Posts by hollowcanyon6

Lewis Hamilton is going to be starting from the very back of the pack at the Australian Grand Prix because McLaren had to swap out his gearbox.

The Briton didn't even manage to pull off a single lap in Q2 after his gearbox gave up on him right at the end of the first qualifying session.

Now, McLaren actually had the option to just fix the gears and dodge the penalty, but they opted to replace the whole unit instead. That means Hamilton is definitely taking a grid penalty.

"It was a gear failure, and while the rules technically allow us to just change the gears, we’ve decided to go ahead and replace the entire gearbox," explained team boss Martin Whitmarsh.

Under the current rules, gearboxes must last for four Grands Prix.

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/73995
🙏

lol @ the commentators
"Senna and Barrichello - lifelong friends" :/

Thomas Hernandez21 said:If they did a quick format, there might be a chance (which is likely).

It doesn't matter if it was a quick or full format. The only difference is that a full format runs chkdsk; the actual formatting process is identical.

Did you actually download the bootable ISO?

Scott Wood84 said:Can someone grab me a screenshot of the latest beta? Every version I find online seems different.😕

I'm mostly looking at the taskbar. It feels twice as clunky as what we saw on Vista.

http://itreius.yakkel.com/ss/2009-03-07_win7.jpg

Sophia King42 said:Not so sure about that... the brain is just a hub... not the seat of emotion.

What exactly are you getting at here?

Sophia King42 said:Think of the physical body as nothing more than a doll without a soul. I can prove it. Consider what happens when you sleep. You get pricked by a needle. Your hand twitches. Yet, you feel absolutely nothing. Where does your consciousness go during a dream? Or consider someone passing out—they lose awareness entirely before coming to.They came to.

Try hitting them in the head. The pain receptors will kick in immediately, and they'll wake right up. Besides, what kind of proof is that for some "spiritual body" when a dream is clearly just a byproduct of the physical brain? 🤷

Sophia King42 said:The brain!!! Consciousness!!! Mysticism!!! Is all of that somehow separate from blood and flesh? Everything we feel...😲😲😲

It’s all material.

Foobar2000
http://www.foobar2000.org/

Ban? Are you out of your mind? It’s just a public beta, and the keys are free (besides, it's an official Microsoft page).

Yay, thanks for the link. I messed around with the timing last night, but their site was a complete disaster, so I just gave up... It loaded perfectly on the first try this time.

Quick heads-up for anyone looking to test out Windows 7, make sure you grab the January 7th patch immediately to fix that bug. Watch out—it deletes random MP3 files from your hard drive. ☕

People trolling and throwing insults in their posts? Whatever. I have my signatures disabled anyway, so I don't care what people write in them.

Tyler Scott3 said:Hey there.

I won't beat around the bush. Nicole James acts as a moderator on the Religion board and on http://this thread, and she's being incredibly biased.

On this link, she shared her opinion just like any other user, but over here, her language as a moderator is pretty questionable.

Here are some posts from people who haven't been banned for staying civil.

In this one, the Catholic priesthood is being insulted.
Right here, a user is being insulted.
Another user gets insulted here.
And another insult here.
This right is the peak of failed moderation due to targeting users with insults.

If you look at the posts that actually got flagged, they're easy to find in the thread, and most of them come from the opposing side.

The topic is sensitive, sure. But moderating this way just forces the discussion into whatever direction the mod wants, which kills the natural flow of the conversation.

Like I said, I don't want to ramble, so I'm just pointing out the key moments that show she isn't being objective. As a regular user, she’s entitled to her opinion—nobody's disputing that.

Later.🙂

To be honest, I don't see who should be getting banned in this case. Do you seriously think it's worse to point out how problematic someone is than to brag about how you killed people and that you're proud of it? 😕
Is it worse to mock someone's opinion than to call a person unnatural?
Is it worse to call someone a "relic of the past" than to threaten them?

Seriously.

crimsonranger61 said:Because let's be honest—nobody's going to out-Google anyone faster or better than I can.☕

Let's do it.
Trident is easily the slowest browser engine on the market.

Steven Hayes26 said:Opera is proven to be the fastest

Fastest at what, exactly? Last time I checked, Tracemonkey and the Webkit owners had Opera beat when it comes to JavaScript, and just launching the app isn't significantly faster—if it even is—than Firefox, Chrome, or whatever else is out there.
So, what exactly is left for Opera to be "proven fastest" at? 🤔

So you're saying you couldn't find an alternative... What was it about Nera that bothered you so much?
Probably the footprint—it's several hundred MBs of nothingness—and all those useless tools. If that's the issue, just grab Nero Lite or Nero micro instead (one installs at about 30 MB, the other at 20 MB). You can find them here.

InfraRecorder

http://infrarecorder.sourceforge.net/

stormybadger8 said:Maybe he isn't even an Englishman. We might need a DNA test to be sure.☕

How exactly would a DNA analysis prove he isn't an Englishman?

placidsurfer9 said:but where does it actually say there's a rule against cutting the chicane and overtaking
the driver ahead of you

Of course there isn't a specific rule written down for that exact scenario. ☕
It falls under gaining an unfair advantage. He gained that edge by cutting the chicane, which put him ahead of Räikkönen despite having a worse start. I'm pretty sure the whole debate was just about whether
Hamilton actually let Räikkönen through or if he was simply slower. Personally, I think Hamilton was just slower because of his entry line, and didn't actually yield the position.

James Roberts87 said:I honestly thought they'd just call him into the pits during the race.

With any incident happening in those last five laps, they only figure out the penalty after the fact. Back during the 5/44 era, he would’ve been hit with a drive-through penalty. Now? He just gets a 25-second addition to his final time, which is how the rules work these days.

stormybadger8 said:If we’re actually talking about being fair and neutral here, I think Kimi should be penalized. Lewis Hamilton was ahead of him, and then he just shoved him right off the track.

You should probably check out the replay here. ☕
Going into the chicane, Hamilton was actually behind Räikkönen.