First reply! Woot.

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Quote from thisnameistaken :

Spoken like a true American.

You are right! American politics are very much different than the rest of the worlds, so you must excuse me if it seems I am branding you as some sick freak. I myself am a Libertarian, a philosophy that many Americans believe in, but foolishly only elect either Democrat or Republican.

Quote from SamH :

This always makes me laugh, I have to say One of the core problems for the US is the lack of non-partisan journalism, and the net result of that is that is a maturing of stances into a situation where any reporting of events or situations, or any commentary at all on anything that is contrary to an individual's perspective is easily and simply dismissed as "damn liberal" or "damn neocon". At no time now, in the US, can anyone be stifled into paying attention with a simple and unbiased "fact". This is something that the rest of the western world enjoys without hindrance.

I will agree that there is non-partisan journalism here, that it is extremely biased towards liberal ideals and agendas, but with the guise of being objective. Haha, sure. But on the hand, our government has no control over it, which I think is wonderful, no matter how biased it is.

As it stands now, the media here have almost blinding, hate filled rage towards our current administration...like they did with Regan, and Ford, and Nixon...see the trend?

I believe that individuals, not big governments, have accomplished the most good in the world. The smaller the government, the less power they can wield over the people, as was originally intended by Americas founding fathers. In fact, read this, please:

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When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. --That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.

To me, that is probably the most radical, free thinking idea that mankind has seen...and it still is to this day. Please read it twice to let it really sink in.

Quote from thisnameistaken :

To ensure that our leaders are elected by the majority. Incidentally, it's not good form to point out that "the majority" are actually pretty stupid and have no business doing anything important like electing leaders. People get upset when you mention that.

Spoken like a true liberal.

Well, I can simplify for that the Executive branch, while having to answer to checks and balances*, do have some power to do so. Some. The American president is more a figurehead of power rather than an actual wielder of power, though as another example, the president, in times of war, holds the highest power in the military.



*an example is Americas recent immigration bill. The president really wanted it to be pushed through, but congress had a higher power over it and subsequently voted agaist the bill.

Quote from thisnameistaken :

Hahaha. You should rent Terry Gilliam's film, "Brazil". It's over 20 years old but it applies so neatly to modern-day america that you may actually wet yourself laughing.

(it is a very funny film even without the terrorism backdrop, to be fair)

Or modern day Great Brittan. In my opinion, I feel America is still pretty far from the police state that I feel is starting to fester and grow in GB.

And YOU may think "Brazil" was funny, but it scared the sh*t out of me.

So, for the people who disagreed about my idea, what is your opinion on some of the cars with the gauge that shows FPS? I mean, this game is a simulation, right? How many real world vehicles have a FPS-o-meter?

Or in other words, "there are external programs to monitor this" So if LFS came with this feature of monitoring frmaes per second...which it does...it is okay, but something similar, like having the option to either monitor in car engine temperature or CPU temperature is rather senseless?

Just to be fair, I think this needs to be noted and read:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F ... acional_%28Puerto_Rico%29

In a nutshell, they were (are) Puerto Rican terrorists. How do I know that, you say?

Because my wifes Uncle was one of them. And he admits they had they same intentions as Al Queda.

The grass is not always greener on the other side!

Quote from Bassism :

Hey all,

The drivers on demo servers are a lot more friendly, and thus it's a much better experience.

I never would have thought I would live to see the day that this sentence would appear.

Quote from P5YcHoM4N :

They aren't home grown which the last bunch were, is what they have been getting at.

Oh. Pardon me.

Quote from P5YcHoM4N :

So far the 5 they have detained are Muslims.

....Were you expecting 5 lads from County Cork?

When I had a front wheel drive car, I would left foot brake so the car would rotate midway in a corner. I would let up the throttle halfway, dab the brakes, and the car would settle in the position I wanted to exit a corner.

If I did that in the AWD car I now drive, I would probably spin.

Just an idea. As I mentioned, if there was a way to select in the option screen to either have it monitor your cars engine temp or your CPU's...

No need to get hostile, everyone!

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I have also been on the same server as Senna many many times, (who hasn't?) and while I like racing with him, sometimes he can be just be a bit too aggressive and not have much in the way of foresight.

Senna...Calling the ones who disagree with you "ball ends" is rather crude and childish, but so is some of the responses from others, also.

Fine...you pushed me over the edge. See you in a few.

Quote from Nathan_French_14 :

i have only had lfs for a few months and i have covered over 10k miles

Bingo.

OT: If you do indeed own that vehicle that is your avatar, I hate you yousuckandgotohelldiediedie.

Quote from Hankstar :

If I'm not able to install transparent Lexus-style light covers on my XRT's tail-lights by the end of this financial year, I simply shan't play anymore.

I hear ya, brother...I gotta have the NOS, too. Two bottles. The big ones.

Now, how "cool" would that be? you can monitor your CPU's core temperature to make sure it is not stressed out from LFS. Have it in game options to have the gauge either monitor your LFS engine temp, or your computers.

A n00b is also someone who has been a member of LFS for two and a half years, yet has 6500 miles online.

How about these:

Ben Collins is the Stig? See page 5, point 37.

http://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/releases/richardhammond.pdf

Quote from Gunn :

I believe that Indy is the only US circuit that has the facilities to host an F1 Grand Prix.

Bingo.

Quote from niall09 :

Laguna seca is good, but it seems very short. And also, would the "corkscrew" chicane be very dangerous for F1 cars?

I am a bit biased, but probably the best permanent road circuit for F1 cars in America would have to be Road America. It has two long sections, and the corners are for the most part straight out of a textbook. The only downside is that Road America can only handle about 100,000 people.

Number twelve is what my wife is. Yay! I knew there was a reason I married her.

You know you've played too much LFS when:

You go back and forth from your computer to your car to get the in car view settings perfect and to your liking.