Deadlines? What Deadlines?

Depending on how reliable the reported numbers are; between the drivers salary and perks plus the moneys paid to various stakeholders to sort out the contract mess, Jean Alesi may have been the most expensive F1 driver in history when he went to Ferrari in 1991.

At the next race in Abu Dhabi, Every driver should finish all their radio communications, "Are we clear about that?" How fucking amazing would it be if McLaren and RBR announced a Lando-Max driver swap next year? "That's what you get for talking down to our race engineers. Eugene is absolutely beside himself.*" * I don't know the guys name. It just came to me.

For reference, this is Monaco qualifying from 2022. I see nothing to suggest this was intentional. The Ferrari spinning at the same place was probably the result of seeing a car blocking the track and intentionally throwing it into a spin. But the Alpine going off at almost the same time suggests it may have been spitting rain in places or a car had dropped some fluid on the track. Max is out of his mind.

This is all correct. I'm also reminded of some of his sketchball antics at the end of last season. And let's not forget that he won his first title under controversial circumstances. In short, Max can be a bit of a brat. Other drivers are taking notice. I'm also reminded of how Max Biaggi exited MotoGP. I would argue that he was a more naturally talented rider than Rossi (maybe the most naturally talented racer of all time), but he lacked the mental toughness that comes with tons of early success and a lack of experience. Forget, "rent free"; Rossi was able to climb into his head and build a condo there. When does George Russell's contract at Mercedes expire? I'm sure Alonso wouldn't mind a crack at that Red Bull. It wouldn't be the first time a pile of cash was involved to transfer a drivers contract. Yup. Yeah, I read the same thing. It's insane if it's true.

According to Racer.com, no one brought updates to Brazil. It looks like everyone is focusing on next year. https://racer.com/2022/11/11/technical-updates-sao-paulo-gp/ Sao Paulo is only 760m above sea level. Not really high enough for altitude to play a major factor. I think you might have a point about, "understanding the upgrades". Mercedes have been working on their car all season and it look like it's starting to come together for them. It might also have something to do with engine supply. Ferrari have obviously had some issues earlier in the year and I thought I heard something about Red Bull burning through their Honda engines faster than anticipated. If Mercedes put fresh or low-milage engines in their cars this weekend, that might have contributed. Or it may just be as simple as Max and Charles taking themselves out of contention with their respective on-track dramas. They were both looking pretty racy up to that point. That's a good way to find yourself driving a Haas in a couple of years. Red Bull is not a team known for being nostalgic about their driver lineups. Someone should educate Max on Fernando Alonso's lone year with McLaren and the consequences of extreme not-being-a-team-player. I can't imagine Max is very popular in that garage right now.

What's the explanation for Mercedes' sudden performance gain? I only caught the highlights but it looks like Mercedes cars led most if not all the laps today. Plus Russell got the fastest lap of the race. I mean, they've shown pretty steady improvement this season but nothing like this. Have they found the magic formula with their car or is it down to a lack of performance from the other teams WRT cost caps and such? Plus, I thought Mercedes was dealing with a bit of a power deficit (all the Mercedes powered cars were down on straight line speed at the start of the season) and Sao Paulo is a bit of a power circuit. Yeah, that was pretty selfish on the part of Max. He ignored team orders and may have cost them a silver medal in the 2022 WC and for what? 6th place in Brazil? C'mon.

https://youtu.be/bfVL3T4DPLA

Eat my ass, 2022.

https://ymcinema.com/2022/05/12/this-is-the-camera-that-shot-avatar-2/ Cinema, Mellon Farmer.

Did I say, "three billion moneys"? Make that three-point-one billion.

Ah, I see you've played, "Swordie-Spoonie" before.

With Alpine it is just name changes, not, "I'm going to be factory team for manufacturer 'X' this year" because ownership stakes are changing hands. And don't forget that they were just "Sauber" for a number of those years.

"Catering"? Sure; if they were bringing cakes to the circuit with car parts in them. On another note, Sauber seems to be turning into the village bicycle. First BMW, then Alfa, Now Audi.

Seriously, 90% of this years box office is going to be shit in a shit way... ...until Avatar 2 comes out...

This was also an era that had much more relaxed attitudes toward drinking and driving, child seats, spousal abuse, etc. Health and well being in general. frankly, it's amazing some of the guys lived as long as they did. That recipe clearly needs more lard. AA? 12 step program? What are you some kind of pussy or something? Amphetamines? Yeah, they're good for you; like vitamins. Wash them down with a nice bourbon? Fine. It's fine. They're what? Taking lead out of gasoline?

According to his Wikipedia page, he was accused of possibly killing his 5th wife, though nothing was ever proven. I'm reading the "personal life" section of his wikipedia page. Holy crap this guy had some stuff going on.

Breathtaking.

It isn't an option for me because I don't have the disposable cash at the moment. And I'll probably move soon so it wouldn't make much sense to put one of these up only to take it down in 6 months. If those weren't considerations, I would be "this close" to pulling the trigger. IMO, This space is still evolving pretty quickly, so I would wait 1-2 years. This combination from Epson at this price point would have been alien technology a year ago. Guaranteed you're going to see significantly new/improved technology emerge and existing technology come down in price.

For reference, spin the clock back 5 years and the new hotness was the Sony VPL-VZ1000ES: 77 lbs. Almost 1 meter wide. 2500 Lumens. No HDR $25k (screen not included) I don't really know the minutia of chips/lasers/lenses, but I suspect the next big thing will be wide projectors with multiple projection elements. i.e. instead of one lens or whatever in the middle of the box you'll have an array of two or more. Then you'll see screens approaching 200".

Fuck. Oh fuck, I forgot the David Caruso. It would have been better with David Caruso.

The puppies are sad!

Yeah, we can close the windows and crank the heat up so we can get all sweaty like Tom Cruise and Kelly Mcgillis in the first film. Take my breath AWO-AAAAAAAAAAAAY...

I'm keeping an eye on UST projector and ambient light rejecting screen technology myself. 120 inches, Mellon Farmer! That's my dream. The way I see it, that stuff is roughly where flatscreens were about 10 years ago in relation to the price/performance curve. In a year or two I'll probably pull the trigger.