Wow, what a race! I think I need to watch it again and count all the passes, just to figure out what happened. Alternatively, I need to build a Formula 1 cave with screens and wifi...a bit like the one the stewards have. Of course, the big news was Senna being back in the car. I was overjoyed for him – while simultaneously feeling really rotten for Heidfeld – but Bruno could barely keep the grin off his face in his post-race interview with the Beeb despite having a rather bad afternoon thanks to his first-corner accident. I look forward to a good dissection of the race in the comments, but in the meantime shall we have some other links?
I found a collection of truly seminal talks about happiness.
It's probably a good thing that we now know how to stay happy in spite of adverse circumstances. Well, it will be for physicists, because it would appear that the Higgs boson may not exist at all.
Alternatively, being able to stay happy will be good for the Americans. They put in most of the money to put the space station in orbit, but have had their funding cut. Now the Russians want to scrap it within a decade.
While the space junkies are running out of money, the zoologists are doing quite well. So well, in fact, that they're crowd-sourcing ants for a project, just in case you felt like collecting some wingless hymenopts.
While we're on the subject of insects, the cottony cushion scale – an agricultural pest – has worked out a way to reproduce without males. This goes against the theory of evolutionary advantage in this documentary.
Returning from our little sojourn into biology, not all physicists have been having a frustrating time. Some caught a black hole burping its most recent starry meal.
Have you ever wondered why the sun is cooler than a nuclear reactor? I found a cartoon to explain it. I also found a recording of the sound of hydrogen.
While that's playing its spooky sound, let me end off with a secret – not my own, of course; one from Postsecret. It's the highlight of my Sundays to read other people's secrets, but it makes me especially happy when people respond to secrets. So here it is: A Secret. A response.
Have a great week everyone!
howdy monday morning.
hello Monday and Mr C.
I would like to headping Jeremy and say I HOPE YOU'RE GETTING PASSPORT PHOTOS DOOOOOOOOOOONE
Fine thanks, howdy?
"I need to build a Formula 1 cave with screens and wifi...a bit like the one the stewards have."
i think we have one of those. thing is, half the passes weren't televised. no-one saw them. race direction was better than it has been but we need a "backmarker feed".
Oh no, I would need the FOM feed that the TV director gets. Then I'd be able to cut together a "backmarker feed" and a "Brazilian Mafia" feed, just to keep everyone entertained :)
blimey, haven't read post secret in years. fab daily ms. brig.
hehehe love it!
Great daily Bridget!
i remember reading postsecret from before I was in uni... woah. blast from the past much.
O.O Postsecret's one of my regular visits.
Hehe, they're awesome, aren't they? I do love his work!
Thank you!
That was when I discovered it...it still blows my mind.
Love that little secret and response ending you've put in, very inspiring :)
Thank you. I came across it last week while feeling particularly meh about my love life; it got me to thinking that maybe my body's not so un-lovable after all :)
i must love you all and leave you now, i'm absolutely shattered and really don't want to end up falling asleep on the sofa again. nighty night all! :) x
night night!
G'night Lou! Sleep well :)
I should also love and leave...work beckons on the morrow :( Can't wait until the end of this temp job!
woah, they just crossed the streams. uber-geek and ex microsoft employee robert scoble just google plussed an f1 clip:
https://plus.google.com/111091089527727420853/posts/5zLHneufnY9?hl=en
he wants to go to a race. THAT'S how good spa is :)
Too many streams
I fell asleep before the Indycar race started earlier so I only saw the last20 laps. I then switched off the post race show immediately they said Helio Castroneves had cue cards with all his sponsors names on them to make sure he missed none of them. As a result of his stunt I chose to miss all their names. If anyone else ever does that in any race anywhere ever again I will switch off regardless how much interest I have in the show. I am not going to spend time watching someone read a list of sponsors
he went to see motogp at indy:
http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=35034363287@N01&q=Indy
actually, not this year.
I know who Scoble is but I haven't seen much of him. I had no idea he or any other member of the geekiratti (I claim that word as mine) had any interest in racing
me neither.
There must be a good business in making and selling F1 caves
I _THINK_ Tom Merritt said something about being an F1 fan awhile back, but it was fleeting comment.
Then TWIT need this week in F1 TWIF1
He did? ♥
I @'d him on twitter and asked if he was a fan but he never replied, so it may have just been wishful thinking.
After all the hype about making a big bang in Switzerland the Higgs boson may not exist. Every time I see that name I think of the naval Bosun and have pictures in my head of little sailors inside atoms. I guess whatever really does exist there have to be particles with some of the properties of the Higgs.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bS7ZFvOWvT8
The ISS originally was not intended to last to 2020.
I have never heard of the cottony cushion scale. Amazing what I learn here. We all know the problems caused by in-breeding within restricted groups so this new method sounds like it should only last a few generations.
I have never heard of quantum tunneling either but it makes so much sense. I always thought it was just the sun's gravity that caused the reaction to start. I have subscribed to that youtube channel. One minute physics is a great concept.
I guess as well as being a damning indictment of a Murdoch news station this is a sign that the storm did a lot less damage than expected
http://twitter.com/#!/RubberTurkey18/status/107829133446352896
As well as my own MASSIVE desire to go, there is 'don't want to let Amy down' guilt, and 'super organized' Zoe to keep me on track.
I am super excited and still struggling to believe it is real. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Does this mean Amy does not have to go to Korea alone?
Exactly. There are a few small hurdles to overcome, but it should all work out fine. I'm the luckiest man alive! :)
I am sure it will be a great trip. Not every day you get a surprise free trip to a race
I thought that she had won a trip for her, and that I would be able to save money by sharing accommodation, but still have to pay airfare etc.
To find out that I'll just need spending money and airfare to Melbourne from Sydney has blown my mind
Just spotted this tweet from Adie.
In the garden looking at #Jupiter through the 'scope. Looking Bloody lovely tonight. Both bands razor sharp. @VirtualAstro
There is no moon in the sky so Jupiter is the brightest thing in the sky. It is between east and south east from the UK. Even with binoculars you can see that it is not uniform although you can't see any detail
You don't think Amy would win anything other than a great trip?
