Quote from DeadWolfBones :

For the record, I think Isaac was posting satire there.

I also read it and I'm sure he was being satirical. He doesn't deserve a ban.

Hi, a request on behalf of someone else:

It's a dance/pop song from around 2006, which features an American guy talking about things that are 'wrong' with American culture, probably including McDonalds, Marilyn Manson and other celebrities. The album art may have been of a sofa/couch.

Sorry, not a lot to go on, but hopefully it strikes a chord with someone.

edit: I haven't had confirmation from the original person who asked yet, but believe the song he was looking for was Lazyboy - Underwear Goes Inside the Pants. Thanks to Bean0 for the help

Last edited by amp88, Thu, 13 Nov 2014 16:27.

Quote from Klouczech :

Just for fun :-D

You should upgrade your graphics card. That draw distance is terrible...

A short video from the local fireworks and bonfire night for this year. Unfortunately it was wet and windy for the whole night, so I had my Rain Sleeve on, which made things a bit tricky. Additionally, my wireless transceivers (for shutter release) didn't work (not sure why; I tested them before I left the house and they were OK, possibly water got into the hotshoe on the camera?) so I had to hold the shutter button on the camera, which wasn't ideal. Constructive criticism welcomed, thanks for reading.

Strathaven Fireworks and Bonfire Night 2014

Quick one of last night's sunset:

Quick gif of one of the many front splitter deaths on the tyre bundle at the fast chicane at the V8 Supercars Gold Coast event this weekend:

https://imgur.com/xiFyykB (quite a large gif, so link rather than embedded as an image)

Quote from troy :

Statement by Caterham F1: http://hosted-p0.vresp.com/843201/f4e6e7eae8/ARCHIVE

And counter by Caterham Group:

Quote :

I go on to question how anyone who was interested in the long term future of the business would appoint one of their cleaners – Constantin Cojocar – as the sole director and shareholder of the UK operating Company?

http://uk.caterhamcars.com/news/caterham-group-statement-sale-caterham-f1-team

What a mess...

With the amount of shit that's being thrown about perhaps a cleaner is the best person for the job...

I just feel sorry for the factory staff, who, as usual, are being treated like pawns by the money people.

I'm a bit worried about my girlfriend - she didn't come home last night. She left a note on the fridge yesterday morning which said "This isn't working, goodbye". I took a look at it and it seemed OK to me; the food was still cold.

Neither scene nor heard: a journey through ambient music.

Quote from Hyperactive :

Apparently the sochi weekend came too soon so marussia did not have time to sell the seat. It takes a lot more time for potential drivers to sort out their sponsors. That or they just decided it was cheaper to not run the car.

3rd drivers are just extra income for the teams. When it comes to driving the cars the teams are happier to not have anyone drive the car than to have the 3rd driver drive the car...

Rossi was ready to drive at Spa and was the nominated reserve driver for this weekend. I suppose his backers could have had trouble coming through with the money, but I'm not sure how likely that would be.

Now confirmed Marussia will only run a single car this weekend "out of respect" to Bianchi. Don't agree with that decision; would rather have seen Rossi in the car.

An interesting pic of a semi-naked Mercedes engine and ancillaries:



...and a diagram:

Quote from Jesse Kyytinen :

Quote from NotAnIllusion :

I believe that if the safety car had been out, the chance of this accident happening would have reduced to the point where driver error would not have been a factor. There is a very different mentality behind any yellow zone as compared to a safety car period. Time cannot be lost from slowing down during a safety car period. Positions cannot be lost, there is no racing going on during safety car periods.

But when pitting in SC periods, there is opportunity t ogain or lose positions because drivers don't drive the same speed when catching SC.

Although the current regulations in F1 are a bit complicated for safety car periods, the pace of the cars is restricted to try and stop people from gaining an advantage by racing back round under SC conditions. Simply put, the drivers are given a time target which they cannot be under for getting to certain control points:

Quote from F1 2014 Sporting Regulations :

40.7 All competing cars must reduce speed and form up in line behind the safety car no more than ten car lengths apart. In order to ensure that drivers reduce speed sufficiently, from the time at which the "SAFETY CAR DEPLOYED" message is shown on the timing monitors until the time that each car crosses the first safety car line for the second time, drivers must stay above the minimum time set by the FIA ECU.

Source

If a driver races around (e.g. to get back to the pits and make a stop) and arrives at the first safety car line before the minimum time mentioned above, they'll receive a penalty.

