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Dec11-06, 05:31 PM
About "not having time to do anything", it seems to me that the idea where there would actually exist "time in motion" is rather confused and like I've said before, it seems more fruitful to think motion as more fundamental. I.e. to just think things really are in motion, and such is the case with the brain. In that sense, there can be said to be "a present moment", but not "time" as any other but semantical concept that is formed so to understand motion better (so to be able to handle abstract concepts dealing with motion).
This is still very very far from solving the Hard Problem of consciousness of course, but it doesn't make consciousness impossible. Rather the opposite seems to be true, it solves one problem that exists in static spacetime view.
And why I'm paying attention to relativity of simultaneity is that in the view where there things really are in motion, there pretty much necessarily exists so-called "present moment" in a universal sense.
In short, it seems completely nuts to assume that present moment does not exist, on the virtue that this assumption makes spacetime diagrams geometrically more pleasing. Here I can only repeat; you can twist and bend your spacetime diagram to any shape that pleases your aesthetic eye, but as long as the topology does not change, it does not have any observable function.
I understood in your view there actually can be said to be one "present moment"?
I have said many times that one can always take whatever physical behaviour we observe, and build arbitrary number of radically different models that all yield the same observables. It may not be easy to build many radically different models, but it certainly is possible. All posit different fundamentals, and all are equally undefendable. We are pretty much in the dark as far as any "true ontology" goes.
And this is what I would say is why we don't have a TOE. It is also why I say we will never have any single TOE. We can come up with math that makes the correct predictions every time. But we cannot interpret the math in any explicit sense. It is always possible to build arbitrary number of interpetations that posit different fundamentals that work with different unobservable concepts and mechanics, and all give the same observable results.
Dec11-06, 09:48 PM
Many thanks to AnssiH for your time and effort, it was only one billion miles above my head but thanks all the same (things I have no chance of ever understanding - topology, Einstein's theory of relativity including the 'standard interpretation', simultaneity, spacetime blocks and on and on). Half way through your explanation was this statement of obvious importance as it was in bold - "it is the topology of spacetime that is physically important and observable". I Googled topology which said it was a branch of mathematics. As I understand it you are saying that it is the mathematics of spacetime that is physically observable! I am seriously out of my depth.
PS. Do you have a layman's description of Time handy?
Dec11-06, 10:51 PM
Q: What is the initial cause of Change?
A: Change
Q: What is the Effect?
A: Change
It seems to me that physics uses Time and Cause-and-Effect to describe and measure Change but this is like describing a ship by looking at its wake - sure, you might be able to deduce a couple of things but why not just look at the ship? Is there a part of physics that strikes at the heart of what Change is? Unfortunately, the only other area of study deaing with this area is Zen Buddhism and I look awful in orange. It clashes with my eyes.
PS: Getting back to the opening quote from Dr.Dick - At the moment I cannot say how I would propose to reference change in my knowledge, it is starting to appear that knowledge is yet another byproduct of Change. Maybe what is required is a comprehensive understanding (awareness) of Change, one in which Knowledge, Time and many other elements have their place.
This is either a very cheesy circular argument or there is a way of comprehending Change 'from the inside out' as it were.
Dec11-06, 10:53 PM
The quote at the top of my last post was from Dr.Dick - post#126
Dec12-06, 02:26 AM
In relativity, when you perform Lorentz-transformation so to get from one inertial frame to another, you basically scale the spacetime:
Horizontal is space and vertical is time, the dots mark "events". In the center is an observer, and a vertical line in the middle would mark his "now moment" in the simplest interpretation. Notice how it keeps changing in such manner that some events that had already passed "now", can go back from the past to the future. This is not observed of course since the topology does not change; the light about such events has not reach our observer, instead the observer sees events as they pass the lower diagonal lines (which mark the trajectory of light). Notice how events never pass this line backwards.
If you draw trajectories of light between the events in such spacetime, the way events connect, i.e. their topology does not change no matter how much you scale the spacetime:
I.e. causality remains. If event A connects to event B, it will be so after the scaling as well.
Any physical system that is part of such spacetime cannot actually measure this scaling since it gets scaled itself as well (spatially and temporally), instead it can measure the topology; i.e. one clock can not measure time in metaphysical sense, but it can look at another clock and observe if one is advancing faster than the other.
It is the way things connect that gives us such measurable effects that we call time dilation, although performing Lorentz-transformation was and is a handy way to understand how the topology ends up this way; how do physical processes advance in relation to each others.
Time then is just a man-made concept, and an exceedingly confused one.
