It is the 300th day of the year today, which is a nice round number. I approve. It's also Tuesday, which means we're well underway in the week now. Here are some of the things we're talking about:
- Toyota are supposed to be making their decision over Timo Glock today, although the medical reports so far have apparently not been particularly hopeful. If he cannot race, Kobayashi will get another chance behind the wheel.
- It also appears that Donington's final deadline has actually passed now and they must be in some sort of legal troubles. Damon Hill has said he is confident they can sort something out for Silverstone.
- Raikkonen has said he's hoping to have a good result in Abu Dhabi this weekend so that he can leave Ferrari on a high. Still no word on what his plans are for the future, but perhaps even he hasn't made up his mind yet.
That'll do it for now. Don't forget the Sidepodcompetition, and if you want something to listen to, F1 Debrief is all edited up and ready for consumption. I'll see you in the comments.
Am remaining hopeful. Glock's boss says he's 90% certain he'll race, and I trust him
I'm listening to the podcast as I type. Nice timing!
How serious was Glock's injury that there's been next to no reports about it and his recovery?
Questionable story really. All we know is its a broken vertabrae and thats it. Not how bad it is, I'm guessing as he's going in for more check ups, its not a serious injury. Toyota have been so unhelpful.
Gavin left too late. I got the Linux running from USB !!
Right i am all checked in for my flight and have my bags down... now to pack!
He has a couple of fissures in his vertebrae. That was the report in Brazil. I haven't seen anything since
Toyota have been poor over this, just realised nothing. Only info we have got so far has come from Timo and his manager.
Should read released, not realised.
They will make an announcement tomorrow http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/79769
i'm going to go on a search for my ipod, i can't find it, i had it an hour ago and now all i have is the headphones... it's such a good job i dont have the new ipod shuffle, i'd be able to loose that in my pocket! it's smaller than my thumb!
I know
http://onetimoglock.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/glocks-abu-dhabi-fate-to-be-decided-on-tuesday/
Holy moly, I go away for 15 minutes and you all come out of your hidey holes? What kinda place is this?! :D
Are we taking bets on Kobayashi taking out more cars this weekend?
A strange one, I'll give ya that.
There are always people here. Just occasionally there is a short gap with no comments
sometimes we do it, just to scare people.
it's true. kinda why i love it here too, you can never be lonely with spc as there are always people around, even at crazy o'clock in the morning :D
It is quite strange when there is a lot of comments then suddenly everything just stops.
Or confuse them
Then of course, three come within 20 seconds.
:D
Mr C put in some randomizer code
Ciao!!
:D
Nah, he wouldn't be that bored, would he?
Would he?
He would, wouldn't he? Somebody stop me before I see Schrodinger's kitty!
How is Alphonso? Wil he live?
Grrrrr!! Yes he will live. Whoever scraped the corner must have damaged the front left tyre though as when I came out of work, that one was flat. I had to change it. :(
did you feel like a man, afterwards? rooooar.
hehehehe :D
That's no fun
:)
I was more going for independent woman :P
:( it must have been dark too :( that can't have been nice.
that works too.
Yeah. It was about 10pm. I didn't come straight home. I was pleasantly surprised to find a proper spare tyre in the boot. My last car only had a stupid space saver....
One of the advantages of having a small car is it is much easier to change the wheels
If it doesn't have space for a spare tyre, the vehicle's illegal IIRC.
:( ah no. well at least as you say there was a spare tyre. i remember having to help dad one night when we came out of a restaurant and found we had a flat tyre. that wasn't fun either.
The spare does not need to be full width to be legal
A space saver is a spare tyre. It's just a temporary one. You're only allowed to drive on it a maximum of 50 miles at 40mph or something like that. It's jsut to get you home/to a garage to get it changed.
ooh, night time tyre changing isn't fun. was it a proper tyre or a 'get you home' tyre?
Proper tyre which made me happy! I guess I still need to buy a new one though as I now have no spare....
I'm now home (again), i have a few points to summerise....
1. I've been in the car for 3.5 hours today, thats no fun at all.
2. I'm now home and realise that i've forgotten my medication...can we all guess what it does? Yes thats right, sends me to sleep!!
3rd and finally... I still can't quite get my head around the fact that Les Dennis was in High School Musical - The Musical.
Evening/Morning all
Good stuff, but yes, the expense is annoying
That amuses me. Any Family Fortunes references?
hey btw
oh no! that's horrible luck! :(
you saw high school musical- the musical? you poor thing!! that's one hell of a day! i'm so sorry for you.
i you didn't drive on the flat one (like i did), they might be able to patch it up.
i couldnt stop thinking about those the whole way through, oh and if anyones seen the extra's episode with him in, it makes the whole thing so much better!! aaah, comedic genius
That's enough to screw with anybody's mind.
Night all, I'm off to catch some sleep in the land of nod and V12 engine noises. I'll check this again in 12 hours when I remembered I posted at some stupid hour! :D
Hi Jon.
1. That's fine - if you are driving.
2. Drink hot chocolate (made with milk not water), turn lights down, listen to Sigur Ros, go to bed.
There is no 3, I ignore it, it can't be possible.
I don't think I did. My theory is that I had a slow leak caused when it got bashed earlier. I think it slowly went down while I was at work. I can't guarantee it didn't happen on the way though......
I have done that more than once when I couldn't find somewhere I was happy to stop
you'd be surprised at how actually awesome it is. if you get past the vastly rediculousness of it, then its actually quite good
Night TM
See ya mate.
Have we seen Turkey Machine before? Hi. What's with the name?
ah, night
I feel more awake now I've sat down properly, than I have done all night. I have been putting things away.
night :)
you're trademarking the shorthand for goodnight?
bernie-esque.
I'm doubly annoyed as I also have a scratch to get repaired on the same corner that happened today while it was parked at my house. Methinks the two incidents must be related..... Either that or Alphonso's having a very bad day :P
i refuse to watch high school musical. it would send me insane i think... so the idea of high school musical-the musical scares me... alot...
It's mine ;) just like Scott in Italy (who's no longer in italy) says Ciao, and Stuart C says "Audi-os"
Night TM is now my thing.
;)
so we can't say night anymore?
we may have to pay jon if we do... and he lets us.
Oi you, I hold all rights to "TM", "Turkey Machine", and related entities, mainly because nobody else is stupid enough to own it! ;)
You may have seen me about. I frequent many other sites, few know my real name and ye shall not say it if ya knows it. And now I'm DEFINITELY off to bed, I should not be around here. It's bad for the psyche! :D
i think its more barable as a musical actually, because you expect people to break out into song every so often, not so much in films
He's already part of sidepodcast, staying around even though he's already said goodniiiight
£50 per time you say it.
I take unmarked cash and paypal
but..... i suppose as long as no one makes me watch it :P
From now on, we say niight
Hey, watch i.*snoooooooooooooooooooooooooooore*
Just found my Finnish birthday card that i said i would dropio then completly forgot about, then lost.
Packing is helping me find things!
I have sent it to the drop but it isnt loading at the moment...
i googled your name and the fifth entry was your sidepodcast comment from an hour ago.
google scares me.
you and i... affinity ;)
:D
ooh, me to.
darn, missed out a trick there
It is! http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/imag0080
3 months later people probably arent all that interested now though ;)
Hello Nick. That tummy ache you gave me still hasn't gone away :(
Nick gave you a tummy ache? Is there something you both wish to tell us? ;)
hehe it's the sidepodway :)
:P
Nick made you ill
It wasnt my fault, sorry to hear your car has a limp...
Perhpas buy it some new oil or an air freshner to make him feel better?
Are you questioning my logic or my lack of coherence at 1.20am? The repurcussions could be HUGE in the land of East Angular (Jade Goody RIPcs)
Yeah he's denying it but it definitely happened!
I must say my first thought was along those lines!
It wasnt me!
Was thinking have you not changed your clocks.
Then actually realised it was 1:20am.
neither. i was supporting your logic.
You said I could take a sick day then suddenly I became genuinely ill.....
A Google(scary) search on UK sites is even scarier. First entry is amazingly accurate and I should check CF's data retention policy.
no one knows mr c's name either ;)
I have a feeling I know you from somewhere. The name rings a bell
Of course you were. Beer?
Ted does ;)
hahaha :)
i forgot that.
Oh crap, I've been rumbled....
no #3.
this could be a case of - the comments remember things so you don't have to? hehe ;)
your first comment on SPC:
http://www.sidepodcast.com/2009/07/02/daily-2nd-july-2009/#comment-379140
he built the playground as a memory retention device
true story.
the man says true story
i hearts mr c
it's 1:30 and i really should be asleep, specially as i'm not feeling 100%. Speak to you all tomorrow!!!
night everyone! x
AAAAARGH!! I'm very frustrated!!!
Night lou!
Niight lou
Night Lou
Is that Nick's fault too?
Ye gods, I forgot about that. I never actually got to the WSBR, cos I couldn't find my tickets, so I stayed in London with friends instead. I found them 3 weeks later hiding down the back of a cabinet. Seething doesn't cover it, I swore rather loudly at the time.
night
niight.
You'll be needing that for your wiki page
Errm not particularly. I can hold him responsible if you want though.
:)
ouch.
:D
So it turns out Nick is the new Steven
Attempting "live comments" / "real-time-doohickey" thing, so this may or may not come off as expected.
I've been on here for the past hour and a bit and already I'm expected to have a Wiki page? What kind of place IS this?!
http://www.sidepodcast.com/realtime/
Your new internet home.
One with its own deidcated (and super duper, aweome reliable) wiki page!!
http://wiki.sidepodcast.com/ (registration required, but its free!!!)
Find out who posts what where and when they first posted what on sidepodcast! Which titltes were used and of course, find out the podcast guess lengths. Only on, the sidepodcast wiki.
I feel so loved. Housewarming party guys!!!! :D
Clearly I'm doing this wrong because usually when I say I'm going, I actually go..
I'm off, by the way. This time I ain't hanging around.
Live commenting: love it. Best idea since the Stig got revealed! :D
I've had a very heated argument with the boy and then the line died. Either that or he hung up on me. I'm very unimpressed.
when alex awakes, he'll be proud of that one!
It always happens at the most unhelpful moment. BOOO
Bye (for half an hour ;))
niight.
Night again TM
Niight TM
Bye.
I am also going. Pesky work insisting on making me get up in the morning..
By the time Amy had been here that long she had been on a show
niight pat!
Bye Pat
did you, per chance, mention that nick made your tummy ache?
see ya pat.
Yeah it's bad times though. Now I'm gonna be seething for hours.
:D
Hahahahaha. No. I will though :D
At least you can vent your frustration on Nick.
Can? clearly you haven't been around much recently ;)
*runs*
:(
Can anyone else see the glaring error that's been made with this news story?
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/79762
There's no need. I'm too confused to work out what I should be annoyed about.....
Just shows how awesome di Resta is
Too true.
Me sleep go now me thinks.
My vision is going blury, so i think its time for bed.....Ci-audi-os ;)
niight jon.
if he isn't here should i risk saying:
night jon?
with blurry vision, i reckon we could pass monopoly off as the real thing.
*money that is. not the whole board game.
Wha?
What have i done now!
Oh dear! I think i was right to be hiding!
guilty conscience?
Packing/tidying!
At least i am leaving the country so i cant be tracked down ;)
Its easily done...
Good luck! Its a city i know well ;)
I'll get people who also know the city well.
Don't actually know why I'm hunting you know.
hehe thats good!
Rubbish grammar there, now not know.
Its all a bit quiet!
Murray has answered some more questions, interestingly 'who is the greatest british world champion' among them http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/murraywalker/2009/10/your_questions_answered_part_1_1.html
I dont know if it helps if i say i dont think you should worry to much about it...
He probably feels as bad as you and the telephones there are really really dodgey...
Shall check it out in the morning. Brain functioning properly not. Sleep me now must.
lotsa love.
Night!
You told us where you are going and Kathi can find people in Australia
Lets see how she does in a place with very few street names or numbers!
She found Amy on Skype with no information other than she was called Amy and she was in Melbourne
If Alison is still around Michel is on BBC1
Ah she could fins me on skype, but skype is blocked in dubai...
why? it's not even blocked in china.
