i know i found a really REALLY bad connection with no sound in the background, just flicked back for a minute and caught both goals! i'm not sure if it works, it comes up with the play button, loads for a couple of seconds then goes back. got any ideas?

hi, does anyone know where i can watch a free live stream of this match thats on now? i don't have sky and i'm kinda desparate to watch!

thanks, Oli

went to mercedes benz world today, saw lewis' f1 car and also hakkinen's, old gullwings and an SL65 AMG Black to name but a few. also drove an SLK

me new desktop

ok. how much would that cost? also, about the sponsors, i thought you had to show you were good enough by racing to get sponsored, and even then they would find you - obviously not!

and i wanna get a job at the local indoor kart track, but my mum says i don't have time - A levels, rowing 7 times a week and mucho homework.

i'm also 16, is it too late to be considering motor racing as a career prospect?

yeah that really annoyed me at our track - there were 5 heats of...not 20, not 10, not 5, but 4 laps! that's 2 minutes per race! that basically means one tiny mistake or getting rammed by someone can cost u the race...and it did once for me...grrr

edit: also, if anyone has any ideas how i can get the 3/4/5 grand required to buy and maintain i kart, i would love to hear it! you have no idea how much i want to do it. if only we could afford it

Last edited by oli17, Fri 18 Sep 2009, 19:38.

i must say i'm still interested in the Easykart championship. does anyone know anything about this or race in it? also, i wanna be an F1/touring car/general racing driver when i'm older (if not a motorsport engineer), are there any classes that are especially good for this?

thanks

Quote from Intrepid :

Well

1. Where do you live?
2. How much would you be comfortable spending. Initial licence/kart purchase and then running cost?

1) London (Balham to be precise)
2) Preferable under 2000, but i really have no clue how much it would cost so i can't really say - as little as practically possible basically

is there a class that sounds like it's anything like what i want?

ok, so i was 19th out of 26, which i'm a bit gutted about, but i'm pretty sure they were all regulars and i've only been 5 times, but i've decided that i would actually commit a murder to be able to race karts :P

how did you lot start out?

if it helps i'm 16, 6'1 and about 12 stone 3. i'd would like a class that's as cheap as possible and where the results aren't based on the person with the biggest wallet!

it won't definitely happen but i think if i nag enough my mum might cave in.

also, does anyone have any idea of the costs etc. of racing?

thanks

dude i'm so sorry. i raced with it and it was great, but i somehow forgot to say thankyou. i know it would've come across really rude but it was much appreciated and i don't want you to think it wasn't.

thanks again, Oli

so did they

clutching at straws...

that's happened to me twice LOL!

Quote from tristancliffe :

I think the odds remain very low. But that doesn't mean it never happens, or that they only pick on weedy looking people.

if you met me you would not call me weedy. middle class maybe, but weedy definitely not

**** that! ipod touch 32GB it is i guess :S

does it by any chance have a memory card slot?

Quote from brt900 :

im loving my rs200 evolution with full speed and the second thing lol its a bloody rocket untla corner wher ei die

remember that problem in colin mcrae 2007(?)

Quote from J@tko :

I did round everything quite majorly

BTW is that M1? Doing that this year - will be fun

yep. "gay" doesn't begin to describe it

p.s. it's schoolboy speak, don't be offended oldies!

Quote from J@tko :

v=u+at
So, 0=29+(-)9.81*x
-29/-9.81= t = 2.956s for the upward part of the journey.
For the downward bit:
t=6-2.956 = 3.04s to the ground.
Distance for the downward bit [i.e the max height]:
s=ut+.5at^2
=0*3.04 + .5x9.81x3.04^2
= 45.33m

Count the upward part as downwards to make it easier [make everything positive i.e downwards. as everything accelerates due to gravity at the same rate as it de-accelerates due to gravity]
s=.5(u+v)t
=.5*29*2.956
=42.86m

45.33-42.86 = 2.74m

Quite how you're supposed to model that as a particle im not sure

according to the book the answer's 2.4 thanks for the help though i'll leave that one blank and get my "teacher" to explain it to me... god further maths is hard.

A ball is thrown vertically upwards with a speed of 29ms^-1. It hits the ground 6 seconds later. By modelling the ball as a particle find the height above the ground from which it was thrown.

how???

many thanks,

Oli

Quote from IDUI :

Otherwise as you say lighter guys at indoors twisty tracks definitely have an advantage. Which is why I'm surprised at OP's response, though perhaps weight is not an issue at the combo he will be driving.

what do you mean? i thought i said weight would be an issue - lighter, smaller guys were going much faster than me...

google "streatham kart raceway" (or youtube to see some of the track), and look at the layout and tell me if you think it's important please.

i would, but then if it broke i'd be buggered, and i've had a few experiences of internet buys going wrong...

eh!!??!? i've just been looking up prices on the apple website and the iphone 3G S 32 GB is $299 (170ish quid) in america and 538 quid in the apple store uk! i'm hoping this is just a catastrophic typo, but can anyone shed any light on this??

UK - http://store.apple.com/uk/brow ... family/iphone?mco=MTE2NTQ

US - http://www.apple.com/iphone/compare-iphones/

p.s. EH!?

Quote from carey :

the best line i ever got from a mugger was “oi blud, can i try my sim in your phone?” :d

lol! so is an iphone a better bet then? also, what's the insurance dealy with an iphone. say i got mugged (which is probable), what would happen? would i get all my money back, or some, or none?

Last edited by oli17, Sun 13 Sep 2009, 15:15.

sorry, it just seemed humorous that you were able to recite that in such detail!

to the person talking about the iphone, i would like to get one, but being a teenager in south london, mugging is a major issue, and i always seem to get mugged the second i get a new phone