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A few of of Vergne:

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Saw that. The tifosi are out as well:

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And some fins on the McLaren:

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Lotus brakes are the most interesting right now, lol:

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Another Bill Clinton one: One student turned in the following book report on "My Life" by Bill Clinton and Titanic by James Cameron, with the proposition that they were nearly identical stories! His professor gave him an A+ for this report: Titanic: cost - $29.99. Clinton: cost - $29.99. Titanic: Ov...

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To really annoy me when people spell it 'curb'. I spell it curb. I also spell tires with an I instead of a Y. American is growing more different from English every day, it seems. We also have other ways of naming parts of a car, like trunk and hood instead of boot and bonnet. Not that it means much...

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You don't need to use a flawed method to measure it. Have we gone this way because we seem to focus so much on driver error these days? Such and such a driver is brilliant... but he makes too many mistakes. Do we somehow think that stats can make sense of that scenario and provide a rounded assessm...

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Frank Beard because he doesn't have a beard like the other two. BTW, thanks for asking a question about one of my favorite bands! Gotta love the early days of MTV! ZZ Top had been around over 10 years already before MTV arrived! Yeah, but it's MTV that made them famous. I didn't know about them bef...

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A HUSBAND IS AT HOME WATCHING A FOOTBALL GAME WHEN HIS WIFE INTERRUPTS, HONEY, COULD YOU FIX THE LIGHT IN THE HALLWAY? IT'S BEEN FLICKERING FOR WEEKS NOW. HE LOOKS AT HER AND SAYS ANGRILY, FIX THE LIGHTS NOW? DOES IT LOOK LIKE I HAVE GE WRITTEN ON MY FOREHEAD? I DON'T THINK SO. FINE, THEN THE WIFE A...

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I don't like Hamilton, but I have to admit that he is a tremendous racer and has great overtaking skills. BUT... he's had many collisions and incidents. Alonso is another great overtaker, but not as agressive as Hamilton... As Brundle said, he's an old head on young shoulders. He will overtake when...

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sultanofhyd wrote:Montoya.

Correctamundo.

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I've never been with Virgin, except for that one time when I was 15, lol. 8O :blush: :D Sorry for the bad pun, but I do have a bit to say on cable internet. Central Coast (CA) we have Charter, other areas (like LA) have Cox, Comcast, Charter, AT&T and other ISP's, and even in sunny California, one t...

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Frank Beard because he doesn't have a beard like the other two. BTW, thanks for asking a question about one of my favorite bands! Gotta love the early days of MTV! Edit: I assume I am right, so below is my question. Since I'm in the US, I figured you all wouldn't like me holding things up by sleepin...

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Alonso is joint on points with Vettel & I'm sure the Ferrari is much worse, look at what Massa is doing... As benmc said, Massa might not be a good yardstick to compare too, he has slumped since getting hit with that spring no matter what he says about it not affecting him. Stats don't lie and he h...

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A black mark against SV is that he has mostly been out-qualified by his non-WDC, No.2 driver team-mate. So far this year... The years not over yet is it? Lol, FormulaWebberFan, you sure do like to bag on SV! Here's a few handy stats in case you forgot them: SV 31 Poles, MW 8 SV 5.6 average start po...

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What about an open top canopy or windscreen with roll bars at the top? Prevents debris and tyres making contact with the driver and allows the driver to extricate themselves in the event of a fire/emergency. Would give the aerodynamicists a headache though. Might even whistle as you got going fast!...

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Here are stats comparing the current WDC's to previous ones: WDC's average finishing position, lower # is obviously better as it means they finished higher in the race. Driver Average finishing position Fangio 2.25 Stewart 2.95 Prost 2.96 Senna 2.96 Schumacher 3.40 Clark 3.61 Mansell 3.92 Lauda 4.06...

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I decided to gather the stats and calculate average finishing position for some current drivers and for most of the well known WDC's. These do not include DNF's: Current drivers average finishing position, lower # is obviously better as it means they finished higher in the race. Driver Average finis...

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The difference between women and men, explained using technology:

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Never, of course! I had averaged each row (mistakenly including the zeros), saw the issue with that, and just corrected it. Now it is the average of each drivers finishing position, I believe. Unless my morning brain made another mistake, lol. Thanks for catching it so quick I didn't get my edit in...

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Mechanical here. My first employer were grappling with (and eventually succumbing to) quality and leadership issues. That really taught me a lot about how not to run a business, and the importance of doing things right. Thus, I went into Quality engineering when I left the place. I used to work for...

