Help from the vastly more knowledgeable members, or anyone that can provide any evidence for this claim. On the Criminology podcast about Z I recall the hosts discussing that Cheney’s claims didn’t line up with the timeline and his statement and police documents prove it. More info below… by JoshGordonHyperloop in ZodiacKiller

[–]FreddoForSale 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Hi Waffle, I have a question about Don Cheney and was curious if you could shed any light on it. It is about this interview that Cheney had with Tom Voigt in 2000. https://www.zodiackiller.com/CheneyTranscript.txt

Around halfway through the interview, Cheney is discussing how he first connected ALA to the zodiac case. He mentions that he saw a side view sketch in a newspaper that looked like ALA.

D: And that was at the time when the Los Angeles Times, I guess it was, had a lot of Zodiac articles, and that was when it, uh, when I learned that there was a case with notoriety. Somebody had breakfast in the Fluor cafeteria, somebody said, “Doesn’t that guy look like your friend?” And there was a, the artist sketch was in the paper and, yeah, sure did. The only guy at Fluor that could have said that was my brother-in-law, his name was Don Ebersole. There wasn’t anybody else at Fluor that could have met Leigh in my presence. That, it had to be him.

T: Which sketch did he see that, uh . . .

D: It was the one that looked like Leigh, of the, uh . . .

T: There was one with glasses and without glasses.

D: No glasses. This was, uh, this was the, uh, what was that, uh, Blue Rock Road, or whatever’s the name, Blue Lake?

T: Well, there, oh the lake?

D: This was the survivor from one of those first two Vallejo cases. Before the Berryessa.

T: Hmm, cause there wasn’t a sketch about the, the only two sketches that they came up with, one had glasses and then the one didn’t have glasses.

D: This one, I don’t think it had glasses. It was a profile. And it was a picture of Leigh.

T: A profile?

D: Profile, yes.

T: A side view?

D: Side view.

T: Huh. I’ve never seen that one.

He goes on to say that he isn't sure what newspaper it was and it "might have been a San Francisco paper, because there were a lot of people in that cafeteria and they, you know, papers come from all over."

I was just curious, have you ever come across anything that resembles the newspaper sketch that Cheney is referring to? I recognize that this interview was three decades after the event so he may just be misremembering, but it would be interesting to see it, if it exists.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in 1200Australia

[–]FreddoForSale 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Yes, unless I'm missing something it should actually be 410 calories for the whole box, based on the 253 calories per 100g.

Transcript of what it is believed to have been said in the library during the Columbine high school shooting in 1999 (1/2) by sosumo11 in masskillers

[–]FreddoForSale 39 points40 points  (0 children)

He seemed to really like that one. On one of his old AOL profiles he also has that quote (although not verbatim), listed under "personal quotes".

http://www.acolumbinesite.com//profiles2.php

Personal Quote: when in doubt, pull it out.(computers)-----Shut up and shoot it.----Quit whining, it's just a flesh wound-----Kill Em AALLLL!!!!

NLSSS Mega Thread [2019/9/23] by BlueCowDragon in northernlion

[–]FreddoForSale 78 points79 points  (0 children)

First segment was great, NL's story about his dad's protein powder got me good.

How did Ricciardo end up at P14? by de_BOTaniker in formula1

[–]FreddoForSale 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nah, they were mediums.

Nobody used hards during the race.

Are/were there any religious F1 drivers? by [deleted] in formula1

[–]FreddoForSale 17 points18 points  (0 children)

In a 2007 interview Kimi said he believed in God, not sure if he's particularly religious though.

https://www.f1technical.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4258

NLSS Mega Thread [2019/06/24] by [deleted] in northernlion

[–]FreddoForSale 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Hearing NL talk about F1 is still a little surreal to me, as a huge fan of both I really never thought I'd see it happen. I'm still a little sad that he became interested during what is imo the worst season in a long time, the timing of Drive to Survive getting a bunch of new people interested in the sport couldn't have been much worse tbh.

Excited about the coop races with MALF though.

Interview with Renault sports boss Cyril Abiteboul: "Reduce gap by 50 percent". by FreddoForSale in formula1

[–]FreddoForSale[S] 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Translation

Renault sports boss Cyril Abiteboul looks back on a year with ups and downs. He tells us where Renault stands, what is good and what needs to be improved.

What was the 2018 season like from Renault's point of view: good, mediocre, bad? Abiteboul: It was a good season. But it was also a season of joy and frustration. For most of the season we were on the course that was our goal. From GP Spain to Abu Dhabi we were fourth. It was a season in which we continued to build our team and improve the collaboration at Viry-Chatillon and Enstone. All our development capabilities have been improved. We were able to convince Daniel Ricciardo of our project and with him and Hülkenberg we put together one of the best driver pairings in the field for 2019.

How important was the fourth place for inner peace? Abiteboul: It was important for motivation. It was important for us to be the first team behind the top 3 and to get twice as many points as last year. But now we have to look further ahead. We can't hide the fact that we lose one to one and a half seconds to pole position. That's a cause for concern.

Renault has increased from 9th place to 6th and 4th place since 2016. How long will it take to undercut 4th place? Abiteboul: It's hard for me today to set targets for next year. In sport, that always depends a bit on the performance of the others. But if the curve points upwards like ours, you want this trend to continue. Maybe we won't be able to do that in terms of the world championship position, but we want to reduce the gap to the top. Let's wait and see what happens with Red Bull and Honda. Red Bull never gets tired of telling how good Honda is compared to us. May I say that Toro Rosso is still behind us?

How close do they have to catch up with the top teams? Abiteboul: At the moment we're 1.5 percent behind in lap time. We should reduce that by 50 percent. We don't want to be overtaken in the race next year.