I think one of the main reasons is security
I am Windows 7'ing. Might be back. Might not. Who knows what'll happen :D
Good luck!
Actually I lie, it told me I have to create recovery disks first because the update will delete my recovery partition, and they're going to take another hour to do. Boooo.
I think the main reason is the monopoly of Etisalat. They only have 1 telecoms provider there. And therefore the internet is really slow and expensive. But international calls are even more expensive. So this is a way of keeping revenue up.
Good morning
I can't believe you are such a liar ;)
Morning all :)
Much more likely, as skype is not a huge security concern, in teh grand scheme of things
#blamesony
Ooooo. That me be brave, putting Windows 7 on a VAIO. Does it have all the drivers?
Remember if you stay in a hostel you could get people that snore!
Morning, everyone.
Was a bit bored when I got home from our offsite this morning, so I decided to look back and read the 2009 season preview issue a while ago (duly autographed by this year's top 4 drivers).
Here are some of the highlights of my reading:
1. (page 12) "At the wheel, Fernando Alonso is putting miles on the R29 and early indications show he could be a contender for the title again this year."
2. (page 18) "Peter Windsor: The [USF1] driver selection programme will be part of the story this year, and we'll make it a reality TV programme."
3. (pages 20-21) The entire article of "The Saga of Honda's Race to Find a Buyer", including all the rumors - from Kallakis and Richards, to Slim and Telmex. Oh, and Branson too.
4. (page 23) Anthony Davidson: "I would put money on McLaren and Ferrari being at the front in Melbourne."
5. (page 35) Murray Walker: "Ron Dennis can rightly be described at Britain's answer to Enzo Ferrari." (Of course, by Sepang, he had announced a sudden departure from the racing team.)
6. (pages 40-41) Feature: My Life in F1 - Pat Symonds (No mention of Singapore 2008, though...)
7. (page 42) No separate article on Brawn GP in F1 Racing's 2009 Season Preview - probably the only major outlet without an article (as I remember Autosport and Top Gear mags covering Brawn GP)
8. (page 49) Alan Jones: "If the Renault goes like it looks, then Alonso has no chance."
Hehe. And I'm not done reading yet! :D
Oooh - bad formatting... Oh well.
Well at least Jonsey got it right
In fact, he was about the only guy that it got it right with Alonso.
Always tricky looking back. For the SofaF1 championship we have to predict each race and pole sitter but also right at the beginning of the season before a single practice session (at melbourne, but after pre-season testing) we have to predict the person with the most poles, the top eight of the drivers championship and who will get their maiden win).
Nobody had Jenson for most poles, nobody predicted Webber for maiden win, and only 3 had Jenson anywhere in the top eight.
Because it was the view of about 20 well informed F1 fans saying what they thought a week before the season began it does give you a good indication of how much of a shock it was.
It's always hard to remember what you thought. Because lots of people will think back and think, "well we knew that the Brawns were going to be strong."
that's why I think people should take part each year, mainly because of that pre-season marker in the sand.
Boo. For the next three weeks the second half of my inbound commute is underground. No doohicky :(
That's an interesting one, because looking back with hindsight, it was all there to see. Brawn was awsome, Mclaren were terrible, both in pre-season and in the real season.
How long is the commute?
The thing with Brawn was, they were mighty quick in February, but a lot of people weren't sure if their pace was real, or if they were just looking for sponsorship money. But when you look at their pace in long runs, it really looked very encouraging, impressive even.
As for RBR, more than a few said they'd have serious pace, but most people assumed Vettel would crush Webber - and that didn't happen this season at all.
Wait - Jenson still has most poles this season? Impressive.
But no one wanted to believe it because it went against accepted belief. And more than a few reminded us of Prost being impressive in 2001 preseason testing, only for it to fall apart at Melbourne.
Exactly. I was about to say something about the Prost thing. Interesting isn't it? Also all that talk about Mclaren sandbagging :D
Grrrr. I have to wait around at work until 6pm just to plug a fibre connector into a network swtich.
McLaren sandbagging - what a crazy thought. I remember them barely being able to get past Q1 in the first half of the season.
Yep, but that was all the talk pre-season. I guess it was so hard to believe they had got it so wrong.
I would like to see a true explanation of what went on with the MP4/24. Such an amazing transformation of a bad car.
I guess they managed to leave themselves a lot of room to improve on it. Look at Renault - their start wasn't as awful as McLaren's, but the improvements just didn't come.
Morning,
Satellite WiFi or no 3G signal
I wonder though. It looked like the car was just fundamentally bad. Like the Honda in 2008. Must have been something there that was wrong that they managed to change. Or was it a combination of things?
Oooo. Gavin, guess what?
What?
I have Mint booting and running from a 2GB USB stick. Easy.
Boo!
I'm going to try a couple of things tonight to check. Ran it off the CD very well though!
They had talked about something wrong with the rear of the car in the preseason. I suspect their significant funds, plus the invention of the double-diffuser, solved McLaren's problems.
Does it not work even if you use Mint itself to write it to usb?
Morning
The 2009 regulations played it's part, McLaren's interpretation wasn't as good as Brawn's, especially with the Double Diffuser issue.
Well, I downloaded the latest ISO from the Mint web site, but just ran the batch file, and it created everything and worked fine. So, you might have a dodgy USB stick. Or you could also try it on another PC? It works for me on my HP laptop.
The Mclaren, though, was terrible. There was something very wrong with that car.
Well I am not sure how to do that. But I have another USB Sdrive I can try and also I will try a slot on the back of the computer...
Well I'm here now
Perfect podcasting time
No signal at all on the underground :(
Yay. Work done (and the network is still OK!). I'm going home.
Well they actually changed to a B spec car
Oh they did? I missed that. I didn't know they actually designated a B-spec
Ahhhh. That makes sense.
boot mint through the cd, install usb-creator (open terminal, type: sudo apt-get install usb-creator)
I'm not familiar with mint but it is based on ubuntu so my guess is the programme will show up under system - administration
To access the iso file you just mount the partition it is on (That is click it in the file manager.)
I'm not sure they actually called it that... But at one point the wheelbase changed!
It's actually dead easy with the Windows batch program - it does everything for you.
But I thought they had a long and short-wheelbase version of the same car, then they could use either version at any given race?
Longer or Shorter?
Thanks Kathi - I'll give that a try too :)
You keep saying that! But I have some sort of problem reading the disk, so I'll try a new disk and then a USB slot. If neither works, I shall try Kathi's method...
I'm not sure... They brought the new wheelbase car to Nürburgring. But Webber crashed into Lewis, so we didn't see the true impact of the new car until Hungary.
Shorter
Sorry I may have that wrong... I think they brought the new diffuser in Nurburgring. And the short wheelbase for Spa.
Journeyer how do you remember everything? http://www.itv-f1.com/news_article.aspx?id=46698
Whaaaat? I don't know. :D I don't remember everything. :P
#MFC Changes in the Language of the Internet means that web addresses may now contain non-latin characters.
Quote: "Of the 1.6 billion internet users today worldwide, more than half use languages that have scripts that are not Latin-based,"
Hopefully this will make the internet more accessible then?
Only to those that use said non-latin characters.
Only to those 800-odd million then? :P
Out of 6.8 billion, yes. ;)
Plus all of those who do not have access yet because they can't read or write in a Latin alphabet?
I thought of you on Friday Journeyer when I was completing the development report for Q3. It reminded me of your question about how you manage innovation in the workplace.
In the 13 weeks of Q3 our two man development team, launched 13 projects. Small incremental changes R us.
(although one of those projects was the modifications to make the intranet run without state, and the migration from Server and SQL Server from 2000 to 2008).
Nicely done. :D So your two-man development team focused solely on these 13 projects? Or were they done as on-top work?
But there's already tons of Chinese, Japanese, Russian, and Indian sites out there. How many of them wouldn't really be able to access it yet solely due to a language barrier?
Well no that was their job. But it comes back to what I was talking about at the time with this. There job was to do giant project X. They did the minimum to create a platform, and then launched that, then added feature after feature after feature.
This is part of the culture here and because of it everything is very innovative. Because the business can help steer the project and help with testing and so on. Rather than the usual separation of one from the other.
We're starting to try and merge it into a single cohesive culture. We've gotten management backing, so that's a great help. Still a long way to go, though.
Part of it is just getting the product out with them. Ship early and often. People will soon give you your feedback loop. Its just that in the old model you had ironed out all of the kinks and things and worked on it for months and then a user says, "shouldn't it be more like that" and you have to say, "well it can't be because to change that would take another 3 months. Whereas here the worst you'd have to do is go back a week.
I just noticed that we had 4 man weeks of holiday during that 13 week period. No wonder it seemed so busy!
Quite a lot, I would have guessed.
I don't know - I just think that allowing a totally non-latin way of accessing the internet breaks down barriers.
Alex, the stuff you work on, is it for internal or external use?
I would agree that it does, but only to a certain extent. Ultimately, it's still the financial barrier that is the biggest issue.
Joe Saward wonders where Petrobras can end up and how that will affect the driver market, especially for the new teams.
Whither Petrobras?
Boo. Mint only gives me Firefox 3.0.1 and doohickey does not like it
can it not be updated? Can you not install Chrome?
http://www.linuxmint.com/blog/?p=958
no chrome for linux
Yes probably. This is just what is on the distro, as it is supplied. I thought it may be a bit newer, I did download the latest
Both. But we tend to be less iterative with clients.
But look at something like the playground and you'll see the kind of thing that can be done with clients. Flickr for example deploys at least once a day.
Mint 8 release is planned for end of November
I'm just playing at the moment.
Agreed.
Depends on your responsibility towards the clients
its the official Sony upgrade kit so as well as the Windows 7 dic there is a Vaio Windows 7 Supplementary Disc. So I hope so.
And no I haven't done it because I fell asleep waiting for my recovery discs. Must have caught my flatmates jet lag, she just got back from New York.
Perhaps. Given the industry (Banking) I work in some client facing things are incredibly sensitive and of course there can be no room for error. And yet the tools you provide to drill into data and the layers through which you present the data can be changed reasonably safely because you are secure in the platform. You do have to be careful.
One issue is that legally we have to treat all clients equally so we can't do closed betas with particular clients. So that forces us to go with things that can be opted into, but anyone can opt in.
ooh this reminds me about my Australia 2009 programme. I wonder if its the only programme F1 has had that doesn't actually have any mention of the Championship winning driver/team :D
Yes that is a unique industry
Brawn wasn't there? Cool - in a weird way. I wanna catch a replay of that race again, if only because I want to remember just how shocking that weekend was to everyone. It was anywhere from surreal to bizarre.
yeah they went to press before the announcement of the team being saved and its not even like they left a 'this team might be here' its just like they don't exist at all. And Fisi is suddenly the 'only man on the grid to come to every race in Melbourne'
When Rubens had done it too, indeed. :)
Morning all!
a hoy hoy
I thought you had all run away!
2 airline meals for me today! ;)
I'm jealous.
Morning all.
You won!
That's good. I forgot to comment when I actually woke up, but I still win.
Not sure i will be taking a photo though.... dont want to look too crazy ;)
Oh yes!
My first comment was at 05:57:20 that is crazy.
Technicaly I beat you though... thats not something which happens all that often either! :P
Clearly Alex beat us all though, so I guess it doesn't matter :)
I'm not sure it's a game I really want to be a winer of.
True. Mr C is the real winner by not getting up until midday every day.
Maybe I won, I got up 13 hours ago. Didn't comment though :D
Joe Saward: All quiet on the Donington front
Interesting that Joe mentions Bernie, who says that he may not sue Gillett and co. Which, as Joe says, is a very dangerous thing to do.
If that were Silverstone...
I'm so sick of hearing about this that I'm tempted to hire a Fighter bomber wing, evacuate the area and carpet bomb it out of spite until there's nothing left just to end the whole saga!!!!!
Well, even you sent Donington to kingdom come, it won't matter - all the action will happen in the courts from here on out.
All packed...Phew!
I won't like to it, as it's from you-know-where, but this should make Amy happy:
Hakkinen advises McLaren to keep Kovalainen
*I won't link to it
Morning!
Elo Alison.
I just won't, damnit!!!
Evening
Oh my gosh you're making me feel very guilty! I have boxes. Some of my stuff is in them. Does that count as nearly packed? :(
I've lost all my motivation. Plus I have very few waking hours spent not at work. That's my excuse anyways.
