It's been quite a manic weekend both on and off track. The Japanese Grand Prix held plenty of surprise, not all of them good. Meanwhile, Sidepodcast Towers began their first weekend of moving house. More next weekend, but until then, here are some of the things we're talking about:
- Massa has been granted permission to get behind the wheel of the F2007 with GP2 tyres bolted on. This is the same kind of testing that Schumacher did to see if he was ready for the big comeback. Schumi wasn't and the chances are Massa won't be either. Ferrari say they are just trying him out in preparation for Bahrain next year. Bit early, no?
- Vettel says he has by no means given up on the championship hunt just yet. He closed up a great deal today, and although the maths does seem to be against him, anything is possible. He did as much as he could do this weekend, anyway, so we'll have to see what happens in Brazil.
- If you want to catch up with us discussing the above two topics and more, then the F1 Debrief live show replay will be up very soon. I'll also be editing the show, hopefully today, but you can understand things are a little delayed due to setting up in our new house. We don't even have the proper internets yet!
That'll do it for now. Please let us know what plans you have for this week, and how you plan to spend the weekend now that we don't have back-to-back racing to contend with. I'll see you in the comments.
Hello Monday, I shall be sleeping in.
My throat is still terrible, Nurofen not having the desired effect
May be off to see the doc in the morning if still the same
Spa 2010 FTW though!
G'night peeps
Gnight!
Same for me, although SPC seems to have already gone to sleep.
Night
STEEEEEEVEN
ah he must have turned his head ping off.. however it did alert me :) not that it helps at all..
Hehehe I'm just looking at rentals again and wondered if he knew whether I'd get knifed in a particular part of Glasgow :P
Which part?
[can't sleep]
Do you know where Battlefield is?
It's just south of Queen's park.
Doesn't sound familiar
No. I found it on a map but I don't have any idea what it's like.
Hehe some of these listings are hillarious. I'm not sure why anyone is trying to sell "river views" as a positive! In my experience you'll see nothing but floating shopping trolleys by day and at night you won't want to leave the house....
Have a look here
http://battlefield.eveningtimes.co.uk/
Depends on the river, I guess
That costs an arm and 2 legs down here
Yes well this is the Clyde.... not the Thames.
Oh my god. Scratch that. I'm in love. I was about to ask you whether it's ridiculous to pay £600 a month for a flat but you have silly London prices there....
It's way WAY too big for just me though. It's so pretty though :(
Glasgow's not the place it was 10/15 years ago
SPC asleep at 1am. Unheard of
#blame spa
See, too tired
#blame suzuka
spa? I was blaming Suzuka
It seems to be house moving season as well
I can't move until the Spring really. I might move out of here and dump my stuff in storage while I'm away. Might be in a bit of a stitch when I get back if I can't find somewhere straight away though.
Oh right, the big trip. You don't have family you can lob in with?
Errm delicate issue. Maybe for a couple of weeks. Not much more really.
Fair enough. Makes it expensive to pay rent when you aren't there though.
Yeah it really does. I'll probably use storage. I can always do an Amy and move into a youth hostel when I get back.... I need to move at some point anyways.
True enough. Things always sort out.
What am I doing this week?
1) Bathurst
2) setting up Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) Server on an old MacBook. Just to keep my hand in. Will teach my boss how wonderfully powerful and affordable it is
ROOAAARRR!
today i feel like a real man. for i acquired a puncture and changed the wheel myself. none of that pansy roadside assistance for mr. c.
i may have gotten a lot of our furniture wet in the process though.
Bravo Mr C!!
I cant sleep in the middle of the night, wake up... and...
*scared*
always with the punctures when you have a full boot, and it's raining.
i ask ya, when was the last time sometime had to change a wheel when they had nothing to do all day and happened to be parked at the beach?
Hehe well done! You will be an F1 wheelman in no time ;)
I'm just so terrified I won't notice I have a puncture. That is my biggest fear. I can change tyres, I just hope I can notice it needs doing!
umm. rather embarrassingly. i may have ruined four fake bolts on the fake plastic hub cap and then wondered why the wheel didn't come off. stupid aero devices.
I once had to change one in a mountain pass high in the Utah mountains. Snow everywhere. was not fun, i was only 18 and didnt even have a driving licence at the time, luckily a man with a shotgun stopped to help.
Doh! hehehe :lol:
had loads of things in the back rattling, so didn't hear it. the back-end just felt insanely loose like it was on ice.
Hmmm you didn't spin into the gravel trap then....
sadly not. i'd like to think that sato would've binned it, therefore i still rule the taku.
What is it with rain and moving?
When I was moving my parents house the rain started and stopped exactly as I pulled out with trailer and furniture in tow. Everything got soaked
good question. that too.
So if your last place was sidepodtowers, what is the new one....sidepodmansion?
hehe. not sure. sidepodbunker maybe?
i did notice that rockall got a namecheck on the shipping forecast earlier.
Coastal real estate. Nice.
has amy seen this comment from lisa: http://www.f1minute.com/2009/09/18/menswear/#comment-7471
and therefore little amy: http://twitpic.com/k3m5j
You going shipping?
Now to be a real man, you need to get three other guys to change one wheel for you while you rev the engine.... :D .
Renault F1 will absolutly be the first ones wanting to hire you as an F1 wheelman, for sure!
awww i wish i fitted into heikki clothes (because that wee amy is not me!)
nah, my wheel is still attached.
hehe. i love the heikki top. very un-mclaren.
I am going by an M&S tomorrow, I will see if i can find what they have on offer
we shall require pics :)
Will do my best!
I am really hungry... but if i eat i will never get back to sleep so i am imagining eating this to fill me up http://supersizedmeals.com/food/article.php/20060125050438458
the thing that bugs me slightly about the m&s range is that the finnish flag is backward on them.
Hehehe comedy gold.
this is why rallying is so popular
boo mondays BOO. Why are you going so slowly Monday!
Because you are at work after not much sleep?
A little youtube video for all the nostalgic Hey Hey It's Saturday fans:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AA69bqHMF8&feature=player_embedded
that might be why. I want a public holiday :( i dont finish til 7.15 thats ages away :(
omg that's terrible! how did that happen? it's good for SPC addiction time, but I really feel for you. :-(
what can I do to help? do you talk to customers? Zoe and I could pretend to be customer? We could rope in other F1 people to call you and ruin any stats you have worked hard to build up?
Worked hard? You have Amy confused with someone else :P
other Mac users may find NTFS read and write capabilities in 10.6 useful. I have not tested it yet.
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20090913140023382
sadly i dont talk to customers so you cant help!
Morning everyone :)
Morning!
I think I have caught up on sleep now... But I can't be certain.
Seems to me like the debrief replay isn't quite working :(
guten morgen.
bitte sprechen Sie langsam
My, it's so close to Danish it's not funny!
in Deutsch, bitte, Gavin
Schnell! Schnell!
Actually I have just remembered that we are breaking the SidePodRules.
No bombing, no diving and no foreign language comments ;)
afternoon
God eftermiddag ;)
where am I ? :-)
That's Danish innit? Guten Tag in German
It's odd the bits that are close and the bits that are quite different!
It is. I said "good afternoon". Good Morning is "God Morgen" (Go' Morn') and Good Day is *goddag" (go'-dae) ;)
Guten Nachmittag
We don't say that though. It's usually just Guten Tag
Weirdly guten abend was the one I didn't know. I had heard in the uk morgan and tag but not abend. And because it starts with an a I thought it must be afternoon.
so tag is just an abbreviation?
Maybe we should just say Hallihallo although I've never heard anyone actually say it.
u-oh big word .. erm no.
Tag = day. We usually say Good day and mean the whole day. We're not too bothered about afternoons
But then you have to say tschüssi when you leave.
Ah got you :)
Would you say it?
Actually Hallihallo yes. Especially when you come home and try to find out if anybody is home. Tschüssi not so much, but tschüß is very common. I have problems pronouncing in properly so I usually say ciao (I'm from the south so close enough to Italy to get away with that)
morning gang. Had an odd dream last night from what i remember, mika hakkinen signed for usf1 and got disqualified for impersonating heikki.. Im sure there was more but i cant for the life of me picture it...
But you would say Hallihallo rather than just Hallo. My German friends seem to go that way for that, but of course they are from the German / French border side and also they know that us English are around so it's a bit different.
Sounds like a fun dream though.
it was great! Hot air balloons were in there somewhere too.. There needs to be a dream recording device to help watch back on their nonsensical silliness! #mfc
that dream sounds AWESOME
No, hallo is the default :) Sometimes hi.
Guten Tag/Morgen/Abend are formal greetings and in my region you say Grüß Gott.
In children programs you may hear: Hallihallohallöchen
Since I'm abroad I've started to like German more and more. It may not sound all that pleasant to foreigners but it's a nice language.
I like German quite a lot, but I find it much harder to understand than Italian.
I don't know much of either. But if somebody says something in context it easier in Italian for me.
i love the german language, i wish i had kept doing it because i loved it at school. Highest mark i ever got in an exam was 99.7% in my 5th form german exam :D
Morning everybody
Wow, I never managed marks like this in any subject and almost had to repeat a year because of German (and Physics). I can link you to a few German F1 sites, so you can practise again :)
Morning
Just watching back the post race forum... Odd to see people suggesting that Rubens is bound to go well in Brazil. I thought it was well known that Rubens never does well in Brazil. It's Massa who does well.
Has James switched his blog's feed nack to the shortened version?
sadly that mark shows i peaked at 15. Or, i went down the wrong academic path and chose the wrong subjects for my next 6 years of study :D i am focusing on spanish at the moment but i plan to go back to german one day!
Ruben's results:
Gearbox (12), 4th, Gearbox (12), Spun off (4), Suspension (18), Gearbox (12), Engine (3), Hydraulics (8), Collision (7), Hydraulics (1), Out of fuel (1), 3rd, 6th, 7h, Engine (13), 15th
David's memory is starting to slip
i will cry if that luck befalls him again. He must win at home!
#MFC
(I know it's football but there you go)
An upcoming England football match will be the very first one to be streamed exclusively live on the internet. No TV channel in the UK will have it!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/8286886.stm
I don't think it's done yet. We were sort of busy.
bit of a rip off £4.99 to watch a likely england win
Kimi news: His manager said they are going to decide within the next 2-3 weeks. MTV3 think Red Bull may be their favourite choice because it may include a redbull sponsored Citroën to take part in a few rallies.
I'm in Helsinki next weekend maybe I should plaster Kimi's garden with pictures of him winning with McLaren.
FYI - Nico has talked to news while in Hong Kong last week, found a video on local news portal. it is behind the paywall but they allow to embed :-) (plug)
Nico on Piquet, future and crash with Hamilton in Macau
Do it!!!!!
in that case lawyers would be busy again drafting contract release for one of the red bull drivers. both are signed up for 2010 ...
Totally understand! So instead I had to watch the far less good Forum on the BBC.
Well if they did it for Kimi...
... they can do it for Mark too :-)
Haha. I think in this instance, the forum was probably better. Mr C had imbibed two cans of Red Bull, and we had forgotten every single fact ever.
Sounds like that would work well ;)
yes red bull would not be one i would predict since their drivers were locked in ages ago. Go to mclaren kimi,(To steal a quote from happy gilmore) ITS YOUR HOME.
Maybe it is just about a rally drive.
James Roberts tweeted this last weekend: Just spotted Red Bull supremo Helmut Marko in deep conversation with Kimi and his manager in the Ferrari motorhome...
I really cant see it, unless something has happened to Mark
kimi is not allowed to rally next year i wont let him. I need at least one more year and he needs to announce his intention to retire early in the season so i have time to mentally prepare
Kimi spoke to DC over the weekend and DC didn't think he would be going to a rally drive. He thought there was unfinished business in F1.
good. I like dc all of a sudden. He retired right, gave us plenty of time to get used to the idea. Which was easy for me, i was not a fan
Do you think that if Rubens does not get the championship this year he will retire? This car has got to be his only change surely?
Gosh... I've just seen an example of even more rediculous sunglasses use than in F1
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8289962.stm
If somebody isn't sporting this look by Brazil then how is F1 to keep up its claim of total dominance of pushing the envelope of sunglasses use?
another Red Bull person :( Go talk to (insert person who will talk positively about McLaren here) Kimi!
Rubens will be at Williams next year, I am sure.
but will it be a championship winning car?, with Nico likely to go the other way, probably not
The thing to remember about Kimi's manager is that Kimi's manager is the absolute best in the business. Bar none.
He is absolutely making it clear to everyone and everyone that Kimi has several different options for next year.
Imagine the conversation...
McLaren say they'll take Kimi.
Kimi's Manager asks what will you do with Kovi?
Kovi will go to Renault we think.
Kimi's Manager says, ah yes that seat at Renault, we might be going there.
McLaren puts more money on the table
Things seem settled, a contract is almost ready. McLaren have stopped talking to Rosberg, he's gone to Brawn.
Now there is no other option but Kimi.
Kimi's manager arrives...
McLaren say, "oh we should really get this contract signed"
How would you feel, Kimi's manager says, about Kimi racing with Red Bull rallying for a couple of races next year alongside the F1 program?
McLaren say, "no way"
Kimi's Manager says, "we were talking to red bull and they would be fine with it"
"You're talking to Red Bull?"