Haha. What was I thinking? :)
I am suddenly a huge Team Lotus fan :P
:D
Actually, I am glad that I have consistently argued that Team Tony is the true racing car Lotus.
Hello, anyone around ?
Maybe
Have come up with a crazy idea. Sidepodhabitant.
Tell me more
Sidepocasthabitant. Habitants are the old settlers of the Province of Quebec,. but the basic idea is to have a real vacation around Montreal with the highlight being the Grand Prix in 2013..
So rather than just fly in for the race spend a week? in Montreal?
Sort of. I plan to drag you lot 200 km west of Montreal to the other side of Ottawa for a a nice river trip too. Hence, Sidepod - "Habitaint" as opposed to to Sidepod-Montreal.
I see. Is this why the Canadiens are called the Habs?
It is the Montreal NHL's team nickname. It would be nice to see them throttling Boston, during the Stanley Cup playofffs, but I am afraid the prices would be too expensive. They need to avenge themselves for th at humilation last year.
Kind of stuck to figure out the rest of the two days, although. Mont-Tremblent aanyone?
Cool, the Holy Gail itself is coming to Montreal!
Meant Grail. Although, there was this one lass......
Ask nearer the time. Most of us don't do long term planning
:D
Steven Roy 29/08/2011 at 02:50:36
Kind of stuck to figure out the rest of the two days, although. Mont-Tremblent aanyone?
Ask nearer the time. Most of us don't do long term planning
Yes, well, I am telling you now so that you can can put pennies away starting from now...Your money does not buy stuff like it used to you know......
Errr, I might be able to offer Lotus superfan Amy as a guest star?
See the Holy Grail is coming to Montreal. Okay, it is a prop from a movie but still.....
http://www.tourisme-montreal.org/What-To-Do/Events/indiana-jones-and-the-adventure-of-archaeology-montreal
That should seal the deal. :)
I thought you meant the proper grail. The one from the Monty Python movie..
Hey this is Montreal! We have Holy Grills and Killer Bunny-Marmots, and outragous Frenchmen with crazy accents.
Paypal's founder is setting up his own country.
Love the first comment
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/photos/the-week-in-photos-26-08-2011-1314348328-slideshow/floatingisland-photo-1314350588.html
tremayne's rant about indycar in this weeks gp+ is a thing of brilliance. i propose brian barnhart always be referred to as one of the following in future comments:
barnyard, barnowl, barndoor or barndance.
♥ DT
Not sure which is the most appropriate.
Leo has upgraded his website. Although it looks more like he is in the process of doing it
i saw it when it was beta. i think it could be better, but the website is the only thing leo is bad at, so can't complain too much.
did you see earlier that Woz called Leo a hero?
No
I don't like the re-design because the homepage before was a list of all the shows which is the first info I want. It looks more professional now
my issue is the first thing a user sees is a choice of streams. don't give a user that choice, pick the best one and give me that. i also have no use for IRC which takes up another half a page.
the shows tabe is good, but i don't see a "latest shows" section?
That is on live.twit.tv rather than twit.tv The choice has come in handy occasionally when I have had bandwidth issues but it does look messy.
I have never tried IRC
That is what I miss. twit.tv used to have all the latest shows down the right hand side.
I am listening to TWIT and Woz just popped up. Co-incidence?
we were listening earlier, probably the same quote. this is the guy who wrote 'breakout' and he loves leo :)
He just mentioned breakout
i'm gonna have to listen to it all. only caught the last 5-10 mins.
I am 27 minutes into the show and Woz appeared about ten minutes ago
Well, night everyone. I have to come up with more ideas for SidepoHabitant.
Guest post?
i need to read back the comments!
http://sidepodcast.com/post/daily-29th-august-2011#comment-1163864
cool!
"leo, you're a hero for everyone"
love woz.
Much as I like Leo it seems odd when you have Woz talking about Jobs
in what sense?
Comparing what they have done to what Leo has
ah yes. as good as leo is, he's never provided me with tools which enable employment :)
Or created a business that has made huge sums of money by making products that people buy because of their capability rather than price. There are very few successful companies who have products that they can charge whatever they like for
maybe ferrari? but yeah, not too many.
i see I'm going to Canada in 2013
Should be a freebie if your are the star guest. Not sure how Jordan will finance that
i wonder if Jordan will make more sense to me in person. I hope so or it might be a long week :D
:D
Looks like you have made Jeremy a happy boy
I was thinking Texas Twenty Twelve for my fortieth, but they moved it out of the appropriate month. I might have to go to Canada instead. I guess I don't have to take my birthday trip on my actual birthday...
Ooh. 2012, not 2013.
Korea changes the game plan a bit :)
There are now 4 women in my life:
My mum, my sister, my girlfriend and mon Amy (I don't care how the French spell it)
:D
Who can trust the French?
Doesn't he run an airline? :P
last time i got Jeremy into the paddock he paid for my dinner. Oh the possibilities this time :D
I vote don't tell Zoe that :D
Agreed :)
You will be spoilt beyond belief!
Now, I must venture into the real world to make sure it all happens :)
you'd better spoil Pamela too to be on the safe side :)
Actually, it's kind of half and half... (#warning: simplified physics below ;-) )
To maintain a self-sustained fusion reaction you need nuclei to get really close at a really high collision rate. If they don't get close enough, they won't fuse. And if the collision rate isn't high enough, the energy will dissipate faster than it's produced (the reaction stops).
The enormous mass of the sun (or any star) produces two things at its core: massive pressure and very high temperatures. The former implies that density (the number of atoms per cubic centimetre) is big and with so many nuclei together you have a very high collision rate. The later implies that those nuclei have very high speeds (the higher the temperature, the faster the atoms in a gas move), so in a direct collision there is a good chance for the nuclei to get close enough to fuse. The result: the sun is a permanent fusion reactor that keeps all of us alive.
