How about this one too:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=3Pgh6Rdc9bI
The lucky bastard's only injury was a cut finger, and it barely required a band-aid.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=3Pgh6Rdc9bI
The lucky bastard's only injury was a cut finger, and it barely required a band-aid.
Alright then, have a go at this one. 
Great battle for the lead here on the last lap between [AKR].MAM. and ~AR~Slow069.
Great battle for the lead here on the last lap between [AKR].MAM. and ~AR~Slow069.
Why not? People post skins in the 'Render My Skin thread'
That's not smoke. It's dry ice underneath the fender.
It doesn't have to be pass the parcel. Anyone post a replay if it's got some good footage that would go nicely in movie form.
Maybe a great online race, or a hot-lap that would make for good slow motion stuff.
Maybe a great online race, or a hot-lap that would make for good slow motion stuff.
Although everyone played their part in the lead-up, I reckon C caused the actual accident.
Blind Neddy could have seen that that gap was closing.
Blind Neddy could have seen that that gap was closing.
Movify my replay
In the tradition of the 'Render My Skin' and Edit My Screenshot' threads comes 'Movify My Replay'.
The idea is totally experimental and may go down in flames. Then again it might not.
The concept is that people post their uber cool replays (like hotlaps or online battles), and request that some or all of it be 'movified'.
Then the community's movie making talent grab the file and unleash all of their creative juices on it, and post the result.
Rules for people posting replays.
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Here is the movie:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=j7iqU1LfcTA
The idea is totally experimental and may go down in flames. Then again it might not.
The concept is that people post their uber cool replays (like hotlaps or online battles), and request that some or all of it be 'movified'.
Then the community's movie making talent grab the file and unleash all of their creative juices on it, and post the result.
Rules for people posting replays.
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- Include a brief description of what the replay is. [e.g. Hotlap of SO Long / 5 laps of drifting around BL1 / 5 Lap UF1 race at FB Green].
- If you only want part of your replay made into a movie, specify what timeframe. [e.g.Laps 2-3, or turns 1 - 8].
- Make sure you point out the names of racer(s) that should be the focus of the movie.
- Dont post laggy messes of mprs.
- Make sure the replays are entertaining. [i.e. not you and your dr1f0r buddy doing donuts in the carpark for half an hour].
Here is the movie:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=j7iqU1LfcTA
I can relate to all of these things, and this is how I overcame them.
Tunnel vision or feeling 'out of it' - While there is nicotine in your bloodstream but it isn't getting any more, your body won't feel right. This will last 3 days, and is the toughest part. I literally went to bed after my third day of not smoking and woke up on the fourth day a different person. My mind was clear and my symptoms had gone. This was the biggest revelation in my 'quitting' experience. My body and mind felt immeasurably better from then on.
Behaving like a total loon / anxiety /constantly thinking about smoking - All I can say about this is that when you understand and confront withdrawal pangs, you will realise that they are not actually painful or bad, and that they only last a few seconds. I took to tackling pangs as a game. A competition against the addiction. I actually enjoyed confronting and beating them. Your brain will eventually reject them as reflex, and they stop happening sooner than you think. I can say that I thought about nothing but smoking for the first week or so that I stopped. The key was that I didn't want to smoke any more. My mind was now so full of negative thoughts about smoking that soon, my mind moved on to other thoughts.
Constipation - I was constipated for about the first week after stopping. I had no idea that smoking affected your digestive system until I stopped. I've heard vets and biologists say that you can tell a lot about the health of an animal by looking at it's shit. Let me just say that I now realise how unhealthy I was a few months ago. My shits are now works of art that should be bottled and put on display somewhere.
If constipation becomes bothersome, I would guess that there are tablets you can take.Work I would consider my job as highly stressful and extremely busy. I manage an IT support team, and have to deal with a constant stream of urgent issues. I have people making demands of me all day every day. That's what my job is. I stopped smoking on a Monday night, and worked all the way through the first 3 days. The fact that I was busy at work made this part a lot easier. I basically realised that I didn't have time to dwell on 'not smoking' and got on with things. I found I had a lot more time to think about things at night when I wasn't at work.
Having a lot of work on is not a barrier to stopping. I'd imagine if you tried to quit on holidays (when you tend to laze around a lot more) would be harder.
Carr may not have been 100% right in saying that there are no withdrawal symptoms, but he is right in saying that this period can actually be enjoyable.
Was quitting easy? It depends on how you look at it really. I would say that it was a challenging goal that was extremely enjoyable and satisfying to achieve. And one that was not nearly as hard as I thought it would be.
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The will-power part is the decision to stop. Once you make the decision, it's not that hard.
I know it sounds like spin and bullshit, and I used to have exactly the same opinions on smoking as you appear to: That stopping will involve pain and anguish, and require superhuman amounts of willpower. It's not true. You just need to change the way you think.
In the last few weeks that I smoked, I deeply analysed my smoking habits. I thought about what was going through my brain while I smoked (and while I didn't). It's something that smokers don't really think about much. Smoking becomes such a subconscious thing. Smokers accept smoking as their lot and not ever take a step back and think about what they're doing and why.
I got a very good understanding of the mechanics of my addiction and the resulting habits, and that made them so much easier to break. What Carr's book did for me, is get that train of thought happening. The book is certainly not a magic pill that made me quit, but it got me thinking in a different way.
I know it sounds like spin and bullshit, and I used to have exactly the same opinions on smoking as you appear to: That stopping will involve pain and anguish, and require superhuman amounts of willpower. It's not true. You just need to change the way you think.
