rather not destroy my computer for life so I can play Lemmings for 20 minutes, get frustrated then never play it again
Ah Steven. You mirror my views so exactly. They could only be the words of a Scottish person. People from other countries apparently don't think like that. Scottish Law is far superior though.
No wonder the US is so upset, they don't understand compassion.
(I'm talking "gubment" here, not the people)
:D
I don't think VirtualBox will do that to your computer. But I've only used it to run Windows on top a Linux system, so I can't be sure...
Because the government consultation was done with a Scottish minister instead of a British minister.
I have no problem with Scotland becoming an independent country or staying part of the UK, i just don't like a mess, and what we have is a massive mess,
Apparently there are a number of web sites where you can play Lemmings, if that's any help.
I assume now that Americans are boycotting Scotland they are going to tear up the declaration of independence and have since it is based on the Declaration of Arbroath and 25% of its signatories are Scots
But he was tried under Scottish law, in Scotland. He was held in a Scottish jail. Why isn't it the business of the Scottish parliament.
Tbh, I'm sure Gordon Brown is glad he's well out of the responsibility for that decision.
Can't you play Lemmings online now? Ah yes :)
http://www.elizium.nu/scripts/lemmings/
Stop it! I am meant to be working.
I would far rather have independence and it will happen one day but devolution works in many parts of the world. Only in Britain could the fact that everything is not dictated by national government be seen as a failure.
oh.my...
The plane hit Scotland. Had it hit Westminster then I would be happy for it to be a decision of whateverthe GLC is called now.
Sorry. I'd ask me to remove the comment, but I think he might be a bit distracted..
That seems perfectly reasonable to me. It's the GLA now.
wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Alright there?
lemmings!
remember to give the falling ones umbrellas!!!
what do i do with the blockers, once they're done?
can't move them again?
The mushroom!!!! Nuke 'em
you gotta blow them up! It's heartwrenching stfuf seeing them kabloom :(
noooooooo
Mr C: what do you use for webcam useage?
gah! i may have wiped that bit from my delicate memory.
I dont have a problem with that, but i do have a problem with the way it is contrived.
The west Lothian question is just the begining of the problem.
this one, why?
That doesn't seem to work for me. You just have to wait for the timer to reach zero.
you need to unselect the blocker first.
Looking for something for work - possible skype application
must.not.enter.there...
then they asplode into a billion smitherreens :(
ahh. tis a good one. recommended. windows and mac, works a treat.
You just click many many times. It works eventually....
okey, thanks. Could be a good starting point.
I suppose you use something different for skype audio though?
the mic that christine talks into. the built-in one isn't great. probably need a headset.
aww lemmings had the best music :D
Hmmm. Tricky. At the moment hey are using a 20" iMac, which is a bit intrusive.
I am not thrilled by the way it is set up either but the answer to West Lothian question is simple. Scotland chose to have a devolved parliament and no part of England has. Westminster is a UK parlianent where everyone is entitled to vote. The idea that MPs become only eligible to vote on issues based on geography or other requirements would be the start of a downward spiral.
I have never played lemmings before.
that has a great webcam built in though?
You what? Where were you in the 90s?
It does, but it's a little in the way, in the middle of a meeting table for two days. I'm looking for a better solution long term.
Lemmings is kinda like managing an f1 team, you have to change your criteria and choice of strategy based on what happening with your people. It's basically the same thing.
no lemming left behind.
...
(except that one)
ahhh. tricky.
I have no idea how this game works
But more fun than working on Oracle, which was yesterday.
I dont see why england cant have aparliament on its own if scotland can.
If you ask somone where they are from they will likely say their town then their country. I dont know many people who claim to come from South eastern england.
If we are to have an English parliament it makes sense to have it at Westminster, and the easiest way to do it would to ask ministers who's constituents are not effected by the legislation to leave the room.
I tried putting a comment number and link in my previous comment and the change was sent to moderation.
You are already thinking too much about it,.
most things are :)
But they can? They just need to allow proper devolution then that's exactly what they'll have....
Like Lemmings.
oops! back to work now.
Not with a Labour Governement.
odd, we haven't changed anything this end?
Only on sidepodcast can a community have one half discussing politics and opinions, and the other worrying about how to get little green and blue men through stages. :D
It's not all the same? :D
Neither do I. The main reason it doesn't is people keep voting for political parties that don't want it. There is no political pressure for it despite parties standing at elections in favour of independence or devolution for England.
I find the opposite. Very few people immediately say they are English. They give a town, a city it is near and which part of England it is in.
If England wants a parliament England should pay for it and set it up. Westminster is a British parliament which can't be stopped working and converted into a local parliament for a few hours a day. I can imagine the response if I said all the English MPs should be asked to leave so that it could be a Scottish parliament for a couple of days a week
I can't make it do anything
Haha! True!
*clicks on bernie to stand between fota lemmings and fia lemmings*
Green men: Ford
Blue men: Subaru (at least the used to be)
I have no idea how this game works {Comment #773}
You have a bunch of mindless things called "Lemmings" which come out of a hatch at a predetermined minimum rate and then walk in a straight line irrespective of the terrain. Your job is to use the limited tools given to you for that level to get as many lemmings as possible to a doorway before running out of time.
