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  #81  
Old May 31st 13, 04:33 PM posted to comp.sys.mac.advocacy,rec.sport.golf,alt.sports.hockey.nhl.vanc-canucks,rec.autos.driving,rec.autos.sport.f1
golfbum18
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Default OT (more or less): For those who might be interested...

On May 30, 5:07*pm, "jay birdsong" > wrote:
> "golfbum18" *wrote in message
>
> ...
>
> On May 29, 4:29 pm, Alan Baker > wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > In article
> > >,

>
> > *golfbum18 > wrote:
> > > On May 28, 8:30 pm, Alan Baker > wrote:
> > > > ...I did my first event in my own Formula Ford this past
> > > > weekend.

>
> > > > It was... ...fantastic.

>
> > > > <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_faLq9Ey5no>

>
> > > > ;-)

>
> > > > --
> > > > Alan Baker
> > > > Vancouver, British Columbia
> > > > "If you raise the ceiling four feet, move the fireplace from
> > > > that wall
> > > > to that wall, you'll still only get the full stereophonic effect
> > > > if you
> > > > sit in the bottom of that cupboard."

>
> > > Did you expect anything else from this post and your you tubing?
> > > Might
> > > as well have come into the group this morning with a big bull's
> > > eye t-
> > > shirt on.

>
> > I expected to let some folks who are friends of mine know how
> > something
> > I'm very excited to be doing... ...was going.

>
> > I simply don't care about the trolls. They amuse me.

>
> > :-)

>
> > --
> > Alan Baker
> > Vancouver, British Columbia
> > "If you raise the ceiling four feet, move the fireplace from that
> > wall
> > to that wall, you'll still only get the full stereophonic effect if
> > you
> > sit in the bottom of that cupboard."
> >Just bringing it up that's all. This dysfunctional bunch of dopes
> >latch onto anything to yap about. Have at it and do what the hell you
> >want. Like Ricky Nelson said years ago, "you can't please everyone,
> >so
> >you got to please yourself." Amazing though how formula can run in a
> >driving rain and in nascar, if someone spits on the track, they red
> >flag it for awhile.

>
> Yeah, baby buggy vs. Corvette.


Grand Prix/Formula makes adjustments with a micrometer and NASCAR just
hits it with a big ol hammer.Gotta love it.
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  #82  
Old May 31st 13, 04:46 PM posted to comp.sys.mac.advocacy,rec.sport.golf,alt.sports.hockey.nhl.vanc-canucks,rec.autos.driving,rec.autos.sport.f1
News
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Default OT (more or less): For those who might be interested...

On 5/31/2013 11:33 AM, golfbum18 wrote:
> On May 30, 5:07 pm, "jay birdsong" > wrote:
>> "golfbum18" wrote in message
>>
>> ...
>>
>> On May 29, 4:29 pm, Alan Baker > wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> In article
>>> >,

>>
>>> golfbum18 > wrote:
>>>> On May 28, 8:30 pm, Alan Baker > wrote:
>>>>> ...I did my first event in my own Formula Ford this past
>>>>> weekend.

>>
>>>>> It was... ...fantastic.

>>
>>>>> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_faLq9Ey5no>

>>
>>>>> ;-)

>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Alan Baker
>>>>> Vancouver, British Columbia
>>>>> "If you raise the ceiling four feet, move the fireplace from
>>>>> that wall
>>>>> to that wall, you'll still only get the full stereophonic effect
>>>>> if you
>>>>> sit in the bottom of that cupboard."

>>
>>>> Did you expect anything else from this post and your you tubing?
>>>> Might
>>>> as well have come into the group this morning with a big bull's
>>>> eye t-
>>>> shirt on.

>>
>>> I expected to let some folks who are friends of mine know how
>>> something
>>> I'm very excited to be doing... ...was going.

>>
>>> I simply don't care about the trolls. They amuse me.

