RIP Arthur C Clarke, 1917 - 2008
Arthur C Clarke, one of the greatest authors and visionaries of our time, died at his home in Colombo, Sri Lanka, aged 90. He had been battling post-polio syndrome for a number of years.
He is survived by an entire planet, which will miss him dearly.
Here is his last video message, recorded in December 2007. The subject matter and tone of this message is, in retrospect, quite a fitting farewell.
RIP Arthur.
He is survived by an entire planet, which will miss him dearly.
Here is his last video message, recorded in December 2007. The subject matter and tone of this message is, in retrospect, quite a fitting farewell.
RIP Arthur.
Mars.
Kinda fitting, given today was Arthur C Clarke's last on this planet
Kinda fitting, given today was Arthur C Clarke's last on this planet
Castle Combe & Silverstone (old & modern versions) still have tricky low-speed turns - they're not just a series of near flat-out turns connected with straights.
Fast corners are awesome though, don't get the wrong idea - Ascari & Curva Grande from the pre-chicane Monza, for example, are two of my favourite turns. However, an entire track filled with Ascaris & Grandes would get really dull, really fast. The whole point of circuit racing is to see who can take the slowest corners the fastest: who can brake most effectively, who can accelerate out better and get a faster exit speed, testing the various strengths and weaknesses of cars and drivers at the extremes of braking, acceleration and changing direction. In the entire history of racing, there has never been a high-speed non-oval course like the one suggested here. Even old Reims, which was basically a mass of enormous straights with a couple of high speed turns, had a couple of tricky hairpins to make it challenging.
Fast corners are awesome though, don't get the wrong idea - Ascari & Curva Grande from the pre-chicane Monza, for example, are two of my favourite turns. However, an entire track filled with Ascaris & Grandes would get really dull, really fast. The whole point of circuit racing is to see who can take the slowest corners the fastest: who can brake most effectively, who can accelerate out better and get a faster exit speed, testing the various strengths and weaknesses of cars and drivers at the extremes of braking, acceleration and changing direction. In the entire history of racing, there has never been a high-speed non-oval course like the one suggested here. Even old Reims, which was basically a mass of enormous straights with a couple of high speed turns, had a couple of tricky hairpins to make it challenging.
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Undead thread ftw :zombie:
A track with no corners under 200kph, just for the BF1? The BF1 - the most insanely fast & agile car in LFS with the best handling, braking & acceleration - being restriced to light braking (if any) and staying above 4th gear? That's criminal
As for driving the other cars on it (especially the road cars, which barely even reach 200 as it is) I think a track like that would be an unrealistic flat-out borefest.
A track with no corners under 200kph, just for the BF1? The BF1 - the most insanely fast & agile car in LFS with the best handling, braking & acceleration - being restriced to light braking (if any) and staying above 4th gear? That's criminal
As for driving the other cars on it (especially the road cars, which barely even reach 200 as it is) I think a track like that would be an unrealistic flat-out borefest.
Totally there - bought a spanking new joystick just for IL-2
31 - tragically old for one who Lives for Speed, but criminally young for a Grand Prix Legend.
If they're referring to something which is not known, it's definitely "unknown". As in the opposite of "known". Something that people do not know. Information which is unavailable for perusal. Data which is not present. Stuff what aint knowed!
Jeez, are these guys too damn lazy to consult dictionary.com? Can't find an appropriate lolcat/English translator? The full extent of their improvident lackwittedness is unknown to me at this time.
Jeez, are these guys too damn lazy to consult dictionary.com? Can't find an appropriate lolcat/English translator? The full extent of their improvident lackwittedness is unknown to me at this time.
View from the backyard at my parents' house. Haven't lived there for ten years but it's always nice to visit. Plus my current house is fugly.
edit: sorry, didn't realise how big that was. If it's problematic for anyone I'll adjust it.
edit: sorry, didn't realise how big that was. If it's problematic for anyone I'll adjust it.
Disappointing thread indeed. I thought this was going to be an "XP vs Vista" flamewar.
FTR I couldn't care less about rolling the car windows up or down. Visible & dirty windows, yes. Rolling them down to hear the same sounds a little louder? Meh
FTR I couldn't care less about rolling the car windows up or down. Visible & dirty windows, yes. Rolling them down to hear the same sounds a little louder? Meh
If someone wants other people to have their skins they upload them to LFSWorld. I thought that was one of the main attractions of LFSWorld - instant access to a central store of skins, without the hassle of having to email them individually to your friends or manually download them from forums or skin sites or anywhere else.
Like garph said, it's annoying to be spammed with "oh hai send set pls", but at least sets are tiny files and are sent pretty much instantly. Skins are huge in comparison and really shouldn't be sent p2p over a race server imho.