If you get at least as many % lemmings through the doorway as the level set as an objective, you get to do the next level. Otherwise you have to start the level all over again.
noooo blow him up!
or the nuke button.... ;)
The Labour government ran a poll in Northern England for a local parliament because there was some local pressure for such a thing to happen but if you want an English parliament vote for the English Democrats
have you started a game? or do you mean the menu bits?
Right, must go to bed. I've been doing SQL stuff this evening and have discovered that Windows 2000 isn't all that bad. I've also managed to shrink a database from over 350MB down to around 40MB.
odd, we haven’t changed anything this end? {Comment #782}
That was pretty much what I though. Sometimes technology can be so strange...
windows in good shocka? ;)
night!
I have started a game. They dropped out of the hatch and they are just walking up and down in an enclosed space depite the fact that I have clicked everything
night andy
windows 2000 was the best OS microsoft ever put out.
click on the 'digging tool' at the bottom, then click on a lemming to select it
Um, they have moved on you know....
OK, click on the digger icon at the bottom of the screen, it will have anumber 10 above it. Then click on a lemming. It will start to dig down.
Have you clicked on an action on the bottom. Only ones with numbers next to them are active on each level. Then select a lemming you want to carry this action out.
you need to click on the digger guy at the bottom (has a number 10 above him). then click on a lemming.
They did indeed :(
:)
OK I will try that
heve you tried Windows 7? I'm far from being a windows fan, but I find it a really nice job (on a fast computer, at least)
Compared to Vista, 2000 runs beautifully on my VMware virtual machine. I only need Enterprise Manager on it.
Am I supposed to be saving them or killing them>
saving.
after using Vista for nearly 2 years now, Windows 7 is a whisper of fresh air from a spluttering, miserable OS. It does work fast, and it does seem to do the job, but I'm still dubious about it because of a simple reason - it's a microsoft os.
none of my business. but sql 2000 running on windows 2000. are either supported anymore?
taking them alive to the door. but some times you'll have to sacrifice some... :-(
XP is better than 2000, Win7 and SQL 2005 better still, work fine in VMware. 2000 not good if internet exposed.
Save them. It'll tell you at the bottom how many you have to save to win. You have to get them to walk into the doorway. They just walk in straight lines unless you instruct them otherwise. They'll all merrily walk off the cliffs.
i call those kovi.
i call those lewis.
my feelings. is on my computer just for gaming (and I'm not play too often)
AHAHAHAHAH! :D
#sorryamy
:D :D :D
The Labour government ran a poll in Northern England for a local parliament because there was some local pressure for such a thing to happen but if you want an English parliament vote for the English Democrats {Comment #792}
I've only ever seen that party stand for the European Union elections before, which I always found odd because that's not where an English parliament could be created.
Personally, I don't see any reason why England needs its own government - it would just be another layer of bureaucracy standing in the way of getting things done and sapping money out from more useful projects. Scotland can have independence or a devolved government as it sees fit, but every law passed in Westminster affects England, so it might as well continue to be the forum where English law is created. As for the Scottish MP presence in Westminster, that's fine by me because it lends another perspective (hopefully) to political discussions and because the laws passed in Westminster still affect Scotland even if they're not enforced there.
lemmings truly was ahead of its time
This is hopeless. I have to go cold turkey or I will get nothing done.
See ya later people.
it really was.
I see no door
oops. bye paul.
How do you stop it from working when they spend most of their time on english/ non scottish law anyway?
OK, I'll see you in an hour or so if I don't drown in the way home. 'Raining' is a massive understatement...
bye paul
I tried using that excuse this morning but the door was having none of it
i'm thinking:
basher = coulthard
exploder = alonso
who else do we have?
:P
stay safe.
it has flames either side. do we need to screengrab?
I see no door {Comment #827
It's the rectangular thing on the right-hand side of the level (assuming you're still on Level 1 of the easiest mode) surrounded with what looks like a temple with torches. On later levels you may have to scroll to see it.
Tunnel thing with steps leading up to it. Might have flaming torches on either side?
climber - button? kinds climbed his way through his career
man who stands still - badoer
I worked with someone who stood for a council seat in Portsmouth. They are a very small part to who want an independent England.
The thing is English MPs outnumber every other country's MPs put together. Scotland's situation is a bit different. Every Scottish MP could vote one way and yet lose a vote by 8 to 1. That is a massively different situation
:)
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/lemmings-level-one-solution-png
Most of what the do affects all parts of the UK. The Scottish parliament has very limited powers
Do they not die dropping down that much all the way from the top? I've always made them dig their own tunnels. That's a revelation....
I have succeeded with level 1. I saw flames and thought I should keep them away from them
Well it takes so long they all tend to get stuck in the digging down bit until the digger is done
Ok, but they are still spending time on english law, i dodnt see how it is any diffferent whether scottish MPs are in there or not.