An important thing is that you can trade collision rate for "closeness". If you lower the temperature (less nuclei get close enough to fuse) but you increase the density (hence, the collision rate), the effects cancel out and the system can still sustain the fusion. Here on earth we can't even dream to produce the densities you find at the centre of the sun, so we have to live up with increasing the temperature to compensate and produce a self-sustained fusion reaction (and, so far, we've failed at that). In an experimental fusion reactor the gas needs to be heated up to almost 100 million degrees, compared to the mere 15 million at the centre of the sun (and that's just to start it, not to make it work)
The devil, obviously, is in the details. It turns out that if you calculate classically (no quantum mechanics) the temperature needed to put two nuclei close enough to fuse, it's way higher than those used either here or in the sun. One of the reasons for that is quantum tunnelling, but it applies both to our reactors and to the sun. So, while it's true that quantum tunnelling is important for the sun to work, it's also important for man-made reactors. The real main difference between the two is the density of the gas.
(I hope that turned out to be barely intelligible...)
It looks like smart people words to me, Dr Guille :D
not too fast, I still have a week to go ;-)
close enough!
my non-existent talk may disagree with you right now... :)
(ok, it exists, it has three slides...)
Good morning SidepodWorld :)
How well do you know your Formula 1 history?
The book That'll be the Day: 365 F1 Stories takes a look at significant moments or quirky happenings on this day in Grand Prix history. Can you guess what event the following describes?
I am watching Rafa on Letterman, he asked him if he knows Fernando Alonso :D
Does Letterman still own part of an Indycar team?
Hi!
Yay for people who've arrived to cut tree limbs off the wires on the driveway. :)
Here are my pics.
I get the generator for a few hours at a time and he turns it off without warning, so if I don't reply, I have no electricity and the generator was turned off.
https://picasaweb.google.com/106400214729093018812/HurricaneIreneDamage?authkey=Gv1sRgCK21mPPr6J7cxAE
You might like this comment: http://theoatmeal.com/comics/weather
hehe! Yes!
People saying it's overhyped are fine because they were prepared. Better safe than sorry.
Firstly, where you live looks lovely!
Secondly, a lot of the water damage looks like Copenhagen did a few weeks ago - we drove past a field at the bottom of a valley that looked like it had a river running through it - until we realised that it wasn't there before the storm!
Yup. Always have an emergency kit - first aid, torch, candles, matches, water and food!
It is nice here, and usually I love all the trees. :)
It's amazing to see how landforms change in big storms. It can be disorienting.
Indeed. The farm opposite my brother in law has a field which has a pond which has not dried out in over a year - so that land is fallow now...
Some are saying because it was the ONLY story that it was overhyped. There was 24 hour coverage and people freaking out for days. It was very intense. I guess people are angry that it wasn't as bad as feared in some areas (NYC downtown from what I can gather). Some areas are worse (New England, VT, CT), 12 people have died. I feel they're selfish and not realizing how others are suffering. Expand your view and be glad, I say to those who didn't have a huge deal at their place.
Yeah, I don't know what that farmer is going to do. His place is totally flooded beyond all flooding.
Rivers are still rising, so it won't calm down for a few days.
how you build a TV studio: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMtgJar3Pl8
Good to know you're ok at least - and it turned out to be more of a 'civil emergency' than a natural disaster.
It's somewhere in between. There were houses swept away, and Vermont is having some of the worst flooding in New England.
Yes, I'm fine.
It's hard to focus on rating the race, though. :) I missed the last few laps. But thanks to FBFB, I could read up.
Cool. Where do you get the quick little men to do it all in 1:19?
:) :)
I'm an electricity junkie. Give thanks for switches that work and don't take it for granted. I'll be unplugged at any moment.
Hello. I'm just back from the golf course. Surprisingly warm outside.
Only a part-time IndyCar team for Indy and one or two others (I think he runs Pippa Mann now and then?). He runs the BMWs in the ALMS.
oh yes, I forgot you guys have a bank holiday. I'm glad you had a good day out.
Looks like you got lucky with the trees falling where they did, and didn't..
The tragedy in all of this is that I missed the VMA's so I didn't see Lady Gaga's outfit. But thank goodness I caught up with things and learned that Beyonce is pregnant.
:)
Definitely. Thank you, big tree.
what?
for lou:
http://cpn.canon-europe.com/content/education/technical/shooting_f1_action.do
it seems that canon has made the best motorsport lens ever (if you believe him)
sadly, quality doesn't come cheap: 11500 USD
omg: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJ16wCsv1Sw
that is a big eye!
theyve already repeated every 2 hours on MTV here so at work I managed to watch them 3 times. Joyous.
what time is it in Kai land? Everyone on twitter is getting excited for a Djokovic special announcement at 3pm but I think I'll be asleep for it. Maybe he's pregnant too :D
Should be just after 11am
Ann I'll definitely be asleep then. I'm donating blood tomorrow and I imagine you feel better afterwards with more than 4 hours sleep
Video Music Awards, MTV
no, no. the pregnancy thing :)
Kai Land = 11:10am, Monday, August 29.
Le Mans confirmed for 16 July 2012, and should not clash with the Canadian GP. Potentially opens the chance for someone like Brundle to have a go, I know there was speculation he'd hook up with his son and DC or Blundell.
http://www.planetlemans.com/2011/08/29/the-80th-le-mans-24-hours-will-take-place-on-16-17-june-2012/
speaking from Tuesday I'll say enjoy Monday, it was a good one :)
Night all!
hehe
I'm glad she just came out with baby bump rather than running from paparazzi for months.
Thanks for clearing the way, we'll be there soon. :)
Oh my god, I may have to go to that one, then! Wow!!!
Scheduling-wise that can work. Let's get a plan together? :)
Worth costing a few options, might have to drop idea of going to Germany or Spa but let's see how it shakes out.
Hi folks,
hi
Hi Pat,
How are you today?
Anyone else catch the IndyCar race at Sonoma last night - I don't normally say this, but that was awful stuff...
Fairly reasonable, nice to have a 3rd day of the weekend
i don't remember the last positive comment i read about indycar. must've been bad in april or may.
Its a fun night tonight, public holiday lottery... will anyone see the moon?
If its a yes i get 2 days off where i get to work at home, if its a no i work in the office then get to work at home for the next 2 days....
Fun times!
*back in april or may
Yes it was terrible.