>>
>>> :-)

>>
>>> --
>>> Alan Baker
>>> Vancouver, British Columbia
>>> "If you raise the ceiling four feet, move the fireplace from that
>>> wall
>>> to that wall, you'll still only get the full stereophonic effect if
>>> you
>>> sit in the bottom of that cupboard."
>>> Just bringing it up that's all. This dysfunctional bunch of dopes
>>> latch onto anything to yap about. Have at it and do what the hell you
>>> want. Like Ricky Nelson said years ago, "you can't please everyone,
>>> so
>>> you got to please yourself." Amazing though how formula can run in a
>>> driving rain and in nascar, if someone spits on the track, they red
>>> flag it for awhile.

>>
>> Yeah, baby buggy vs. Corvette.

>
> Grand Prix/Formula makes adjustments with a micrometer and NASCAR just
> hits it with a big ol hammer.Gotta love it.
>



Nah, Bubba just uses a big ol' micrometer -- as a hammer
  #83  
Old May 31st 13, 05:06 PM posted to comp.sys.mac.advocacy,rec.sport.golf,alt.sports.hockey.nhl.vanc-canucks,rec.autos.driving,rec.autos.sport.f1
Alan Baker
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Default OT (more or less): For those who might be interested...

In article >, AC > wrote:

> Alan Baker wrote:
> > In article
> > >,
> > Dene > wrote:
> >
> >> On May 29, 1:29 pm, Alan Baker > wrote:
> >>> In article
> >>> >,
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> golfbum18 > wrote:
> >>>> On May 28, 8:30 pm, Alan Baker > wrote:
> >>>>> ...I did my first event in my own Formula Ford this past weekend.
> >>>
> >>>>> It was... ...fantastic.
> >>>
> >>>>> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_faLq9Ey5no>
> >>>
> >>>>> ;-)
> >>>
> >>>>> --
> >>>>> Alan Baker
> >>>>> Vancouver, British Columbia
> >>>>> "If you raise the ceiling four feet, move the fireplace from that wall
> >>>>> to that wall, you'll still only get the full stereophonic effect if you
> >>>>> sit in the bottom of that cupboard."
> >>>
> >>>> Did you expect anything else from this post and your you tubing? Might
> >>>> as well have come into the group this morning with a big bull's eye t-
> >>>> shirt on.
> >>>
> >>> I expected to let some folks who are friends of mine know how something
> >>> I'm very excited to be doing... ...was going.
> >>>
> >>
> >> Friends? Name two.

> >
> > In RSG alone:
> >
> > Scott Newell
> > Bob Cotter
> > Tex
> >

>
> I'd never use the word "friend" on the internet, let alone usenet, but I
> do enjoy reading of your experiences. In that context, add me.


I use the word because I've enjoyed their company in real life.

--
Alan Baker
Vancouver, British Columbia
"If you raise the ceiling four feet, move the fireplace from that wall
to that wall, you'll still only get the full stereophonic effect if you
sit in the bottom of that cupboard."
  #84  
Old May 31st 13, 05:19 PM posted to comp.sys.mac.advocacy,rec.sport.golf,alt.sports.hockey.nhl.vanc-canucks,rec.autos.driving,rec.autos.sport.f1
Alan Baker
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Default OT (more or less): For those who might be interested...

In article >, News > wrote:

> On 5/31/2013 11:33 AM, golfbum18 wrote:
> > On May 30, 5:07 pm, "jay birdsong" > wrote:
> >> "golfbum18" wrote in message
> >>
> >> ...
> >>
> >> On May 29, 4:29 pm, Alan Baker > wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> In article
> >>> >,
> >>
> >>> golfbum18 > wrote:
> >>>> On May 28, 8:30 pm, Alan Baker > wrote:
> >>>>> ...I did my first event in my own Formula Ford this past
> >>>>> weekend.
> >>
> >>>>> It was... ...fantastic.
> >>
> >>>>> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_faLq9Ey5no>
> >>
> >>>>> ;-)
> >>
> >>>>> --
> >>>>> Alan Baker
> >>>>> Vancouver, British Columbia
> >>>>> "If you raise the ceiling four feet, move the fireplace from
> >>>>> that wall
> >>>>> to that wall, you'll still only get the full stereophonic effect
> >>>>> if you
> >>>>> sit in the bottom of that cupboard."
> >>
> >>>> Did you expect anything else from this post and your you tubing?
> >>>> Might
> >>>> as well have come into the group this morning with a big bull's
> >>>> eye t-
> >>>> shirt on.
> >>
> >>> I expected to let some folks who are friends of mine know how
> >>> something
> >>> I'm very excited to be doing... ...was going.
> >>
> >>> I simply don't care about the trolls. They amuse me.
> >>
> >>> :-)
> >>
> >>> --
> >>> Alan Baker
> >>> Vancouver, British Columbia
> >>> "If you raise the ceiling four feet, move the fireplace from that
> >>> wall
> >>> to that wall, you'll still only get the full stereophonic effect if
> >>> you
> >>> sit in the bottom of that cupboard."
> >>> Just bringing it up that's all. This dysfunctional bunch of dopes
> >>> latch onto anything to yap about. Have at it and do what the hell you
> >>> want. Like Ricky Nelson said years ago, "you can't please everyone,
> >>> so
> >>> you got to please yourself." Amazing though how formula can run in a
> >>> driving rain and in nascar, if someone spits on the track, they red
> >>> flag it for awhile.
> >>
> >> Yeah, baby buggy vs. Corvette.

> >
> > Grand Prix/Formula makes adjustments with a micrometer and NASCAR just
> > hits it with a big ol hammer.Gotta love it.
> >

>
>
> Nah, Bubba just uses a big ol' micrometer -- as a hammer


Like it...

:-)

--
Alan Baker
Vancouver, British Columbia
"If you raise the ceiling four feet, move the fireplace from that wall
to that wall, you'll still only get the full stereophonic effect if you
sit in the bottom of that cupboard."
  #85  
Old May 31st 13, 05:53 PM posted to comp.sys.mac.advocacy,rec.sport.golf,alt.sports.hockey.nhl.vanc-canucks,rec.autos.driving,rec.autos.sport.f1
News
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Default OT (more or less): For those who might be interested...

On 5/31/2013 12:19 PM, Alan Baker wrote:
> In article >, News > wrote:
>
>> On 5/31/2013 11:33 AM, golfbum18 wrote:
>>> On May 30, 5:07 pm, "jay birdsong" > wrote:
>>>> "golfbum18" wrote in message
>>>>
>>>> ...
>>>>
>>>> On May 29, 4:29 pm, Alan Baker > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> In article
>>>>> >,
>>>>
>>>>> golfbum18 > wrote:
>>>>>> On May 28, 8:30 pm, Alan Baker > wrote:
>>>>>>> ...I did my first event in my own Formula Ford this past
>>>>>>> weekend.
>>>>
>>>>>>> It was... ...fantastic.
>>>>
>>>>>>> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_faLq9Ey5no>
>>>>
>>>>>>> ;-)
>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Alan Baker
>>>>>>> Vancouver, British Columbia
>>>>>>> "If you raise the ceiling four feet, move the fireplace from
>>>>>>> that wall
>>>>>>> to that wall, you'll still only get the full stereophonic effect
>>>>>>> if you
>>>>>>> sit in the bottom of that cupboard."
>>>>
>>>>>> Did you expect anything else from this post and your you tubing?
>>>>>> Might
>>>>>> as well have come into the group this morning with a big bull's
>>>>>> eye t-
>>>>>> shirt on.
>>>>
>>>>> I expected to let some folks who are friends of mine know how
>>>>> something
>>>>> I'm very excited to be doing... ...was going.
>>>>
>>>>> I simply don't care about the trolls. They amuse me.
>>>>
>>>>> :-)
>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Alan Baker
>>>>> Vancouver, British Columbia
>>>>> "If you raise the ceiling four feet, move the fireplace from that
>>>>> wall
>>>>> to that wall, you'll still only get the full stereophonic effect if
>>>>> you
>>>>> sit in the bottom of that cupboard."
>>>>> Just bringing it up that's all. This dysfunctional bunch of dopes
>>>>> latch onto anything to yap about. Have at it and do what the hell you
>>>>> want. Like Ricky Nelson said years ago, "you can't please everyone,
>>>>> so
>>>>> you got to please yourself." Amazing though how formula can run in a
>>>>> driving rain and in nascar, if someone spits on the track, they red
>>>>> flag it for awhile.
>>>>
>>>> Yeah, baby buggy vs. Corvette.
>>>
>>> Grand Prix/Formula makes adjustments with a micrometer and NASCAR just
>>> hits it with a big ol hammer.Gotta love it.
>>>

