Rantbox

Jocke1 · Post by **Jocke1** » 17 Nov 2012, 12:18

I might make a fool out of myself here, but I'd like to rant a little on this "Tony" character, that has worked to get the forum back.
Is he a one-man company? Why is it that he couldn't get any help with this work?

And why did he feel the need to report on his personal status of tired/alert so, so many times. I didn't care, did anyone else care?

some funny excerpts:

I have woken up in the wee hours after lots of preparation last night
It is too late to continue now and more will be moved this evening/early tomorrow morning

DO NOT PANIC!
Your data is safe.
This is a way to keep your data safe.

this felt like something Taki Inoue would write.

That being said, it's going to be a LONG night getting everyone off.

this is going to be an all-nighter for us

Very sleepy, but pushing through.

I haven't been to sleep yet and won't until the copies are done.

Still at it until everyone is moved... sleep can wait

Another all-nighter in the books (2 days no sleep)

It feels like he wanted to make himself out to be a martyr of sorts.

Reservoir Dogs - My bathpluggin' hero
http://youtu.be/fYFmDclNDDU

Now, I might come off as ingrateful, and I apologise for that.

pablo_h · Post by **pablo_h** » 17 Nov 2012, 13:09

^
Seemed like strange comments from a hosting company for sure. I mean for example they had to wait a day to get more HDDs?
WTF!?
But then again look at it, it's $11.50 for unlimited hosting per month! Crazy cheap, but amateurs who don't have their act together for sure.
Nothing personal against this Tony guy, I'm sure he worked hard to fix the problem, but "you get what you pay for" and all, so an unprofessional hosting service in this case and one overworked guy without the right equipment to quickly fix problems as they must spend all their money on wages and data, not hardware for that price.

AndreaModa · Post by **AndreaModa** » 17 Nov 2012, 20:21

FMecha wrote:Kostas, I'm glad you're willing to return.

(Warning: very pointed personal opinion) I personally blame DanielPT for bringing politics by mentioning "UK" and "nanny state" in a post. Perhaps that made you offended, Kostas?

What an absolute disgrace.

RonDenisDeletraz · Post by **RonDenisDeletraz** » 18 Nov 2012, 00:06

The Bridge-Priory complex is massively overrated, I really wish everyone would stop crying about Silverstone's current layout.

Post by **Londoner** » 18 Nov 2012, 00:09

eurobrun wrote:The Bridge-Priory complex is massively overrated, I really wish everyone would stop crying about Silverstone's current layout.

I agree with this. I don't understand why Bridge corner is hyped up so much, it just seems really bland to me.

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 18 Nov 2012, 00:48

eurobrun wrote:The Bridge-Priory complex is massively overrated

The Bridge-Priory Complex sounds like a (really over-rated) generic indie band to me, I got confused when I read this the first time :lol:

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 18 Nov 2012, 01:25

eurobrun wrote:The Bridge-Priory complex is massively overrated, I really wish everyone would stop crying about Silverstone's current layout.

Couldn't agree more.

AdrianSutil · Post by **AdrianSutil** » 18 Nov 2012, 02:00

BlindCaveSalamander wrote:
eurobrun wrote:The Bridge-Priory complex is massively overrated, I really wish everyone would stop crying about Silverstone's current layout.

Couldn't agree more.

Disagree. Bridge was a fantastic corner.

Aerospeed · Post by **Aerospeed** » 18 Nov 2012, 02:32

The one major thing I miss about the old Bridge-Priory complex was the part before it - The Abbey Chicane, which was a good place to overtake - but it's now a basic right hander. I'm ok with the rest of the new layout (It's not too bad...) but I don't think they should have changed Abbey.

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 18 Nov 2012, 08:00

East Londoner wrote:
eurobrun wrote:The Bridge-Priory complex is massively overrated, I really wish everyone would stop crying about Silverstone's current layout.

I agree with this. I don't understand why Bridge corner is hyped up so much, it just seems really bland to me.

Before the mid-late nineties, Bridge was sort of like Copse in the sense that you couldn't take it flat out lest run the risk of having a monumental accident at the end of it. Now, with aerodynamics as it is, it's an easy right-hander in most open-wheel cars.