Like garph said, it's annoying to be spammed with "oh hai send set pls", but at least sets are tiny files and are sent pretty much instantly. Skins are huge in comparison and really shouldn't be sent p2p over a race server imho.
Lovely! :up:
"From hell's heart, I stab at theeeeee!!!"
That's cocking great
Can someone turn that into a 114x114 animated gif? 
That's cocking great
Can someone turn that into a 114x114 animated gif? So you're saying Thailand is similar to Sydney ...
I must admit I don't know a great deal about Korea (or the current madness in Colombia). What I do know is that a lot of people still don't agree over whether America did actually win in Korea
Keep it up, it suits you There are far too many people on the interwang who talk like freakin' lolcats when they're trying to be serious (which does their whole argument a great disservice), so reading something written in English is refreshing :fluffy:
BTW, the key to eating Vegemite is using small doses. Hot toast, buckets of butter and just a thin scrape of V'mite and you're sorted. Brilliant hangover remedy in case you have no bacon or Berocca. That said, I prefer Promite - you can spread it a bit thicker and it doesn't taste like the inside of a truckie's undies.
Keep it up, it suits you
There are far too many people on the interwang who talk like freakin' lolcats when they're trying to be serious (which does their whole argument a great disservice), so reading something written in English is refreshing :fluffy:BTW, the key to eating Vegemite is using small doses. Hot toast, buckets of butter and just a thin scrape of V'mite and you're sorted. Brilliant hangover remedy in case you have no bacon or Berocca. That said, I prefer Promite - you can spread it a bit thicker and it doesn't taste like the inside of a truckie's undies.
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True, Hyper. America would never start a war with a country that could even defend itself adequately, let alone one with a billion people, huge resources, a massive military, a loose alliance with Russia and the economic clout to send the US to the brink of depression.
Ideally, warfare should always be assymetrical, with the odds in the aggressor's favour - but to be fair it's not exclusively America that thinks along those lines. Genghis Khan & Napoleon Bonaparte (& every successful strategist from William the Conqueror to Monty to Hannibal, really) maintained that an attack should not be made unless the outcome is certain to come out in your favour. Of course, assymetry can also be your friend if happen to be the defender, where conventional methods of combat are often inappropriate. Guerilla tactics, constant harrassment & unconventional assaults were decisive in Vietnam & the Russian occupation of Afghanistan, instrumental in WW2 when used by the French Resistance and are having a serious impact on the current Iraq situation.
But that's rather OT...
Ideally, warfare should always be assymetrical, with the odds in the aggressor's favour - but to be fair it's not exclusively America that thinks along those lines. Genghis Khan & Napoleon Bonaparte (& every successful strategist from William the Conqueror to Monty to Hannibal, really) maintained that an attack should not be made unless the outcome is certain to come out in your favour. Of course, assymetry can also be your friend if happen to be the defender, where conventional methods of combat are often inappropriate. Guerilla tactics, constant harrassment & unconventional assaults were decisive in Vietnam & the Russian occupation of Afghanistan, instrumental in WW2 when used by the French Resistance and are having a serious impact on the current Iraq situation.
But that's rather OT...
Dang, how dare those pesky Chinese throw people in jail without evidence or trials and how dare they torture people. Thank the Lawd we have our shiny golden USA as a beacon of freedom and justice. 'course, if we did nookular-ise them Chinesians we wouldn't have anything to wear, sms our friends with or watch TV on and noone propping up our multi-trillion dollar deficit. Best leave 'em be until we re-learn how to make stuff ourselves and annexe a resource-rich country or two to pay a few debts. Dang!
Ah, ok. So you're in the Sonic Hacking crew now? Fascinating.
I don't see flames, not even sparks! People just seem to be treating this thread with the respect it deserves
Now, who's for a game of May I?
Just the free airshow's fine - a lot of those "enemies" of yours are armed with US & UK weapons anyway, more than a match for a Lanc Surely you can't have a problem with a whole working Lanc squadron. If you do - that's treason!
Surely you can't have a problem with a whole working Lanc squadron. If you do - that's treason!Yeah...he used to be called "Samantha" and loved to dance.
Mate, I meant a lot more than just one. Surely it's not too much to ask that the RAF get a dozen or so Lancs back into service in 617 Squadron?
Dude. Proper of course! Add some friends, some yum cha and pots of green tea & bam! Good times. You could also add some thick drapes on the walls, something pleasant to smoke, some Miles Davis ... beats the hell out of Warrock. Not that I've played it, mind you, but that name's enough of a whack jam to keep me away
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