>>
>>
>> Nah, Bubba just uses a big ol' micrometer -- as a hammer

>
> Like it...
>
> :-)
>



BTW, was that a GoPro or some other camera?
  #86  
Old May 31st 13, 06:01 PM posted to comp.sys.mac.advocacy,rec.sport.golf,alt.sports.hockey.nhl.vanc-canucks,rec.autos.driving,rec.autos.sport.f1
Alan Baker
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Default OT (more or less): For those who might be interested...

In article >, News > wrote:

> On 5/31/2013 12:19 PM, Alan Baker wrote:
> > In article >, News > wrote:
> >
> >> On 5/31/2013 11:33 AM, golfbum18 wrote:
> >>> On May 30, 5:07 pm, "jay birdsong" > wrote:
> >>>> "golfbum18" wrote in message
> >>>>
> >>>> ...
> >>>>
> >>>> On May 29, 4:29 pm, Alan Baker > wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>> In article
> >>>>> >,
> >>>>
> >>>>> golfbum18 > wrote:
> >>>>>> On May 28, 8:30 pm, Alan Baker > wrote:
> >>>>>>> ...I did my first event in my own Formula Ford this past
> >>>>>>> weekend.
> >>>>
> >>>>>>> It was... ...fantastic.
> >>>>
> >>>>>>> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_faLq9Ey5no>
> >>>>
> >>>>>>> ;-)
> >>>>
> >>>>>>> --
> >>>>>>> Alan Baker
> >>>>>>> Vancouver, British Columbia
> >>>>>>> "If you raise the ceiling four feet, move the fireplace from
> >>>>>>> that wall
> >>>>>>> to that wall, you'll still only get the full stereophonic effect
> >>>>>>> if you
> >>>>>>> sit in the bottom of that cupboard."
> >>>>
> >>>>>> Did you expect anything else from this post and your you tubing?
> >>>>>> Might
> >>>>>> as well have come into the group this morning with a big bull's
> >>>>>> eye t-
> >>>>>> shirt on.
> >>>>
> >>>>> I expected to let some folks who are friends of mine know how
> >>>>> something
> >>>>> I'm very excited to be doing... ...was going.
> >>>>
> >>>>> I simply don't care about the trolls. They amuse me.
> >>>>
> >>>>> :-)
> >>>>
> >>>>> --
> >>>>> Alan Baker
> >>>>> Vancouver, British Columbia
> >>>>> "If you raise the ceiling four feet, move the fireplace from that
> >>>>> wall
> >>>>> to that wall, you'll still only get the full stereophonic effect if
> >>>>> you
> >>>>> sit in the bottom of that cupboard."
> >>>>> Just bringing it up that's all. This dysfunctional bunch of dopes
> >>>>> latch onto anything to yap about. Have at it and do what the hell you
> >>>>> want. Like Ricky Nelson said years ago, "you can't please everyone,
> >>>>> so
> >>>>> you got to please yourself." Amazing though how formula can run in a
> >>>>> driving rain and in nascar, if someone spits on the track, they red
> >>>>> flag it for awhile.
> >>>>
> >>>> Yeah, baby buggy vs. Corvette.
> >>>
> >>> Grand Prix/Formula makes adjustments with a micrometer and NASCAR just
> >>> hits it with a big ol hammer.Gotta love it.
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >> Nah, Bubba just uses a big ol' micrometer -- as a hammer

> >
> > Like it...
> >
> > :-)
> >

>
>
> BTW, was that a GoPro or some other camera?


Yup. A GoPro Hero 2 to be exact. It's a great video camera for this kind
of thing.