Dec12-06, 09:15 AM
If you want to understand anything, you have to get down to the nitty gritty (so to speak). We have to make it very clear exactly what we are talking about. That is exactly what the ontology/epistemology division is all about. Fundamentally,the goal of science is to explain reality! (If you don't regard that statement as true then we have very little to talk about. )
Presuming you agree with me, the first question becomes, exactly what is reality? Well, that is the very issue of ontology. Ontology is the study of exactly what you have to work with! The problem most everyone seems to have with the issue of ontology is that they cannot comprehend not knowing what they have to work with and thus fail at the very first step. The issue being that the moment you put meaning to any ontological element, you are already outside the field of ontology and discussing epistemology: i.e., attaching meaning to an ontological element requires understanding the explanation of a definition and that is the essence of epistemology.
The issue then becomes, is it necessary for one to know what they are talking about in order to talk about it? The answer to that question is a resounding, why certainly not! We talk about things we do not understand all the time. Science could not even exist if we couldn't talk about things we don't understand. All that is required is a method of referring to what ever it is we are trying to discuss! Does anyone here claim to know what reality is? That is, do any of you pretend to be experts on the correct explanation of reality? Does that mean we cannot discuss the issue? The point is that the word "reality" is no more than a label for what it is we are discussing and "understanding what reality is" is not necessary in order to refer to it. In fact, exactly what label we use to refer to it is of no real consequence (only the severely uneducated think the symbols used for words contain their meaning). The point of that comment is that it is always the listener who must divine what it is that is being referred to; that is what "understanding a language" is all about and understanding itself is a presumption, not a provable fact. (That is why "misunderstandings" are such a common phenomena! )
Thus one must be drawn to the conclusion that the ontological elements which constitute reality must be left undefined: i.e., the definitions are part and parcel of our understanding of reality which, in the final analysis, must be held as a presumption beyond proof. It follows that the ontology of reality is an undefined collection of elements, the references to which (and the definitions we assign to those references) constitute our understanding of it, whether our understanding be valid or not.
Thus I arrive at the very first epistemological absolute which can be pronounced. The word "past" can be used to refer to the entire collection of ontological elements of reality of which I am aware. That pronouncement depends upon only one fact and one fact only. That fact is the absolute validity of the following presumption: I cannot prove that what I know is indeed, the entire truth, i.e., change in my knowledge is possible. By simple dichotomy, the word "future" refers to what is not the past and the word "present" refers to the boundary between the two: i.e., a change in that of which I am aware. (The existence of this possibility is so obvious that most people seem to believe it is all that really exists. )
Time is thus the most basic epistemological absolute and its existence is required by the simple fact that we are not all knowing. Also, it follows from the above analytic definition that the only thing we can be sure exists is "the past". (And the present only truly exists as it becomes part of the past: mathematically, one could say that the past is a closed set, i.e., the boundary is included in the set. )
Now, if you cannot follow that, I feel you are beyond my help.
Have fun -- Dick
Dec12-06, 10:02 AM
Profound thanks to both AnissH and Dr.Dick. There's a lot in your posts I've got to get my head round but I feel you've steered me in the right direction. Take it easy.
Dec13-06, 06:18 AM
I arrived to similar concept myself without knowing Kant had used it already over 200 years ago. And still it is not as widely understood as it should. Still people refuse to see over their intuitive naive realist views.
And I have another issue with thinking in terms of "time that moves", or time serving as some kind of backdrop for making motion possible. While you probably need to use the concept of "time" one way or another in order to express motion (in math or just imagining motion in your head), it doesn't mean that real motion could not be more fundamental than time. I.e. that "time" is merely a concept we tend to classify reality, much the same way as "count" may be the way we understand clusters of things (i.e. "numbers" don't need to exist metaphysically for banana clusters to exist, since numbers are our own way to classify the clusters)
So just because we need the concept of time to understand motion, does not mean reality needs it to "produce motion". We comprehend reality by some self-made concepts, and "cannot meaningfully conceive an object that isn't structured in accordance with the categories of the understanding, such as substance and causality" (handy wikipedia quote)
Of course any astute person also readily recognizes that motion is just as much a man-made concept as time and as such these views should be equally valid, so I would like to be more careful in my assertion and just claim that it is merely useful for many purposes to assume that motion is more fundamental than time, and it is certainly useful to recognize that "time", as a backdrop for motion, is not necessarily of fundamental existence at all.
Dec13-06, 10:31 AM
Last night I had an important insight (important to me at least) about Time. Bear with me because this is going to seem quite facile at first.