In the last few weeks that I smoked, I deeply analysed my smoking habits. I thought about what was going through my brain while I smoked (and while I didn't). It's something that smokers don't really think about much. Smoking becomes such a subconscious thing. Smokers accept smoking as their lot and not ever take a step back and think about what they're doing and why.
I got a very good understanding of the mechanics of my addiction and the resulting habits, and that made them so much easier to break. What Carr's book did for me, is get that train of thought happening. The book is certainly not a magic pill that made me quit, but it got me thinking in a different way.
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Nice work. I agree that Carr does repeat himself a bit, but I suppose that's part of his way of hammering his thoughts home.
I can't say I really enjoyed reading the book, apart from knowing it was bringing me closer to not smoking.
Still, it did the job.
Nb - The big man died of lung cancer not so long ago. The irony.
The more cynical people amongst us think that nicotine patches are not supposed to actually help you stop smoking, rather make you keep attempting to stop.
That way the evil corporations who produce the patches and gum (and who may also be in the tobacco industry) see an ever growing market of 'attempters' to drain money from.
It is very unlikely that you'll succeed with these things. The stats show this.
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Good luck man. I'd recommend re-reading at least the last part of Carr's book as a refresher.
Just remember, once you realise that you're not giving up anything, you won't want to smoke.
Take the addiction withdrawals head on. Enjoy them. See them as progress towards quitting. Realise that they are not painful or anything bad like that. They will stop happening sooner than you think.
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Taavi, you don't need a replacement for smoking. In fact I think that's the worst thing you can do when getting over nicotine addiction.
Nicotine replacement therapy be it gum, patches, or even lollies or a toothpick will constantly remind you of your addiction, but it won't fix the craving in the back of your mind. Chances are that this will eventually wear you down and in a weak moment, you will succumb to a cigarette.
The key to stopping is to realise that you aren't actually giving anything up, you're just making yourself normal again. Once you get this in to your head, you won't fear life without cigarettes, and you will be able to stop quite easily.
These words will sound familiar to anyone who has read the late Allen Carr's book 'Easy Way To Stop Smoking'.
Now, I'm an absolute cynic when it comes to self help books like this, but after 15 years of ruining my body with smoking I decided to give it a go and read the book.
It's the best thing I ever did in my life. I've not smoked for more than 2 months and never will again.
When I stopped, I actually enjoyed getting cravings. They became a challenge to get over (they only last a few seconds by the way). If I got one I didn't shy away from it. I was like: "BRING IT ON! YOU WON'T WIN!!!!". Eventually my brain realised that the addiction was not going to win and the cravings gradually stopped happening.
3 days after stopping, there was no nicotine left in my bloodstream. My body didn't know what had hit it!
The benefits of not smoking are immediate and bloody fantastic. I can now keep up in touch footy, I run a few KMs times a week (unthinkable before).
I can buy more stuff (That G25 has already paid for itself with the money I've saved!). My performance at work is better because I'm not thinking about the next ciggie break all the time. There are so many more things you notice that change for the better.
To anyone who smokes, I really can't recommend Allen Carr's book enough. The guy totally nailed the symptoms of nicotine addiction, and how to overcome it. I'm also more than happy to give advise to anyone who wants to stop (PM me).
It is all in the mind. Trust me.
The 'No Helmet Guy' shits me.
No, I don't think I'm a real racing driver when I play LFS (notice I said 'play'), and yes there are far more important things in life that shit me in a far bigger way, and I certainly don't dwell on the 'No Helmet Guy' for more than one second if I encounter him.
However part of the enjoyment of LFS for me is realism and immersion, and any sense of that is lost when the stupid guy with no helmet appears.
Having said that, I would guess it's been a year since I've seen anyone using it.
No, I don't think I'm a real racing driver when I play LFS (notice I said 'play'), and yes there are far more important things in life that shit me in a far bigger way, and I certainly don't dwell on the 'No Helmet Guy' for more than one second if I encounter him.
However part of the enjoyment of LFS for me is realism and immersion, and any sense of that is lost when the stupid guy with no helmet appears.
Having said that, I would guess it's been a year since I've seen anyone using it.
Pretty much sums it up for me.
Yes, the development is slow, but I appreciate things so much more when they are done properly, and when I know the devs actually care about what they're doing.
It's such a rare trait in games development nowadays.
Keep going the way you're going Scavier.
That's more like the kind of pictures I've been expecting to see in this thread.
Number 2 was my wallpaper a few years ago too.
Number 2 was my wallpaper a few years ago too.
I only lasted 7 seconds. And it took me at least 4 seconds before I got sound happening.
Multi threading needs to be handled at the OS level. We can't expect people to reprogram stuff every time more cores become available.
Fair or not, Fernando knew damn well that Lewis was along side him. He moved over on him. You don't take a normal line when someone is along side you.
Two wide at Eau Rouge was thrilling.
I think racers get the shits when nobody is racing, but the cruise servers are well populated.
Doesn't bother me in the slightest though; a lot of people in the cruise servers aren't interested in racing at all anyway.
He's lucky some of the drivers he passed were not as aggressive as him, else there would have been a prang.
Going 3 wide through the cutting was great to watch though.
Going 3 wide through the cutting was great to watch though.
Made me literally lol, so great movie.
lalalalalalala - WATCH THE REPLAY!
B's fault.
B's fault.
While I don't agree with your trolling with the 'rednecks in jeans' comments, I do agree that there were some pretty ordinary response times in those videos. Especially the drag racing ones. There's no excuse in such a small venue.
The desire for more content in LFS is not a bad thing. More content will bring in more sales for the devs. But, they know this...
I'll bet that more content is being developed right now and in time, it will make it into the game.
When did the devs announce that they were only working on bugs/physics?
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