"Yes, because of the Rally Kimi wants to do alongside the F1"
"We don't want him to go rallying alongside."
"Oh you'd have to pay him not to".
etc
:-)
:)
I still don't understand why Button got rid of them. They used to be his mangers, no?
Was that when he was at Williams?
Did Button have to have Flav manage him when he was at Renault?
Yes, I'm not sure if they were his official managers or just some sort of consultant. Maybe it had to do with Jens going to Benetton and with that into Flavio's clutches
According to Wikipedia it says, "after leading Jenson to F1 they took on Kimi"...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Robertson
Which might make that consultant idea make sense.
Another Formula One driver making the leap to NASCAR http://blog.al.com/blogoftomorrow/2009/10/another_formula_one_driver_mak.html
I have rocked the 'sunglasses over glasses' look before because I need 'corrective lenses' to drive so tend to wear contacts in summer but one day I got caught out by extreme glare! I was really hoping no police would stop me and see how ridiculous I looked.
Piquet always liked driving round and round in circles.
haha
driving or spinning (in circle of diameter more less the length of his car) ?
I just ate a bag of maltesers and now I wish I had bought 2 :(
Ahhh thanks for sharing, thats sounds awesome!
If I was Malt Eser I would make bigger bags. I should suggest this to Mr Eser next time I see him.
Wow I want a big bag of Choc now!
From what I remember, Jenson dropped them because he felt that the Robertsons got Kimi a better deal with McLaren, and he felt he could've gotten that kind of money with Renault too. Or something like that.
So, how's everyone? :)
I thought they ended their arrangement even before Kimi came into F1
NTB you?
Morning all,
Sleepy Jon reporting for service
Marning
I am counting down the days til I go home because I just managed to arrange a dinner with a friend and oooh I'm excited about my Johnny Cash Stash and the artery damage it will do.
Really? I was thinking it ended after Kimi got into F1 already. May be wrong, though.
11-12 i have a Event Marketing Lecture but....
1-3 i have "Blogging workshop"
ehehehehe
No not really. I'm just trying to rememb half-facts I've read about 8 years ago. Google tells me you are right about the timing (don't know about the reason)
You find artery damage appetizing? :P
I do when its as tasty as that dish. I also have a pancake date at my favourite breakfast place. Ohhh the food I will be eating.
Piquet: No one has been punished more than I have http://www.planet-f1.com/story/0,18954,3213_5608705,00.html
Feel the calories... :P
Au contraire, Monsieur Piquet...
tasty, tasty calories.
Has anyone mentioned this yet?
It's a BBC slideshow of the Japanese Grand Prix - has some cool pics too :D
not mentioned it but yeah they look cool
i would agree but also disagree....but i shall revoke my disagree if he gets back into F1
its never going to happen, ever
exactly, so although he hasnt been 'punished' he has still been 'punished'
well yeah
The fact that he is testing a Nascar Truck thingy (which is as far removed from F1 as I can think of) shows that nobody wants him. Good. I am glad for it.
wait a sec, i meant revoke my agree...i think
Ah Gavin since you are here. What I forgot yesterday to add to your comment is that you can't use average scores for things like that. If I use average scores my point total should be 13206 but it isn't which reflects you have to change your drivers from race to race. This season is far too up and down to get anywhere with the averages. Maybe :)
Exactly - the average is an indicator only and not a true indicator of the points scored race by race.
As each race has a different amount of laps, the scores for each race would be different. I was trying to use that example of the fact that you would not get a ratio of 1,5 as expected - but then you rigthly pointed out that Suzuka did not have enough laps to achieve this.
What I am trying to show with the averages is, that if you pick a certain driver, where would he rank in terms of points? If you combine that with my PPM graph you can see that while Hamilton scores quite well, he has been too expensive so his PPM is quite low.
Neither of our methods are perfect and it also depends how people pick their drivers. I suspect we may be the only ones looking at the stats rather than the last few races...
Further to my taping every race this season, I have had some thought, What if we were to re watch the races together 1 a week in the off season, we all may see something we missed, Only problem is the comm
That's what I'm trying to say: I'm not looking at the stats. I only look at the last race if at all.
I see we have another Twittererer in the paddock. http://twitter.com/NobleF1/status/4621215308
anyone going to be watching the chicago bulls v the jazz on tues night? on the red button?
#MFC 'Full' Flash is coming to smartphones ... guess who isn't playing along nicely? :(
What a shock that Apple are refusing to comment. the iPhone/Touch desperatly needs proper Flash on the device, for things like Justin.tv and the like
And that's exactly why it won't happen.
They want to control the iPhone experience and be able to approve applications. If you had flash on there you could make an application that ran without needing the store.
it's gonna be okay. akamai last week announced support for http live streaming (e.g. non-flash) and it'll stream to safari/firefox/iphone/android without need for plugins such as flash.
you won't be surprised to hear that snowleopard desktop and server both support the protocol. it's as if apple have something against adobe.
Just one of the many reasons why I will Never buy and iPhone, I would rather stick to my Archos thank you very much
Indeed. It's one of a number of flaws that are starting to add up. I have an iPod touch and I can say that it's the first device I have owned that has gotten worse with every patch since I owned it...
yay!
Just about to settle down to a deathmatch on GTAIV for PS3 add me if you want SLVAaron
how the heck have they managed that?
i may have to tune in, just because.
Oh noes. My interview people want to move it to this afternoon. I haven't managed to buy sensible clothes yet. Boooo!
tell them you have another interview.
your having an interview good luck!
then ask politely what other time they can do this. you're on the list for a reason - they'll be (a little) flexible.
I'm not job hunting. It's with my current employer. I want a promotion!
i think it's more than that though. imho flash is probably the most widly used proprietary format on the web. if microsoft had developed it, we'd be calling it evil. it's a closed box and no-one but adobe gets to look inside, nor does anyone else get to shape its future direction or build competitive products based on its format.
the net result is that flash is clunky and slow. have you ever watched your processor usage rocket when watching a high quality flash video? i sometimes have to double my volume to hear audio over the fans that kick in.
i can't see why people who call for a more open iphone, suggest apple open up by enabling this closed and 'evil' platform into the mix?
flash locks everybody else out. i believe it to be a nasty piece of work. we use it because we have to, but i'd like to think in 12 months time, we won't have to anymore.
Is that why my computer runs slow during a Grand Prix when I have 3 video windows open?
aah. you could still them that you have another interview.... Good luck but internal promotions are more dependent (i would think) on what you've done there and what you'll do in the future. first impressions are already dealt with. that being said, you should look a bit spiffy if you can ;) I prefer to take jobs in other countries so i don't have to deal with face to face impressions. bocca al lupo ;)
Held og lykke then ;)
it certainly won't help :)
I'm not sure they'd like that :P Please put your time and resources into me. I'm committed to your company. Honest gov :P
Oh. I just thought Evel Knievel was on his last legs. Missus says I can have a new one in January ;)
you name your computers too?
Eh? no, I don't name anything. Just thought it up right now. FYI, I haven't cleaned it lately ;)
:) Do you know who the interview panel is? Do your homework. Find out how long they've been there for. There will probably be a person who has no idea what you do so you might have to explain it to them. I've had some interesting "3rd person"s over the years - it must be fun to test an applicant's communication skills.
it's human to do so.
It's my regional manager and the hr manager from my company. I've met them before. Tbh I wish I hadn't. I can be a bit of a stress head, I'm trying to project calm and responsible :P
Woo-sah!
but you know who they are - that's a good thing, at least i think so. Maybe they moved the time to say how you cope with unexpected changes? when is the "little chat"?
THIS AFTERNOON!!!!!
:O
i knew that. how many minutes to keep you calm do we have?
HTML5 to the rescue!
Hence the nudity problem...
I don't. But I have decided that the first device I name will be called Matilda. I don't know what device will be called this though?
It's at 3 o'clock. I'll need to leave in about an hour and a half.
which i believe is what steve said when he announced the iphone in the first place :)
inflatable kangaroo? that's a commonwealth games reference to 1982(?) held in australia.
matilda.
question mark fail.
matilda?
that's enough time for an emergency shop isn't it? phone calls to friends?
Absolutely. However you never really can trust anything Steve says. I mean he was right that nobody actually wanted a FM radio on their nano but that hasn't stopped them putting one in there.
I have to say that online GTAIV is a pretty good online racer
true. and you will see flash on the iphone... once it's become obsolete.
i don't get it either.
Yeah, I don't know why, but the name just popped right in there.
What manner of device would that be? A wireless router? A cordless telephone? Not sure.
my mac is called mbp. i think christine's might be called mini. we may not be the best people to answer that.
also have an ipod called: iTouch
#classified
Errr welcome to Cumbria, where an emergency solution arrives by tractor..... I'll be okay. I managed to find an acceptable pair of trousers.
My server is called AKServer. My routers are called AlKat and KatAl. And my macbook is called MacBook. I think that's it.
I know a lady with a suit in Penrith and another in Carlisle. But it may be difficult to explain to them the situation ;)
not really. should just be a "Look. Don't ask but I need...."
The problem Scott is that this would require me, as a middleman to get into the complicated issue of Lady Dress Sizes. These are arbitrary made up numbers that nobody agrees on.
Yeah that's a delicate issue. I also found a tweedy jacket. I almost look presentable. I'm going to wash my hair and I'll be sorted....
awesome.
Important safety tip: It's best not to be wearing said clothes while the showering takes place.
Thanks Alex. Saved me from a soggy fate there.
fair point. if you shop in italy the sizes are smaller by the way - a large in america is probably a medium here.
next sidepod radio - alex can do a fashion show.
No. That's the wrong way round. I'd take a small or a medium here but on the continent it's like medium to large.
Here's an example from the archives. Page 22 takes a shower:
http://drop.io/meandpage22/asset/photo-3
have I mentioned Click To Flash? It doesn't solve the problem but I love what it does for me. http://blog.cocoia.com/2009/exit-flash/
PS. I think we say something about battery life every time Flash is mentioned.
PPS. Thanks for continually saying things better than I could have.
Is Amy around?
i'm wrong? first time ever ;) yeah i stuffed up that. can't wait until i get to work with feet and inches and miles and stupid imperials....
nothing to do that day?
What do you mean? I wasn't there... I'm not a voyeur ;)
I miss Page 22.
Continental sizing is depressing. I take a size 10ish here, I'm not sure what daft country that becomes a large....
I was just thinking that... Page 22 hasn't been around for a while... Luckily I always keep a copy nearby!
But even shops can't agree. It's maddening for me and I don't even have to wear the things. I just have to stand there holding all of the other versions.
Message for Bassano 'cos I'm not here and may not be about later:
Thanks, I got your DM about the ticket! Give me a nudge when you get the final figure.
Page 22 is minding the cap
http://drop.io/meandpage22/asset/picture-19-jpg
I'm tall and have an italian jacket that is XXL and it fits me comfortably. crazy weird. globalisation of sizes would be a good thing.
Hehehehe! Yay!
Hello Christine, you enjoying your new home?
That did take slightly too many hands.
Hello
At home today with some contagion. Doc can't see me till Wednesday
Hi. Not really enjoying it yet, it's all still a bit crazy. But, they say a change is as good as a rest, so, I must be well rested :)
But there must be much bigger people in the country, that's the bit that baffles me. I'm not a big person, how do people bigger than me buy clothes?
Gotcha
I assure you, I'm not an XXL in any other country. I'm more a medium or a large because of my height. so I'm really thinking the same thing as you. let's all just go metric and stock clothes by waist/bust/head measurements (different outfits obviously).
Oh noes. I'm starting to get all nervous now :(
Don't be... You need to be less nnngggg and more Arrrgh!
At least I'm not soggy!
ooh, i like that.
:D
Rightio, time to get ready time. I hate stupid interviews. At least it means I don't have to work this afternoon though.
Good luck Alison
Good luck!
I'm almost tempted to phone them and tell them I don't want it. I get that nervous.
Raikkonen: A winning team or nothing http://www.planet-f1.com/story/0,18954,3213_5609054,00.html
Aren't they a bit GMM?
a skoch
Er?
Noooo!!!!
You'll be great...
Alison's checklist
Acceptable Trousers - Check
Tweedy Jacket - Check
Not being soggy - Check
Support of a thriving online community - Check
It's in the bag :)
Nevermind
Alex and I will be cheering from the comments
Gimme an 'A'....
A
What do we want?
Promotion! :)
...
..
..
I've forgotten! :D
When do we want it?
While I'm asleep? Bye!
At their convenience, thanks
See ya Jeremy
Bye
Grrr Bad morning... Abu Dhabi virtually sold out... considering paying £470 for tickets... I must be mad.
Am about to watch the Moto GP from yesterday
I'll be cheering when my throat allows
Save it for Spa! ;)
Its looking more and more like a choice between the two :(
Which is proving to be a very difficult decision....
ha. we were talking about this earlier: http://newteevee.com/2009/10/04/adobe-to-finally-support-http-streaming/
"Adobe plans to announce Monday that the Flash platform will include HTTP streaming. The move brings the online video leader up to speed with the rest of the video market, including Microsoft and Apple."
presumably this is response akamai's announcement last week. either way, it adobe trying to keep up with microsoft and apple when it comes to video streaming. hopefully, it'll be too little too late.