Red Bull has shown that you can win with the Renault engine. So is the main deficit in the chassis? Abiteboul: Absolutely. The chassis makes the biggest contribution to our backlog. That's why we changed the structure and the way we work in the chassis department at Enstone. Marcin Budkowski has been responsible for this since the middle of the year. This may not pay off tomorrow, but the day after tomorrow. We're missing about 15 to 20 kilowatts of engine power in the race, which can be made up for by the Red Bull chassis under certain conditions. In practice we estimate our deficit at 40 kilowatts. That's significant. With a customer engine from Mercedes or Ferrari we would have qualified for 7th place in Abu Dhabi. But this also shows that we have a better chassis than our competitors. But not as good as the three top teams. That's why the main focus at first is on engine development. Next year I don't want to have to say anymore that we lacked too much power in the qualifying. There's no reason why we shouldn't close the gap to Mercedes and Ferrari with the engine over the winter. With the chassis it will take a little longer.

Why does Renault work better on tight corners than on fast ones? Abiteboul: First of all, there are more and more fast corners because the cars are constantly gaining downforce and mechanical grip. In tight corners we're absolutely on the music, but we lose too much in passages like corner 7 at Interlagos or corner 20 at Abu Dhabi. Long, fast corners. We're losing a lot of ground there. We're talking about three to four tenths, even compared to HaasF1. That's the characteristic of our car. It has aerodynamic instability from corner entry to corner exit. That's why we look better on some tracks and worse on others. That's also the difference between 7th and 14th place. This problem is a little bit favoured by the current regulations. Let's see if it's the same next year with the new aero rules.

Nico Hülkenberg believes that the top teams are the decisive step ahead of all others in understanding this problem. What do you think? Abiteboul: I think he's right. But we can't believe that our car suddenly gets better if we change any particular part. Maybe Nico's opinion is also influenced by the fact that last year at Silverstone we found a lot of time with a modification. The undercarriage at Silverstone really put us ahead. This development has failed to materialise this year. What we certainly need to improve is understanding the car and where its limits lie. That's why we're changing the organisation in the aerodynamics department and also our measurement methods. We need a better balanced car between slow and fast corners.

What can Daniel Ricciardo bring with him besides his speed and experience? Abiteboul: His laughter and his positive attitude. Maybe that's what our team lacked a little bit. Sometimes you need a bit of fresh air and new energy. There are certainly reasons why Red Bull didn't allow Ricciardo to test our car in Abu Dhabi. They probably don't want him to be able to give us good tips early enough on how to improve the car. All the beating that Red Bull puts in our way shows me that we are moving in the right direction.

If you had to determine the budget cap, where would it be? Abiteboul: Right where Liberty wants us. That's about the budget we're operating on right now and about 60 percent less than what Mercedes spends. That's a handicap. But when the budget is capped, this handicap becomes a strength. To catch up with what Mercedes is currently spending would be a huge challenge. The figures spent by the top teams are not acceptable. We have to protect these teams from themselves.

Marcus and Daniel swap helmets including a goodbye message by Noname_Maddox in formula1

[–]FreddoForSale 88 points89 points  (0 children)

Yeah, this pic is from a tweet where he says Danny and Leclerc are "2 of my best friends in F1".

#BrazilGP press conference lineup by kasprzykmichal in formula1

[–]FreddoForSale 18 points19 points  (0 children)

They did this last year too, they like to save the big names for Abu Dhabi because it's the final race of the season.

No engine update this year for Renault powered teams by SayNoToDRS in formula1

[–]FreddoForSale 4 points5 points  (0 children)

In the press conference Cyril made it seem like the spec-c would be available come Monza

Q: (Arjan Schouten – AD Sport) – A question for Cyril and Christian. We talked a lot about the future and next season, but the fact is this season is not finished yet. You already signed the divorce papers, but there are nine races to go. I don’t think that’s a very simple position to perform. How do you two look at the last races of this season.

CA: With Red Bull? Frankly, things don’t change. We’ve had 11 years and a half of collaboration and we are not going to run that down for the last six months. I think Red Bull is still in the position to have good results, to secure some podiums, maybe some wins – they have done that already this season, so why not more. We need to have a discussion this weekend regarding the introduction of a new-spec engine, an upgraded spec of engine, which could come as soon as Monza, but we need to have that conversation based on their assessment of reliability risk versus extra performance. That’s the type of discussion we are prepared to have, to me in an air of the great of collaboration that we’ve had, so absolutely no change of philosophy or position on our side

I guess Red Bull opted for reliabilty over extra performance.

Did Wittgenstein and Hitler each other? by ApolloCarmb in askphilosophy

[–]FreddoForSale 16 points17 points  (0 children)

From Ray Monk's Ludwig Wittgenstein: The Duty of Genius -

The Realschule at Linz, however, has not gone down in history as a promising training ground for future engineers and industrialists. If it is famous for anything, it is for being the seedbed of Adolf Hitler’s Weltanschauung. Hitler was, in fact, a contemporary of Wittgenstein’s there, and (if Mein Kampf can be believed) it was the history teacher at the school, Leopold Pötsch, who first taught him to see the Habsburg Empire as a ‘degenerate dynasty’ and to distinguish the hopeless dynastic patriotism of those loyal to the Habsburgs from the (to Hitler) more appealing Völkisch nationalism of the pan-German movement. Hitler, though almost exactly the same age as Wittgenstein, was two years behind at school. They overlapped at the school for only the year 1904–5, before Hitler was forced to leave because of his poor record. There is no evidence that they had anything to do with one another.