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[vlad]

On the internet? Do tell....

Send me a PM!

[myownalias]

UK Proxy or VPN + BBC.co.uk = awesome

I use UK Proxy Server; it costs between 15 and 20 US$ per month and allows for use of all British streaming media. Free proxies are too unreliable to stream anything if it works at all!

[Bubbie]

There are other options for those looking to watch on the 'net. Likewise I will only respond to PMs to avoid ruining a good thing.

If you are looking for a proxy service, you may want to look around the one that was linked above is expensive and from the name I assume only offers UK proxies, where some professional services will offer US ones as well so you can get your HULU and HBO.com fixes on.

I start the download and then go do whatever I need to do while being careful to avoid any information on the GP that may spoil it for me (I don't even turn on the radio, or look at the TV because those news crawlers on the 24 news stations sometimes do me in). I do the same with Quali.

[acosmichippo]

Well, if you're gonna wait till after the race to outright download it, you can just torrent it.

[Fred_C_Dobbs]

Doesn't that seem to be the case for a lot of dominant teams in any sport, that even luck seems to go their way? So Red Bull must have hired a fortunenomisist over the off season because that's what's really transformed them from last year to this year.

Luck occurs when preparation meets opportunity. And motorsport is one of those endeavours where Chaos Theory reigns supreme. If it looks like fortune is forever smiling on the same team, it might well be because that team is the best prepared.

Or the luckiest.

Thank you for that affirmation as I'd like to think that my hole in one and my 12 foot 600 lbs Blue Marlin weren't just luck but a direct reflection of my preparation and skill.

I once saw a telly interview with legendary portrait photographer, Yousuf Karsh. The were discussing his iconic photo of PM Churchill and Karsh mentioned he fired just two frames that session. This was the first:



The interviewer asked how many shots were customary for a portrait sitting. Karsh answered several dozens to hundreds. That astonishing number led the interviewer to divine that there must be some element of luck to Karsh's success, and he asked why couldn't just anyone become a famous photographer simply by taking enough photographs.

Karsh answered that of course there was a bit of luck involved, but isn't it telling how it's always the same few who get lucky.

--OT--OT--OT--OT--OT--OT--OT--OT--OT--OT--OT--OT--OT--OT--OT--OT--OT--OT--OT--OT--OT--OT--OT--OT--

The reason he only shot two frames that day was that Churchill had not been apprised of the sitting so he would only agree to sit for one picture. Karsh readied his camera but Churchill steadfastly refused his request to put down the cigar he'd only just lit. So the photographer walked forward, begged the PM's forgiveness and proceeded to pluck the cigar from between his lips.

By the time he'd got back to his camera, the image in the historic photo was what was awaiting him. But Winnie was disarmed by the whole affair and his scour actually lapsed to a smile and Karsh managed to sneak in a second frame of the PM in a lighter mood.

--/OT--/OT--/OT--/OT--/OT--/OT--/OT--/OT--/OT--/OT--/OT--/OT--/OT--/OT--/OT--/OT--/OT--/OT--/OT--

Then there's the Lefty Gomez philosophy: "I'd rather be lucky than good."

[texasmr2]

What???

[What's Burning?]

Doesn't that seem to be the case for a lot of dominant teams in any sport, that even luck seems to go their way? So Red Bull must have hired a fortunenomisist over the off season because that's what's really transformed them from last year to this year.

Luck occurs when preparation meets opportunity. And motorsport is one of those endeavours where Chaos Theory reigns supreme. If it looks like fortune is forever smiling on the same team, it might well be because that team is the best prepared.

Or the luckiest.

Thank you for that affirmation as I'd like to think that my hole in one and my 12 foot 600 lbs Blue Marlin weren't just luck but a direct reflection of my preparation and skill.

I once saw a telly interview with legendary portrait photographer, Yousuf Karsh. The were discussing his iconic photo of PM Churchill and Karsh mentioned he fired just two frames that session. This was the first:



The interviewer asked how many shots were customary for a portrait sitting. Karsh answered several dozens to hundreds. That astonishing number led the interviewer to divine that there must be some element of luck to Karsh's success, and he asked why couldn't just anyone become a famous photographer simply by taking enough photographs.

Karsh answered that of course there was a bit of luck involved, but isn't it telling how it's always the same few who get lucky.

--OT--OT--OT--OT--OT--OT--OT--OT--OT--OT--OT--OT--OT--OT--OT--OT--OT--OT--OT--OT--OT--OT--OT--OT--

The reason he only shot two frames that day was that Churchill had not been apprised of the sitting so he would only agree to sit for one picture. Karsh readied his camera but Churchill steadfastly refused his request to put down the cigar he'd only just lit. So the photographer walked forward, begged the PM's forgiveness and proceeded to pluck the cigar from between his lips.

