Baxie

So I bought a new car. Will post pics later this week. But let's see if anyone can guess what car I got. I can tell you that it's straight-4 with 105 hp from 1990. So who will guess right. One guess per person. Winner gets honour and rep from me for getting it right.

Uhmmm no.. But that is very poor way of extending a games longevity. Same as I haven't driven on every road in TDU, I will never bother to look everywhere for the flags or the Templars. It's just such a waste of time, and as I said, a cheap way to keep people playing the game.

It's a great play, but I'd say it's a waste of money. The game is completed in four or five hours, and in my opinion way to repetative to play again, even if the difficulty is upped. It suffers from the same problems that draws down Mass Effect. The system itself is revolutionary. The masses of people that you can move through, the vast cities that you are totally free to roam and the aweinspiring graphix are hindered greatly by the fact that gameplay is so repetative, that you want to just run around stabbing people to make time pass. The story is great, the games looks amazing, but when other than your nine specific targets, there are four different types of missions that just recycles. Mass Effect is the same thing. Great Story, but the dialogue is boring, the good/evil choices are too obvious and the game eventually ends up repeating itself over and over again. If I were you, I'd rent the games for the Xbox for a weekend, and then return them, when you are finished. Which you will be when the weekend is over.

noone likes Baxie.... poor ol' Baxie

I been on 19 or 20 for ages. Can't really remember which. Haven't really had any problems with any of the challenges, but this is prolly just luck on my part.

... PGR 4 again. Now come play with me, or I will know you don't like me anymore!

Oh yeah? This is a thing of beauty, but hey... you think Saabs are pretty... so I rest my case :p

You're all freaks! And you're all very very wrong! There is no contest. Mercedes are big, slow and preferred by the geriatrics of the world. They're also very expensive compared to their alternatives. Audi are the wannabe's. Their saloon line are competent bids on how to start the competition against BMW, but they're still nowhere near BMW, even though the company has produced cars for longer than any of the other two.* The BMW's has always been the racebreed of the three, while Mercedes has settled for the comfortable leisurable saloons meant for those that didn't want speed, but went for durability and quality. Two things that the late 90's and early 00's took care of. Shoddy workmanship and poor quality materials has degraded the mercedes for quite a few generations, and while they have indeed undone these missteps they still suffer from problems with integrity and the sales are lower than they have ever been. The EVO II version of the BMW E36 M3 was voted "The Best Handling Car ever... at any price" in 1997 and even today the M3 E46 GTR are leaving supercars from respected producers standing. Audi however has generated the TT and lately the R8. While looks are a matter of taste, the cars are better than they have ever been, which cannot be debated, but they are still a long ways behind the BMWs that you can get at the same price. It's easy to argue Audi's successes with the performance of the S series Quattro, but price-wise they should be compared to the M-series cars, and as such, they are still inferior. I may be biased towards BMW as I am big fan, but I have driven lots of them and lots of Audis, and the feeling I get when I gun a BMW is sooo much better than anything an Audi can give me. *BMW as we know it was founded in 1922 when Bayerische Flugzeugwerke AG and Rapp Motoren Werke AG merged. The first Mercedes were produced after the merger of Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft and Benz & Cie in 1926, while Audi was formed after founder August Horch was forced out of the company he started in 1899 to go on to form Audi, which subsequently went on to co-form Auto Union AG Deutschland Ingolfstadt.

The Scuderia is in the race team section, which they don't open til sunday. So sadly no :( And Balto. I already have a brother, who is not very pleased with the situation, since he lives across the country from me and can't come to these things. :)

Just for you Nige: http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll98/BaxieBadger/c1.jpg Little younger: http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll98/BaxieBadger/stingray.jpg And brand new: http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll98/BaxieBadger/vette.jpg And while I was rummaging around I made these as well: Peugeot 207 racecar: http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll98/BaxieBadger/207.jpg New lancer looks sweet! http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll98/BaxieBadger/lancer.jpg And for those days where it just wont stop snowing! http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll98/BaxieBadger/trike.jpg Yeah Eagle. It's BiB. Press day today. All cars were unlocked, so I guess that you can add all these cars to my "sat in" list. ;) Just to rub it in.

It's actually not a Radical, but a danish produced racecar called the Aquila SR 1 The white one is the Sondergard. And nope. I don't work there, I work for a car portal, so I get to go to these things all the time :) No vipers there. Dodge had Calibers and other stuff, but no vipers. I got some Vettes, and some other more regular cars too, and a lot of old vintage ones. Can't be bothered to convert the pics in Photoshop and upload them now.

