Jan and Klodi's Party Bus - part II **off topic discussion**

Harrybelafonte

tomasrojo wrote: »

Rock has always sucked

magicbastarder

getting away from the music debate, i see met eireann is about to update their website, so better resolution rainfall radar is now available on it. however, you only get the last 90 minutes or so of radar, rather than the approx. 6 hours on the current site:

https://beta.met.ie/

tomasrojo

RobFowl wrote: »

2018 says Oi...

Bit of a Prince vibe there?

RobFowl

tomasrojo wrote: »

Bit of a Prince vibe there?

There is, he was down to produce it and had a hand in it. Some of her other stuff is very impressive though as well.
Musci has a great way of re inverting itself and producing new great stuff.
Though..
One direction, Taylor Swift etc do my head in.....

Harrybelafonte

tomasrojo wrote: »

Bit of a Prince vibe there?

Bit of a Prince rip off.

tomasrojo

RobFowl wrote: »

There is, he was done to produce it and had a hand in it. Some of her other stuff is very impressive though as well.
Musci has a great way of re inverting itself and producing new great stuff.
Though..
One direction, Taylor Swift etc do my head in.....

I have two small daughters, so I've heard a TS song or two. Just the really famous ones, I think. I've grown quite fond of them!

I've probably said too much.

buffalo

tomasrojo wrote: »

I have two small daughters, so I've heard a TS song or two. Just the really famous ones, I think. I've grown quite fond of them!

I've probably said too much.

Nobody can resist Taytay.

...except Rob apparently.

tomasrojo

Prince was pretty obviously influenced by other people himself, to be fair. His look was a mixture of Little Richard and Jimi Hendrix, and there was more than a bit of JH, James Brown and Sly and the Family Stone in the music. It was definitely its own thing though.

This George Harrison tribute appearance is notable for the gloriously, egotistically, absurdly blistering guitar solo (03:28). No gentle weeping here!

The amiable bemusement on Dhani Harrison's face is entertaining too.

magicbastarder

the big question about that clip - where does his guitar go at the end?

tomasrojo

Yeah, I wondered that too!

RobFowl

buffalo wrote: »

Nobody can resist Taytay.

...except Rob apparently.

F*ckin hate the anodyne crap that spews from her releases.....

Too skinny as well ......

loyatemu

magicbastarder wrote: »

the big question about that clip - where does his guitar go at the end?

apparently Oprah Winfrey has it

re: MES - I've only really got into the Fall since he died. This was my favourite comment on his passing:

https://twitter.com/RamAlbumClub/status/956452209910304768

AstraMonti

What's the status for racing with disc brakes? Is it allowed now in Ireland?

RobFowl

AstraMonti wrote: »

What's the status for racing with disc brakes? Is it allowed now in Ireland?

No,not on road races.
CI so far have not permitted them.

marvin80

A car undertook me at speed on the N4 near the Liffey Valley exit this morning, he was driving in the bus lane. Two cyclists were cycling 2-abreast and impeded his illegal progress - oh how I laughed as I went past him

Beasty

Confirmation received today - my son will be getting his first trip to Wembley in a few weeks to see United in the FA Cup Semi Final. Reckon I've more than 50 appearances myself - so many in fact that there's a plaque next to the one celebrating the 1966 World Cup win, stating "Beasty was Here"

Only question now is whether they will let me in if I'm on crutches!

Wishbone Ash

Beasty wrote: »

s to see United in the FA Cup Semi Final...

Which of the Uniteds is that?

(Apologies - I don't follow overseas association football).

LollipopJimmy

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

Which of the Uniteds is that?

(Apologies - I don't follow overseas association football).

Harchester, they expect Luis Amor Rodriquez to play the full game too

magicbastarder

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

Which of the Uniteds is that?

(Apologies - I don't follow overseas association football).

they're playing against melchester rovers.

tomasrojo

Look as if the Uber crash car in Arizona had some detection capability switched off:
http://www.eschatonblog.com/2018/03/they-can-be-programmed-not-to-hit-things.html

RobFowl

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

Which of the Uniteds is that?

(Apologies - I don't follow overseas association football).

The one that got knocked out of Europe I think ?

