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The Joy of Live Television – Le Mans Coverage + Drunk People

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Last weekend was the 79th running of the 24 hour race at Le Mans. Speed channel was covering it and they did a marvelous job of it. You need to tune in next year for the race — or hell, many of the races and shows!

That being said it’s easy to get loopy after you’ve been on the ambling about for more than seven hours — both working or just watching the race.

It’s dusk. You’ve been awake all day. The race has been going on for seven hours now. You’ve had more than your fair share of alcohol…

Just skip to around 1:20 for the fun bit. (Ignore the slightly wonky video — he seemed almost out of range for what he was doing. The audio on the other hand it just fine.)

Ahhh… like I said… live + drunk.

I’m not sure who’s drunker.

Grin

*hic*

Radio and Mythbusters collide

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Watching yesterday’s episode of Mythbusters was cool. Well, obviously.

On the “No Pain No Gain” episode they were trying to show swearing let you endure pain better. The problem they run into is that you can’t swear on TV. Not just swearing, but even showing you swear is problematic (just in case you can read lips I suppose). So Adam fabricated a “swear shield” so you couldn’t see their f*&@ing mouths. “Blurring is expensive.”

The coolness ratcheted up when they tested it.

…. . .-.. .-.. —

“HELLO” in Morse Code was the tones played over his voice! Ok, I had to replay it a bunch of times on the TiVo to catch it since it was at around 20 WPM, but that’s OK.

Similarly when Tory was being filmed:

…. ..- .-. – …

“HURTS”

I can’t copy that fast, but it sure is cool knowing a bit of code.

A lot of old time hams are upset that you don’t need to pass a code test to get your ticket. That’s true, but it also lowers the bar to get people in. Morse code still has it’s place in the world: it goes where a lot of more advanced modulations can’t because it gets through interference a whole lot better.

And you can also bleep things out with it!