Jenson Button remains upbeat as pressure mounts http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/formula_1/article6861772.ece#cid=OTC-RSS&attr=796995
As someone who regularly has to suffer silverlight, it would be hard for them not to be better than microsoft.
if you're still here, now I am!
Interesting differing opinions around this week:
The Times: "All Jenson Button has got to do is finish fifth in Brazil and he will be champion."
AUTOSPORT: "Button needs to finish in fourth position in Brazil to secure his first title"
Maverick: Button needs 6 points and therefore third place in Brazil to be champion regardless of where everyone else finishes.
Any advance on third?
Sweet service that lets you look back to your very first tweets:
http://www.mytweet16.com/
very cool. but... shouldn't twitter make it easy for you to do that????
Kathi's silly question of the day: How do I (re)install Windows XP on my netbook? I have the CD just no CD drive.
Maverick's silly answer of the day: Find a CD drive
RB needs to score 4 points more than him to keep the championship alive
Vettel must score 6 more than him.
:)
if he's the only man who finishes in brazil, i'm pretty sure he'll be champion.
Button only needs 4 points no?
:P
Not good enough, would tie on points and countback would eliminate them.
If Rubens and Button tie then Jenson has won
Way to go out on a limb there, Mr. C!
use a flash drive?
i have no idea? good question.
yes. go on
So I think he only needs to be 5th?
True...
Rubens needs to score 5 points more than Button To keerp the Chapionship Alive
Sebastian needs to score 7 more ponts.
Button has 85 points
Barrichello has 71 points
If Barrichello won both remaining races he'd have 91 points.
Button needs 6 points to match that
Isn't Ed Gorman on the naughty list?
Thats an unikly scenario, easier to think of it in terms of what people need to do to stop him winning i think.
You're right... Of course... ummm... panic... Rubens never scores points in Brazil that's why my maths works ;)
Naughty List?
True, but Ed Gorman and Autosport started it
But it is what Jenson needs to do to guarantee his win.
You need a USB CD drive or you have to make a bootable USB pendrive (USB stick). You also need to change the order of booting of the CMOS so these boot before your hard-drive boot-up.
Kathi... Do you have any machine that has a cd drive?
Installing from the USB is really really really slow... It's faster if you can copy the install files somehow to the machine and run the installer from there.
How do I do this? Do I just copy everything that is on the cd and run an exe file?
He can be very inflammatory, nationalistic and a bit fast and loose with the facts isn't he?
run it as an .iso?
Right!!
my objection is he used to be really good, and then he got really lazy.
everything he does these days appears to be a bit half-arsed.
Never installed Windows from a USB stick but do routinely install Linux flavours from a USB stick and it is much quicker than from a CD drive.
You need to boot from the disk you have created either a partition on the hard disk or the usb... And then you run winnt
I guess the important thing to check is if your machine will allow you to boot from a usb
it does. My problem is how to make the usb bootable
I haven't tried this method... But it looks like a pretty good walk through: http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-10878_11-6160062.html
If you've got a problem, forget anywhere else, come to Sidepodcast! ;)
Could that be the second slogan, after F1 for all, All for F1?
always looking for more... http://sidepodcast.com/playground/subtitles.php
Here is an alternate if need one: http://www.eeeguides.com/2007/11/installing-windows-xp-from-usb-thumb.html
has we discussed paddocklife yet?
"Kimi Raikkonen who, several times over the weekend, in the wake of his Ferrari contract being terminated, chose to use McLaren's garage to cut through to the pitlane - rather than going next door and using his own!"
http://www.autosport.com/news/grapevine.php/id/79281
<3
I think as twitter might put it, "this service is temporarily unavailable until google buy us".
I feel like my first 16 are more interesting than my last 16.
everything they do, or rather don't do, makes me more irritated :)
techcrunch article on accessing bbc f1 coverage from overseas (mostly):
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/10/05/internet-anonymizer-web-surf-vpn-hulu-pandora-spotify/
I spy a picture of an F1 car. Way to make Bernie doubly mad!
hehe. good.
:)
did EJ invent C++?
If so... I *need* to hunt him down. Asap.
wassup lukeh?
Anyone know any event marketing related jokes?
Artificial Intelligence course for this year of uni. I thought last years C++ was bad.
This is x1 billion times harder C++. :(
ahh right.
dancer.
Our AI course used LISP. Be thankful you're not using that.
That's quite a specific thing!
A made up one...
Why have you got all of the really large posters for the event in your bedroom?
I was just hoarding them.
While I can understand why McLaren would be interested in Kimi, I am really not sure it is a wise option for Kimi. There will be some preferential support for Lewis no matter who the second driver is. He is a world champion within the team that found and built him. For Kimi to keep his reputation he has to be better than his team mate. Kimi has to convince himslef that his driving is sufficiently better to compensate for the Lewis halo effect. Being a clear number one carries enormous advantage, so a better option could be Toyota. Its a guaranteed number 1 status so if you do not produce the goods you can attempt to blame the team. McLaren a high risk that you sink your reputation, Toyota could produce s winning car and your reputation could go higher still.
Using LISP for AI... That's quite common.
Alex Andronov - Terrible jokes for every occasion.
:P
I wouldn't say ... "terrible"... I'd say... "for a VERY small audience" :)
I am definitely not in that audience :D *didn't get it*
from Wikipedia:
i had to look up words to get that joke....
...
i got this email from my lecturer...
"Just trying to get an idea of how many people have forwarded their email. If you have please respond with the funniest joke you ever heard"
Do you reckon she'll understand if i put
"the biggest joke ever? yuji ide in f1"
?
Bill Hicks:
Anyone here in Marketing?
Kill yourself
No, seriously. Kill yourself
:)
:D
ahhhhh I get it now. :D
You only need to understand one thing about LISP, and that's what LISP stands for: Lots of Idiotic Stupid Parentheses
(Of course, that's not really what it stands for, but it is still true)
an alternative article for making a USB drive
http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-10878_11-6160062.html
When people ask me what my favourite joke is I always go for this one... Even though the "Worlds Leading Expert on Wasps and the sounds that they make" may well be my actual favourite it is a tad... long.
Why did the chicken cross the playground?
To get to the other side.
There's the flaw in your theory :)
that was quite an awesome joke though.
she emailed back saying she didnt get my joke....im now going to have to explain it...booo
That was the one I linked to!
Wasn't it The Road?
Oh I totally messed that up with a typo - whooops:
Why did the chicken cross the playground?
To get to the other slide.
Computer woes update: I gave up. The reason I wanted to do it is that my notebook developed some nasty noises coming from the ventilation (under heavy load) and to send it in I would have to revert it to factory settings.
I decided now the noise isn't so bad and it can wait a bit longer.
You told us your most favourite joke in the world... and you got it wrong!
Story.Of.My.Life. ;)
Thank you Alex and Rich. I've bookmarked the sites and try again when I*m in a better mood.
I like
How many feminists does it take to change a lightbulb?
But the answer is not repeatable, google if you must
hoover?
Can of air?
A - One.
Q - How many psychics does it take to change a light bulb?
Nope
It was a different joke...
ahh, lordy!
What's red & invisible
.
.
.
No tomatoes
You've made me realise that every single joke I can remember is not repeatable on a family safe site.
Whats Green, Brown and Grey?
.
An elephant in a tree
Yours gets points for being family friendly :)
I am Trulli sorry.
tried that. It sounds as if something is loose
you must leave now ;)
yours gets removed for not being... ;)
Your Laptop should have come with recover Windows OS (unless it is a Lenovo). I think the easiest is still to borrow a USB cd-drive. I mostly use a netbook and bought a very cheap LiteON DVD writer and it really is a worthwhile investment. If the noise is not too bad it probably can be ignored. One of the reasons I got an MSI Wind netbook is because it has particularly generous ventilation and recovery disk. Of course I use Linux but I can restore Windows if needed to go in for repairs.
Fan motor or mechanism maybe
Honestly I'm off...
...and you thought something just smelled bad.
Yo don't like tomatoes? ;)
wow. we got ours because it was the first one we saw.
Can Giggles fix it so the weather forecast isn't for rain/showers for the next 5 days in a row? I have so much washing to get dry before I go away :(
Didn't you consult Leo or Walt Mosberg first?
ooh, bbc lights and stuff: http://twitpic.com/kdavk
Where are you off to Amy?
hooooome.
You just need a megablastic dryer... It's all on the wiki
http://wiki.sidepodcast.com/page/Guide+to+Hanging+Laundry
The flaw I assume is Toyota's ability to build a winning car - take the last two races (on utterly different tracks) and they have scored more points per car than any other team!
Toyota have convinced (themselves at least) they have a winning car,just not winning drivers. I am slightly sceptical of this as I think Timo is very good and Jarno - until Flavio messed him around was quicker than the young Alonso.
It is a Wind, well sort of.
Amy do you have a second for a quick skype chat?
I am having skype issues because the built in microphone doesn't work on my new computer doesn't work and my flatmate has my headset :( I can do text though! (how retro)
Nice. Enjoy
Screwdrivers and a can of WD40 at the ready (other mechanical lubricants are available)
You mean a netbook or MSI Wind - they are also very light (<1KG) without a price premium - I also forgot to say one of the cheapest netbooks. We have now purchased lots of them without issue. There is nothing wrong with Asus EEE. Lenovo is OK but not as good (2USB and 575 horizontal resolution are a really nuisance) we have one of those as well - also rather heavy.
I am so excited :D I didn't realise how much I missed my mum and dad until it got to it only being a week before I get to see them again :D
Not to mention being around people who don't speak funny
Err, scrub that. ;)
:D
should I tell you that Kathi is talking me into camping? Not sleeping on the ground I want to die camping but slightly more comfy luxury camping :D
Hello my interview was very short. I think that's a good sign!
well done!
Don't fall for it! Camping is dangerous!
Coolios. This suits me perfectly. I'm bringing my tent anyways for later on in the holiday so I'll merrily set up on the same campsite as other people.
Concerning this: http://www.campingspador.be/ardens/offers/formula_one_weekend/
Would anybody be interested in sharing a mobile home (6 people) or one of the big tents (5 people)
but they have proper beds! And kitchens with fridges! And wifi! And not stupidly outrageous hotel prices!
there is a toilet and a kitchenette
Yup absolutely. I'm happy to share either or set my own tent up on site.
and a restaurant and a bar
Oh. That doesn't sound like camping at all.
I both hate and love camping. It's weird. I HATE the idea of it before we get there. But when we get going I love it.
thats how I got talked around.
This aspect is normal when camping. Even campsites that are just a field and a toilet block have a bar!!!
ahh shows how long its been since I last went, I was well under drinking age :)
The only issue I'd have with F1 camping is drunk noisy Germans ;) but being F1 I'll have earplugs and I'll be OK :D
I'm back... only briefly... because I just realised I missed a plugging opertunity and it's been playing on my mind ever since...
For those who like terrible jokes (and a panda does get a mention)...
I have a blog post for that: http://www.gamboling.co.uk/2007/04/is-this-some-kind-of-joke.html
Hurray!
Living in a halls of residence i can now sleep with ear defenders on....
so if you bring your boy, then me, then Kathi, that's almost enough already :D
Just vomit on their patches. They'll soon move along....
Yeah. Happy day. We're not attached at the hip if a more girl home/boy home suits people more.
Just called the site: Both tents and mobile homes are still available. The site is 8-9 km of the track. This year hey had a shuttle bus and it will proabably available again next year. Otherwise there are taxis.
I prefer mobile home myself, wooo ceilings! and our own toilet!
I also asked about noisy Germans. She said it depends on the year. Let's hope Vettel and Rosber are rubbish next year
it is. it's only marginally better. who's turn is to empty the toilet?
don't fall for it, you need aircon.
:D
I don't care either way.
Oh deary me.
pssh Spa is always cold ;)
Em, its only Belgium right?
Hi everybody.
Old camping rule: You're only allowed to go inside during the night otherwise you go to the public toilet on the camping site and if you pay they clean it for you at the end
I'm not falling for it, don't panic. I am a proper diva now who can only stay in something built of bricks or other equivalent sturdy and draft-proof material.
plus, we need power and generators are really noisy.
phew.
I thought that too until I saw the hotel prices :(
And we don't want to be near whatever Alison is doing to the Germans ;)
Errr Mr C you get power on campsites.
I also asked about internet: She doesn't think it's good enough to stream podcasts
I am not here
I am sure Kathi is not that noisy
hehe :)
you've thought of everything to ask. I think Kathi is my new favourite.
I can't afford to take two weeks off work and Sidepodcast sick afterwards. If a hotel isn't feasible, I ain't going.
HAH! Depends how Kimi is doing. I might be ranting over the whole weekend
You are welcome to hijack my favourites list :)
Sick?
Silverstone 2008 tried to kill me.
fair enough. If I was just doing Spa I'd pay whatever it costs but when I have another 3-4 weeks of travelling ahead of me, I need to budget better :( And look at the happy Europeans!
motor homes are almost like hotels just cheaper. I survived 10 years of holidays in them
YAY!
I'd say motorhome is ideal for us! I'm all excitable now. I shall ask the boy, I'm sure he won't care though.
