And so we come to the last day in May. At least I think it is. Yesterday, I managed to head up my daily post with the wrong date and confuse everyone in the process. Fingers crossed I am more factually correct today. Here are some of the things we're talking about today:
- It's Debrief day today, and we'll be live streaming a show later in the evening. We're looking for all kinds of feedback for this show, be it voicemails, emails, or just something you want to share with us. The number is 0121 28 87225, or 0121 28 TRACK. Search on Skype for Sidepodcast, or send your emails to christine@sidepodcast.com. You know you want to, and it would make my day.
- Lukeh did some amazing work designing a car for Sidepodcast on Forza 2 on the X-Box. He's got some pictures of the initial design and then some of the car in action. Check them out and praise him because you're looking at hours worth of effort.
- We tuned in to the F2 race yesterday and it wasn't all that bad. We're pretty impressed with the site, though, as the live stream was available right next to the live timing. I had great fun trying to pronounce all the names of the drivers, and decided that Brundle was going to get my support.
We're looking forward to the debrief stream later, but there's plenty of sunshine hours to be enjoyed before that. If we're not out, soaking up some rays, then I'll see you in the comments.
The 31st already? wow it's nearly summer! :D
18 days and im done
*claps happily for summer* :D
I'm tempted to try and get the logo in the next few days as close as possible to the actual logo including the red bull. We'll see what happens :) although simply but sweet also works, plus panda, so it's all fine :P
:D
Evening all.
I have wasted the ast hour and some on a stupid game which comes from the same people who made the stupid castle game. i decided to play a game or two of this futuristic football/American football type game just to try it. I am not competitive but somehow I didn't stop playing till I won the world championship.
http://armorgames.com/play/3803/crunchball-3000
time to head off me thinks, night all! :)
night lukeh :)
Something I said?
not at all competitive then.
see ya, sir.
Not even a little bit
haaaha course you're not competitive. :) neither am i ;) oh great... that game actually works...i really dont want to get addicted to it...
Chocolate F3 car?
I'm not sure if this has been talked about - I can't keep up lately!
http://deimos3.apple.com/WebObjects/Core.woa/Browse/warwick.ac.uk.2100329385.02100329390.2105672822?i=2062066177
It's not addictive. and I haven't shouted at it when I lost
I saw something about that a few days ago
and you didn't shout at it cause you're not competitive, right? :P
:)
if you're done with the throwing of misshaped footballs, the new lclt has the following updates:
- expand shrink button on personal details
- clicking the "pending" number, no longer jumps to bottom of page
ye olde lclt has been laid to rest. *bows head in respect*.
Ye Olde LCLT
Alas, we never loved ye
August 2008-May 2009
you need to forgo sleep.
;)
I knew you would understand
I am trying for another world championship
I called up the original lclt earlier nad got the new and noticed the + / - on the personal details
hehehe :D
that's the one. good stuff.
ooo thank you!
Not an option. If only I could find a way to get out of going to work...
It's a classic defence mechanism.
Despite competing in motorsport events for years, I always claimed to 'not be a competitive person'. I just did it for fun right?
Until there was a sniff of winning of course...
I suppose you think Lou iscompetitive too?
Decided I hate computers so I'm off for the night. Ciao
no one would ever suggest i was competitive... it's not like i've stayed up for ages trying to beat people's times at various games taking screen shots and drop.ioing them. is it? ;)
night R.G
night r.g.
(getamac)
or an iphone if you don't like computers of any type and want to comment...
Don't remember any of us doing that
Night RG
steve jobs does not pay us enough.
that's cause none of us are competitive ;)
i don't even have an iphone or mac... lol :D ipod touch makes up for it though :D
Waiting for that announcement on June 8th
Not that I'm counting the days, oh no ;)
We haven't had a games night in ages
i think we need one some time soon (please after exams though :P)
When is your last exam?
8th June.
Ha ha, found a smiley for Amy
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/borg-smiley-jpg
OK. We should find a good game for that night or soon after it.
Cool! :D
I like that. Not sure how it would look normal smiley size.
May have to wait some time before embedding o fimages here :D
seconded.
that's not even on the list.
How can Borg smileys not be on the list?
because panda smileys got there first.
okay, someone's just managed to turn my perfectly good mood into one of confusion and upset. lovely. urgh. bed time i suppose. night all x
G'night Lou
sorry to hear that. night lou.
:D
just one question before i go.. is it really that unreasonable not to want to give someone the password details to your email? so that they can go and delete messages they've sent you. and when you say no, is it unreasonable to get upset when they say they will hack into it anyway?..
http://msnsmileys.net/p/Panda/
Never give out your password.Maybe change it to something obscure if you think someone will succeed in jacking it
that would be called sensible in my book.
i believe that would illegal in the eyes of the law.
Not only is it reasonable, it's the right thing to do.
Morning everyone.
Hey Journeyer
can get him/her into jail too...
I wonder if the Borg ever assimilated pandas?
Noght Lou
Morning Bassano. Would've been here earlier if not for my cutting-out DSL, but anyway...
I see the old LCLT has left us?
if they go through with the threat and you can prove it, yup.
i guess threatening isn't actually illegal though. but i'd be upset too.
apparently it's easy to do if you do the forget password bit, and answer the question or whatever. i've changed the question to something they wont know the answer to, but it's freaked me out alot..
Indeed, we had a moments silence earlier :D
bereft of life... apparently.
You should never give anyone your password and whoever you ae talking about is being entirely unreasonable
good, i was thinking i was going a bit crazy and being stupid for being upset there.
Is not the behaviour of a friend
just as well it should... i hope he realizes the error of his ways in the morning.
good plan.
heh. :D well, it came to life because of lou. we should pay tribute to her. ;)
I guess you have learned something about the person concerned. It is more important that you remember that than worryng about e-mail.
sadly this is just the latest in a series of things :( hopefully i'll sort it out with her one day.
Sleep well Lou, happy Jenson dreams
yes sorry i was going to sleep.. thanks guys. just needed to check i'd not reacted stupidly :) night! x
Here's a thought I had on Friday while working in the hot Sun. With all the new teams lining up to get into F1 due to the budget cap and the existing teams looking like they are ready to sign up means we might have an abundance of teams, some of these teams will be uncompetitive and some will be just plain bad. Maybe there needs to be a system in place similar to what the Premier League has, a separate for prospective teams to prove that they are worthy of being in F1 that way you could relegate the bottom feeders who do nothing for the sport and promote teams from the lower league. Like I said I think I might of had way too much sun on Friday. Now I must get back to 'Saving Private Ryan' which begins my Week of War Films Festival.
It's a promising idea, Aitch, but it's very dangerous in that most manufacturers (that means you, Toyota and Renault) would probably rather sell or shutter their F1 teams than see their names relegated to a GP2-type series.
Isn't that what prequalifying was in the late 80's early 90's.
I also have an idea for the lack of testing. Allow the cars run a 3rd car for FP1 and FP2 so that back up drivers get some track time.
Not exactly. It only meant that they'd go home on Friday. There's no lower formulae where they could race.
We already had that, from 2004-2006. It was scrapped in the name of cost-saving.
I liked it though and with no more testing, I'm sure the money is there. If Bernie wanted to really have the fans warm up to him, he'd have a sprint race on Sunday morning for the 3rd cars
I don't think it will happen if the new teams come on board. They won't have enough money to build 3 cars. And Max would have to adjust the cap to allow for a 3rd car as well - something which he's already hesitant to do for FOTA.
Don't F1 teams have a number of cars, not just the two plus parts for another that they travel with
Nope, they're no longer allowed to bring a spare car. They only have 2 cars and parts to repair those two cars...
Which is why when drivers go off on Friday, mechanics spend all-nighters to refit the car and make it raceable on Saturday...
http://www.formula1.com/inside_f1/rules_and_regulations/sporting_regulations/6841/default.html
The question I meant was, Aren't there a number of cars in their factories, say 5 or 6?
