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'Telecommuting' In Formula 1

Posted by kdawson on from the telemetry-at-a-distance dept.

flewp writes "This New York Times article on Formula 1 racing gives some insight into the workings of one of the most high-tech sports on the planet — consider that a few years ago, Sauber's supercomputer ranked toward the top of all the supercomputers in Europe. The teams bring to each race dozens of mechanics, support personnel, etc.; but back at their home bases, perhaps thousands of miles away, countless more engineers work (with the help of gobs of computing power) to give each team that extra edge."

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  1. hitting bottom HARD by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I met Psychiatrist Anita Hirsch at Mission Oaks Behavioral Health Unit
    in July 1985.
    I required no more than ten minutes to understand in quite a deep and
    detailed way that she was floridly delusional.
    It is well-known that the worst kinds of alcoholics never stop
    drinking until they hit bottom. That's true of all of the worst kinds
    of mental illnesses.
    Last night I required no more that a twenty minute chat to completely
    convince a Los Gatos police officer to put Dr. Hirsch under a suicide
    watch. One more our and he and I were able to convince a half dozen
    of his colleagues to join him.
    I want Doctor Hirsch admitted involuntarily to a psychiatric hospital
    you see. I don't want to murder her.
    All I will require is a hardcopy of the following webpage and a brief
    cover letter to have Dr. Hirsch' license to practice medicine
    completely revoked within one week. It will only take as long as that
    because the California Medical Board of course has the sense to fully
    investigate claims such as mine:
          What I Learned at the California Institute of Technology
          http://www.softwareproblem.org/hallucinogenic-drugs.html
    Perhaps you'll begin to understand why I worked so hard to make Doctor
    Hirsch hit bottom so very hard because the first half of that entire
    essay is about her special Mission of Healing devote to yours truly,
    during which Doctor Hirsch committed the following felonies:
    - Four Counts Attempted Murder
    - One Count Child Endangerment
    - Multiple Counts Criminally Negligent Medical Malpractice
    And everyone at K5 thought I got so pissed of at her because she told
    me something I didn't want to hear.
    Your Servant,
    Jonathan Swift