Chives5150 · Post by **Chives5150** » 18 Nov 2012, 08:30

Whenever I look at the track map of Silverstone, I keep thinking to myself: "This track can't make up its mind of what it wants to look like." :lol:

So many twists and turns.

ibsey · Post by **ibsey** » 19 Nov 2012, 15:54

Wizzie wrote:
East Londoner wrote:
eurobrun wrote:The Bridge-Priory complex is massively overrated, I really wish everyone would stop crying about Silverstone's current layout.

I agree with this. I don't understand why Bridge corner is hyped up so much, it just seems really bland to me.

Before the mid-late nineties, Bridge was sort of like Copse in the sense that you couldn't take it flat out lest run the risk of having a monumental accident at the end of it. Now, with aerodynamics as it is, it's an easy right-hander in most open-wheel cars.

In addition to Wizzie's point. Also I recall during Martin Brundle's 1999 ITV track guide, where he was accompanied by Damon Hill. On Bridge they explained how it was a massive techincal challenge for the drivers i.e. do you take it flat out, gain perhaps a couple of tenths, but take more out of the tyres & possibily not get the position correct for Priory. Or vice versa (which Damon said he prefered) thus benefitting from less stress on the tyres & getting a better line into the entry of Priory, perhaps gaining more laptime that way.

Then you have the blind crest on the approach (i.e not knowing what is just beyond the hill...like when Blundell's car was stranded in the middle of the track there in practice before the 1993 race & two cars had to avoid him). Not to mention the dip, just before the apex of bridge which causes the car to compress / bottom out, thus making things (like taking it flat or even setup) even trickier. Also there was the possibility of their being a damp patch under the bridge (following rain earlier that day) on the approach to bridge. Which would usually result in a massive moment, as evidence by one of M Schumi's early quali laps in 2001.

UncreativeUsername37 · Post by **UncreativeUsername37** » 19 Nov 2012, 17:22

Wizzie wrote:
East Londoner wrote:
eurobrun wrote:The Bridge-Priory complex is massively overrated, I really wish everyone would stop crying about Silverstone's current layout.

I agree with this. I don't understand why Bridge corner is hyped up so much, it just seems really bland to me.

Before the mid-late nineties, Bridge was sort of like Copse in the sense that you couldn't take it flat out lest run the risk of having a monumental accident at the end of it. Now, with aerodynamics as it is, it's an easy right-hander in most open-wheel cars.

Bridge is like Eau Rouge or 130R or me, it used to be epic when the cars weren't as good.

DanielPT · Post by **DanielPT** » 19 Nov 2012, 17:41

AndreaModa wrote:
FMecha wrote:Kostas, I'm glad you're willing to return.

(Warning: very pointed personal opinion) I personally blame DanielPT for bringing politics by mentioning "UK" and "nanny state" in a post. Perhaps that made you offended, Kostas?

What an absolute disgrace.

As being on the receiving end of this "post", I will only say that I concur with AndreaModa...

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 20 Nov 2012, 11:31

Having looked back through my early posts on this forum (circa 2009), all I can do is...

DanielPT · Post by **DanielPT** » 20 Nov 2012, 11:43

kostas22 wrote:Having looked back through my early posts on this forum (circa 2009), all I can do is...

*facepalm*

Don't be so hard on yourself. You were younger and that was who you were at the time. We all evolve, specially at that age. When I remember of some of the things I did when I was younger... Oh dear... :lol:

pasta_maldonado · Post by **pasta_maldonado** » 20 Nov 2012, 16:04

DanielPT wrote:
kostas22 wrote:Having looked back through my early posts on this forum (circa 2009), all I can do is...

*facepalm*

Don't be so hard on yourself. You were younger and that was who you were at the time. We all evolve, specially at that age. When I remember of some of the things I did when I was younger... Oh dear...

There's many things that I did that make me want to bang my head repeatedly against a wall, it's natural! And as for first posts on this forum, I guess I'll be looking back and cringing in a year's time :lol:

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 21 Nov 2012, 05:05

Why don't threads go seriously off the rails off-topic-wise like in the goold ol' days? It seems an eternity since we last had a topic littered with such extreme randomness as was found in Villeneuve Racing. The man in charge of the swimming horses is no longer here, nor the Candlepin player, nor the man who insists handegg being called football is perfectly valid.

R.I.P Glory Days

RonDenisDeletraz · Post by **RonDenisDeletraz** » 21 Nov 2012, 05:15

kostas22 wrote:Having looked back through my early posts on this forum (circa 2009), all I can do is...

