OT: Does anybody know what day today is?

TGCKMB day. ahhhhhhh dave henrie

Dave Henrie <[email hidden]> wrote in news:[email hidden]:

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> TGCKMB day. > > > > > ahhhhhhh > > > > dave henrie >

start of the motogp season :o) congrats rossi,fantastic racing. F1, whats that?

"Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > TGCKMB day. Dave, I applaud you for finding an acronym nearly as over-wrought as BPTCCWSPBF. ;-) With coverage moving to Spike, I'm disappointed that Kenny Blankenship and Vic Romano aren't in the booth... -jde

Dave, Just got home from LB...it was a beautiful thing. I love the smell of methanol in the morning... don "Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> TGCKMB day. > > > > > ahhhhhhh > > > > dave henrie

"J.D. Ellis" <[email hidden]> wrote in news:4082df63$0$49492 $[email hidden]: > BPTCCWSPBF I have to admit...I'm not very good with this sort of stuff. Fortunately GOOGLE saved the day. :) Took me a-bit to figure that one out JD. Yes that is a mouthful. dh

"Dave Henrie" wrote... > > BPTCCWSPBF > > I have to admit...I'm not very good with this sort > of stuff. Fortunately GOOGLE saved the day. :) > > Took me a-bit to figure that one out JD. Bridgestone Presents The Champ Car World Series Powered By Ford ? -That was obvious, I thought. Still working on yours though. I guess it's got to be related to the Long Beach race, but I can't quite decipher it. Toyota something? > Yes that is a mouthful. Agreed, but at least there is a BPTCCWSPBF. While we're on the subject, has anyone subscribed to that Race Director thingy on the site or knows whether it allows for one to view the races similar to Speed on Demand last year? Jan. =---

"Jan Verschueren" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:K7Ngc.77432$[email hidden]... > Bridgestone Presents The Champ Car World Series Powered By Ford ? -Thatwas > obvious, I thought. Still working on yours though. I guess it's got to be > related to the Long Beach race, but I can't quite decipher it. Toyota > something? Could be Tony George Certainly Kicked Me in the Balls, but knowing Dave, it's more likely Tony George Can Kiss My Butt. ;-) -jde

"J.D. Ellis" <[email hidden]> wrote in news:4083b359$0$81185$[email hidden]:

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> > "Jan Verschueren" <[email hidden]> wrote in > message news:K7Ngc.77432$[email hidden]... >> Bridgestone Presents The Champ Car World Series Powered By Ford ? >> -That > was >> obvious, I thought. Still working on yours though. I guess it's got >> to be related to the Long Beach race, but I can't quite decipher it. >> Toyota something? > > Could be T### G##### Certainly Kicked Me in the Balls, but knowing > Dave, it's more likely T### G##### Can Kiss My Butt. ;-) > > -jde > > >

DingDingDing! We have a winner. Version two it is.

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> > While we're on the subject, has anyone subscribed to that Race > Director thingy on the site or knows whether it allows for one to view > the races similar to Speed on Demand last year? > > Jan. > =--- >

I had the free demo yesterday but had to leave almost as soon as the race started. But as far as I can tell, it only allows for LIVE viewing. I didn't have a-lot of experience time with it...Basically it broadcast the live HD cast and then allowed you to toggle between 5 other incar cams. You could also hear the driver/pit radios from a big list of drivers, I don't know if that was all the teams, but the problem there was the video was on about a 5 second delay. I was watching the main channel and listening to AJ Almendinger. He got the word yellow for the first lap waveoff long before the video had the field even approaching the s/f line. And when they had the firstturn prang, AJ was yelling 'he hit me!' about the time everyone was smoothly taking the green flag. Such is my life, that I am almost ignored except when I'm tyring to multi-task. :) Then I can't be left alone. So tape delay it is for me. dh

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> > <snip> > I had the free demo yesterday but had to leave almost > as soon as the race started. But as far as I can tell, > it only allows for LIVE viewing. I didn't have a-lot of > experience time with it...Basically it broadcast the > live HD cast and then allowed you to toggle between 5 > other incar cams.

Yup, live only... which, seeing as most of the time I'm not in a position to watch it live, is of very limited use to me. So silly for the organisers and the sponsors not to make the racecasts available (for a fee if need be). Ok, bandwidth charges, but still that's got to be a heck of a lot cheaper than actual airtime. Could be real benificial. Silly example, possibly, but it used to be possible to watch the raw streams the NASCAR Race Recaps on Track Pass were pulled together from. Basically a TiVo recording of the race broadcasts (including adds), no official links on the site, but the info was somehow leaked and then spread among fans. This went on for two seasons and I'm sure a lot of people watched them, so if not NASCAR, then Time Warner/AOL must have known it was going on. The source seems to have dried up now, but not only did that allow for overseas fans to watch the races, all the sponsors got extra exposure too. Obivously, some sponsors are not active over here, but a lot of them are. Tropicana, title sponsor of the Tropicana400 at Chicagoland, for example. This brand has recently come on the market here and, before the local add campaign had even started, I found myself buying a carton just out of curiosity and, having liked it, I've since switched to that brand of orange juice. That's exactly what any company hopes for when they sponsor an event/race series, so, IMO, it behooves<sp?> the organising body to get as much exposure for them as they possibly can. > <snip> > Such is my life, that I am almost ignored except when > I'm tyring to multi-task. :) Then I can't be left alone. > So tape delay it is for me. I don't know where your mind just went there, but I'm pretty sure I don't want to know... <g> Jan. =---

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>> Could be T### G##### Certainly Kicked Me in the Balls, but knowing >> Dave, it's more likely T### G##### Can Kiss My Butt. ;-) >> >> -jde >> >> >> >DingDingDing! We have a winner. Version two it is. >

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