Have no real interest in F1 but would be rooting for Max purely on the basis that Hamilton is one of the most detestable sportspeople in existence.
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Originally posted by Degag View Post
Looks car crash in my humble opinion. I do like Frankie Boyle in his usual medium but how he'd adapt to this i'm not too sure.
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Terrible decision not to pit Hamilton. With a big lead the strategy should always be to track your opponent.
Happened in an Americas Cup years ago where one team had a massive lead going into the final leg. All they needed to do was sail beside the team in second for they final leg. They decided to plot a different course, met with some localized squalls, and lost the cup in the end.Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product. ~Eleanor Roosevelt
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Originally posted by Wombatman View PostTerrible decision not to pit Hamilton. With a big lead the strategy should always be to track your opponent.
Happened in an Americas Cup years ago where one team had a massive lead going into the final leg. All they needed to do was sail beside the team in second for they final leg. They decided to plot a different course, met with some localized squalls, and lost the cup in the end.
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Originally posted by dobby View PostCroas country Euros in Abbotstown. That Norwegian young lad is a freak. Won at an absolute canter, never looked in any bother and looked like he was ready to go again at the end. Great race to watch unfold. Hope Lazare is enjoying the day out there.
The U23 race was electric too.
I hold silver in tit for tat, and I love you for that
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Originally posted by Lazare View Post
It was incredible to watch him. He truly is the GOAT. He'll likely dominate that race for most of the next decade. Parked myself in a cracking spot about 40m from the tape.
The U23 race was electric too.
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Originally posted by Solksjaer! View Post
Was a great start to the sporting day. Watched all of them. Tough cookies .I hold silver in tit for tat, and I love you for that
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Originally posted by ComradeCollie View Post
Pretty sure it went to shit after Michael Colgan was me tooed out of the place.https://www.irishtimes.com/news/irel...lgan-1.3279488
She is now gone and it was noticeable that when she left the all the quotes were along the lines of thanking her for her hard work and efforts. There was a complete lack of anyone saying they regretted her going or how would they fill the void she'd leave, or looking forward to working with her in the future. She was very very unpopular.
In her defence I think she at least did try to put on different types of shows - Colgan had an almost continuous rotation of Beckett, Miller, Coward, Pinter & Wilde and when Selina took over she tried things like The Snapper and The Great Gatsby (both huge hits, although Gatsby cost ridiculous money to stage). But not a lot else worked out and both those aforementioned hit shows were brought back which is always a key indicator in theatreland that you've had a string of duds. And unsurprisingly all these experimental shows alienated their traditional/core audience .
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Report into the HSE cyber attack, which detonated on the 14th May, if anyone interested. Largely boilerplate with some redacted. PWC playing softball and acting as apologists for their paymasters obviously. Still pretty clear that cyber-security infrastructure and management was a shambles. The lads were lurking on the system for 8 weeks prior to the attack.The DoH essentially prevented the same attack but the HSE couldn't.
Two beauties from many:
“On 31 March 2021, the HSE’s antivirus software detected the execution of two software tools commonly used by ransomware groups: Cobalt Strike and Mimikatz, on the Patient Zero Workstation. The antivirus software was set to monitor mode so it did not block the malicious commands.”"During the recovery process in the days following the ransomware attack it became apparent that disaster recovery (DR) arrangements for IT systems were ad hoc and inconsistent. With the Attacker able to corrupt some primary data stores for disaster recovery, there was a requirement to identify secondary stores and attempt to recover from them. A workstream was initiated to attempt to locate them and test the viability of recovery. Were systems to have been recovered using this method, they would have been recovered to different points in time that backups were available for, and there was no confidence in the completeness (or in some cases tested viability) of recovery solutions. As a result, when the decryption key became available from the Attacker, the decision was made to abandon work to recover from backups, and instead recover systems from their production environment, using the decryption capability provided by the Attacker. It cannot be confidently asserted that all health services would have been able to recover in a timely manner (or even at all) without the provision of the decryption key by the Attacker."
Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product. ~Eleanor Roosevelt
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Originally posted by MysteryGuest View PostLol- in favour but not in favour of any of the actual consequences
A large majority of voters favour a united Ireland in the long term, but are opposed to a new national flag, a new national anthem, paying higher taxes or curtailing public spending to facilitate it, the latest Irish Times/Ipsos MRBI poll has found.
Don't be afraid. There is always a way forward.
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Originally posted by BennyHiFi View Post
A softly spoken hero of the past and visionary for the future.
Don't be afraid. There is always a way forward.
"They were released from prison at the end of 1998 under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement, which Paddy Kielty says he voted for despite knowing it would free his dad's killers."
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Thanks for all the messages, its been an intense few days, looking forward to the holidays now.
