Quote from JJ72 :

I don't believe in any figurative god but logically the universe had to be bump started by something, and the basic rules of the physical world had to be defined, hence there has to be a creator. But that creator didn't make everything as it is like creationists like to do, to me the creator merely made the lego bricks, what happened is pure entropy.

The problem with that idea for me is that it is a scientific argument based on religion. We don't know what it is so it must be god. That is just hugely problematic way of thinking for me. Everytime we find ourselves in a situation where we cannot explain something we bring some supernatural explanation into the discussion just to explain it. I think that is not a good way to do it.

Anyways, mr de Grasse says it pretty well:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HooeZrC76s0

I don't really see any problem simply admitting we do not know what "bump started universe". I don't really see any problem admitting we do not because it allows us to figure it out later on.

Quote from Cornys :

I feel that athisim is a very sad beleif

Atheism is not "a belief". Atheism is about not having "a belief". What is exactly sad about atheism?

Merc driver doing the pit maneuver. Looks intentional to me although a cockpit view would be nice. Hard to tell from those tv angles...

Quote from Cornys :

...I am an athiest. I don't wish that upon anybody, and I don't want to argue my case. It's an overly pessimistic view point honestly, but it is mine no matter how hard I fight it. I just know that I am unable to beleive in a religion.

There is nothing pessimistic about being atheistic. That's just an utterly strange thing to say. But since you just brought it but don't want to "argue about it" then I'll just say you are just feeling the social pressure of being guilty about not believing into a fairytale (but I don't want to argue my case).

I think the best part of that mod is that you can basically let everyone in. Those who do not participate just die of hunger.

I have not tried it myself but I'd imagine it might be interesting to try out. I'm just reading the thread and I have to admit I don't really know much about yet but it looks pretty interesting concept imho...

Maybe we could try something like this:
http://www.minecraftforum.net/ ... xxx-mod/page__p__12623958

Looks like another year at gatorham for kovalainen... And I'd imagine the next year is going to be even harder if gatorham don't score a miracle and beat marussia for the 10th place in constructor points. Getting at least two 12th positions in that total turd of a car might be impossible though and losing that 10th position on the manufacturer's points standings is a big financial hit for gatorham...

I'm a subscriber to autosport and if someone is considering buying a sub then I'd suggest to wait until they have their yearly special deals. At least on previous two years they have had substantial price reductions. The normal price has been aomething crazy like 80€p er year but I'm paying "only" 32£ per year. If you (at least in the past) get the special deal the price stays the same for as long as you stay as subsriber. The specials are usually in january/february though...

Although now it looks like they are changing their prices. I'm paying 32£ per year now and I'm basically getting the 1€ per week deal and as it looks I'm saving about 10€ per year.

Some of the historical race reports are pretty long and interesting to read imho which is why I subbed.

Nice to see (hear) that the sounds were updated. The gun sounds are pretty wicked now. Nice thundery boom, nice thundery echo and a bit of crackling and all that.

Sad that they basically broke the replays now with that new battle report system. Now when you watch a replay there is no way to know the results (how much exp/credits etc you earned from that battle).

Quote from amp88 :

Obviously I didn't watch the entire race checking for Vettel driving outside the white lines, but I didn't see him doing it with all 4 wheels over the white line even once. If you give me a lap number I'm happy to take another look.

Well I'm not going to watch the full race either . Maybr I'm remembering it wrong but some drivers (like vettel and schumacher) did drive that corner very deep. After a quick look at the race it does seem though that the cutting wasn't as extreme as my previous posts does make it look though...

Quote from amp88 :

Obviously you were trying for hyperbole there, but could you give a few examples?

Well maybe the word cut is a bit too harsh but almost everybody went very deep in that corner. When I was watching I think everyone who drove through that corner drove straight over the kerb so that their car was barely within the white lines.

Anyways, here's maldonado's quali lap:
http://www.formula1.com/video/onboard/


Some drivers like Vettel for example went much deeper all the time during the race.

I think every driver cut that 2nd corner of that chicane almost all the time...

I have a confession to make. I really really really absolutely LOVE the E-100 on the test (with 15cm gun and credit ammo). It is just amazing fun brawler on tight spots. A bit like is3 on steroids, botox and tons and tons of lipstick. Of course it can not snipe at all but damn it can bounce shots and at close range it is deadly to everyone. Most fun of the all t10 tanks I've tried. Maybe it's because people play really badly but I did not really find it a bad tank.