I know the limit on how many you can travel with. It reared its ugly head in Montreal last year when we were denied of seeing one of the STR's in qualy because of a FP3 crash
Ohhh... for the bigger teams, they have a couple of spare cars in the factory, probably 2 or 3. For the smaller teams, though, I'm not sure if they have any - and even if they did, they're probably exhibition cars (i.e. models from previous years) and not really race-ready cars.
That said, I do remember some of the teams going to Kemble for straight-line testing, so they have the 1 extra car for such mule runs.
I remember seeing a picture of one of the factory floor, Mclaren I think and there was 4 cars in various stages of construction/reconstruction
But wouldn't those include the 2 actual race-cars? If it does, that would leave us with 2 spare cars, which should be just about right.
Good point. I forget how expensive those cars must be. You see a NASCAR shop and they have a dozen cars laying around.
Yup - very expensive indeed. But even NASCAR can be pricey. A lot of teams now are just satellites of the bigger constructors. Customer cars, if you will.
yes, at one point I heard unit cost for a rolling NASCAR racer was $100,000. I suspect F1 is at least 10X that.
Are the people from the H country still around? :) That was an odd experience. Hope you'Re all well. Just came by to say good morning all and then get back to doing the work that has accumulated on my desk...
Good morning ,
if I'm right in thinking that Norbert Haug is the top guy in mercedes motorsport, why doesn't he work with Brawn and Force India as well as Mclaren?
Urgh, morning. Now I know what 4 vodka Red Bulls and 2 apple sambucca shots can do to you. Man, I slept last night.
Now that idea I like.
Morning all.
Morning all. Quiet isn't it?
Another f2 race today I think
Usually is in the mornings.
And yeah, think there is a f2 race on today, dunno what time though
The websit says 1:50 local time. I think the uk's an hour ahead. so 12:50 uk time
Right, I think I'm doing absolutly nothing today, so I'll watch that. Maybe with the BTCC on in the background
Sounds like a plan. Isn't there WTCC as well today?
Probably. But theres also the Moto GP. And my I think three races at one time is a bit insane.
Still, at least we've got racing to keep us occupied on a non-F1 weekend :P
non-F1 weekends are the best. Soooo much racing on.
Agreed. Can't deny I love the tin-tops :D
I don't like non F1 weekends :(
Let's just say any weekend with racing is a good weekend. ;)
Right, I've made a decision - no more unnecessary spending on things I don't need. All the things like the WSPC dvd and the Brawn stuff and everything like that can wait until I have my driving licence and a car. That way I'm finally mobile and can then start to enjoy my money a little more, without going mad with it of course.
But having said that there are one or two things, pretty much the data charges I owe on the Vodafone contract, that I need to take care of which require relinquishing some funds. I have had to drag my savings into my main account until I get paid for next week.
Plus because I've lived in 2 different houses in the last 2 years, I had to put down a £100 deposit, for a credit check I assume, which I will get back in 3 months. But for now, it's time to get protective of my cash.
Just trying to stay ahead of the curve...
Good afternoon everyone :)
Hey Alex, how goes it? :)
;) Hey.
It goes pretty well. The sun is shining. I'm off into London Town.
We are going to see the Kuniyoshi exhibition at the Royal Academy.
Sounds like fun. It's nothing but blue skies here in Wymondham too. Although I may have to sleep a bit more later on after last night.
You are so very cultured :)
These are the sorts of things one has to do to stay entertained on non F1 days.
What are you lot up to?
Something like that ;)
Watching racing. BTCC from Oulton Park, F2 and MotoGP.
Yeah, maybe might need to go outside at some point.
Apart from watching some of the racing on today, Sweet Foxtrot Alpha. ;)
Playing Football Manager and feeling a bit silly but the upside is that it's not as warm as it was yesterday. Phew.
I like to keep a balance. Too much of even a thing you love is still too much.
It's important to keep other interests too otherwise you wake up one day and discover that somebody has destroyed the one sport you love and you've got nothing else.
Wow that sounds preachy from me! Sorry about that!
No need to apologise, you make a valid point!
one guess. It starts with F and ends with "rench Open"
You're opening a bottle of French red wine?
Oh wait... ;)
Wimbledon?
But its not into July.
Oh, you weren't talking about golf
thats for the end of the month! I heart two grand slams so close together :D
Love Wimbledon! Woo hoo!
I heart Wimbledon :)
I like that Roger might actually have a chance to win it :D
I love the press when Andy Murray wins a game and they claim he'll win it.
There's also queens just in case you haven't enough tennis
I can't wait :D
The press seem to do that a lot. I see a lot of parallels in the coverage of Andy and the coverage of Lewis.
SIDEPODBOTTLEBOATUPDATE:
I now have enough bottles to support 113kg, i'm going for 200kg and then i can start building!!!
Howdy all :D
Erm...eh?
You may not have been around at the time, i'm building a catermaran from ALOT of bottles :D it's going to have a sail and everything
Ah right, sounds awesome! :D
Oh yeah, Sidepodcar won it's first mini championship last night, yay. :)
Go Sidepodcar!
Woot!
Question: how can a non-mini car compete in a mini championship...
D'oh
:P
f2 feed's started...
Oh nooo!! Motogp's on :(
if you click on "launch in external player" it launches it in Windows Media Player, it's big and alot better quality
ok, thanks
BBC2 just said the MotoGP will be on at 1pm when they switch the tennis to BBC1.
The build up is on BBC online
Yup.
I now have MotoGP and F2 showing at the same time :D
Goooooooooo!
Soucek with an amazing pass!
Vasi down to 10th, booo. Gachnang is out, spun off.
Is it me or do these things just look like bigger FRenault 2.0s?
Yay! Vasi moving up the field.
Really? My feed has just gone from static images back to video. Wierdly, the audio's been fine!
Looks like Brundle's out :(
It happend to me as well. But I pressed stop and then play again and its working fine.
Boo!
Nooooooo, Vasi, nooooo.
Vasi in more trouble.
Morning all!
Hey Nick.
Funny, I didnt expect ads on the F2 feed
It's the Eurosport feed, and Eurosport has ads. Don't think F2 has its own feed.
They're using a live stream from Eurosport. The ads can't be helped it seems.
Raiiin
Rain now starting to fall at Valencia?
Ah of course
I guess that was part of the deal with eurosport to allow them to stream it online
MotoGP are on their warmup up lap. Circuit is damp to say the least.
The F2 site won't load on my computer today :(
By the way....i have a feeling that in this race they have to have a pitstop..of sorts
Avon tires. Old School :P
Oooh, three cars off in the Formula Renualt on TV Screen.
And the MotoGP has been shoved off terrestrial TV by Andy Murray. Mum was really annoyed and I don't blame her.
If it continues to rain, then they will do.
No, i mean anyway
Torrentially moist :D
MotoGP is go
Gawd, there is cars all over place in the Formula Renault.
Suzuki of Vermuelen leads!
Is there live streaming anywhere?
If it continues to rain, then they will do. {Comment #186}
As long as nobody feels the need to copy Rossi's four-stop strategy from last race, that's fine by me :)
http://www.formulatwo.com/technical/eventformat.aspx
Vermeulen! Finally, their i was being annoyed at him this whole time, and he can actually ride!
That was amusing
I have no idea, sorry. Just watching it on ITV4
Search Formula 2, and then follow the live links for F2.
Im waiting to see if anyone can adapt Loeb's Parking strategy for circuit racing
I'm talking about Formula Renault here.
I knows, but for anyone who wants F2
Iv got the F2 feed, i was just wondering about Formula Renault.
so yesterdays race was 17 laps too then? no feature/sprint format like gp2?
Wasn't it 23?
If your in the UK, then itv.com go down the bottom, click on ITV4 then click on the program currently running, it should bring up a live stream
Yesterdays was 40 minutes, i believe todays is 30
I like how little flames come out of the back of these F2 cars :)
hahaha, Moto GP, FRenault and F2 on my screen :D
I've got MotoGP and F2. FR on TV, couldn't fit that on if i tried.
its a good sight ;)
I've got MotoGP via my computer (Mum muttered something about schedules not being worth the paper they're written on and went outside to do some work)
I've got some serious b-word on my F2 feeds atm
It's bike change time at Mugello, it seems.