Trust me, you didn't look like anywhere near as much of an idiot as me

Jeroen Krautmeir · Post by **Jeroen Krautmeir** » 21 Nov 2012, 08:08

eurobrun wrote:
kostas22 wrote:Having looked back through my early posts on this forum (circa 2009), all I can do is...

Trust me, you didn't look like anywhere near as much of an idiot as me

Or me for that matter

Not sure if this can be counted as a rant, but ever since I 'came back' here. Well, it just doesn't give me the same feeling as it used to. I mean, I still love the forum and you guys, but it's almost as though... I don't know how to explain it. But trust me it's not just here, I've gone back to 2 other forums too, and they just don't feel the same.

Maybe it's just the fact the logo at the top is gone and the notices saying whether there have been new posts uploaded or not are gone too. FIX IT!

I miss it when things like this happened too...

Post by **Nuppiz** » 21 Nov 2012, 09:52

kostas22 wrote:Why don't threads go seriously off the rails off-topic-wise like in the goold ol' days? It seems an eternity since we last had a topic littered with such extreme randomness as was found in Villeneuve Racing. The man in charge of the swimming horses is no longer here, nor the Candlepin player, nor the man who insists handegg being called football is perfectly valid.

R.I.P Glory Days

We're getting older. And more bitter. And more boring.

Come to think of it, there hasn't really been any good threads to fill with off-topicness as of late. Pic puns only last for so long, and the EvdP subforum being used as the "general discussion" section filters pretty much everything else nowadays.

Ferrim · Post by **Ferrim** » 21 Nov 2012, 10:22

You seem to forget that we are having a very intense end of the F1 season, with many races packed together and a championship title yet to be settled (even if it looks clearly like is Vettel's to lose). Therefore, we are all heavily drugged at the moment and behave like normal people.

Wait for F1 deprivation to come, and then you'll see.

Jocke1 · Post by **Jocke1** » 21 Nov 2012, 13:35

Why hasn't Red Bull Ring been put into the calendar yet!?
The track looks amazing as ever and seeing the DTM cars fly around there makes me want F1 back asap.
Get with it, Bernie!

Post by **Londoner** » 21 Nov 2012, 18:20

Ferrim wrote:You seem to forget that we are having a very intense end of the F1 season, with many races packed together and a championship title yet to be settled (even if it looks clearly like is Vettel's to lose). Therefore, we are all heavily drugged at the moment and behave like normal people.

Wait for F1 deprivation to come, and then you'll see.

Yes, I am very much looking forward to Pasta and Eurobrun going mental in the next one-word association thread. :lol:

Row Man Gross-Gene · Post by **Row Man Gross-Gene** » 21 Nov 2012, 19:44

Ferrim wrote:Wait for F1 deprivation to come, and then you'll see.

Bingo!

pasta_maldonado · Post by **pasta_maldonado** » 21 Nov 2012, 19:58

East Londoner wrote:
Ferrim wrote:You seem to forget that we are having a very intense end of the F1 season, with many races packed together and a championship title yet to be settled (even if it looks clearly like is Vettel's to lose). Therefore, we are all heavily drugged at the moment and behave like normal people.

Wait for F1 deprivation to come, and then you'll see.

Yes, I am very much looking forward to Pasta and Eurobrun going mental in the next one-word association thread.

You called? :lol:

The possibility of Alonso winning the title this weekend is all that is stopping me from crossing the fine line from sanity into insanity, from words to word association, and from on-topic to random gibberish about something that may or may not have happend either in the past, future, present or both :lol:

Also, seen as I'm now 1-0 up on avatar challenges (hope you love that new avatar Klon)..... Eurobrun, I throw my gauntet in the form of Kimi Raikonnen's Choc Ice stick down to you: I bet my avatar that I will have more posts than you in the Word Association Game Part XVII : Return of the turbos.

RonDenisDeletraz · Post by **RonDenisDeletraz** » 21 Nov 2012, 21:30

Usually I would accept that challenge, but I will have no access to the internet for almost all of next week due to a school camp. If the thread can be delayed till after I get back then I will accept.

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 22 Nov 2012, 06:12

Don't you two kids have anything better to do?*

*Says the muppet with the highest post count on the forum

RonDenisDeletraz · Post by **RonDenisDeletraz** » 22 Nov 2012, 07:26

Hardly, between this forum and Minecraft that is mostly my life.

pasta_maldonado · Post by **pasta_maldonado** » 22 Nov 2012, 07:57

eurobrun wrote:Hardly, between this forum and Minecraft that is mostly my life.

