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Four laps into the race and they've done it again. Christ I hate these restrictor plate races. A spindly open wheel car can travel around an oval at 230 plus with relative safety, but a 3400 lb steel cage can't. The higher ups at Nascar need to get their collective heads out of their keesters, pull the plates and let em race. Mike

"Race1530" <[email hidden]> wrote <snip> Wrong newsgroup. -- -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> -- http://ymenard.cjb.net/ -- This announcement is brought to you by the Shimago-Dominguez Corporation - helping America into the New World...

Wrong newsgroup. "Race1530" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Four laps into the race and they've done it again. Christ I hate these > restrictor plate races. A spindly open wheel car can travel around anoval at

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> 230 plus with relative safety, but a 3400 lb steel cage can't. > > The higher ups at Nascar need to get their collective heads out of their > keesters, pull the plates and let em race. > > Mike >

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> "Race1530" <[email hidden]> wrote > > <snip> > > > Wrong newsgroup. >

Ah, but he put OT in his header, therefore it was not meant for the 'right newsgroup'. ;) MRSisson -- LOAD "GPL",8,1 RUN

>"Michael R Sisson" <[email hidden]> wrote > Ah, but he put OT in his header, therefore it was not meant for the > 'right newsgroup'. ;) I meant alt.binaries.simulators.autos ;-D -- -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> -- http://ymenard.cjb.net/ -- This announcement is brought to you by the Shimago-Dominguez Corporation - helping America into the New World...

"Michael R Sisson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:MPG.18fa789137939f0f989680@nntp... > > -- > LOAD "GPL",8,1 > RUN Am I the only one who sees this and has nightmare flashbacks?

On Mon, 07 Apr 2003 03:57:34 GMT, "Mike White" <[email hidden]> wrote: >> LOAD "GPL",8,1 >> RUN > >Am I the only one who sees this and has nightmare flashbacks? Nope. I had a Commodore as well...

Mike White wrote:

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> "Michael R Sisson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:MPG.18fa789137939f0f989680@nntp... > >>-- >>LOAD "GPL",8,1 >>RUN > > > Am I the only one who sees this and has nightmare flashbacks? >

only because it's suppose to be Bload "GPL",8,1

"Mike White" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:OG6ka.11961$[email hidden]...

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> > "Michael R Sisson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:MPG.18fa789137939f0f989680@nntp... > > > > -- > > LOAD "GPL",8,1 > > RUN > > Am I the only one who sees this and has nightmare flashbacks? >

Not really nightmares, but from memory the ,1 argument would usually hand execution to the program being loaded - you only needed to "run" programs when loaded from tape. I could be wrong - it's been a long long time. I do remember that you had to load "$",8 or something and LIST to get a directory listing. mmm, i loved that 1541 floppy drive - physically larger than the c64 itself. iksteh

> Nope. I had a Commodore as well... I didtched my commodore for an Atari 1040 ST. much easier to use steve

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> "Mike White" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:OG6ka.11961$[email hidden]... > > > > "Michael R Sisson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:MPG.18fa789137939f0f989680@nntp... > > > > > > -- > > > LOAD "GPL",8,1 > > > RUN > > > > Am I the only one who sees this and has nightmare flashbacks? > > > > Not really nightmares, but from memory the ,1 argument would > usually hand execution to the program being loaded - you only > needed to "run" programs when loaded from tape. I could be > wrong - it's been a long long time. > > I do remember that you had to load "$",8 or something and LIST > to get a directory listing. > > mmm, i loved that 1541 floppy drive - physically larger than the > c64 itself. >

And running through a serial connection...

In article <3e916228$[email hidden]>, "Stephen F." <[email hidden]> writes: >> mmm, i loved that 1541 floppy drive - physically larger than the >> c64 itself. >> > >And running through a serial connection... > I remember loading programs on an Apple II from a cassette player...incorrect volume level error flashbacks...ugh. Eldred -- Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPLRank:-1.680 MonsterRank: +334.169 N2002 Rank:+17.59 Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

Race1530 wrote: > Four laps into the race and they've done it again. With the vague pronoun reference, I assume "they" means an unavoidable situation with a blown tire? -jde

Steve Whitty wrote: > > Nope. I had a Commodore as well... > > I didtched my commodore for an Atari 1040 ST. much easier to use > > steve Too bad Atari was mismanaged into the ground by a couple of nincompoops. But IBM was probably going to win the ST/Amiga/PC race in any event. I wonder if anybody will ever (for the next 10-20 years or so) have the chutzpah to take on Microsoft and design a truly killer dedicated gaming PC which is NOT dependent on Microsoft/IBM architecture in any way. I know pipe dream... John DiFool -- ============================================ Reach heaven far too high ============================================

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> Steve Whitty wrote: > >> > Nope. I had a Commodore as well... >> >> I didtched my commodore for an Atari 1040 ST. much easier to use >> >> steve > > Too bad Atari was mismanaged into the ground by a couple of > nincompoops. But IBM was probably going to win the ST/Amiga/PC > race in any event. I wonder if anybody will ever (for the next 10-20 > years or so) have the chutzpah to take on Microsoft and design a > truly killer dedicated gaming PC which is NOT dependent on > Microsoft/IBM architecture in any way. I know pipe dream... > > John DiFool

Haven't Microsoft and Sony already done that? dave henrie

>>With the vague pronoun reference, I assume "they" means an unavoidable situation with a blown tire? -jde>> "They" means Nascar and the restrictor plate rule. Racing is just to close for my liking. No one can get out of anyones way. MIke.