It's always NOW. Everything is always NOW. When I had my insight it is NOW, as I'm writing this it is NOW, when you read this it is NOW, as you compose your reply it is NOW, as you type it in it is NOW. I was born in NOW, I will die in it also.
We build and play with the most complex constructs and concepts to describe reality, we talk about memories or the ability to predict what will happen if I throw something up in the air, we see ourselves growing older - all these things happen in our mind and convince us Time is passing, that there is a past that we can remember and that there is a future we can guess about but they are shadows compared to the brutal reality of NOW.
( Man!! I've just read what I've written and it looks like some loonball **** but I really need to get this point across - you may try and hide from NOW by saying "Well other philosophers have pointed this out in the past such as ..." but it doesn't fool NOW which is still with you, right NOW.
Here's a little experiment - consciously try not to skip to the end of the following sentence, which is going to end with the word NOW. Start observing Time passing as you read this sentence and even if its only a matter of seconds that have passed since you began your observation you will still find that by the time you have reached the end of this badly constructed sentence it is still NOW.
Fundamental truth #1 - It is always NOW.
This is not subjective, it is an objective reality.
Question 1 - How can the objective reality of NOW be proved?
This leads to my final questions:-
#2 - How is motion a man-made concept?
#3 - What is Change? (By this I don't mean 'What is the effect of Change' or 'Where did it come from', I mean "What is the 'fabric' of Change?"
PS - (for AnissH) I noticed that the Lorentz-transformation you guided me to already has an inbuilt Time axis as, I assume, does the notion of Spacetime. Aren't both of these things founded on an erroneous 'concept' of Time or do they arrive at the notion of Time independently. Are they both just games that people play in their minds or do they have a 'solidity' in the same way NOW does?
Remember, it is NOW.
Dec13-06, 11:26 AM
Have fun -- Dick
Dec13-06, 12:24 PM
for the man-made concept vs. natural concept distinction.
Dec13-06, 12:46 PM
about change being
For instance is frozen water in the winter the same water you swam in during the summer? Will it be the same water that was frozen in winter next summer when you swim in it? Or was the water fundamentally changed as it passed through condition after condition to the point where, if you were able to fingerprint the water, its actual fingerprint would be completely different from the original inking?
Dec13-06, 01:02 PM
an unsemantical concept anyway? You usually claim that all
concepts are semantical.
Dec13-06, 01:07 PM
Dec13-06, 01:22 PM
The subjective sense of time is a datum, too.
Dec13-06, 04:51 PM
Dec13-06, 09:02 PM
Dec13-06, 10:01 PM
When I say "It is always NOW", I'm not referring to myself. I am saying that NOW is an objective reality standing outside my own awareness. Unlike myself, NOW has always existed. Also, I'm not sure what you mean by awareness.
I understand that you my think this is some kind of intellectual game, like ontology or epistemology, but I am really trying to stress that NOW, unlike Time, is an objective reality and one we all exerience simultaneously. NOW, like LIfe (the Animating Principle), is not a concept or a construct or an opinion - it's a fact.
Stop all thought, stop all memory, stop all the usual nonsense of the mind and you will see NOW.
(I do wish this wasn't all coming out like mystical mumbo-jumbo but there are two problems - #1. the subject matter doesn't lend itself to 'normal' description. #2. my recent insight into this aspect of reality has hit me like a sledgehammer and I'm desparate not to be misunderstood, so I'm probably coming off a bit zealous at the minute. I think a wise move at this juncture would be to lay off the posting until I come down a bit.
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Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations (FSIN) Chief Perry Bellegarde is joining other chiefs in their opposition to a new federal education act for First Nations.
Bellegarde has concluded Bill C-33 – the First Nations Control of First Nations Education Act – "fundamentally fails to address the five conditions set out by First Nations leaders from across the country," he said Thursday in a news release.
"Bill C-33, as it stands, would create a system in which the Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development has authority but no responsibility. First Nations, on the other hand, would have responsibility since they deliver education services, but no authority. That is a completely unacceptable situation," Bellegarde said.
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Using this tool gives you the ability to explore public data, in a unique and revolutionary way (I strongly advise you to have a look at that presentation if you haven't), and provides elaborate insights on how diverse factors can affect each other.
It would be very interesting if Google where to release some kind of API or code for this functionality.
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introduction to webtrainer UPDATED JAN 2006
Greetings fellow Nicaragua Living bloggers!
I've been enjoying reading the posts here and on the Yahoo! groups site (thanks for getting the groups started Phil and Bobby!).
I lived in coastal Orange County California and have visited Nica once (on edit, now four times!) (Feb. '03, June '04, Nov. '04, Jan '05). The June '04 trip was great, three couples went and we had a great time, with some "adventures" to share with the folks back home.