I've had that all race. Even after stopping it and restarting
I closed my Moto GP and ITV feeds and it's alot better
Just been thinking this morning - Lola and Prodrive are both trying to venture into F1 at the same time that they're in partnership together with the Aston Martin LMP1. Could it be possible they could be quite "buddy-buddy" next season should they both make it?
FRenault lap record is being broken every single lap at Oulton!
I'm not sure the LMS partnership is quite how it's appeared to be, i think it's just a deal where they buy the car, but i could be worng
Pedrosa is down and looks like he's in real pain with the hip he injured.
I've had jobs on the end of my name but never realised.
That was going to happen, i can't believe he raced given the amount of pain he was in, he couldn't even get on the bike himself, he had to use a small plastic step to get on
Wooo, go Toseland.. 6th.
Not often we get to say that
Suzuki winning as well!
It's a shame Rossi's so far down, what an amazing record he had
So glad I decided to get into this year, cos its brilliant.
Proper slipstreaming as well, never knew they had that with bikes
Porsches up next at Oulton :D
They need to get rid of the traction control
Lot of drivers fanning their doors to try and cool down.
125cc quali was insane with slipstreaming, you could only get a quick lap slipstreaming so everyone was doing it, was awesome
They're my least favourite of all the support series if i'm honest, not sure why. They're nice to look at, but the races can get a bit processional, but lets hope not today
Wow, shame i missed quali, although 125 quali is perhaps a bit too obscure, even for me!
LOL at the pink and puke green Porsche
There was a great tug of war between a unimog and a porsche stuck in gear in a gravel trap a couple of events back :D
Nah, 125 and 250 races/quali are as good as the Moto Gp races
Accident already with the Porsches. Pink+puke Porsche involved! :D
Its my first year of the bikes, I watched the supports at Losail, but in europe you have to get up early!
I think so, all very good in my opinion. Some decent little drivers in the 125s and 250s
Haha, i'll forgive you if it's your first year ;)
if you have a break between races, christine's been busy:
http://www.sidepodcast.com/2009/05/31/best-of-sidepodpanel-season-1/
best of season 2 should be up tomorrow. enjoy.
The heli shots work really well in moto gp
wow! thats awesome. thank you christine!!
Shame the Suzuki doesnt :(
Woo, go my, suggestion!
Thanks Mrs C. 2 laps to go in the Moto GP so will listen then.
Wow, I havent heard any of season 1, Ill catch up on my Sidepodhistory
Please do, Mr and Mrs C love people going through the archives ;)
nice one. we're now going to brave the outside, catch ya later.
;)
outside? ;)
have fun
Loving the Podpanel S1 best of :D
Outside is greatly overrated
See ya guys. Don't go near anything.
Ah fantastic :D
I agree. It is against my wishes.
Man, this best of is so funny! :D
be careful i went outside the other day and now have hayfever or some kinda cold. fun! :) afternoon all.
aww. Hi lou.
afternoon :) how is your cold/hayfever today?
i'm feeling pretty rough and that fills me with confidence for my exam on tuesday ;) otherwise i'm allll good :D
Moto GP uses Muse?!
Have done for a while now!
Seems to be the "in" thing. If you don't use Muse in your motorsport coverage, you're not cool.
Wow... I didn't even know! :)
To be fair the BBC use a lot of their stuff away from motorsport, the theme for the Sports personality of the year a few years ago was Butterflies and Hurricanes with an orchestra at the event playing it, and they tend to pop up on adverts here and there. I dunno why it shocks me so much when I hear them on tv to be honest... :P
I'm pretty pleased with getting both Valencia and Singapore working on GP2, will try out Abu Dhabi in a bit.
Have sent an e-mail to Mrs C.
I can't even get GP2 to work itself
:(
Try it in DOSBox?
http://www.dosbox.com/wiki/Basic_Setup_and_Installation_of_DosBox
http://www.dosbox.com/download.php?main=1
Get the Win32 installer at the top.
I'll have a look
Anyone watching Moto GP still? That was one AMAZING save
An on-board lap of Abu Dhabi on GP4:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wes5KnkEx7c
I was watching but I've turned it off now to watch a DVD
I cant wait for it! It should have won the character cup...
BTCC - Turkington leads from Giovanardi and Plato. Collard retired on the warm-up lap with a broken propshaft.
RML have 3 Chevys now?! Sweet!
Some young driver, i forget his name
James Nash I think I heard.
And as we say that, he's in the pits.
I'm sure Ive seen scalextric circuits wider than this one!
Oulton Park's often been described as a "mini-Nordschleife". Can't argue with that :D
Plato and Neal at it again! :D
That actually looks like a pretty nice circuit.
Neal getting a little pushy on Plato's Chevy round Island Hairpin, now Adam's BMW is right behind.
Woo, got GP2 Working now :)
Where can I download it?
Joe gave me this link.
http://www.squakenet.com/computer_games/1744/Formula-1-Grand-Prix-2/download.html
Several places on there.
Last lap in Race 2, battle for 3rd is still wide open.
I've been accidentally left alone on Regent's street. Home of Ferrari and Apple stores. :)
Battle for 3rd was immense
Turkington wins Race 2 from Giovanardi while Plato JUST takes 3rd as Neal and Adam finish right behind in a deat heat for 4th.
Oh dear, what a shame ;)
Now you need the editor, GP2Edit. Get the NO cd patch at the top too.
http://www.grandprix2.de/Util/util.htm
And your base for all these mods:
http://www.grandprix2.de/
Cheers mate, I expect many a hour lost now ;)
Hello all. It is very hot and sunny. I feel like I have been walking through the desert with a scorching sun like you see in films. Have sat down for a rest. What is happening in the much preferable indoors?
Outdoors... bah! :P
I'm sat inside with a cornetto watching a DVD and a cold drink. All is good!
Ive downloaded the panel season 1 highlights, as well as all the season 2 ones i missed. Now ive realised that i have to listen to them, which requires another 8 mile walk, so getting ready to punish myself again :(
We have 05 Apple stores in Aust, but zero Ferrari stores. It can only be a matter of time right? :D
We use them in our Demo machine content. Go to an Apple store and look in iTunes Music Videos.
Guide for installing tracks:
http://www.grandprix2.de/wissen/track_inst.htm
Nevermind the "copy circuits folder" bit, but do install the no-cd patch.
And GP2Limit, which you need for tracks like Singapore to work:
http://grandprix2.de/Anleitung/limit/gp2limit.htm
If you need help, give a shout. It can be very tricky during your first time, it was for me anyway.
Phew, that's all you should need for the moment at least.
Series 2 highlights coming tomorrow. Even better than s1 if you ask me.
Can't wait! S1 highlights were fantastically funny :D
I am jealous. A weird red bug just landed in my hair and it wasn't a ladybug. I don't like outdoors.
I've just watched an awesome MotoGP race. I just wish the Australian commentators would mention ALL the Aussies in the race, instead of just the one who wins all the time. Chris Vermeulan was running so well and after the pitstops when he dropped back, it was like he didn't exist.
I spent yesterday by a lake. It was a definite feast... only people weren't the ones doing the eating.
:D Didn't you want to escape to the outdoors on friday?
OHHHHHHHHH! Big accident in the Ginetta race!
He was doing amazing, i get a phone call, and he was nowhere to be seen! I assumed he'd crashed...
Oh yea. I must have been drunk.
Ha!
How else does one acquire chocolate?
I negotiated South Park Season 1 DVDs down from $35 to $20 with the sales girl in the Virgin store, 5 minutes before closing time. Feeling good.
i'm doing textiles, and slowing disappearing under a pile of wool and material... i know the cat is around here somewhere....
Through the internet, like one acquires everything else.
for LOL Speak fridge magnets
Just make sure you don't think the cat is something to sew...
http://www.zooborns.com/zooborns/2009/05/playful-baby-tamandua-anteater.html
http://www.lolmart.com/lol-magnet1.html
http://cheezburger.com/rawr/gallery/
I'm knitting instead of sleeping. Plan is to sleep through debrief but we know that won't happen.
that would be one painful mistake, for both me an the cat...