We left the country with nothing but bicycles and what we could carry on the racks. We're easy to please.
Hehe, they do look thrilled!
Just wait until the Tornado comes...
I am excitable too which is not good because its 2.30am and I was thinking about sleep and now I'm all YAY SOMEWHERE TO SLEEP AT SPA *BOUNCE*
I really hope I get this stupid promotion. Then I might stand half a chance of paying for all this ;)
the camping site has a swimming pool *is helpful*
first we book, then we worry about cash ;)
Oooooh exercise?? Cool.
or, fun :D
Yeah I'm still looking for my proper credit card rather than my kiddie one :P
How many nights do we stay? Thursday to Sunday or Monday?
I plan on heading back to Brussels on Monday morning
Did somebody mention Idlewild here the other day (Bassano)
Does everyone in the world just read Sidepodcast now? I just got offered a spare ticket to go and see them on Friday next week! Woo, and to a certain extent, Hoo!
The camping site also has some proper rooms: http://www.campingspador.be/ardennen/nederlands/groepen/
But I can't find the information in English.
http://www.campingspador.be/images/stories/camping_accomodatie.jpg
"Three days in solatary for you" ;)
heheh yeah the mobile homes look much nicer!
Hello again, back home from terror lecture. :)
that's not a room. this is a room:
http://www.radissonblu.com/cs/BlobServer/radisson.jsp?blobkey=id&blobtable=ImageFile&blobcol=urlpicture&blobheader=image/jpeg&blobwhere=1165588563073&rendermode=live
Heikki lecture? :D
Honda really put you off camping forever didnt they
does that cost €95 per night for four person?
ah yes, Heikki lecturer! I must see if it recorded ok.
never.ever.again.
Someone i know had "hokey-kokey" in their facebook status..it took me a while to realise they weren't talking about Heikki....
we have a whole year to save up.
Booooo. I have other things to save for too :(
Monza? Melbourne? Come to three races with me! ;)
Awww my phone recorded it really badly :( tis indistinguishable
#sorryamy
Mr C, i sended you an email. Hope you gots it
i did, cheers jon.
it was 3am when i saw it though, will sort this evening. many thanks.
thats OK, at least you tried :D
no rush, use what you want from it, etc etc
we have a polish guy on our course who sounds like Kubica, i win ;)
Hehehe you might not be so keen if you met me :P
heheh I could say the same :D
Evening all, Doesnt look like i am going to abu dhabi :(
That sounds like a good Idea...
Btw I'm reserving the upper bunk bed for myself ;)
Drunk Germans are great to drink with though...
thats OK, I like lower ones :D (I think you should book, the interest is there ;) )
You are probably more likely to get sick in a cheap hotel than in your own tent...
Jon mentioned them, via his brother
I was saying how it was the original name for JFK airport
The band were pretty good also
Thats crazy... Lower bunks are way better :D
Amy, I did as much as I could to make him hearable! You can hear it at times but it doesn't give off his finnishness as much in this recording :( You'll probably need headphones to hear the heikki lecturer...
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/heikkilect-mp3
From Thursday for 4 nights, I'd imagine
Unless folk want to get to the track early on Friday
Ahhh... Scene of the Idlewild heist, the key turning point in Goodfellas.
*Lufthansa Heist.
Yas Marina man (obviously invented by EJ) talks about the circuit with pretty renderings. http://www.gulfnews.com/gntv/videos/10354670.html
I am just reading up on it to hurt myself...
Some of them aren't excessive when pairing up
I did already :) I need the full name and birthdates of everyone wanting to room in motor home 1 sometime in the future and also if you need sheets/towels or a cradle :)
eheh I want one! My lecturers were not Heikki like :(
Camping is awesome fun though. Really sociable!
Cradle?
oh a cradle is a must have ;)
Well....
hehe
I didn't like what I found and I do like the motorhome prices plus the ease of getting to the circuit :D
Is it for babies or drunk people who may be at risk of rolling out of bed?
I knew it! :P
How many spaces are there? It sounds like a great Idea...
I am so over my mourning for AD ;)
I'm sure I'll have been able to convince you by next summer....
No matter how sloshed I've been, I've never fallen out of bed :)
one room with a double and one room with a bunk bed and two singles. But we can rent a tent to if there are enough people and distribute according to preferences
Me neither but i have been kicked out (literally) by a drunk person
I've only fallen out of bed once and I wasn't even drunk
Asuming we fill all the spaces how much will it cost each?
And how much is WiFi? ;)
I must thank you for your email that I read a hundred times today and showed to everyone I work with. There's no backing out now! I do feel slightly violated that I know your real name now though.
I dont understand why you want it to be born in New Zealand though?
Alex, Mr C& Christine:
I presume you are still favouring a hotel?
[As am I]
thats where the best people are born.
WiFi is €5 for 5 hours
Ive forgotten *goes to look it up*
Con my way into a visa?
You're in the Circle of Trust now girl, remember: I hold the tickets ;)
Na-uh! UAE FTW
3 Letters.... The're all Vowels...
And once you're out, it's impossible to get back in!
Tactical...
Yup for me. Sounded like it from Christine and Mr C earlier
it rhymes..
I am pretending like it never happened.
Cool
In for a penny ;)
Gosh, just thought that Amy has my address too now
That's like a second home for an Antipodean :)
She might try to steal your identity.
The accent is too tiring
When Kathi asked if she was around and she didn't answer earlier I assumed that was because she was flying over to live stream from your place.
:)
Amy can you bring one of these with you for general entertainment when we arent at the track?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8281382.stm
:D I have your address but not your bank account details, which are also important in this 'I owe you lots of money' thing :D
I'm home sick, I can peek from behind the curtains :)
See Bassano I told you so.....
I'm quite sure I won't be able to smuggle a kakapo out of the country sorry.
Which is also why I wanted your email address
Rough price is known, when CC bill arrives I can give you a proper figure
Err... maybe PayPal then :)
What if it was called Heikki?
yay! It's so wrong that I'm excited about paying but the way my brain works is the sooner I pay for something the more I enjoy it because by the time it comes around the payment is sooo far in the past it doesn't even count.
maybe a photo of one?
Exactly, it's a whole new financial and calendar year
Like spending money at the airport, it doesn't count!
Couldnt you pretend it was a hat?
I plan on doing plenty of this next Tuesday, I'm sure its the reason they make you check in 90 minutes before you leave.
wearing a McLaren cap :)
Oooh oooh oooh!!!!
I found my credit card. It's a happy day.
theres only 125 left in the whole world so I'm quite sure they'd notice if one went missing.
Amy, I presume you can arrange an international bank transfer?
No need for an express one, 5 - 10 days would be fine
I've done it to Oz before
Monkey Visa?
Mmmm mastercard
No, that's so they have time to lose your bags
Stupid Adobe!!! Stupid Adobe!!! Grrr!!!
Adobe Premiere's default export option is flv
Can you import flv files? No.
That is MADNESS!
yep thats easiest for me and it means you get the full amount unlike paypal or something :D
VisualHub will
hasn't happened to me yet! *touch wood*
I can convert it... But it doesn't make any sense if the product is a) made by adobe who b) make the flv file format and c) it actually by default saves to that format. It's just completely stupid product design!
Adobe FAIL
VisualHub has been discontinued. There's a replacement, FilmRedux, but it's still in Alpha, I think.
But it still works and is perfectly fine and available
who mentioned cheap?
Alcohol kills most of the dangerous germs
I thought one of the complaints about spa was there were no posh hotels near it so the paddock club types had to travel a long way to get there, or stay somewhere cheaper?
it's not a question of favouring. no hotel, no go.
Fair enough
Alex, are you up for sharing a room?
premiere sucks. use imovie.
you own imovie, you own a mac.
How drunk would you have to be, to be convinced your tent is a hotel ;)
ummm.... no.
not tent! A lovely
mobilehome.(no offence alex)
You answer for Alex and very few people have seen you together?
Hmmmmm :)
I forsee a 'married couple' room and a 'boys trip woooo' room :D
haha! i totally misread the question. i thought you asked if we'd share with alex.
as you were.
is katherine not coming then?
None taken!
I have a mobile home, my pocket
Oh, I see!
I don't think Bassano wanted to share with you..... :P
Yes... I just wanted to do one simple thing on this machine. And I couldn't believe how difficult it was!
I assumed not but maybe so
If that's the case, I'll find a room buddy at some point
i am well confused. it's all this talk of people wanting to sleep outside that's done it.
for the record. christine and i with find a hotel and sort our tickets out sometime in june/july. please, please stop asking us about it 2009.
it's not even the right year!!
assuming you're still single next year...
hence the problem of planning it now.
you have a mac for simple things and then you have a windows machine for working with the unenlightened city types.
I wouldn't be bringing a gf to Spa
Unless she's Belgian and originates from Froncorchamps
she's not coming
I am potentially up for sharing a room... If there are two beds (no offence)...
But I am terribly disorganised about organising anything now as you may have noticed.
we have ages to work on that. this time last year, would she have agreed to live stream DIY?
Naturally
That's fine, I can do that bit
because girls don't do f1?
Yes... But the mac is downstairs... See if I had a second mac that was upstairs then I'd be fine. Do you think Katherine would believe this argument considering the mac is a laptop?
Is this in the non-mobile home?
See... That's actually what I was thinking before... I think she might come... If we work on that bit :)
Too afraid of messing up the new haircut to actually walk downstairs? :)
...she might consider installing a dumb waiter?
:)
:)
Don't be silly
It's just unlikely to find someone who's
a) mad about F1
b) willing to pay £600+ for the weekend
c) have met them sometime soon
:D
aye, thats for the hotel crowd. (how quickly I was swayed)
or don't you like girls that are into f1?
:D
If I found an F1 loving gf then that'd be ace, no issues there
Ah cool, so you are in the boys trip wooo room?
We will have to behave!
Has somebody got Kimi's number. I'm on a roll here
nooo, I'm not doing hotel anymore!
you're booking tickets now, for an event that won't happen for nearly 11 months, and may even be cancelled... and you think i'm silly?
you haven't found him on skype?
Untill i found sidepodcast i thought they were an urban myth!
I sense a Kathi/Amy stand-off at the autograph queue ;)
Hehehe if I was in a new relationship, no way they'd be meeting you nutcases :P
Now i am very confused!
Is the hotel room near the campsite or is this all speculation?
Booked
It'll happen
:lol:
Do you think iceman19703 might be him?
I'm very sensible. I even have a t-shirt to prove it :P
most definitely. That reminds me, there are 2 Finn birthdays coming up next week, PARTY TIME.
And I have a whole, Orange Drill saga to explain!
I'm not sure I could rely on you to keep my pregnancy hush hush though....
Nope. I have no interest in autographs.
Whoa, I'm not gonna be there, so you don't have to worry about nutcases!
Are you really pregnant? or is this one of Nicks jokes?
Up close with Kimi though?
I don't think Amy's that bothered about just an autograph either
I was worried about kidnapping ;)
I like to lurk near autograph queues to get photos but the autographs themselves don't interest me.
You have to join the circle of trust for that answer Jon
I've just got in and
skimmedread all the comments :)Nutcases? how rude :P
Its a secret?
You better start leaving lots of fast food packaging around ;)
*censored*
I'm really not pregnant. I phrased something quite erm unfortunately the other day.
No. She's right
ah thought as much
interesting time to come back...how did the interview go?
I got this close, it was enough.
Several things :P
evening
Just changed my ISP, well signed up
Anyone notice if McLaren are doing over-sized hats yet?
Good lLord, I didn't realise just how crazy his hair has gone n 8 months or so...
I'm not a nutcase though. ;)
From & too?
You're in the wrong place then
From BT Total Broadband to Freeola
ahh that was 2008. Here, have a Rubens.
Indeed. I'm attempting something similar but I don't think I'll survive 8 months without wanting it all cut off :D
4am Amy? what time is work?
ohhhhhhhh.
AWESOME.
10.15
Good I think. It was quite short which I'm taking to be a good thing. I was invited to apply, I don't think it'd be that short because they're not interested.
I'm thinking you're younger than me ;)
Is that a syrup?
standing in that queue for 4 hours was so much fun simply because there was a whole bunch of Brazilians and they went nuts when he came out. Brazilian fans rule.
That sounds great! (agree with you). Alternatively, one of them wanted to go to the pub.
I've already had 4 hours sleep tonight, I only need 4 more and thats a whole nights worth :D (sleeping in two shifts: not healthy)
I have gone downstairs
I think Kramer tried something similar, with hilarious results...
The voice in your head was saying: Get the Mac?
best post ever.
Hehehe I don't think they'd waste everyone's time asking me to apply, hardly talking to me then telling me to go away. If they do, maybe I don't want to work there anymore!
hows the hair?
He must be readjusting
I am kind of annoyed, I fell asleep during Flashforward which I am quite enjoying. I did see it coming though so I set it to record, the problem is my harddrive is full of things I record then never make time to watch. Then during my awakeness Spa accommodation got sorted so being awake in the middle of the night = good. Now I go back to sleep.
Sweet dreams Amy
I have developed an addiction to this website... http://www.mentalfloss.com/
I didnt think i was a knowledge junkie, but i keep seeing links to articles i must read, which then leads me to see links to....