I pretty much agree with the issues that Melissa and some others have had as far as my motivation for looking into Nicaragua.
Having grown up in southern California, I've seen the changes in the environment here, mostly with the incredible amount of people who live in the area now.
So my long-term plan is to retire in Nica, but I've got twenty years to go before any SSN kicks in, and per recent news, I can't expect to get anything, or so the powers that be prefer us to believe.
Short-term, I'm setting up my IRA as a self-directed IRA so that I can buy real estate (in Nica) as a retirement investment.
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President Obama, depending on who you listen to, is either worth as much as $10 million (which the right-wing Drudge Report gleefully highlights) or just between $2.5 and $8.2 million, if you go by his 2011 tax returns
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Recently government troops in Syria's bloody civil war retook the famed crusader castle Crak des Chevaliers from rebel soldiers. It's not the first ancient fortification to have played a tactical role in the conflict: Last year The Washington Post reported that the citadel in the Syrian city of Aleppo, once a major tourist attraction as a UNESCO world heritage site, has turned into a shooting blind for regime snipers, who fire through the arrow slits in its walls.
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My biology teacher freshman year held up my accidentally nameless paper and said "Who's is this? It looks like a guys handwriting. Oh wait…. Hannah, I think this might be yours." Because it was pretty sketchy and messy looking and she just assumed guys had horrible handwriting I guess.
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Tag Team: Kent Allen And Bob Lashley Leading Alumni OfficeDo you like your job?
The answer is an emphatic YES for Kent Allen (79) and Bob Lashley (74), even though they had to say it on the run.
Allen is OC's new vice president for alumni relations. Lashley is the executive director. The dynamic duo, along with alumni relations coordinator Amy Gower (88), reflect the university's renewed commitment to our alumni.
"No group of people is more important to Oklahoma Christian than our alumni," OC president Dr. Mike O'Neal said. "For that reason, there are no better people than Kent Allen and Bob Lashley to lead our alumni relations team. They care deeply about our current students and former students, and will work tirelessly to serve our alumni."
Kent and Bob sat down (briefly!) to talk about their new positions for the VISION audience ... while Bob fielded calls and tended to details for the Mike McDonald Eagle Run and as Kent was about to hit the road to meet with an alumnus who wanted to reconnect with OC.
Bob and Kent clearly are fired up to take OC's Alumni Relations program to a new level.
"We feel called to do this. The only problem will be that we are so gung-ho and want it to work so well. There aren't enough hours in the day," Bob said.
Bob says part of their mission is to reconnect with thousands of OC alumni who just haven't been a part of the flow at their alma mater for a long time.
"To do that, we want to find their point of interest, whether it's Chorale or theater, academic areas, international studies, etc. The more specific connections we have, the closer the ties alumni have with one another and the school," he said.
Once more alumni are connected, Bob has a vision about the ways we could all help each other.
For example, one alumnus with a business connection or job opening could help another who has been laid off.
Someone moving to a new area can connect with other alumni to find a church or the best coffee shop in town.
Maybe an alumni chapter in one area is planning a trip to campus for Homecoming, and there might be room for one more to come along.
From Facebook to Twitter to the email newsletter AlumNews, the OC alumni office has more ways to connect than ever. Bob, Kent and Amy plan to use those technology resources to the fullest to inform and help alumni.
As alumni, we can help, too. Alumni chapters are being considered in several locations. The North Texas Alumni group is the most active and holds a successful dinner and auction every year that raises money for scholarships.
Kent hopes to connect the more than 3,000 alumni in the Oklahoma City area with many service projects happening on campus.
"What could benefit the school more than what we're doing? This is where it's at," Bob said.
He notes that many universities are echoing OC's renewed emphasis on alumni relations.
The economy is tight and higher education is not immune to it, particularly small Christian universities that do not collect federal funding and rely on donations of all sizes from alumni and friends.
"Our job is to remind alumni how great this place is and was," Kent said. "Over time, we forget our professors, Chapel, ballgames, retreats, mission trips. We want to rekindle that and mobilize alumni to continue to serve their communities, each other and their alma mater."
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Kent Allen graduated from OC in 1979. He didn't go far when he joined the ministry staff at Memorial Road Church of Christ, which was then the College Church of Christ. He spent 25 years there, and 14 years as the preacher. Before joining OC in 2008, Kent and his wife Phyllis moved to Dallas, where Kent worked as director of operations for Continent of Great Cities. CGC is a ministry that places missionary teams throughout the Latin world. Before being named vice president of alumni relations, Kent was a senior gifts officer for OC. He and Phyllis have two grown sons, Kelly (04) and Kory (05), who both played basketball at OC. Kelly's wife Kristin (Hill 07) also attended Oklahoma Christian.
