Level 42 Digest for Saturday, September 22, 2007

Saturday, September 22, 2007

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Topics for Saturday, September 22, 2007

    1.  Willempie! - Norman vd Wildenberg
    2.  Lesions in Glove - alex.friesen @ sickkids.ca
    3.  Yee Haw - Brian Flint
    4.  Warning: F1 content - Jennifer Wilson
    5.  Fines and the FIA and severely off topic posts - Bill Wilson

1. Willempie!
From:	Norman vd Wildenberg <express @ hetnet.nl>
Date:	Fri, 21 Sep 2007 12:04:33 +0200	[top]
Willem an Kirsti: Congratulations with your mariage! Hope it will last longer than mine (lol) Norman

2. Lesions in Glove
From:	alex.friesen @ sickkids.ca <alex.friesen @ sickkids.ca>
Date:	Fri, 21 Sep 2007 10:22:34 -0400	[top]
>> From: Lolitaj @ aol.com <Lolitaj @ aol.com> a capella music... the original gangstas of the genre << Oh please. Must we really stoop to that sort of violence-based terminology to describe musicians? >> e-mail me offline << Now _that_ would be an impressive trick. You'd have better luck trying to drive a blueberry. >> From: willem en kirsti <willem.kirsti @ quicknet.nl> we are going to mary today! << Congrats! Best wishes for a long and happy marriage etc. >> From: I listened to Ship all the way through again and will admit that the end is good. << Er, you mean you're happy after the last note fades? That's my favourite part of all N'Sync songs, too. >> From: I migrated to Australia from England 20 years ago today! << And congrats to you too! Say "hi" to my uncle when you see him. (Which is a hilarious joke to all Canadians who've met strangers in other parts of the world who think that, even if you live on the Atlantic coast, you'll know their long-lost buddy who lives in Vancouver.) ...Alex...

3. Yee Haw
From:	Brian Flint <wolfbard @ hotmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 21 Sep 2007 18:05:35 +0000	[top]
.hmmessage P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body.hmmessage { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY:Tahoma } AG showing the humanitarian side of himself, enjoy it friends. :D I'm going WAAAAYYY off topic here.....my current netflix regimen has me in the middle of Season 1 of Lost. My question is this: What are the chances that all the survivors of a plane crash all happen to have screwed up and dodgy pasts. Makes me worry that if I'm in a plane crash I won't survive because I have a banal past. Kick back and relax with hot games and cool activities at the Messenger Café. Play now!

4. Warning: F1 content
From:	Jennifer Wilson <jennifer @ thewilsonfamily.net>
Date:	Fri, 21 Sep 2007 19:00:50 -0700	[top]
Doug: I'm hopeful that Bill, my husband, posts the details about the fine on the digest today. In simplest terms, McLaren's been fined for espionage. One of Ferrari's guys gave one of McLaren's guys technical information about the car, and although McLaren did not use any of this on their car this year, apparently McLaren has to take all of the punishment. Has Ferrari been fined? Of course not. They are Ferrari, the God of F1, and the governing body of Formula One (the FIA) have always somehow given Ferrari all the benefits of the doubt - in any situation, not just this one. Shockingly just at last weekend's race at Spa in Belgium, the president of F1 said that his favorite driver was Felipe Massa (Ferrari's #1 driver). Crazy! Everything is always, always political in F1. It's a wonder that I watch it at all! Here in the US, the way to see F1 is via cable on the Speed Channel. There are a few select races throughout the year that CBS broadcasts, and luckily it's only a few. The announcers on Speed are the best, and it's shocking that we have such incredible announcers in this country, since the average American has no idea what F1 even is! I'm sure all this F1 discussion is boring to most, so sorry for the off-topic chat. Willem and Kirsti: Congrats on your marriage! Mike in Sydney: I completely agree...I think Mark has always done sad songs remarkably well. :) Ship, included! Take care all, Jennifer

5. Fines and the FIA and severely off topic posts
From:	Bill Wilson <bill @ thewilsonfamily.net>
Date:	Fri, 21 Sep 2007 21:34:55 -0700	[top]
So, I know it will come to people saying that off topic posting is bad, but hey, I am very passionate about this, and this is the only thing to make me want to vomit in the past 10 years. Someone from Ferrari sent 800 pages of plans to someone at McLaren. This is bad. One team having the plans from another is bad, and it was a terrible thing. The plan was for these 2 engineers to go to a third team (toyota or honda), and they would be so impressed, they would be hired away and all would be great. The problem was that the McLaren engineer took the Ferrari stuff to a local copy shop, and the copy shop worker alerted the authorities. There was evidence that 4-5 people knew that the engineer had the information, and that they discussed it before a couple of races, but that none of it was used in the car, or development wise. They had the information, but didn't do anything with it. The big scofflaw is that 3 years ago 3 Toyota engineers were found guilty in court of possessing Ferrari data, and used it on the Toyota car to develop the car further. Nothing happened to Toyota. No fine, no penalty, nothing... Why? this is the big mystery. Nothing more from here, I am a huge McLaren fan, and I really despise Ferrari... :) More information than most people ever wanted to know about this topic... I plan on posting again in about 8 years. Bill

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