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And so begin the lawsuits
Three lawsuits so far, according to ESPN.com.
And lots of answers from Mr. Mosley.
Lets just hope the French Grand Prix isn’t another mess.
F1 Indy Debacle
GruntDoc has a pretty good summary of how I, and I hope most other American F1 fans, feel. I think David Hobbs had the best idea on the Speed coverage: Penalize the Michelin runners by docking them all their constructors championship points.
But, all joking aside, I can see both sides of the argument here. Michelin told the teams the tires they brought were not safe to race on. It took them time to identify the source of the problem and under the rules as they exist today, Michelin is not allowed to replace the tires the teams already have. Bridgestone runners, on the other hand, saw it as an excellent opportunity to gain some points on the dominant teams.
I’m fairly certain, sans all this political in-fighting and other various mine-is-bigger-than-yours-isms, a satifactory compromise could have been reached. The team principles, Tony George, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the Bridgestone runners are not to blame. The FIA is probably blameless here too, but the chances of it actually playing out that way in the press are nil. Michelin screwed up, plain and simple. Somebody needs to step up and volunteer to fund at least partial refunds to fans.
I’m certainly glad I didn’t take time off to attend the race, pay for tickets or a hotel room in Indianapolis. And I have a feeling very few people will bother next year either.
Formula One rule changes?
With these proposed rule changes, it looks like Formula One wants to become the NASCAR of Europe.
Single tire supplier? Boo.
The return of slicks? Yay.
Standardized ECU with no traction control? Boo.
Onboard starter? Shrug.
10% of current downforce levels? And you thought the Minardis and Jordans were squirrelly already…
A real clutch? But, where are the techno-weenies going to get ideas for bells-and-whistles shift mechanisms on high dollar cars and not so expensive Pontiacs?
Server Room AC
Why is it that the A/C never dies at a good time?
Those are internal server temps, so it’s not all that bad but it did have to happen just before the end of the day, after the HVAC service guy had left for the day. He came back in and fixed things up, so we owe him a favor or two.
Time to get a standby A/C installed there.
Avon Walk update
Alisha successfully walked 26.2 miles yesterday and 13.1 miles today. One other member of the team also walked the full distance, most of the others managed 13.1 yesterday and today. She’s tired, sore and blistered, but it’s a good cause. We got back to Champaign a little after 6 pm, after leaving downtown Chicago without attending the closing ceremony. The other 2 husbands and I had some fun, but this weekend was more about the walk than anything else.
And now, some pictures.
First, compare and contrast the before and after shots:
(Many thanks to Kelly’s brother Phil for buying and bringing the bouquets.)
And the proof is in the blisters, not real clear, but they are there.
The rest of the pictures are here, Alisha is probably most proud of the timestamps on the first two, proving she was wide awake and moving at 5:07 am.
Chicago and the Avon Walk
Alisha is off on her walk, getting an early start on the east side of Soldier Field at 7:00 am. She had to be on the shuttle bus by 5:30 am, so this was an EARLY morning.
The opening ceremony was a very large sea of pink, organizers said 2400 participants are walking but it looked much larger due to all the friends, family and volunteers milling about.
Alisha has the camera, so no pictures just yet. A couple of other husbands and I are going to try to find one of the cheering stations here in another half hour or so. Hopefully the rain will hold off until tomorrow night, but the radar doesn’t look all that promising.
The News-Gazette has a sense of humor
This poll proves it, beyond a shadow of a doubt.
No TechEd for me
In case anyone is checking in and expecting me to be in Orlando next week for TechEd 2005, sorry to disappoint, but I won’t be there. My wife is participating in the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer in Chicago this weekend, so I’ll be there supporting her instead of participating in the educating/feeding/boozing/etc of the nerds.
Hopefully, I’ll be going again next year. Orlando stinks as a location anyway, in my opinion. Rumor has it, Boston in 2006.
Another URHNet blast from the past
Even farther back.
I was a senior at Hoopeston Area High School, my boss was installing wiring for CITES (then CCSO), the guy who I replaced in my current position was the “original nettech”.
A year and a half later, 18 Oct 1995, here were the counts of active URHNet connections:
The latest tally of total (active) URHnet connections, as counted
from the bootp tables:
Allen 101
CRH 386 (six contiguous Champaign halls)
FAR 168
ISR 301
LAR 20
PAR 131
Triad 12
TVD 50
TOTAL 1,169
At this time last year, the total was 391: an increase of 299%
Last fall, we probably passed that total within a few hours of opening.