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nihil
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Quote from maddmaff :this damed new pc gaurd from virgen media
seems to be ok,,just turned it off for dowloading lfs

Ah... I have netguard, which I think is the same as pc guard - the problem must be with their database. See, information flows once the fanboys shut up.
nihil
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Quote from axus :My post wasn't directed at yours - merely at someone else's poorly typed, presumptuous post.

OK, but there is a problem somewhere. Please do not dismiss it just because the autoupdater is working for you. I'm not an idiot, but without an alternative to the autoupdater the patch is not retrievable for me.

@madmaff: which software are you using?
nihil
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Quote from axus :Oh, enough already. Chances are it was something else. The devs have a very strict policy regarding mirrors, I recall contacting Victor about an SA mirror and he said that he wouldn't put it on the main site because it required you to register. Filefront is not better either. The general idea is to have as many mirrors as possible, if someone offers a good mirror, the devs would obviously accept the offer and link it on the main site. :doh:

Please don't give me the 'enough already' shite...

I'm not saying that there IS a virus, but my system is clean and well maintained. My software is recognising the file as a threat. That is all. The autoupdater is not working for me.
nihil
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Quote from scoobyrbac :I got a virus from it.....and i go to download it and it says could not download it is already opened or something?

I have the same problem - my virus software recognises the file as a threat (same file name W32/downloader...) and immediately deletes the downloaded package. I'm using the autodownloader.
nihil
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Quote from Michael Denham :I managed to get down to a 35.52 with no cones in the FOX.

Nice... I managed a 37.32 (updated my first post), but its a bit messy - plainly lots of time to be had.

Its interesting in the XRT too...
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nihil
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Really simple - go up the hill and come down it again. Just over half a minute of fun.
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nihil
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Respect is something that only gets offered with familiarity - otherwise its just fanboy shit and I don't do that.

So, as I haven't been around here very long, the asnwer to "when does it begin?" is "Not yet." But my respect is available to anyone who cares enough to articulate what they do without arrogance or assumptions, and who cares enough to compete from start to finish to the best of their ability.

Records ain't got nothing to do with it.
nihil
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Quote from danowat :(I think) T (or is it J?) button ....

Cheers. Its the T button - couldn't find this in any of the usual documentation, so maybe it could do with updating... but found this explanation eventually:
  • bring up the connection list with 'N'
  • click on the 'T' behind your name
  • then your teammate (in spectator mode) also has to click the 'T' behind your name
(provided for anyone besides me who's confused/curious...)
nihil
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Just been speed reading the thread, so probably I've missed something... But how exactly does this work: does a team have to be in the same physical location to swap drivers over ie. using the same computer?

What, apart from testosterone and a desire to look into the abyss, is stopping aspirant, but solo, drivers from forming a team?
nihil
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Quote from Gentlefoot :

I agree the mini motos are a problem though.

But there are already adequate nuisance laws with which to deal with that problem. But to use them would be too simple. Oh no, we need something else. Quick, let's see what we can cook up...

Anyone seen this? Here's the bill the article refers to.
nihil
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Quote from Becky Rose :That's the one, rat poison. It's better than death.

Get the dose wrong (or discover that you're sensitive) and your INR will go sky high, in which case it may be the same as death. Been there and got the story to tell in the pub.

But whatever.... 24hours of playing games alone just isn't healthy, however you look at it.
nihil
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Quote from Becky Rose :

Any driver running alone should take a heperin injection or take Wolferine to thin their blood as the risk of death due to a blood clot is extremely high, in fact, almost guaranteed.

Isn't that something to do with Adamantium?

I think you mean Warfarin, which used to be employed as rat poison, and I can say from experience that it isn't something to screw about with. Not a drug that I can recommend you self-administer without considerable knowledge.

You're much better off taking a regular walk about the room with every pit-stop if you really have so little do that you'll be happy to sit in front of a monitor for 24 hours....
nihil
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That is such a dangerous idea - in more ways than one. Anyone who's actually ridden a bike (rather than looked at one and thought "oooooh, that looks scary - need to find a way to tame that...."), knows that accelerating out of harms way is one of the best defences a rider has.

