The last poster wins

[BlackRampage]

I've driven Phillip Island in real life; it's open to the public provided you've got the right licence

 

The right license? What kind of license is required? (except for a drivers license of course)

[Vindekarr]

In Australia, civilians can race on closed circuits but only on some dedicated days. There are two licences in the country, and the basic road permit won't get you past the front gate at tracks except on special open weekends. There are also limits on the sorts of car you can drive; civilians are usually restricted to street-legal road cars. I'm assuming this is all quite different to how it's done in the US?

 

The "right" licence refers to the CAMS racing permit. It's a second driver's licence that certifies you as a racing driver, and allows access to cars that aren't street legal. Street legally is fairly lenient; it basically pertains to true, thoroughbred racing cars and open-wheel hyper-sports like the KTM Crossbow and Briggs Monoposto.

 

Actually getting a CAMS permit isn't easy. You have to go through a lengthy, in-depth training course and then get your vehicle Scrutineered by CAMS-accredited stewards. The final step is to get your car homologated; most clubs and racing categories impose a Formula, which defines the types of car you can bring. To be allowed to race, you've got to have your car inspected to ensure it meets that formula, if it passes then it's Homologated.

 

The CAMS licencing process can take a year or more, but once that's done you're pretty much through with bureaucracy: thankfully homologation is actually quite a quick process, and it's done at the actual race weekend by a band of official stewards. Time varies based on the car; a road car can take an hour or more, while a thoroughbred racer such as a GT3 would be done in about twenty minutes. It's all for the sake of fairness and safety, and no sane racer would have it any other way: the rate of fatalities in motorsport has been in a steady decline ever since this stuff became mandatory.

 

http://www.cams.com.au/media/272013/cams_logo_tm_hero.jpg

[Vindekarr]

I sooo want one of these, except made Haribo's Sugar-Free Gummy Bear recipe and ingredients. A five-pound bag of Haribo Sugar-Free bears has been described as "gastrointestinal armageddon" so I'm curious to see what would happen if I force-fed someone a fourty-two pound, 36,000 calorie Haribo sugarfree gummy bear. Gastrointestinal big bang? entrails raining from the sky? worth finding out IMO.

 

 

http://www.ljcfyi.com/blog/2009/oct2009/worldLargest.jpg

Edited January 28, 2014 by Vindekarr

[Werne]

@Vindekarr My wife has a thing for gummies, so I thought about getting her a gummy python, 11.8kg and 36,720 calories worth of big-ass snake. As a comparison, the giant gummy bear you posted there has only 2.7kg and 6,120 calories.

 

 

 

In other news, there's something weird happening with my PC. Yesterday it was hitting 42^oC at 4.2Ghz, 1.286V under full load with 8^oC idle, now it's hitting 39^oC under full load and idles at 5^oC, same settings. Ambient temperature is still the same, 26^oC, my PC room temp is regulated with an air conditioner. Hmm, something is off, but in a good way, which is strange yet good, and that means it may not be good. :confused:

Edited January 28, 2014 by Werne

[AsHdRoN]

and your pc freezes... Ssssss............Lllllllllllll........Oooooooooo..........Wwwww.......Lllllllll.......Yyyyyyyyyy

Embraced by sithis :devil:

 

note: i buy it from you at any price ;)

i would be thrilled to have my pc blessed by sithis :thumbsup:

[BlackRampage]

I'm assuming this is all quite different to how it's done in the US?

 

Not a clue. I don't live in the US :tongue:

 

It's pretty much the same here in Europe though, including the racing permit stuff. Out here most circuits have "open" days too where basically anyone with a street legal car can do a couple of laps.

[Werne]

In Australia, civilians can race on closed circuits but only on some dedicated days. There are two licences in the country, and the basic road permit won't get you past the front gate at tracks except on special open weekends. There are also limits on the sorts of car you can drive; civilians are usually restricted to street-legal road cars. I'm assuming this is all quite different to how it's done in the US?

Man, you'd enjoy Croatia. There are no restrictions on our tracks, you just pay for a certain amount of time (last I've been there it was around $100 for an hour) and you can drive whatever you want there, be it a home-made contraption, a street-legal car, racing bike/car, an F1 car, or a supersonic car.

 

That's where I had a chance to drive a tuned Sever, a racing motorcycle from the 70s based off Tomos frame and a Kreidler machine, both the bike and engine were further tuned and modified for street racing in 2005. It features a 98 horsepower 50ccm engine (originally 80HP) and reaches roughly 220km/h, still haven't had a chance to drive the improved 120HP version with a new machine which supposedly reaches nearly 300km/h. It's the smallest 50ccm bike I ever drove, it's the fastest 50ccm bike I ever drove, and it's the most badass 50ccm bike I ever drove. Maybe I'll get to ride the new one this year.

[K00L]

Apparently no one else in my family notices that our TV is slightly... lagging? I don't know if that's right. Everything seems slower, noticable but very slight. I feel like some of the frames are staying slightly (milliseconds) longer than they should too (though maybe that's just my brain from trying to figure out what is going on with it)... It's hard to describe but I bet that if anyone else saw it they would notice what I meant. Everything just moves weird on it, but when I mention it I was asked if I was okay, do I feel dizzy, blah blah. Well it still looks wrong today. It's not me. I tried changing the settings, but there didn't seem to be a difference.

Edited January 28, 2014 by K00L

[Werne]

Maybe it is you... :ermm:

[AsHdRoN]

too much weirdness goin on today. Hmmm..... I wonder.. :Devil:

where is thor?