Its a vicious circle...
it sounds promising. good luck. when do you find out?
Night!
hehe goodnight. cya next time. i think i'm out of here. done radio for another night (you all listened right?) home time...
So you thought you'd share it?
Not sure. It's maternity cover so it's not hugely urgent. I'll need to recruit someone to do my current job though so within the next couple of weeks.
well meeblings caught on ;)
See ya Scott
well keep learning some italian in the meantime and best of british luck. a dopo.
Here we go:
http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/alexandkat-jpg
Sorry for the delay... Katherine arrived home
Interesting article title:
38 Facts on Frankenstein (Including the Aerosmith song it inspired and the reason the Munsters never got sued)
Thankyou. Night.
You'll be pleased to know I didn't go naked.
night
That would probably help, awfully distracting for the interviewers
heh I'm glad you said that too. It really isn't night time in Italy....
Well Buone Notte is appropriate since the afternoon has passed
Go where naked?
You should get some maternity wear ;)
Buona sera - good evening
Okay so Mac fans...
How do I download an mp4 from a website on a mac?
7:15... BED!
Kimi has the tendency to hide from me: http://drop.io/sidepodcast/asset/kimi-vaakuna02-mov
Ah yes
Of course
Is it a link or embedded?
embedded
GRRRRR
I said I was going to cover someone elses maternity!!
Downloadhelper plugin with FF?
That file is huge :D
I have gone for the old skool method of creating a webpage with a link in it.
Why would they ask you to do that, when.... Ya know ;)
Nick, let it go fella :)
I think it ran its course...
My hero?
My suit of armour's at the dry cleaners
I though he was bullying you!
Using VLC media player?
http://uneasysilence.com/archive/2005/04/2597/
yes. sorry
Bassano. Where could I get Visualhub from?
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/30028
Or use Handbrake, it's free
Cool thanks
It's open source repolacement is FilmRedux
http://apcmag.com/visualhub_gets_reborn_as_filmredux_goes_open_source.htm
I'm a forgiving person.
Did your tweed jacked come from the evil tweed man you were talking about the other week?
Hehehe your memory is good. Luckily no, not only is it not authentic Harris tweed, it's also nice and colourful which the evil man refused to make.
Real tweed smells a bit funny
So Steven Fry says anyway
Ah, poor evil man lost out on a sale.
Getting excited about Spa... I keep listening to that BBC track on spotify
Been reading through driver comments on the racing ... I like Kimi's comment on how he passed Nick.
"pass him at the pit stop, even though, coming away from my stop, I found myself in traffic behind Button"
sure it had nothing to do with Kimi having a 7-sec pitstop and Nick having a 10-sec pitstop due to the rear right wheel nut getting stuck.
I also do not believe Nico when he said he slowed down for the yellow flags and the yellow flag warning got hidden by the low fuel warning. If you use the same display you alternative with it flashing one and then the other message. The yellow flag is a safety issue therefore to have it not displayed for any reason should incur a stiff penalty (on safety grounds). Remember in the atrocious Japanese GP conditions of 2007 Luizzi lost his point for ignoring a yellow flag which he claimed he did not see (other penalties were subsequently waved because the conditions deemed so bad including Vettel rear-ending Webber) . Seems that this was political since they did not want Brawn to win the constructor's championship by imposing a penalty. That convenient safety car and not imposing a penalty gifted Nico at least two places.
He single handedly destroyed a whole island culture. I don't feel that sorry for him.
Down with evil tweed man then
Does anyone have an idea about the tyre rules for next year?
Specifically, will both compound types have to be used during a race?
Was thinking if it'll mean a one stop is more likely or not
With heavy fuel load at the beginning, tyre wear will be higher I'd imagine
I belive so, but the frontw might be narrower
Some might opt to 2 stop using the softs twice though, i gues it will depend on the circuit and how well the driver can manage the tyres
I heard that
Silly multi-compound rule
My understanding is they will still have the two tyre rule so there is always one stop. Being heavier will mean more wear on tyres and brakes (hence the teams wanting to change the specs for the brakes which Williams vetoed). This will probably reduce using a one stop strategy unless you are Timo driving a Toyota. Of course using KERS will help reduce brake pad wear which is why Williams did not want any rule change to the brakes. They will be using KERS next year for sure.
I don't understand it. What do they hope to achieve? Differentiation of performance so there's more overtaking?
In my experience, it just causes log jams.
It was supposed to throw an extra element into the fold but is of very little use practically
That was supposedly under discussion with FOTA at the weekend apparently
Hello all, regarding the tyres it's in the 2010 Sporting Regulations which are here. 25.4 d) says: "Unless he has used intermediate or wet-weather tyres during the race, each driver must use at least
one set of each specification of dry-weather tyres during the race."
Thanks Janna
Boo to the rules!
It's the first time I've looked up the Sporting Regulations and, as I was skimming through to find the right bit, I found them a lot more readable than I was expecting. They obviously were not written by the people who write standards where I work ;)
Yeah, I'd imagine yours are similar to the CAA & EASA regs that we have to deal with
I do not think Williams cares whether they AGAIN get kicked out of FOTA or not!
#sorrynick - the regulations also say the maximum number of races is 20, the minimum is 8
I agree. F1 does not need bigger brakes
It needs smaller brakes that last longer
And better KERS
8???
Thanks for the link Janna - always better to get first hand information rather than third-hand.
I thought that
Must be an old rule
All additions, no subtractions in that book :)
Good question, if you could only choose 8 tracks for an F1 season, what would they be?
In case of a very big economic melt down or race-fixing scandal!
Are there 8 non-tilke tracks?
Simply reduce to an absolute minimum any Tilke-designed tracks
Let me think.... Valencia, Turkey, Singapore... I'm not sure I'm going to need all 8.
Silverstone
Monaco
Spa
Suzuka
Albert Park
Brazil
Monza
The 8th can rotate or revive an historic track from disrepair
Reims
Reading through the F1 news and views (did not have Internet this weekend) I found this funny...
"In Friday's media conference, Toyota F1 president John Howett was not too impressed at the conspiracy theories.
German journalist Ralf Bach asked: "What is the illness of Timo. Is it Kobayashi fever?"
Howett swiftly responded: "I just won't answer. It is a stupid question and it doesn't deserve an answer."
By Saturday night, Glock probably wished he had stayed in bed for the whole weekend."
Well, Toyota would anyway
Only providing Tilke is not involved in its restoration in any capacity what so ever. Wonder if he could be banned from F1 like Flavio was?
Agreed on both counts
Bringing the sport into disrepute? Either that or just for being generally soul destroying....
Toro Rosso must have wished the same given the number of rebuilds their two steeds required for the weekend - Franz joked that Japan was always an expensive place to go to and this year proved to be no exception.
Better off with Bourdais.
Stand accused of being soul-destroying or simply having designed Valencia track.
When did the rules ever get in the way of making money ;)
I thought Hungary got that award
All of it?
Not as bad as Valencia!
Abu Dhabi (if it is good ;) )
No, just the race :)
Hungary has been pretty good of late
I think it will be no different to Singapore - gut feeling only though.
It isnt really a street track though, Its a track which parts of will be used as streets
Abu Dhabi update... may have a tiny possibility of getting tickets from Total
Is Singapore really on part street?
We only taked about Hungary so much this year because of Felipe's accident
It's dire
Singapore is all streets. Abu dhabi is a purpose built track which will used be as marina access roads
Tilke tracks don't get the benefit of the doubt, they have to prove themselves
#SidepodLaw
joe missed his plane today: http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2009/10/05/the-joys-of-f1-travel/
which means six blog posts since i woke up and and couple of stories on grandprix.com
It had a low attendance!
Yay for us, :( for Joe
i can't read it all! :)
I would add Montreal - Christine misses the Ground Hogs!
Yay for us, :( for Joe & Mr C
better.
Meh. I don't understand why you guys hate some tracks and love others. There doesn't seem to be a system to it.
Ah, I had meant to
[sorry Reims]
Memories of great racing I think
When some overtaking was possible
Search for overtaking at 130R or Eau Rouge, amazing
Circuit Nazis ;)
bingo.
Tilke = Rubbish track that is the only system you need.
Suzuka = pants!!!
I'm just picky.
Suzuka 2009 = pants
Generally, Suzuka = 5 Pints of Awesome
I am as guilty of it as most... There are some which you can see overtaking at, others you cant.
Others have corners whoich look exciting, others dont
Some have stunning backdrops which make up for the lack of action on the track.
Singapore would fall into this catogory, but its ludicrously tight chicanes mean any racing is absloutly ruined
Need a good attendance and some atmosphere, even if there is little overtaking (like Silverstone).
not true. you saw what happened on saturday. practice in monza was wet too but did all and sundry go flying off the track during qually? nope.
suzuka is a challenge. we need more challenging circuits.
WHAT?
And preferably, be challenging
Turkey is a good track though.
Bahrain isnt too bad, JYS even said it was the only modern circuit he would like to drive which is quite an endorsement
Precisely
Singapore being a night races does look awesome as a media event - just not a sporting event.
i disagree. i loved watching the cars and compared to most other races this year it faired pretty well.
we've been robbed of overtaking, but suzuka gave three or four passes.
Look up the 2005 race at Suzuka. ;)
One decent corner does not a good track make
In the wrong country.
three or four, is that how desperate its getting this season?
I say sack the OWG and get six year olds to come up with the design regs
No loopholes allowed
But there was no overtaking. At all. Even the first lap. Plus I'm not sure Torro Rosso drivers smashing off the road is a novelty....
No Atmosphere - its a virtual track!
It's about the best Tilke track but half of his problem is that people want compact tracks on flat land. The rules for tracks need to be changed
it is lacking in grass roots support. they need karting tracks too.
It is probably the highest all season, except Malysia and China which had the rain.
What happened to Sidepodtrack? ;)
i saw button pass kubs and sutil mostly pass kovi.
all i'm saying is comparably there hasn't been any overtaking anywhere.
Yes there was Jenson did one early on, Sutil did another and Kovy did a third overtake out of the pits.
or Sidepodcircuit. whichever you prefer:P
It was never going to work. People from the teams are never going to write rules that require massive change because it writes off all of their historic data
I think I blinked and missed them. Heikki smashing thingy off the road count?
umm?
I have a few street circuits around.
Ah yes. That was an awesome move from Jenson. Not a lot of entertainment for 90 minutes though.
It has 3.5 in my opinion which is better than most
We need external [ex insiders] to steer the rules on aero
Nick did one I think, it was on drop.io ;)
sure. but... name a track thisr that has??
China.
one sec ;)
Just reading joe's blog posts. An interesting one about McLaren & Mercedes possibly parting company
Gary Anderson did a freat set of regs in AUTOSPORT and slagged off the official ones. He was spot on.
I'm sure this race had less overtaking than any other I've watched before. Yes, even Valencia which I quite enjoyed.
I commentated on that early on Joe's article there is sense to the argument of Macca buying the BMW engine plant
Sidepodring
Yay :D
Glad to hear that Romain will be looking for a drive next year
http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2009/10/05/watch-out-robert-kubica-announcement/
[sorry My C]
I guess me was right when he said the only reason for Massa's test was promotion for Ferrari. pic
*cries*
cynic wins again :(
Maybe he'll join us in the comments
:D :D
I watched your video... I have no idea what they were saying!
But i could recognise kimis voice, even in finnish!
Canada looks to be in jeopardy next year - Bernie has given them 10 days to sort things out and confirm. Apparently one issue is that he wants the event exempt from income tax!
http://www.formula1blog.com/2009/10/05/breaking-news-canadian-gp-future-again-uncertain-f1-formula1/
Poor Joe, though I must laugh regarding Central Japan Airport:
"They have more flights in a day out of Exeter"
So Canadia gets 10 days and Donington gets about 10 months?
Pfft.
At least Canada actually exists eh....
Canada, damnit, Canada
Why would Bernie pay income tax in Canada, he doesn't live there!
Stoopid
Its very ironic - Bernies choice is like Henry Ford - you can have any colour car you want as long as it is black!
Would it not be company tax on income generation.
Dunno, but they should get it right
Sloppy
I think Bang Goes The Theory could be one of my new favourite TV programs. They just made a rocket powered rail sled that hit 200 mph using toffee, peanut butter, aluminium and nitrous oxide as rocket fuel.
Lucas di Grassi for Brazil, hadn't hear that before
For Grosjean?
Joe says this is rumoured, yes
Bye bye Romain
http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2009/10/04/driver-market-on-the-move/
Do you blame them for trying another driver!
I had a quick read through Joe's blog earlier but missed that
Not really. Testing has to return, even in a small way
Joe Saward: World's best Journalist
http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2009/10/05/why-formula-1-should-give-nelson-piquet-a-second-chance/
They're not really losing anything are they. He's not going to get in the points, they can try whoever they like. Nothing to lose.
I'm getting to that
Strong words for a title
It's ludicrous that we have reached a point where we build insanely expensive cars and ban running them. Surely the tech regs should mandate simpler cars that can be tested.
and they get good press in Brazil rather than a whole load of stuff about Flav and Piquet.
Piquet should be banned from the paddock IMHO
seconded.
Alguersari says Japan was "My dream race", hate to think what his nightmare race would be!
