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> i think the problem with Williams is their
> drivers, Nico is ok, but i'm seriously starting to
> think he's overrated
Not sure if I agree. Nico may not be an uber-super-duper driver, but he's never really had a winning car to show what he's made of.
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F1 1. Räikkönen
2. Barrichello
3. Kubica
4. Button
5. Vettel
6. Massa
7. Rosberg
8. Glock
Pole: Button - 95217
Fastest lap: Raikkonen - 95059
Team: Brawn
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F1 Joe_Satriani schrieb:
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> Well, I guess what I'm trying to say is that this
> only re-inforces the point. I used to be a big
> McLaren fan, up till 2006. After that, it all got
> downhill from there. These days I don't really
> care what they do. In fact, I'm finding it really
> funnny how wrong they got
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F1 chet schrieb:
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> On the practice, just watched, the Ferraris looked
> good, very good as did the RedBulls. Not so sure
> about the Brawns, I would like to think they are
> running ALOT of fuel, but I doubt that. Looks like
> it will be a tough weekend! Hopefully though they
> can get it sorted for tomorrow. Then again
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F1 Piquet is always behind everyone anyway.
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Lex
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F1 Why did Nikolai Stavrogin kill himself?
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Lex
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Off-Topic That'd be a shame, imo. Can't Ferrari and co. just accept that someone has developed a car better than theirs? *rolls eyes*
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Lex
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F1 Why is 42 the meaning of life, the universe and everything?
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Lex
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Off-Topic I hope not. Don't new rules have to be given thumbs up by FOTA?
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F1 "Damon Hill makes me sick!"
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F1
To illustrate, if our Sun were replaced by VY Canis Majoris, its surface might extend to the orbit of Saturn.
What. The. F***.
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Off-Topic The Lopper schrieb:
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> Force India are deffo not using it, Brawn,
> presumably won't be using it, Toyota and Williams
> don't seem to be too keen, Ferrari had their
> problems, although they appear to be sorted now.
> Hard to know what the Red Bulls are doing. I think
> Renault might use it. Like a number of
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F1 Monza972 schrieb:
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> haha, but a win at brazil would make Rubens the
> driver to remember for all of us. We think his
> days are gone and then boom! he clinches the World
> Title
Massa would cry more than he did at Interlagos last year, wouldn't he?
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F1 It may be too early to make such predictions, but I'd love it if Rubens won the title, after all that he's been through in his career.
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F1 What amazes me is that Gui is almost right.
But how did you solve it? I connected the center of the circle to the middle point of a L side, and then connected one of the angles of the bigger pentagon to the center of the circle, in order to create a right-angled triangle with catheti L/2 and (r+x). x and r+x can be found (based on L/2) with tg 36º and cotg 36º(in this order). You find the for
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Lex
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Off-Topic @Gui: Almost.
@n00binio: If we limit the answer to five decimal digits (like 0,xxxxx), you've got it! You could have used sec 36º instead of 1/cos 36º, as to make your formula look more difficult.
There you go:
Though I must say, I've found a formula that, although means the same thing, looks much simpler than yours:
r = L.(cotg 36º - tg 36º)/2
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Lex
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Off-Topic I got inspired by superchargednut and decided to propose a question too. This one isn't as easy, though.
Find a formula that relates r (the radius of the circle) and L (the side of the bigger pentagon). Both pentagons and the circle are as regular as they can be.
Whoever gets it right receives a basket of cookies.
PS: No, the answer isn't 42.
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Off-Topic sasjag schrieb:
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> its an isoceles, so bisect the trinagle down teh
> middle to create a right angle triangle, and you
> should know teh rest then :P
After bisecting angle B, you'll have the triangle ABD, with angles 90º, B/2 and [90º-(B/2)]. Since ABC is isoceles, AD = AC/2 = 0,95. With that, you know that sin (B/2) = 0,
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Off-Topic Fincent schrieb:
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> Whats interesting about that toyota is the fact
> you can see wires coming out from the nosecone and
> going into the wing for the flap controls. That
> might prove slightly problematic during a few
> incidents this year
What I find really interesting is that it doesn't seem to be broken at
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F1 Nickv schrieb:
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> Who's driving that car?
According to ultimatecarpage.com:
"It is seen here being driven by its owner John Bosch and his 2003 24 Hours of Le Mans team mate Jan Lammers. The occasion where it was driven was the 2003 Modena Motorsport trackdays at the Nurburgring."
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F1 SAMF1 schrieb:
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> that is the nose that i want to see for a long
> bloody time!!!!.....i wish the ferrari can change
> nose like the force india
Force India's nose does resemble F1-2000's, doesn't it?
Another spy saga?
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F1 I'd like to see drivers throwing turtles' shells at each other and eventually picking a yellow star that makes their car shine and glow and be invulnerable to crashes.
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F1 chet schrieb:
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> That magic number 6... Is it 6.67? I remember a
> while ago reading something, but I guessed it was
> purley generic, something like on startup cars
> used 2g of fuel, then on idle 0.3g / second. Then
> it's simply 2/0.3 = 6.67. So its only benificial
> to stop and turn the engine off for periods
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Off-Topic The car I have in mind is a 1996 Ford Versailles. My family has it since 1997/8, but the engine itself is relatively new (two or three years). I don't think, however, that the new engine is a high-tech, environment-friendly one.
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> edit - Alot of countrys in Europe, well Italy,
> Germany and Spain ive
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Off-Topic Suppose Gui drives his (boy)friend to the market so he can buy bread, butter, cheese and jelly for a nice snack. The (boy)friend is usually quick, and takes no more than three or four minutes to get out of the car, get the things, pay for them and get back to the car. Gui waits for him in the car.
What Gui should do to save more fuel? Turn the engine off or keep it on? My sister and I have bee
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Off-Topic They were magnificent!
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F1 Why did you fire me, then?
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F1 Maybe he and Massa will be number 3.
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