Bob Lashley graduated from OC in 1974. He has spent his career serving the university he loves in a variety of roles. He is the brains and brawn behind First Week Follies, Spring Sing, Freshman Fanfare and other campus events. Bob served in the alumni office early in his career and has worked in development and as special events director, and also created the popular "Throw Me a Rope" program for parents of students. Bob knows students, parents, staff, donors and alumni – just about everyone associated with the university. He and his wife Judi (76) have two married children, Andy (00) and Summer (Sehon 00) Lashley, and Aubrie and Lucas Ross (both 03), and three grandchildren who are destined to be future eagles.


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The challenge of winning more seats than in 2010 does not seem to terrify the activists who this week converged in Birmingham
The challenge of winning more seats than in 2010 does not seem to terrify the activists who this week converged in Birmingham
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Today at Swansea Central Library, leading charities, teachers and children's authors will launch a national mission in Wales called Read On.Get On. to get all 11-year-olds reading well and with enjoyment by 2025. Mary Powell-Chandler, Head of Save the Children in Wales, which is part of the coalition, explains how they will set out to make this happen
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Used business jet prices saw their strongest month-over-month gain in more than a year last month, according to J.P. Morgan's North America Equity Research. Statistics released yesterday in the company's April Business Jet Monthly report show the used business jet market showed a 1.9-percent rise, only the second sequential increase since the start of last year and a trend the company views as an indicator that stronger new jet demand is approaching.
Pre-owned inventory of in-production aircraft for sale remained flat since January at 8.9 percent, with the analyst noting that declines in available light and heavy jets were offset by an increase in medium-cabin aircraft inventory. While average asking price rose by 1.9 percent month-over-month, pricing was still down nearly 10 percent year-over-year. Large-cabin aircraft, particularly Gulfstreams, drove the price climb, while light jets posted their fifth price gain in the past six months.
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SuckItTrebek said...
Where, what, why, etc did this green fire for warlocks nonsense come from? Did we all wake up one day and decide that's what warlocks need, or did I miss something?
chevysdad07 said...
@ Suckittrebeck
the reason most people want locks to have green fire is this.
mages have red and we dont want to be confuzed with mages(no offence) we want to be more of "our" class,we dont want to look like the fireball casting mages we want to look like the green-netherstorm-hellflame or something.'locks are more of dark mages or,mages from hell if you will,so we dont want to look like normal mages or feel like normal mages casting just fire we want our own demonic twist to it maby blackish or red flames with a green and black swirl in it or somethin......its just that 'locks and mages feel to simalar already that just small things like that would make us have more of a purpose for bieng a lock and not just a mage with a pet.
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Demons have green fire for the most part, and it has long been seen as a minor cosmetic effect that could set the warlocks off from the mages a little more. I'd love to have green roiling felfire for all the destro spells, myself.
But, really, when you look at it, Warlocks really do have some of the BEST spell animations in game. So I won't complain about not having it.
(I do think there's an awful lot of resistance to some easy cosmetic warlock requests though. Green fire, Naming Pets, it's almost funny how some folks hate the idea of warlocks getting these simple things.)
yunkndatwunk said...
Oh i don't know maybe pick up any warcraft book and all the warlocks and demons use green fire? Or play warcraft I-III and see them all using green fire?
Yeah everyone woke up one day , 6 years ago
SuckItTrebek said...
Makes good sense I suppose, thanks for the input...
...except for you, yunk. I'd tell you to go fuck yourself, but since you're apparently balls deep in the Warcraft books (lol) it's probably your only option.
Also, re:confusing us with mages....the solution there is simple. Be a Warlock, not a wanna be Mage specced into Destruction. ;)


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Craft Beer for Breakfast? Well, Not Exactly [VIDEO]
For those of you who can't get enough of craft beer a new product is on the market that you could use for breakfast.....Craft Beer Jelly!
For those of you who can't get enough of craft beer a new product is on the market that you could use for breakfast.....Craft Beer Jelly!
Due to strong thunderstorms predicted for tomorrow afternoon (Saturday, June 28), a decision has been made to postpone Twin Ports on Tap for the safety the event's of attendees.
Not only will you get to indulge in over 100 American craft beers at Twin Ports on Tap, but you'll be able to enjoy some fine local music, here is the lineup.
Have you ever wondered what beer brand you would be? Of course you haven't, nobody has, but now that we mentioned it, you're curious aren't you? Well you're in luck, take this short quiz and find out what popular beer brand you are.