--
Alan Baker
Vancouver, British Columbia
"If you raise the ceiling four feet, move the fireplace from that wall
to that wall, you'll still only get the full stereophonic effect if you
sit in the bottom of that cupboard."
  #87  
Old May 31st 13, 06:31 PM posted to comp.sys.mac.advocacy,rec.sport.golf,alt.sports.hockey.nhl.vanc-canucks,rec.autos.driving,rec.autos.sport.f1
News
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Default OT (more or less): For those who might be interested...

On 5/31/2013 1:01 PM, Alan Baker wrote:
> In article >, News > wrote:
>
>> On 5/31/2013 12:19 PM, Alan Baker wrote:
>>> In article >, News > wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 5/31/2013 11:33 AM, golfbum18 wrote:
>>>>> On May 30, 5:07 pm, "jay birdsong" > wrote:
>>>>>> "golfbum18" wrote in message
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On May 29, 4:29 pm, Alan Baker > wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> In article
>>>>>>> >,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> golfbum18 > wrote:
>>>>>>>> On May 28, 8:30 pm, Alan Baker > wrote:
>>>>>>>>> ...I did my first event in my own Formula Ford this past
>>>>>>>>> weekend.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> It was... ...fantastic.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_faLq9Ey5no>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> ;-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>> Alan Baker
>>>>>>>>> Vancouver, British Columbia
>>>>>>>>> "If you raise the ceiling four feet, move the fireplace from
>>>>>>>>> that wall
>>>>>>>>> to that wall, you'll still only get the full stereophonic effect
>>>>>>>>> if you
>>>>>>>>> sit in the bottom of that cupboard."
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Did you expect anything else from this post and your you tubing?
>>>>>>>> Might
>>>>>>>> as well have come into the group this morning with a big bull's
>>>>>>>> eye t-
>>>>>>>> shirt on.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I expected to let some folks who are friends of mine know how
>>>>>>> something
>>>>>>> I'm very excited to be doing... ...was going.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I simply don't care about the trolls. They amuse me.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> :-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Alan Baker
>>>>>>> Vancouver, British Columbia
>>>>>>> "If you raise the ceiling four feet, move the fireplace from that
>>>>>>> wall
>>>>>>> to that wall, you'll still only get the full stereophonic effect if
>>>>>>> you
>>>>>>> sit in the bottom of that cupboard."
>>>>>>> Just bringing it up that's all. This dysfunctional bunch of dopes
>>>>>>> latch onto anything to yap about. Have at it and do what the hell you
>>>>>>> want. Like Ricky Nelson said years ago, "you can't please everyone,
>>>>>>> so
>>>>>>> you got to please yourself." Amazing though how formula can run in a
>>>>>>> driving rain and in nascar, if someone spits on the track, they red
>>>>>>> flag it for awhile.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yeah, baby buggy vs. Corvette.
>>>>>
>>>>> Grand Prix/Formula makes adjustments with a micrometer and NASCAR just
>>>>> hits it with a big ol hammer.Gotta love it.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Nah, Bubba just uses a big ol' micrometer -- as a hammer
>>>
>>> Like it...
>>>
>>> :-)
>>>

>>
>>
>> BTW, was that a GoPro or some other camera?

>
> Yup. A GoPro Hero 2 to be exact. It's a great video camera for this kind
> of thing.
>


Effectively weather-sealed, apparently.
  #88  
Old May 31st 13, 07:48 PM posted to comp.sys.mac.advocacy,rec.sport.golf,alt.sports.hockey.nhl.vanc-canucks,rec.autos.driving,rec.autos.sport.f1
Flint
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Default OT (more or less): For those who might be interested...

On 5/30/2013 7:42 PM, Alan Baker wrote:
> In article >,
> Flint > wrote:
>
>> On 5/30/2013 12:58 PM, Alan Baker wrote:
>>
>>> Actually, you couldn't be farther from the truth. Everyone assumes
>>> racing is about testosterone and reflexes, but it really is about what
>>> is between your ears, too.
>>>

>>
>> Such as? Oh I know: track conditions? Big deal. In audio, we have
>> to be aware of atmospheric conditions and how they affect sound as
>> well. But I still don't see race fans stomping their feet, singing
>> along with their favorite driver, or dancing to the whine of their
>> engine. MostlyI see them just watching their favorite drivers making
>> continual left turns... Not to mention a lot of race 'fans' are
>> really there just to get drunk and watch spectacular crashes. Real
>> hillbilly fun, I tellya!

