Quote from RiGun :

The guitar solo that I like the most is the one in the live version of Hollow Years by Dream Theater, that solo is just amazing, there are lots of excellent solos but that one is a recurring thought.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H78F7M-LATw

+1

Awesome solo. I have that concert on DVD and that song is amazing live. I hope to be able to play that one someday!

Talking about playing solo's live I played Joe Satriani's "Surfing With The Alien" in a pub last year while meeting some folks from a music forum. Here's the vid, its bad sound quality but oh well:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yo_C35ZlByA

Some of my favs:

Gary Moore - Parisienne Walkways (live)

Steve Vai - For The Love Of God

Today's times so far:

1. R. Barrichello Brawn GP BGP 001 1:18.398
2. F. F Alonso Renault Renault R29 R 29 1:19.334 +0.936
3. L. Hamilton McLaren McLaren MP4-24 1:19.629 +1,231
4. N. Rosberg Williams Williams FW31 1:19.783 +1.385

They would all be pretty similar if Barrichello wasn't able to improve upon his fastest time yesterday. But he did, by nearly 1 second

Here is my current desktop in Windows 7. After a few weeks of use its working like a charm. I made a dual-boot between XP and W7 but I think I'm regretting it now - I simply have no reason to use XP any more.

The new taskbar is pretty damn sweet too

Yeah hopefully I can get my hands on it!

I had to laugh at this interview:

http://www.formula1.com/news/interviews/2009/3/9006.html

Kimi just loves the media!

I'm thinking of getting something like this in the near future:



I have a foamy aerobatic but it just gets blown about too much by the wind. Not great at 3D flying either (or maybe that's just me )

I also have a 12 scale nitro car in the garage from years back. Had some problems with the engine and just gave it up. Gotta either fix it someday or pass it on to someone else.

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Quote from Mustafur :

That more or less came with hes age and experience, all though hes F1 experience was rather low.

Even after he won the title in 96 no one wanted him, becuase they knew he lacked raw talent.

Erm he had offers from both McLaren and Ferrari after winning the championship.

Quote from spanks :

However once you do get into the swing of things, the solstice is loads of fun to race with

Indeed, racing online with the solstice round limerock is great, it is certainly fun to drive on the limit

Quote from BlakjeKaas :

brutal<------------------------------------------------------------------->music

I guess you know what I mean.

Just listen to (real) music, then we talk, mkay?

Err yes thanks for that.

I listen to Jazz, Electronic, Rock, Classical, Metal, Ambient, Drone and any genres in-between. I've played numerous instruments since about the age of 7 and studied A-Level music when everyone else was doing their GCSE's.

And Extreme Metal is music , you may not like it, but plenty of other people do

Yeah I listen to quite a bit:

Akercocke
Amon Amarth
Arch Enemy
Bloodbath
Dark Tranquillity
Death
Enslaved
Napalm Death
Morbid Angel
Opeth
Strapping Young Lad

You almost have to get used to this kind of music before you can enjoy it. If anyone is going to try I recommend Opeth. 50/50 clean/harsh vocals and brilliantly composed music, its what got me started.

But its not for everyone.

Quote from (SaM) :

Price over convenience? I reckon you already got the kit lens, the 18-55mm to go with it. Then yeah, it's cheaper. I bought the D40 body with the 18-200mm and I love it. Not sure what's cheaper though, mine or your 2 lenses together.

I use Aerofly Professional Deluxe. I've tried Reflex XTR and it wasn't as good as. Reflex felt more like a game to me. But then again, these sims all about getting a hang of the controls no matter what direction the chopper is facing.
If you wanna fly it upside down, don't try it! Do it over and over and over in the sim, with as minimal movement as possible until you can do it with your eyes closed. 10 times.

Then I think it's safe to do it with your Rex.

Yeah I have a wide lens already

I have tried Aerofly, Realflight, Reflex and Phoenix. I fly aerofly also, just prefer the graphics/clarity of Reflex. Realflight was too hard/unstable, Phoenix probably the best (but my cable broke), and Reflex a nice balence and I can still see the heli when I fly far away. But yeah like you say it doesn't matter it its not 100% realistic, its just getting a feel of how you need to move the sticks.

Also yeah I can do tick-tocks, inverted a few inches off the ground and piro-flips on the sim, I think I'll try inverted in RL once I can fly inverted fast forward flight and circuits in all orientations on the sim.