I KNEW people would start blaming restrictor plates for that wreck! That was lap __FOUR__ - it could've happened at ANY track with 3-wide (or even 2-wide, really)racing. In those first few laps they don't have TIME to spread out yet - plates or not! Personally I like small packs. I DON'T like 5 cars (or even 12 cars) on the lead lap! I can't stand to see "the Big One," but I DO love the spectacle of a close race with 20 cars less than a second apart. Gunner "Race1530" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > >>With the vague pronoun reference, I assume "they" means an unavoidable > situation with a blown tire? > -jde>> > > "They" means Nascar and the restrictor plate rule. Racing is just toclose > for my liking. No one can get out of anyones way. > > MIke.

I KNEW people would start blaming restrictor plates for that wreck! That was lap __FOUR__ - it could've happened at ANY track with 3-wide (or even 2-wide, really)racing. In those first few laps they don't have TIME to spread out yet - plates or not! Personally I like small packs. I DON'T like 5 cars (or even 12 cars) on the lead lap! I can't stand to see "the Big One," but I DO love the spectacle of a close race with 20 cars less than a second apart. Gunner

On Mon, 07 Apr 2003 16:09:28 GMT, John DiFool wrote: > race in any event. I wonder if anybody will ever (for the next 10-20 > years or so) have the chutzpah to take on Microsoft and design a > truly killer dedicated gaming PC which is NOT dependent on > Microsoft/IBM architecture in any way. I know pipe dream... > I heard you could preorder these new kind-of amiga motherboards right now, they might be interesting. Also, a BeBox would have made a great gaming rig IMO. Too bad it was mis-managed into the ground, too! Cheers, Uwe -- mail replies to Uwe at schuerkamp dot de ( yahoo address is spambox) Uwe Schuerkamp //////////////////////////// http://www.schuerkamp.de/ Herford, Germany \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ (52.0N/8.5E) GPG Fingerprint: 2E 13 20 22 9A 3F 63 7F 67 6F E9 B1 A8 36 A4 61

>>I KNEW people would start blaming restrictor plates for that wreck! That waslap __FOUR__ - it could've happened at ANY track with 3-wide (or even 2-wide, really)racing.>> That's the point. With restrictor plate it doesnt matter if its four or 140, they are too close together. Even on lap four at Chicagoland, Charlotte or Atlanta I think you would find that field two wide instead of three. I hate the restrictor plates. Love the draft of old and the strategy that went with it. oh well.... Mike

On Mon, 07 Apr 2003 03:57:34 GMT, "Mike White" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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> >"Michael R Sisson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message >news:MPG.18fa789137939f0f989680@nntp... >> >> -- >> LOAD "GPL",8,1 >> RUN > >Am I the only one who sees this and has nightmare flashbacks?

I just want to know why I can remember poke 64738, but I can't remember what I had for breakfast.

On Wed, 09 Apr 2003 21:40:12 -0400, Tim O <[email hidden]> wrote: >I just want to know why I can remember poke 64738, but I can't >remember what I had for breakfast. Or was that SYS 64738? Oh well, now at least I can sleep content that I frigging forgot everything. Good night.

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>>>LOAD "GPL",8,1 >>>RUN >> >>Am I the only one who sees this and has nightmare flashbacks? > I just want to know why I can remember poke 64738, but I can't > remember what I had for breakfast.

I think that's a reset. <arrgh, that makes *me* even worse!> <checks> No, it's "sys 64738". Oh good, haven't joined the Complete Nerd Rankz just yet then... Regards, Ruud ('Revs' Ruled Back Then!)

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> On Mon, 07 Apr 2003 03:57:34 GMT, "Mike White" > <[email hidden]> wrote: > > > > >"Michael R Sisson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > >news:MPG.18fa789137939f0f989680@nntp... > >> > >> -- > >> LOAD "GPL",8,1 > >> RUN > > > >Am I the only one who sees this and has nightmare flashbacks? > > I just want to know why I can remember poke 64738, but I can't > remember what I had for breakfast.

Your memory is probably fine. A lot of people can't forget their first poke. Elrikk ;o)

On Thu, 10 Apr 2003 04:01:26 +0200, Ruud Dingemans <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>> I just want to know why I can remember poke 64738, but I can't >> remember what I had for breakfast. > > >I think that's a reset. <arrgh, that makes *me* even worse!> > ><checks> > >No, it's "sys 64738". Oh good, haven't joined the Complete Nerd Rankz >just yet then...

Well, I got bad news for ya. I was mistaken, and it was sys 64738. Your Complete Nerd status is looming. lol.