Since we had Twin Ports On Tap coming up, I did some searching through the internet. I was looking for more information, but sort of became side-tracked.
Warmer weather is here, and with it comes a chance to enjoy a frosty adult beverage to beat the heat. We dare you to try to watch this seductively tasty beer video without feeling at least a little bit thirsty.
With the growing number of locally-produced craft beer choices available at Twin Ports establishments, simply ordering a beer can be a challenging task if you aren't familiar with your options. Do you know the different types of craft beer? Here's a breakdown of some of the different varieties.
With our upcoming event Twin Ports On Tap, I decided to do some checking. To be honest, when it comes to beer I am rather an idiot as to what is what.
I remember the Budweiser Wazzzup phrase very well, it came in hot around 1999 and had got pushed out about two years later. Everyone and your mother were saying it.
The inaugural Twin Ports on Tap is coming up on October 3rd at Clyde Iron Works. Fill your your commemorative sampling mug with the finest American craft beers.
Milwaukee Wisconsin, my hometown, was a great place to grow up. A hard working, ethnically diverse, blue collar kind of place. And as a kid the one thing I knew for sure was all the beer that was made there, how did I know this? Read on...


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Alessandro Zanardi was THE driver in Indy cars in the latter part of the '90s. He thrilled fans with his on-track style, and off track character whose good nature sealed the deal. Zanardi was and is still the real thing. He practically hit the ground driving, as a promising start in karting and Formula 3, then Formula 3000, then a mixed bag of under-funded teams in F1. He finally found a home in the CART series, where he dominated. A return to F1 driving for Williams was met with more problems, thus his return to CART. Then, while leading a race at the Eurospeedway in Germany, Zanardi suffered a horrific accident that many thought claimed his life. It didn't; however, he did lose both legs. He would find a way around this inconvenience. And after five years of being a factory BMW driver hustling around the world as part of the World Touring Car Championship, he remains, as always, a positive force.
ec: How are things at home in Padova? AZ: Things are good, thank you for asking. But I wished I had a better result at the last race in Imola. (laughs)
ec: It's a shame that the FIA WTCC doesn't make an appearance in the U.S. because to me that's what NASCAR really should be. Real production cars modified with trick parts and not fiberglass, tube-frame, nine-inch-rear-end specials.AZ: Yes, but from the driver's point of view I would want to drive something more powerful, although you couldn't then directly buy that from your dealer.
ec: That probably stems from your roots of being mostly a single-seater racer, and you certainly couldn't go down to the local Fiat dealer and buy that.AZ: (laughs) You know, that's what I've been doing all my life. Certainly what I'm doing right now is dramatically different. Not less enjoyable, just different. Different game with different rules, and if you believe you're good enough to win races you're going to be good enough to do it on every level, not just where you like it the most. Nevertheless, to this day I have to torture myself a little bit because the driving style you need for these type of cars is quite different from the ones I developed and drove. The days where I had 1,000 hp behind my back.
ec: After you had the operation and were contemplating on what you had accomplished and what you were going to do next. How much of a transition was it going from single-seaters to a sedan? A modified one, granted, but a racecar in a production shell.AZ: After my accident it was less than one year where my thoughts were not solely on racing. Mentally I knew I could do it, but technically I didn't know if I was going to be able to operate the pedals, to do things the way you're supposed to. I knew there would come a day I'd be curious to find out. But that was not my priority, because my priority was actually to regain my normal life, to do things on my own, to once more be the owner of my life and not just a passenger. It was pure coincidence that an old friend of mine-a technical director for the team I'm driving for-was kind of kidding and he said, "We've got a spare car, would you be interested in driving it? My answer was immediately "OK, of course I would." And that was it. He went back to Podova and said that Alex would be interested in testing our car. That's the way it happened. After the first test, BMW Italy got excited as well, took it a little further and gave me the opportunity to drive the last race in Monza, the last race of the championship. One thing came to another, and they offered me the entire championship. So I wasn't really looking at this series as the ideal platform for me to restart my racing career. It just happened. I'm here, I'm enjoying what I'm doing and have discovered some very enjoyable and very intense racing, just a different way. It would be like asking, "Do you prefer lasagna, or do you prefer ice cream?" I like both.
