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<0> Jostein: Hehe
<0> Jostein: I have a merc too, a DTM version. It blows, really.
<0> Jostein: I also like my Mazda 6 concept
<0> It's a bit sluggish though, compared to higher level cars
<1> PolarWolf: the mazda 6 is -ok- but I dont like the handling.
<0> Jostein: Fully customizable suspension and stuff helps
<2> hmm.. Now to think about what I shall add next to my "Java nekobot" :)
<1> Lion-O: blue java coffee making and delivery
<0> Jostein: I got a nice Nissan Z-something saturday, too, which is lovely
<2> Ah, Avengers (John Steed / Emma Peel).. BBC4 :) goodie.
<0> Jostein: Yeah, we gotta play soon
<0> Jostein: You play controller or wheel?
<1> PolarWolf: I do borrow a wheel these days. But I havent played much the last month
<1> PolarWolf: so Im not fully in control of the wheel
<0> Jostein: Yeah, you gotta practice some
<1> PolarWolf: actually... Until I get that into my hands, I find it sorta more difficult than the controller :P
<0> Jostein: Are you any good at gravel and snow?
<0> Jostein: I never bothered with a controller :)
<1> PolarWolf: heh
<1> PolarWolf: Im best at gravel I think. I love rally
<0> Jostein: I got me a logitech driving force pro
<0> Jostein: You'll win that then, I **** at it
<1> PolarWolf: lemme see what this is
<1> heh
<0> I have to restrain myself from playing after work, because I get to bed too late when I do :)
<1> PolarWolf: drivinf force ex
<1> PolarWolf: I just find the dynamics of gravel a lot more predictable than the ones of asphalt
<0> My problem on gravel could be that I choose my cars too powerful
<1> PolarWolf: power is nice, but too much will spin you of the road
<0> Jostein: No **** :)
<1> herh
<0> Jostein: I think I'll practice with the Lancia Delta S4
<1> PolarWolf: I prefer the mitsubishi lancer evolution 7 :P
<0> Jostein: Hah
<1> PolarWolf: the evolution rally cars are pretty good
<1> PolarWolf: not bad. but not my favorite
<0> Jostein: Lancia Delta is a beast though. Amazing power to weight ratio.
<3> lol. lancers look like crap
<0> NetBandit: Who cares! :)
<1> NetBandit: who cares about looks? you need proper control
<3> STi pwnz :)
<0> NetBandit: It's all virtual anyway :P
<3> yeah
<0> If I ever get the chance, I'll get me one of those Deltas for real though
<1> PolarWolf: hah
<1> PolarWolf: got any nice woods around where you live to do some power-testing? :P
<0> The S4's are rarem, but a 4x4 HF Integrale is both cheap and available
<0> Jostein: Unfortunately, no :)
<1> PolarWolf: I friend of mine loves racing
<1> PolarWolf: he and 3-4 others rent a full track for a day a few times a year :P
<0> Jostein: I'm sure I would too :P
<0> Jostein: You can drive over to the Nurnbergring and drive around it for 14EUR
<4> Integrales were neither cheap or available when they came out. A local quite successful rallying garage owner managed to get an ex- Juha Kankunnen car.
<1> PolarWolf: nurnberg? that track is technical as -hell- :P
<0> whyzzyrd: Yeah, but those are the S4's. Built for the rally.
<5> PolarWolf: itt's the nuerburgring
<4> PolarWolf: Twas a Group-A car
<0> whyzzyrd: HF Integrale is the regular road going version
<4> PolarWolf: I know.
<0> Group B, innit?
<4> PolarWolf: and they have the bad habit of eating turbos.
<0> yoz: Whatever, that :P
<6> whyzzyrd: yo dude.
<1> yoz: its nrnberg :P
<0> whyzzyrd: Aye, early models and stuff
<4> The road-going car can be fairly easily converted to group B. It's not *quite* rally legal.
<5> Jostein: the "nordschleife" is.. the large course. since the F1 course which is far shorter isn't *that* technical.
<4> Viking667: evening man
<0> Nurburgring is the official name or something. But who cares :P
<1> heh
<0> whyzzyrd: It's not rally legal at all, the Deltas got banned
<1> PolarWolf: you need the umlauts man *grin*
<5> PolarWolf: *nod*
<4> PolarWolf: I'm sure I've seen some not that long ago in the local rallies.
<5> I like the lexus si250. what a car!
<0> whyzzyrd: I'm sure you did, it's not like they haven't been surp***ed by much more evil cars since then :)
<0> whyzzyrd: Mind, this was somewhere in the 80's
<4> PolarWolf: 6R4 metro's got banned.