HEY! I WASN'T FINISHED YET! I still have to show you this: http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll98/BaxieBadger/430.jpg Ferraris are getting competition though: http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll98/BaxieBadger/mgt.jpg Italian GT cars will loose out to english racecars though: http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll98/BaxieBadger/lotus.jpg But they will loose out to danish cars! http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll98/BaxieBadger/agila.jpg And not all danish cars are butt ugly! http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll98/BaxieBadger/sondergard.jpg Oh... did I hear anyone talk about the new Subaru? http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll98/BaxieBadger/sti.jpg Or what about a few new Mercs? http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll98/BaxieBadger/sl.jpg Or maybe this: http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll98/BaxieBadger/slk.jpg So there. Think of all that walking I had to do to take all these pictures... So don't you feel sorry for me?

So I went to work this morning at 8 and didn't get home till 18.30. That's TEN AND A HALF HOURS OF WORK!!!!! So I treated myself to a few photos. Here's one of a Ruf RK Coupe http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll98/BaxieBadger/ruf3.jpg And from the front: http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll98/BaxieBadger/ruf2.jpg As you know, these are based on Porsches. So here is a GT2: http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll98/BaxieBadger/gt2.jpg Now personally I think this is MUCH prettier: http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll98/BaxieBadger/db9.jpg But I know a lot of you like these: http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll98/BaxieBadger/gallardo.jpg And from the back: http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll98/BaxieBadger/gallardo2.jpg Now that one was just a regullar Gallardo. This is much cooler: http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll98/BaxieBadger/gallardo3.jpg See why? If not then look a bit closer: http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll98/BaxieBadger/gallardo4.jpg Amazing what those little letters can do, huh? And talking of letters. Here's an H for ya: http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll98/BaxieBadger/hummer.jpg And it's younger brother: http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll98/BaxieBadger/H3.jpg I don't like these. Big and bulky. If I wanted a truck, I'd get this one: http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll98/BaxieBadger/ram.jpg Yeah. Dodge Ram... Big and american. Like this one: http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll98/BaxieBadger/mustang.jpg

Good to see, that people have taken to this discussion the way it was intended. And also that people have an opinion about this. I find it admirable, that so many of the users here are self-enforcing the language used on these boards. As MadMax said, there is indeed no reason to start cursing and swearing to get your points across. And while it may be aggravating to hear other people's opinions and viewpoints, the least amount of effort you can do is simply not post. So far so good. However, this is just part of the discussion. While the use and misuse of language is what is most obvious to the user, the rules, and techniques in which these are enforced, is another more vague part of the censorship debate. I read an article by danish reporter, Paul Høi, who has been working as a correspondent in America for years. He wrote an article about how the paper he used to work out of issued a memo about how to use politically correct phrases and terms in the articles. There were a lot of examples, like how not to call asians, asians and native americans should be called original americans. All of it was wonderously inane since it clearly came from the people who weren't part of the groups who were being "insulted". Not calling a person over 65 for Bluehairs is understandable, but anyone taking offense at the term senior citizens? Or how about the latin-, hispanic, italian or irish communities being called something along the lines of alternative minorities? My absolute favourite one was the fact that the term Ghettoblaster was to be substituted with Boombox. Since the former term was clearly derogatory towards... ghettos? All of these show the extent to which we're all heading. Hell in a handbasket so to speak, however another example applies neatly to these forums. The terms woman and girl. How do you tell the difference between a woman and a girl? Clearly a six year old is a girl. And a 50 year old is a woman. But what about an 18 year-old? Or a 22-year old? 30? And who are we to say that all 22-year olds are girls or women? I know a lot of females between 20 and 30. And I can honestly say, that I have no idea why I call some women and some girls, but I do and I do it with conviction. But it has nothing to do with age at all. And there is the core of the censorship debate. When is a word a swear-word and when isn't it? Clearly there are words that are, like the 50-year olds, quite easy to define. These are of course the "runt" and "rock" variants. While others are six-year olds. "Wee" and "Fiddlesticks". But there is a huge group of 16-30 year olds who need to be defined, and if you set a rigid age limit, you automatically end up with certain persons who will take offense, that you are not letting them decide for themselves. Now in this case, words cannot take offense, but by installing filters that sort out the use of words like "ends-with-gina" and "sounds-like-venus" you limit the expressionism of the persons trying to write, and while limits are good, we have to brace ourselves for one hell of an argument, which I am about to make. Words and language evolve. Now take for instance the term immigrant. When you hear this word, you automatically think of someone not from your country. Now going out on a limb here, I will bet you, that the term has gotten a negative ring to it in most european countries. I know it has here in Denmark. So what do we do? We use a new term. And for a while this will make do. But mediainfluences slowly grind at this term, since they are obliged to use it, linking it with honour-killings, arrange marriages, terrorism and what else they got to link it with of horrible newsworthy stories. And eventually the words has become so negatively charged, that we come up with a new word, and a new word, and a new and a new... and on and on it goes. And all the while here at TDU-C we have asterisks guarding us from the horrors of medical terms for the reproductive organs and other nonsensical phrases. Are the forums restricted in the use of these words from the get-go? Is it the web-hosts that dictate these terms? Diablo? The mods? What do you think? (Again. I am not at all offended or angry or upset, but I would like to keep the discussion going. So let's hear it!)