Quote from mike1158 :

Apparently the medical helicopter could not get into the circuit due to weather. It would make sense to cancel any race where full medical resources cannot be available. Hindsight etc.

Ted Kravitz already covered this aspect to an extent during his Qualifying Notebook show. There is a provision in the rules to allow the race to continue even if the helicopter isn't able to fly on account of weather. The alternative is to have an ambulance with a police escort. The hospital where Bianchi was taken was only approximately 14km from the circuit, so the time gained by a helicopter transport would not have been as large as for some trips.

Something else worth thinking about is that of the 3 significant errors Hamilton made this weekend, he escaped from the 2 in the race (running wide at T1 and into Spoon) with only a couple of seconds lost mainly because of the tarmac run-offs. If there'd just been grass and gravel there he'd have either lost significantly more time or potentially damaged the car/retired. In comparison, it seems like the biggest mistake Rosberg made all weekend was in car setup, which cost him rear tyre life in the race.

It's tragically ironic that the very thing Brundle has been warning against with relation to snatch/recovery vehicles has happened in almost a carbon copy of his Suzuka 1994 accident. I'm amazed that Bianchi is even alive after this impact and just hoping he can pull through without too much lasting damage.

Quote from DratsaB :

Andy Wilman needs to go if you ask me. I think he is the cause of everything wrong with top gear from the silly scripted events to the silly provocative things they do to cause controversy. All the presenters are top notch.

I agree he should go, but I couldn't disagree more about the presenters being top notch and it all being Wilman's fault. Clarkson, in particular, is a complete dick in his own business (outside Top Gear).

Quote from Bmxtwins :

Honestly JEV has proven he deserves a better car. Maybe not the rbr, but I think they're being hasty promoting kvyat when he has under performed to JEV.

Well, it looks like Red Bull disagree with you and, unless he can find some money somewhere, he won't get a better car than the STR for next season (if he remains in F1). He hasn't done anything spectacular this year (even taking into account the car, of course), and outperforming a rookie team mate isn't a particularly impressive display of his skills, especially because it's not as though JEV has blown Kvyat's doors off...

Quote from Bmxtwins :

JEV keeps his ride?

No, the Red Bull junior squad has about 32 drivers waiting to take his seat.

Quote from col :

The racing has never been better. The spectacle has never been better.
If you are going to waste your time and energy whining, at least whine about something that is a problem!

col.

Nope - go watch 1998, 2003, 2008 and 2010 seasons.

Quote from Racer X NZ :

So which is right ?, science tells us that the same table is both solid, and non solid. How can both ideas be right and co-exist ? Yet they do and both are correct.

Erm...what now? I don't even know how you got here. You say that at an atomic level most of the "observed structure" is "infact non existent". Why's that exactly? Do you mean "because atoms are mostly, like, nothing, man, they're, like, totally, like, non-existent, man. Whoa!"? So, have a quick read here and here and watch this.

Quote from Racer X NZ :

Redaction, in my understanding, is more of a combining of information into a condensed form, without specifically excluding information for a specific reason.

You didn't read my last post then? If you're an expert on secret government business perhaps it's a bit worrying you don't know what the term 'redacted' means.

Quote from Racer X NZ :

Both, but mine is more accurate.

Reducted;
In universal algebra and in model theory, a reduct of an algebraic structure is obtained by omitting some of the operations and relations of that structure. The converse of "reduct" is "expansion."

Redacted;
...is a form of editing in which multiple source texts are combined (redacted) and altered slightly to make a single document.

'Redacted' is more accurate, no?

Quote :

redact
rɪˈdakt/
verb
past tense: redacted; past participle: redacted

edit (text) for publication.
"a confidential memo which has been redacted from 25 pages to just one paragraph"
censor or obscure (part of a text) for legal or security purposes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanitization_%28classified_information%29

Quote :

Redaction generally refers to the editing or blacking out of text in a document, or to the result of such an effort. It is intended to allow the selective disclosure of information in a document while keeping other parts of the document secret. Typically the result is a document that is suitable for publication, or for dissemination to others than the intended audience of the original document. For example, when a document is subpoenaed in a court case, information not specifically relevant to the case at hand is often redacted.

Cassetteboy - Cameron's Conference Rap. Simultaneously hilarious and terrifying.

Quote from Racer Y :

But back to actually making it a theory. To do that we need to prove the existence of a "Designer" first.
If they were serious about intelligent design "theory", then you'd think that effort to do that would be underway.

By definition, the 'intelligent designer' would have to be supernatural. Good luck even finding a starting point to try and prove he/she/it exists.