Re: The Pits, whats next???

Ron Ayton wrote in message <01bf727d$601f3680$0100007f@ronayton>...

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> >robswindells <[email hidden]> wrote in article ><[email hidden]>... >> Anything but 'tractor pulling' patch for N3 will make happy :) >> > > >Damn, i was looking forward to my tractor pulling patch being a big >hit with the NASCAR fraternity too... >I promise i will even include ride on lawn mowers, with fully >adjustable cutting height ... :) > >Cheers, >Ron

But the default cutting height will be too low, resulting in unrealistic lawn growth. This will be cured by a patch 6 months later causing havoc with all the online gardening leagues. <vbg>

The first thing they should do is chage that down for 24 hour sign to 48+ And no flash please! Just the files! LOL! On Tue, 08 Feb 2000 18:00:59 GMT, "Stiff" <[email hidden]> wrote: >Hey I see the pits is down to be revamped. Also, on the weekend they said >they have a big surprise for us all! >Any ideas what Jan Khol and the boys are going to give us next? >Just wondering what the rumor is. I'm sure it will be great! >Al Stiff >

Hey I see the pits is down to be revamped. Also, on the weekend they said they have a big surprise for us all! Any ideas what Jan Khol and the boys are going to give us next? Just wondering what the rumor is. I'm sure it will be great! Al Stiff

Anything but 'tractor pulling' patch for N3 will make happy :) > Hey I see the pits is down to be revamped. Also, on the weekend they said > they have a big surprise for us all! > Any ideas what Jan Khol and the boys are going to give us next? > Just wondering what the rumor is. I'm sure it will be great! > Al Stiff -- Rob Swindells "Add life to your days, not days to your life." "The greatest substitute for talent is hard work." "Doing it, is better than watching it, is better than simulating it." "I may not be perfect, but parts of me are excellent."

Anything but A 'tractor pulling...' A A A A A A!! :o) Sorry, just correcting myself.

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> Anything but 'tractor pulling' patch for N3 will make happy :) > > Hey I see the pits is down to be revamped. Also, on the weekend they said > > they have a big surprise for us all! > > Any ideas what Jan Khol and the boys are going to give us next? > > Just wondering what the rumor is. I'm sure it will be great! > > Al Stiff > -- > Rob Swindells > "Add life to your days, not days to your life." > "The greatest substitute for talent is hard work." > "Doing it, is better than watching it, is better than simulating it." > "I may not be perfect, but parts of me are excellent."

-- Rob Swindells "Add life to your days, not days to your life." "The greatest substitute for talent is hard work." "Doing it, is better than watching it, is better than simulating it." "I may not be perfect, but parts of me are excellent."

Damn, i was looking forward to my tractor pulling patch being a big hit with the NASCAR fraternity too... I promise i will even include ride on lawn mowers, with fully adjustable cutting height ... :) Cheers, Ron

It's GPaL!!!!! oh, sorry, that was probably insensitive of me. -- Kenny L. tynanken AT pacbell DOT net > Anything but A 'tractor pulling...' > A A A A A A!! :o) > Sorry, just correcting myself. > > Anything but 'tractor pulling' patch for N3 will make happy :) > > > Hey I see the pits is down to be revamped. Also, on the weekend they said > > > they have a big surprise for us all! > > > Any ideas what Jan Khol and the boys are going to give us next? > > > Just wondering what the rumor is. I'm sure it will be great! > > > Al Stiff > > -- > > Rob Swindells > > "Add life to your days, not days to your life." > > "The greatest substitute for talent is hard work." > > "Doing it, is better than watching it, is better than simulating it." > > "I may not be perfect, but parts of me are excellent." > -- > Rob Swindells > "Add life to your days, not days to your life." > "The greatest substitute for talent is hard work." > "Doing it, is better than watching it, is better than simulating it." > "I may not be perfect, but parts of me are excellent."

