Gentlemen, Start Your Engines!!

Discussion in 'Chit Chat' started by Spydertrader, Feb 7, 2006.

  1. #531     Jul 1, 2006
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    #532     Jul 1, 2006
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  4. #534     Jul 2, 2006
  5. Speed Channel plans to broadcast Qualifying for The Pepsi 400 Nextel Cup Series Race from Chicagoland Speedway - on Friday at 4:30 PM Eastern Time.

    This weekend's racing schedule:

    Formula One
    Off Week

    Nextel Cup
    USG Sheetrock 400 - NBC Sunday 3:00 PM Eastern Time

    Busch Series
    USG Durock 300 - TNT Saturday 4:00 PM Eastern Time

    Craftsman Truck Series
    Built Ford Tough 225 - Speed Channel Saturday 8:00 PM Eastern Time

    IRL
    Off Week

    "No, no, he didn't slam you, he didn't bump you, he didn't nudge you... he *rubbed* you. And rubbin', son, is racin'. "

    - Spydertrader
     
    #535     Jul 4, 2006
  6. Two Busch Series crew chiefs suspended for six weeks.

    - Spydertrader

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    #536     Jul 6, 2006
  7. DrChaos

    DrChaos

    http://www.speedtv.com/articles/auto/formulaone/27956/
    Bridgestone's been making tires for at least half a century, but since when has Microsoft made hardware and software for the ultra real-time demands of F1 control systems?

    This is really hard stuff, different in nature from desktop computing {Can the OS deal with hardware glitches from RFI---there's no ground on a carbon fiber car!}, and the experts who do this have lots of specific deep experience.

    And now it's being all thrown away and given to geeks at Microsoft, just because Ballmer waves a stack of ca$h at some marketing droids?

    Gentlemen, restart your engines!

    Now it's starting to make sense. "I thought we had a tight setup for Monaco, but then the computer needed to defrag the injectors when we hit turn three. When we tried to pass Schumacher our tires caught a virus."

    Windows, the ultimate restrictor plate.
     
    #537     Jul 6, 2006
  8. #538     Jul 7, 2006
  9. "I don't care who you are, that is some damn funny $hit."

    - Larry The Cable Guy

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    #539     Jul 8, 2006
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