Anything bad about getting an airport extreme?
Is that somewhere which runs skydiving lessons?
Only if you're allergic to awesome! :-)
@Alex - make sure you get the new one with dual radios. I'm sure that's all the Apple Retail Store will have anyway.
Then you can run an 802.11n network for computers, and 802.11g for iPhone
Okay bought :)
Wha? Iphone doesnt run on .11n? I almost bought one a month ago, i would have been screwed
YAY!
Correct. 'n' is a battery hog.
Really? More than EDGE and HSDPA?
So i suppose the new one wont have it either :(
You're not watching Nadal-Soderling?!
So is my Apple TV n or g?
I'm following it on live scoring. On a stream hunt now though, looks like its a fantastic game!
Is 802.11n so you will see awesome speed during transfers
What are you knitting?
I will drop.io some knitted cakes I saw a little earlier.
How about a classic? It's THAT good.
I hope its another Shockovic.
just a scarf, boring mindless knitting I can do whilst I watch other things :)
My guess is a hood of some sort that keeps her sitting upright in the chair and locks her eyelids open even though she is asleep in a chair at work
Yay :)
Dropped. Along with the largest Ferrari hat I could fond for Kimi
You are amazing :-) You must visit Zoe and I in Sydney. She doesn't like Tennis or F1. She's very good at staying up late - maybe you can teach her the other important things? :D
how has she not picked it up from you? I learned how to follow many sports from an ex boyfriend who dumped me for uh....watching too much sport.
Soderling up 2 sets to 1. Can he finish the job?
I hope so! Federer for the title!
he taught you too well? ;) so you picked up watching sport from him?
ooh, cake
I used to only watch sports that were on at reasonable hours. Then I started sitting up all night watching sport because he did. After we broke up I never stopped. Haven't slept since ;)
Heh. :P Does that include F1?
indeed. I used to watch it depending on what time I started work on Monday, so probably only watched 3 or 4 races a year. He once told me I was "better looking than F1" I don't think I've ever been given a bigger compliment ;)
You do know you could have any (single) man you want if you choose not to be single. (I don't know your current status and I'm not making any statements as to whether you should or shouldn't be single)
all the single men I meet like AFL. :(
Ooooh... so it was he who got you into F1? :D
Bogans! Melbourne is the home of Australian motorsport. Rally people are nice if you're looking...
he awakened the beast that had been sleeping since the mid 90s. My mother once told him he'd "created a monster"
how can a person be better looking than a sport? that dosent even make sense
Sshhh! Silly man!
the mid-90s? there has to be a story behind that... :)
It's when I first watched a race, and quite enjoyed it too :)
What race? On TV?
:D
Spa 98. Watched it because my brother was. How could you not enjoy it!
Too true, too true... :) Shocked by what you saw? ;)
I thought that was what all races were like! I thought people only watched car racing for the crashes. I was so naiive. Although, I was 12.
If only there were more women like you Amy :-) Please consider moving to Sydney...
Even though I have Mondays off, I must sleep now. Goodnight all and good health to all those who have been outside recently.
Heheh. :D And you started watching again in what year?
Night Jeremy. :)
2005. I am still yet to see every race live for some reason or another, I am hoping 2009 is my year!
ooh, an upset in the Womens too. Ivanovic is out.
We'll make sure it is. ;)
most of the top seeds have had a bumpy ride this year at RG...
It is dependant on no one I know dying, so I hope you have that power :)
Don't be pessimistic now. :P I last missed a live race in... 2003?
Same age as Zoe. There's hope for my friendship matchmaking plans yet!
Bye for real now that the bikes are finished. :-)
I'm looking forward for this tournament to finish. This is annoying me at times ;)
In 2008 one was an oops, I was on a plane on the way back to New Zealand while the Malaysian race was on because I forgot that there wasn't two weeks between Australia and Malaysia when I booked my flights :(
wohoo! i found the cat, she was under a load of cotton. *phew* :D
crisis averted! :P
We have returned. Everyone start behaving. :)
I missed the Canadian race live last year because I was at Silverstone for the WSR. I missed a lot of Magny-Cours too because I had stayed over at a friends house after a house party and F1 wasn't exactly what they wanted to watch.
Quick! Everyone get a hoover and tidy up, they're back!
What makes you think we haven't been? ;) :D
*Throws paper airplane*
Oops.
Why is R.G hanging from the curtains? Get him down, now!
Oooh, Malaysia.
2009. Damn football.
Uh oh ;)
I'm still on my way home!
It appears..*ahem*...that Mr C was right....
AUTOSPORT has revealled...
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/75753
Oh good lord.
Woah!
Anyone see that coming?
The team not Mr being right
Superfund? What sort of rubbish name is that? Oh wait, maybe the clue in the name Super - fund. Surprised it wasn't Team Wurz is the Best.
oh my! i knew he had been quiet recently but..
*Mr C
Team Superfund, what kind of stupid name is that, may as well called it
Pension F1
Mr C? Right? It's actually happened? *faints*
Another one? Hmmm... Did they file before the deadline, though? Every new application strengthens Max's position and weakens FOTA's.
What's the "ahem" for? I've missed this.
We were discussing this and there was speculation that there may be other entries that hadn't been announced
Anyone else remember THIS
Superfund started a one make series aaaaaaaaaaages ago, but it flopped majorly
Ahhh
Green?
I'll take that, welcome to F1 Team Superfund.
Thanks for the email RG, love it :)
Which, in hindsight was quite clever, because they get a non-FOTA-ed up news cycle
No worries ;)
Both the G50 and Clio races were red flagged and then Steve Ryder comes up with "Lets hope the Ginetta Junior can get through the race without causing a race stoppage" (im paraphrasing)
Ginetta Juniors are known for their inability to not spin, thats hilarious
Wurz as team principal? Never saw that coming!
5-5 at RG. Even when the game is over I won't be able to sleep from adrenalin.
Both because of rather large accidents, too.
Tis a good match, no?
G20J dont go fast, so you never know.
Fantastic!
red letter day!
Nadal 6-5. Can Soderling hold serve now?
Wonder if Christian Klien is re-dong his CV?
Interested that he wants to initially use an existing UK facility - where could this be?
I hope so!
There's some available - most notably Leafield.
Wonder what happened to the Arrows factory after SA packed up.
is it safe to say that he is almost certainly not brawn's 3rd driver now?
:)
erm yes... i think so. lol
I thought Ant still was anyway.
we had a big discussion about it a while back because Wurz was thought to be still part of the team,and some sources said he was 3rd driver, some said Ant was. lol
I would be surprised if he wasn't, i haven't seen Wurz for ages, 3rd drivers have to come to the track (generally)
what the heck is a "trend following firm" anyhoo?
he has been around. i've seen in him photos. well the occasional one anyway
I'm guessing a company that brings out products based on what the latest crazes and fads are?
people who copy what's down with the kids?
i hope they bring back chatter rings
One that specialises in industrial espionage!
MOST IMPORTANT TIE BREAK EVER
ah ok, you do look at alot of photos ;) so i'll believe you
Amy's just exploded
you tell me! ;)
Interesting item on Mr Gillett's previous motor sport enterprise
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/retailandconsumer/5379308/Donington-running-on-empty-ahead-of-British-Grand-Prix.html
Nadal is very good at tie breaks. I want him to lose. I'm scared.
i think i look at too many photos.. it feeds my addiction too much...
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
re: team wurz:
"...cars will be powered by the standard-specification Cosworth engine."
do we think cossy are just saying "yes" to everybody? what happens if 4 or 5 teams all want to use them. can they even supply that many in time for next year's championship?
it is very exciting, i forgot how much i loved tennis.
4-1 Soderline... gooooooooood...
Thats what they are technically expected to do isn't it?
How many teams will actually be on the grid though using Cossie engines?