But will we be allowed to take the plate off at Talladega, and run it at 12 mph alone, 15 mph in the draft?? Dave

Rubbish, I say! Blasted time-wasting Flash graphics are a right pain in arse when all one wants to do is read some news and download some good stuff. Sure...it looks pretty for the first visit but from then on it just becomes boring. Jan.......please don't turn The Pits into another side-show. -- Regards, Bruce Kennewell, Canberra, Australia. --------------------------- Neo <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > On Tue, 08 Feb 2000 18:00:59 GMT, "Stiff" <[email hidden]> wrote: > > >Hey I see the pits is down to be revamped. Also, on the weekend they said > >they have a big surprise for us all! > >Any ideas what Jan Khol and the boys are going to give us next? > >Just wondering what the rumor is. I'm sure it will be great! > > Although I'm sure they won't do this, I think The Pits could do with a > bit of redesigning, perhaps by adding Macromedia Flash animations to > it. > > In its current state The Pits seems quite dull and whilst its still > the best download resource on the web for racing sims, it could be > much better... > > Neo -----------== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News ==---------- http://www.newsfeeds.com The Largest Usenet Servers in the World! ------== Over 73,000 Newsgroups - Including Dedicated Binaries Servers ==-----

Don't be swayed, Jan!! Eye candy makes NO DIFFERENCE to the content!! -- Regards, Bruce Kennewell, Canberra, Australia. --------------------------- Neo <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > On Tue, 8 Feb 2000 18:16:52 -0800, "Steven Dickson" > <[email hidden]> wrote: > > >God, I hope not. That flash and eye-candy may look great the first couple > >of times you see it, but it gets old really fast and, worse, increases the > >amount of time pages take to load. Living in the UK, load times are > >something you should definitely be concerned about. > > Flash isn't that bad at all. It depends on how much of it they would > use. A few fancy sprits and buttons would be perfect to add something > special whilst keeping down loading times. Eye candy really can make a > world of difference. > > And per-minute call charges from BT are soon going to be a thing of > the past, my friend. > > Neo -----------== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News ==---------- http://www.newsfeeds.com The Largest Usenet Servers in the World! ------== Over 73,000 Newsgroups - Including Dedicated Binaries Servers ==-----

Ive heard that ray evernham was recruited to start the Lawn Boy racing program. Any truth to the rumor?

Dave Henrie wrote in message <[email hidden]>... >All one has to do is look at those GAWDAWFUL French cars to see we >aren't the worst designers in the world. :) Hmmm... France: Venturi, Alpine A610,Citroen DS/CX/XM/GS/..., sundry Bugattis (OK, this is pushing it a bit, but they were _built_ in France), ec, etc, etc USA: AMC Hornet, Gremlin, Pacer, Cadillac Seville, SUVs, etc, etc, etc Bad choice of example there I think :-) -- JG

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> Although I'm sure they won't do this, I think The Pits could do with a > bit of redesigning, perhaps by adding Macromedia Flash animations to > it. > > In its current state The Pits seems quite dull and whilst its still > the best download resource on the web for racing sims, it could be > much better...

No pretty pretty flashy objects please! If I wanted a shiny baubble, I'd visit an advertising site. I just want a nice, attractive, clean interface to get to the important stuff - the data. -- |_ Oo\ Alex | Quantum materiae materietur marmota monax si [email hidden] | marmota monax materiam possit materiari?

On Tue, 08 Feb 2000 18:00:59 GMT, "Stiff" <[email hidden]> wrote: >Hey I see the pits is down to be revamped. Also, on the weekend they said >they have a big surprise for us all! >Any ideas what Jan Khol and the boys are going to give us next? >Just wondering what the rumor is. I'm sure it will be great! Although I'm sure they won't do this, I think The Pits could do with a bit of redesigning, perhaps by adding Macromedia Flash animations to it. In its current state The Pits seems quite dull and whilst its still the best download resource on the web for racing sims, it could be much better... Neo

Neo <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... [snip] > Although I'm sure they won't do this, I think The Pits could do with a > bit of redesigning, perhaps by adding Macromedia Flash animations to > it. > God, I hope not. That flash and eye-candy may look great the first couple of times you see it, but it gets old really fast and, worse, increases the amount of time pages take to load. Living in the UK, load times are something you should definitely be concerned about. S.

