edition VIII, january 2007. word of the month: former go-kart racer
Podium revolution on the way?
A number of leading mathematicians
have called for a complete overhaul to podium arrangements in Australian
motorsport.
The group want podiums to feature the top pi (about 3.14 to those
of us without a maths degree) placed finishers as they are presented
with trophies, instead of the current top 3.00.
"It's just pure mathematics. Everyone knows that pi is equal
to 3.14159265358979323846264338327950288419716939937510 when rounded
to 50 digits, so why not use it for the podium as well,” said
Frederick Jonsoan, one of the mathematicians behind the push.
“I implore Australian motorsport to make this change. The public
will love it and the show will be massively improved.”
However, if tumsp.com’s research is anything to go by, Jonsoan
shouldn’t be counting his chickens before they hatch, regardless
of his qualifications in the field of counting.
"What next?” mused one industry source. “If we give
them this, they'll want to change the marking on grid positions from
1, 2, 3 and 4 to Alpha, Delta, Beta and Gamma.
“They should stick to solitaire and leave the real world problems
to people who live in the real world.”
The unnamed motorsport satire project tried to get Jonsoan’s
reply to criticism, but when we called him for further comment, his
mother told us he was asleep, preparing for a World Of Warcraft tournament.
It was 4pm in the afternoon.
Without any further comments and with some space to fill, we sought
reaction from internet forums. While many posts were random 15 year-old
kids posting silly season lists that seemed to be based purely on
guesswork, there was some lively discussion of the topic.
“roflcopter. pi pwns three,” said one.
“pi is totally l33t, lol at any1 who doesn’t know pi,”
added another, in a non-whimsical manner.
D'Alberto in Dolly Magazine... again
On the back
of a sizzling appearance in the January edition of Dolly Magazine,
where he made it into the Top 10 of the magazine's 'Spunk Hunt', Fujitsu
V8 Supercar Series driver Tony D'Alberto will again grace the pages of
the magazine.
This time, The Annual-sponsored driver will be featured in February
issue of the magazine - known by some for it's hard-hitting stock market
analysis (check this fact before we go to print) - as 'Reader of the Month',
in a great boost for the profile of the youngster and indeed the sport.