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Especially with only a few sips of coffee in them, lol!

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Never, of course! I had averaged each row (mistakenly including the zeros), saw the issue with that, and just corrected it. Now it is the average of each drivers finishing position, I believe. Unless my morning brain made another mistake, lol. Thanks for catching it so quick I didn't get my edit in,...

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I averaged each drivers figures across all 10 positions and than sorted by the av. If you sort by the average of those averages, the order changes: Looking at my post now, I'm sure what order I had them in! ...Your sheet... Proving beynd all doubt that Vettel is a rubbish racer. Or his career has b...

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mcdo wrote:So Jody Scheckter is the pole to flag king? Very interesting indeed.

Wouldn't that be John Surtees at 1.0 instead of Jody Scheckter at 1.3?

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"The rear's got no grip mate, the rear's got no friggin grip".

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I averaged each drivers figures across all 10 positions and than sorted by the av. If you sort by the average of those averages, the order changes: Driver Average finish position w/starting position of 1-10 Alberto Ascari 2.08 Juan Manuel Fangio 2.10 Niki Lauda 2.89 Jackie Stewart 2.99 Jochen Rindt...

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McLaren. I can't see how anyone can suggest anything else to be honest. Red Bull next, and Lotus looking pretty handy. It's probably been suggested since they have had some large errors and set-backs lately and Button had an off race. I think it will take at least two more races to see the eventual...

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Style of racing: -20 rounds of three 20 lap races on F1 and other suitable tracks (each round to feature a morning, a noon, and a night race on the same track) - One-round qualifying to narrow the field down to the 10 fastest cars before each 20 lap race -Points awarded for qualifying position for e...

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RBR's problem with conserving Q2 tires has been their major issue, aside from a slower car in general. That's why the other two team pairs seem better right now. Even that is said with a grain of salt as Lotus has a driver that's brilliant or spun off (one of the two) and McLaren has one that qualif...

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Yeah, but even Lotus has had issues. Remember Grosjean shunting the first few races? IMO, no team pair is great this year, and the lower orders shouldn't really be considered unless you want to. Out of the top teams, McLaren maybe has the most potential as a pair to score, with Lotus and Red Bull ri...

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I think Sauber is consistent but not amazing. They are both level B drivers. McLaren or Lotus have the best imo. Red Bull being very close. I agree. The only reason why RBR isn't up there yet is this years car isn't fast/consistent enough. Otherwise, McLaren and Lotus definitely have the pairs to b...

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I have F1 2011 for PC and like it. It gives a number of set-up options for the cars and tires so you can play around with them. I haven't played much, though, since I only bought a cheap Thrustmaster wheel. It doesn't clamp well. Right now, I'm saving up for a racing seat, and once I get one and pra...

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Thanks for the link. It is similar to others that I have already read, but to see that they have coded for Abaqus is interesting. This is exactly what I was proposing to my professor a year ago! My alma mater, Cal Poly (SLO), uses Abaqus extensively. I'm going to forward the link as I'm sure he isn'...

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Vettel didn't look quick at any stage of the race, I feel the car didn't suit the track. 6th place was good damage control from Seb, but having the team let him do a final run in Q2 guaranteed he wouldn't be stuck with mid pack cars. Yeah, both should have gotten into Q3. Teach them to sit out and ...

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You are correct sir. I am currently investigating the auto conversion of sequential codes to parallel (for the time being CUDA) using AI. FEA is well suited to the SIMD arch as are most matrix manipulation codes e.g. CFD so your conceptual idea could indeed be workable. I'll check the usual suspect...

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I was thinking some of these things too. Rubbering in, how to make it even, who might be better suited to a car... There is no real way to make it perfectly even, is there? A round-robin type of format might even it out some. I'd still like to see something like this just for fun. As for 107%, that'...

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I have my BEng in computer science and am currently doing a Ph.D. using GPGPUs. Basically trying to make fairy cakes go faster. Does that help the team? Are you referring to CUDA and similar technologies using the graphics processors to take some load off the CPU? If so, I had the concept that this...

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I was thinking the other day about how most F1 drivers may be good, but we will never know until/unless they get lucky and are with the right constructor the year the constructor designs a good car. Sometimes we get a peek when, at the young drivers test, a promising new rookie gets some laps in the...

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You might try changing the speed of printing. I noticed sometimes when printing with "draft" or "fast" quality instead of "best", it prints too fast to get good color prints. I think those settings are under "preferences". Other than that, the only time I've seen prints like that is when the color i...

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