RMU Classic 2009, Spa.

[terence]

Originally Posted by DaveGT6

Surely you mean croissant mes ami?

The spelling was in sympathy with Delta.

[Peter Mallett]

Aren't Qassons a rare and indeed very nearly extinct Australian marsupial?

[delta]

And another thing the home made jam is now 2.75 euros a jar.My Mum would be livid . Thanks for the thought Eddy most of the 4 hours was explaining to passing teams that stopped to help what the problem was.

[Racesport]

Originally Posted by Henrik Pedersen

Hi Eddy
The problem was a blown head gasket, and I had not did not have an extra, next time I will.
But it was great seing Carlo with his lovely Ensign.

Thank you Henrik,

It was nice to meet you and to see your beautiful Pallister!

I had a problem with the clutch, so i did not race after practices!

I'm repairing the car for Monza.

Kind regards.

Carlo

[Tim Falce]

Originally Posted by grantp

Hmm. They are written for 1024 max dimension in case people wish to view at a typical modern day screen size once clicked. Note sure why they are taking a while to load - but I think you are right about that giving the apparent delay. Seems to work better hosting on Flickr, even at the same dimensions and compression, so I need to investigate further.

They are actually 1259 X 851px. Although the pictures are resized they are not compressed and are over 250kb each so all thirteen will total 3.5 to 4mb which is what is causing the delay even on a fast BB download

[grantp]

Originally Posted by falcemob

They are actually 1259 X 851px. Although the pictures are resized they are not compressed and are over 250kb each so all thirteen will total 3.5 to 4mb which is what is causing the delay even on a fast BB download

Ah! You're right, I've uploaded 1280 versions not 1024. I think the jpeg compression setting is aboout 80% but the application I use has a fast 'send to web' mode which does not provide a reminder by default so it's easily overlooked.

But apart from that I still see some odd things from time to time with speed when accessing the hosting server for the initial connection so I suspect there may be a problem of some sort there as well.

[Marcus Mussa]

Grantp
Are you going to Silverstone International this week-end? If so could you kindly advise me where you will be standing? Please do not stand at Copse whatever you do.

Actually I must say that spin was rather well controlled - Innes Ireland would have been proud of me.

[grantp]

Marcus,

I'm not sure about Silverstone. It seems we have a Masters Race at Donington - a track that I could walk to from home but perhaps not carrying the camera gear and lasting a full day with any comfort.

On the other hand I have some friends who will be with you at Silverstone I believe, all being well.

If I am at Silverstone I could avoid taking any shots of your race or, possibly, look the other way when you come round - if you think it might help.

However, as I was not at Spa, statistically I could propose that my presence actually reduces your rotational potential. We should, perhaps, attempt to test this theory scientifically. So if not Copse where else would you predict as a good location for this experiment?

And yes I agree it was rather well controlled. I especially liked the way you addressed the assessment of possible oncoming traffic at the earliest opportunity.