Re: World Ranking Site

Thanks for the laugh! BTW, your secret is safe with me. ;) Now if I could only get a clock smash at the Ring.......;) -- Berry Kaiser [email hidden] Spammer Jammer Activated

http://gplrank.schuerkamp.de/index.html "Jan Verschueren" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:8SK_4.81340$[email hidden]... > You mean my 32.08 second lap at Monaco disqualifies me? ;-)) > > Can someone post the link to this World Ranking / GPL handicap site again?I

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> can't find it anymore. > > Jan. > =--- > Tony Jester wrote... > > <snip> > > 3:03xx at Spa in a Ferrari? Na, I don't think so. But please, don't > > tell my wife ;-) > > > > -Tony- > >

Well, my wife really wasn't too excited when I showed her my overall position of 86th in the world. But when I showed her that I was number 1 at Spa, with a time of 3:03.xx, (in the Ferrari, no less) Wow, she was REALLY impressed! Well, I just couldn't bring my self to explain clock smashes to her. At least for now she thinks I'm a real hero. After all, practicing GPL 4 or 5 hours every night almost ruined our marriage several months ago. Got to the point where I had to decide between her, and GPL. I chose her. Of course, racing computer cars IS a lot of fun. But her... well, she's the Real Thing. I made the right choice. But they DO need to change their formula to eliminate online race times from the ranking. 3:03xx at Spa in a Ferrari? Na, I don't think so. But please, don't tell my wife ;-) -Tony-

Tony Jester <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> Well, my wife really wasn't too excited when I showed her my overall > position of 86th in the world. But when I showed her that I was number > 1 at Spa, with a time of 3:03.xx, (in the Ferrari, no less) Wow, she > was REALLY impressed! Well, I just couldn't bring my self to explain > clock smashes to her. At least for now she thinks I'm a real hero. > After all, practicing GPL 4 or 5 hours every night almost ruined our > marriage several months ago. Got to the point where I had to decide > between her, and GPL. I chose her. Of course, racing computer cars IS > a lot of fun. But her... well, she's the Real Thing. I made the right > choice. But they DO need to change their formula to eliminate online > race times from the ranking. > > 3:03xx at Spa in a Ferrari? Na, I don't think so. But please, don't > tell my wife ;-) > > -Tony-

You mean my 32.08 second lap at Monaco disqualifies me? ;-)) Can someone post the link to this World Ranking / GPL handicap site again? I can't find it anymore. Jan. =--- Tony Jester wrote... > <snip> > 3:03xx at Spa in a Ferrari? Na, I don't think so. But please, don't > tell my wife ;-) > > -Tony-

Thanks... Jan. =--- again?

Thanks... Jan. =--- Thomas Soerensen wrote... > http://gplrank.schuerkamp.de/index.html > > "Jan Verschueren" ... > > Can someone post the link to this World Ranking / GPL handicap siteagain?

Okay, what's the secret? (with the opposite sex I mean, anyone can have a clock smash! :o) Rob Tony Jester wrote:

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> Well, my wife really wasn't too excited when I showed her my overall > position of 86th in the world. But when I showed her that I was number > 1 at Spa, with a time of 3:03.xx, (in the Ferrari, no less) Wow, she > was REALLY impressed! Well, I just couldn't bring my self to explain > clock smashes to her. At least for now she thinks I'm a real hero. > After all, practicing GPL 4 or 5 hours every night almost ruined our > marriage several months ago. Got to the point where I had to decide > between her, and GPL. I chose her. Of course, racing computer cars IS > a lot of fun. But her... well, she's the Real Thing. I made the right > choice. But they DO need to change their formula to eliminate online > race times from the ranking. > > 3:03xx at Spa in a Ferrari? Na, I don't think so. But please, don't > tell my wife ;-) > > -Tony-

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> >Tony Jester wrote: >> But they DO need to change their formula to eliminate online >> race times from the ranking. >> >> 3:03xx at Spa in a Ferrari? Na, I don't think so. But please, >> don't tell my wife ;-) >> >> -Tony-

Clock smashed times from online races is a real dilemma. Uwe Schuerkamp, who created GPLRank, is trying to come up with a automated software solution, and a number of site administrators are combing the entries for funny looking times. It's a tricky problem and an ongoing debate with the people involved. What I'm dreaming of is a server based Clock Smash Patch, that would detect whatever it is that happens when smashes happen, and not register lap times for that lap, for that car. Do any of our resident programming geniuses know if this is possible ? Could anyone create it ? Don Scurlock Vancouver,B.C. Come see how you rate, at the GPLRank site http://gplrank.schuerkamp.de/

In article <8F4BADDB1dscurlock@news>, Don Scurlock <[email hidden]> writes

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>> >>Tony Jester wrote: >>> But they DO need to change their formula to eliminate online >>> race times from the ranking. >>> >>> 3:03xx at Spa in a Ferrari? Na, I don't think so. But please, >>> don't tell my wife ;-) >>> >>> -Tony- > >Clock smashed times from online races is a real dilemma. Uwe >Schuerkamp, who created GPLRank, is trying to come up with a >automated software solution, and a number of site administrators are >combing the entries for funny looking times. It's a tricky problem >and an ongoing debate with the people involved. What I'm dreaming of >is a server based Clock Smash Patch, that would detect whatever it >is that happens when smashes happen, and not register lap times for >that lap, for that car. Do any of our resident programming geniuses >know if this is possible ? Could anyone create it ? > >

I presume that the timing of laps is done on the server side. If so, then it's a shame that it wasn't left to the client side and then the lap time sent to the server each time one is completed. It would have avoided this problem I'm sure, and would have required very little extra data to be sent to the server as well. -- Peter Ives - (AKA Ivington) No person's opinions can be said to be more correct than another's, because each is the sole judge of his or her own experience.

>choice. But they DO need to change their formula to eliminate online >race times from the ranking. > >3:03xx at Spa in a Ferrari? Na, I don't think so. But please, don't >tell my wife ;-) "They" effectively means me. I've added a check so that any time faster than Greger Huttu's time by a certain, definable amount (on a per-track basis) will not be accepted by the update program. I *hope* it works. ;-) Uwe -- Uwe Schuerkamp //////////////////////////// http://www.schuerkamp.de/ Herford, Germany \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ (52.0N/8.5E) Ever wondered what's wrong with the world? http://bnetwork.com/ PGP Fingerprint: 2E 13 20 22 9A 3F 63 7F 67 6F E9 B1 A8 36 A4 61