On Tue, 8 Feb 2000 18:16:52 -0800, "Steven Dickson" <[email hidden]> wrote: >God, I hope not. That flash and eye-candy may look great the first couple >of times you see it, but it gets old really fast and, worse, increases the >amount of time pages take to load. Living in the UK, load times are >something you should definitely be concerned about. Flash isn't that bad at all. It depends on how much of it they would use. A few fancy sprits and buttons would be perfect to add something special whilst keeping down loading times. Eye candy really can make a world of difference. And per-minute call charges from BT are soon going to be a thing of the past, my friend. Neo

In article <m44o4.9394$[email hidden]>, "Steven Dickson" <[email hidden]> wrote: > >Neo <[email hidden]> wrote in message >news:[email hidden]... >[snip] >> Although I'm sure they won't do this, I think The Pits coulddo with a >> bit of redesigning, perhaps by adding Macromedia Flashanimations to >> it. >> > >God, I hope not. That flash and eye-candy may look great thefirst couple >of times you see it, but it gets old really fast and, worse,increases the >amount of time pages take to load. Living in the UK, loadtimes are >something you should definitely be concerned about. >S. I agree, I have no desire to see bright and flashing web pages if they are going to take an age to download. I also have a major dislike for Macromedia products, due to having to use Freehand at work! UUURRRGGGGHHHHH!!! Chris * Sent from RemarQ http://www.remarq.com The Internet's Discussion Network * The fastest and easiest way to search and participate in Usenet - Free!

Neo <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... [snip] > > And per-minute call charges from BT are soon going to be a thing of > the past, my friend. > I wouldn't bet on it Neo. I lived in the UK until a couple of months ago and worked in telecomms. There are rumours and speculations, but nothing concrete. Oftel (www.oftel.org) is looking into it, spurred in part by reservations about the relatively high cost of e-commerce, but BT has stated repeatedly that unmetered local calls are not a viable proposition. Currently, Kingston-upon-Hull is the only part of the UK that has unmetered local calls (6p per call) and you may be able to find better rates than BT from your various of local and cable telecomms companies. http://www.oftel.org/superhwy/intc1299.htm is an interesting document produced by Oftel comparing the cost of using the internet in the UK with various other countries. S.

Sounds silly but think for a minute. Tractor pulling is really the LAST unlimited form of motorsport. Also think about the sound and the VIBES when one of those 7 engined monsters hit full throttle in one of those little arenas!!!!!! Being at one might not be so bad! buzard Ron Ayton <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:01bf727d$601f3680$0100007f@ronayton...

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> > robswindells <[email hidden]> wrote in article > <[email hidden]>... > > Anything but 'tractor pulling' patch for N3 will make happy :) > > > > > Damn, i was looking forward to my tractor pulling patch being a big > hit with the NASCAR fraternity too... > I promise i will even include ride on lawn mowers, with fully > adjustable cutting height ... :) > > Cheers, > Ron

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> In article <m44o4.9394$[email hidden]>, "Steven > Dickson" <[email hidden]> wrote: > > > >Neo <[email hidden]> wrote in message > >news:[email hidden]... > >[snip] > >> Although I'm sure they won't do this, I think The Pits could do with a > >> bit of redesigning, perhaps by adding Macromedia Flash animations to > >> it. > > > >God, I hope not. That flash and eye-candy may look great the first couple > >of times you see it, but it gets old really fast and, worse, increases the > >amount of time pages take to load. Living in the UK, load times are > >something you should definitely be concerned about. > > I agree, I have no desire to see bright and flashing web pages > if they are going to take an age to download.

aol My "I hope they don't include" list: 1) Flash/shockwave (Or other plugins. ) 2) Resizing my browser 3) Popup windows. God, those are annoying. 4) Animations in general. I have a coworker who uses post-it to cover animations on webpages. 5) Javascript (Due to it being unsafe, I wish to have it disabled.) Please keep it nice and tidy. I think most visitors to the pits are looking for information, not multimedia presentations. Leave the flashy stuff to the sites thats no more than a commercial. (eg. cocacola) -- [asbjxrn] [lLd25z*%ds1-100/sLlSdI%ds2-O/sSl1l2*PlL0<l]sl 21172310731916131628237117 3237142523312SSSLllxq

Ok, frenchies built some descent sportscars in history, but look at the nowadays renaults, they look like toys, the dashes look shildish.And that upcoming avantime(!) call that a car??? who wants that? Citro?n Piccasso: what an ugly nose. I would call it crashdesign. Over to Peugeot. Ok the 306 doesn't look bad but the 206, 407... also seem to have the blobby crashdesign noses.