I think their entire business model was to have at least 4 or 5 teams to get the costs down!
What's to say those engines aren't already being built if not already are?
5-1. I can't breathe.
Imagine how excited Roger must be right now!
seems like it. it makes sense - max would've warned them ahead of time.
ecstatic is more like it...
my $10 bet is looking good right now.
My hunch is they have/are being built hence Max not wanting to drop the budget caps.
i dunno. 8 engines per car, per season. two cars per team, maybe 5 or 6 teams all interested.
that could be 80+ engines to be built and shipped before this time next year.
Murray must be fancing his chances as well.
could be. but wouldn't they need more time than this?
ahhh. interesting.
It is a lot isn't it.
I think Murray has cursed the top 3. Sold his soul to the devil. Or maybe his face.
i know! *gets excited*...
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH GET IN THERE
They won't need them all for the start of the season
MAGIC!
Funny you say that, leela is selling her soul on Futurama on Sky one right now.
Ahhhhhhhh Futurama :)
that's why i said by this time next year :)
Bahahahahahahahaha hahahahahahahahahahahahhaa
hahahahahaha at Nadal.
I can't believe he didn't even make it to the quarters. Shockovic!
Some of them won't be required until towards the end of 2010 season
they'd need to be ready by now though cause teams have the right to swap them when and how they choose.
you could but engine number 8 in by the 8th race if that's the way you manage your season. and put number 1 back in for race 9.
Game set and Match Mr Steve, i win
Phew home now!
Now to install the Airport Extreme!
Both defending champions did not make it.
Good point, I see what you're saying
If that's the case, they must be in production already (maybe for some time)
Let me know what it's like. I have an iPhone now, if you didn't know. ;)
*cue endless remarks stating I've "sold my soul"* :P
Good luck, I'll be picking your brains soon if need be. Getting one soon as well
what have i missed?
No, it's the other way around, you've just saved it :D
Knowing my luck Roger will get knocked out by Haas tomorrow and all my excitment will be in vain. I feel robbed of another Nadal/Verdasco match up too.
Alex bought the Apple wireless router thingy
I was let lose on Regents street earlier as Katherine went handbag shopping. It's 2 minutes walk between the Ferrari shop and the Apple Store. I had to buy something...
odd, because i haven't spotted any ads for jobs?
You know that's what Andy Murray will be hoping for... But nah, I think Roger will be revitalized with Nadal's early exit.
yay!
(i don't even know what airport extreme, but it must be good...)
Absolutely!
Although as Apple are likely to be announcing a new one in two weeks... It may not have been the best moment :(
hehehe.
do you have cable then?
Is production in the UK?
Meh, iPhone's an iPhone. The new one won't be much different it seems, looking at what's reported to be in the annoucement. But I'm not going into all that again...
good question. i assumed so, but maybe not.
... the Apple wireless router thingy
ooh ok. :)
What's going on? There are no apple stickers?
Shock horror!
I got some with my iPhone :D
See this is why I'm never gonna buy an iPhone. Ridiculous how often they update, and now Sony are doing the same thing with the flippin' PSP much in the same way Nintendo did with the DS twice...
Grrrr, I hate modern media sometimes.
I never used mine, people seem quite attached to them
If thats the case it must be dodgy.
I have never used mine either... But I'm upset they aren't there.
Once a year and announced every June, quite predictable really
Well a new phone every 18 months isn't that bad.
Maybe he's got a Ferrari phone and an Apple car!
No telephone... Have I made a terrible error?
Is the router not supposed to be bright red?
I wonder how RG is getting on with the GP2 stuff.
umm. it doesn't do adsl?
All good, had a bit of messing around with it. Many spins and crashes later, I still need more time getting used to it ;)
but you can plug your current modem in via ethernet and still get dual-band screamingly fast wi-fi.
so it's all good.
Ah that might be a issue... Hmmm... That's the problem with impulse buys isn't it!
I did ask on here if there were any issues with buying it and Jeremy said, "only if you're allergic to awesome". I didn't want to be allergic to awesome :(
I've never read anything about incompatabilities with AE
hehehe. apologies for being outside, i woulda said.
still, it will allow you to stream HD video wirelessly around your house, which i'm guessing your current router won't?
in america, i'm guessing must people have cable.
See what happens! :D
phew :)
My problem is that the ADSL part of my router is a bit busted. Keeps randomly dropping off the internets. Which is why I thought I should get a new one. Hmmm... I'm sure there will be a solution here where I get a new ADSL thing and then also get to keep the "screamingly fast". I might have to buy something else though (don't tell Katherine)
amy, still up? verdasco on the verge of losing set 1 to davydenko...
Oops, more shoes
I've told you about going outside - It's not good for you (or more me ;)
Nice :)
I knew we shouldn't have gone outside.
Why not?
as if we would.
just grab any recent netgear thingy (adsl 2/2+ compatible), and plug it in the back. i think the AE is one of the only decent dual band devices available now, so you're ahead of the curve.
...and i want one.
I know! Bad day for the Spaniards :(
Good thing Robredo doesn't play until tomorrow, then. ;)
Oh my god I just realised it's June.
2009 WHERE HAVE YOU GONE
See I've got a netgear DG834GT thing but it's having problems for some reason.
I dunno... you've been enjoying yourself here? Time flies when you're having fun. ;)
hmm. presumably you've done all the firmware stuff?
Yeah... Not sure what's going on... My ISP changed something and ever since then it's been dropping connections pretty regularly.
I'll have another go at the old firmware.
almost certainly needs new firmware. if they're upgraded and you haven't.
Well I did try that but it was quite a confusing process because for some reason Chrome is convinced that Netgears drivers a missing. Very odd little bug there.
So Firmware upgraded now...
So now it's time to move on to the Extreme...
Last call for any emails and voicemails for tonight's show. It looks like we're having a bumper feedback show today, so the more the merrier. Also, the more the happier... I am.
Have you charged your phone?
It's currently plugged into the wall
I'm all creativitied out for one week :P
*sigh*
Finally finished working for the time being.
I'm installing the new version of Airport.
Just incase you're 3G only for a while ;)
Might let you off this time :)
It's a good point!
I have calmed down. Time for pre-debrief sleep. See you all soon :)
night amy.
see ya!
I'll skip the debrief, so see ya tomorrow Amy. :)
Off to bed for me. Enjoy the debrief. :D
See ya journeyer
See ya!
Woah! That's extreme!
Mr C.... How can you live without this thing!
:D
Streaming video just ultra fast :)
Mmmmm... It's the future!
do you regret not picking up an appletv whilst you were in the shop?
(already owns an apple tv... Now Apple TV works properly... Regret not buying a 1 TB Time Machine but that's for another day)
The appletv was the purchase that Katherine least understood when I made it. Thought it was completely mad and has been one of the things she's most enjoyed. "It's like iTunes for your TV" she said the other day and the marketing team from Apple would have done a little dance if they could have.
in that case... you rock!
Thank you very much :)
The appletv made so much sense for me. Most of my data is that kind of data. It being backed up is great.
Best feature... Apple TV connected to hi-fi with speakers that can run into the garden. Sit outside with iPhone using remote and control the music. When people see you doing it they believe they have entered the future.
Partnership is not exactly the best description for their sportscar program. Lat I heard Lola were threatening to sue Aston Martin because they had decided to call the car an Aston Martin and not a Lola. I don't think they will be going into business any time soon.
Yeah hehe, someone at Aston basically said "it's not really a lola anymore because we've developed it so much"
Lola got aaaaaaaaangry
Just as a second opinion, I can confirm that you do, indeed, rock.
my only complaint is that it hasn't really moved forward since its inception.
Time Capsule? Won't be long before a 2TB comes out, go for that instead
No, you rock!
It's like an episode of Mac OS Ken in here :D
I would like to send a e-mail for Feedback, but as is per usual with me, I can't think what to write about...
Ooh, ok, 1 second...