<4> PolarWolf: Erm, integrale roadgoers converted easily to group-N. Not B. B were the nuts machines.
<0> If I remember correctly, the entire Group B rallye thing got discarded for being too dangerous or something
<4> I remember the story of the 6R4 metro engine development. They had so little cash, they chopped the back off a rover V8, and bolted on an engine-end.
<0> "The cars reached a point where many wondered if the cars had reached a point where the drivers could not fully control them. For instance, the Lancia Delta S4 could accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h in 2.3 seconds on a gravel road. Henri Toivonen drove an S4 around Estoril, the Portuguese Grand Prix circuit, so quickly that he would have qualified sixth for the 1986 Portuguese Grand Prix. Nigel Mansell sampled a Peugeot 205 T16 and said it could out-
<0> I mean, that's just scary :)
<0> whyzzyrd: Those things were evil
<4> Indeed so.
<6> PolarWolf: it could out- what?
<4> perform an F1 car probably.
<1> damn
<4> problem with F1 was, and is, that the technical innovation isn't there any more.
<0> Viking667: The fastest road legal car these days (in 0-60 terms) is the Carrera GT Turbo.
<0> Viking667: Too bad it gets smoked by a puny Delta S4 in terms of acceleration
<6> Ah huh.
<1> Im sure you guys could make Sarah wet, if you did this on the other place :P
<4> PolarWolf: That's not the case.
<0> The really unique thing about the Delta S4 is its engine though
<4> PolarWolf: IIRC the fastest road legal car is the Ultima GTR 640.
<0> whyzzyrd: Oh, things may have changed since then.
<0> whyzzyrd: Fast in acceleration or top speed? If top speed comes into play, the Enzo and the McLaren might have something to say too
<4> http://www.ultimasports.co.uk/record/MPH05-3.mpg
<4> PolarWolf: did you get the short video?
<1> Clone: If i had to hook up to the matrix on this link. I would live what might be percivied as one day :P
<0> whyzzyrd: Don't have a player handy :P
<0> Still need to build mplayer
<4> PolarWolf: grumble
<0> Hmm, might have a go at it now, as a matter of fact
<1> PolarWolf: mplayer is nice
<7> Jostein: hehe.
<0> whyzzyrd: There's some insane cars on the market
<1> PolarWolf: and pretty easy to build, unless you want -special- matriox g400 tv-out features :P
<0> whyzzyrd: I'm not much for supercars though, given the choice, I'd go for a dakar type Bowler
<0> Jostein: Of course :)
<0> Jostein: But hey, don't be dissing Matrox and mga_vid :)
<1> PolarWolf: lolo
<1> PolarWolf: nice card indeed
<8> http://www.koenigsegg.com/ <= nice
<9> Ka-bar: the little local car-shop ;)
<9> Ka-bar: It's ofcourse what everyone that doens't drive a Volvo or a Saab around here, gets ;)
<9> I wonder why poeple gravitate towards playing the lottery when the jackpot is large, and the odds consequently are even -wrose- than normal.
<9> s/wrose/worse/
<10> actually, the odds are exactly the same
<1> wlfshmn: indeed
<10> probability of sharing a payout is higher though
<9> DaveHowe: N ot the odds of beeing a single winner
<1> danot when more people play "because the jackpot is huge"
<1> Aciduzzu: if you do, hand me one of them mills, will ya? :P
<10> wlfshmn: doesn't matter much. large enough jackpot it will stil be worth winning a share
<9> DaveHowe: Ofcourse.
<0> Don't win the jackpot, it's mine. It's my pension plan.
<9> DaveHowe: It's the increase in stupidity I question, not the original reason for said stupidity
<10> well yeah. lotteries are a tax on the inability to do basic stats :)
<11> Lotteries are the Stupidity Tax
<9> DaveHowe: I can see the point of beein in the pool with a single ticket riding constantly.
<1> schitzo: imore or less
<10> wlfshmn: it can be a social thing, but tbh you are better off just throwing the money in a pot and having a pissup once it reaches 1K :)
<1> schitzo: but you -can- waste $3 and be lucky you know. once in a while. if you are bored
<0> Crap: mga_vid: version magic '2.6.15.1 SMP gcc-3.4' should be '2.6.15.1 SMP gcc-4.0'
<11> Jostein: yes, but most of the people that play the lottery aren't the ones who could be tossing money around "because they are bored"
<9> DaveHowe: Ofcourse. but you get a chance, and hope, however false, can be worth something.
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