I can see how funerals are supers spreader fiestas for the virus, so far I don't know of anyone who has shown symptoms or failed a test but we won't be in the clear for a few days.Last edited by Strewelpeter; 12-12-21, 21:58.Turning millions into thousands
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Wouldn't normally link to the sun but WTF is going on here
FORMER Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams has been slammed for appearing in a video on social media where he sings a bizarre IRA version of a Christmas carol. The short skit – which has caused outr…
The contrast with the Kielty video is staggering.Turning millions into thousands
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Originally posted by Strewelpeter View PostWouldn't normally link to the sun but WTF is going on here
https://www.thesun.ie/news/8055086/g...istmas-sketch/
The contrast with the Kielty video is staggering.
While the past is complex we don't need to get too hung up on one person (or one group's) interpretation of it. Those days are gone.
On the ground, everything is different. 'Staggering' differences will remain only if we let them. And I think we all know we just don't have to do that anymore.
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Sneaked a rugby weekend away in Galway\Clare with the traditional lobster feast in Linnanes. Wonderful and a swim off the Flaggy Shore to get our middle-aged juices flowing again this morning.
Feel the Connacht support has become a bit jaded about beating big French teams though. I remember when ye were shit lads."We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Originally posted by Raoul Duke III View PostSneaked a rugby weekend away in Galway\Clare with the traditional lobster feast in Linnanes. Wonderful and a swim off the Flaggy Shore to get our middle-aged juices flowing again this morning.
Feel the Connacht support has become a bit jaded about beating big French teams though. I remember when ye were shit lads.
I feel the rugby entertainment quality has gone up over the last while, but the game has been a big loser during covid and there has to be real questions over whether it will recover or spiral downwards over the next few years.- Serious financial issues across Ireland and the UK
- Two years of very limited social playing leading to people walking away from it
- Very shit support for volunteers in the game trying to spread the playing of rugby
- Limited geographic/social spread of the game as a result of both of these
- A dull product at pro level for a number of years which has put casual watchers off (beginning to emerge from this now)
- Legacy Head injury damage could wipe the pro game out
I think the GAA had a great covid as they really did keep the local playing and training going at a time when folk were desperate for options. That will pay off in the long run...
‘IF YOU had not committed great sins, God would not have sent a punishment like me upon you.” Genghis Khan
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Connacht match really was great - stopped me from watching a second of the F1, which I knew would be a good viewing choice too! Stade obviously didn't send the best match day squad over, but at the same time Connacht were missing 5 or 6 first team superstars, so evened out. Next week's game against Leicester will be interesting, am sure the Tigers will be massive massive favourites.
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Originally posted by Raoul Duke III View PostYou missed out the biggest negative V: the Lions tour!
I think the dull product comment captured the games themselves and I'd love to hear a few Irish players (and Irish administrators) say playing and planning for the lions is not the pinnacle of their rugby careers.
Winning a RWC with Ireland is the pinnacle. Why do we not speak this truth?
A lions tour every 4 years with a combination of nations and structures where a lot of things in the build-up and the tour itself are completely out of Irish rugby's control should be acknowledged as the distraction it is imo.‘IF YOU had not committed great sins, God would not have sent a punishment like me upon you.” Genghis Khan
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Originally posted by ionapaul View PostConnacht match really was great - stopped me from watching a second of the F1, which I knew would be a good viewing choice too! Stade obviously didn't send the best match day squad over, but at the same time Connacht were missing 5 or 6 first team superstars, so evened out. Next week's game against Leicester will be interesting, am sure the Tigers will be massive massive favourites.
‘IF YOU had not committed great sins, God would not have sent a punishment like me upon you.” Genghis Khan
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Originally posted by V for Vendetta View Post
It was a cracking game. In fact I enjoyed all the Irish teams games tbh for different reasons (Leinster's game being the least enjoyable but the first 30 minutes were positive against a shambles of a pro team)
I feel the rugby entertainment quality has gone up over the last while, but the game has been a big loser during covid and there has to be real questions over whether it will recover or spiral downwards over the next few years.- Serious financial issues across Ireland and the UK
- Two years of very limited social playing leading to people walking away from it
- Very shit support for volunteers in the game trying to spread the playing of rugby
- Limited geographic/social spread of the game as a result of both of these
- A dull product at pro level for a number of years which has put casual watchers off (beginning to emerge from this now)
- Legacy Head injury damage could wipe the pro game out
I think the GAA had a great covid as they really did keep the local playing and training going at a time when folk were desperate for options. That will pay off in the long run...
There seems to be still a strong interest at school level which is where you want to start getting people involved. I was at an under 14's game on Saturday morning between St Gerard's and Gonzaga and both teams had an A and a B team so two matches played simultaneously which was about 70 players involved in total.
Obviously, you will lose players over time and these are your traditional rugby schools but still thought it was a decent number to have out playing.