But its dangerous in other ways - we, as a society, are sleepwalking into an era of delusion: we seem to be under the impression that the more we legislate, the more we control the world, the safer it will be.

This is infantile.
nihil
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Quote from Becky Rose :This is why Ferrari's are uncool, they're driven by idiots.

Has anyone considered that the repair bill to the Enzo is probably a lot cheaper than advertising this popcorn movie worldwide by normal means? That's what I call clever....
nihil
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Bump - If Adrian is suggesting the Brabham at Watkins Glen, that chimes with my suggestion too... I'd say go for that.
nihil
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Since the idea of actually passing someone is a fairly optimistic one from my perspective, I'm rather more interested in the technicality of FE gold. KY national is likely to produce some flat out fun, but, lets be honest, is coming off that section of oval at 160mph into the fairly technical series of esses (with an unfamiliar controller...) any less likely to be free of dust and debris?

My vote is to go to Jamaica rather than Japan...
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nihil
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Quote from Gentlefoot :Anyone else experimented like this?


A little bit. In fact I'm glad you posted this because they seem to vary. On some combinations they are just retarded, but on others... I have some UFRs on KY2 that I can hardly get close to. I thought I was just crap at that combination, but this gives me hope
nihil
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Quote from MAGGOT :I can't remember Sugo, actually. IIRC I was not impressed by it, but if I had another look my mind could be changed. I've never heard of Ebisu, I'll have to check it out.

Sugo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-T5H5w05SQ

Ebisu is really a complex of different circuits, but the main one has the start/finish just over the crest of a hill - simple layout, but a few blind bends and some dramatic elevation changes make it interesting.

OT EDIT: Yeah, that's Cleveland you're thinking of... How wide?!!
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nihil
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Quote from MAGGOT :I can honeslty say that I have never seen a Japanese circuit that interests me in the least.

I always liked Sugo, with that steep incline, a near double apex turn, then that rush downhill... Reminds me a bit of Brands. And Ebisu too... I'm no expert, only ever been to Japan once, but the thing that struck me is that its actually a very rural country and the circuits tend to be narrow, twisty, with lots of elevation changes. In this respect KY is very out of character.

Know what you mean about Fuji though....
nihil
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I don't know if this kind of thing ever works - in Racer there were cars with tinted windows and all it ever did was make the track darker and harder to see. It was an annoying effect that anyone interested in driving (instead of admiring the cleverness) got rid of as soon as possible.

When looking at a computer screen your eyes don't focus beyond the muck or adjust to the tint, because everything is happening on the same plane - its a two-dimensional image no matter how real you imagine it to be. For me, this type of effect is always a barrier to immersion.
nihil
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Quote from rc10racer :It's videos like this one that no one gives a toss about,...

I want that scooter rider to pick my lottery numbers... but I fear he might have used up an entire lifetime's worth of luck in that little fracas.
nihil
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Quote from dav rc :

Yes, another Rem, Rem Koolhaas

That makes me quite happy (though I don't have a camera with which to record the moment )
nihil
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Quote from thisnameistaken :You look more miserable than I would've expected. I bet we'd get on like a house on fire.

I get called "intense" quite often, but photographs just don't often get my 'good side'!
nihil
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Quote from CSU1 :

Whats with thread title?

Oh, there were a few posts about the contest, but I don't understand it all. Never been a fan of kitsch or the "its so bad, its great" type of thing. There's so much really good music that people don't hear. The link I posted was a Turkish psychedelic band from the seventies. Far more deserving of being a song for Europe I think.

As for Fela - I think he knew it would have destroyed everything he'd built to be seen giving anyone a backhander. He was at war.
nihil
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Quote from danowat :Bloody hell, wouldn't want to meet him late at night in a dark alley

LOL - just a skinny white man... but I look a bit "tired" in any recent photos. Just recovered from a huge illness...
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