Post something good that happened today, Parts Two

["couldbecousin"]

Hey, didn't die. 

  Me neither.  And I did a good job at work. 

[DirtDawg]

Not today, as is usual with me, but, yesterday, I was at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the Final Qualifying Round for TeH Indianapolis 500!!

It was actually very cool. I saw cars go two hundred forty miles per hour down the (tailwind enhanced back stretch. Many of them hit 238 or so but three drivers hit the elusive 240 mark on the straightaway.) Remember twice in history they have hit these speeds and the cars were slowed down to keep the game more safe.

But every time they slow them down with "rules" the engineers just improve the cars and get there again. This happened all week long in practice, but qualifying at Indy is not so simple as going fast; you have to do it twice now to get in the first three rows AND you can still be left out of the field at the end of the day with a really fast car, if you can not average four laps at a competitive average.



I missed the warm ups and practice set up runs during the morning, because of work, but I got into my seat by two PM and things were already going hot!

Every racing fan should be here. They added nearly fifty thousand seats this year and STILL sold out tickets.

[Yuri Bezmenov]

Not today, as is usual with me, but, yesterday, I was at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the Final Qualifying Round for TeH Indianapolis 500!!

It was actually very cool. I saw cars go two hundred forty miles per hour down the (tailwind enhanced back stretch. Many of them hit 238 or so but three drivers hit the elusive 240 mark on the straightaway.) Remember twice in history they have hit these speeds and the cars were slowed down to keep the game more safe.

But every time they slow them down with "rules" the engineers just improve the cars and get there again. This happened all week long in practice, but qualifying at Indy is not so simple as going fast; you have to do it twice now to get in the first three rows AND you can still be left out of the field at the end of the day with a really fast car, if you can not average four laps at a competitive average.



I missed the warm ups and practice set up runs during the morning, because of work, but I got into my seat by two PM and things were already going hot!

Every racing fan should be here. They added nearly fifty thousand seats this year and STILL sold out tickets.

Are they still racing "spec" cars??

[DirtDawg]

Not today, as is usual with me, but, yesterday, I was at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the Final Qualifying Round for TeH Indianapolis 500!!

It was actually very cool. I saw cars go two hundred forty miles per hour down the (tailwind enhanced back stretch. Many of them hit 238 or so but three drivers hit the elusive 240 mark on the straightaway.) Remember twice in history they have hit these speeds and the cars were slowed down to keep the game more safe.

But every time they slow them down with "rules" the engineers just improve the cars and get there again. This happened all week long in practice, but qualifying at Indy is not so simple as going fast; you have to do it twice now to get in the first three rows AND you can still be left out of the field at the end of the day with a really fast car, if you can not average four laps at a competitive average.



I missed the warm ups and practice set up runs during the morning, because of work, but I got into my seat by two PM and things were already going hot!

Every racing fan should be here. They added nearly fifty thousand seats this year and STILL sold out tickets.

Are they still racing "spec" cars??

Do you mean like NASCAR? (Which I also follow, lightly).  Giant  set of rules that everyone follows?

If you mean this; http://www.indycar.com/Fan-Info/INDYCAR-101/The-Car-Dallara/IndyCar-Series-Chassis-Specifications   ......  then, yes. Ever since the beginning of "The Indy Car Series"  there have been specs to follow. A lot of people bitched about it way back then and some dropped out of the event, but all in all, it is more competitive than ever, since there can never be a clear winner. It comes down to the teams, execution at every step, etc.

The race has become more than just one guy showing up with a turbine engine (a long time ago, btw) and everyone else mainly just watching. UNfortunately, in the final laps, the turbine car lost a transmission and coasted to a stop, not finishing.

It is still great fun to watch!

["couldbecousin"]

  I found this video,
   which identified songs I love so I can look them up on Youtube. 

   

[Arya Quinn]

  I found this video,
   which identified songs I love so I can look them up on Youtube. 

   

That's very helpful, thank you.

["couldbecousin"]

  You're welcome!  Here's Part 2! 

[WolFish]

five plagiarists from my last class enrolled in my next class, argh!

all of them dropped today.
could have something to do with the fact that i made radical changes in the assignments. these are students who went through to week 3 in a five week class, which means they had all the materials. it would have been easy to upload the assignments to a pay per tutoring site and have everything done by the time the new class started. unless of course the instructor is me and changes them every time he teaches the class.

not only does this relieve me of having to police them, it also means that instead of 19 in my class I now have 14. Of those, one has already identified himself as having bought the course. their posts usually start out with: "This chapter was very interesting. I learned [summary of some part of the chapter]. It was very informative.
These posts actually qualify as plagiarism since no one ever cites and references the textbook. But I don't say that, I just mark them unsatisfactory because they violate the instructor policies which say no summaries without original scholarship.

Those who bought the course will drop when they see the week 3 quiz, or they will tank on it and get perhaps 2 out of 5 points. Note that there is no restriction on looking the answers up in the textbook which is free.

["couldbecousin"]

  I colored my hair today, and I did a good job of it too.  I bought a box of permanent color
  in "brown/black" and followed the instructions, and my hair is now several shades darker brown than
  its natural chestnut color ... now it's a dark ash brown, almost black in some lights.  It's soft too.  I love it. 

[renaeden]

I remember what your hair looks like from photos. What you have done would be quite a change!

["couldbecousin"]

I remember what your hair looks like from photos. What you have done would be quite a change!

  It is, yet it looks like the color my hair should have been all along.  It's a good match. 

[Queen Victoria]

I remember what your hair looks like from photos. What you have done would be quite a change!

  It is, yet it looks like the color my hair should have been all along.  It's a good match. 

Portrait, please.

['andersom']

I remember what your hair looks like from photos. What you have done would be quite a change!

  It is, yet it looks like the color my hair should have been all along.  It's a good match. 

Portrait, please.

Pretty please 

[Arya Quinn]

Hey, didn't die.

[odeon]

Are you sure? Would you know?