Comments on: And on it goes http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/01/20/and-on-it-goes/ the blog that is not dansdata.com Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:22:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: matt http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/01/20/and-on-it-goes/#comment-635 Tue, 23 Jan 2007 02:05:04 +0000 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/01/20/and-on-it-goes/#comment-635 <i>when the sellers of the dodgy shares ran out, they started buying them from <b>each other</b> at a vast markup.</i> Now that sounds like a lot of fun to watch. And kinda <a href="http://www.investopedia.com/features/crashes/crashes2.asp" rel="nofollow">familiar </a> <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/catalog/world/readfile?fk_files=36438" rel="nofollow">too</a>. when the sellers of the dodgy shares ran out, they started buying them from each other at a vast markup.

Now that sounds like a lot of fun to watch. And kinda familiar too.

]]> by: corinoco http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/01/20/and-on-it-goes/#comment-634 Mon, 22 Jan 2007 21:04:50 +0000 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/01/20/and-on-it-goes/#comment-634 Exactly Gareth! I know that the race cars are strictly controlled, I was just thinking a Mythbusters-style test of a regulation V8SC vs. Firepower-additive "enhanced" V8SC should prove elightening for all invloved. I think it would also serve as useful experimental data for plenty of 'alternate universe' theories too, so I would be watching out for snipers on Forest Elbow, and any CIA 'black triangle' aircraft hovering overhead. Also watch for flying pigs (or at least lost Pink Floyd props...) Exactly Gareth! I know that the race cars are strictly controlled, I was just thinking a Mythbusters-style test of a regulation V8SC vs. Firepower-additive “enhanced” V8SC should prove elightening for all invloved. I think it would also serve as useful experimental data for plenty of ‘alternate universe’ theories too, so I would be watching out for snipers on Forest Elbow, and any CIA ‘black triangle’ aircraft hovering overhead. Also watch for flying pigs (or at least lost Pink Floyd props…)

]]> by: Gareth Pye http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/01/20/and-on-it-goes/#comment-633 Mon, 22 Jan 2007 09:18:09 +0000 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/01/20/and-on-it-goes/#comment-633 True VMax, but in the alternate universe where their product does what they claim it does, they would have done this test publicly in an observable and transparent manner :) True VMax, but in the alternate universe where their product does what they claim it does, they would have done this test publicly in an observable and transparent manner :)

]]> by: VMax http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/01/20/and-on-it-goes/#comment-632 Sun, 21 Jan 2007 22:09:49 +0000 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/01/20/and-on-it-goes/#comment-632 You won't get any advantage like that in V8 Supercars - they all run on the same control fuel (Shell Optimax IIRC), putting any magic pills in is more likely to get you disqualified than on the podium :) You won’t get any advantage like that in V8 Supercars - they all run on the same control fuel (Shell Optimax IIRC), putting any magic pills in is more likely to get you disqualified than on the podium :)

]]> by: corinoco http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/01/20/and-on-it-goes/#comment-631 Sun, 21 Jan 2007 18:35:27 +0000 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/01/20/and-on-it-goes/#comment-631 Well, Peter Holmes a Court (the well-known <strike>industrial chemist and petroleum specialist</strike> capitalist) thinks Firepower is just tickety-boo! I for one am convinced by the black-smoke-to-white-smoke proof. However, to convince the majority of people who can think clearly, perhaps they could get their V8-sponsered car and line it up with a 'normal' V8 supercar and start doing laps around Bathurst without refueling. Surely the Firepower-fuel-additive-filled car would go a measurable distance further, say a measly 15-20%? Simple test, no? An advantage like that could easily put your car on the winning podium for most long distance races, eg Sandown, Bathurst. I don't recall see Firepower's car high on the podium though... oh, well, maybe it only works on militia trucks and ex-Eastern-bloc armoured vehicles. Well, Peter Holmes a Court (the well-known industrial chemist and petroleum specialist capitalist) thinks Firepower is just tickety-boo! I for one am convinced by the black-smoke-to-white-smoke proof.

However, to convince the majority of people who can think clearly, perhaps they could get their V8-sponsered car and line it up with a ‘normal’ V8 supercar and start doing laps around Bathurst without refueling. Surely the Firepower-fuel-additive-filled car would go a measurable distance further, say a measly 15-20%? Simple test, no? An advantage like that could easily put your car on the winning podium for most long distance races, eg Sandown, Bathurst. I don’t recall see Firepower’s car high on the podium though… oh, well, maybe it only works on militia trucks and ex-Eastern-bloc armoured vehicles.

]]> by: Daniel Rutter http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/01/20/and-on-it-goes/#comment-628 Sun, 21 Jan 2007 01:12:28 +0000 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/01/20/and-on-it-goes/#comment-628 Yes - I especially liked that part too. That, and the sportsdudes being so taken with the idea that, when the sellers of the dodgy shares ran out, they started buying them from <i>each other</i> at a vast markup. "Tell me, O Masterful Handler of the Pigskin, what was it that you actually <i>did</i> in your high school science classes?" "Uh - isometric exercises, mainly." ("Sometimes I touched myself a bit.") <small>("Sometimes I touched my mate Steve.")</small> Yes - I especially liked that part too. That, and the sportsdudes being so taken with the idea that, when the sellers of the dodgy shares ran out, they started buying them from each other at a vast markup.

“Tell me, O Masterful Handler of the Pigskin, what was it that you actually did in your high school science classes?”

“Uh - isometric exercises, mainly.”

(”Sometimes I touched myself a bit.”)

(”Sometimes I touched my mate Steve.”)

]]> by: VMax http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/01/20/and-on-it-goes/#comment-627 Sun, 21 Jan 2007 00:09:46 +0000 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/01/20/and-on-it-goes/#comment-627 This is my favourite part of the first linked article -- "The smoke coming out of the stacks was black but by the time the machine had finished it was white," a rugby source said. "It was pretty impressive stuff. On the videos their machines and additives appear to clean up the majority of the pollution." -- Black smoke = nasty old pollution White smoke = happy friendly clouds which smile at trees and cuddle kittens Climate change scientists, take note! This is my favourite part of the first linked article
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“The smoke coming out of the stacks was black but by the time the machine had finished it was white,” a rugby source said. “It was pretty impressive stuff. On the videos their machines and additives appear to clean up the majority of the pollution.”
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Black smoke = nasty old pollution
White smoke = happy friendly clouds which smile at trees and cuddle kittens
Climate change scientists, take note!

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