Wouldnt it make more sense to replace running the ludicrasly expensive cars in testing, by racing them instead?
Testing can be done on fridays.
Given what Massa had to say needed for his own safety!
I honestly cant see how you could say that without banning lewis as well.
piquet sat on that information until a time that suited him.
I'm not getting into that debate again
There is no way the race drivers are going to stand aside and allow test drivers mileage on a Friday and compromise their race. Besides we want testing available for fans as a separate events
good point. thoughts on bff romain?
lovely chap.
really, really, really, yes please.
Schumacher and Senna were not banned for punting people off the road at over 150mph. What Piquet did was nothing compared to what they did.
His hair is marvellous. If his hair was an f1 driver, I would support it
If lewis hadnt been caught would he have said anything?
Punishing people who arent liked and letting people you like off is what the sport needs to get away from.
At least he has that bank job to fall back on ;)
I agree about off season testing... However... I did have a thought that you could make the F1 Superlicence have a minimum number of testing miles in it? Wouldn't that work.
Then teams would have to use some of their testing time to bring along new drivers.
Not quite true - the FIA knew about the incident last year and could have investigated on its own. For sure Nelson prepared his statement under the FIA guidance to rid the sport of corruption. I think we owe Nelson a little bit of gratitude for removing Briatore from the sport - that is one EVVVIIILLLL man!
Quite likely, he's not exactly got a fair crack at the whip
Any driver that comes in, mid-season, has a tough job
Look at Fisi, he should be better than this
Backs up Joe's faith in Liuzzi that he has done this well
have a third car and 3 sessions.
I dont see why anyone would want to watch testing instead of a race?
3rd drivers?
Cost issues, I guess
He's replacing Piquet in a team based around Alonso. Not one seat I'd like to be getting comfy in.
Weirdly Fisi's performance makes me think that Kimi and earlier Massa were doing superstar jobs in those cars.
y'ouch!
They're very different events, and both awesome.
liuzzi has done well?
When processing video my MacBook makes a lot of fan noise! I think it might be about to take off.
Did/do they charge for watching testing? Race tickets are friggin' expensive...
Piquet wouldn't make a formal statement last year when asked to
You'd think under those circumstances, you'd be hard pressed not to be an improvement on the last guy.
have you ever been?
We have cost cutting which banned the teams having a ready built spare car. I don't see anyone agreeing to ship an extra car and mechanics to every race when the same people could go to their local circuit and test for a fraction of the cost
You could buy a special season pass thing as I recall. I think poor Mr and Mrs C bought some before testing was banned....
eventually the casing will melt too.
Much better than expected
true story. won't be doing that this year :)
It seems that he is going backwards with each race being worse than the prvious. Looking at the team I would try another driver as no one would expect any points to be scored simply to evaluate. Personally Renault should simply hire Robert and Nick and be done with trying young talent at this point.
Wanna buy an iMac? ;)
And the minimum milage thing I suggested... That seems the only sensible way, right?
Romain started promisingly. He's crashed and burned though (literally....)
Fair enough, i havent had the chance to go to either so i dont really know.
But wouldnt you get that at the friday of a race if they had more sessions and an extra car?
The races would be much cheaper if there were more as well
Then do you tell me to get another mac ;)
- retired
- 14th
- 14th
he couldn't be doing much worse could he?
That car looked evil for most of the season. Ferrari have several drivers who have either been discounted or proved not to be good enough and one with a brain injury. They have just fired the only guy who is capable of getting a time out of the car.
He was unfortunate in Italy to be fair.
Do you really believe that?
then i tell you you should've been using a mac pro the whole time.
they don't have x9 fans for nothing.
Question for Mr C - I moved over to Chrome yesterday as Windows sulked every time I tried to use Safari and IE8 froze when I opened the Doohickey. I'm liking Chrome but I don't get alerts when comments update. I have ticked Audio alerts and my speakers are on - is it just a glitch with Chrome or is it me?
That should be a requirement
Yeah... I know... This was only ever supposed to be my tester mac. I kind of need to melt it so I can get a new one
#classified
true enough.
If you had 2 events in each european country instead of 1, independently promoted, then i am almost certain they would
10% increases year on year
Thank you CVC
No they wouldn't
i need to look at it. but after the homepage is done.
You need an Aluminium one from someone you trust ;)
Given the majority of opinion wants to ban him from racing do you blame him for not wanting to have made a statement - it was an act of desparation. I think you should read Joe's blog - it mostly summarises my feelings. Briatore was the really evil one and he needed outing as Joe also said.
Wouldn't be necessary if they had more events...
The teams made a deal with the devil... It's their fault too in many ways.
It's not a proper market, competitive forces don't work when Bernie is involved.
No problem, so long as it's your end & not something stupid at mine, I can wait, I understand your priorities ;)
Why do you all hate Flav so much? I think he did a bad thing but in the grand scheme.... I've seen worse.
True story.
It's not necessary it is greed.
Firefox on the PC is Doohicky friendly and makes the audio alerts work.
if it helps, i quite like him.
put that way it really does not say much for the car - of course we do not know how well Felipe would have done as earlier in the season we was markedly better than Kimi.
Well the financial model was greed.
How it is achieved is a matter of strategy
CVC insist on it
They have a large investment to recoup
google have a strange way of implementing standards. i haven't fathomed them out yet.
He was rude to my beloved Brawn :(
But think Piquet should be banned?
The issue about him being too rubbish for a superlicence is separate to this....
I did download that a while back but it didn't seem to work well. It's probably me & my non-existent knowledge of how computers & software function
He wont be involved much longer. If he is there with any power by the beginning of 2011 i will be very surprised, he may even go sooner.
I never had a particular problem with him except for the... um... bathing costume issue....
Try the lateast version
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/personal.html
You never know though. It depends if Kimi has improved his performance over this season or if Massa really was stellar earlier this year. I suspect Massa would be roughly around Kimi at the moment for pace, the Finn seems to be flying though. I'm not sure their car could expect to be higher placed than he's put it.
yes. i have said several times before, the strategy was audacious, but it almost worked.
flav has done a lot of good for f1. he's been involved for a very long time.
piquet jnr did nothing for it. nothing at all.
TBH Safari isn't great with PCs, unless 4.0 is different
They will be refinancing soon, i believe they may change the business model. to increace long term revenue witha view to maximising the value of F1 when they sell it
I believe the car was suited better to Massa's style.
Is that a Bros. song?
that does add weight to the argument though.
By design
4.0 was the problem. Windows kept saying it was damaging my computer & shutting it down. I tried to uninstall & download again a few times but have now given up
Like what? Have your read what some people have said about the man? When Herbert was teamed with "he who should not be mentioned" - Herbert had to give all his data to said person but said person did not reveal any of his data. F1 should be a sport where there are elements of fair play. Briatore abused all of this to further business interests and will sacrifice anything for his one god which is money. He makes Max look angelic and Ron Dennis a Priest. Briatore is despicable and a total embarrassment to all carbon life forms.
Windows would say that!
Give Firefox a go, unless Chrome suits you without the new comments sound
The point I am making is we don't know how Alonso will adapt to it - probably he will do a great job - we don't know how Felipe will do so why fire the one guy that can get the job done?
It's part and parcel. He shouldn't have been in Formula 1, he wasn't good enough to be there by naturally being fast enough, so to keep his place he did something that no true racer would do. In my opinion. Nobody would have been able to convince him to do it if he had been faster, or if he wanted to win races. In my opinion he only wanted to continue to race to appease his father.
Italians aren't reknowned for their logic
i think you're on the money there.
Yeah, they know Kimi can produce. It's a big risk getting rid of him. Thing is, publicity wise, firing Massa after that accident is a no no.
And, if it's to be believed, Alonso signed AGES ago. It's just the start date has been brought forward
Ultimately it is scoring points not really want suits one driver that counts - I think Massa would have accumulated more points rather like last year. Having said that Kimi did not deserved to be fired - he has done well and at least he does not demand number one driver status. I think Ferrari were crazy to get rid of Kimi.
Like a stage mother but different.
as discussed on sunday, the team sound totally chuffed off with kimi. unless he was in line for wdc, nothing would keep him there?
Fair enough, but i think his results in Lower formulee were enought to prove he wanted to race, and was probably good enough. So many drivers have suffeed under flav that i belive tht was his biggest hurdle.
Dont forget he was also the first f1 person to reach out to the fans though twitter too.
Absolutely... Or a tennis father...
He wants to be liked, quite clearly
Great F1 drivers are selfish
cry for attention?
The worst ones are too....
That doesn't mean that he should stay in Formula 1! That's crazy!
He wasn't good enough. Sorry Nick.
Yeah. I'm not sure where that's come from at all. He always made happy noises. The BBC even did a feature earlier this year I think about him having found his home at Ferrari. You'd think after the disasters they've had replacing Massa that Kimi's not such a bad bet attitude issues or otherwise....
We aren't the only ones using the phrase: A little bit Piquet
Maybe we will find out one day...
I think its pretty much impossible that he wouldnt be doing a better job than fisi and Badoer in the ferrari
hey. we were on twitter since march 2007, where's are drive?
The Magnum was embarrassing for Ferrari
All jokes aside
hahahahahahahahah
Sato messed it up for ya :)
Typical Microsoft trick.
the git.
That'd be so epic. I'd almost pay to watch it.
Fisi... occasionally beat his teammate... Whereas Piquet...
:P One day...
i totally would too. even badoer only crashed it once.
Speaking of which, I must ask Ollie if he's up for Spa
Which has it's own page, don't you know ;)
http://wiki.sidepodcast.com/page/Spa+Grand+Prix+2010
You were either made or sacrificed under Flav - F1 is so much better off with him gone. I do not believe he contributed anything significant to the sport. Please read Joe's comments quoted below - he feels precisely the same as I do.
Here is what Joe said about the man...
You may read elsewhere, if you can be bothered, that Formula 1 will miss Flavio Briatore.
Poppycock.
Formula 1 misses no-one. It is a world that moves ever onward. As Charles de Gaulle said: “The graveyards of the world are filled with indispensable men.” Briatore got what he had coming to him and Formula 1 is better off without him. You can attack Max Mosley for not acting sooner in this scandal and by doing so of seeming to be protecting the plotters, but I really believe that if the FIA had tried to nail Briatore without Nelson Piquet’s evidence, it would not have been successful. I think that the FIA’s handling of the situation was actually very smart: keeping Piquet’s revelations quiet until the Renault people had been ambushed with the interrogations in Spa.
And those who think that Max had it in for Flavio, ask yourselves this: why did he not crucify him over the McLaren data in the Renault computers in 2007? At that point the Italian was pretty much on the ropes and the FIA let him crawl away without any real punishment. No, that argument does not make sense.
I am not a Briatore fan. I never have been. I always felt that he was in the wrong business. Racing people like racing. Briatore just liked being on TV and making money. He was good at both. When he first arrived in F1 he brought with him sharp practices which were new to the F1 wheeler-dealers of the era. This changed the way that business was done in F1 and, as far as I am concerned, it was to the detriment of the sport. I always believed that one day he would get F1 into trouble and I did nothing to help him. He did not like this. We did not enjoy a good relationship.
Briatore made himself a brand and turned that into cash. There are some who think that his brand values were chic, I did not. I think the man had little taste and little class. Maybe he found humour in getting idiotic wealthy people to spend mad amounts of money on tasteless Billionaire baubles. Who knows? Who cares.
Flavio’s boat has sailed and F1 is better off without him. He was, in the end, his own executioner and that was a suitable and rather satisfying end.
“I didn’t attend the funeral,” Mark Twain once wrote, “but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.”
My sentiments entirely.
I was watching the German broadcast so I can't judge, but I never quite understood what the problem was. We were told quite awhile before that the Kimi's car had problems and that he wouldn't start anymore while you got an interview with a Ferrari person saying they are trying to repair the car still?
Just curious: Are you going to keep talking about Spa for the next 11 months?
not if it is bothering you.
It's less than 24hours since I booked tickets, so I am a little excited
But I will reign it in
I went to work once they waved the red flag, missed the rest of the dramatics. I can't imagine they'd let Kimi just wander off if they thought they could get running again though. Not for what they're paying him.
It doesn't bother me. I have a nice little filter on the doohickey for "-Spa" :)
I'm just surprised because I thought the novelty would have worn off but it doesn't seem to have. I wondered if the momentum would keep going all year!!
If there's a chance he'd race again a driver would usually stay in his overalls
I don't think Ferrari liked the fact that their car clearly had issues
Ooooh... Okay so I have a mac question (I hope they aren't getting boring but you are the people who are making me use it! :) )
Have been away for a short while. Downloaded Firefox but it wouldn't open. Did usual IT solution of turning off & turning back on again to see if that would work but it didn't. Now uninstalling Firefox & Safari & have decided I like Chrome and can live without noises in exchange for being able to see a functioning Doohickey :lol:
No, Bill Gates is :)
Wassup?
I use Chrome.
Agreed his race was run - it added some amusement.
Stupid Spa (I'm not going)
I can't be the only one who hasn't thought about it at all really?
I mean... I'd love to go... but it's only october. I'll work out if I can next year.
OK, go on.