I see DRR have decided to ignore the Pantano penalty completely.
http://www.tweetdeck.com/twitter/DRRIndyCar/~S3dGI
"We know that we were penalized, but we are just considering that as hot air. On the re-start the League put the lapped No. 18 car in front us randomly with no explanation as to why they did that. As a result we had to battle between lapped cars. Whatever they say we are not going to acknowledge it."
Truly dire race. And Pantano's post-race penalty really sucked big time.
They did send some nice bricks to goodwood :)
heh!
Seriously though. How often this year has post-race talk been about Race Control as opposed to what happened on circuit?
Anarchy. I like it. :)
When some teams are openly speaking against the stewards and the rulebook, the series need to listen.
Goodwood was positive, and Pippa Mann on Radio 2 last week was positive. Precious little else out there.
The next one to hit will be the lack of a Lotus engine, because KV Racing who race in Lotus colours have decided to sign with Chevy.
Oh and the Las Vegas $5m bonus prize for a non-IndyCar driver to come in? Nobody has signed up yet.
ha!
Sad, but funny, and telling.
Apparently Travis Pastrano was in, until he broke his ankle
Oh some of the TV ratings are very marginally higher than they were..
I think Steph from More Front Wing nails it pretty well to be honest...
http://morefrontwing.com/2011/08/29/firmer-rules-accountability-among-changes-needed/
I was just reading that same thing, and it was well said as always.
Hey folks, only a day late but.. 'New Teams' Championship stuff... http://northernwaffler.wordpress.com/2011/08/29/team-lotus-extend-lead-at-belgium/
seems like the sport is fundamentally broken, but i'm only getting that from tweets and comments. f1 can be bad a times too, and people need to rant about it, but not for 4 races in a row.
Like I was saying after Loudon, IndyCar currently resembles F1, circa '07-'09, when the racing became secondary to the political nonsense between the series, race control and the teams.
You're absolutely right - the series now appears to be broken in a bad way.
it does. interesting.
As I said in my post for AnF1Blog, it reminds me of F1 in the early 2000s but to a far greater degree than that.
Something positive - Tony Kanaan has signed with KV for another year.
http://www.indystar.com/article/20110829/SPORTS01/108290326/KV-goes-Chevy?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|Sports|s
Marco Andretti had a full-season sponsor confirmed as well but I don't know whether you'd call that good news or not ;)
Oh no....
I gather there was a fatality at Cadwell Park a short while ago in the SuperStock race
:(
:(
paddock life is up: http://plus.autosport.com/free/feature/3825/behind-the-scenes-at-spa/
Enjoy a little something from the Sidepodcast back catalogue.
- Revised Goodwood Plans, Silverstone GP Photos and Where's the Podcast?
Originally published 11 July 2008.
Maybe it's the best motorsport lens for Canon DSLRs, but ever?
Afternoon folks
2 DRS zones for Monza, each with their own detection point
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/94135
Confirmed sadly
http://www.stayontheblack.com/benjamin-gautrey-dies-in-bsb-superstock-600-accident/
nice one, good to see more experimentation.
The FIA should take this 'work in progress' attitude more often
too true.
Google is asking us to report scraper sites
"Scrapers getting you down? Tell us about blog scrapers you see... We need datapoints for testing," Google's web spam leader Matt Cutts said in a recent tweet.
http://www.macworld.co.uk/digitallifestyle/news/index.cfm?newsid=3299775&pagtype=allchandate
Good to hear
they seem to have nailed it, to be honest. haven't had that issue for quite some time. guess they're looking for edge cases now?
Maybe they want to improve the algorithm as the scrapers get smarter
There's that recreation and leisure site that rips off the daily every day, can't remember the url offhand but I notice it appears on our blog dashboard when someone lins to Viva in the daily's
ooh, haven't seen that one. i googled a couple of post titles just then, to see if there were any and all that came back were sidepodcast pages. it must have terrible google rank (which is the same thing as not existing i guess)?
I love this. "Steve Job' calendar", one day after he steps down :D
http://www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/joyarchives/1583.html
Unfortunately I deleted them as spam but if I cat it again I'll let you know
cheers. things are much better than even a year ago though, yay for google.
That's true, what was that one that used to translate the daily into another language and back to english in an attempt to fool?
What do you link of all these internet papers that take links from allsorts, I guess they do credit the work though
ooh sticking h and k now #mypoorkeyboard
Treat yourself to a new one, maybe even wireless
Unfortunately it's my laptop and it's less than 2 years old booooooo
i like them. it's good to see what people mashup sidepodcast with. some results are really surprising.
it's a bit odd claiming that people are "publishing" their own newspaper, "aggregating" might be a better term, but semantics aside, they're good.
for example: 'Paper.li - Be a publisher' - http://paper.li/
Laptop stand and a new bluetooth keyboard. Create your own docking station and pretend you have a multi functioning set up :D
Sound too complicated for me
Wow, some of those papers have a tremendous readership
going by the quality of the sample pictures and the level of detail on them, I'm willing to say yes...
Nah, it's easy
This plus this for example
Might try that thanks :D
indeed. it's a great way to consume news when you share an interest with the "author". works well with flipboard to: http://flipboard.com/
I'm presuming your laptop has bluetooth, being that new
Best... app... ever
Dunno, I guess so, how would I check?
Hello all from beautiful Seville. Went to the cathedral today & climbed the bell tower. Still very hot here, home tomorrow so will be cooler then. I would recommend coming here, it's an historic, clean, welcoming city.
Google it?
Can't remember how to find those settings in a pc
Hi Janna. Good to know, glad you're enjoying your time there
Will do
Can you see this symbol anyway on the keyboard or shell?
http://cdn.crackberry.com/files/u7860/bluetooth.png
*waves*
Doesn't look like it
You should still be able to have a wireless one, sometimes with a dongle. Check the manufacturer's website
Seems I can buy a new keyboard for it from Amazon #bloomingdellfail
Stephen Fry's top 100 gadgets on C4 at 8, not sure if it'll be fun or boring but shall watch for a while to find out :)
Thanks for the remonder
Or reminder :)
F1M ping: http://www.f1minute.com/news/italian-grand-prix-to-have-two-separate-drs-zones
Tom Hardy and Benedict Cumberbatch in a big screen version of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. Ooh!
