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NightShift
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Quote from McDee :*sigh* All I'm saying is that people are leaving LFS. Do you agree with that at least?

Quote from NightShift :I'd agree with you on the general principle (i.e. the number of racers is falling)

I.e. it's probably easier to find a cruise server than to race the car you'd like
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Quote from McDee :What's your point?

here it is:

Quote from McDee :I used to be able to race any car I felt like

Quote from NightShift :well, that's a big overstatement!

Quote from McDee :Yeah, I'm talking about 2004-2007.

Quote from NightShift :Some cars/class have always been less lucky than others... if you search the forum there's ample evidence of that.

NightShift
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Quote from McDee :I'm talking about 2004-2007.

2007 LX4/6
2007 LX again
2007 LX, the ugly duckling
2007 MRT5
2007 LX, is it a surprise?
2007 UF1
2006 LX yet another time
2006 BF1

That was despite numerous official (=devs) initiatives regarding the LX cars in '07. In 2004 and part of 2005, choice of cars was limited to 7 (+1 single seater), so obviously it was less of a problem.

These are just a few samples, but one counter example is all it takes to bring a theory down.
NightShift
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It's also very easy to discard anything which need subtitles on it Lotsa good movies are not in english and will never be.
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Quote from McDee :and now I can't, that is a problem IMO.

I'd agree with you on the general principle (i.e. the number of racers is falling), but to say you could always choose ANY car and find a full server, well, that's a big overstatement!

Some cars/class have always been less lucky than others... if you search the forum there's ample evidence of that.

Quote from McDee : You might be surprised how many LFS'ers are familiar with the forums. Just because they don't post doesn't mean they don't see this place.

I've been a lurker for a long time don't be fooled by the silly amount of posts carrying my name these days.

I remember if I said something about test patches in the servers' chat, only a small minority was aware of them. Most never had an idea a new patch was going to be released, or what was going to be in it.

That of course was around mid '08, when there was not a delayed car to draw attention to LFS.
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Quote from titanLS :Tom Tykwer's "Lola Rennt" (Run Lola Run in the states)

Great little movie, I also really loved Winterschlaefers from Tykwer (Der Krieger und die Kaiserin didn't really cut it for me), both are completely different from Lola anyway.
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Quote from Speed Soro :that is too much important for me and my family, thank you a lot. Saved my day :heartbeat

zOMG :something

after this one I'll better refrain from posting for some time :wave2:
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Quote from danowat :Liam Neeson was more wooden

IMO Taken is beyond all considerations on acting, it's basically what a security guard will jerk off to, speaking with all respect due to all the sane guys who work as security guards.

Quote from The Very End :Planning to see Vanilla Sky, has anyone seen this and got some thoughts about it?

Basically it has only two nice things in it, the first few sequences (Everything in its right place etc), and one quote which I won't tell you in case you decide to watch the movie.

Quote from BurnOut69 :Vanilla sky = rip off of 'Abre los ojos' (Open your eyes), see the original one if you have the chance, its much better.

Since there are at least two people claiming ALO is massively better than the remake, I will offer my contrasting opinion:

Vanilla Sky is better acted and photographed, while ALO is very low budget and besides deserving the credit for the story (which isn't exactly thrilling however if you've read your share of SF anyway), it's not a movie I'll ever consider watching a second time.

Quote from Xaid0n :Twelve Monkeys

It's a classic, if you liked the mood be sure to check out Brazil by the same director.
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Quote from Speed Soro :Could you filter CRUISE and DRIFT?
Could you filter private and public?

Because DRIFT is not RACE, CRUISE is not RACE, and PRIVATE is not what the poster has asked to.

I cannot honestly share your adversarial attitude, but indeed the quoted bit is a fair enough point.

The stats only show the aggregated numbers, and cruising&drifting servers are a sizeable part of the public online activity, like it or not.
NightShift
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Quote from McDee :LFS's public relations could really use some help, and this forum sure isn't doing that.

The forums can be hardly regarded as PR, the 'average customer' doesn't usually dwell on the discussion boards. The people in here are a limited subset of the whole customer base.

And I totally +1 bbman's post.
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Quote from Electrik Kar :They don't need a reason. They just don't want any help.