Good Day!
I started packing at somepoint between 1 and 2 am if that haleps? ;)
Relax, Gavin. Won't go into any more detail.
Half-packed?
Was just kidding with ya ;)
Just wait and see if it's confirmed first...
Oh yeah!
PK FTW!!!!
Errr I wish?
Because I'm going away for so long, I'm moving out of my flat to save money. Tbh at this rate I might as well grovel at my landlord to let me pay reduced rent and leave stuff here. I'll never be out on time.
Get Bassano round?
Phew! I wasn't sure which way to go with ya, to be honest, so I played it safe.
:D
Hehehehe. Are you trying to simultaniously pack your whole life up into boxes as well as pack a suitcase for your holiday?
That would be horrible. :( Cmon, Campos, you know that their elders hated each other's guts - why team these kids up now?
Noooooo.... But most my life is already stored in boxes! :D
right i am off comment at the airport!
Would he help me? Nothing needs mending particularly :P
Oh OK - sorry if it appeared otherwise!
see ya! safe trip
Woah! You're off right now. Crazy times. Enjoy your trip!
Safe trip Nick!
No problem. :D
Take care, Nick. :)
Maybe I'm now less jealous of the organisational skills....
Bye. Enjoy Dubai..
Morning all
I didn't........ (okay, maybe I thought it).
Gutted really. Toyota probally using some clever words just to say thanks Timo, but you ain't needed anymore. Conspiracy theory here, although the accident was not on purpose, it did seem an ideal opportunity after it was revealed Toyota haven't signed him on for 2010. Am guessing the team didn't want him if he was leaving.
I still want to know from Toyota what medical adivce and opinions they heard, I still feel left in the dark over this.
Well, up to BMW again to keep me happy in Abu Dhabi.
Supporting Glock at Renault next year if he ends up there?
I'll support Glock wherever he goes
I have checked in! Now security
That was quick!
Did anyone else realise that this is Jensons second title? He's only won the FFord Championship and that was 1998.
Where do you live? In the airport Tom Hanks style??
EJ mentioned it during the postrace interview with Jenson, methinks.
that would be awesome!
I am not as good at plugging as Alex, but here is an interesting tale if you are bored: http://smarterthanyouraverage.com/2009/10/27/now-were-back-together/
Awwwwww :D :D :D
You are plugging a story about a plug :)
That is so cool. :D That don't happen too often. ;)
:P
Ahhh, that would have been a good angle :)
A blug about a plug?
I have dropiod some pics...
i know there are some doctor who fans here, he's turning up on Sarah Jane's show this Thursday :) http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00nlx9r
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/imag0082
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/imag0081
The floating red child freaks me out a bit....
Gah. Why is it taking sooooooo long to get to the stupid two part end of Doctor Ten?
I have no idea, latest rumours are Waters of Mars will air the 14th November.
I'm following the filming of Eleven, and it is looking good so far :)
But sarah jane is rrrrrrrubbish :(
Well that is sooner than I thought. Means a great big fat gap before the last one though.
I'll take 6 week gap if it doesn't mean another 6 month wait!
It is! I watched the first series and only liked the one about the lasers. Rrrrubbish.
I agree, but it has the Doctor in so is worth a watch I think :)
Well we get that, the one at Christmas and then End of Time sometime after. We may get the new series which is being called series 1 between February and March! :)
The long gap for this year has annoyed me because we also only get specials which is a bit annoying.
It is annoying, but would have been acceptable if they were good. The last one wasn't really all that special, it was just like a normal episode.
Have there been any good specials at all?
I liked the The Runaway Bride ;) I think the last stories for Ten should be good.
Was that the bus one? I'ce forgotten... but if it was, I didn't like it. The ending was pants.
The bus one where there was lots of sand.
The first christmas one was alright, the rest, hmm.
I liked the stuff about the Doctor and the Not Doctor in the last Christmas one, but the Cybermen thing wasn't great.
Also, seems like a good time for Ye Olde Pluggage: http://smarterthanyouraverage.com/2009/06/27/dont-call-him-doctor-who/
Woohoo. I learns from the best!
It was a good plot, the Cybermen ruined it.
Me too but it's definitely time for RTD to hang up his boots and pass over the torch. Whereas I'm hugely looking forward to the direction it takes with Moffat, I'm a little hesistant about Matt Smith. Hopefully he'll be brilliant though.
Another thing about Stephen Moffat is that everyone shouldnt expect every single episode to be a Blink-esque mega drama. I'm sure he'll have his flop episodes but in general I have a feeling his writing will make the show go to a whole new level
:)
I need a non-F1 blog I think.
I really enjoyed that post :P
I just watched the first Christmas one when doctor 10 arrived. It was better than I remembered.
The Loonies?
Indeed, I was unsure about Matt when he was revealed but from what I've seen from filming I think he'll brilliant.
I never liked that one, much preferred Voyage Of The Damned
Going very well :)
It's the clothes though! Rolled up trouser legs!
:)
that only came about because of Max.
:D
He looks quite good in Ten's gear ;) and i'm sure it will grow on us.
I hope they don't change the theme choooon too much as well in 2010... what with the colder retro logo I can't see it having the big band and allsorts layered on top as much as it rocks
A year or so ago I saw a video of someone who wondered what the intro would be like if it was done like an American comedy or sitcom... Dr Who opening with a montage of characters and clips would be terrifying
I'm very confuzzled. I don't understand this Dr Who malarkey.
Quite a lot has been changed, it isn't series 5 it is series 1. I hadn't thought of the theme tune but I imagine Murray Gold will be involved in any changes.
The Doctor and Daleks frolicking in a fountain in central New York to the Rembrandts? eek!
Season 1? Whats the thinking behind that?
New Production team.
Ah. Like a new start
i can't believe there isn't a breakout thread for poor timo :(
clearly I need to give it some thought ;)
Why, there is my blog
http://onetimoglock.wordpress.com/2009/10/27/glock-will-miss-abu-dhabi/
ah-ha :)
Though, I'm amazed I haven't pushed for one either.
Isn't that because it wasn't a surprise?
What's happened to Timo? Toyota have invented another mystery illness?
#sidepodspace
NASA TV reporting 40 minutes to the launch of ARES 1-X. Ignore the countdown clock as usual as it says T-22 minutes
neither was toddy for pres though.
me neither.. the shows don't explain enough for me...
i best do a breakout :)
Can do one if you like. Was more interested in Doctor Who :)
Morning all.
Seconded.
That too.
In other news, I must confess that Sarah Jane is a guilty pleasure in our household.
It is my fault I bought up Doctor Who :D
pls do. ta. i'll forward you press release if you haven't seen it already.
I wonder how airport departures work when the clocks go back? Not a problem here, but I expect it is somewhere...
Is it the same as the news bit on Toyota site?
You're trying to suck up now after you highlighted my lack of packing?
Although they appear to have removed the bit about the doctors disagreeing.
American TV – well, the best American TV – has made great leaps in the past decade, don't you think? The biggest single advance is that it's no longer compulsory to have a cute kid who learns something about life in every episode.
On the other hand, I watched a brief bit of the new Knight Rider to see if it scored on the so-bad-it's-good front, and it was total cack.
Suspicious eh.
Ooooh. Too late.
About the sonic screwdriver?
Can someone upload the original press release for posterity's sake?
nope. I just find doctor who very difficult to watch! I am more a star trek/ lost/ dresden files kind of guy...;)
They removed it rather quick. I got it half an hour later and it wasn't there.
difficult to watch? :o each to their own :P I like most sci-fi even stargate universe ;)
Eurgh okay that's no better.
Done: http://www.sidepodcast.com/2009/10/27/glock-to-sit-out-abu-dhabi-grand-prix/
Ah now stargate...... That's different.
Argh. Pinger - 1 Christine - 0.
You like LOST but think Doctor Who doesn't explain anything properly???
Time to go to the gate....
Ayt - stay safe, Nick!
The stargate?? Enjoy yourself Nicholas.
I've seen them all :D
hehe :)
Why do window cleaners always turn up at the worst time?
Morning!!
Just realized - albeit a season apart, the next 2 races will both be in the Middle East.
A portent of things to come? Hopefully not.
lost gives me reasons to care about the characters and interesting plots... the show is based on the mystery. Doctor who seemed to me to have very little background and no focus or mission...
Gosh these windows people are becoming a national worry. Perhaps it's a desperate marketing technique celebrating the release of Windows 7 ;)
Morning :P
I can still read!
Ah okay, that's different :)
Only saving the universe.
:P
And only forty years of background :)
:D
I don't think I'd mind as much if they were all clumped together.
For the same reason that you always share a hostel room with people who snore. Worst sleep ever, but I had my new iPhone for company.
It could be so confusing if you missed season 16 I suppose...
:D
When we see Matt Smith in action it will have been over a year since he was announced!
haha see any other morning i'd be working so all would be good, but i was laying on the sofa sleeping and being all lazy cause i'm not feeling too great today and then BANG! the window cleaner is knocking on the window waving and smiling. i am not impressed.
#sidepodspace
NASA TV say he countdown is going ahead as if the launch was going to happen at 8am but it is more like to be at 8:30. NASA just do things to confuse me. I always thought the countdown was someow connected to reality
"boston red scott" :D :D
they are very different to me :P I guess I see Dr who as a kids show, it simplifies things a little too much... that and i dont find any of the doctors to be likeable, so perhaps that might be a problem...
so Windows 7 appears to be working even though I had #sonyfail in completing some of the steps.
Namely that they tell me to insert Supplement Disc 1 and when I do that it tells me "Disc 1 is required to prepare windows vista for upgrade. You cannot use this disc at this time."
I would have thought that would be top of the list!
It's not a kids show, it's a family show.
it's sidepodtime! ;-)
(btw, thanks for the updates, no nasaTV at work...)
not even dr. giggles?
I thought you would have been more excited about the iPhone!
Hehe, there are other shows with lead charecters I don't like which I enjoy though.
If the BBC replaced Dr who with a live remake of inspector gadget.... now that's something I would watch!
ooh. i totally didn't get that. yay for iphones.
I am more of a prof giggles fan ;)
I think there is room for both. Inspector Gadget is brill!
is there a different URL for realtime doohickey? Only got this last night and still trying to get used to the brave new world
I saw the film they did a few years ago that was real instead of cartoon.
I wish I hasn't :(
*hadn't, even
New name - I LIKE it! :D
There's a film?
doohickey works on iphone.
Don't watch it!
Yeah. Matthew Broderick was Inspector Gadget if I remember correctly.
for the iphone? nope, same one. but with the homepage now coming along nicely, we might be able to squeeze an iphone app in before xmas.
I'm slightly concerned bassano has been messing with my plane... this could be a long journey
(pic on drop)
STOP I... oh wait.
anyone know my wireless key? I have many files to download and 3G internet until I can track it down :D
This might be the bestest bit of wikipedia I've seen in a long time: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inspector_Gadget#Inspector_Gadget.27s_gadgets
Is it H31kk1?
Wow!! His gadget coat turns into Bibendum!
that would be awesome
tell him Android > iPhone!
Nick why is there an HSBC branch on the runway?
Dear God it was pants! Watched the pilot. Do Not Want!
talk about fly by night bankers!
hehe.
my cat is on the look out... her expression tells me that the window cleaners are still here :(
Gadget Refridge-a-Gadget: A gloved hand holding an unmarked aerosol can appears out of his hat and sprays a substance that immediately reduces the surrounding area to subzero temperatures. This gadget was only used in Gadget's Gadgets.
Awesome. Gadget Refridge-a-gadget.
wrong question to ask I guess. Oops! Now I just have to figure out how to see the next race. Pretty sure the iPhone cannot help me on that issue:(
What is this about?
Gadget Teeth: Gadget's teeth deploy from his mouth and fly about.
NASA are coming out of the built in hold in the countdown at 8:25 with th launch now scheduled for 8:29
HOORAH!
:D
Flying teeth. Helps the dentist innit?
Gadget Tie: His necktie becomes a lasso.
oh.
Do you know my parents tried so hard to buy me a Gadgetmobile toy when I was a kid?
hahahaha that's made everyone look at me after I burst out laughing!