Set in the 70s too, no reboot here. Proper Le Carre
if steven pops up, we don't seem to have a voicemail from him. not sure if it's a skype issue.
i thought you were talking about the C4 you see in spy films for a second...
And directed by SidepodFilm favourite Tomas Alfredson
[Swedish vampire flick helmer of Let The Right One In, obviously :)]
:D
Done and done. Latest podcast finished, shall be up in the morning.
:)
jb in manchester: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/formula_one/14711314.stm
Excellent stuff.
May catch up with Doctor Who later. Missed it completely on Saturday night.
The herd of goats is talking about going...
Ping: http://sidepodcast.com/post/tweets-of-the-week-time-for-history-no-time-for-maths
Does it cost much?
A week before the provisional date for the German GP. Back-to-back SidepodRaces! [gulp]
Ah I didn't realise Germany was so close. Will have to pick one..
Or.... Mega Road Trip :) :)
Hi gang
http://southbury.patch.com/articles/video-aftermath-of-irene-in-southbury#youtube_video-7552829
This is the best video I've seen with local damage after Irene, and I'll stop going on about it. No power or water yet.
Ambitious, on many levels. I'm still favouring Germany and Spa but doubt that choice will be popular
Hey Kai
I bet sales of generators are peaking these days
I think in a choice between Hockenheim and Le Mans, Le Mans would win, especially if F1 races becomes bloody hard to watch.
I'd like to do Le Mans one year but I think my ignorance wouldn't allow me to get the most from it just yet. I've only partially watched it two races.nnot sure I have the attention span too.
Definitely on the to do list though
I remember being terrified that we'd be blown into the great beyond when they ripped our universe apart at the seams. In the words of a scientist far more learned than I, http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn20838-dont-panic-about-the-missing-higgs--for-now.html
That may be, but they've committed to it now. Surely they can't just crash it?! (Sorry, this is the voice of my inner child, who found the whole concept exciting beyond description.)
That was my objection too. There might be a way to make it work, but I haven't had time to sit down with a genetic ecologist and talk it over. Besides, who would get rid of spiders if they did away with men? ;)
Neither had I until I clicked on the link about the sound of hydrogen (there are some links that all geeks must click). I think One Minute Physics is done by the same guy who does cartoons for math nerds (if you're on twitter and can read a graph, this one's for you http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51AhdTj-irQ&feature=iv&annotation_id=annotation_309414)
As long as it doesn't interfere with saving for paddock passes for my dad's 60th (he's awesome; he loves F1; he's totally cool enough to have a pair of paddock club tickets to Monaco bought for him), I'm there like a bear!
Thank you! I was hoping someone could explain it in (a bit) more detail!
In other news, if someone misses their flight and cycles home from Amsterdam to Paris, is the correct response to admire the stamina, initiative and originality, or to judge for not being organised enough to get to the airport?
I am afraid I can only do one, and if my family want to go to le mans then I would be mad not to go. The whole weeks costs of camper van, camping place, fuel, food, drinks and tickets to le mans cost about as much as just the tickets for the f1.
The atmosphere is brilliant. Much better than spa. It's more like a rock festival and it's a lot more relaxed, because the race lasts 24 hours there's no rush to see anything.
Where else would you see ferraris parked next to tents, all night parties with burnouts and fireworks, cheap food and beer, big screens everywhere around the track and the freedom to pick a spot and stay there? There were so many good places for photos too. It's a Mecca for car lovers and it just has something other races doesn't have...
Don't worry about ignorance, the commmentators will fill you in and youll have your own favourites by the end.
If I go to le mans I'd love to meet some of you there. Honestly you won't regret it, even if you think you don't know much about it. You don't need to know about it. The race tells it's own story and you can't help but become a part of it.
Oh I forgot. They have a driver parade through the town where you get to meet and shake hands with the drivers!
They really have no option other than crash it when its time is up. The only alternative would be to send dozen of shuttle missions to dismantle the whole thing. 2020 is a long way away so don't be surprised if there is another extension.
You have to treat the end of the ISS like the end of the shuttles. Sad that it is over but excited for whatever comes next. By 2020 there are going to be unbelievably exciting things happening is space that we can't imagine yet.
Can it not just stay in orbit? Does it require power to remain? Large space debris though
Group 4 security used to be a national joke because of a stream of incidents caused by unbelievable incompetence. Since then they bought Securicor and changed their name to G4S. It looks though like nothing has changed as they just fired two people for putting a curfew tag on a false leg
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/pair-sacked-putting-tag-false-leg-105209719.html
It needs fuel to constantly boost the orbit and then it would need the engines serviced regularly. Orbits of anything that close to the Earth are constantly decaying. So there are 3 options.
Permanently monitor and control its orbit.
Which means servicing missions and hoping it maintains structural integrity
Deliberately crashing it
Which can be controlled
Letting it crash itself
Which is incredibly dangerous
Back again folks,
Le Mans next year is also on my list
The Pacific it is then
I'm still making a sad-face. That said, when I was seven, I thought by the time I reached my current age, I'd be the medical officer on the Mars station (I am now neither a doctor nor an astronaut).
One day way in the distant future archeologists are going to find all the space craft at the bottom of the Pacific and conclude that this is how the human race arrived on Earth
We could make it our own Rama :)
Hehe. It's suspected that amino-acids arrived on a meteor, so they wouldn't be *too* far wide of the mark ;)
Does anyone here have a magic wand per chance?
Lots of us thought we would work in space but now that private space firms are getting close to launching real missions and a manned mission to Mars is an option it should not be too much longer before many people can work in space.
I blame JFK for the delay. Had he not set such tight targets for the moon mission then some of the more ambitious moon projects would have happened in the late 70s But because so much money was spent getting to the moon quickly and the missions all looked similar people lost interest and funding was cut. Had they planned a couple of flags and footsteps missions followed with a couple of rover missions they could then have started setting up the planned moon base longer term missions
:D
They have already found all sorts of amino acids and the like on meteorites. There are people in the Antarctic meteorite hunting and comparing what they find on meteorites with what they find in the the same area on the ground and it is clear that the meteorites have thousands of times the concentration of amino acids
Unfortunately it's broken and will only do shape-shifting spells. If you can handle that, you're welcome to borrow it ;)
Ooh! I'd better get working on my [censored for copyright reasons] design then! It'll be useful when people need to spend extended periods of time in space :)
I wasn't alive then, but wasn't that period in history an extended session of Russia and the US showing who were bigger men? Ambition and unreachable goals were the name of the game.