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> >All one has to do is look at those GAWDAWFUL French cars to see we > >aren't the worst designers in the world. :) > Hmmm... > France: Venturi, Alpine A610,Citroen DS/CX/XM/GS/..., sundry Bugattis (OK, > this > is pushing it a bit, but they were _built_ in France), ec, > etc, etc > USA: AMC Hornet, Gremlin, Pacer, Cadillac Seville, SUVs, etc, etc, etc > Bad choice of example there I think :-) > -- > JG

Bruce Kennewell wrote: > > Don't be swayed, Jan!! > Eye candy makes NO DIFFERENCE to the content!! I wouldn't worry too much Bruce, even though Jan is a fairly talented web designer capable of totally drowning the contents of "The Pits" in flashy stuff, he also has the good taste to know when to use it and when not to use it Surprising really, considering he's American, I've always perceived them to be very into all this "flashy" stuff, and the worse it looks to rest of the world, the better they think it looks, very bad taste these Yanks...............:-) <puts on his triple layer nomex fire proof driving suit and takes cover> Beers and cheers (uncle) Goy

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> Surprising really, considering he's American, I've always perceived them > to be very into all this "flashy" stuff, and the worse it looks to rest > of the world, the better they think it looks, very bad taste these > Yanks...............:-) > > <puts on his triple layer nomex fire proof driving suit and takes cover> > > Beers and cheers > (uncle) Goy

Naw...Goy we take that as a compliment! All Flash, all dash, thats us! All one has to do is look at those GAWDAWFUL French cars to see we aren't the worst designers in the world. :) dave (born in the USA) henrie

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> > Naw...Goy we take that as a compliment! All Flash, all dash, thats > us! > All one has to do is look at those GAWDAWFUL French cars to see we > aren't > the worst designers in the world. :) > dave (born in the USA) henrie

Yeah, but you chose to drive a Dodge in the TPTCC Dave, that pretty much disqualifies you from having an opinion about cars.... Beers and cheers (uncle) Goy

I see I'm going to have to ban the hover mowers from my league. due to aero effect, they have a 3 km advantage over cylinder varieties owing to lesser rolling resistance caused by the fan like properties of the blade <G> MS "don hodgdon" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:87qglp$ba1$[email hidden]...

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> Ron Ayton wrote in message <01bf727d$601f3680$0100007f@ronayton>... > > > >robswindells <[email hidden]> wrote in article > ><[email hidden]>... > >> Anything but 'tractor pulling' patch for N3 will make happy :) > >> > > > > > >Damn, i was looking forward to my tractor pulling patch being a big > >hit with the NASCAR fraternity too... > >I promise i will even include ride on lawn mowers, with fully > >adjustable cutting height ... :) > > > >Cheers, > >Ron > > But the default cutting height will be too low, resulting in unrealistic > lawn growth. This will be cured by a patch 6 months later causing havoc

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> all the online gardening leagues. > > <vbg> > > > >

More like 4 days? J.Norton <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:38a0f0fa$0$[email hidden]...

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> The first thing they should do is chage that down for 24 hour sign to > 48+ > > And no flash please! Just the files! LOL! > > On Tue, 08 Feb 2000 18:00:59 GMT, "Stiff" <[email hidden]> wrote: > > >Hey I see the pits is down to be revamped. Also, on the weekend they said > >they have a big surprise for us all! > >Any ideas what Jan Khol and the boys are going to give us next? > >Just wondering what the rumor is. I'm sure it will be great! > >Al Stiff > > >

