Just got back from a 2 month volunteering trip in South Africa, at a monkey sanctuary. Had an awesome time . Here are a few shots I got from the sanctuary, Kruger National Park and a few other places:

The shows on my HD that I enjoy watching the most are:

QI
Never Mind The Buzzcocks
Whose Line Is It Anyway
Father Ted
Black Books

Also been watching quite a bit of Stargate, as the non comedy option

EDIT: Oh yeah Scrapheap Challenge was also a big fav of mine.

Jesus christ Jonathan Legard! I can see how the cars are going round the track, that's what the bloody cameras are for!! I don't want to switch to a different commentry and lose Brundle's insightes but its seriously tempting...

Other than that it was a good race, but for once I'm looking forward to no rain next time.

Sweet

Time for the other teams to get busy!

Quote from J@tko :

Something I thought of last night - think of who wins if the Brawns are DQed for their illegal Diffuser?

You mean their legal diffuser, as declared by the stewards?

EDIT: Yeah they are laying off 270 I think

Quote from zeugnimod :

Points are there now, very close, though, since almost everyone had Brawn GP.

Did everyone get the right amount of money for their bets? I had Button as 1st, Hamilton as 3rd, Brawn in the top 6, McLaren on the podium and Ferrari outside of top 3 but apparently only got 400.000 for the Ferrari bet although I should have gotten 2 millions.

Yeah 2 of the q's it says I got wrong I got right (button 1st and brawn in top 6), and I said Mc wouldn't get a podium and it thinks I got that right . It did mark the Ferrari bet I won correctly though...

Quote from J@tko :

1. Brawns were 0.3s faster than everyone else in Q2 [and everyone else was seperated by like 0.1s]
   
2. No in-season testing allowed [or restricted - I can't remember] so little chance to improve by large amounts
   
3. Best [arguably] tactician in F1
   
4. One of the best driving styles in F1 - kind to tyres which as we have seen is crucial on the Option tyre.
   

Exactly, it was hardly a fluke win.

^ According to that link Button had the 16th slowest car, and Sebastien Buemi the fastest, so obviously fastest through the speed trap does not mean fastest over one lap.

Also people are saying KERS has as many disadvantages as advantages, like more weight and less opportunity for ballast to balance the car. For example Kubica was driving the BMW fastest but was the one without KERS.

If the form stays as it is I don't see why Button can't win it. BMW/RBR/Toyota and Williams are not far off though.

For those that have played before, when do we get the points through?

That was a fun race! Great race by BrawnGP, Toyota and Hamilton, not for some others though. Say what you like about Hamilton, he knows how to overtake.

Last edited by RossUK, Sun, 29 Mar 2009 12:18.

Quote from S3ANPukekoh3 :

it's funny the how FIA brang in all these regulations to try and slow the cars down... And they're acctually faster at Melbourne than last year. lol

No they brought them in for more overtaking, slicks were always going to give faster lap times.

Are you including yourself in this demographic? :P

The way free practice is looking I might not need to make any changes to my team for a while.

Anything can and probably will happen though!

Its good to see 4 teams near the top that weren't there last year. In fact the big three last year arn't looking that good in practice.

Just what we need

Lipos are used a lot in RC because of weight vs output. I've not heard of anyone prefering anything else at least when it comes to planes and helicpoters. They like slow recharges though and are prone to catching on fire if the discharge rate goes over their limit. I'm guessing recharge rate is almost as important as discharge rate with KERS.

EDIT: ^ check your pm

Quote from BlueFlame :

He's a very smart man, just because he's genuinely a happy guy doesn't mean he's smug that he's rich, seriously, listen to yourself, it's jealousy.

Listen to yourself, you seem to have misplaced your sense of humour.

I have nothing against the guy, in fact as far as rich people go, he's a good guy. I would actually say I like him, but I haven't had the chance to meet him yet.

It was just a joke, observing the fact he has a big grin does not mean I hate him and am jealous, you're reading to much into it.

Quote from BlueFlame :

What's Richard Branson's face got to do with anything? Jealousy. Just lame.

Yeah that's it

EDIT: He has the type of grin on his face that one gets when they realise they are incredibly rich, lol

Last edited by RossUK, Thu, 26 Mar 2009 22:17.

New BrawnGP paint job spotted:

^^ In that case if Honda are clever enough to expliot a vague rule for their gain then good for them. Its hardly the first time something like this has happened.

Quote from DarkTimes :

Plus <3 Murray and Martin.

Ah yes, a time when James Allen was a mere pit lane reporter

I managed to get a copy, but I think I'll buy the boxed version just for the manual!

I watched the tutorial on the startup sequence intent to remember it all but got lost a 1/3 of the way through. Thats just flicking all the different switches on, let alone knowing what the hell they do! I then took control after and managed a quick wobbly flight and even landed without crashing.

Yep I defiantly need a manual!

Religion confuses me. People become religious so they can maybe become a better person, from the teachings of the bible and stuff... but then they (a large portion at least) are quick to point out the faults of others, like gay people or those with conflicting beliefs. I think it just clouds your view of whats really out there and leads to irrational judgements.

My MX revolution started moving erratically, but after I cleaned the laser with a q-tip it was working like new. Could this be your problem?

In as RossUKGP. Not sure I'll be able to make all the races but should be fun