Posts by Matthew Young35

What’s missing is that moment regarding the tires when Button asked, "Are you sure? Are you one hundred percent sure?" and they just answered, "Yes."

wanderingbison9 said:Didn't they say Jenson Button wouldn't be coming in for a pit stop anymore?

Honestly, I'm watching the Romanian coverage, so I can't make heads or tails of what they're saying.

The legendary "Grandpa" :P

I actually had two entire cases taken away from me (and honestly, I can't even blame them).

I suppose Gumbek will just tuck his tail between his legs and run for the hills now...

Jenson Button is absolutely tearing it up right now.

...at least until he hits that "Fuel critical !!! fuel critical !!!" warning.

I suspect we're about to see a 🤦SC
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jadetrucker43 said:Well, this one fits the pattern too. 👍 At least now you can use the plural. 😁

Every single one???
This is only the second instance.

It would sound more natural to say "both of them in the rain...", rather than "every single one in the rain..."

Out of 11 wins, 6 came in the rain...

Uuuuu how on earth is Button chipping away at that lead...

Douglas Parker61 said:And here comes Button.🤣

Button certainly had a knack for timing it just right.
☕

Good grief, how much slower is Hamilton running? He’s lagging by two full seconds per corner.

Ambrozijo 🤦

darkmarlin16 said:Alright, time for me to vent a little bit and get some stuff off my chest... I assume you guys have actually read all the 🤣

Everyone says the Circuit of the Americas is the ultimate litmus test for raw car speed, and honestly, this weekend just confirmed what we already knew. Red Bull and McLaren are basically playing in a different league right now, with the Red Bull looking just a hair sharper. From the perspective of someone rooting for Fernando, it doesn't look good at all—not even a little bit. It feels like that flash of brilliance we saw back in Turkey was just a fluke, or maybe it was just a race where McLaren completely choked.

Ferrari showed up with a fancy new rear wing, which turned out to be a total bust because they interpreted the regs wrong and it got banned. Sure, it might have given them a tiny nudge, but let's be real, nothing major. The real headache for Ferrari is how the car handles when it's light on fuel; once that tank empties, everything goes sideways. They need to fix this immediately, and I'm talking a massive, radical overhaul, because patching it won't cut it.

Fernando had an absolutely killer start from P4, pulling off this incredible move to grab the lead. While he had a full tank, he was holding his own, actually fighting the Red Bull and McLaren head-on, but as the fuel burned off, that gap just kept widening and widening. And don't even get me started on the pit wall's decision to run hard tires for a full 26 laps. Seriously? 26 laps on this year's compounds is just asking for trouble.

So, what’s the play now? Vettel is leading the charge with four wins out of five, and in the one race he didn't win, he still took second. He’s only dropped seven points total...
If I were in Ferrari's shoes, I'd write this whole season off right now, but then again, who's to say the 2012 car won't be a complete disaster too? Probably nobody...
The designers and everyone else in the garage really ought to take a good, hard look in the mirror. How on earth are they letting the leaders pull that much distance?
Ferrari has a pure racing gem in their lineup, yet they aren't giving him the machine he deserves.

And what can I even say about Massa? That guy hasn't put together a decent race since the German GP mid-way through last year. And yet, Ferrari is actually extending his contract for next season? It's pathetic. Massa is driving like a ghost; there's zero effort, zero spark. What's the point of him being there? He's just grinding out P10 finishes.
I'd throw the young Jules Bianchi straight into the fire right now; Ferrari would have everything to gain and nothing to lose.

Now, let's talk about these rules....
It's absolute garbage. Total, unadulterated trash. This old troll running the show seems hell-bent on destroying F1 with these moronic decisions. Last year was one of the most thrilling seasons we've seen, so why on earth did they introduce all this nonsense? Real overtaking is dead; it's just people circling each other. Nobody even wants to try a pass because what's the point if Driver A breezes past Driver B before the DRS zone only to have him dive right back under him effortlessly? Any legitimate, high-skill overtake gets neutralized by someone just pressing a button. And the tires? They wear out so fast you're basically pitting every ten laps. At this rate, the only thing worth keeping is KERS.

I genuinely don't understand how anyone finds this entertaining. It’s a circus. F1 is supposed to be the pinnacle of motorsport, but it's morphing into a goddamn carnival. I'd much rather watch a single race with one genuine, gutsy overtake than a hundred manufactured, artificial ones.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to disrespect Vettel here. The kid is on fire, he's got a monster of a car, and he's milking it for everything it's worth. Just look at Webber in that exact same car—he doesn't look like some alien overlord who's impossible to beat like Vettel does. It proves there's something special about that kid.

I agree, it's become far too sluggish.
It feels more like watching a motorcycle race than Formula 1.

Daniel Garcia24 said:But let’s set aside the clergy and all those other distractions for a moment..

One interesting pattern I’ve noticed regarding this topic—and it seems to apply to quite a few people—is that their actual day-to-day lives haven't shifted an inch because of the crisis. Their income remains steady, their living conditions are unchanged, and some are even managed to 😁 more than before. Yet, the second they catch a headline on CNN claiming the country is in a state of emergency, suddenly this becomes their entire world, and they act as if they are personally caught in the middle of 🤷

Then again, it isn't exactly surprising; Americans can be steered quite easily by the right narrative. It’s a predictable cycle: we’ll head to the polls at the end of the year to exercise our democratic rights, only to spend the next four years complaining about the outcome, before the whole loop starts all over again.

Exactly. The media has done its best work manipulating those who actually lost their jobs and are facing threats from banks to evict them from their homes.
The manipulation goes so far that they even lie about inflation. They claim prices are skyrocketing... honestly, only the most naive people actually buy that.

What kind of crisis are we actually talking about here?

Michael Jackson10 said:On my machine, once everything finishes loading up during startup, if it’s pulling more than 850 MB, it eventually settles down to about 730 MB while idling. Memory usage doesn't spike quite as aggressively later on, but honestly, you really need at least 2GB just for a smooth, basic experience.
But there's a massive pile of background processes—antivirus, etc...
So, it isn't just about Windows 7; it's more about what the user is actually running...

Of course, Windows 7 is a higher baseline. If you have XP running an SQL server, a handful of persistent apps, and an OpenOffice launcher, you aren't seeing much more than 650 MB used. It's all about the starting ratio: XP with 1GB is roughly equivalent to Windows 7 needing 2GB...
Initial memory footprint and efficient memory management simply aren't the same thing.

It also depends on the hardware and the drivers, so results will vary from one configuration to the next.

Andrew Miller102 said:Windows XP just doesn't know how to handle multi-core processors properly. That alone gives Windows 7 or Windows Vista a massive edge. Plus, there is significantly better memory management. There isn't much else to say; that's really it.😁😉

"Manages memory well"??? 😲

After a fresh install, it pulls over a gigabyte just sitting at idle.

Look, Windows 7 is better than XP—by a wide margin—but let's not get carried away.

Is it actually necessary to have five years of experience under your belt in the exact same role or something closely related?

That’s me!
I would bring a much-needed dose of seriousness and analytical rigor to the table.
I would strictly penalize any form of corruption while defending the dignity of our forum members (with the exception of those who root for Arsenal).