Another gem for me was the ST-I. Had one 6k dmg game in it. Too bad the KV-4 leading to it is pure crap. The gun and the mobility are its weak points imho. I really need buy my tiger2 back and start grinding to the e100. Even the e75 was pretty epic to drive. Of course I only played with the top configurations so the grinds may be really horrible...

We have points:
http://www.f1racemanager.com/subleague.asp

Did some test driving on the test server. Was kinda overall let down. The new physics are not impressive at all. Which would be ok but the "physics" also make the tanks incredibly sluggish and basically all tanks now feel like you are driving in swamp. The lag on the test is pretty bad though so it may be little better on eu server.

Driving my loved T49 was incredibly huge disappointment though. A tank that used to be fast in straight line and had huge turning arc while not losing much speed when turning is now slower and loses all speed when turning. I feel that a ton of tanks that rely on speed and agility are going to suffer massively. I did try some bigger tanks like t28 proto and t110e4 and those were fine though. T49 and T50-2 felt very bad.

Aiming has also been changed some way. All my shots go really low now when shooting on the move. Scout duels are sure a lot harder now. Plus the tracers of the guns are barely visible which means most of the time you can not see where your shot went (which is incredibly bad change). Also gun sounds are total crap.

The new penetration normalization change is frustrating though. I had a game in t28 proto with the top 240mm pen gun and I bounced a shot from the lower plate of löwe that was ever so slightly angled. If weird bounces were a problem in the past then it will get a lot worse.

It is pretty amazing imho that wg are actually considering going live with this. I honestly think 7.5 is much better game than 8.0. Apart from beign able to disable assault and encounter game modes I can't think of anything in 8.0 that I actually want in the game .

To top it off everything looks incredibly fuzzy and blurry. I'd guess it is the bloom thingy and they went totally over the top with it. Some maps like sand river look totally awesome but at the same time the maps have been converted to being artillery paradises. And something strange has been done to the cameras as well. They have added some strange fish eye lense effect when in 3rd person view that makes tanks look stretched when they are not on the center of the screen...

As for positive things you can turn off assault (and encounter) now.

There went my Hamilton. My manager team is cursed this season.

Quote from Gougoodthing :

How many dnf's/safety cars do you guys think there will be?

1. Maldonado does something Maldonado does.

I think I'll go with mclaren... Force indias look decent too...

Remember to make changes to your team and make the bets!
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DRS:
DRS zone between turns 5 and 7, activation at turn 4:



Race information:
Number of Laps: 61
Circuit Length: 5.073 km
Race Distance: 309,45 km
Full Throttle: 46%
Brake Wear: Medium
Downforce Level: High

Source: link

Weather:
http://www.autosport.com/f1/weather.html
http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/201 ... apore-grand-prix-weather/

Timetable:
Practice 1 Fri 10:00-11:30
Practice 2 Fri 13:00-14:30
Practice 3 Sat 10:00-11:00
Qualifying Sat 13:00-14:00
The Race Sun 12:00-14:00
All times in GMT and may be totally wrong

2011 results:
http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2011/854/

Live timing:
http://www.formula1.com/live_timing/

If the fiesta could be repaired with reasonable amount of money then why not fix it? Brakes and tires should not be that expensive. With the rest 1500£ you could get a nice sized rear spoiler and a fresh wunderbaum. And the best thing is you are already familiar with how the rear door opens.

I've just been grinding through the french heavy line recently. I'm at the tier 7 now and the tier 5 and 6 french heavy line tanks (bdr and arl) were both pretty nice tanks. None of them have really any armor but the guns are nice just like the gun depression. The tier 7 m4 does not feel bad either. Defenately a fun line to play.

Same can't be said about the medium line. I just had stop playing that 12t because it is such a bad tank and frustrating to play. Also did not like hellcat but grinded though that too. Somehow the t49 was awesomelly great tank but the hellcat I just could not play well.

Got myself is-8 finally. Feels a bit like a french tank

Why would you want to buy their filthy colonialist goods anyways?

Nordschleife!!
(interlagos!)

We have results!:
http://www.f1racemanager.com/subleague.asp