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wsinda
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Quote from StewartFisher :I'm not talking about torture or abuse, just imprisonment and/or execution. I don't see anything barbaric about providing basic food and shelter to a criminal.

"Basic food and shelter"? A prison isn't a B&B. It's about taking away someone's freedom, and that causes suffering. If that suffering is your sole goal of imprisonment, then your view of punishment is a bit... outdated.

I'm still wondering how you can concede that abuse is barbaric, but maintain that execution is not.
Quote :Ah. I see we've dropped into the realm of personal abuse. Nice.

Didn't look like personal abuse to me. More like non-personal irony. (Unless you hate to get coffee in your sinuses )
wsinda
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Quote :Really though, you seem to want to have and try to justify the additional burden to society of having to house some dirtbag that strangled 16 women. Why's that? cause he can rehabilitate himself? yeah, right. Ohh wait... so he can mull over his crimes suffer in silent pain and remorse? lol that translates to can he relive his glorious moments of his crimes. And don't go there that since he's locked away, he can't harm anyone.... he harms the budget. He harms the survivors' constant thoughts of if he somehow gets out - wouldn't you think?

You have an Internet connection, right? Then why don't you read up on the subject, before airing easy opinions like the one above? For once, this subject is about life or death. Give it some serious thought. (At the very least, when it's election time).

Sheesh.
wsinda
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Quote from Greboth :I believe that people who either commited an act of terrorism or were going to commit the act should also suffer the death penalty.

Quote from tristancliffe :I believe that the death sentence is a fair and just punishment.

Innocent people get guilty verdicts now and again. Always have, always will. Death or no death penalty. Don't overly concern yourselves with the tiny tiny minority that die unjustly.

So you'd have hanged the Maguire Seven, the Guildford Four and the Birmingham Six, then? Nice.
wsinda
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Quote from obsolum :stop with the friggin' horn!

Just edit/rename/delete the horn*.wav files (in LFS's data\sound folder). Peace & Quiet guaranteed.
wsinda
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Quote from Kenneth Foster :Ladies and Gentlemen, by a designed scheming effort the United States and especially the State of Texas, has mastered the art of murdering its citizens. The resource centers have been shut down, appeal processes shortened and access to courts have been severely curtailed. The judicial and political regimes have lost all semblance of justice and sound reasoning.

Sums it up nicely.
wsinda
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LFS cannot generate an RAF file from an MPR replay.

An MPR file contains samples of a car's data at a low frequency. (Four times per second, I think.) All the smoothness that you see when viewing the replay is because LFS "guesses" the intermediate states. Theoretically you could write these states to an RAF file, but the data will be full of artifacts (= weird). It won't be very useful for analysis.
wsinda
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I don't say this lightly, but the licence lookup page is brilliant! Almost makes me feel obliged to wear a leather helmet and goggles when playing LFS. (And to tweak that picture so I'm driving the Ferrari.)
wsinda
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Quote from Becky Rose :"Finaly I found myself fighting against the Americans. Now I never actually saw an American through all the smoke, but we kept falling back so I got the impression they must have been quite good."

Hollywood's special effects were already pretty good back then.
wsinda
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It's a shame that Logitech only make one type of G25. They oughta make special editions of the G25 with, erm... racey stripes! Yes, green metallic stripes. And extra blingy LEDs, and blue neon lights around the pedals. And alligator skin on the wheel. And lots of chrome, and...

wsinda
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Good idea, and very well done!

I vote for driver B. He had time to see that C was alongside, and he could have left some more room (without loss of speed for himself).

Quote from Mp3 Astra :New The Blame Game Logo:

Shouldn't there be a big hand in it, with a pointing index finger?
wsinda
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Is it possible to add the distance (or 'track ruler measurement') to the IS_NLP or IS_MCI packet?

I'd like to extend LRA with a possibility to capture laps as they're driven (or replayed). I know the packets contain the node and the car coordinates, but for a good comparison with laps from RAF files I need the distance.
wsinda
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Quote from Rooble :I don't think occupation really comes into it as it really doesn't really mean anything

"Mean anything"? In statistics, meaning and intention are completely irrelevant. Only the observable facts count.

Or maybe statistics play only a tiny role in how we (pre-)judge other people...
wsinda
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Quote from kurent :So basically racism is a statistical knowledge about human behaviour.