Anytime you let someone new inside your team you're relinquishing a part of the creative control - even assuming the guy does the work for free e.g. community contributed mods.

And BTW once you accept a contribution, you're bound to have more people asking to see their creations featured in the game.

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Quote from marzman :How do you laserscan Blackwood or Kyoto?

Same way you cook up the aero data of the Radical
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Quote from zeugnimod :It was quite enjoyable although I was driving alone most of the time.

Well only 9 cars made it to the finish line, vs 21 at the start
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Well I can't say I'm happy, but at least in the 2nd race I managed to bring it home in not much more than 1 piece, that was my aim right from the start, as it always is
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Quote from zeugnimod :BTW, if there are crashes at T1 (and I would bet a lot of money that there will be crashes) is it allowed to Shift + P and rejoin the race from the pits? Because that would obviously save a lot of time compared to limping a whole lap to the pits, then repairing the car.

That would have been nice, my car flew out when someone decided it's fun to make a pileup on T1.

edit: watched the replay it was actually one of those physics hiccups, some cars in front of me had an accident and one was thrown backwards, my car in turn was slinged away.
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NightShift
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Quote from The Very End :Thanks, I'll digg into it. I like movies with a deeper meaning,

Kaufman plays a lot with the concept of reality, its perception of it, how it shapes his characters' identity and memory. He's a bit Dickian in a way His scripts can get a bit clunky sometimes and likely appeal brainy people more than 'emotional' types.

Along the same lines be sure to check out Stranger than Fiction, different people but the general mood is not that far.

Quote from The Very End :Donnie Darko however, never understands it completely, a lot of speculations ofc but I have never yet understood completely the whole history.

If you're interested watch the Director's Cut, it explains pretty much everything. All in all I'm the type of person who likes to be kept guessing rather than having a rather bland explanation delivered on a silver plate, so I could without the DC.

That's because the explanation behind DD is not that interesting. To make a comparison with a completely different film, i.e. 2001 A Space Odissey, that's one where I very much liked to read a down-to-earth (excuse the pun) explanation (which is found in AC Clarke's book) as I felt the film is a bit too cryptic for my taste. Kubrick surely did that on purpose, and it fits the underlying theme very well and cleverly too, but requires a great deal of effort on the spectator's part.
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Quote from DeadWolfBones :Not sure how you could call Human Nature formulaic.

As far as I remember it, it's entirely on the noble savage idea, and it plays out as a more or less standard comedy. The visuals are interesting, the cast is certainly worthy, but as a whole it left me quite underwhelmed.

Another Gondry's movie that did not impress me one bit is Be Kind Rewind. I can discern the skills, the irony, the underlying message, but in the end it's more a divertissement than a movie.

Despite it not being my favorite, I regard Science of Sleep as far more interesting
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Quote from mblixt :When will we get the pasword ?

I can't find the server in LFS world anyway

Guess we're going to race without the official numberplates, right?
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@Veloci, you're basically missing out the whole underlying philosophy of Firefox, which is extensibility.

BTW I have used Opera years ago before Firefox was out, and tested it again recently. It has a lot of stuff that I don't need, and is missing a lot of things that Firefox has.

So I either use Firefox or Chrome.
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Quote from The Very End :Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind .

If you like that check out the other movies written by Charlie Kaufman like Being John Malkovich and Adaptation.

As for the director, Gondry, his other films are a bit weird, for that reason you might not like em but they're worth checking out. E.g. The Science of Sleep.

Human Nature is a bit formulaic IMO, good for completists.
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Quote from zeugnimod :I don't think so.

Correct, half of LFS is cruising
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Quote from squidhead :it's nice to see people comparing an LFS video to cinematography...

So you did like my critique after all
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For my pedals I'm using an anti-skid mat intended for carpets. It works to a degree, i.e. if you use the clutch the pedal base will still slide around there's not enough weigh for the mat to work effectively.

I'll have to take the plunge and do some woodworking myself.
NightShift
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At a time I reached around 100, then I discovered Taboo.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5756
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Maybe my sarcasm detector is broken, but I thought both Vain and Lateralus were being ironic.
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