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Originally posted by Lao Lao View Post
There seems to be still a strong interest at school level which is where you want to start getting people involved. I was at an under 14's game on Saturday morning between St Gerard's and Gonzaga and both teams had an A and a B team so two matches played simultaneously which was about 70 players involved in total.
Obviously, you will lose players over time and these are your traditional rugby schools but still thought it was a decent number to have out playing.
My brother's school program that he's run for 20 years on a voluntary capacity in Tullow (3 female and 3 male teams) has imploded due to lack of school support during covid times and fuck all support from the leinster branch rugby officer program. I'd say that's more symptomatic of the situation away from the rugby school base...
Here's an example of a player that his program helped produce. https://www.connachtrugby.ie/academy.../charlie-ward/
If you turn off that tap and you stick with your traditional rugby schools in leinster and munster then Irish rugby loses long-term.
I was also talking about the cohort of 17/18 year olds who have left school or 21/22 year olds who have left colleges and couldn't get a game or even train for two seasons....
Last edited by V for Vendetta; 13-12-21, 14:27.‘IF YOU had not committed great sins, God would not have sent a punishment like me upon you.” Genghis Khan
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Originally posted by V for Vendetta View Post
It was a cracking game. In fact I enjoyed all the Irish teams games tbh for different reasons (Leinster's game being the least enjoyable but the first 30 minutes were positive against a shambles of a pro team)
I feel the rugby entertainment quality has gone up over the last while, but the game has been a big loser during covid and there has to be real questions over whether it will recover or spiral downwards over the next few years.- Serious financial issues across Ireland and the UK
- Two years of very limited social playing leading to people walking away from it
- Very shit support for volunteers in the game trying to spread the playing of rugby
- Limited geographic/social spread of the game as a result of both of these
- A dull product at pro level for a number of years which has put casual watchers off (beginning to emerge from this now)
- Legacy Head injury damage could wipe the pro game out
I think the GAA had a great covid as they really did keep the local playing and training going at a time when folk were desperate for options. That will pay off in the long run...
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Originally posted by Sickpuppy View Post
I’m sure the 3rd one will do what the first two have failed to do keep the faith.Gone full 'Glinner' since June 2022.
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Originally posted by ComradeCollie View Post
I'm looking forward to getting a QR code tattooed on my forehead, so I no longer have to take my phone out to go for a pint.
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Originally posted by V for Vendetta View Post
Just to be clear I wasn't referring to private schools and u14s in south Dublin.
My brother's school program that he's run for 20 years on a voluntary capacity in Tullow (3 female and 3 male teams) has imploded due to lack of school support during covid times and fuck all support from the leinster branch rugby officer program. I'd say that's more symptomatic of the situation away from the rugby school base...
Here's an example of a player that his program helped produce. https://www.connachtrugby.ie/academy.../charlie-ward/
If you turn off that tap and you stick with your traditional rugby schools in leinster and munster then Irish rugby loses long-term.
I was also talking about the cohort of 17/18 year olds who have left school or 21/22 year olds who have left colleges and couldn't get a game or even train for two seasons....
That's a pity about the school program in Tullow. - How does the local club tie in with the school or does it at all? I don't have a huge knowledge of the club but thought they did things well down there.
It would be great if rugby could expand it's base beyond the traditional school teams but just think you are being overly pessimistic about the future. I think no matter how much money, resources or time is put into rugby, it will always be a distant 3rd in the rankings of sports that people in Ireland take up and that's with a small population (in comparison to some other rugby playing nations). At some point, is has to come down to an ROI decision by the IRFU and the provinces.
I think the reality is that we will always be heavily reliant on the traditional rugby schools (Looking at the 23 man squad that beat NZ, when you take out residency players, the overwhelming majority all come from the traditional rugby schools) and as good as it would be to keep getting your Charlie Wards of this world, I just don't think that it is going to change much in the grand scheme of things.
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Hmmm, wish I hadn't had that bet with HH now after hearing some of the UK Omicron modelling. Basically 1 in 3 people to get it in the next 8 weeks.
Even if as mild as reported in SA, that would still be a lot of hospitalisations and deaths."We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Originally posted by Raoul Duke III View PostHmmm, wish I hadn't had that bet with HH now after hearing some of the UK Omicron modelling. Basically 1 in 3 people to get it in the next 8 weeks.
Even if as mild as reported in SA, that would still be a lot of hospitalisations and deaths.Gone full 'Glinner' since June 2022.
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Originally posted by Raoul Duke III View PostHmmm, wish I hadn't had that bet with HH now after hearing some of the UK Omicron modelling. Basically 1 in 3 people to get it in the next 8 weeks.
Even if as mild as reported in SA, that would still be a lot of hospitalisations and deaths.
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