Except that statistics is a tricky subject, and some people really suck with mathematics.

(EDIT: sorry, make that most people.)

Last week in the UK, a terrorist plot was foiled. The planners were all medics. Now, will you be afraid next time you visit a doctor? Not even one bit? Why not?
wsinda
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After the technical inspection, Javier Villa was disqualified on grounds of having too many wings.

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Heavy dieting backfired on Javier Villa when a slight gust of wind swept through pit lane.
wsinda
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Quote from SamH :Before the ban, everybody had a choice about whether they wanted to go to a smokey pub for a drink or a meal. Now nobody has that choice. Whether or not you are a smoker, you lost a civil liberty on July 1st.

I don't agree. Non-smokers have gained a liberty: the freedom to enjoy a drink or a meal in a place that doesn't stink.

Before the ban, non-smokers had the "choice" to either put up & shut up, or to stay at home. The standards had been set by smokers when they were in the majority. The owners of pubs and restaurants would not risk losing the clients they had, in order to win the clients they didn't have.

It might be disputable whether the effects of indirect smoking, the addictiveness, or the cost of health care really warrant a ban. But I'm still in favour of a ban, because for me the smell of smoke has too often spoiled a fine meal, and has made me wary of visiting a restaurant. I'm looking forward to the day when smoking will be as socially acceptable as farting.
wsinda
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Weather forecast: cloudy, with some very local smog.

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The Ford Falcon driver was hampered by an incorrectly mounted dust filter.
wsinda
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Quote from CasseBent :I still don't understand Dale Ernhardt's crash How he died in that, it seemed relatively light.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Dale_Earnhardt
wsinda
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Quote from Racer Y :You were asking what did Iraq do to us?
Hmmm... they invaded Kuwait.

I didn't know Kuwait had become the 51st state.

Or was that ironic?
wsinda
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Quote from Racer X NZ :

"My decision to commute his prison sentence leaves in place a harsh punishment for Mr. Libby.
The consequences of his felony conviction on his former life as a lawyer, public servant, and private citizen will be long- lasting.''

Yeah, right. His next job will be out of the spotlights, but no doubt with a handsome income. The Bush administration will have to show its gratitude to him for taking the blame. (And it's probably part of a package deal that Libby made with Cheney and Bush.) A few years later, when the public has forgotten about it, he can resume his career.
wsinda
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Quote from kurent :Hmm I'm still waiting for somebody to mention Pat&Mat hehe.

Heh, I didn't mention them because they are so 'standard' for me. They are popular here in the Netherlands. At home we have 6 DVDs with Pat & Mat sketches. My kids (4 and 6 years old) love them, and so do I.
wsinda
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A compilation of short sketches works great. Very funny & entertaining.

Thanks!
wsinda
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REQ: World
DB: NETHERLANDS
RES: 1
wsinda
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The Audi team withdrew after having been lapped by a jogger.
wsinda
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Quote from ayrton senna 87 :i race in real life, and my drivin there was the way that people drive in real life

I hope not!

Let's see...

Lap1, the complex after the S/F straight:
You rear-end someone, because you don't expect the pack to slow down when they go side-by-side through the turns. After the bump you don't slow down, but try to jump the pack by going on the grass.

Lap1, the 90 degree turn before the back straight:
You try to pass someone on the inside, although you're too late to get overlap. Your tires block and you go wide. You're lucky not to take out someone else.

Lap1, the chicane:
You approach the chicane going 100% side-by-side with an XRT. But you don't leave room and push the XRT into the barrier.

Lap1, the 180 degree turn before the S/F straight:
You are behind the XRT, but when the exit comes into sight you try to pass on the inside. There is no room there, because the XRT has hit the apex fairly well. Another push.

Lap2, the complex:
You pass the FXO at the entry of the first bend. The pass is almost clean but not quite: you miss the apex and another bump follows.

That's 5 incidents caused by you within one lap. You score an average of 1 incident per turn.

The last incident looks the least serious of the 5, but by then the other drivers were probably too fed up with your driving...
wsinda
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Quote from Gabkicks :i cant wait to see what cars you guys release next. viper? s2000? F430?

Some1 also made a beautiful Honda NSX for Racer...
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