What happened to that girl you was with mate?

FMecha · Post by **FMecha** » 22 Nov 2012, 08:24

eurobrun wrote:Usually I would accept that challenge, but I will have no access to the internet for almost all of next week due to a school camp. If the thread can be delayed till after I get back then I will accept.

This means I can start the Word Association Season 4 thread with Eurobrun away after the Brazilian GP. :twisted:

RonDenisDeletraz · Post by **RonDenisDeletraz** » 22 Nov 2012, 08:27

pasta_maldonado wrote:
eurobrun wrote:Hardly, between this forum and Minecraft that is mostly my life.

What happened to that girl you was with mate?

Don't get a chance to see her much

dinizintheoven · Post by **dinizintheoven** » 25 Nov 2012, 00:53

Nuppiz wrote:
kostas22 wrote:Why don't threads go seriously off the rails off-topic-wise like in the goold ol' days? It seems an eternity since we last had a topic littered with such extreme randomness as was found in Villeneuve Racing. The man in charge of the swimming horses is no longer here, nor the Candlepin player, nor the man who insists handegg being called football is perfectly valid.
R.I.P Glory Days

We're getting older. And more bitter. And more boring.

Just you all wait until you're my age. (eagleash, madmark1974, Barbazza and the like can ignore this comment, having already surpassed it and will be snarling with rage...)

Jocke1 · Post by **Jocke1** » 27 Nov 2012, 19:21

It's Forti minutes to go until I must Pic up my friend at the airport. Trulli stressful..

dr-baker · Post by **dr-baker** » 01 Dec 2012, 17:26

Jocke1 wrote:It's Forti minutes to go until I must Pic up my friend at the airport. Trulli stressful..

That's Virgin on the ridiculous...

UncreativeUsername37 · Post by **UncreativeUsername37** » 01 Dec 2012, 17:55

Jocke1 wrote:It's Forti minutes to go until I must Pic up my friend at the airport. Trulli stressful..

That's Life....

Post by **Ataxia** » 01 Dec 2012, 18:21

UgncreativeUsergname wrote:
Jocke1 wrote:It's Forti minutes to go until I must Pic up my friend at the airport. Trulli stressful..

That's Life....

Trulli some of the Wurz puns you could have Pic'd...

LellaLombardi · Post by **LellaLombardi** » 03 Dec 2012, 19:38

Now I'm no fan of Bernie Ecclestone but I really hate Luca Di Montezemolo's comments about him: "We must respect the elderly, especially when they can no longer control their words.
"Seniority is often incompatible with certain roles and responsibilities.". If there's on thing Bernie isn't, it's senile. It's distasteful to use someone's age and potential health problems to get your point over.

Not to mention Alonso who has undone all the respect I had gained for him this year by making subtle digs at Vettel and overpraising himself. Yes, he did a great job this year but he's coming across as a bad loser.

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 03 Dec 2012, 19:45

LellaLombardi wrote:Now I'm no fan of Bernie Ecclestone but I really hate Luca Di Montezemolo's comments about him: "We must respect the elderly, especially when they can no longer control their words.
"Seniority is often incompatible with certain roles and responsibilities.". If there's on thing Bernie isn't, it's senile. It's distasteful to use someone's age and potential health problems to get your point over.

Not to mention Alonso who has undone all the respect I had gained for him this year by making subtle digs at Vettel and overpraising himself. Yes, he did a great job this year but he's coming across as a bad loser.

Vettel wasn't much better, he made out like the whole field was out to get him after the race.

AdrianSutil · Post by **AdrianSutil** » 03 Dec 2012, 20:03

BlindCaveSalamander wrote:
LellaLombardi wrote:Now I'm no fan of Bernie Ecclestone but I really hate Luca Di Montezemolo's comments about him: "We must respect the elderly, especially when they can no longer control their words.
"Seniority is often incompatible with certain roles and responsibilities.". If there's on thing Bernie isn't, it's senile. It's distasteful to use someone's age and potential health problems to get your point over.

Not to mention Alonso who has undone all the respect I had gained for him this year by making subtle digs at Vettel and overpraising himself. Yes, he did a great job this year but he's coming across as a bad loser.

Vettel wasn't much better, he made out like the whole field was out to get him after the race.

I lost quite a bit to respect for Vettel after his 'I feel like Senna' comment during the Brazilian race last year.