Hope I'm not too late. I just saw the status update on Facebook. I was going to send a voicemail but couldn't be bothered when I'd just woken up. :P
No probs. Why not give us a state of play now that we're a third of the way through the season - how you think things will play out on track going forward. Will McLaren claw anything back? Can BMWs double diffuser make any difference? Are Brawn GP just going to run away with the whole thing?
That kind of thing any interest? Not tooooo long of course ;)
I'm back, half dead, inerupted by horses, but i forgot about the live show!
Just time to recover, laugh at about the new comedy f1 team, and eat 2 different kinds of mango... Anything else i missed?
Oooh, it is indeed. Shall get writing right......now. ;)
That's me fed a watered before the debrief show, I'm saying it'll be go before quarter past
I did have a good point about engines for the panel, that I thought up whilst walking.
But im now to shattered so ill have to remember to do it another time.
E-mail sent. I did restrict myself on that one. Could have written more, but you asked for it not to be "tooooo long" so I obliged ;)
Received, very gratefully :)
:)
Hi everyone... What are the timings we are working to this evening?
I assume usual Sidepodtime of 7pm or half 7?
Aw thanks :)
Aiming for 7, as always.
http://www.sidepodcast.com/2009/05/31/live-indoors-on-a-day-like-today/
Well it is more software based and there have been some good updates there. Movies for 1, flickr for 2 :)
Has the voicemail feedback closed?
Always room for one more.
Especially for one who rocks so well ;)
Just left a very confused comment on the voicemail. But first I failed so badly I had to hang up and start again! Whoops!
Extreme Airport excitement? :D
Not sure if its been mentioned here yet but the last couple of daily posts haven't made it on to the rss feed.
That's better
:D
Ah, nice to come home to the daily thread after an evening out at the live show :D
*Slips on banana skin and falls down the cliff to the daily*
Nice of you to drop back in on us. Now would you get off me?!
*looks at imaginary watch* Where have they got to?
Loitering in Live: thread
Howdly doodley do...
Hey
[Encourages Daily comments]
Da da da da, da da da da da, DAI-LY!
Abandoned Facebook for Twitter, only one web fad at a time for me
what's everyone up to this evening? i'm planning on doing an Amy and not sleeping so i can get textiles done for tomorrow, and then come home sleep a bit and revise, then sleep, and then fail my history exam :D fun times!
Getting a bit fed up with twitter tbh , it's too full of self-promotion
bath, comments, sleep, wake, worry, test, end test, relief, party
Thats including tomorrow
Laying on the sofa, netbook in hand, watching old episodes of That 70's Show on my tv - in 16°C lovelyness
Probably staying up and leaving for work at 05:15 :(
The un-follow button is King
Right, as I asked, I need some good handy and helpful apps for the iPhone. :)
I need to work some more on a completely new and completely non-F1 site I'm working on.
Pocket God
Trying to play Ain't No Sunshine on the Ocarina app.
Games or productivity tools?
Bit of both I'd say :)
laying belly down in bed, headache booming away, awkward and annoying perspiration from heat.
Not enjoying tonight :(
Aww, hope you get better soon mate.
Hope you feel better soon
:( aww get better soon! i prolly wont be on msn tonight btw :( - too much work.
I'm fine, i'm just exhausted... or something.. I don't like being whiny about things like this..
iPhone apps that I like, .. F1 mobile lite .. F1 database .. fluid .. heat pad .. trism
hello? am i here lol
Hurrah!
Yup. :D
Yay! :)
yay .. you made it
lol. Been finding the SPC site a bit confusing lol
Right, I'm doing a runner from the comments so I don't get too distracted. Great show tonight. See you all soon.
Good luck Ollie :)
We may need some instructions soon on this thread switching
Can see why now sleep deprevation comes in!
We'll be redesigning it soon. Things should be a bit easier, hopefully.
Tea & crumpets on their way, yum
On the list?
On Mr C's list.
http://wiki.sidepodcast.com/page/Live+Commenting+Solutions
So, did the guys at the spc meet up have to sign a non disclosure aggrement for pictures of mr c?
There are no pics of Mr C allowed, full stop.
anything in particular we can make easier?
Ah yes, of course
Best iPhone app for productivity is the expensive OmniFocus.
Also like Tweetie, Remote, Air Hockey, Blocked, Flight Control, iPint, Koi Pond, Monopoly, National Rail Enquiries, Ocarina, Revesi, Shazam, Urbanspoon, Wikipanion, and What the font
He wore his Panda suit
Although I suppose if you did take one, you would have to guard it with your life and never show it to anyone.
Good evening! Did I miss much? I know I missed the live show... again... sorry.
I got one.
Ooh, thanks Alex :)
They burn up on re-entry to real life.
Scott, did you get GP2 earlier?
Just the wiki side if things found it hard to find what i wanted.
I heard his image slowly dissolves
There is no Mr C
Christine is very good at impressions and throwing her voice..
;)
I was going to but never got round to it. Might do so now actually.
Like in Back to the Future?
No probs...
Those are the ones I use a lot. I use Monopoly a LOT more than I care to admit. But then I do like Monopoly.
shh. You're ruining it!
:)
Did he walk in front of the camera again?
ahh, okay. i struggle with the search there too.
If you do, I left a few links earlier for RG, around 2ish or so I think it was. Basically info and links for editors and stuff which will update the game.
Mr C... I e-mailed you on the LCLT thing btw.
I always seem to miss any motorsport apart from F1, as the never seem to tell you when its going tobe shown on tv..
I think I'm gonna slide out of the comments and to watch a dvd away from the laptop as an early night may be for the best... was hoping to do a blog entry tonight but my mind is not in correlation with the rest of me. Although another entertaining debrief helped get my mind off ickyness :)
night all
Night Lukeh! Hope you feel better!
i don't really understand it. have forwarded to the UI expert, give us a few secs.
you need to check out Pat W (too much racing) blog posts or twitter account
Night Luke
If you have unchecked the box to stop comments, why do you then press the pending button rather than recheck the box?
night Lukeh, sleep well.
ditto
Because you want to read the comments made in between at your own pace. And then join back in.
Downloading GP2 as I speak ;)
Yup, except it's Back to SidepodTime
But doesn't pressing the button load them all, rather than ticking the box which loads them a few at a time until you have caught up?
replay now up.
damnit. wrong thread.
Well in the old system when you unchecked the box it still kept loading the new comments it just didn't move you. You could scroll down. It didn't stop the loading it just stopped the scrolling.
That's the functionality they want - I think.
right off. thanks for helping me pop my pod cherry! ooerr!
Bye Lukeh.
It keeps loading them though, which you don't want to do, that's why I turn the tickbox off..
Oh really? I'm not sure we were aware of that.
Because then you get the pending comments and can scroll through them. If you check the box you go to the bottom of the list every time a new comment comes in
so. just to clarify:
when you untick the checkbox, comments keep coming in, but no scrolling occurs?
that's easy, but it means there will be no pending box in the corner. is that ok?
Yes I loved that. But it's no issue if that's not possible anymore. Just wanted to ask.
Ah hence the confusion perhaps.
We were using it as a handy way of basically saying, "carry on what you're doing but I'm off for a sec so don't move" then when you came back you could scroll down and then when you catch back up you could check the box again.
Yup. That's it!
LCLT is now favourite son, DD is getting jealous
So to conclude Doohicky rules LCLT drools?
...sorry gotta stop watching TMNT. (and try to be more helpful)
That's exactly how I used the old one. If you wanted to wander off for a mo to get a drink or answer a phone you didn't lose your place.
In fairness though, you can do exactly the same now but in a different way by clicking the pending box and keep doing that until you're at the end, then hit the tick again
we were trying to merge the functionality of doohickey and lclt, so you didn't need to learn x2 systems. they both effectivly work in the same way now.
however, what you're asking is very simple, it just means pulling a bit of code out. rather than adding anything.
oops, double quote
I still prefer DD the reason being that although I can now watch the show and comment on the new LCLT you still have a very narrow window for viewing text
yep and that's exactly how we use it.
It's just that it's annoying when you have to press the button several times near the end. My guess was that that would be more annoying during a race.