ec: I'm more of a tortellini man. AZ: (laughs) OK, tortellini and ice cream. You would like to have both. I enjoy what I'm doing: touring cars. Yes, I miss the days when I was driving single-seaters. I believe overall that this is more difficult to develop the correct driving style. But eventually, if this is what you've been doing all your life, it is what you would call instinctive. For me to drive a touring car sometimes I have to sort of torture myself because my driving style is very smooth, and to let the car lean into the corner carrying a lot of speed, which is the typical way to take advantage of downforce. You kind of cuddle the car into the corner, take the tires to the limit; if you take the car into the corner a little bit faster you generate more downforce, therefore you manage to go around the turn. At certain times I'm still trying to use that technique. In touring cars, of course, we have no downforce at all with the result of me losing my line and having to slow down in order to not end up in the grass. Still, for me it's quite harder to drive the car the way it needs to be driven. On top of everything, I had to build and generate everything because there was no experience, no previous feedback we could rely on. Build my own controls, and that was quite difficult, because when you jump in the car you take for granted everything being in the right place and you can operate the car very naturally. They didn't know where to put the gear stick, the throttle pedal, or the brake, so the car felt a little funny. So I helped.
ec: When you were originally working on the development of the hand controls, all that work was done in the workshop in Italy?AZ: It had to be. It was consistent development. One day I would show up to the shop and they would say, "What do you need?" And I would say, "Of course I need to do everything with my hands." I had to pull the brake lever with my finger, hit the throttle with my thumb, use the right hand to downshift and to operate the clutch, and with my palm control the steering. That was definitely too much. That's when I suggested they let me use my prosthetic leg to press the brake pedal, and they said, "No, impossible." But, I'm a pretty unstoppable guy so, I went to the local grocery store and bought a scale to use, and I brought that back to the shop and put it against the wall and took my engineer and said, "Look, try to push on that thing." And it was more or less 180 pounds. And it was my turn and once I got into position, I was able to press over 200 pounds. Actually, it went up to 220. That's normal, you know? It's not because you have three joints like, heel, knee, and hip, you divide the force you generate by three. You've got that force in every single section of your leg. I know for sure that I cannot react the same as I normally could with all the right equipment that Mother Nature gave me in the first place, but I believed I could generate enough pressure to push the brake pedal. We went from there to designing a special pedal that would fit my foot, and basically this is the way I've been using the car since. I keep my prosthetic leg at a certain angle and when it's time to brake I just push down with my hip. The difficult thing was picking up the sensitivity it takes to correctly modulate the brake pedal, because that's the real part of being a driver that you have to master. I am specially needed in the sense of being handicapped, and I have developed hidden talents that we all have, but we normally don't need to use. This is why I can do things that a normal individual couldn't. If one were to jump in my car, they'd come out screaming that it's impossible and nobody can do it.
ec: Do you feel that what you've developed along with your team can also be used in a commercial application?AZ: It has potential for sure. If somebody has similar problems such as mine, and wants to try, thanks to what we've done they wouldn't start from zero. But to say that the exact identical controls would work for them... I could not guarantee that. Basically, you've lost some talents, but you've gained some others.
ec: Interesting, you've sharpened your mental abilities right there by that statement. The mental toughness alone, that's one aspect that not only continued, but you were able to build upon.AZ: Thank you for putting it that way. I don't think I can take that compliment without adding that I don't really believe that I would call that determination, because in reality I had a lot of fun doing it. When you have fun doing something you don't have to sacrifice to do it. You cannot call it commitment, or dedication, anything different. It was good to do it, so why not? It's as simple as that. There were times where I got to doubt a little that we could efficiently reach exactly what I thought we could. But the reality very often was the answer was right around the corner, and once that we got it under our belt we got an injection of new confidence.
ec: You are still very popular with motorsport fans in the U.S. Last year BMW had a WTCC car shipped over for the SEMA show in Las Vegas and it had your name all over it. I suppose it was a show car, but the point is your name has a strong attraction.AZ: I was there; it really was my car with the controls removed. The people were supportive and it was fun to be part of it.
ec: Are you signed up with Team BMW Italy to run next year also? Doing another season in the WTCC?AZ: Theoretically, yes. I say theoretically because right now, unfortunately, there's a little bit of controversy going on between the constructors in terms of writing the rules for next year's championship. It's quite a difficult task for the FIA to write technical rules that make everybody happy. When you have cars that were designed to be driven on the road and transform them into racecars, it's very understandable. I think the BMW, which costs $45,000, has a quality that translates into performance when you turn it into a racecar. When you take a SEAT, which goes for $15,000, you cannot expect the same type of quality, the same type of performance. So if you want to have these different manufacturers compete with each other, you must have flexible rules. But sometimes that type of flexibility creates inequity, which affects the racing, the series and everybody's view. And right now we're facing the big problem with the diesel, which in BMW's mind is utilizing the advantage of having too much boost, being too big, and so on. BMW has built a diesel car and out of the box it was immediately a second per lap faster then the gas car. So of course they had the option to say, OK, we can go with that and forget about the gas car. But they didn't want to do that, first because they don't believe the diesel engine may appeal to race fans because it's very quiet, and second, BMW has sold more than 50 touring cars around the world for national championships. If they accepted this new set of rules, and go for a new car with diesel power, that would mean that the gas cars would immediately become obsolete.