Yeah. The CSL is literally the beginning of the BMW M-series. That car has done for standard-car racing what the quattro did for rally. And then it took the racers to the streets. Personally I never was a big fan of the Maseratis, and the F50 is way too vulgar for my taste. Porsche, Lambo and BMW looks promising, and if they balanced the Evo and the WRX properly, they should be giving each other a fight. Pity there was only true one classic in this pack. The game could use a segment of old classics, that could be raced against each other. As is, the americans are outweighing the euros and the euros are too widespread. Been trying to get my CC to work, but it keeps rejecting it. Ordered a new one, but wont have this pack till next weekend at the earlies. Oh well. Easter is here.

Wonder how I got E92 to be E36 Bleh.... E92 is ugleh

Sharp. I only had a drive in the city, but man... That car is sooo responsive. And it sure does look the part. As I told Baldred already: Ladies like it ;) Would've been fun to take it to Germany and let it loose on the autobahn or even on the 'ring. But alas.... 10 minute ride through the city will have to do for now. Might get one for a week. :)

Wont matter what they release! Everyone is wasting their time in silly PGR4. Bleurgh! Nice pack. The E36 doesn't look as good as the E30, but handling and power is vastly increased and the car was crowned as "The best handling car ever ... at any price", in 1997. I've driven one, and it sure is a mighty beast. Pity about the looks. Those square headlights are a miss. Scuderia and 997 GT2 looks nice. Not too much difference between the stuff we already have. Evo X and Nieuwe Audi TT should be vary interesting to drive. :) Looking forward to this pack.

After two weeks at my new job, I've seen and driven the following: Driven: Audi RS4 Cabriolet Audi R8 Audi A4 3.2 BMW M3 E30 1990 Toyota Spacevan Skoda Fabia Seen: Porsche 928 1991 Ferrari 430 Ferrari 308 And I got a drive in a BMW Z4 planned for next week, when going to Copenhagen. Getting off to slow start eh? Got pics of the A4 and BMW from my camera, will post when I get around to it. Sadly only had my phone on me, when I went to drive the R8. Took a shot before they prepped it. :) But doesn't give you justice.

Corvette? Comparing a C6R to a DBR9 is like comparing Roseanne Barr to Jennifer Connelly. (And this from a dane, who has a countryman driving that C6R.) Tsk. Those original Gulf colours looked great on the GT40 mk II in 1966 and they look great on this today. Looking forward to Le Mans already.

Sweet...!