#YNWA

CramCycle

RobFowl wrote: »

The one that got knocked out of Europe I think ?

#YNWA

So he is referring to the United Kingdom :pac:

tomasrojo

https://twitter.com/Philip_Ryan/status/979325749734887424

Please move Robert Troy, please, please, please, please

tomasrojo

Doesn't look like it:
https://twitter.com/oconnellhugh/status/979334619408535552

CramCycle

Credit where credit is due. Last year my saddle snapped in the middle as I came around a corner. I was busy at the time and only got to the place I got it maybe a month, even two later. They said they would look into it and too mail them in details and pictures. It was over a year and a half old at this stage.

I wrote the email but never sent it, and when looking for something else two weeks ago, I seen the draft, the saddle is now two years old. I sent it in and apologised. They were very nice and said they would chase it if I wanted but they were not hopeful. I said to leave it, I had already got a replacement, it had been too long.

Anyway, later that evening I looked at Fizik's website as a matter of interest. They have a QC form for issues. I thought what the hell, filled it out, attached one pic of the saddle, received an automated reply saying it would be looked into. I never really though anything else about it, thinking it was too late etc. 3 days later i got a text from DHL saying they were dropping off a package from Italy to my house. I was a bit, WTF? I didn't order anything. It was fizik. Brand new saddle. no arguments, no discussion, just their saddle broke, they sent out a new one.

Thumbs up from me.

magicbastarder

tomasrojo wrote: »

Doesn't look like it:
https://twitter.com/oconnellhugh/status/979334619408535552

jack f***ing chambers?

Lumen

magicbastarder wrote: »

jack f***ing chambers?

Nobody has ever wondered what Ryan ****ing Tubridy would be like as a politician, but if they had, they would imagine Jack ****ing Chambers.

tomasrojo

Lumen wrote: »

Nobody has ever wondered what Ryan ****ing Tubridy would be like as a politician, but if they had, they would imagine Jack ****ing Chambers.

Don't know JC. Anodyne home truth-teller?

Lumen

tomasrojo wrote: »

Don't know JC. Anodyne home truth-teller?

Anodyne populist unimaginatively following in the footsteps of his best-mates-with-Lenihan FF daddy.

Political offspring make me want to puke. What sort of limp-minded cretin wants to do the same job as their dad?

magicbastarder

he went from zero to nowhere due to being picked ahead of far more experienced candidates for the FF nomination in dublin west. he had essentially zero experience of being a politician and zero actual political beliefs but was elected a TD.

he claimed to have 'a medical background' on his election literature. he'd dropped out of medical college after a couple of years.

tomasrojo

Thanks for clearing that up. I haven't been paying much attention to FF. Apart from Troy's love of hi-viz and helmets.

Hurrache

Lumen wrote: »

Anodyne populist unimaginatively following in the footsteps of his best-mates-with-Lenihan FF daddy.

Political offspring make me want to puke. What sort of limp-minded cretin wants to do the same job as their dad?

FF seat in Dublin West was being kept warm for him by family and friends. Guy literally has no life experience at all, never lived away from under his parents wing at home, hadn't finished his college degree and never had a proper job.

He's also, or told to be, very very conservative, didn't want people to get a chance to vote for repeal. So the cynic, or logical in me, believes that he was put in there to capture the young vote but is basically towing the line of the fogies pulling the strings in the cuman.

I don't know WTF he's doing on front bench. Despite being a young naïve lad, he represents all that is wrong with old school FF.

ford2600

Hurrache wrote: »

FF seat in Dublin West was being kept warm for him by family and friends. Guy literally has no life experience at all, never lived away from under his parents wing at home, hadn't finished his college degree and never had a proper job.
.

None of that will get in your way in Irish Politics.

Simon Harris, Ming Flanagan are two particular beauts that come to mind

Lusk_Doyle

Lumen wrote: »

What sort of limp-minded cretin wants to do the same job as their dad?

What's so inherently terrible about wanting to do what your dad did for a career?