I am very very lazy ;)
Me too :)
While we're on feedback, Mr C, is it possible for clicked links in DD to open up in the browser of choice rather than another DD window?
For the list, natch
But we made the text bigger for you?
is there a wiki page for live commenting solutions feedback?
But now you might get my very mangled sentence in my e-mail: "The UI thing was that you could see that the scroll bar was suddenly moving away from the bottom of the section."
Which doesn't make much sense... But that's how you knew that new comments were coming in the scroll bar was no longer at the bottom.
dd will be rewritten. nothing you currently see will remain, or even look remotely like it currently does.
the new version, will however... rock!!
The columns are the same size though
What is this? Where am I?
You said that about lclt and it did.
We have faith in you sir.
There was no more room in my browser tonight. Not with picture, comments, and commenting box. Well maybe room for a small box of facts about the number of times it takes Mr C to pronounce Domenicali but that's coming :)
to a new user that sounds like a bizarre thing to explain. whereas the new version, it's pretty obvious what's going on.
we shall do it this week though.
Oh, that's coming soon, I think. I guess some solutions just don't work for everyone.
:D
This. Is. SIDEPODCAST!
Or as everyone else calls it, Sid.
Said like a robot?
But there are lots of options which is great
A la 300
Yes. Totally understand the confusion. Perhaps you should have a "tired old hand users who have been hanging around for ages button" ;)
Do we?
;)
I quite like the new version. With the old way of comments appearing, I found myself scrolling frantically to keep up. With the pending box I find I take my time and read more of them.
It's not the text size as such it's the width of the whole box which is still the same as it was before the revamp. I'm not having a moan, I am quite happy using the DD or does that cost you extra bandwidth?
:D
Sid Podcast.
not at all. they both use the same codebase and do the same thing. pick your poison etc ;)
What is this time thing of which you speak?
it also reacts exactly the same way as doohickey. which makes me more comfortable.
don't tell me, you'll be mad if we change it? :)
No idea, haven't had a chance to check.
I think there is a point at which you have to draw the line though, because live commenting is supposed to be that: live. You can't really blend live functionality with paused functionality as well - that's what ye olde commenting is for.
Just an observation: The width of the text box in "have you say" is adjustable. But after you post, it reverts back to it's usual size, in Safari (4 beta)
Don't change because of me. There seem to be far more people that like it the way it is now.
that's just a safari thing. it's not meant to be adjustable, yet.
I like it the old way though. Come on Kathi we can band together and start a revolution!
I guess as primarly a doohickey-user, I was very happy with the changes. I can see why the lclt dwellers may not prefer it.
As long as it works I'm happy. We've got two good options for use in different situations.
Ha ha, Safari is doing it's own thing :D
I just use the doohicky and if im leaving the pc for a sec, open up a quick comment so everything is pending, then its all there when i come back.
I can understand that. I just think maybe you could have a different button? Maybe I was serious? A pause button with a logo like on a cd player?
This is true - and during races I leave it live, box ticked, because I'm doing other things too. I follow comments as they come in, which yeah can be hard, but during a race there isn't time to do the pausing..
but during a show there can be.
But if you use ye olde comments to catch up you can't possibly read and comment at the same time. It is a real pain
Absolutely.
will give think about it. probably says a lot about us / lclt, that we don't even remember what it used to do.
Viva la Revolution:)
During the race I may need to leave the room for a moment and I use that pause mode to catch up with what happened. It's a live replay. And you can still comment. I don't tend to use it comment on "Piquet has gone off" but instead on more timeless comments about ducks arriving in the Kitchen or whathaveyou.
:)
understood.... but...
now you get direct feedback as to how many comments you've missed. rather than seeing that some scrolling is required. then you just click the pending button.
it's exactly the same thing, no?
No because you have to press the button, and then scroll and then press the button again and then scroll and then press the button and then scroll.
Everything in the old method is down at the bottom, and now there's a lot of moving about.
And as Kathi and I have said we are very lazy :)
Can someone help me with DOSBOX? How do I get it to run GP2?
So.... you can't be bothered to move your mouse? I'm not sure computing is for you.
I agree with Kathi though I don't want to cause trouble - well no more than usual :)
:)
:D
Unnamed Laughter powered aircraft goes by
What about ducks coming on to the circuit causing Piquet to go off?
we don't mind extra work, if the system gets better.
this seems like a step backwards to us, the new lclt gives you better info and makes more sense to a new user.
hence why we're asking lots of questions.
Something I personally would find useful is a link in the drop down box on doohickey to the sidpodcast homepage.
Sometimes I want to get to the wiki, drop.io or some other area of the site. The home page has a link to that stuff. Currently I click on a post title and scroll back up to the top of the home page to get to the links
http://www.dosbox.com/wiki/Basic_Setup_and_Installation_of_DosBox
Mr C and Alex mostly contribute to that :D
this works
http://hfgp2.hf.funpic.de/hfcs/pages/tutorials/gp2-on-win-xp.php
You are correct. The only reason I mention it at all is that the old method required fewer clicks. It's, I suppose, less usual for a new thing to be more complicated than the old way.
But of course we had to work out how the old method worked and I am sure you guys are correct that the new method is more intuitive.
Dont worry i put plenty in the tank aswell :D
gotya. woman next to me is nodding also.
maybe not in the drop down, but somewhere near the top would be handy.
You need one of those Macs with the giant wheel
Am I right in thinking that the general opinion is that USF1 and Prodrive are the best-placed of the 5 teams to get in for 2010? It's what I'm thinking anyway. I suppose Lola would get the final 2 spots, don't see why Campos or Litespeed would be chosen ahead of them.
:)
what exactly does roflcopter mean. I get the rofl bit .. but the copter? rolling on floor laughing like a copter?
i would like to maybe try out the current version during a practice session first to see how it holds up. what do y'all think?
MacBook Wheel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuVbrm_GqhM
rolling on the floor and spinning around in circles, i'm guessing.
Absolutely. I have never wanted to go backwards before on one of these things. It's just some functionality that I use a lot being changed. Confused me quite a bit.
Ah! :D
Imagine a helicopter rolling around the floor on its side...
But as the people who learned the old more confusing system I'm sure the new one can be learned too.
Hope he doesn't have Vista. I think some GP2 utilities may not work with Vista, not sure though.
We'll try to be well behaved and everything.
Ah. Bugger.
will sleep on it, might be possible to do both, but don't want to get into windows territory of 1,000 different options on screen.
appreciating all the feedback though ;)
The thing to be clear about is that I LOVE THE MOVING BOXES!
Some work for moi, ie game itself, GPEdit as well.
;)
Completely agree. It's all about the least confusing / most useful trade off.
Mwahahaha how many of us are on the naughty step now?
Yup, tis a great idea. Especially for those that like the live feed screen larger, in a separate window
Is there a naughty step page on the wiki?
It's a big step, it can cope
I don't know for sure, I'm only guessing tbh. Try it and see.
I'm on my traditional Sunday night wikiing, I see what I can do.
We don't need written proof anymore than we already have ;)
Thanks Alex
I think there has to be a naughty step stage on the wiki
No please, don't. We'll be fine, honest. I mean, really
Right everyone... Time for this sleeping on it for me. Have fun and lot of Sidepodlove :)
No problem!
G'night Giggles
Night!
Really?
Night Alex
Night Alex .. sidepodhugs to you
Night.
Time for me to order some parts for my PC. I don't want to, but my graphics card is fubar.
more hugs :)
Get a... oh, that one's wasted on you :)
Keep going, one day he'll see the light.
What light? I only see the darkness over there. ;)
You sir, need to Ctrl, Alt, Del :)
The light coming from the empty wallet?
Whateva ;)
When we start offering "free stress tests" you may worry.
Finally on the moving the mouse thing... Another bit of functionality is that I always liked to push Ctrl F which toggled following live comments on and off and then I could scroll using the keyboard. But then... That really isn't a big usability feature.
"Tom cruise is in the closet and he won't come out"
:)
They're already more dangerous than those muppets...
Cos Winblows isn't already everywhere?
At least you get something useful for your money.