Gadget Wind Sail
Now they're just mocking us.
he may have his windsails and his teeth and his thingymajig but he doesn't have a gadget doohickey!
Maybe your cat wants to clean the windows and is jealous of them?
If Inspector Gadget was reborn now, would he not be powered by Apps instead of gadgets?
inspector applet?
Strangely enough I did not know that. I do now though....
But having new gadgets is awesome!
The bus leans over when the doors open! Genius!
I once came up with the idea for a show that was kind of like Dr Who meets I'm Alan Partridge.
The central character was Davros, who was now a washed-up and embittered ex-dictator living in Lydd. In the first episode he would try and fail to get elected to the local borough council. In the second, ruined by the expenses incurred during the election campaign, he got a part-time job as a pub inspector for CAMRA.
I actually got as far as writing a couple of scenes for episode two: one in which Davros and the Cyberleader got squiffy and ended up performing Would I Lie To You? by Charles & Eddie on karaoke; another involving some japes with Davros and a Stannah Stairlift. The whole thing was clearly nonsense so I never sent it to anyone, although a couple of years later I was amused to see a broadly similar stairlift-related gag in Pheonix Nights.
Nick how did you get near the plane so quickly? Whenever I fly I spend hours having to sit around. Especially long haul.
Kick the door down, kick the door down!!
*Jerry kicks whole in door
Ah you've broke me door!!
:D
practice makes perfect! ;)
I have done it much quicker than this before
your plane looks suspiciously like a bus.
Nooooo! They make me go stupidly early.
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/imag0085-2
#blamebassano
Aww, Alonso is sad:
"It will be an emotional race because I have enjoyed so many special memories with this team and I am leaving behind a lot of friends."
... again.
:D
I wonder what will be like when he leaves Renault in about 4 years time for the 3rd time. Perhaps by then it won't be so sad, but more... ritualistic for him.
#sidepodspace update
Launch delayed for about an hour. The likely launch time is now 9:24am Eastern 1:24pm UK.
The weather is being unco-operative. They no sooner put the delay in than the weather went green. High level winds seem to be the main problem.
They are also experiencing intermittant telemetry problems.
Vehicle upgraded. Pics of plane on drop (popod)
Rightio work time. Back in the early hours again most likely. Hopefully puncture free :)
Look after Alphonso
Have an immense time in Dubai Nick! I hope you find some GP tickets lying on the ground! :D
I like the table at the end of this article (the first column are the points total; second column = points until Silverstone; third = points since Nürburgring)
I will just ignore the first half of the season. It has never happened. #sorryLou
have fun!
will do... don't for get about us while you are traveling!
ooh let us know how many F1 people are on your flight :D
So, Jarno Trulli, with 2 more races than Timo since the Nurburgring, has got 2 less points. Mwahaha
I'm sure I won't in spite of my best efforts!
I like the second half points, We should have two championships per season :D
Hmm interesting... but it assumes that the performances of the drivers is unconditional on the results of the previous races ... which I am not sure is true...
McLaren for the double championship in 2010 :D :D
hush! No logic allowed. ;)
I have the same handbag as THAT woman.
Burn it? It's pretty and purple...
Is it just me, or does Lewis look photoshopped in?
see you :)
Don't look at me
Looks a bit like it to me.
oh oh panic over, its the same fabric but mine is a nicer style. No burning for me.
Kubica probably prefers to split is as up to Japan and Brazil onwards - season part 2 looks quite good so far
No, he just looks stupid!
theres more, he was definitely there. ;)
YES i like this idea! then Jenson would have 2 Championships :)
Fair enough - but it is still interesting that had we started the season now, I think it would be a McLaren-Red Bull-Ferrari-Brawn Championship in that order...
omg! what is he wearing :(
a kimi cap by the looks of things :D
but...even the kimi cap is nicer than that....
so Kimi wears a Kimi cap during racing weekends and are normal one in private and Lewis wears a normal one on race weekends and a Kimi cap in private. They are the perfect pair, it's destiny.
I wonder if Reebok pay him per item or if its just a set fee :D
I guess this means she'll be in AD as the Album title is "Off to Abu Dhabi"
That's controversial
It is amazing how different Lewis and Jenson are, isn't it?
Her boots appear to have holes in.
the more i look at her the more i think she's very embarrassed to be out with him looking like that. Either that or they were arguing and a paparazzi popped up.
even their girls match, Jenni has that same bag in another fabric.
That's because Lewis is 'all american' now.. in that his accent gets more American each day... and Jenson is just Jenson... from Frome :)
Pics or it didn't happen ;)
It's funny because I like one better on the track and the other off it!
this whole sentence makes me feel better for knowing so much about team Button :P i know nothing about the Jules, Jessica, Jenson's or anyone's wardrobes :D
:)
I don't get fashion at all.
Lewis for USF1 then?
And what an authentic somerset accent he has too?
hahaha i'd say yes, but i'm not sure if he is even allowed to leave Mclaren?
Neither do I - those boots are STOOPID :(
hahahah ;)
They have threatened to get his dad to stare at him if he tries :D
hers is in a slightly more obnoxious monogram. I don't like flashy LV.
:D :D
I like her better though. Thanks ;)
I do too. It's her birthday today, hooray!
Wow - October is an awesome month for a birthday ;)
Is it too much to ask that Jenson drops in the odd "oo-arr" instead of "for sure"?
it so is :) (happy birthday for thursday just in case i forget)
Aww thanks lou ;)
I think we all know April is. di Resta. Albers. Grosjean...
Flavio....Amy....
Bernie's birthday tomorrow - 79. Isn't it about time that he put his feet up with a pipe and slippers? And why is he so keen to celebrate his birthday with a contract with Silverstone? As he got no friends to party with?
more Abu Dhabi pics
Are the first ones of the press room?
Massa...Davidson...
Jaques........
Kathi, what's the name of the poor Sky Deutschland lady that Brundle keeps shoving out the way on the grid?
That pitlane exit is a scarily blind turn
although October has Kimi AND Heikki and almost Mika. Tough choice.
Tanja something
Tanja Bauer?
Thanks ;)
http://tanjabauer.com/
it looks like he's just had an argument with his friend joey, and decided to wear all his clothes in retaliation.
Hello boys and girls and random entities. I've had my 12 hours rest and recuperation, and am ready for an afternoon's delight. Cuddling my dog at present.
be honest. jenson lost his frome accent as fast as he could.
they are equal amounts of sellout.
hahahahah :D
:D
Only when he races Brawnmowers ;)
yes but he kept his English accent... Lewis is all american now, and i'm not really a fan of that....plus Jenson went all hippy a couple of years ago, hehe that makes me laugh :D
Define now. ;) If you were referring to the article, the WCC would end up RBR-McLaren-Brawn-Ferrari.
I want jenson to buy a brand new combine 'arvester.
Oh my Gawd, I think my head exploded.
next photo set = lunges?
i'm not sure i see the difference?
The trousers do look comfortable though. I think I would like some as pyjamas.
aha in an interview on radio one the girl asked him if he used to drive a tractor to school, his response was one of disbelief and laughter :D hehe
as a foreigner, they both sound English to me.
German pitlane reporters are just weird. Her webpage has a flower shower.
i'm not a fan of the american accent :P well... the fake american accent he has anyway...
perfect plane clothes. Although I'm pretty sure up there in first class you'd be comfy in anything
No, Jenson lost his English accent and acquired a different English accent
it's my personal preference and bias :) nothing more :D
One of my two copies of Grand Prix Saboteurs has arrived.
you bought two?
fair enough.
Rubens sounded like a strange mix of american and welsh the other weekend
True story. I imagine these to be perfect Amy "I'm in my pyjamas but need to go to the shop now" clothes. :)
I wear comfy clothes when I take long flights, but I don't look like I'm going to a rap concert or something!
Oops, half my fault
ooooh. Wheres my nearest Reebok store?
hehe ;)
Does Brundle barge in and take over a page or two?
what would you do i you were going to a rap concert?
*looks to Lukeh*
You're his teacher?
Two?
Run away for starters....
If I were his teacher he'd be able to say he likes coffee in welsh
Well the last one I went to at Roskilde, I was wearing jeans and a tee - but it seemed like there were a lot of Lewis fans there ;)
oh and I bought my actual favourite PJs back from NZ with me (they have John Deere tractors on them! TRACTORS!) and then when I put them on I remembered why I left them behind. Big 'ole in them :(
I wonder where I can find more tractor pyjamas.
Prove it.
What if he is a tea man?
Kmart?
blah, blah, blah, blah.
Correct?
Is it just me or does this Live-commenting thing move a bit quick?!
Dwi'n hoffi coffi.
Easy peasy
Then there is no hope for us all as my welsh is limited. perhaps if I just mumble.
La Familia Massa
rap concerts end badly in Melbourne :D
Imagine what it was like before live comments. I had F5 imprinted on one of my finger tips
aw! :)
That should probably be German-speaking.
:D true story :)
:D
Yup - it got so bad, I made Doohickey work on IE6. :D
the first pair came from the internet. The internet has everything. I hope it still has limited edition pjs from 2006.
It's a good time for him to be sidelined really
Ahhh, now, just a worthless button on our keyboard.
I feel your pain. How quick was the migration to Firefox? :D
hehe i remember when live commenting first came in and out of habit i would press f5 even though i didn't have to..
At work? Not applicable - IE6 is the required browser.
:D
She looks ready - how come she has been allowed to fly?
What kind of screwed-up place do you work at? Firefox Portable not applicable in that case?
Speaking of THAT woman, I just HAD to share this.
LOL!
Erm... that's in Brazil?
that picture is from Brazil
Wow - that's terrible!
These rappers were in Danish. Weird, but cool. However this was at the festival, as rap isn't exactly my first choice...
They say it's for security reasons. Shameful.
If only you knew someone from the internet
O.O err....well... erm.....
Whoops silly me!
Are the Massa's at home then? Has she given birth yet?
It's getting to the point where I can't look at her without getting mad, and I have no idea why???
I tell you something he can't buy....... a dinosaur
That's awful. The definition of "Portable" in the app sense is that it can be used ANYWHERE, and is standalone to any installation. Can I come round there and smack the techies and management who thought this was a kosher idea? Please? I'll bring the shiny baseball bat I sought off eBay the other night.
this advertising hoarding, appears to have a television screen built into it:
http://www.motorsport-magazin.com/bilder/f1/1/1/5861/0220297/2009_formel_1__abu_dhabi__strecke__start__ziel.html
Thank you Journeyer, you've enlightened me to who *that* woman is. What about Ms Tweedy?
Ooooooh snazzy
*Prays for it to fail*
Like the podium in Brazil then. Must be the new must-have for race tracks...
Hubby plays footsy. I know little of her. ;) But I would say she's hotter than that woman anytime. :D
They do that at football matches around the pitch
Due the middle of November, they're supposed to be calling him Felipe, no confirmation as to whether that's simply so they can employ Mrs C to sing him to sleep.
John Deere PJs on ebay
http://shop.ebay.co.uk/i.html?_nkw=john+deere+pyjamas&_sacat=0&_trksid=p3286.m270.l1313&_sop=1&_odkw=deere&_osacat=0
Doesn't look like it but I am not an expert :)
Felipinho?
A LOT of companies still use IE6 since a lot of business software is only compatible with IE6. We still use a lot of software which is not IE7 or 8 compatible according to th manufacturers!
I can't tell if that's harsh or kind. Christine?
Oo-arrrr. Very Jenson.
we have 4 or 5 of those here - and i'm only talking about the big ones. ;)
But it serves a practical purpose - it allows you to show more types of ads/banners, depending on the session.
:D
close, but mine were a collaboration with Paul Frank and unless there is monkeys driving the tractors, I am not interested :D
Keeps you interested when you are bored.
SidepodMotto?
Listen to this and decide
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/felipebaby-mp3
Monkeys driving tractors??
Who remembers the huge green boards they had for superimposing adverts on in the late 90s?
They still use it - I see it a lot in baseball.
Ahhh, dreamy.
Yes... One for me for my... Somebody who reads comments here sometimes.
say no more.
No no, elaborate. Pics or it didn't happen!
That's a lie! At least IE8 is safer than 6.