Beasty

Even if they didn't like the work, I'm sure at least one of my kids would jump at the chance of getting the fleet of Cervelos kind of rewards delivered on the back of my job:pac:

Having said that, I was more than happy to cease my farming career working for my dad over 35 years ago

magicbastarder

Lusk_Doyle wrote: »

What's so inherently terrible about wanting to do what your dad did for a career?

or the other way around, my dad was adamant i did not follow him. he was a bank manager.

Lumen

Lusk_Doyle wrote: »

What's so inherently terrible about wanting to do what your dad did for a career?

It's a fine aspiration. For a six year old.

Beasty

Lumen wrote: »

It's a fine aspiration. For a six year old.

I think that's a bit unfair on poor Nico

magicbastarder

i remember hearing a claim once that 'every man wants to excel at what his father was mediocre at'. i've seen evidence for, and evidence against, this claim.

Lusk_Doyle

Lumen wrote: »

It's a fine aspiration. For a six year old.

Harsh.

P_1

MyFitnessPal seems to have suffered a data breach of sorts. I think most here use Strava but worth a heads up for anyone using MapMyRide.

http://www.thejournal.ie/under-armour-data-3932371-Mar2018/?utm_source=twitter_short

VW 1

Got an email myself this evening.

Kind of worrying given the autosave and linking of information through the google platform.

robyntmorton

I’m on a bus on the way to work. Bus driver going south on N11 sits at stop a few seconds longer than needed to let a small group of cyclists go around him safely. Lead cyclist gives a very clear thumbs up to the driver as he passes. Courtesy all round. Nicely done.

(Yes, I should be cycling to work. Once I get myself properly settled in I will be)

magicbastarder

P_1 wrote: »

MyFitnessPal seems to have suffered a data breach of sorts.

one of the biggest data breaches known. however, i'd be curious how usable the data is.

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/us/under-armour-says-150-million-myfitnesspal-accounts-breached-1.3445507

magicbastarder

tomasrojo wrote: »

Look as if the Uber crash car in Arizona had some detection capability switched off:
http://www.eschatonblog.com/2018/03/they-can-be-programmed-not-to-hit-things.html

and they'd considerably reduced the LIDAR coverage when rolling out the volvos:

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/03/28/uber_selfdriving_death_may_have_been_due_to_lidar_blind_spot/

some more interesting detail in there about how uber had an all too friendly relationship with the governor in arizona.

Beasty

magicbastarder wrote: »

one of the biggest data breaches known. however, i'd be curious how usable the data is.

I'm much more concerned about the unknown ones. Some covered up and some never discovered

The problem with something like this is the sheer number of compromised accounts may make it difficult to pinpoint any use of this specific data, as it's likely to be combined with other information to build up profiles of individuals, Although they may have software to make scanning of the info easier, it's may well be that they target a relatively small number, making it more difficult to work out what data's being used where.

Some time ago I decided to severely limit my use of this sort of thing. Dropped Strava a couple of years ago. I won't use anything beyond the likes of banking software, where they ask for much info, including my phone number. I won't install Facebook Messenger as it demands my number. My e-mail and name is about as far as I'm prepared to offer any social media or lifestyle-type apps.

Indeed, a thorough search through this site would probably reveal a lot more about me than any of these sites that use data profiling can pull together

RobFowl

Maybe I'm too blase but I really couldn't give a fcuk about data breached related to me....
As long as I've got my kids and bikes I'm happy.


(and the wife too !!)

LollipopJimmy

RobFowl wrote: »

Maybe I'm too blase but I really couldn't give a fcuk about data breached related to me....
As long as I've got my kids and bikes I'm happy.


(and the wife too !!)

Same, I used to worry about it but not anymore. If somebody wants to know what I'm browsing for at 3am in the morning (usually classic car websites, mad for a Datsun Bluebird and throwing an SR20 into it atm) or where I run/cycle to I don't give a fiddlers. Spam filters on gmail are pretty good too and any rubbish goes there

koutoubia

RobFowl wrote: »

Maybe I'm too blase but I really couldn't give a fcuk about data breached related to me....
As long as I've got my kids and bikes I'm happy.


(and the wife too !!)

I think your blase-ness will change if someone orders a shiet load of Campagnolo equipment in your name.

magicbastarder

for many people, that could be an 'ah, you win some, you lose some' moment.