We should stop the Mac Vs M$ thing, it's happening far too frequently
As fun as it is and all...
Inner peace and knowledge...
Oh...you were talking about the other lot...
Really?
:D
Surely its just a matter of time untill the big anti-virus companies start
creatingseeing virus problems on macs they can sell products to solve?Mum's been thinking about cars over this weekend and has put it to me that when she goes to trade in our Megane for the new Coupe, she'll try and get a deal together to get me a car too, possibly one of the new Twingos! :D
As promised
http://wiki.sidepodcast.com/page/The+Naughty+Step
And with that, good night
Some would say that's already happening
*pets her Linux PC*
Don't listen to them, you're the best.
Thanks RG, g'night
:D I used to run linux, but I liked chrome to much and relapsed
It's not just pro-Apple
Mostly, it's anti-Windows :D
New Megane is a good looking car. Quite funky on the inside too.
Twingo's rock - shame the original never made it over here. :(
I wish they made this Twingo though. I would have bought one.
Ahem. Excuse Me
Mr C insulted Christine, the rest of us were making fun of women in general
I'm not helping, am I?
It was the first OS broken in the pwn to own competition - 2 minutes.
Plus the engine's only a 1.2 and it's in one of the lowest insurance groups. In fact, Mum was going to see if she could wangle a year's free insurance into the deal. Might be tough
This just makes Mr C out to be the evil one out of those shenanigans. :P
Nothing is unbreakable and he had his methods well practiced to get a brand new, shiny 'puter
Drop in the 2litre from the Clio 197.. ;)
I didnt say anything about her! i just asked what designation his router was!
So, you weren't there then.
That's kinda how it went down :D
Not at all. This is why I went outside today (!!) instead of watching all the different touring cars and F2 and MotoGP. Needed to get away.
WOAH!
http://www.last.fm/
Deadded!
Of course not, I had work in the morning. :P
It got too hot (literally)?
They running fruity computers too?
Hmm, or there's that 3litre V6 from the Megane Trophy....
:D
Blimey! They link to their Twitter account, which then links to this:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lozzd/3582987248/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lozzd/3582987248/
50°C
Not that high really. My server is currently sitting at 82°C - but it is doing some fairly chunky recoding at the moment.
You'd need to stick it in the back though. The 197 engine should fit in the front with a little leaverage. ;)
More like, recuperating
Convert it to rear wheel drive - modern day R5 Turbo! :D
(minus the turbo, that would just be overkill!)
Question: For how long has "a lot" been one word?
Processors of my Mac laptop often get hotter than even 82°C
Text 118 118 and find out ;)
Keep the turbo! :D
Actually V6 - would need 2.
1 for each bank. ;)
Replace with Renault kerrs! Oh wait...
Really? You know how much that V6 actually pumps out, right?
For those who are attending/would like to attend the WSR event at Silverstone, here's the programme for both days.
http://worldseriesbyrenault.com/silverstone/en/home.html#/programme
I've missed the pitwalk twice in 2 years now. I am NOT, repeat, NOT, missing it this year.
It's already happened.
Not really a fair comparison - giving anyone physical access to a machine running pretty much any OS isn't a real-world issue.
One 4870 X2 ordered...
They had Linux, Windows and OSX machines there all essentially out of the box but updated to the latest version...
perfectly fair comparison.
http://www.celebitchy.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/mission-impossible-splash.jpg ...begs to differ
I have a couple of spare tickets if anyone wants them
But no one wanted to play on the windows machine :D
Andy, is it possible for the Google search box in Safari to default to Google UK?
It's actually a 3.5litre Nissan V6 that chucks out 360hp.
Yup.
Twin Turbo's needed.
In a Twingo? That's suicide.
But what a way to go! :D
Backwards in a ball of flame!
But I don't want to go yet :(
Looks like Inquisitor is the way to go
You think with a RWD 350bhp Twingo you wouldn't go quickly?
It has airbags!
With just that and a few other mods, no. With added turbos, yes.
First thing disabled on my cars. Hate them.
I wear glasses so I want to keep my eyesight.
I'm all for big power and all that, but even I know when certain cars have too much.
You could keep them under a helmet a la, le seb
I have done that from time to time. I have Oakleys with prescription lenses
Glasses and contact lenses actually make your eyesight worse. Think about it - if you wear them all the time you don't ask for a weaker prescription every time you need new ones, do you?
My dad, on the other hand who does wear glasses, only puts them on when driving or watching TV or something like that. Because of this, his eyes actually got stronger and when he lost his glasses and had to get new ones, his presciption had actually come down because of it. I've now started taking mine off at work to try and help them out a bit.
Must have cost you quite a bit. What are they normally, something like £200?
I try to wear mine only for driving and TV
My prescription hasn't changed for 9 years.
I wear my glasses all day every day. Can't see enough without them.
I feel like the only kid in the class without them :(
Work paid for them. :D
Along with everything else I needed.
I find with mine that after a while they adjust and get better without glasses. I practically didn't wear them all night when I was out last night and I got on alright!
Least you can watch 3D movies without scratching your eyes
There must be a comment here about women I shouldn't be making
does sound like a beer goggles comment doesn't it? :)
[goes back to naughty step]
I havent seen one in years, there must be something good coming along from what i hear though
last 3d movie I went to had the polarised glasses that fitted over normal ones. It was great.
Hollywood trying to fight piracy, won't work
Have heard that it's easy to scratch your glasses with 3D ones over them
Mine are scratch-resistant.
Haha I just heard a thump at the front window. My stupid cat, thought the window was open and smacked head first into it .. I shouldn't laugh but .. hehehe
Not that I've noticed. I do have the anti scratch coatings though.
Good good. :D
:D :D
:D
Yup, mine too as I've said.
Ha ha, cats are hilarious
I hope you didnt laugh in front of it, they dont appreciate it in my expaerience
Well, as do mine actually
Also, not a fan of having to pay extra for glasses when you can't exactly watch a 3D movies without them
Am with Mark Kermode on this rant
No, I've had that before, getting the evil eye from the family pet.
Aaaah. The Doctor.
Him and Mayo are great. :D
Indeed
Or Glims for Safari 4
Bassano were you looking for me earlier? I just saw my name mentioned in the live thread...
I wear rigid lenses and my prescription has changed only slightly over the last ten years which is pretty impressive when others with the same eye condition as me can go through several prescriptions in less than 6 months.
Was going to post a link to Flibsters large screen video feed, is back on drop.io again
That's the only fix as far as I know.
Doesn't work for 4 beta, Glims does apparently
Am about to test
Ah thanks, will check.
There's some sweary stuff on dropio that may not be appropriate for SPC.
Have DM'd the bosses
Although it is about IE6 so it is fairly justified..
Has anyone signed up for John Cleese's Nigerian Lottery?
Just have...
Ive just had a premonition about Abu Dhabi and their 'unique timings'
Running Quali at night and the race in the day...
BBC says:
Abu Dhabi, 30 October - 1 November 2009
Friday 30
First practice: 1000-1130 (0600-0730 GMT)
Second practice: 1400-1530 (1000-1130 GMT)
Saturday 31
Third practice: 1100-1200 (0700-0800 GMT)
Qualifying: 1400 (1000 GMT)
Sunday 1
Race: 1500 (1100 GMT)
Though yours sounds ok too :)
It will be flood lit, and they get to show the track both ways with my idea :D
They could always save it for next year. Would probably have to have fp2 at night aswell
Of course. If the great Cleese is running something it should be the law that you have to sign up.
Don’t be pessimistic now. :P I last missed a live race in… 2003?
The last race I missed was China 2008 because I was at a swimming gala. When I mentioned this, my co-admin at Formula 1 Home declared he was starting a steward's investigation on the basis that my excuse for missing the race wasn't good enough.
When I came back with two gold medals to find the most interesting thing in the race was Raikkonen getting held up a bit while attempting to lap Fisichella, my co-admin gave the steward's verdict:
"No Penalty to be imposed. In fact the stewards would like advice in future on which GPs to avoid watching."