Is this a work computer
Doesn't sound like you have admin rights
Or it's biased for IE
Spa countdown on funbyte fact box? Updates on every debrief? :P
Boooooo!!!
But according to RTL and MTV3 there wasn't. I remember because I sold him on FR as the message came and it was quite a while before he got his icecream.
i think you're correct. kimi didn't take one for the team and they mustve been seething. also the press guy looked like a wally saying "he will go out again".
Right I need to import the flv file that I have... Somehow I need to convert it to the right format but it doesn't seem to be willing to import. Any ideas on what the settings should be.
me too! Love it :D
easy:
- we haven't made any plans
- we haven't made any plans
- we haven't made any plans
- we haven't made any plans
- we haven't made any plans
- we haven't made any plans
- we haven't made any plans
- we haven't made any plans
- we haven't made any plans
- bought ticket and booked hotel
easiest feature ever.
Oh I see. They thought there wouldn't be more running so thought they could keep up the illusion of a functional car?
What software are you using and what format do you want the output in?
It'll need a jingle :)
Yeah, but you'll forget to change it :)
Which app?
damn. too much effort then. #sorrynick
Handbrake.
:lol:
I was thinking SidepodSpa: T minus 300 days and counting....
That's why Ferrari were embarrassed
It's my own PC running Vista. I think it's biased and just decides what it is & isn't running, probably depending on the weather
Im sure Bassano and Amy can come up with something ;)
We could even leave voicemails....
... Wait! this was only a joke! Its gone too far!
Import using Source icon [clapperboard]
Export: Output Settings/Format
There's a countdown on the wiki. That's the best I can do.
You do know Sidepodradio started out as a joke, right?
I don't understand, I should sleep :) Good night everyone
oooh, will check it out!
Countdown's on the wiki
Joe on his latest blog on Bernie's new lady mentioned the following...
"Over the years I have refrained from reporting on all manner of things, not least a top F1 driver running off with the wife of another… That was an interesting moral dilemma as it cast the driver in question in a bad light…"
Can anyone add any light on this subject?
See ya Kathi
Good Night Kathi
You haven't already!!
I'll stop now
Perhaps we should combine the two and have Sidepodradio live from Spa
Vista is heavily guarded
Some Brazillian lady, google is your friend
Ahh, yeah, a joke.
Sorry I wasn't clear...
I opened the FLV file and chose MP4 file as the output option. First with the video codec of MPEG-4 (FFmpeg) and then with h.264 (x264). But neither created a file which was importable in iMovie.
Shudder.
Sorry, reread your remarks
Involves he who shall not be named and Frentzen I think
but which drivers ... I need something to google
So did my show! :D
Frentzen and Corinna weren't married
But it made an MP4?
I thought it was only Frentzen's girlfriend not his wife!
I have now, doesnt come up to well in chrome, but looks like their is a good crowd going...
the difference is, and it's a big difference, is that sidepodradio happened very quickly from the suggestion to the execution. if it had gone ahead as originally planned, about three weeks.
so all the spa ideas are brilliant and we will do them all... in august 2010.
not now.
an m4v
Well, eats me then
Too gossipy for SPC anyway
Thanks - I though the same.
*beats me :D
Same thing, kinda [I think]
What about as an MOV
Hehe, no worries!
You guys must be all run out moving houses and everything!
It doesn't have that option
all is good we moved at short notice. long term planning stresses me out.
it's not the sidepodway.
next up you'll suggest we stick to a schedule or something. have we taught you nothing?
It has MP4, MKV, AVI and OGM
I understand that and this is the last of it for tonight but for some, Hotels need to be booked soon
Not to mention saving up
Am done now, promise ;)
I am exactly the same!
I tend to surround my self with people who are good at it though so i dont have to worry!
Alex, I'll DM you
dumb question. how do you start out with an flv file? if anything, it is the last format you end up with. when outputting to the web.
no-one starts with an flv??
That Adobe thing?
OK Guys - Driver Consistency for the Japanese Grand Prix - hope you like it and leave a comment if you like (It is "Must Comment Monday" after all ;) )
I am trying to do something with a ustream recording I did. When you go there it has a download option and the only option is FLV
FlashForward is about to start if anyone is interested
fair enough. in that case i have no idea, sorry.
Have yu got Snow Leopard? Where can I d/l the file from?
This seems to stress Mr C out as well :P
How do you deal with the ustreams you do?
Don't be sorry. A really simple thing I wanted to do has proved really annoying. This actually would have been easier on the pc :(
Loving today's Big Pic. Poor Tim.
I have Snow Leopard. I think you have to be logged in.
true story. when we went to silverstone this year, we had less than 24hrs notice.
that is how you visit a grand prix.
leave them on ustream. never downloaded.
Why can't I just have a list of my friends in Tweetdeck?
Grrrrrrrrrr!
Will Quicktime play the file? If so you should be able to export it from that.
The same policy is also causing me problems for Abu Dhabi
suzuka should fine him, like the nurbugring do.
You just need the right tools
ah.
I'm not sure rebuilding a tyre wall is quite so costly as replacing armco!
For breaking their circuit?
the abu dhabi GP is in less than 24hrs?
They would have to fine a lot of drivers this week.
yeah. he's made a right mess of the paintwork.
he's made it all grubby though.
Alex, can you tweet me and I'll reply
I'll explain later
The file is not in a format that Quicktime understands.
It better not be! I'm not ready!
Ah. Ok. Will find a flv file and experiment.
I've suggested VisualHub, it's the best around for me
No but they seem to have sold out of tickets the silly people :(
That's what happens when you don't plan well
Thanks Andy...
The thing I don't understand is.. Ahhh.... Right I have a plan...
That should do the trick
Just read your post - you really have shown just how much Nico gained from going to fast after the safety car. I think Williams basically cheated here and gain two to three places. It is grossly unfair. While Kimi was faster than Nick, if Nick had not had a terribly slow pit stop I wonder if Kimi would have got ahead. Nick is notoriously difficult to pass.
I wonder if you should include laps under the safety car - this would explain why Tim was almost as fast as Sutil - still he was more on the pace than any previous race.
An when they annonce an insane concert line-up
I opened the file that handbrake created and it opened sucessfully in Quicktime. So I saved as Movie and then tried to import that and the file was still grayed out.
You expect F1 to be fair?
I'm not good with iMovie
Is this just to convert to MP4 or is this to publish?
Why don't you tell him on his blog. He'd love it!
SPC, promoting other people's blogs, so you don't have to
[thanks Amy]
'Night all, see you tomorrow, thanks for all the PC advice
See ya Janna
hehe. next we need a comment import button. so any comments meant for other blogs can be copied across easily.
Night Janna
I'm clocking on then ;)
Howdy all, how are we this evening?
g'night. was the conclusion, chrome rules?
the commenters are stressing me out with their hyper-forward planning.
Hmmm... This hasn't worked very well at all... I really should have just converted the file on my PC and used Adobe Premier... Hmmm...
For today, yes, will see what Vista does when I log in tomorrow
yeah saw that earlier, does seem a bit pro-active for my liking
Just quietly, though
hey everyone. i hope everyone has had a better day than me. i'm feeling really demotivated this evening.
aww,
I'll be kind eh.
I wonder if Nurburgring will be on the calender for 2011...
You're a student. That is the appropriate attitude!
Once burned... twice shy ;)
Evening all!
We're just excited, that's all! :)
Thanks - if I include the laps under the safety car I get huge variances, so I have to exclude them. If I get time I might address the Rosberg issue in a separate post...
*cries*
Sorry for that, not sure why folk planning stresses you so, as you know you will deal with it later
Anyway...
My pro-activeness screwed me up today, i photocopied a 70 page report then got home to be told by my lecturer (via email) that it's avaliable on the internet, but as i've started so far ahead, they hadn't got to that part yet!
:)
People still use photocopiers
#mfc shock!
Give me 20 minutes
think of the trees!
It's a mintel report (that mean anything to anyone?) they cost £3000 a pop and as theres only one in the library, i thought i'd be proactive and get my research (for research read photocopying the report) before the other 39 people try and get to it. but atleast i can scribble on mine,
actually, it's only 70 pages.
think of the bonsai trees!
Thanks Andy :)
I did untill i discovered that PHD students had a photocopier which would export to a USB flash drive instead of paper...
it required sneaking though!
I will put some more comments up on your blog - point taken about the huge variances. I enjoy your post-race analysis more than any other post race discussions. - keep it up.
now that is media|future|change
That comment made my day - Thank you so much :D
You did WHAT?? You really need to learn the student way!
Stressing about not being able to get textbooks, randomly photocopying huge reports.... First learn to beg, borrow, then learn to ignore resources that look in the slightest bit hard to find..... Forget what your lecturers say, there's no need to buy books or get your own copies of literature.
What is? A scanner??
hmmm....i think i'm going to do it my way, in the "doing-assignments-before-they-are-due-in" way
ur doing it rong
That's got nothing to do with buying many books!!
Sounds like a standard MFD
correct, but this particular report (that is the only one in the uni) has to go round everyone, so i thought i'd just be organised so i dont have to fight with people for it
oh i would like some of that motivation please.
ah but you already have work to do, i have no work, so am just starting mine really early
i have too much work :( and a teacher who thinks i'm not trying hard enough! blllaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh
You'll always run into issues if you start things before you receive proper instructions.
lou, did you ever find pics of button's cookies?
erm. yes.
maybe not then.
oh no i have the assignment, they're all avaliable, and it's basically an intro one so it's only A-Level stuff that i've done before. they just didnt tell me that the report was online, but hey, i wasted an afternoon that i'd just been doing nothing, and i have a paper copy to use that i can scribble on, not all bad
media past change?
media|past|similar
Rule 1 - do not attempt to answer the question until you have read it all.
button's cookies? huh?
i have a chapter of "foundations of sport and exercise psychology" on Motivation, would you like it?
thank you proffessor taylor ;)
they werebeing handed out in the paddock on friday. ted refused to eat them on grounds or partiality. just wondered if you saw them>
I can see that an industrial scale scanner would be awesome though! Scanning takes forever while you can just ram a huge stack of paper into a photocopier.
A scanner that works on the scale of a photocopier would be awesome.
They were on sale at Suzuka.
oooo that sounds awesome. we could have done sport and exercise psych this year but we chose forensic psychology instead :)
So I have a horrible feeling about the answer to this question... Imagine you had two movies and you wanted to lay them next to each other and choose the audio from one and other and mix them together? Does that sound like the kind of thing you could do in iMovie?
handed out in the paddock? awesome. no sadly i didn't. i knew there were pillows and flags.. didn't know of the cookies though.
http://www.apple.com/finalcutstudio/finalcutpro/
ooooh i started another blog today!!
http://thelifeofjon.wordpress.com
it's not that exciting, and is actually an assignment technically (i got told to start this one :P )
it's going to be quite interesting i think
You can do this in iMovie 09
ahh. soz. was just going to say gp+ has pics of them. they appear to be related to the pillow design.
Lee showed some on TV
Is Mr C your lecturer or whatever?
*oops*
Some news from France.
Newspaper LeFigaro says that Kubica has signed with Renault officially and the confirmation will come tomorrow.
http://www.lefigaro.fr/auto-moto/2009/10/05/02019-20091005ARTSPO00640-kubica-chez-renault.php
Jake.Blog
ahh i see... is this a trick to make me subscribe? :P
lee was in tv??
*on
I could have done that in Premier... And now everything is on the wrong computer.
If only I had decided to stay on my PC this whole thing would have taken about 30 minutes. I think it's taken about 3 hours so far... And I haven't even really started yet!
never!
I have THE most amazing assignments this year...
one is a blog and another is creating a mailing pack about a conference to do with social networking.
Maybe this can help cheer lou up.. :)
Otherwise known as RTFQ
cheers rowley. does it mention a teammate?
Ah I am using iMovie 09!
did she? i didn't notice..
NO! NO!!!!! NOOOOO!!!!
EJ was right :( :( :(
;)
boo. ummm... i think you started in the wrong place.
why start with a video on ustream and not photo booth?
Le Figaro also says that Grosjean will be forced out of Renault.
Possible second drivers are: Heidfeld, Glock or Sutil.
http://www.lefigaro.fr/sport/2009/10/05/02001-20091005ARTFIG00446-f1-romain-grosjean-pousse-vers-la-sortie-chez-renault-.php
I'm sure I saw a clip of DC and Brundle messing around with a bag of Button biscuits as Martin called them as well....
ooh. i approve of the first two.
As a lecturer I ensure my students have all the basic resources in a folder on their PCs and that they plan each assignment out first. I also give opportunity to re-submit after the first marking.
Is that a Monty Python sequel?
Eeek.
Because that's where it existed.
All I wanted to do was create a video which had Christine on one side and me in the car on the other. And the ironing happening with the sound from one of them and try and sync it up. And then upload it to drop.io...
Grrrrrrr! :)
But I didn't want to tell you that until it was done :)
Do you fancy a job at Bucks New uni teaching Event Marketing, Applications of Sport Science to Motorsport or Motorsport Industry Skills?
ahh. okay.
so why not download that same video in mp4 format straight from drop.io? where i upload it for amy?
how on earth did i miss it?? - memory/ observation fail..
heheheh
Did you not see the interview?
Glock would be my choice.