>
> Wow.
>
> You're so uninformed you imagine that all racing involves oval tracks...


I said nothing about oval tracks. That's your fabrication.

>
> Perhaps if you'd set aside your preconceived notions for a moment...
>
> ...or is that just asking too much of you.
>
> Changing track conditions,


.... changing atmospherics such as heat and humidity, and how it
affects hi frequency throw... check!


> what the driver ahead of you is doing, what
> the driver behind you is doing,


.... what the arrangement of song is instrumentally and vocally, and
who's part gets brought up in the mix and when.... check(2)!



lapped traffic you're coming up on, how
> are your tires holding up...


Monitoring FOH amplification and avoiding clipping, or watching the
system gain structure so as to not overdrive ('redline' for you race
car nuts) anything in the chain, know what FX are introduced and when
during a song... etc., etc. Check(3)!!


>
> ...there's a reason they called Alain Prost, "The Professor", you know.
>


Big deal, you have 'professor', and we have 'alchemist' FOH
mixers/engineers... ... mainly because they're so good at what they do
they can mix oil and water.

But the attending audience is up dancing/jumping, screaming/singing
through the whole event, unlike hillbilly race fans.

--
MFB
  #89  
Old May 31st 13, 07:53 PM posted to comp.sys.mac.advocacy,rec.sport.golf,alt.sports.hockey.nhl.vanc-canucks,rec.autos.driving,rec.autos.sport.f1
Alan Baker
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Default OT (more or less): For those who might be interested...

In article >,
Flint > wrote:

> On 5/30/2013 7:42 PM, Alan Baker wrote:
> > In article >,
> > Flint > wrote:
> >
> >> On 5/30/2013 12:58 PM, Alan Baker wrote:
> >>
> >>> Actually, you couldn't be farther from the truth. Everyone assumes
> >>> racing is about testosterone and reflexes, but it really is about what
> >>> is between your ears, too.
> >>>
> >>
> >> Such as? Oh I know: track conditions? Big deal. In audio, we have
> >> to be aware of atmospheric conditions and how they affect sound as
> >> well. But I still don't see race fans stomping their feet, singing
> >> along with their favorite driver, or dancing to the whine of their
> >> engine. MostlyI see them just watching their favorite drivers making
> >> continual left turns... Not to mention a lot of race 'fans' are
> >> really there just to get drunk and watch spectacular crashes. Real
> >> hillbilly fun, I tellya!

> >
> > Wow.
> >
> > You're so uninformed you imagine that all racing involves oval tracks...

>
> I said nothing about oval tracks. That's your fabrication.


"Mostly I see them just watching their favorite drivers making continual
left turns..."


>
> >
> > Perhaps if you'd set aside your preconceived notions for a moment...
> >
> > ...or is that just asking too much of you.
> >
> > Changing track conditions,

>
> ... changing atmospherics such as heat and humidity, and how it
> affects hi frequency throw... check!


OK... ...so?

I'm not trying to prove that racing is better or anything that live
mixing.

>
>
> > what the driver ahead of you is doing, what
> > the driver behind you is doing,

>
> ... what the arrangement of song is instrumentally and vocally, and
> who's part gets brought up in the mix and when.... check(2)!


See above.

>
>
>
> lapped traffic you're coming up on, how
> > are your tires holding up...

>
> Monitoring FOH amplification and avoiding clipping, or watching the
> system gain structure so as to not overdrive ('redline' for you race
> car nuts) anything in the chain, know what FX are introduced and when
> during a song... etc., etc. Check(3)!!
>


See above.

What I'm trying to point out is that racing is not all "reflexes and
testosterone"

>
> >
> > ...there's a reason they called Alain Prost, "The Professor", you know.
> >

>
> Big deal, you have 'professor', and we have 'alchemist' FOH
> mixers/engineers... ... mainly because they're so good at what they do
> they can mix oil and water.
>
> But the attending audience is up dancing/jumping, screaming/singing
> through the whole event, unlike hillbilly race fans.


