rasga Posted July 24, 2005 Author Report Posted July 24, 2005 6Mb at 60Gb i bet you a tenner we wont run out, KiteATB have never run out, close but no cigar! Cheers for the offer though, Quote
ZoMbooLio Posted July 24, 2005 Report Posted July 24, 2005 what board was it that did the damage? Quote
PaulLaurie Posted July 24, 2005 Report Posted July 24, 2005 'Mummy there's a giant kite on the beach' It's a blade II 2M I think, GIANT Quote
tiny_clanger Posted July 24, 2005 Report Posted July 24, 2005 Get VideoLAN - it's better than DivX and it plays eevvvverything!lol Quote
FUJILA Posted July 24, 2005 Report Posted July 24, 2005 Am useing winamp but it appears to be playing the vid upside down!!!wtf ??? any geeks out there tell what is going wrong? all the best ROB:D Quote
tttonyyy1599968643 Posted July 24, 2005 Report Posted July 24, 2005 any geeks out there tell what is going wrong? Two options: a) eyeballs in upside down b) monitor upside down Quote
rasga Posted July 24, 2005 Author Report Posted July 24, 2005 VLC, BSPlayer, Media Player Classics All good players VLC known to play anything , even if you drop an encoded rar on it!(with a clip in of course) Quote
Bill Benson Posted July 24, 2005 Report Posted July 24, 2005 Tune in to the next episode wherein her dog runs off and in an unfortunate and ironic turn of events while in chase suffers blunt trauma to the head by an out of control jugglying unicyclist prompting outrage from incredulous circus performers everywhere. Quote
Hopewell Posted July 24, 2005 Report Posted July 24, 2005 hmm... "I cant change course..." - of course you can you muppet... the jumps he does do shows him flying forwards however far he does, not once in a straight line... but alas the last one does No-one in their right mind would dump a kite like that on the floor (no1 i know at least) would wrestle it to the floor.. Would have to be a blade flyer Quote
dirty_knees Posted July 25, 2005 Report Posted July 25, 2005 load a rubbish he could have redirected and slowd down loads before that happend Quote
pyromunky Posted July 25, 2005 Report Posted July 25, 2005 He would have gone downwind loads if he had jumped when looking as overpowered as he did so he wouldnt have hit them, also he coulda just looped the kite infront of himself to go down wind although it would probs have been a bit over the top Quote
youngrider Posted July 25, 2005 Report Posted July 25, 2005 i cant change coyrse gives us a bad name really it wasnt me lol Quote
tttonyyy1599968643 Posted July 25, 2005 Report Posted July 25, 2005 Everyone that watches that program knows it's contrived. Some kids playing in a skip/on a hill with a mountain bike, you just know that there'll be some bizarre series of events that conspire to create an accident. Realisticly boarders are very aware of their surroundings and can actually stop pretty quickly if needed, either by powerslide or just by dropping the kite on the safety. Not that the general public know that. The worst realistic case with landboarding would be a collision with another person, but even then that is unlikely to result in fatal injuries. We know from car statistics that a child hit at 30mph is 80% likely to live, and most boarders average, what, 10-15mph, are somewhat softer than the front of a car and are on a surface softer than tarmac. The only way serious injury could occur from collision (as portrayed in this case) is the contrived sequence of events where the boarder doesn't stop or change course, and jumps at the person in his path, which simply isn't realistic. The factors to consider are: -the public are aware that plots are quite contrived for this program -the public is not aware that this is an unrealistic portrayal of what could happen The second point is why there's a problem, because there is little public prior knowledge to allow dismissal of the plot as fictional/contrived (like there would be with any better known sport). This is rather unfair, to say the least, as it may well lead to a greater perceived risk with regard to what we do. Quote
Johndango Posted July 25, 2005 Report Posted July 25, 2005 I can't believe there is so much interest in pap like casualty. Everyone knows you don't watch tv on a saturday night if you have more than one brain cell! Quote
paseawright Posted July 25, 2005 Report Posted July 25, 2005 I can't believe there is so much interest in pap like casualty. Everyone knows you don't watch tv on a saturday night if you have more than one brain cell! I don't watch it, you don't watch it...but it is the second most watched programme on BBC after Eastenders. -- Paul Quote