BTW: Le Figaro: respectable newspaper with good contacts at Renault.
or do you mean your ustream?
actually i see what your mean. scrap my last sarky comment please!
nope.
Sutil sounds good, yeah, go for Sutil.
It was my video from ustream which is the other video. Your video works fine.
yup. No problem :)
I am afraid I teach Biodiversity Information Systems and Systematic Conservation Planning - not terribly useful to you. We do analyse how Green F1 is compared to other International sports - answer - VERY - very active carbon offsetting (not that I actually believe in the concept).
apologies for suggesting using a mac. i've never tried to do what you've attempted, but i do know flv is the last line in the chain and you really don't want to be starting there.
but i do see what you attempted.
Alex - slight problem here is I don't appear to have any flv files to use as my experiment.
Moving on to the iMovie issue, I think I misread what you want to do - if you want to split the screen in 2 and play both videos at once, then iMovie isn't going to work, Final Cut will be needed, you may be able to get away with Final Cut Express
Read the First Question ;)
Sorta
Remember this is a family site :p
i've told him once today already.
Feels like so long ago, doesn't it!
Alex: I had no idea you were doing most of your poddy stuff on a pc
I would've thought Mac was the best place to start if you used both systems
It's okay... I didn't describe it very well.
The problem is a) I didn't want to describe exactly what I wanted to do and b) I wanted to have an experiment on a mac.
So this hasn't been a waste of time at all... It is interesting to compare it to, "get a mac" though.
I love my mac. But I don't have any non standard software on it. Unsurprisingly you can't do everything with nothing.
So don't worry guys. I better get some better software.
I'm taking a time out
I do all the podcast stuff on the mac, all the video stuff on the pc. Don't really know why. I just had the software in the right place for that.
you can. if you start with the mac. it comes with everything you need out of the box.
the issue was, you streamed to a third-party site and tried to come back from there. start with this workflow and you'll be fine:
photobooth > imovie > itunes > website/rss
or learn to walk first.
But I can do that on a pc.
aww. i can see what you're trying to do. i can't see you getting away with it for very long.
Did you get this rather quaint translation...
Transparent throughout the weekend and sixteenth on arrival, Romain Grosjean has lost virtually all chance of keeping his bucket at Renault next year. After five Grands Prix without relief, the French, there is real evil around him, suffers from an approach to competition too unstructured. Psychologically fragile, undermined by considerations annexes to the main, he has probably missed his chance. The Diamond is not convinced and, according to our information, do not count on him for 2010. In the process of restructuring after the Piquet scandal and the departure of Flavio Briatore, Renault hopes to announce soon the appointment of Poland's Robert Kubica (BMW Sauber) to replace Fernando Alonso. To assist him and call him buddy homogeneous missing since 2006, the French team is in fact a true "potential issues. The German Nick Heidfeld (BMW Sauber), Timo Glock (Toyota) and Adrian Sutil (Force India) could match.
I approve of the first two as well. Adrian makes too many mistakes.
Keeping his bucket, I have got to get that into a sentence tomorrow.
I just got annoyed that Adobe didn't natively support importing of flv files. Which is what I said, when you told me to stop using that software and use a mac. Not blaming you... I wanted to see what would happen.
and you can do it on linux too.
You'd be surprised at what you can do with the "standard" software, but there are limits. iLife is very much "colour by numbers", the moment you need a different colour or want to paint outside the lines, then you need to look elsewhere. Unfortunately, you've picked something that needs different software.
thats awesome
That was the bit I enjoyed too.
premiere has no reason to import flv files? they're compressed to hell and completely useless to it.
i don't think i saw that comment, sorry. and if i did double sorry. flv is an export format only.
No, it's cool
I'm not well and irritable.
I need a web break
No worries
hmmm….i think i’m going to do it my way, in the “doing-assignments-before-they-are-due-in” way {Comment #1110}
Good on you, Jon! I thoroughly approve of that method and it worked well for me at university.
My 5 year old daughter has started putting one of her stuffed animals in time out because "it didn't move when she told it to"
me too. doohickey stole my evening.
see you all for the kubica announcement tomorrow.
yeeeeeeeeeey
:D :D :D
Don't worry... I just got a bit carried away with going all mac. And then got really really really frustrated.
here's what you need to remember:
- quicktime is the format of video professionals for a very good reason
They dont use pc's? :P
Just caught the Buzcocks advert properly this time. Thursday 10pm. Rhod Gilbert hosting.
I know that... But the problem was that I went and did a live broadcast on ustream with an iron :)
What an odd role for him...
I moved to Mac when I started this job a few years ago. It really helps when you've got a few helpful coworkers that are right there to help you out.
It also helps when you have a major corporation paying for the hardware :)
Evening. Turns out I am online tonight after all.
quicktime works fine on a pc. even for professionals:
http://support.apple.com/downloads/Apple_ProRes_QuickTime_Decoder_1_0_for_Windows
:P
They are having a guest host each week
I should consider downloading that ;)
ooo yay!
okay my motivation levels are literally at -11 tonight. am going to sleep, this day sucks! night all x
I know that, but I just don't see him as a Buzzcocks host. Will be interesting.
G'night... hope tomorrow is better. :)
I have to call someone "buddy homogeneous" tomorrow now - that is class!
Right everyone... Thanks for all your help...
Good night!
Night Lou
Night!
I can't quite see how he is going to pull it off but it should be interesting
night 2u2!
Clearly they feel it is difficult, if not impossible to be "buddy homogeneous" with Alonso - just how easy would it be with Robert!
Go for Nick he will know Robert.
I just wish I could do the joke, but I can't.
Any one been watching flash forward tonight? Talk about epic!
Aye, and aye.
But, gonna go to bed, feel sleepy (i think the 5am wake up has caught up to me) so night all. lotsa love.
yeah night man, I was expecting a lot more people from lost in flash forward, on a sperate not must have a shave. No idea why I'm telling you all this, maybe I am getting addicted to the doohickey.
Errrrm does anyone know how I cover something with papier mache? Do I just get any old glue and newspaper or is there a special kind of glue?
You can use a flower and water mixture, or diluted PVA i believe...
wow last time I did that I was about five but make sure that you water down the glue.
I haven't done paiper mache since primary school but I would have thought a cellulose glue would be the thing
I watched last week but had a phone call though most of tonights so i missed it and will catch up later
oh you must. tWas awesome.
PVA should work
Flour.
I belive you boil it and add the flour, dont know how much though
Have you guys seen this?
FFS! That's really sad!
I'm trying to encourage my sister to save some money up. No better way to start than by making your own piggy bank right? :P
No she's not five but she might as well be....
there must be a "recipe" online somewhere
Oh dear... "older sister" I know the feeling, the poor girl ;)
FOUND http://www.papiermache.co.uk/tutorials/getting-started-with-papier-mache/
You could try http://www.papiermache.co.uk/ . They even have a forum as well as tutorials
Formula 1 (best get the lawyers ready then)
(also, not here)
Haven't seen that but I know othe people who have had the same treatment. Bernie does not have a trade mark on F1 or formula one or any variant. He keeps applying and he keeps getting told he can't have it.
wow I can't believe that it's still a persued art form
Yeah erm art.... I'll show you what we created tomorrow. I might reserve judgement until then.
your not going to tell us what your moulding?
A piggy bank!!!
DOn't forget to put something on whatever it is you are covering with paper to stop it sticking. I remember vaseline coated balloons, wallpaper paste and strips of newspaper. Dilute PVA would also do as wallpaper paste now contains fungicide.
And your sister is over 5?
awesome good luck!
I seem to remember using balloons then bursting them in the end
Yes :)
She's 19! I was gonna make it round a balloon then burst it.
My Piggy bank collection from my youth
well, look at that!
I now have the song from the advert going round my head.
Piquet: No one has been punished more than I have {Comment #161}
Newsflash: You may have been near the end of your F1 career, Nelson, but given your standard of driving it was over whether the case was heard or not...
It was mentioned the other week but
Celebrity death match is on TMF on freeview!!!
apparently not, my guide just updated :(
yeH it was on at ten thirty try BBC four right now! V funny
oh yeah, i watched that last week, apparently its got the best ratings out of all the shows he has done so hopefully we will get more!
this is not the same as last week
it is
yup so looks like I missed the first ten minutes last week
Right that's me done, Alison have a messy day tomorrow, see you all later
Night!
I see Joe has agreed to go on Midweek Motorsport... http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2009/10/04/thoughts-after-the-rio-de-janeiro-decision/
Hopefully he wont forget us! :D
Is he a contestant in their quiz: who won a race with facial hair??
OH MY SWEET LORD!!!!
About 6 months ago, I lost my wallet and cancelled all my bank cards. Since I entered the new card details on itunes, everytime I go to buy something it asks me to re-enter them. It didn't make me do this before :(
Why would Bernie pay income tax in Canada, he doesn’t live there! {Comment #832}
According to F1 Racing (August 2007 edition), everyone going into Canada for business purposes who expects to earn more than a certain amount from activities conducted there has to pay a withholding tax (the USA does the same). So Bernie would have to pay a tax, along with the higher-earning members of the F1 paddock.
Lucas di Grassi for Brazil, hadn’t hear that before
Do you blame them for trying another driver! {Comment #837}
Won't they just have the same problem as before - i.e. that a lack of F1 testing will prevent di Grassi from getting any better results than his predecesor? All this will achieve is the writing-off of Grosjean's career - the sort of thing that I thought went out the door with Briatore...
or as i keep singing...
"who won a face with racial haaair
oops"
eheh
I am actually about to throw my computer across the room!!! Why won't it accept my card details. Hunk of junk!! I take back everything I said about itunes being convenient!
This might sound like a silly question but have you activated the replacement card?
6 months later?
And you've used it recently other than iTunes?
I've tried every card I can find.... It's not a no-money problem or a problem with my card. It's itunes fail!!
At some point
Does it give you the facility to delete your payment details and starting from scratch or have you already done that?
I've tried everything. I even restarted my computer. It's just stuck in its own little confused loop where it's convinced I want to change my card details.
Ok, they're a good support page over at Apple if you want to presist
[going back to not being here]
Also in the middle of my billing address it keeps inserting 2 lines out the middle of my old halls address even though I haven't lived there in 2 years. I delete them and every time I go back onto the page they've reappeared. It's making me so frustrated.
I just had a very weird doohickey fail.
I had no notification of a new comment since 23:04 but I could here clicks. Every time I checked there was no new comment. Then I refreshed and there are about 20 comments.
yeah, mine does that occationally
Did you have something typed in the filter box. That can cause that.
almost certainly you'd managed to type a character in the filter box. but whatever character you'd typed wasn't featuring in new comments.
i am done for the day all. i meant to not come back but was drawn in.
see you on tuesday.
If Apple don't make it easy for you to buy go and buy from someone else
liuzzi has done well? {Comment #874}
He's been within a couple of places of his team-mate when he's finished and could have finished right behind him in Monza if the car hadn't packed up on him. Tonio has also gone three races without crashing. That is pretty good going.
Goodnight Mr C
It has never happened to me before
No. I was doing stuff in another window. Even if you have something in the filter box you get the pop up square with the number of new comments in it
I wasn't getting the black square with the number of new comments though
It happened to me last week, but its not something i have noticed happening a lot.
Night Mr C
Night!
Where? How? :(
That I don't know. Amazon?
Amazon, 7digital
There are a few options, just more hassle to sync to your iPod
Damn you Apple monopoly! At least that's saved me some pennies I can add to my new piggy bank tomorrow ;)
Ha! there isnt really another option....
I hope google produce an itunes rival when they release their OS though.
You'll need to save files from the other places to a folder on your pc and then import into iTunes if you wish to carry on using that
There is
oooh do tell!
I already did
doohickeyenterprises.com
oh. :(
"The issue number must be numerical and less than 2 characters"
I'm not sure at what point the number 3 fails to comply with this....
Maestro card? Hate them. No Account/Sort code information on them
No bother to me. I have a head for numbers. I know them by heart.... :P
Not much use when you need to show proof, e.g. when taking out a mobile phone contract.
This is never an issue I've encountered. I have a solo card as well, that has the sortcode and account number as the card number.
Yes there is, its in the card number?
I would echo Bassano's comment - get hold of iTunes support and hopefully they will be able to sort out the account information for you.
You cna email them here: http://bit.ly/wZwbD
True for some cards, but not all. It's a right pain.
Not all of em, used to be
i know NatWest don't anymore
I emailed them already. I want to watch now though :P
The first 4 numbers are irrelevant, then the sort code (6 difits) then the account number?
YouTuube?
ah, i dont have one anymore, just going by memory
One of my cards is like this. The other isn't and the card number is just a random sequence of numbers.
This is why people watch illegally. They're making it impossible for me to pay!
They need to be listening to #mfc more :D
you say random, it's not. The number has to conform to a set algorithm.
Oh for pity's sake. Perhaps so but it's got nothing to do with my account information.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Credit_card_numbers
;)
I disagree with Joe that Piquet is shunned because he blew the whistle. He'sshunned because he intentionall spun in the first place. He didn't speak up in the name of honesty, he did so to hurt Flav
http://joesaward.wordpress.com/2009/10/05/why-formula-1-should-give-nelson-piquet-a-second-chance/