rec.autos.simulators

thanks in advance

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the friendly pysco

-I know it's spelled wrong but I'm not a psycho ;-)
-Despite the cost of living, have you noticed how it remains so popular?

And yes, Regis.... this is my final answer.

[snip]

And to sate the curiousity of those who don't: it comes from a TV program
called "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" hosted by a well-known and not so
well-liked US TV 'personality' called Regis Philbin.  The show is an exact
copy of the original British show of the same name hosted by an even
less-well liked British TV personality called Chris Tarrant.  The same
phrasology is used in both versions eg "is that your final answer?"
S. (who spends half his life in the UK and the other half in North America)

if time is in minutes, divide your distance by (minutes/60) and if
seconds, divide it by (seconds/3600)

SNIPPAGE......

I wonder if anybody outside of the USA understands this reference?  :-)

OK, to clear this one up before it gets out of hand:

The ITV network in the UK made a game show called "Who Wants To Be A
Millionaire?", hosted by Chris Tarrant, which was massively successful. For
info on how it works, see:

http://www.whowantstobeamillionaire.co.uk

The US network ABC bought up the format - they haven't changed a thing
except the host - and now it's big there too, to the extent that many
Americans think (wrongly) that it originated in the US.

The British version has the larger top prize (UKP 1 million = USD 1.6
million), but no-one has yet won over UKP500,000 (USD 800,000). The US top
prize of USD 1 million (UKP 625,000) *has* gone more than once, which has
led to criticism from the show's (British) insurers that the questions for
the US version are too easy!

And if "friendly pysco" (sic) reads this, I should have inserted happy faces
and grins and all that in my first post.  I wasn't trying to be rude, but
I'm guessing that whatever sim you're asking about has some unusual
information or units displayed which prevents an easy answer to your
question.  More detail would help, unless it IS really a question about
basic unit conversions.

--
Regards,
Bruce Kennewell,
Canberra, Australia.
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Regards,
Bruce Kennewell,
Canberra, Australia.
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I guess David Letterman makes quite a few references to this Regis-guy?
Davis Letterman is shown here, although usually 2-3 days after the
US-airing.

America)

Still wondering when "Who wants to mary a millionaire" will cross the
Atlantic...

Ah, the great American Culture  :-)

JoH

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Jo Helsen    EDP Operations BF Belgium

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        There was a documentary on this subject just a week or two ago.  During
the sixties and early seventies the US Game shows where on during Prime
time.  Then one show was found to be "fixed".  Once that was found out,
all the game shows lost their credibility and ended up going from Prime
time to early afternoon.  Just with in the last year these game shows
started to hit prime time again.

        The early years had questions that very few could answer and the people
in charge new that in order to get the game shows to be succesfull and
credible, they had to ask simple enough questions that anyone could
answer.  That way it couldn't be said that the shows were fixed and that
way the people at home could (in a matter of speaking) play along.

        The idea of copying game shows from other countries is not new as there
were copies during the fifties and sixties.  The only differences
between now and then is that the people in charge believe that the
people of today are dumb and couldn't answer most, if not all, of the
questions asked way back when.  So, in a matter of speaking, and in my
opinion, the game shows of today are fixed because the questions are way
too easy.

        In any case, this subject is a bit off topic.

        Q: The driver who won the 1999 GPML F3 season ran most of the races in
one marquee.  That marquee was later decided to be banned from
competition.  This Marquee known as a Brabham is also known as what?
Hint: the name starts with a "R".

        That's probably a harder question then what's asked on these game shows
;-)
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Mike Barlow
Current GPVL points Champion
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Joe Moron. He has an attention span of at most a few weeks. If by that
time, he hasn't won (or completed a lap without spinning :-) or earned 2
bonus cars, he loses interest. After all, Fifa 2001 then comes out, as well
as unreal3, and many more. And the less the attention span is, the more
games you can sell. And the less time you need to develop it (lower costs).

This is very unfortunate. I won't be surprised if we will still be playing
GPL 2 years from now (look at how long GP2 lasts, by lack of a decent
heir).

        hehehe.... NASCAR Racing, NASCAR Bonus Pack, NASCAR2, NASCAR BGN,
NASCAR Trucks, NASCAR50th, NASCAR bonus Pack.. Need I say more? hehe

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Mike Barlow
Current GPVL points Champion
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