I hear your point, but something doesn't quite click. Perhaps upon further reflection, I'll reach a conclusion that works in my head.
I should sleep or I won't be able to get through work tomorrow. Night everyone!
Still comes down to The Russians, or their contemporary equivalent
@QIpedia: The entire 53-year budget of NASA equals the current 2-year budget of the US military (via @neiltyson)
Sounds interesting
Exactly and the Soviet Union had launched a satellite first and put a man in space first so there was no way Kennedy was going to let them plant their flag on the moon first.
Good night
Yes and no.
The money spent on the military is due to America's interpretation of the threat posed by the Soviet Union rather than the actual threat. It's a subtle difference but a costly one. This is getting dangerously near to politics though
I was kind of thinking of going back to last Friday to be honest, but thanks anyway
:)
for those who were discussing Le Mans being a week before Germany, it's a month before, it's being held in June, not July.
I was pretty sure they don't hold Le Mans on a Monday :D
Ah yes, I see on the LeMans website that it's 9th & 10th June 2012. I read it as July, maybe on twitter. Oh well, if I'm still teaching I can't go then. :(
the link that Pat posted said 16-17 June but he said July in his comment
drat and blast you LeMans. One day you'll be in my clutches. :)
thats OK, you can join us at Sidepockenheim ;)
I didn't catch the date for that one...
its 20-22 july on the provisional calendar, but on the first provisional calendar it was the week after that. I hope it stays where it is otherwise I can't go, I have Olympics to be at on the 28th :D
so many great things, so few at the right time. :)
oops
its all good, they both start the same :D
so many great things, so small the pot of gold
I wish the FIA would hurry up and finalise their calendar though, airfares are starting to rise :(
yeah, that too!
It would help massively, if I'm to do this stuff I need those discounts
Wonder when the likes of easyjet will cotton on to the fact it is a GP week... I smell a crafty booking before they realise.
at least its almost a year away, you can save a bit in a year :)
thats my usual trick :D
New York to London is just a standing email alert for me now. :) But I'm busy paying off this last trip at the moment. C'mon money, I'm impatient. :)
I am weeping that Melbourne to London cost me $1800 last time and the cheapest I can find for this trip is like $2800 with airlines that don't really appeal and $3000 with those that do :(
I'm paying off several things, and basic bills are rising too. Potentially might disallow myself from doing anything until the credit card is clear.. after Silverstone in a couple of weeks :)
holy crap. NY to London was around $1200, anything under $1000 is a bargain. NY to Stockholm was the most expensive. If we just reallllly wanna go, can't they give us a discount?
SPC could be sponsored by an airline. I'd be good with that, and the airline would, too.
you are using different dollars
or they might be at parity for all i know
oh yeah, that too. :)
I'm not with it lately, peeps, so enjoy my mistakes and such. :)
every currency should have a unique name
and be worth more. ;)
:D
they pretty much are at the moment :)
:)
I was sent a letter saying I've won a prize, for completely one of those phone surveys. I did do a phone survey. I haven't opened the letter as I think it is a scam to get more details. But what if there really is a real prize.. and what if it is money for spending on a race..
completing. not completely
1 way to find out.
I'd open the letter but I bet you it's just one of those "ring here for £4 a minute to see what you've won"
I opened it and then Googled some details. I won't be ringing the claims line. :D
http://www.mukaumedia.co.uk/unclaimed-prize-rollout-macintyre-dodd-break-law-high-court/
Look like lovely folk....
Exactly that, £1.53 for a minimum of 6 minutes just to get a claim code, then you have to return the code by post along with 2 stamps.. and no doubt it goes on from there
Boo.
I'll go to sleep dreaming of winning on the scratchcards instead :)
There is no new daily. Whose name is on the wall for it?
ooh, simon. can email in the morning. probably confused by the bank holiday. ta.
No problem. It only took me 4 hours to notice
heh.
i've just spent 5 hours fighting a dodgy external hard drive. think i've fixed it now, but boy was that boring.
the good news is i've organised all my ipad apps for the first time ever.
Another item off your list
can't say that was ever on it :)
:D
:D
I noticed. I was too concerned about being roped in to write a new one to say anything about it though. I know what you're like #blamesteven
You can still volunteer
No thanks :D
Big day tomorrow. I need to sort Southampton job out. Very nervous.
It will be fine
You'll do great. :) Good luck!
I knew I didn't have to put many hopes on it, but I really wanted to see Roger Waters' "The Wall"...
All I can get 20min after the start of the ticket sell is a congested page :(
It better had be or I'll be staying here!! :P
It's the big problem with on line ticket sales
:D
I'm not telling my boss that. I think there might be some sabotage involved.
ooh, steven. did you get the message that we didn't get your di resta voicemail? wasn't sure if it was a skype screw up.
yeap. being the third time they opened the sale I just had a bit of hope...
Didn't get a message.
I forgot all about it. I will have a think and do it before I go to bed
thanking you.
At least with the phone you can wait in the queue.
phone sale opens at 9am, which is pointless unless you want the 500USD tickets in front of the stage
$500? Might be enough to put me off :D
it's definitely out of my price range, I'm not THAT urged of seeing him ;-)
I have tickets!!!!!!!!!!
I am going to see "The Wall", I can't belive it!! :D :D
You need to let us know how you enjoyed it afterwards
I'll probably need a week to calm down afterwards... I've literally grown listening to Pink Floyd
he he
the new "sharing box" of facebook has now almost the same capabilities than google+
they learn fast...
ahh, i don't see it yet. in what way?
it now has a way to tag your friends in the post, put a location, and select who you share with right into the box. in the profile, you can also edit directly who you share with each part of it, instead of looking through the privacy setting (similar to google+)
con: the actual process of selecting the audience is still the same non-intuitive used before (if you want to make custom combinations).
pro: you can change the audience of old posts (I'd expect google+ to copy that soon...)
will look out for that. ta.