Then one day, maybe fly like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3gYrJ9GXRY

I've never been a violent person, but if I saw that guy on the street I'd find it hard to just walk by...

I think he already has a large dose of Karma heading towards him though, all his personal details are out and there are a huge amount of people on 4Chan and SA that want to bring him down.

Internet Vigilantism isn't the best way to handle things like this, but I can't say I pity the guy.

Quote from (SaM) :

Funny, I was about to get that same lense for my D40 and that same T-rex! Got me a 18-200mm though, and a Blade 400 3D from E-Flite. (see attachment.)
How's the T-rex fly. Is it your first RC heli?

(No, my heli isn't powered by 4 AA Varta batteries... just needed to balance the thing while the battery pack was charging!)

Cool! I looked at the 18-200mm too, but decided to sacrifice convenience for price. T-Rex is my first outdoor heli yeah. Basically I thought they were too expensive and hard to fly, but after buying a good simulator (Reflex XTR, invaluable for learning), I took the plunge, and not regretted it one bit

Not had the balls to fly upside down yet, I think I'll be trying soon though

Got my Nikon AF-S DX 55-200mm IF-ED VR in the post today, very nice for the price



I flew my helicopter in the back garden, my bro tested the new lens:

Quote from piggy501 :

Do debit cards work?

No, you have to either find a friend who has a CC and promise to pay them back, or use something like http://uk.virginmoney.com/virgin/prepaid-card/

Both are not very convenient...

I have 20mb virgin media, and although they are not perfect, its so much better than the other ISP's I have tried. They seemed to have relaxed their throttling as well.

So yeah I'd say they are the best we British can get atm.

About a week ago I brought a Nikon D70s off ebay for some stupidly cheap price. Its in perfect condition/working order and came with a 28-80mm lens. Just been playing with the various modes and settings so far.

I've only used compact cameras before so I'm a bit of a noob regarding lenses but I will probably want to buy a 200 or 300mm lens some time soon or anything with a good zoom. Can anyone point me towards a good one for a beginner?

Chuffed with it so far, its nice to be able to press the shutter button and instantly take the picture, rather than the huge delay a compact digital camera can have.

I think a lot of recent games are overrated tbh. Any game where the developer thinks graphics and technical details are the most important part of a game. Far Cry 2 sticks out as being that game.

I have honestly played free 2d games that I have enjoyed more.

Ahahaha that was hilarious, Crazy Train was just too funny! I don't know if M$ intended this as cheap entertainment, but that's how I'll interpret it!! There is literally no way I can take this songsmith thing seriously, which I'm glad

Is this what lerts meant by computers making music instead of people?

EDIT: Black Metal Songsmith!

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I finished the game a few days ago, took me less than a weekend but I enjoyed it. I didn't find any bugs, anytime I fell to my death was my own fault.

Worth a rent for sure, I can't really see this game lasting anyone more than a week though.

Man that sucks I used to love his show and Morph was awesome! Probably my favorite childrens tv show back in the day.

I have a jailbroken touch and I've got loads of Genesis, SNES and NES games on it, which are fun to play. I wouldn't have thought it was powerful enough to play PSX games? They take up too much space for me anyway.

If you can do it, you may as well. Gives you loads of new things to tweak

Quote from Becky Rose :

However for those who have become addicted to something the only 'reasonable' way to handle it is to walk away and operate a zero tolerance personal approach. For an alchoholic 1 drink is too many, for an ex junkie like me being in the same room as somebody smoking a spliff is the beginning of 2 weeks of shirking responsibilities and months of therapy.

I know this is probably beyond the level of alcoholism we're talking about here, but stopping an alcohol addiction cold turkey is not healthy at all:

"Alcohol's primary effect is the increase in stimulation of the GABAA receptor, promoting central nervous system depression. With repeated heavy consumption of alcohol, these receptors are desensitized and reduced in number, resulting in tolerance and physical dependence. Thus when alcohol is stopped, especially abruptly, the person's nervous system suffers from uncontrolled synapse firing. This can result in symptoms that include anxiety, life threatening seizures, delirium tremens and hallucinations, shakes and possible heart failure."


So I'd say its probably best to reduce consumption for a few weeks before stopping altogether.

Black Sabbath - Children of the Sea.