rayens Posted July 25, 2005 Report Posted July 25, 2005 Just in case anyone would like to talk to the people that actually ignorred the advice given about this program - here are some emails I am sure they would love to hear from well argued calm people showells@bbccasualty.co.uk - Producer dharvey@bbccasualty.co.uk - assistant producer These are the people that totally went against what their researchers said in the name of entertainment Quote
Flossie Posted July 25, 2005 Report Posted July 25, 2005 I still can't download the clip to watch it :( Have tired downloading it from the kiteatb site as per Rasga's first post, but all I get is the volume - no piccie. Can't download divx.com cos am on a work computer and there's a block on installing certain programmes. Any other way I can get to see it?????? :confused: Quote
Neil aka KC Posted July 25, 2005 Report Posted July 25, 2005 Just spoke to my boss to ask if he saw it, as i've not seen it and ask what he thought about it, and he said it never gave any bad impression on the sport what so ever to him. He said it came across as an acident nothing more or less, and was clear that the little boy was at fault by coming into the marked area. I think maybe we are far to bias to our sport and what other people think about it, by always thinking the worse... thats why i asked for someone outside of the sport for there honest opinion of how it came across. EDIT: remember there is no such thing as bad publicity Quote
spooky Posted July 25, 2005 Report Posted July 25, 2005 Sorry have to disagree there If that was the case,why do we get so many bans? Yes the littel boy went into the area, BUT having/saying things like, "I can not turn" shows we are not in control? When we are!! reffences to "death defiying sports" etc etc. Also which is it easy toget rid of? the small % of kiters on a beach or the 99.999999% of non kiters you have on a beach? Irrespective as to who is in the right? If we get labled as dangerous, then they will ban us, simple. Remeber it is not the thousands of people who saw it and saw nothing worng with it we have to worry about, it is the 1/2/5 people that thought it was dangerouse and complained? After all how many complaints get made to ban us from sites anyway? Port meadow in Oxford was just one, and they did not even substanciate it Besides, is it not worth complaining if they protrayed something incorrectly, even if it it has no actual effect on what we do? Because even if it did not make us look bad (which IMHO it did)surely that is not enough, wneed to make ourselves look GOOD Jon Just spoke to my boss to ask if he saw it, as i've not seen it and ask what he thought about it, and he said it never gave any bad impression on the sport what so ever to him. He said it came across as an acident nothing more or less, and was clear that the little boy was at fault by coming into the marked area. I think maybe we are far to bias to our sport and what other people think about it, by always thinking the worse... thats why i asked for someone outside of the sport for there honest opinion of how it came across. EDIT: remember there is no such thing as bad publicity Quote
ziggi Posted July 25, 2005 Report Posted July 25, 2005 What was said? Any idea of 'what they went against' were they told not to do this or something like that? Ziggi These are the people that totally went against what their researchers said in the name of entertainment Quote
Chivalry Posted July 25, 2005 Report Posted July 25, 2005 I still can't download the clip to watch it :( Have tired downloading it from the kiteatb site as per Rasga's first post, but all I get is the volume - no piccie. Can't download divx.com cos am on a work computer and there's a block on installing certain programmes. Any other way I can get to see it?????? :confused: can u say " www.winamp.com" ... Quote
Bill Benson Posted July 25, 2005 Report Posted July 25, 2005 "Get back behind the flags.... I can't change course.... gravitational pull of your child is toooo much, pleeeeeeezeee.... ugh, argh, ....... Scotty reverse engines, being pulled directly in to......" Sorry, couldn't help myself again. Quote
marman Posted July 25, 2005 Report Posted July 25, 2005 Not a very good kiter if he cant stop ay?? you should always be in control... But then he shouldnt need to in the kiting zone.... the kite comming unhooked is perfect aswel also as a kiter he should never think off taking up acting Quote
Flossie Posted July 25, 2005 Report Posted July 25, 2005 can u say " www.winamp.com" ... Can't install winamp, can't install flash, can't install divx :( We're blocked by Admin cos it's a work PC ............... so still can't see the clip! Quote
Crazy1599968628 Posted July 25, 2005 Report Posted July 25, 2005 Is it wrong that that made me laugh? Ohh dear...its so over-done. Its SO unrealistic. A parent would never get up to stop their child/dog running towards you They'd just shout. Quote
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