Yeah... ...I can see this is pointless to discuss with you.

--
Alan Baker
Vancouver, British Columbia
"If you raise the ceiling four feet, move the fireplace from that wall
to that wall, you'll still only get the full stereophonic effect if you
sit in the bottom of that cupboard."
  #90  
Old May 31st 13, 07:54 PM posted to comp.sys.mac.advocacy,rec.sport.golf,alt.sports.hockey.nhl.vanc-canucks,rec.autos.driving,rec.autos.sport.f1
Alan Baker
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Default OT (more or less): For those who might be interested...

In article >, News > wrote:

> On 5/31/2013 1:01 PM, Alan Baker wrote:
> > In article >, News > wrote:
> >
> >> On 5/31/2013 12:19 PM, Alan Baker wrote:
> >>> In article >, News > wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> On 5/31/2013 11:33 AM, golfbum18 wrote:
> >>>>> On May 30, 5:07 pm, "jay birdsong" > wrote:
> >>>>>> "golfbum18" wrote in message
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> ..
> >>>>>> .
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> On May 29, 4:29 pm, Alan Baker > wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> In article
> >>>>>>> >,
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> golfbum18 > wrote:
> >>>>>>>> On May 28, 8:30 pm, Alan Baker > wrote:
> >>>>>>>>> ...I did my first event in my own Formula Ford this past
> >>>>>>>>> weekend.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> It was... ...fantastic.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_faLq9Ey5no>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> ;-)
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> --
> >>>>>>>>> Alan Baker
> >>>>>>>>> Vancouver, British Columbia
> >>>>>>>>> "If you raise the ceiling four feet, move the fireplace from
> >>>>>>>>> that wall
> >>>>>>>>> to that wall, you'll still only get the full stereophonic effect
> >>>>>>>>> if you
> >>>>>>>>> sit in the bottom of that cupboard."
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Did you expect anything else from this post and your you tubing?
> >>>>>>>> Might
> >>>>>>>> as well have come into the group this morning with a big bull's
> >>>>>>>> eye t-
> >>>>>>>> shirt on.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> I expected to let some folks who are friends of mine know how
> >>>>>>> something
> >>>>>>> I'm very excited to be doing... ...was going.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> I simply don't care about the trolls. They amuse me.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> :-)
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>> --
> >>>>>>> Alan Baker
> >>>>>>> Vancouver, British Columbia
> >>>>>>> "If you raise the ceiling four feet, move the fireplace from that
> >>>>>>> wall
> >>>>>>> to that wall, you'll still only get the full stereophonic effect if
> >>>>>>> you
> >>>>>>> sit in the bottom of that cupboard."
> >>>>>>> Just bringing it up that's all. This dysfunctional bunch of dopes
> >>>>>>> latch onto anything to yap about. Have at it and do what the hell you
> >>>>>>> want. Like Ricky Nelson said years ago, "you can't please everyone,
> >>>>>>> so
> >>>>>>> you got to please yourself." Amazing though how formula can run in a
> >>>>>>> driving rain and in nascar, if someone spits on the track, they red
> >>>>>>> flag it for awhile.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Yeah, baby buggy vs. Corvette.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Grand Prix/Formula makes adjustments with a micrometer and NASCAR just
> >>>>> hits it with a big ol hammer.Gotta love it.
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Nah, Bubba just uses a big ol' micrometer -- as a hammer
> >>>
> >>> Like it...
> >>>
> >>> :-)
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >> BTW, was that a GoPro or some other camera?

> >
> > Yup. A GoPro Hero 2 to be exact. It's a great video camera for this kind
> > of thing.
> >

>
> Effectively weather-sealed, apparently.


Very. The camera goes in a sealed case whose backplate has a continuous
gasket.

--
Alan Baker
Vancouver, British Columbia
"If you raise the ceiling four feet, move the fireplace from that wall
to that wall, you'll still only get the full stereophonic effect if you
sit in the bottom of that cupboard."
 




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