By the time he'd got back to his camera, the image in the historic photo was what was awaiting him. But Winnie was disarmed by the whole affair and his scour actually lapsed to a smile and Karsh managed to sneak in a second frame of the PM in a lighter mood.

--/OT--/OT--/OT--/OT--/OT--/OT--/OT--/OT--/OT--/OT--/OT--/OT--/OT--/OT--/OT--/OT--/OT--/OT--/OT--

Then there's the Lefty Gomez philosophy: "I'd rather be lucky than good."

Our timing was off, this one belonged in Silverstone.

[Fred_C_Dobbs]

Gray Matter: Is Hamilton hard done by?
Thu Jun 02 03:00PM

Lewis Hamilton's recent pop at the F1 stewards could put him in hot water when the sport reconvenes in Canada next week - but what has he done wrong and what can he do to make amends?

The 26-year-old Briton's post-race interview in Monaco put his attitude under the spotlight, not only for his controversial ‘Ali G' comment but perhaps more importantly for his criticism of the stewards and of his fellow drivers.

On a weekend that Hamilton felt gave him a good chance of victory, he was forced to start from 10th because of a mistake in qualifying, which he blamed on the team, and then his battle through the pack on race day was deemed to be over-aggressive, with not one but two drive-through penalties handed out for moves on Felipe Massa at the hairpin and Pastor Maldonado at Sainte Devote.

After the race he argued that Massa "turned into me and I got the penalty" then added on the Maldonado incident: "you can see on the screen he turned in a good car length too early to stop me from overtaking him."

Hamilton also highlighted the fact he has been called to see the stewards quite regularly this year. So what has he been doing wrong?

In race one, in Australia, he was one of three drivers warned for getting in the way of other cars in qualifying, then in Malaysia he had a 20-second penalty for weaving. In Spain, he was one of four drivers penalised for ignoring waved yellow flags, and in Monaco he was given the two penalties for two separate incidents.

In truth, Hamilton has little to complain about in any of the incidents before Monaco, but did he have a case for those that occurred on the narrow streets of the principality?

Hamilton's previous penalties were not for overtaking moves, but in Monaco things were a little different. "You can't overtake here and very, very rarely do you get an opportunity," he said afterwards, by way of explanation.

Hamilton is known as an aggressive overtaker and this year's new rules have given him more opportunity to show his skills, with DRS and KERS leading to more moves. In Monaco, the new overtaking tools were not expected to work that well - but early race moves from several drivers proved they did have the potential to open up small opportunities.

Sainte Devote, the first corner, became the focus and Hamilton had two key overtaking incidents there - yet the clean pass on Michael Schumacher early on has drawn limited comment compared to the collision with Maldonado later in the race.

Looking back on videos of both incidents, both defending drivers appear to turn in at a similar time. The difference was, in the Schumacher move Hamilton made it stick because Schumacher saw him coming and had the skill to fight hard but fair, ultimately giving space and losing a place but avoiding a collision - and given he was on fading tyres, he knew his number was up soon in any case. In contrast, the less experienced Maldonado was fighting for what would have been big points for his Williams team and admitted he did not see Hamilton coming.

In fact, in neither case was the move truly ‘on'. Hamilton came from a long way back to make each move and he was nowhere near alongside either driver when he made the pass. Had he collided with Schumacher, he would possibly have been flagged even sooner.

As for the move on Massa, it was another ambitious lunge in a typically tough place to overtake - and again it was one that had been seeded by an earlier incident.

On lap one, Schumacher had passed Hamilton at the hairpin when the McLaren driver was caught napping. In the latter incident, however, Massa was well aware of where Hamilton was, and quite understandably was not expecting him to make a move from so far back. Given that it's full extended lock on an F1 car there, they were lucky they both managed to get round the corner, with Hamilton having to scrape round the hairpin stuck to the side of the Ferrari.

It is interesting to see that drivers these days are using the pits-to-car radio to make pointed statements during the race, knowing full well the stewards are listening to every word. In Hamilton's case, he could not have been any more blunt on the Massa incident. "I went up the inside and he turned in on me," he said. "That was on purpose."

Massa disagreed, as did Maldonado on his later incident. But after the race Williams technical director Sam Michael was one of few to describe the Maldonado move as "a racing incident."

Scotsman Allan McNish, who drove for Toyota in 2002 and has no previous with Hamilton, was the "F1 expert" on the panel - and to most observers he called it right. Hamilton was over aggressive, and he got punished for it. Both times.

It's all part of the tension and pressure these drivers experience - just look at golden boy newcomer Paul di Resta for comparison. His race was, like Hamilton's, rather over aggressive and, like Hamilton, he was penalised. But in contrast, afterwards he admitted: "I have to hold my hands up for this accident because I was probably a bit too ambitious."

In Hamilton's controversial post-race interview, however, there was no way he was stepping down.

