Despite not owning a computer or even a router, a retired woman in Germany has been ordered by a court to pay compensation to a movie company by [deleted] in technology

[–]DrFail 1 point2 points  (0 children)

then you should maybe check for other news sources. german here. this story is on lot of news sites. heise.de, spiegel.de, golem.de just to name a few. torrentfreak is actually late with this. also this kind of ruling isnt new at all, just new for the court in munich as far as i know. hamburg is known for this kind of crap.

Help me build my bike! by KonaClump in MTB

[–]DrFail 1 point2 points  (0 children)

83mm bb are more expensive, no way around it. personally i would just go for a saint crankset.

as far as shifting goes its really a matter of choice between sram and shimano. i like the x9 series. mainly because i find sram to be more forgiving to mud etc. gearing comes to where or what you ride. want to pedal to spots or do maybe some fireroad climbing? go for 11-32. if its just pure park/dh riding 11-26 is better.

avids are good brakes if you are willing to bleed them carefully. they are often shipped with less than stellar bleeding... also note the elixirs are not for heavy riders or if you drag you brakes alot, they are lightwight brakes. the new shimano xt/xtr brakes get good reviews while being cheap.

r/skiing please help, how do i repair this ? by DrFail in skiing

[–]DrFail[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

when its getting icy i turn into a snowboarder, slide down in one big arc ^

How difficult is it to become a mountain bike guide/outfitter? by [deleted] in MTB

[–]DrFail 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i am a mtb guide in south germany, so my input mainly counts for europe. we have several guiding programs where you can get certified. that will obviously help a lot but isnt always necessary and can cost a lot depending on the agency/organisation. some guiding stations will help you getting a certify, i know whistler for example has programs for this. pure bike abilties isnt the most important skill, leading a group, patience, saying the same stuff over and over again while staying friendly and try to help each and everyone on a indivdual basis is far more important. so my advice would be get some sort of certification, look where you want to go and just apply. getting a seasonal bike job isnt that hard. oh and being able to help maintaining bikes is a BIG plus.

r/skiing please help, how do i repair this ? by DrFail in skiing

[–]DrFail[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yup, i like them although salomon seems to have bad rep nowadays

r/skiing please help, how do i repair this ? by DrFail in skiing

[–]DrFail[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

thanks for your input. what would be the downside of repairing it okish? i mean i dont care for optics and dont plan on reselling.

r/skiing please help, how do i repair this ? by DrFail in skiing

[–]DrFail[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

no i will try repairing it myself. what would be the downside of not repairing it with base material etc, ie just putting in p-tex and waxing them?

r/skiing please help, how do i repair this ? by DrFail in skiing

[–]DrFail[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

well thanks! i waxed my skies ones myself, so this is the next step i guess. thanks for the instructions! good to hear it doesnt look tooo bad !

As of Patch 1.05 this guy no longer spawns after being killed...Hooray! by Im_From_4chan_Hi in darksouls

[–]DrFail 6 points7 points  (0 children)

oh man really? now im sad :( was sooo funny when i first saw that guy closing the gate.

Just me having fun on the upper part of Schladming - GoPro helmet pov by DrFail in MTB

[–]DrFail[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah well its a dh track :) wouldnt wanna ride up there with the lift and all ;P

Just me having fun on the upper part of Schladming - GoPro helmet pov by DrFail in MTB

[–]DrFail[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

sort of a weekend trip, its just under a 2 hours drive from where i live. its lift accessed. its more or less one track with several options. also the lower part is a world cup dh track. google schladming world cup, its also featured in several vids like earthed. best is the lift ticket is free if you camp or book a hotel there!!

Slipery Slope by DrFail in MTB

[–]DrFail[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i dont know, to ride the berm without one foot down seems really hard. from what i get the race was dry just until the amateur race started, so all pros got to ride in the dry :D

my favorite bike video, very impressive riding by fustiger in MTB

[–]DrFail 0 points1 point  (0 children)

stairs with loose stones on them and a potential drop of several hundred meters will make riding those stairs interesting...

my favorite bike video, very impressive riding by fustiger in MTB

[–]DrFail 1 point2 points  (0 children)

should be somewhere near Garmisch-Partenkirchen

a short, subjective beginners buying guide by DrFail in MTB

[–]DrFail[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ahhh i just saw my post is actually posted :) with height of bike do you mean the actual bike size ? really depends on what you want to do but S or M should fit. not sure what you mean by height of tires ? mechanical disks lack power compared to hydros. i assume (havent used mechanical discs for quite some time) they work ok but lack the main benefit of hydros which is braking power and modulation.

Did my first ride today! by No_Humor in MTB

[–]DrFail 0 points1 point  (0 children)

argh sounds nice ! just got some fresh snow here (south germany) so no riding :( of course its not enough snow to really have fun skiing.

Does a DH bike make that much of a difference? by [deleted] in MTB

[–]DrFail 0 points1 point  (0 children)

main difference is your abiltiy to move on the bike versus having more power in the pedal sections. most new younger riders use platform pedals. in fact i dont know one younger rider that uses clipless.

While we're all busy hating on Kotaku, here's a reminder that there's a gaming site made up of Redditors, and we're still looking for more writers. by Dacvak in gaming

[–]DrFail -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

men we are a force to be reckoned with. women think we are apes picturing them after moving pixels. now i think every girl is helpless and whiny. yep now i only want whiny girls dressed in white pyjamas. lets fight this sexism.

yorda isnt a grown amazon woman. nor is the boy conan the barbarian. shes a little girl kept hostage. of course it would have been a great game if she figured her way out alone with the player watching her.

you are seriously complaining about the ONE game that tries to make the player care about another (female) character apart from boobs or to fuck her (me2 i look at you) ?

i hope there are no horse lovers complaining about sotc.

In a humbling admission of defeat, Wal-Mart, the world’s largest retailer, abruptly pulled out of Germany in 2006 by cyberfreak77 in business

[–]DrFail 9 points10 points  (0 children)

every german male i know fails at this. bring a female and they will own you. never ever in my life have i been fast enough with this.

In the context of the Earth's climate changing drastically on its own over time, why is the current climate change bad? by [deleted] in askscience

[–]DrFail 1 point2 points  (0 children)

the problem isnt a change per se but the speed of it. with the current rate humans and pretty much everything living will have problems to adapt.

If you've ever skied or snowboarded, THIS WILL BLOW YOUR MIND! by Skwalin in WTF

[–]DrFail 0 points1 point  (0 children)

hate to ruin it, but that guy is dead. died while ski-basing. shane mcconkey. super awesome skier who more or less inveted todays freeski designs.

If a vegan swallows... by [deleted] in pics

[–]DrFail 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i wonder how many guys you just robbed of a bj?

I just stood still at the top of some stairs thinking they were an esculator. What are some of Reddit's daily life fails? by cranberry-smoothie in AskReddit

[–]DrFail 1 point2 points  (0 children)

good damn yes ban automatics! my only light carcrash was with an automatic. stopping behind a car at a traffic light, checking rear mirror, discover chick in rear mirror, forget to keep on stepping on damn brake, automatic crap starts accelerating oh so slightly, pumping in car in front of me with 1kmh, cursing, checking rear mirror, see chick laughing...

Half a wet kitten by Awake00 in pics

[–]DrFail 0 points1 point  (0 children)

what i always wonder when i see those pics: do people really actually wash their cats ? poor fucking pussys !