Morning.
Has anyone here heard about the Red Bull Museum in Salzburg? A friend sent me some pics last night - it's pretty impressive!
Indeed so. While it's good that they're pushing each other to innovate, I do think that the more they become clones, the more likely it becomes that one will die (or suffer very badly) at the expense of the other.
Nope. Lemme Google. :D
Oooh. Looks nice! Not focusing so much on F1, though?
It has some planes, bikes and the X1 - plus quite a few F1 cars by the look of it. Pretty flash!
Nice! You should ask your friend to write about it. ;)
I doubt they would... but anyway one day I'll visit and write it myself ;)
morning all
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/aboutthebbc/2011/08/bbc-one-reflecting-the-nation.shtml
Is every BBC blog post like this now? Comments full of angry F1 fans? Wonder if this will change anything. I seriously doubt it.
Yep, pretty much.
My word, that is a lot of angry....
People pay a lot for their TV licences - they are speaking...
Definitely, not saying I disagree. I just didn't even realise that many people read those blogs to comment on them! :D
Aye - I'm a bit surprised at that too.
I do like that F1 fans are speaking out, but the "Have your say" parts of BBC articles can make you a bit misanthropic...
Ping -- "Parc Ferme, Episode 4 with Bart Hylkema" -
http://wp.me/pSi0N-1em
:)
I honestly thought people would've gotten over it by now. Guess not.
If a change will happen, I think we'll see something very similar to the arrangement in Germany, along with a blast to the past. All quali and races (except maybe Australia, Malaysia, and Japan) will be live, but all they will do is show those, and that's it (just like in the final few years of the original BBC coverage). All other pre- and post-session buildup (as well as the special goodies like the onboared fee) will be on Sky, just like it is in Germany. It would probably also mean that it would make more sense for the F1 team to have their contracts with Sky, with BBC paying a fee to Sky for commentary.
I didn't realise the cost of production on pre/post shows was the real killer. I was under the impression that it was the fee for the rights?
Really?? I could never afford a sky subscription. What are people supposed to do about it if they still want to watch?
Nah, it's still showing the race live that's more expensive. But if they can't stop the fans from complaining, they will need to at least consider doing cuts elsewhere. If they can't cut the race itself, then cut everything else around it.
If a similar model can work in Germany (albeit with ads), surely it's feasible for it to work in Britain?
I mean, people usually get tired of complaining and just do something more drastic - in this case, dropping F1 entirely. I'm (pleasantly) surprised that they are still mobbing each and every post.
Here's Benson's latest post, just to drive my point home:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/andrewbenson/2011/08/vettel_underlines_title_creden.html
I wouldn't be very bothered if the coverage was scaled back hugely. The session with commentary is the important bit surely alongside iplayer access if you miss it live.
my original pamela back up just texted me to say she can come to Korea. I felt so horrible telling her I'm taking Jeremy! Hopefully she understands that it means more to an f1 fan than it could ever mean to her :)
I think it's quite funny :D Have they given up on their excessive moderation?
The production can't be more than the tens of millions they had to pay for rights though. Even though they do spend a lot on production which could easily be cut back.
Woohoo for Jeremy!
snooze you lose :)
i reckon if they showed it like they do here (qualy and races, noone actually at the track) they could afford to Keep it on FTA but people would have whined just as much if they lost all the extra stuff that comes with having a team of pundits and stuff
Indeed so. And I think a lot of fans would be happy with that, given the circumstances.
she's totally snoozed by being at Reading! And by getting a new job with an uncertain start date!
Then they'll cut somewhere else. It happened with 6Music, why not F1?
Again, this proves why a change of heart is by no means a certainty. But given the... rabid response, they do need to show that there is no other choice.
They're still considering cutting BBC4
Indeed so. :) On the other hand, you could've made a new F1 fan. But as Part said, snooze you lose. :D
if they did that originally, there'd still be a rabid response, but i don't think they would've sustained it until now. given the original announcement, though, i think a lot of people will just take this if offered to them.
In NZ all we had was the live action and it was acceptable. It would still be a bitter pill to swallow compared to the current coverage though!
oh, the BBC F1 talk is still on :-) I still do not understand why BBC did not manage to sell their coverage to other English speaking territories ... they have the best coverage around that could have made them some money towards the production cost etc ... well, maybe they tried but there were no buyers
Are they allowed to?
BBC4? Why not BBC3? BBC4 is a lot better, IMO.
maybe they're not allowed to sell it? they do sell commentary, though.
If he responds, it will be unsatisfactory and self-congratulating anyway.
I think people want the truth, first of all. And no one feels they're getting that. So you're saying Benson isn't the type to pity the fans, anyway?
why not ? there are stations taking over their commentary so why would not they be able to offer the whole show ?
I still think they'd be much better off merging the two.
Good morning, RubberGoat, Leigh, Journeyer and F1Wolf :)
How are you all?
it could be part of their contract with FOM, not to sell the others, as those would need to be taken care of by host broadcasters. wouldn't know for sure, though.
Hi Marti,
I'm good - how are you?
Ah, there's a good idea. :) Maybe that is what they'd do if they axe BBC4?
That would go well together....
Very good, thank you. And you?
Fine, visiting SPC website after some weeks off. I see it has changed a bit.
This is the problem with the BBC at the minute. There has been zero indication as to what would happen with BBC 4's programming should they close it. They have simply let the situation boil up with answering any questions or criticisms
It has?
He doesn't care about the fans at all. He only cares about how good the product looks because it makes him look good
I would be surprised if there was a clause not allowing them to sell the program. why not ? of course they could only offer it those who bought the F1 broadcasting rights
I know that every sport is different but we here often have the complete coverage taken from Sky for example, including the pundits and half time debates (football for example) ...
Some of it does certainly seem very niche though. I'm not sure all of it deserves to be kept. It may well be high brow but that doesn't give it intrinsic value.
Hello!
Well, I've read the drop of comments post...
Making BBC4 fans angry, and rightly so.
The BBC's hands are always tied because they try to please everyone.
