Who needs health anyway
[source: Dilbert, 18 July 2009]
Chicken and egg problem
I spent today trying to rebuild a friend’s PC after it became full of viruses, and by full I mean there were so many infected files the anti-virus software said it didn’t have room to quarantine any more files!
I reinstall the various flavours of Windows often enough that I didn’t expect too many problems, although I know I’ll always hit a bump or two along the way. Well, today’s was a real stumper: the drivers for the network card (NIC) wouldn’t work with the version of Windows I’d installed (Windows 2000) unless it also had SP3 (Service Pack = collection of Windows patches) installed, but I couldn’t download & apply SP3 without a network connection. Stalemate. Read more
German Grand Prix – points update
Following the German Grand Prix, here’s the points update:
Drivers’ Championship:
- J Button (Brawn) 68 points
- S Vettel (Red Bull) 47
- M Webber (Red Bull) 45.5
- R Barrichello (Brawn) 44
- F Massa (Ferrari) 22
- J Trulli (Toyota) 21.5
- N Rosberg (Williams) 20.5
- T Glock (Toyota) 13
Constructors’ Championship:
- Brawn GP 112 points
- Red Bull – Renault 92.5
- Toyota 34.5
- Ferrari 32
- Williams – Toyota 20.5
- McLaren 14
- Renault 13
- BMW Sauber 8
- Toro Rosso – Ferrari 5
- Force India 0
German Grand Prix – Race
From yesterday’s Qualifying notes, the provisional grid is: MW, RB, JB, SV, LH, HK, AS, FM, KR, NP, NH, FA, KN, JT, NR, RK, SBu, GF, TG, SBo.
TG will be starting from the pit lane, so he’s dropped behind SBo.
The weather forecast is for it to stay dry, unlike yesterday.
Currently air temp 18°C, track 30°C, wind 3.6m/s, pressure 939.5mBar.
My race notes are, as always, after this cut Read more
German Grand Prix – Qualifying
Despite all the politics, we’ve still got a race weekend, fortunately.
Lewis Hamilton was fastest in yesterday’s practice sessions, which bodes well for McLaren.
Qualifying session 1 (Q1): Read more
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