"People want to see overtaking and you get done for trying to overtake, trying to put on a show," he complained. "Fair play, if I really feel I've just gone too late and hit someone I'll put my hand up. But this is not the case."

His subsequent apology on twitter, a day later, also stopped short of altering this view, so he clearly still believes he was in the right.

Ultimately, it was great to hear a driver saying something meaningful and exciting but it is Hamilton's stubborn refusal to hold his hands up that will rile with his fellow drivers and, possibly, with the governing body...

[Fred_C_Dobbs]

...Our timing was off, this one belonged in Silverstone.

Apologies for the Anglophilic nostalgia. The striking point I took from the Karsh interview was that it is the most skilled and the best prepared on whom The Fates smile most broadly.

[racechick]

Well i havent time to read through 52 pages and im sure there are all sorts of views in them. Well here's mine.

1. Stupid rules ruined that race. I mean the final shoot out, handed it to vettel. Whats with repairing cars and changing tyres on the grid? Ridiculous.
2. My boy is in hot water again . I think he drives in the wrong era. It seems all the stewards and powers that be, and increasingly more fans, want to see is a lot of corporate sheep following each other around the track, afraid to overtake and afraid to speak their mind. Can you imaginne james Hunt, Nigel Mansell, Ayrton Senna, Gilles Villeneuve standing for that crap. Well lewis may not be the most eloquent but at least he speaks his mind. And the stewards are stupid.
Just my opinion of course. But I am getting very fed up with F1. Im off to watch the moto Gp next weekend where they let them race....oh hang on, what was it they did to Simoncelli seems the wussies win out everywhere these days.

[SennaVille]

Like I've said before, I think Lewey is a bit of an idiot. His interview demeanor is awful, he's whiny, his gf is an airhead, he has horrid facial hair and he is often rash and unpredictable on track.

I can't help it though, he's my driver and that's just the way it is. I want him to win above all others. I do think that he is the best driver on the grid. I'd never argue that point with anyone though because we all have different drivers that we follow and me telling you that Vettel is an idiot is the same as you trying to tell me that Lewey is an idiot.

In other words, this forum would be really boring if everyone was like me

[darwin dali]

Well i havent time to read through 52 pages and im sure there are all sorts of views in them. Well here's mine.

1. Stupid rules ruined that race. I mean the final shoot out, handed it to vettel. Whats with repairing cars and changing tyres on the grid? Ridiculous.
2. My boy is in hot water again . I think he drives in the wrong era. It seems all the stewards and powers that be, and increasingly more fans, want to see is a lot of corporate sheep following each other around the track, afraid to overtake and afraid to speak their mind. Can you imaginne james Hunt, Nigel Mansell, Ayrton Senna, Gilles Villeneuve standing for that crap. Well lewis may not be the most eloquent but at least he speaks his mind. And the stewards are stupid.
Just my opinion of course. But I am getting very fed up with F1. Im off to watch the moto Gp next weekend where they let them race....oh hang on, what was it they did to Simoncelli seems the wussies win out everywhere these days.

Well, your boy benefitted from the wing repair or else he may have gotten black flagged. And speaking of black - that comment was just not on, not even in James Hunt's era would it have been on...

[racechick]

I know he benefitted from the wing repair and it was as wrong as the tyre swap.

[myownalias]

2. My boy is in hot water again . I think he drives in the wrong era. It seems all the stewards and powers that be, and increasingly more fans, want to see is a lot of corporate sheep following each other around the track, afraid to overtake and afraid to speak their mind. Can you imaginne james Hunt, Nigel Mansell, Ayrton Senna, Gilles Villeneuve standing for that crap. Well lewis may not be the most eloquent but at least he speaks his mind. And the stewards are stupid.

I want to see overtaking and aggressive overtaking but what Lewis did in Monaco was bang out of order; his attempted pass on Massa and Maldonado were not on; not even close; he ruined two other drivers race because of his impetuous nature, I've said it before in this thread and I'll say it again; getting his front wing inside the rear wheels of the car in front does not constitute a pass. If another driver did that to him and punted him out of the race he'd be spitting feathers. If Lewis wants hard racing then he has to expect his rivals to defend as hard and turn in to the apex; Massa and Maldonado had the racing line, were half a car length in front and rightfully turned into the apex of the corner, chances are that they didn't even see Lewis until contact was made! And the Massa incident had to be punished as di Resta got punished for an identical move earlier in the race, stewards can't punish one without the other.

[acosmichippo]

[Lewis] ruined two other drivers race because of his impetuous nature, I've said it before in this thread and I'll say it again; getting his front wing inside the rear wheels of the car in front does not constitute a pass. If another driver did that to him and punted him out of the race he'd be spitting feathers.

But didn't Schumacher do exactly that earlier in the race?