Without answering, you mean. They took the same attitude with F1, as well. It seems something is seriously wrong with BBC management for them to either condone or promote this behavior.
afternoon :-)
Show off :P
It's afternoon here too. :D
... can't believe that our former (and last) governor is in charge of all that
of course :-)
Debatable.
Well, they are a public broadcaster. It is good what they do on BBC 4.
Ah, yes, the difficulties of a license fee.
But at the same time, it's that same license fee that makes them the best state-owned network in the world, bar none. Without it, they would need to please the advertisers instead. And that's never a good thing.
See US television...
http://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-wcUUjCQY_ks/TlyYCuBTxDI/AAAAAAAAHvU/irxxKDI9UKU/kovalainen_grid_girls_1_bel11.jpg - anybody registered this photo in Heikki's tweet ?
Well the problems come because people complain about the licence fee and/or the fee is capped in an environment of rising costs.
Chris Patten? Isn't he just the King to Mark Thompson's Prime Minister?
I thought they sold their commentary to fom and fom sold it to other countries, I didn't think anyone bought it directly from the bbc
Who are YOU frowning at? :D
Ah, wouldn't know if that is the case.
Looks like he is looking at a girl who is looking at him too...
not sure, but he is at the top
With a frown. Humph. :D
How well do you know your Formula 1 history?
The book That'll be the Day: 365 F1 Stories takes a look at significant moments or quirky happenings on this day in Grand Prix history. Can you guess what event the following describes?
Mika Hakkinen? :)
it's a question that used to come up a lot in the channel ten forums, blahblahlah you have the commentary, why not show the grid walk, blahblahblah. The answer was always that they weren't allowed BBC footage.
Yep, gotta be Mighty Mika.
Ah. Well, there ya go. Thanks, Amy! :)
Gordon Murray, designer of F1, joins Group Lotus according to Johnny Noble
???
Murray's back?? Mega !!
Yes! He will be an advisor :)
Some people do seem to argue that no content can be criticised on BBC 4 because it is for somebody, but that's obviously incorrect. However there is a lot of high quality niche programming on BBC 4, and I would argue that looking after niche programming on BBC 4 is closer to the BBC charter than showing F1 is - but what do I know :)
Some people point out Sky Arts to say that commecial tv can rival the BBC but it's quite different programming for a different audience.
... maybe because they haven't paid for it :-)
I'm 99.9% sure they weren't allowed to buy it
oooooh my friend put 'going to Korea!' on her facebook. Awkward.
Maybe Vettel wins the title there ;)
Was she unsure before, so you asked Jeremy?
yeah she wasn't sure if she could change the start date of her new job and I was getting paranoid because I had to give Air Asia my +1s details before they got the paddock passes made up.
Theres also some band playing here that she wants to see so at least she won't miss them :)
I didn't know you won paddock passes! I thought you won grandstand tickets.
Wow, you're very lucky. May you buy a lottery ticket for me?
Not much you can do then. At least it's not what happened to me, where a ticket was offered for something, I said I was keen but had to check with Mrs. Goat, but when I got back to them a half hour later the ticket was given to someone else.
Still, I'm glad I didn't go - it was for an outdoor play and it rained cats and dogs that night!
She'd understand if I put it into Muse terms. "Imagine it was tickets to a Muse show...and I took someone who doesn't like Muse...wouldn't that be a waste?" :D
lucky escape!
nah, he will win it in SIngapore :-)
I've made a bet with my mother, who usually does jogging.
She says I won't be able to finish the Circuit the Catalunya's charity race.
I've said to her that I can run a lap (4,5km), she doesn't believe me.
I will have to train a bit, but I guess I'll do it!
That's too optimistic hehehe :)
if I can run a 5k anyone can, good luck!
Thanks! There are plenty of ups and downs (the whole 1st sector is up the hill). Last year there were plenty of exhaustic F1 fans over there haha.
Yes !! Someone agrees with me
:)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/mind-your-language/2011/aug/30/mind-your-language-going-forward
I think you will persuade more people to your cause, going forward.
Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo..........
;)
The whole F1 grid uses this phrase... I have to translate the same week after week.
I hate it. It is one of the few things in the workplace that makes me genuinely annoyed / angry
Looking forward. This is another phrase... Like 'you know'.
It seems they can be used for every kind of reasons :P
I think I'm going to lose my mind soon
Exactly why I despise. It means nothing and specialises in the banality of being as vague as a black hole.
Talking about kids tv programmes with my boss.
How have I arrived to this situation!? xD
interesting comment here:
http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2011/08/30/chatter-from-the-paddock-at-spa/#comment-63201
perhaps someone with access to Lotus garage can ask Mr Fernandes (in Korea for example...) :-)
I've just created the Facebook page of my blog.
Actually I've only got two fans, and one of those is me. I am even more alone than Felipe Massa in the Circuit de Catalunya :'(
If you want to join :')...
www.facebook.com/pages/MartiF1com/141686609222485
Well at the end of the day...
I may cry soon
vis a vis crying now?
Vis a vis??
Well, it's time to leave.
The swimming pool is waiting for me!
I could say the same for me ;)
I'm running as part of the DHL 5x5km relay on Thursday, the plan is to run it in under 30 minutes...
I tend to be running going foward ;)
you haven't heard this one? You are lucky...
vis a vis (sort of pronounce vis a vee because we don't write the accents) really means in relation to (in frence it means face to face, but in Enlgish it means "with regard to" as in you are able to see the other issue when you sit face to face).
Lots of people, like to use this in business but it often gets confused with "vice versa" which is "the reverse of the previous statement". Which you can sort of see why because of a mirror image also looking like face to face.
So people now seem to use Vis a vis as a poncy way of saying, "on the other hand", it's a living nightmare.
Wow. Good show of intent. Wait, how did they afford him?
Yikes. :|
Hehehe. You should've been here in March. You could always go back to the archives - that was a crazy month for Amy. :)
Nah, he'll win it in Japan.
Good luck, Marti!
Oooh! I like that! I'm updating the course we put together on effective e-mail writing; will make sure to add this there. ;)
New daily: http://sidepodcast.com/post/daily-30th-august-2011
Eek. Awful, awful.
Good golly, that does ring a bell now.