Goy, one only has to look at the squillions of square miles of chrome and metallic-flake paintwork that came out of the USA in the 50s and 60s to realise that your observation is just so TRUE!! Oh....and the Edsel was simply the cherry on top of the sundae! :-) (I'm now joining Goy in the flameproof bunker) -- Regards, Bruce Kennewell, Canberra, Australia. --------------------------- > > Don't be swayed, Jan!! > > Eye candy makes NO DIFFERENCE to the content!! > I wouldn't worry too much Bruce, even though Jan is a fairly talented > web designer capable of totally drowning the contents of "The Pits" in > flashy stuff, he also has the good taste to know when to use it and when > not to use it > Surprising really, considering he's American, I've always perceived them > to be very into all this "flashy" stuff, and the worse it looks to rest > of the world, the better they think it looks, very bad taste these > Yanks...............:-) > <puts on his triple layer nomex fire proof driving suit and takes cover> > Beers and cheers > (uncle) Goy -----------== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News ==---------- http://www.newsfeeds.com The Largest Usenet Servers in the World! ------== Over 73,000 Newsgroups - Including Dedicated Binaries Servers ==-----

POOjoe...that should say enough.... dave :) henrie

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> >All one has to do is look at those GAWDAWFUL French cars to see we > >aren't the worst designers in the world. :) > Hmmm... > France: Venturi, Alpine A610,Citroen DS/CX/XM/GS/..., sundry Bugattis (OK, > this > is pushing it a bit, but they were _built_ in France), ec, > etc, etc > USA: AMC Hornet, Gremlin, Pacer, Cadillac Seville, SUVs, etc, etc, etc > Bad choice of example there I think :-) > -- > JG

not just any Dodge Goy! An exact copy of a Super Tourer that runs in LITHUANIA!!! SWEEDEN! and ARGENTINA! :) btw...I already have a Dodge Intrepid for Onlining with N3...rammit dave henrie

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> > Naw...Goy we take that as a compliment! All Flash, all dash, thats > > us! > > All one has to do is look at those GAWDAWFUL French cars to see we > > aren't > > the worst designers in the world. :) > > dave (born in the USA) henrie > Yeah, but you chose to drive a Dodge in the TPTCC Dave, that pretty much > disqualifies you from having an opinion about cars.... > Beers and cheers > (uncle) Goy

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> Goy, one only has to look at the squillions of square miles of chrome and > metallic-flake paintwork that came out of the USA in the 50s and 60s to > realise that your observation is just so TRUE!! > Oh....and the Edsel was simply the cherry on top of the sundae! :-) > (I'm now joining Goy in the flameproof bunker)

Well, it's a pretty big bunker Bruce, so if you want to take with you a couple of those vintage cars I believe you have, you're most welcome, we could have a *few* beers and discuss the lightness of the different Lotus models, and after another *few* beers we could discuss the BRM's lack of the same as well :-) Beers and cheers (uncle) Goy

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> > Anything but 'tractor pulling' patch for N3 will make happy :) > Damn, i was looking forward to my tractor pulling patch being a big > hit with the NASCAR fraternity too... > I promise i will even include ride on lawn mowers, with fully > adjustable cutting height ... :) > Cheers, > Ron

Ron, Why would you want tractor pulling when you could be racin' swamp buggies all night :)) Joel Willstein

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Aaaaah. So *few* beers, so little time! :-) -- Regards, Bruce Kennewell, Canberra, Australia. --------------------------- > > Goy, one only has to look at the squillions of square miles of chrome and > > metallic-flake paintwork that came out of the USA in the 50s and 60s to > > realise that your observation is just so TRUE!! > > Oh....and the Edsel was simply the cherry on top of the sundae! :-) > > (I'm now joining Goy in the flameproof bunker) > Well, it's a pretty big bunker Bruce, so if you want to take with you a > couple of those vintage cars I believe you have, you're most welcome, we > could have a *few* beers and discuss the lightness of the different > Lotus models, and after another *few* beers we could discuss the BRM's > lack of the same as well :-) > Beers and cheers > (uncle) Goy -----------== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News ==---------- http://www.newsfeeds.com The Largest Usenet Servers in the World! ------== Over 73,000 Newsgroups - Including Dedicated Binaries Servers ==-----

Damn the NEW Pits has popups.... How lame... Following in Simulator ***worlds foot steps? Popups suck...