The large tuition fees in England are there because Scottish MP's forced it though, but there are no tuition fees in Scotland.
How is that fair?
hehe. it's just to the right of where they drop.
Ah, I see!! Awesome.
i’m thinking:
basher = coulthard
exploder = alonso
who else do we have? {Comment #833}
climber = Button
floater = Kubica
miner = Raikkonen
blocker = Trulli
digger = Piquet Jr
builder = Webber
It's difficult because mostly I prefer Lemmings 2, which has 60 types, not 8!
i'm off to bed in a bit, but i guarantee you'll still be awake when i get up.
I think I see the addiction to this game
hehe. love it.
The idea of trulli being blocker makes me giggle :D
How is it fair that for 300 years Scotland has had its MPs over-ruled because an English queen bribed a couple of dozen barons who were short of money because of the failure of Scotland's colony in Panama and that she had threatened the removal of their land in England if they refused?
Why is it fair Scotland was ruled by a Conservative government for one term that had only one Scottish MP?
Scottish MPs can only affect English law if there is a split amongst the English MPs. At no point during 18 years of Conservative government was there anything close to a majority of Conservative MPs in Scotland and English MPs railroaded through law after law regardless of the views of the people of Scotland.
hehehe
I need to get some sleep as I need to get up at stupid o'clock on the off chance the space shuttle launches
ahh, is that 4am?
#sidepodspace update.
The petrol tank is full. Everything going to plan for a launch in 5 hours 35 minutes. Weather is still 80%
6:36
"If you let the injustices of the past dictate the wisdom of the future you face an inevitable doom"
#sidepodspace
The latest situation is always found at http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html
yikes. that time still exists?
you're saying schumi should be welcomed back with open arms?
For a moment I thought I had to get up for work. Phew.
6am sucks. :(
I am simply pointing out that there is a massive difference to a situation where a split between England's MPs can allow Scottish MPs to hold sway occasionally and the situation where Scotland's views can be totally ignored and the country effectively run by a foreign government.
The situation will happen again after the next general election with the exception of the devolved powers.
I guess I will find out.
More if he has kids that go into F1, they shouldn't be assumed to be cheats just because of who their father is ;)
...now there is a scary thought ;)
not really, look at his brother.
I can't, i refuse to believe he existed
I wonder if between them they are tempted by some property in Hinwall...hmmm
Tis getting on a bit. Time to head off. Nighty night all!
Night Lukeh
Nighty Night :P
I know what you mean, I hope i havent come across as anti scottish because thats not how i feel at all.
I just ind the situation imperfect and it annoys me. Not to mention the fact that no one in England is willing to have the debate so nothing gets done, which i find incredibly frustrating
Damn you Lemmings!!
Not at all. The English democrat council candidate I used to work with always wore a St. George's cross badge and people used to ask if that annoyed me and couldn't understand when it didn't. People using the union flag as an English flag and people who say England when they mean Britain annoy me but people who want devolution or independence efectively increase the chance of me getting what I want. I still remember the first time I saw Carl Fogarty have an English flag on his Ducati. I was ecstatic that here was an Englishman who was saying he was English and not British.
The current system is ridiculous but it has improved under the present government. We no longer have the obscenity of a hereditary house voting on laws. Now we need to get rid of the nonsense of the PM visiting he queen once a week. What a waste of time. THe official reason he goes is so that she can tell him what the people think. How can someone who has never dressed themself know what real people think?
Isnt he supposed to tell her what the people think?
I dont mind the queen. I undertsad whty people dont, but from a political point of view the position works as well, if not better than any other.
Hereditary monarchy may not be the best way to fill it, but i am sure there are worse ways
Amazingly enough no. He is supposed to tell her what her government is doing in her name and she tells him what the people think. Uterly insane.
To me any child born in a country should have the right to aspire to any position in that country. The idea that the highest position is still someon'e birthright I find abhorrent. I almost fell of my chair recently when I heard someone on Question Time say that they were considering ending the male priority so that female descendants could not be overtaken by a younger male. Apparently they want to do it on the grounds of equality. It seems to escape their attention that there are other ways they could increase equality of access to that position.
Britain is being held back massively because nothing can be done that might upset the queen. It is yet another example of the country's obsession with the past. This country needs to stop looking backwards and start looking to the future.
wasn't that bad... rain looked much worse from the comfort of 'inside' than it really was :-)
Amy, are you here?
Thank you very much to whoever introduced me to lemmings. So much for getting some sleep. I will be awake in 2 and a half hours to watch the build up to the space shuttle launch. I will post comments if anyone else is around.
The build up has started and can be watched on NASA TV at http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html If you have any problems with the player point your mouse at the tab marked 'Other Viewing Options' and you will get a choice of players.
Up to date information can be found at http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html
Time for bed.
Night all
Night, think ill head off too.
Glad you escaped the rain guile :P
night steven. if I can stay awake until 2am, I'll be here for the launch
it helped that the bus picked me up right after I arrived to the stop :-)
night nick.