Nürburgring Webcam

[viper_larry]

I see they've finally got a webcam going at the 'ring. Positioned just above the start barriers looking down the final straight.

www.nuerburgring.de/fileadmin/webcam/webcam.jpg

[fergus]

At least we can see if it's snowing down dottinger hohe now! If not, I guess we'll just have to wait until the easter weekend!!?

[glenn mcmenamin]

Can anyone tell me why it's called Nuerburgring webcam in the link ????



P.S. don't think i'd enjoy driving it at the moment !!!!!!!!


G.



>> Edited by glenn mcmenamin on Tuesday 24th January 23:29

[pikey]

Its the (proper) German spelling variant of the word.

Apparently its difficult for non-germans to pronounce properly, but to have a go break it up into 3 chunks backwards:

RING (as in ring)
BORG (as in Star Trek)
NURE (as in the word 'pure')

.. and then put it back together forwards.

I don't know - I've only just learnt how to say Fuchrohre (dunno where those 2 dots are on my keyboard!)!!

[mmm-five]

I thought the "Nü" was pronounced 'New' - hence Newrburgring and the "Nue" variant spelling was because of the inability of some people to type the "ü" on their keyboards.

[sundeep]

fergus said:

At least we can see if it's snowing down dottinger hohe now! If not, I guess we'll just have to wait until the easter weekend!!?

the Passat all ready then ?

[Dangly]

I was there yesterday and looks great in the snow!!!

Cold though.... -10 out there

[marki]

I am just up the road from the ring , current conditions about 0c and snow showers with a little snow at the side of the road .

Im sure its worse there as they are at a bit higher altitude than us

[flemke]

pikey said:

Its the (proper) German spelling variant of the word. Apparently its difficult for non-germans to pronounce properly, but to have a go break it up into 3 chunks backwards: RING (as in ring) BORG (as in Star Trek) NURE (as in the word 'pure') .. and then put it back together forwards. I don't know - I've only just learnt how to say Fuchrohre (dunno where those 2 dots are on my keyboard!)!!

Don't wish to seem obnoxious, but it's "Fuchsrohre" with an "s", and technically the "o" in it also has the two dots (umlaut) above it.
Would you not say that the point (no pun intended) of the umlaut is to differentiate the pronunciation of two types of "u" (or 'o')?
I think that mmm-five is closer to the mark (again no pun intended!). If the spelling were "Nurburg" without the umlaut, the two "u"s should rhyme with each other and with "sure". With umlaut or as "Nuerburg", pronunciation is a blend of the vowel sounds of "pour" and "fewer".

[Marki]

flemke said:

pikey said: Its the (proper) German spelling variant of the word. Apparently its difficult for non-germans to pronounce properly, but to have a go break it up into 3 chunks backwards: RING (as in ring) BORG (as in Star Trek) NURE (as in the word 'pure') .. and then put it back together forwards. I don't know - I've only just learnt how to say Fuchrohre (dunno where those 2 dots are on my keyboard!)!! Don't wish to seem obnoxious, but it's "Fuchsrohre" with an "s", and technically the "o" in it also has the two dots (umlaut) above it. Would you not say that the point (no pun intended) of the umlaut is to differentiate the pronunciation of two types of "u" (or 'o')? I think that mmm-five is closer to the mark (again no pun intended!). If the spelling were "Nurburg" without the umlaut, the two "u"s should rhyme with each other and with "sure". With umlaut or as "Nuerburg", pronunciation is a blend of the vowel sounds of "pour" and "fewer".

Ohh come on Flemke you are no fun let the Insel Affers sort it out for them self

[viper_larry]

You have no idea how long it took me to get the 'ü' in the title - I was using a Mac at the time. Ended up having to search for a previous post so I could copy/paste!

[mmm-five]

viper_larry said:

You have no idea how long it took me to get the 'ü' in the title - I was using a Mac at the time. Ended up having to search for a previous post so I could copy/paste!

alt-u u = ü
alt-u U = Ü

All very easy on a Mac. I bet you don't even know where the n-dash [–] and m-dash [—] are either

>> Edited by mmm-five on Saturday 28th January 12:40

[viper_larry]

mmm-five said:

viper_larry said: You have no idea how long it took me to get the 'ü' in the title - I was using a Mac at the time. Ended up having to search for a previous post so I could copy/paste! alt-u u = ü alt-u U = Ü All very easy on a Mac. I bet you don't even know where the n-dash [–] and m-dash [—] are either

Your right, I have no idea. And, try as I might, I cannot get the @ sign and " to swap!

[fergus]

O/T, but check to m,ake sure that you are using English(UK), rather then English(US) as the language seting. If these are reversed on a PC, the the @ and " swap places as you describe!

Umlaut me up!

[viper_larry]

fergus said:

O/T, but check to m,ake sure that you are using English(UK), rather then English(US) as the language seting. If these are reversed on a PC, the the @ and " swap places as you describe! Umlaut me up!

I swear I have checked every setting on the Mac to make sure all is UK to no avail. Must be a Microsoft keyboard thingy - even with the special software installed, I can't get it working. Grrr...

[mmm-five]

What do you get when you press SHIFT-2 on your keyboard - and what symbol is displayed above 2 on the keyboard.

It may be that you are using a PC keyboard on a Mac.

The SHIFT-2 combo should give you an @ and to get the " you need to press SHIFT-'

Always been that way on Macs - it's the PC that got it wrong

There is a solution posted elsewhere on the interwebby - I'll see if I can remember where (something like www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20010508131542947&query=keyboard+mapping may have a clue as well).

>> Edited by mmm-five on Monday 30th January 13:02

[jacobyte]

flemke said:

I think that mmm-five is closer to the mark (again no pun intended!). If the spelling were "Nurburg" without the umlaut, the two "u"s should rhyme with each other and with "sure". With umlaut or as "Nuerburg", pronunciation is a blend of the vowel sounds of "pour" and "fewer".

That's pretty much it; here's the science bit:

An umlaut is used for syllabification, not specifically pronunciation. I.E. the letter "u" is being split into two syllables: a "u" and a "schwa" (the phonetic symbol for which is an upside-down "e", prenonunced "er" ), hence:

"ü" is pronounced "oo-er"
and
"ö" is pronounced "aw-er"
Proper phonetic symbols would be useful here, but that basically explains it.

HTH

>> Edited by jacobyte on Monday 30th January 14:12

[anonymous-user]

anyone know if you can set a web page like this as your windows background?

[jacobyte]

Right-click on desktop > Properties > Desktop > Browse > Paste in http://213.239.207.198/nbr-update/fileadmin/webcam/w > OK

Job's a good 'un.

But I'm yet to see if it updates properly...

[viper_larry]

If someone could make a Yahoo! Widget (ex-Konfabulator) that would be great! Loads of webcam Widgets available, but none for the 'ring and none that it appears you can modify.