ec: So basically BMW is protecting the customer base. AZ: Exactly. What they are asking is the FIA to write new rules that would keep the diesel competitive so it would still be a choice for manufacturers to pursue. But it would not be mandatory if you want to win. This is basically what is happening right now. We've been under the impression all year long that SEAT kept the performance of the their car lower than they could have, not to impress too much. To use it just when it's needed. And now that we're getting near the end of the championship, it is just a rocket. That kind of proved the BMW theory. We've got a little bit of fog on the issue right now, but I'm confident that they will find an agreement. I already have an existing deal with BMW Italy and Team BMW Italy-Spain.
ec: Do you still follow other forms of motorsport?AZ: Oh yeah. Never forget that before I'm a driver, I'm a race fan. I was just very, very lucky to be able to turn this into a profession. I love motor racing and for sure, every time I switch a TV on, if there's a race, I watch it.
Grid Fillers:Happenings in the world of motorsport
Formula One: This season has been torpedoed by the sexscapades of FIA Boss, Max Mosley, and ridiculous officiating by certain stewards whose judgement and mental capabilities has not only been called out but the ongoing damage to the FIA which only gives ammo to those who see Ferrari complicity behind every move. The episode at Spa will remain a topic long after this season is over. Lewis Hamilton, whose McLaren was in a tight on-track battle with the Ferrari of Kimi Raikkonen, overshot a chicane and came out ahead. Having gained an unfair position, Hamilton correctly backed off to give the Ferrari the lead again and then make the pass the proper way. Hamilton won, the podium show went on and most went home happy. Not quite; after the race was over, the stewards slapped a 25-second penalty on Hamilton, wiping out his win. McLaren immediately filed an appeal, which as usual took weeks to get anywhere. The FIA International Court of Appeal ignored the apparent facts and refused to let McLaren to proceed.
Grand American: NASCAR has effectively taken over the Grand Am series, not that this is any surprise to those who followed the circus since it's inception. The shell that Grand Am operated under has always been a mystery of sorts. The fans certainly didn't embrace the series, even with guest appearances by NASCAR drivers.In a tight economy where even top NASCAR teams are watching the budgets, it's difficult to see how the International Speedway Corporation (ISC) will devote anything worthwhile to anything other than their top moneymaker. The previous investors in Grand Am have lost money and there really isn't anything in the current structure that will generate revenue for the ISC. Oddly enough, Grand Am is very popular with the entrants, who really don't seem to care if anybody is watching or attends. Notice I said entrants-how the sponsors feel is another matter entirely. One thing's for sure: there haven't been any cars on the grid lately sponsored by mortgage firms.
American Le Mans Series: The most interesting news out of the ALMS comes from GM and its plans for the 2009 and 2010 seasons. Give them credit for being optimistic as we ride out the financial crisis. A recent announcement will have the Corvettes that compete and largely fill the GT1 category campaigning in only three events next season as Pratt & Miller develop the new GT2 Corvette that will go head to head against Porsche and Ferrari. The plan is to contest a few GT2 events as a factory squad and then offer cars to private teams. The Pratt brats are very capable and there's no reason to doubt that they will be successful with the new Vette.
Le Mans Series: Pity the poor Peugeot. The LMP1 908 HDI diesel coupe had everything going for it in 2008. Fast, newfound reliability, driving talent, a virtually unlimited budget. The team cars finished first in all but the last round of the Le Mans Series endurance races based on the rules for the les 24 heures as written by the ACO. However, none of that mattered. In the big one that counts, Peugeot lost out to the Audi R10 TDI at Le Mans and the Le Mans Series championship also went by way of Ingolstadt to the tandem of Rockenfeller and Premat, who didn't win a single race but collected enough points for Audi to get the laurels. Somebody has to be the fall guy, so in my e-mail inbox, the following communiqu via the Lion: Following a period of three years of fruitful cooperation together, and by common accord, Paolo Catone and Peugeot Sport have decided not to extend the contract between them which extended until the end of 2008. Indeed, Paolo Catone wishes to give a new direction to his career.
Still want to be a chief engineer for a major manufacturer that wants to go racing?-KM