Something has been bothering me for a while now. So I thought I might as well bring it up. As the title might indicate, it has to do with the censorship that is happening on these forums. (If anything following falls into the realms of offensive referencing, I apologize in advance. They are intentional, but merely for illustrative purposes.) Where do the boundaries go, for what words can and cannot be used? In the joke-thread, there are several asterisks covering over what is usually references to the male and female reproductive organs. Usually it is five or six asterisks, which I can only imagine covers over the medical terms for these organs. Other times there are less, covering for words that rhyme with rock, runt and the abbreviative version of the name Richard. These latter covers are obviously preferable to the usage of words of a questionable nature, which, no offense meant to anyone, younger users does tend to revert to. Not out of spite or because it is funny to use those words, but merely because these words might be in an everyday use around their normal lives, and thus they lack the filters, that others use to provide an acceptable tone. However, the censorships of medical terms, and the quite random use of the term *BROTHER* in one of the jokes, while they might not be a profanity filter issue, seems a bit overly zealous by my standards. Being a reporter, I grossly oppose the use of censorship at all, but can understand that certain circumstances does require an amount of control with these issues. There are many many reasons for using censorship on public forums. Sadly most of them are commercial. When you look at the Atari forums, the prohibition of use of profanity is solely a preventive measure, letting the company off the hook for any parental complaints that might arise, from Atari subjecting their users to these issues. Furthermore it is has a large deal to do with the public image, they want to project. While not exactly wanting to adopt a "Holy" attitude towards these terms, they surely do not want to be known as the company who lets language run rampant. I can understand their commercial interests, and I resent the people who blame whoever they can get away with for bad influences of their children. However, I do think that censorship has run rampant. Even in commercial situations. So what does this have to do with these forums? Well, the tone here is generally sober and luckily free of random profanity outbursts. Which I am sure we can thank the moderators for. And as such this is their playground. Workspace. Call it what you will. They are the ones making sure, that we are not pummeled by immature 13-year old rampages of dirty words. And while the forums is "ours" it is in fact, Diablo who pays for it, and who, in the end, has to answer to the content of these boards. So my question again: Where does the limit go for what can and cannot be used on these forums? I am of course talking about the borders of what is permissible. I am not crusading for the use of harsh words like the "rock" and "runt" variants, but there has to be a limit. If not where do we stop? Will we be able to say breasts? Chest? Even the word "Member" has a sexual reference implied, and thus in turn can be misconstrued as something offensive? And what does the providers of the webhotels say? Do they have excessive rules or guidelines that prevent the users from using certain words and phrases? This is not a complaint, merely an observation and a foundation for a discussion. Where do people stand? What do you think is permissible? And what do you think isn't? I am of course inviting everyone to partake in this discussion and not just the mods. :)

Forgive me if at any point I sound patronizing. While Rush Hour and Ace Ventura lands in the category: "Unintentional asinine wastes of time" by me, there are such a factor as taste, which differs from person to person. Luckily. I tend to enjoy movies, that has a point to them. Not just the mass fabricated comedies or action movies, that Hollywood churns out like butter. I can easily enjoy them... well some of them... but they disappear from my memory as quirckly as they enter it. Here is my top five. I'll not bother with youtube, but five a few reasons why these movies are my favourites. 1. Acpocalypse Now Coppola really made a masterpiece here. The script in itself is vastly inspired by the book: Heart of Darkness. (Which is also worth a read), and Coppola manages to capture the insanity of the war on so many levels it is unbelievable. From the beach scene with Robert Duvall, through actually managing to include the history of the Vietnam War by the deleted scene with the french colonists, through the night scene at the bridge, this is a visual wonderland, which can impress everyone. And with Martin Sheen, Dennis Hopper and Marlon Brando, I can only recommend that you watch this movie at the first possibility you get. GO GO GO! 2. Shawshank Redemption. This movie is the best date-movie in the world. The tempo is fantastic, the violence is underplayed, and the plot is exceptionally well done. There is something for everyone in this movie. Both Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman are able to play their roles in a way that fits into the slow pace of the movie,which you rarely see these days. 3. Dr. Strangelove (Or how I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb) Peter Sellers is fantastic in this movie, which is more relevant now than ever before. His versatility in the different parts is fantastic and it is so full of great quotes like "Gentlemen, you can't fight in here. This is the War Room!" When you see it, you will recognize hundreds of scenes and references that has been used in other movies. This movie really did make the base of a lot of other movies. 4. Godfather According to IMDB (and more than a quarter million of it's users) This is the best movie ever made. (With Shawshank coming in as second) And the mafia-trilogy has also influenced the movieindustry in several ways. The story is based on the real cosa nostra, and noone should go without it. 5. The good, the bad and the ugly The best cowboy movie ever. Noone says a word in the first 10 minutes of the movie, and the end sequence is aweinspiring. Clint Eastwood and Lee van Cleef are great as cowboys, and this movie hits in the center of every boys fantasies of living in the wild west. These movies are all fairly old. (Shawshank excepted) But they all laid the groundwork of how modern movies are made. They tend to linger in the back of my brain, and whenever I see a reference in a modern movie, I smile. They're well worth the watch. All of them. As for TV-shows. There is no contest. The best TV-series ever made is West Wing. But it is political to an extent where, if you don't care for the political world, lots of it goes well over your head. So don't bother. However... if you are politically interested, then by all means. You will be rewarded for watching the show.

Hahahahaha.... Nah. Some of us are safe across the oceans on the mainland. VIKINGS!

It's great that whackyness is allowed. No need for everyday sillyness, but I think it's great that it isn't just another forum. It's all fun and games.... Let the sillyness continue. :)