#sidepodspace update
Looks like they are planning to launch soon. They are polling flight controllers and it all sounds good so far
but of course. http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/dsc07085-jpg
but that's over the start finish straight. drivers don't need to be seeing moving advertising do they?
what about seeing the starting lights?
That is Five Ploughs of Awesome!
We are go for launch
Yes, I seem to have missed something here...
Why don't I have a monkey driving a tractor?
they're the softest most ridiculously comfortable pjs ever. I may have to hunt out some more Paul Frank ones without tractors to see if the fabric matches up to my expectations.
maybe Abu Dhabi are trying to make the race a memorable one... seeing as the titles wont be decided there?
I have bought 2 copies of Joe Sawards book. People were asking why 2. One is a gift. But for somebody who reads the comments.
wouldn't the lights be below that banner thingy?
AHHHH. Okay.
Perhaps it is the starting lights?
By having it not start?
they are. but it could be distracting.
Especially if it gets hacked. Can you imagine lining up to the start and seeing "BERNIE IS POO" on the screen?
as long as it doesn't change every 10-15 seconds, they'll be fine.
Maybe it will also be used to show other information too? Maybe race title, time remaining, yellow flags etc
WINNER. :D
NASA have managed to catch a piece of string on top of their rocket. You couldn't make this up. They have some kind of probe on the point of the rocket and they pulled the cover from it at the last minute with a piece of string and now the string is caught on it.
This makes Bernie and Max look professional. Pulling a piece of string is not rocket science.
I hate those moving banners, any sport I watch with them every single time they change my eye is drawn to them. Which I guess is the point of advertising but I don't understand how the players block it out.
If you search for John Deere Paul Franks you get loads of returns.
Its gotten me through a few 0-0 games.
Ermm in this case it looks like it is!!!
They're testing string theory?
"windows detected a problem and has shut down"
ahh I mostly see them in rugby/league/netball. Games where scoring actually happens :D
The string that is caught on the rocket is parachute cord so their plan to pull it till it breaks is not going to work. They are now considering cutting the cord. I love NASA
well it would be remembered?i'm really no help today :)
Like the one at the Olympics??http://gizmodo.com/5035456/blue-screen-of-death-strikes-birds-nest-during-opening-ceremonies-torch-lighting
:D
Or they could get people to text in and that, just get the typical 'will you marry me Jenson - clair from stockton on tees' etc.
:D
That deserves a www.instantrimshot.com
I would pay to see it with one of those.
Like the one at the Olympics??http://gizmodo.com/5035456/blue-screen-of-death-strikes-birds-nest-during-opening-ceremonies-torch-lighting
NASA 1 bit of string 0
Mayve they could watch Jakey and co whilst on the grid?
They got rid of it?
WIN! WIN! WIN!
Yes
Happy lunchtimes everyone.
Hey Adie.
Made me think, where is my dinner?
Turns out it wasn't a bit of string, it was a finger print on the screen... ;-)
Now that they have dislodged the bit of string the new launch time will be 9:44am / 1:44 UK
Just as well they didn't have the 10 minute shuttle launch window.
Will the lauch be live on t'internets?
Probably with mine!
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html
It has been live for hours
Thank you Mr Roy.
They're especially bad in the football...
Weather has just gone green. Right now we have no no goes. There were worries about high level winds and potential lightning but everything is good now. How long that lasts is anyone's guess
I like working from home days. I get to watch Mythbusters @ lunch.
They're about to set fire to 1,000,000 matchheads. Just to see what it looks like.
Cracking!
I've seen that episode - and it was quite a blaze of glory. :D
I love that someone gets paid for doing stuff like that
Yup, just done it.
That made me chuckle. Don't try it at home though kids!
They just called a no go because a cargo ship is in the area of the sea where bits of rocket could land.
90 minute delay. Can't they just sink it?
*Puts matches away*
The pyrotechnic in me wants to do it too.
It makes me wonder how these bunch of amateurs ever got to the moon, it really does.
They could, but that would open a whole new can of worms. :D
Oh Boo! Stoopid cargo ship.
I know - brilliant isn't it! James May's new programme is on tonight - he's building a life size Airfix model.
The last generation was fine, it's this generation that I question.
I make comments like that with ever mission
Sorry this is a bit late and off topic: Just want to say thank you to you all for the 12hr marathon Sidepodcast Radio. I downloaded them a while ago but hadn't got around to listening to them. I put them on when I was driving home(about 250 miles) from London late (9pm) on Sunday. The podcasts kept me wide awake and allowed me to drive back non-stop sans red bull (which is very rare - I usually stop for a break and Red Bull). I laughed, I learnt things, I marvelled at Mr C's cooking skills!! It was Brilliant.
Well done to all involved!!
:) :) :)
What's the point in that? What a stupid waste of time!
yay. now to convince christine to go through it all again.
I love all the toy things he has done for that show!
:D
So you wouldn't be interested in a Lego house then?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1214729/James-May-size-Lego-house-wants.html
I'm sure I had a video of the like on my phone. A group of people cut the heads of loads and loads and loads of matches and put them in a bucket then set the fuse alight. In slow motion you actually see a mushroom cloud!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8OkEvjWvJQ Sorry for the dodgy music-
I am convinced. But whenever it is, it MUST be in the off season.
the meccano bridge is my favourite :D
NASA have now decided the ship is clear of the area. So the 90 minute delay seems to have disappeared.
They are now planning to re-start the countdown at T-4 minutes in 5 to 10 minutes time
Well that's a better idea, if still a little silly. It's cool that you can do that with Lego though!
13:45 GMT apparently! With a take off at 13:49...
Th countdown will start from T-4 at 13:45 GMT or in technical terms 6 minutes till launch.
it sucks that people have to ruin things though, He tried to build a 16km long model railway and "The attempt was disrupted by vandals and thieves who interfered with the track. Coins were dropped onto the line causing short circuits and the battery and parts of the track were taken"
NASA are a bit like Mark Webber. They keep finding new ways to fail. He finds tramlines that causes his gearbox to select two gears at once and they manage to have problems with boats and bits of string
Yeah I hate that. When I was a kid we had an orienteering day ruined because some kids nicked the flag post thingys...
T-Minus 4 minutes...
T-4 minutes and counting
Ach, that's typical. Nasa TV crashes my browser and now won't load the video! Grrr.
They've reset the clock to 4 minutes. I missed why though so don't panic.
Countdown stoppped
Did anyone here ever want to go to Space Camp as a kid, meet Jiggs the robot and get to go into space?
Yes. yes I did *embarressed*
The plan today is to launch the rocket then separate the first stage from the rest after a couple of minutes. Everything above the first stage is a dummy with sensors and weights to simulate the real thing. Th first stage will parachute back down to be re-used and the dummy bits will crash into the sea and sink hopefully without hitting any stray ships.
If anyone's interested, Simon Mayo's talking about Donington/Silverstone etc. on Five Live now.
I want to do it now
NASA TV is hopeless. All they have to do is tell us what the failure was
Launch was stopped due to weather
Damon on now!
Smugness Factor through the roof?
It's probably quite well insulated
It leaked when James spent the night in it.
See! They can't even predict the velocity of a ship on a flat surface, what chance have they got of hitting the moon?
But not waterproof apparently.
There used to be a hotel made from wine bottles in Queenstown!
Jerry Hall. Yes or no?
What happened to the clever blokes? They're all muppets these days!
We're all on Sidepodcast!! ;)
I am surprised they found Florida
Mythbusters update - bowling ball cannon.
My local megabowl would love me rocking up with that!
eheheh :D mum and dad are home from shopping and have returned with this months f1 racing for me!! eeek! :) lots of Jenson :)
I went hunting for it earlier to no avail :( it better be in wh smith in the morning!
THe benefits of a subscription :) Mine arrived on Saturday - Ok a day late but there were post strikes on...
As long as they have it at Heathrow on Friday for me to pick up - might pass some time on my flights this weekend.
NASA weather people asying that on the atellite infor they see a gap in the weather in 50 minutes which could last for 15-20 minutes
So it'll be in 15-20 minutes and will last for 50 minutes :-)
It could be anything. The chief weather woman said the gap would last for 15 to 20 minutes if it was still a gap by the time it got over the pad.
Silly question - why can't they launch in bad weather?
Ever been in a plane in crappy weather?
They have all sorts of weather rules from the sensible like high winds to their latest fad which is something electrification. They have said the phrase about 20 times and I still have no idea what they are saying. Sounds like tribal electrification but I don't suppose it is.
Oh loads of times! Wellington is famous for hairy landings!
only place that makes me feel queasy every time :(
I have heard gasps under turbulence and we have sorta swung in a couple of times. Makes other airports tame in comparison!
High winds I understand - but clouds and rain?
Right, so imagine the same plane vertical, with 1000 times more fuel, 100 times more explosive, and 100 times heavier. Would you like a lightning bolt hitting an exposed fuel cell like NASA specify?
Not a lightning bolt obviously!
Right I need to go. Can someone @F1TailPipe me on twitter when it's T-Minus 4 mins and counting again please?
I have push notifications on the iPhone.
Sadly more work is in store :(
Yeah, but clouds = bad for planes. It causes a lot of turbulence. Static = lightning.
Every day that goes by I am less and less likely to ever get on a plane again!
what if i get a pilot's licence like ted?
The cloud issues relate to lightning not rain. The shuttle can be grounded for rain because of visibility as one of its abort modes is return to launch site so it has to be able to land at the runway near the launch pad and bcause of its speed and lack of power it needs a lot of visibility.
Landing in Wellington is fun - you get thrown around like a rollercoaster and yet the pilot always kisses the tarmac so gently!
From Joe: Todt promises to look at French GP
Well, he seems to be saying the right things so far. Am yet to see his first proper act in office, though.
I'll take the train.
ted has a pilot's licence?
my favourite part is how it always feels like you're about to land in the sea :D
Right I'm with you. So it's a design limitation then...
!!!
I feel let down if I don't get bumped around a bit on a plane.
Hehe I stood at the southern end of the runway and took photos last summer - talk about close!
It's a confidence limitation. These guys can't predict when a boat is going to leave the danger area so they have to be surer than sure that it's safe to launch.
Is it cos he is French?
The airport is built on reclaimed land, with sea on both ends. It's just long enough for a 737. Only the best pilots need apply!
Madness.
Well if that's what it takes... We need the French GP back!
same thread as wurz:
http://www.sidepodcast.com/2009/10/17/live-brazil-free-practice-3/#comment-547562
you really missed out in brazil!
the runway is so short it makes me nervous.
I assume it's because a French journo asked the obvious question
But where are they going to have it?
Proper madness!
Yes.
Yes.
Ah, that is the question, no? Perhaps his good chum Prost can help him out.
Hmm. What about all the others we want back though?
Paul Ricard - you can guarantee a sellout, eh Mr.C? ;)
agreed.
True. But there can only be one FIA prez ;)
If he can't pull off a French GP comeback, what hope does he have elsewhere?
:( strange thing is i can't remember what i was doing on that saturday either. i mean i remember watching quali, but can't remember why i didn't get to see FP3...
I've finally got the opportunity to hear Muse's newest album on the limited edition vinyls I had, and my word...
Spectacular does it no justice hearing it like this.
I am sure they could sell out Paul Ricard and probably finance th race from the fines resulting from people cutting corners
Yea. Seems a bit off to me to be President for four days and already honing in on your own country.
*homing
Well, we did fear this would happen. Although Joe says that Todt promises to look into it. Which is kinda like me promising Mrs. Goat that I would consider not going out so late on Friday - doesn't mean it will happen though ;)
Exactly. But again, I don't mind this one so much - we shouldn't have lost the French GP to start with. Main thing, though, is that he should leave such items to the F1 Commissioner (who he hasn't appointed yet).
So his intentions are good but it looks a bit dodgy... typical FIA then :D
:D
The gap is the weather seems to be disappearing and the wind is now above the 20 knot limit. I have a feling that this thing is not going to fly today. They only have an hour and a half left to get it off the ground or reset and do it all again tomorrow
Had they not had issues with that string...
depends. should he announce one so soon. shouldn't he have a poke around first? see what it's all about?
but i would've thought he'd have thought this through by now - a President picks his Cabinet as soon as he gets the nod. Let's see if he announces anything by Abu Dhabi.
