I know, I thought you were the one suggesting more gears were necessary -- sorry if I got the wrong end of the stick.
Al, I don't know if this helps, but the money's really not that good. (Not a planetary scientist but have been known to get cheap thrills out of conference junkets.)
You want 6 gears for Pocono? More power to you, sir.
Sorry for the off-topic:
Kev, not trying to talk you out of it, obviously everyone should own a copy of RBR. But be aware that it's not as efficient a bit of software as LFS is. You'll need a faster machine to get good framerates, it won't work on older graphics cards, and (in my case at least) the FF won't work with some wheels.
I'm still glad I bought it, but I look forward to an upgrade so I'll have the hardware to do it justice.
Kev, not trying to talk you out of it, obviously everyone should own a copy of RBR. But be aware that it's not as efficient a bit of software as LFS is. You'll need a faster machine to get good framerates, it won't work on older graphics cards, and (in my case at least) the FF won't work with some wheels.
I'm still glad I bought it, but I look forward to an upgrade so I'll have the hardware to do it justice.
Beautiful work. Kid, you are truly the Van Gogh of LFS-related artwork.
(Not taking anything away from you, Don -- you just seem less likely to chop your own ear off.)
(Not taking anything away from you, Don -- you just seem less likely to chop your own ear off.)
More sporting behaviour from you, I see Borbor.
On this one actually I can see your argument, but it seems I just don't regard the atmosphere of competition in LFS as being as high-stakes as you do. On an in-lap or out-lap (or an already-screwed-up hotlap
) I would certainly move over for a clearly faster driver during a qualifying session.From their website:
For anyone who is interested in the Tesla Roadster and is located 100 miles or more outside the metropolitan areas of San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, New York City or Miami, we will be charging an out-of-area service fee of $8,000. This will allow us to provide you with the same high level of service for those located near our Tesla Motors Customer Care Centers and will cover our cost of sending a Tesla Motors-trained technician to your home or to transport your car to our nearest facility if necessary.
- Price: $100,000 (excluding taxes, title, etc.)
- Delivery date: Fall of 2007 (anticipated)
- Reservation payment: $75,000, which is applied to the sales price at the time of delivery.
I call BS on this. I can accept that you are obsessed with the turbo / powerband issue, as you have made it abundantly clear. But it is quite hard for me to picture a wide circle of friends who are equally upset about this rather narrow technical point and have refused to buy LFS because of exactly and only this reason.
Perhaps you are exaggerating a little for effect, James?
As Tristan and Sinbad have said much more eloquently than I can, your posts are not factually wrong and your enthusiasm is welcomed, but your tone is not winning you supporters here.
I used to think Hank had the monopoly on fantastically boring combos (UF1 at the Oval) but I believe you may have outdone him here.
Sorry for continuing with the off-topic strand, but I'm with Bob: I would rather have a properly hammered-out wiki entry than a typical journal article. Some journals have better refereeing processes than others, but no journals allow thousands of people input to an article. I think a wiki entry that's really gone through the wringer has the same many-eyes benefits as a long scientific exchange conducted using journal articles over a period of years.
(Of course, to a large extent this is apples vs. oranges, as Wikipedia is aimed at being an encyclopedia of established knowledge and not a place for publishing original research, whereas cutting-edge journals are exactly the opposite.)
Woohoo -- finally a production car that might have actually needed its rear wing!
45.8%, but mostly because of a huge number of 2nd places -- I think I am one of those guys that keeps driving when it is hopeless. And all too often you can get second, third, and fourth taking each other out on the last lap and a surprise podium results...
Don't apologize, it was a good post and you make some excellent points.
Well said BlueSkunk. I don't think what you describe will happen, but I'd like to live in a world where it did.
I'm glad you have that much confidence in the editorial policy of Popular Mechanics. Are you sure it's justified? I may be stretching a point here, but I'm just referring to the fact that all venues for the reporting of human knowledge are open to the biases Tristan listed. I work in science and have been involved for a long time in the scientific publishing process: I understood it a lot better once I realized that just because something's printed in a journal doesn't mean it's not BS.
YMMV.
Surely correct. But if you can point me to an information source where these problems don't apply, I'd be a happy man.
It's on the website as $100K, with an $8K extra fee if you live far away from their SF, CA base (to cover the cost of sending someone out to service your car).
I feel much cooler now; thanks, Gunn.
And therefore you (Ally) owe the guy an apology.
Yes but you'd be wearing a natty beret, so that's all right then.
Apologies for trying to be subtle, Jamexing. (What is that really, James I guess?) I have indeed read your earlier post, and numerous others. I was taking the p*ss mate, but it's meant nicely, honest.
Great shots Dan.
Agreed.
Really? You think they're equally dirty? I would much rather be two-wide through a corner with Thompson than Plato.
Absolutely. It's a real shame, and touring car racing doesn't have to be like that. I assume that a much more aggressive clerk of the course is what's needed, but I don't know how this degree of tolerated wrecking has crept into BTCC culture. Guesses, anyone? AJP's "it's good for the TV ratings" theory seems plausible.
Agreed.
Really? You think they're equally dirty? I would much rather be two-wide through a corner with Thompson than Plato.
Absolutely. It's a real shame, and touring car racing doesn't have to be like that. I assume that a much more aggressive clerk of the course is what's needed, but I don't know how this degree of tolerated wrecking has crept into BTCC culture. Guesses, anyone? AJP's "it's good for the TV ratings" theory seems plausible.
Jamexing, what's that you're saying? The FXO is overpowered and the RB4 needs better tyres? Unprecedented news. Perhaps you could fill us all in at great length?
Nice one Bruce -- good of you to follow up with the solution.
Well said TagForce, +1 to that. I'm going to go out on a limb here and guess that this is all that most reasonable sim-heads want.
Sorry for the off topic, but this always puzzled me about America's Army as a so-called recruitment game. I thought the speed with which you got killed when you first played this game was great, but I always wondered why anyone would think, "So if I join the army, I'm going to get shot in the head within 15 seconds of arriving on the battlefield... cool! Where do I sign?"
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