*normally picks
I am impatient for things to start changing. When's that gonna happen?
No, no, no, you fail to understand the F1 commissioner's role. His job is to do all the unpopular stuff that we'll hate him for. Bringing back the French GP is a good idea and therefore all Todt's.
;-)
AHHH. That makes a LOT of sense. Really, it does.
The Brazil GP seems to have totally wiped my memory of what i did on the saturday.. i honestly can't remember a thing about that weekend other than the f1 action. it's kinda scaring me now.. does anyone remember what i was doing?
Exactly. All that budget and all that technology and the only reason they haven't launched is because of a bit of string. Apparently they have pulled that string off hundreds of times and never had that problem.
Of course, JT has failed to allow for the fact that we'll blame him for picking the commissioner in the first place
Emily was there, right?
My guess is he will let the season finish then start making changes
yeah that was in the evening... i can't remember why i didn't watch fp3...
Mainstream media will not notice such details.
I know on Sunday that you must have hurt your head when you were on the moon.
No clues from that Saturday's Daily? Maybe even the Friday Daily?
ahaha i think that is the only explanation. it's a complete blank.
School?
not from Saturday. i'll check friday. hehe this is both fun and scary...
Vettel vows to fight for second
So what happened to "second is first of the losers"? Rash moment last weekend? ;)
"hopefully i’l survive the drama stuff i have to do at school tomorrow and will be back in time to watch quali" ring any bells?
omg! YES! that was a horrible day :(house drama script writing and nearly getting locked in school... *shudder*
no wonder i blanked it out.
thank you Amy :)
Check your local Sunday paper - They may have pictures of you?? This sounds like the makings of a great movie...you don't have a little laser light implanted in your arm which is showing a series of numbhers which may be a bank account????
Sniff Petrol is back:
:D
Third is the second of the losers ;-)
Now you need to watch Brazil again to wipe the slate clean!
plus Jenson's P14 made it a horrible day - Sunday was a different story. ;)
Lou, did you see my post earlier today with stuff I found from the F1 Racing Season Preview issue back in March?
:)
:D
no?
Then Lou will not remember what happended, then we'll explain, then Lou will watch the race, then ....
it's alright... i don't mind, it's not a bad race to watch :D
Oooh. Just mentioned the funny stuff I noticed from that issue, like Ant betting that it'll be McLaren and Ferrari at the front in Melbourne, and no Brawn GP section in the preview. Also mentioned all those Honda buyer rumors - there were TONS of them.
Looks like we ar ready to try again. Ten minutes till we start from T-4 minutes again
NASA: We will NOT be defeated by a lousy piece of string.
:D
Wow, Ares I-X and T-4 are trending topics.
Just don't ask them "how long is a piece of string" - that'll keep them busy for days.
Winds at the launch pad are 22 knots which is 2 above the limit. Th ten minute average wind sped has been red for some time. The 15 minute window is going to be a lot less than 15 minutes.
http://www.sidepodcast.com/2009/10/27/daily-27th-october-2009/#comment-562957
What you have to remember is if this has to be done again tomorrow thay have to pull the string again.
Thanks for the link, Christine. ;)
Everything is go except the weather. At some point NASA have to move from Florida. It is costing them a fortune being there
I didn't know NASA made wind-up rockets - or is that James May's next TV programme?
We are due to start from T-4 at 13:00 UK time and launch 4 minutes later
But to where? I thought Florida was picked because of its location?
They have something called a 5 hole probe right on the pointy end of the rocket and they don't want the rain to get in and corrupt the information they are getting from it so they have a cover on it and with all the resources at their disposal they decided the best way to remove the cover was to send someone out to the pad and pull the string. Couldn't make it up.
Geographically it has lots of advantages but every time they want to launch they need ten attempts. I think they should have gone to New Mexico where the space harbour is or they could have gone to Roswell to wind up the conspiracy theorists.
We have a tiny bit of space left on Rockall, if that's any use.
They should use more advanced technology than a giant party popper really
yes, but probably some sunny desert bit in the middle of arizona or california is more or less at the same latitude, and doesn't have thunderstorms every week.
But it's in the North Sea - where the weather is all kinds of foul right now!
You would need to dig a long way into the rock to make sure you were safe when they were launching
It's in the Atlantic not the north sea
The green lobby would be up in arms in california! :-)
Weee, I'm swimming through the comment archives! I think I suceeded in my first comment on 2nd january
Its nice that you remember me though. I’ll try and comment more in 2009 rather than just reading/listening me thinks. Can’t wait to get this game going!
:D
Are we no-go?
they'll wouldn't know what to do with so many ships around...
Mission accomplished. :D Rubens helped, no doubt. ;) As did Lou.
We were due to go but weather just bumped it 15 minutes
they can change the black part of the painting scheme by bridgestone green (or even honda green!)
Still foul weather!
Plan 97B. T-4 countdown to re-start at 15:15
Cheers.
Back to work then...
It's amusing that my next comment was about Rubens. I wonder how long it took me to mention Muse... time for more swimming
Oh by the way, Mr C the new homepage/blog search is pretty fab
it's not a comment of rubens AND muse? :-)
Plan 97C. T-4 is now 15:10 not 15:15. Why don't they just thrpw two darts at a clock to pick the time?
I have a feeling this might be it.
It;s quite subtle.
I'm trying out the search facility. Looks nice. I love that you can search the wiki with it too.
Just a suggestion, can there be links for each page of results, not just next and previous? Or better yet, just copy Google's style. :D
they would hit the wall the first 5 attempts...
The flight trajectory guys are hogging the darts as usual
I was going to suggest a possible filter for chronological order results perhaps in the future, but I have no idea how difficult or whatever it would be... not that I'm trying to be fussy and complicated
:D very subtle...
+1
That view of flight control looks very 1970's
Are we no-go for weather AGAIN??!
All suggestions/feedback/comments considered, don't worry about how complicated it is, Mr C is quite smart. I would suggest logging thoughts on the wiki though, particularly when he is not around.
http://wiki.sidepodcast.com/page/Website+Wishlist
According to Wikipedia:
Again/still
The last plan was to resume the count at 15:10
Ah, will do. It seems Nikki is one step ahead of me with my idea :P
All of that is true but the constant bad weather must outweigh a lot of that
Weather is now a greenish shade of red.
but each time you fuel the shuttle and don't launch it you lose several millions...
I wonder if there is a Dulux colour chart for weather.
Count to re-start at 15:15
Weather is good now but not at the launch time. Why didn't they spot this clear spell then?
and you make your business less appealing to customers
Weather is currently green but may not be green by T zero. If they can't predict any of the green spells that have happened why is anyone listening to them?
We have just gone red on wind
T-4 to resume at 15:20
You should see a doctor about that
This all feels like waiting for Qualifying again.
Is it wrong to have eaten 75% of a 975g tin of Roses today?
Other chocolate is available.
If this attempt doesn't fly then they are going to have no more attempts today. Probably. No doubt the weather woman will see a gap with 30 seconds left in the window to ensure we sit through the full 4 hours.
Chocolate is health food besides they have raspberries or strawberries in there which count for your daily fruit and veg ration. Also nuts which are healthy unless they kill you
Yes.
You didn't share with us.
Weather is getting redder
Who would hire a weather person called Winters? That is just asking for trouble.
"You're not going to resum....after....(Thinks better of sounding off...)"
Classic
They need to employ someone less optimistic at the weather station. It all sounds very "I'm sure it'll be lovely in 20 minutes, the cows are standing up and there was a red sky last night..."
There will be no launch today. They are having a meeting to see if they will go tomorrow.
NASA 0 Weather and string 1
I have just found this page on the wiki: http://wiki.sidepodcast.com/page/F1+Stuff+You+Need+to+See
I can't believe that is the only stuff we need to see. There must be some more classics on YouTube somewhere.
too bad. time to have lunch then. see you!
Like this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjkipIOg3jA
It's what beer, thinking you're better at football than you are, and peer pressure does to you...
The string won? Wow.
There is lots more. That page resulted from Mr C seeing a picture I had on my twitter page late one night and asking why there was a wheel hanging off the car.
or this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inf_1JnOT5k
every time i see this i laugh :D
I could find the video of my losing a fight with the snow when I went skiing in a similar situation if you like.
Just less beer, and ski jumps...
Bye Guille
I like it. I think we should add more.
And it gets another chance to win tomorrow if they decide to go again then
Hehehe! I hadn't seen that!
We should have another page of drivers making us laugh :)
Brilliant - is that the Sky lady who hates Martin Brundle :p
The earlier youtube clip is me sadly.
Right.
MUST.GO.BACK.TO.WORK
Bye!
http://wiki.sidepodcast.com/page/Drivers+do+the+Funniest+Things
:D
More Gilles. Proper racing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kre35Pct0yA
Seems McDonalds is pulling out of Iceland (the Country)
Quote:
Now, I went to Iceland just before the crash and things are very expensive. But Reykjavik is modern western city and a lot of Icelanders mortgage up to the hilt with big cars etc. But a kilo of onions costing as much as a bottle of whiskey? Now that's insane!
I have also fixed the countdown clock on the Spa wiki page so it is all kinds of pretty now, instead of one big Mozilla advert.
http://wiki.sidepodcast.com/page/Spa+Grand+Prix+2010
was this discussed already?
http://www.autosport.com/gallery/photo.php/id/1321056
wow!! that's really pretty! :D
ooh look - a proper F1 car ;)
Awesome!!
tenner says he hit something:
http://www.autosport.com/gallery/photo.php/id/1321053
Microsoft drops the idea of a Windows 7 Family Guy show
And the web breathes a collective sigh of relief :)
Seems as though Microsoft were not happy with the content and asked Seth McFarlane to tone it down ... which he refused :P
What on earth were they expecting?!!
A great big shill for Windows 7, probably!
I can't see the top 25% of the numbers
Of course but yeeeeesh... this is Family Guy! What where they watching when they thought of the idea, My Family?
I'm sure they're very confused why Robert Lindsay was making jokes about a greased up deaf guy.
conversation went like this:
"hey, now we have a store just like apple's, how else can we be cool like them?"
"well, apple were on the simpsons."
"ok, we need to be on the next most popular cartoon, what is it?"
"statistics say something called 'family guy'."
"that sounds exactly our target demographic! make it happen."
:D
Its sad how true that probably is
The thing is, Seth McFarlane will probably poke fun at this whole thing in the show so much now.
Oh yeah. It's a big win for him eh?
DC looks positively elderly there.
:D
I just started the 'live' U2 concert on youtube. Who else would have the bottle to have Bowie as their walk on music?
He'll grill Windows like there's no tomorrow now.
Heheh. From f1scoop:
I guess with both titles done and dusted, they needed to look elsewhere for entertainment. :D
Has the press conference been turned into a boxing ring for one race only?
Brazil race edit up:
http://www.formula1.com/video/
Need your help. Sounds like a Prodigy track, but which one?
firestarter
Danke, Kathi. :)
bitteschön :)
As somebody else said... Microsoft are used to copying Apple, Family Guy is a copy of the Simpsons...
I know that's not really true... But thought it interesting.
He kinda blew my mind at the BBC Proms earlier this year. He has a remarkable crooner singing voice!
I love the pitboard:
BUT P1 HAPPY
:D
#sidepodspace
Final update for today. NASA have decided that they are going to try again tomorrow. We have a 4 hour window again between noon and 4pm UK time. Hopefully that will give them plenty time to practise with their bit of string and that won't blow tomorrow's launch as well.
Maybe we need to run a competition to guess how they are going to screw up in a new and inventive low tech way tomorrow.
:D
U2 really have their audience well trained. Bono claps his hands twice and the crowd pick up the beat and keep clapping in perfect time for the next couple of minutes
dancer.
is this significant?
Group Lotus is pleased to announce the appointment of Claudio Berro to the new role of Director of Motorsport for Lotus, reporting directly to Dany Bahar, Group Lotus CEO.
Claudio Berro held the position of Operations Racing Director for the Speedcar Middle-East International Race Series. Before that, he spent 14 years at Ferrari, Maserati and Fiat where he held such positions as Formula One Team Manager.
also from williams:
To help celebrate the 35th anniversary of the national charity the Spinal Injuries Association (SIA), the AT&T Williams team has agreed to feature the charity’s logo on either side of the AT&T Williams driver helmets of Nico Rosberg and Kazuki Nakajima that will be worn during the inaugural Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on 1 November.
Danny Bahar siad Group Lotus was going to get involved in all sorts of motorsport but had nothing to do with F1. He mentioned a few categories like sportscars and some single-seaters. I think he is trying to make the company more like something Chapman would recognise. He said the Proton parent company was running the Notus F1 team.
if anyone is going to formula ford at silverstone this weekend, they're holding a rather brilliant raffle, with the following prize:
A signed photograph of our new World Champion - along with a Honda cap signed by both Jenson and Rubens - complete with a certificate of authenticity signed by Ross Brawn!
more info: http://www.silverstone.co.uk/events/walter-hayes-trophy/
That had me going for a second. I thought it had been 35 years since Frank's accident. I was really worried about how fast time was passing. I still remember him when he ran marathons
got ya, makes sense.
I don't think Lou knows she is going to Silverstone yet.
Oohhh myy goooodd.
:D
along with lukeh it seems.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
right.. erm.... hmm...
but...but...but... the grand prix! what time is it on again? and... and... and.... how would i get there?...
Bahar getting more Ferrari alumni, then? ;)
The GP is at 1300 GMT. Time to sort out your priorities. ;)
realistically silverstone is just a bit too far away for a raffle... if it wasn't a gp weekend and i could drive i'd probably go, seeing as it would be great to take photos too. But sadly it's too far for mum to drive with her bad shoulder atm :(
it's up to Lukeh, then. ;)
Work.
On a Sunday? Boo.
Perhaps you can write to Jules or Nicola and ask them kindly? ;)
Joe is testing something :D
he needs a playground
:D
dear jules. please fix it for me to win the brawn competition...
Jules probably wouldn't reply :(
oh I thought you said saturday.
It'll still be basically impossible for me anyways
:P
Evening, just doing my usual post work web-thing and saw this image:
http://www.f1-fansite.com/wallpaper/2007/13 Italy/ITA-09-09-07-06-1152x864.jpg
Thought you'd like it Lou...
christine has a panda now. so i'm off the hook:
http://smarterthanyouraverage.com/2009/10/27/meet-mr-panda/
Awwwwww
oh.. it could be me but the link didn't work :(
Success! Linux boots from another USB drive!
It's bloody fast and has a lot of apps pre-installed.
Now I just need to figure out how to use it...
Has anyone had a comment on their blog from a group called "defend Spa francorchamps"?
Hang on...
The petition they started was on here and a few of us signed it.
You won't know if you don't try. ;)
Anyhoo, best be off to bed - tis late! Night all.
Nope, why>
we have one in the spam bin.
Night Journeyer
Same here. Not sure what to do with it.
http://bit.ly/1sjJYb
Try that...
Nope. Now I feel left out...
well they also entered our TG competition!
so clearly they're submitting to every form they can find. so it's staying in spam.
hehe i love that photo :)
i did try :P
night Journeyer
Phew, not the only one. ;)
Night J
But no one wanted to believe it because it went against accepted belief. And more than a few reminded us of Prost being impressive in 2001 preseason testing, only for it to fall apart at Melbourne. {Comment #194}
As one of the prime reciters of that particular statistic, I'm very pleased that I was proved completely and utterly wrong in Brawn's case :D
I wonder though. It looked like the car was just fundamentally bad. Like the Honda in 2008. Must have been something there that was wrong that they managed to change. Or was it a combination of things? {Comment #201}
Come to think of it, Renault's been a lot like Honds for three years:
2007 - bad car that eventually came good (but only in the hands of one driver)
2008 - moderately bad car, but sufficiently bad to take everyone by surprise
2009 - even worse car
Of course, Renault staying in F1 means that the team will not take Honda/Brawn's path next year, but its own.
Another great post from Mr Wolf, summing up things that are ending this weekend: http://www.f1wolf.com/2009/10/abu-dhabi-gp-will-be-the-last-f1-race-for.html
I’m so sick of hearing about this that I’m tempted to hire a Fighter bomber wing, evacuate the area and carpet bomb it out of spite until there’s nothing left just to end the whole saga!!!!! {Comment #279}
It's Princes Gate (the location of FOM) and whichever corners of the world CVC occupy that you'd need to carpet bomb...
Does anyone know of a good beginner's guide to Linux?
Break random stuff, then figure out how to fix it.
That's how I learned!
Quick question. How likely do you think there will be a Canadian GP in 2010, give me a percentage chance. I am putting in leave for the race today
110% that there will be one!
I like your optimism
Had some beer for lunch, so I'm optimistic about pretty much everything right now.
I love liquid lunches, nothing like cool buzz in the afternoon
Thanks.
For example, I'm using Mint (based on Ubuntu) and I want to install this program. What the heck are they talking about here: http://openvpn.net/index.php/open-source/documentation/howto.html#install ?
Is there no .exe file?
If you want pessimistic approach, 68%
I get all hot and flustered at work if I have a drink :(
Really. Any idea when the final schedule will be issued.
Mid-November I think
I did read that the F1 Rocks people are in Montreal scouting locations, that's a good sign
oh dear. A linux newbie trying to configure openvpn. It was complicated even for me, and I've been using linux for 15 years or so.
But no, there isn't a .exe. The rpm -ivh command installs the openvpn package, which should have all the binaries necessary
Be nice. I'm good with computers - just new to Linux :P
Linux does have executable files, obviously, but they generally don't have a file extension at all (ie, no .exe). You'll see extensions like .sh, .py, .pl, etc., and those are scripts written in a particular language.
If it's a compiled program then it usually doesn't have any extension at all, it's just marked as executable in it's file system permissions (ls -al in a directory and you'll see them)
Unfortunately my linux newbie days are LONG behind me, so I don't know of any good introductory texts :(
Why do people allow advertising agencies to make stupid adverts for their product. Colgate are currnetly running one with a woman saying that plaque starts to form as soon as she gets her teeth cleaned by her dentist.
Well don't let your dentist clean your teeth if that happens.
By the way, I don't really know what you mean by this...
Imagine what it was like before live comments. I had F5 imprinted on one of my finger tips
Ahhh, now, just a worthless button on our keyboard. {Comment #602}
It would be if it weren't for that pesky BBC live stream seeming to need F5 treatment before every single session...
Ok, that .rpm file they're talking about (openvpn-[details].rpm) is a package that contains all the files you need to run openvpn (configuration files, binary/executable files, etc.). the rpm -ivh blah.rpm command then puts all those files into the right place. (sorta like clicking "install" when installing software off a CD or something)
Gotcha. Still, I have no idea how to make the rpm file :(
mum and dad are home from shopping and have returned with this months f1 racing for me!! {Comment #Jumbo Jet (747)}
I've got a subscription and am still waiting for my copy. It's probably stuck 600 metres away from my placement in the regional distribution centre, but I can't nip down there during lunch break and ask for it because it would just confuse everyone...
Oh, sorry, you have to download it :) http://openvpn.net/index.php/open-source/downloads.html
Actually making an .rpm file you shouldn't have to worry about unless you start programming and want to distribute via the RPM way.
i mean i remember watching quali, but can’t remember why i didn’t get to see FP3… {Comment #794}
I'm not sure I got to see FP3 either, and I was sitting in front of a computer screen with the appropriate sites loaded at the time. Mostly what I saw was a lot of water...
The Brazil GP seems to have totally wiped my memory of what i did on the saturday.. i honestly can’t remember a thing about that weekend other than the f1 action. it’s kinda scaring me now.. does anyone remember what i was doing? {Comment #811}
Um... ...celebrating?
I could go through the comments for clues if that helps.
I know on Sunday that you must have hurt your head when you were on the moon. {Comment #818}
That can't be why I hurt my head that Sunday, because I wasn't on the moon.
But in lou's case it's as good a reason as any...
Looks like Lou was right about Brawn being called Brawn next season. According to Joe the contract with McLaren stopped Mercedes geting full benefit from this year;s Brawn results and stops them changing the team name to Mercedes next season.
http://joesaward.wordpress.com/
house drama script writing and nearly getting locked in school… *shudder*
no wonder i blanked it out. {Comment #825}
Dear oh dear, that sounds like a horrible Saturday. All's well that ends well, though...
The link should have been http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2009/10/27/mercedes-brawn-mclaren-and-abu-dhabi/
James May's new program is just starting
Right. So I downloaded it. What next?
evening all
How many people actually do things like this?
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20091027/twl-writhing-snakes-duct-taped-to-smuggl-3fd0ae9.html
Evening
Actually, I think the first question is do you have something to connect to? I setup my own openvpn network of 4 machines. Who/what will you be connecting too, and do they support openvpn?
Only certified plonkers I hope
Hi Jackie and Chris
Blimey Joe S has been busy with the blog posts today :D
I'm doing what this page told me to: http://www.wiki.witopia.net/wiki/Installing_personalVPN-SSL_on_Linux
Hi Steven, sorry about Sunday, I was a bit rude, I apologise
Not a problem. You and I had a different opinion. That's all.
Ha! It quoted the Copenhagen Post - it's a very poor newspaper that has the Danish news in English!
Evening!
Oh, ok, that makes it a lot easier, it looks like. I _THINK_ all you need to do is:
sudo rpm -ivh openvpn-whatever.rpm (the file you downloaded)
Then follow the instructions on that wiki page you linked
Apart from Joe's prolific writing it seems a bit quiet in F1 today, you'd hardly think it was the last race of the season in a few days
co worker asked me what time the race was this weekend. I honestly have no idea. With the championships decided it's not really that big a deal, although I'll still watch.
1pm start UK time I believe
There hasn't been much F1 news here today apart from Glock not racing.
Poor RG
Click the link below and you get the time of every session in your local time
http://www.formula1.com/
The Marina hotel looks impressive in that header pic
Ahh, I'm just starting Toyota conspiracy theories.
good game as Brucie would say
Gav,
I can't actually help you with this, but I couldn't resist the opportunity to tell you what my Dad, and Mr Miyagi taught me:
Wax On, Wax Off, Don't Forget To Breathe!
http://www.amazon.com/Using-Unix-System-Richard-Gauthier/dp/0835981622
I'm sorry :P
O dear, there may be no British GP linky
Just negotiating. Nothing to worry about.
You reckon, I wouldn't put it past Bernie to go elsewhere
hahaha... firestarter for the race edit. awesome.
Thanks. So is it the full file name?
I wouldn't like another street circuit, even if it was London
Same. Unless it was in the north east.
it sounds like a call to the government to stump up the cash.
Personally I think the BRDC should say to Bernie "this is all we're prepared to pay", and if there isn't a British GP next year, one of two things will happen:
a) the govt will kick in for 2011
b) Bernie will break, and then he will lose all his special powers
yeah, just 'sudo rpm -ivh fullfilename'. It will ask you for your password, 'sudo' is a command that let's you run something as the root user (sorta like an administrative user on windows)
Wonder if Todt has any clout in persuading Bernie to go to certain venues.. I saw he was supporting the return of the french GP today
A London street circuit is not even a possibility. The only place in the British mainland where you can legally have a race is Birmingham.
Can I ask why?
There are a group of races that have protected or historical status including the British GP. If Todt insists on having it Bernie has to do a deal but will Todt stand up to Bernie.
hehehe hahaha :D
About time someond did!
It takes an act of parliament to get approval to race. There was an F3000 event called the Birmingham Superprix in the late 80s and they went and got an act of parliament passed to allow it.
But 2011 is different
but i was right about 2010 :D they will be brawn in 2011 too.... i hope
So London won't get it because the government won't pass it?
They will be a Merc team sooner or later...
I don;t think Mercedes will make the same mistake they made with McLaren. As soon as they can they wil change the name. Look on the bright side. Brawn may end up being the only team in history who never lose a championship.
There would be way too many objections. Imagine shutting down part of central London for three days
I can imagine a scene of carnage.
it's called a tube strike ;)
no, no, no they wont...they can't be :( they will be Brawn.. :(
Worse than for the marathon?
i refuse to get sad about 2011 when 2009 hasn't even finished yet and they are going so well :D
I get "sudo: rpm: command not found"
But that is only a Sunday and the roads are only closed for a short time. All the barriers that would form the track would have to be more or less in place at the start of the week so that all the roads could be shut from Thursday.
If Jenson switched would you support new team or stick with Brawn?
Welcome to my choice for 2010 :(
Ah Rubens will get a good drive next year
Hey everyone.
Who knows about Glock.
Hey Adie
Evening Adie
Isn't he going to Abu Dhabi to chat with Toyota?
hehe i'd support Jenson 100% i'd have to support Brawn a bit too...i couldn't just stop supporting the team... then again Jenson isn't moving so there's no problem ;)
:)
First I've heard of that
I seem to have missed something - is there a blog post somewhere I need to be looking at?
Seems like you are right. According to some Greek site anyway.
Click the link below and you get the time of every session in your local time {Comment #1048}
I've just worked out that I'll miss both Friday practises on account of it clashing with my placement. Why oh why couldn't the race have been held during the usual part of the day? :(
#sidepodspace
NASA are predicting a 60% chance of good weather for tomorrow's launch. There is no forecast on how likely it is that a piece of string will screw the whole thing up again.
I miss quali, due to a football event.
Just testing which is most important to Lou, team or driver
read something to that effect in reader, I'll see if I can find it again
First I've heard of a potential link with Manor though
hehehe it's the whole appeal of Jenson and the team and their shear awesomeness... or brawnsomeness... either way they are a perfect team to me :D but i'd not give up my support for Jenson i dont think...
http://f1.gpupdate.net/en/news/2009/10/27/sidelined-glock-head-prevailed-over-heart/ possibly going for a chat in this one
A London street circuit is not even a possibility. The only place in the British mainland where you can legally have a race is Birmingham.
Can I ask why? {Comment #1064}
It used to have a street race in the olden days and the planning permission was never formally rescinded. Given the state of the roads, I doubt there will be a Birmingham race in the near future, however...
Hold on. He mentions that it was because of the leg, not the back.
Hmmmmm
The 1980s are the olden days? I feel ancient now.
Evening peoples.
We are about to make some more tweaks to the new site stuff. Please hold tight if commenting breaks.
Will let you know what we're up to in a bit.
I miss quali, due to a football event. {Comment #1095}
That's even worse :( Scheduling to satisfy everyone, will, I suppose, always be tricky...
ooh! You're spoiling us with the updates!
ditto
The M6 Grand Prix. Doesn't have *that* ring to it...
Driver all the time - Button! I've been lucky in being able to go from Mansell to Hill to Button. Hamilton's never really done it for me, I guess my next one will be one of the Christodoulo cousins if they make it - and Bruno.
However, Whilst Brawn remain Brawn they've got a soft spot.
Well, tis a slightly massive one. ie, Arsenal v Spurs. And like I'm missing that.
It's about freakin' time :)
aaahhhh! no, I fear change!!!
wonder if they had lightbulbs back then
Shall refrain from mentioning I wasn't even born then...
Ah. You may be in for a rough few weeks on Sidepodcast :)
:D
Exciting stuff!
Change rocks.
The Birmingham Superprix
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtTv9cNUfC8
How about "The Bullring Ring?"
Think about it like this. At some point there was a change that caused Timo to get his drive. Change can be good!
The 1980s are the olden days? I feel ancient now. {Comment #1103}
And I now feel like I've exited the time-space continuum, because for some reason I'd got it into my head that the race in question was between the World Wars. Clearly the F3000 Superprix happened slightly later than that, but it sounds right - the problem is clearly with my memory!
LOL :D .. you tired Alia?
I recognise some of those areas
I think from the inter-war years only Norhern Ireland ran road races at Dundrod. I can;t think of anywhere else that did. Maybe Stuart or Joe would know different.
Evening
evening pat
Hi Pat
hey
Okie dokie.
Change no. 1 - Seasons page and Archives page are now no longer in the playground but in SPC 3.0. Still looks plain but are even faster than before. Mr C actually used the phrase über-fast.
http://sidepodcast.com/seasons/
http://sidepodcast.com/archive/
Donington held the British Grand Prix too...
Oooh, snazzy.
Awesome :D
oooooo i love the 'classic sidepodcast' bit on the archive page. it's all very exciting and 'uber-fast' :)
I don't think those were called Britidh GPs. I think they were called Donington GPs
What was the question? :D
Change no. 2 - The blog page: http://sidepodcast.com/blog/
Previously it was missing tags and categories, which are now visible.
There are also brand new links to either:
Leave a comment / Share on Facebook / Share on Twitter / Subscribe to blog/podcast (depending on post)
The two share ones are the most exciting. Facebook shares the blog entry as a link on your profile, whilst the Twitter one will update with a tweet depending on the type of blog post.
For an audio podcast it'll say: Listening to...
For video: Watching...
For text: Reading...
Please note: We are aware of issues with the pictures not linking properly on Facebook. And all of the above needs lots of lovely testing by you good folks.
awesome! :D
Ahh, that explains mr c's tweet earlier. Neat.
Like I always say, we can't get nothing past you lot :)
Can the name of the person writing the entry be moved to under the title?, it looks odd having off to the side on its own.
Looking good
It's a possibility. Don't forget that it is not the finished design yet. It's all about performance and functionality at the moment. As long as the links work, we're happy.
We can think about looks later.
When I say 'looking good', it is within these terms :-)
:)
I understand and I look foward to it being made all pretty :), just thought I'd mention it ;)
Can't beat classic Stargate
define classic? SG-1? :P
Yes! When it was all explorey and less weird
Atlantis and Universe are good though :)
woohoo! so glad that works. i could keep tweeting posts all day just marvelling at the feature. might start to annoy people though.
i loves our new website... who mentioned a homepage?
I watched the first half of the first series of Atlantis and wasn't impressed... Haven't seen Universe.
oh dear :)
Universe is kinda like Stargate meets Battlestar Galactica.
some of us don't have Sky
ah right.. good then?
if you like that they yeah ;) i've been impressed so far.
Season 1? TV people just don't get it.
:)
it is because Moffat is taking over. technically it is series 30 something.
I don't care why. You can't restart your numbering system when you make arbitrary cast changes.
I do like Battlestar and I've only seen series 1 (have the others standing by..)
Erm. Russel T Davies did ;)
Exactly. Should never have happened.
but it did and now he has opened the way for it to happen again ;)
Good eveening sidepodland!
They had a mclaren in the arrivals hall... i will try to drop a pic
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/imag0090
I'm absolutely staggered by the amount of comments 1 day's posting can produce. 1160-odd in 10 hours? What on earth are you guys doing to be able to post that much through the day?!
thats not the 2008 car is it?
Talking about the NASA fail...
Unnamed energy drink, fearing the 'outside' and hailing the doohickey
looks like the 2006 in the 2007 colours...
tag team
And starting up conspiracy theories about Glock/Toyota
good spot :)
it was the 07 car..
It isn't the 07 car had a bridge across the nose ;)
You arrived then
It was an inevitable consequence of departure ;)
Wasn't that introduced around the time of the Italian Grand Prix though? (The bridge)
I'm showing my geekiness now.
I dont think a car is defined by the front wing they decide to fix ;)
Hmm maybe.
then I have no idea. strange that they have Alonso's McLaren on show ;)
I'm trying to decide now...
Don't be decieved by the livery and numbers - it's not unknown for teams to use old cars in new colours when on show...
it's also not necessarily one car. could be bits off of many.
hey!
At Goodwood they had an RB1 or 2 in RB5 colours
Stop being difficult!! :D
MP4 21: http://farm1.static.flickr.com/178/477811840_6395542f6f.jpg
MP4 22: http://www.pungas.com/mclaren_mp4-22/02.jpg
I'm going to call that a MP4-22 (2007 car)
with the exception of goodwood each time i have seen the Brawn it's been the honda ra108 in a brawn livery..
I think it is the MP4-21...
*hides*
Well they have only built 3 chassis this year!
jenson will finish with what he started with?
that's true :D but it was the same story when i saw the Honda too in 08.. it was the 07 car :D
Brawn - awesome AND reliable! :D
He changed chassis a couple of races ago and his results were immediately better
That's quite amazing - those tubs will be knackered!
it had Hamilton on the cockpit sides
:0
if that is the MP4-22 with a number 1. it is Alonso's car!
Right bed for me... night!
i thought that was rubens?
niight.
Did he? I thought he was still in the BGP-001(2) and Rubens was in the new one? Prepared to be wrong though!
Didn't Alonso go all of 2005 or 6 with the same car too?
night
Night
Me too - good night!
lewis was the number 2 driver in the number 2 car. i remember him saying it... once or twice.
night :)
he broke the rear suspension somewhere, but aside from that i don't think he scratched it.
niight
bye!
:)
Lou?
Night to those leaving
nooo.... that was Rubens wasn't it? cause Rubens had the very first chasis... that Jenson originally tested for the first time at silverstone, before he tested the second which became his own.. Rubens got the 3rd chassis a couple of races ago...
Hungary i'm betting where he lost a wheel or a nut came off. Renault have problems with wheels in Hungary clearly.
night :)
i haven't heard anything about Jenson changing chassis, only Rubens.
sounds about right.
they removed the wheel man after that incident. did he come back or something?
I got it wrong then
:)
:)
that was an odd race, it was won by a future world champion.
That sounds about right - IIRC Rubens needed to change his car, or use the spare in Singapore after wrecking his in qualli....
I thought he was using the new chasis in Singapore anyway...
Right, off to bed.
In Milton Keynes for work tomorrow.
I'll give the Brawn factory a toot for you as I drive past Lou.
Goodnight all.
Bye sir
yup:
Brawn GP has finally replaced Rubens Barichello's chassis just in time for the Singapore Grand Prix.
http://www.racecar-engineering.com/news/cars/398637/brawn-introduces-new-chassis-at-singapore.html
see ya. i must be off on homepage duties. catch ya around 3am peoples.
Have fun
hehe yeah tell them i say hi... even though they don't know me.. and they'll probably put out a restraining order if they do every know about me... it will be fun :D
anyways i should be off too, i need to shift this horrible sore throat/ swollen glands thing i have today...
night allx
i was just looking at that site :D
and yes Jenson did have the same chassis: http://www.racecar-engineering.com/news/cars/427080/f1-jenson-button-s-winning-brawn-chassis-breaks-records.html
night all leaving and that will leave
Night Lou and Adie.
Interesting Lou left as soon as she heard someone was going near the Brawn factory
i ♥ RCE.
(not here)
(on ipod and going to bed)
i do have a long day tomorrow, but i'm pretty sure i'm not going to the factory... then again i'm not exactly sure what i'm doing while out tomorrow so it could be possible.. :)
(going now)
Evening all...
I have had....a day
wow how'd it get that late... bye to the leavers and hi Jon
yo Mr Waldock
sup 'G?
I've, got nothin. Hows ... the day, been?
Today.....i went to a funeral, but surprisingly, the days been pretty good.
When you're a Christian and the person who's died is too, the funeral isn't a sad event, its a happy one, so we spent the whole of the afternoon/evening joking around about life and memories and stuff....
So to top off my exhausting, back breaking 5 day.....whatever you call it....it's been good, but now i have to get back into a routine again, and routines suck.
ahem
So, hows half term?
Sorry to hear.
Ideal. Done nothing. Though should crack on with some English tomorrow.
I love days like that, but then 1 day turns into 2 and then 3, and then you're at wednesday and have done nothing. I really need to get down to some work, i have a report due in a couple of weeks and the writing it isnt going to be the hardest bit, the cutting it down to 1500 words is going to take its toll.
My friend wrote 1 part of 6 that needs to go in it, and he took 600 words to do it....so by my estimation i should only have to cut out....2100 words! joy!
I'm doing the "now going to bed" thingy again, only this time I mean it! Nice chatting to you all, if I get bored watching practice I'll join in. Might not make the live debrief cos of the stupid amount of sim-racing I do, but otherwise I'll give it a go. I wanna get a mention from Mr C, he's a legend! :D
Ciao.
night turkey, i really do think ive seen ya before now...
Whereabouts do you also frequent? I do GrandPrixGames, Cable Forum, Doom9 under another alias, MVF, SRou, Vader Trophy, the list could go on.
ahhh, grandprixgames. yeah, i know ya...
Oh dear, that's me properly rumbled. Hi RG! :D
aka gaulty...