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On Aug 25, 4:55 am, Icono Clast wrote:
[Please note cross-posts.] I have prepared a an adjusted ranking of the top 23 medal-winning countries that might be available this time tomorrow. Jamaica is Number One, the USA 19, and China last. http://geocities.com/iconoc/Articles/Olymp08.pdf |
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On Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:07:13 -0700 (PDT), Icono Clast
wrote: On Aug 25, 4:55 am, Icono Clast wrote: [Please note cross-posts.] I have prepared a an adjusted ranking of the top 23 medal-winning countries that might be available this time tomorrow. Jamaica is Number One, the USA 19, and China last. http://geocities.com/iconoc/Articles/Olymp08.pdf Considering that I don't particularly want to live in the Caribbean, and looking at #2, I think it's a great way of listing the results:-) Cheers, Alan, Australia -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/alan_s/ http://loraltravel.blogspot.com Latest: Two Indian Hotels: to Sleep, Perchance... |
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"Alan S" wrote in message ... On Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:07:13 -0700 (PDT), Icono Clast wrote: On Aug 25, 4:55 am, Icono Clast wrote: [Please note cross-posts.] I have prepared a an adjusted ranking of the top 23 medal-winning countries that might be available this time tomorrow. Jamaica is Number One, the USA 19, and China last. http://geocities.com/iconoc/Articles/Olymp08.pdf Considering that I don't particularly want to live in the Caribbean, and looking at #2, I think it's a great way of listing the results:-) What surprised me looking at medals won v population statistics, was that Pakistan (who are quite a "sporty" nation - cricket, squash, hockey, etc.) won no medals whatsoever. Gerry |
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"Alan S" wrote in message ... On Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:07:13 -0700 (PDT), Icono Clast wrote: On Aug 25, 4:55 am, Icono Clast wrote: [Please note cross-posts.] I have prepared a an adjusted ranking of the top 23 medal-winning countries that might be available this time tomorrow. Jamaica is Number One, the USA 19, and China last. http://geocities.com/iconoc/Articles/Olymp08.pdf Considering that I don't particularly want to live in the Caribbean, and looking at #2, I think it's a great way of listing the results:-) What surprised me looking at medals won v population statistics, was that Pakistan (who are quite a "sporty" nation - cricket, squash, hockey, etc.) with a poulation fast approaching 170 million, won no medals whatsoever. Gerry |
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On 8/25/2008 5:07 PM Icono Clast ignored two million years of human
evolution to write: On Aug 25, 4:55 am, Icono Clast wrote: [Please note cross-posts.] I have prepared a an adjusted ranking of the top 23 medal-winning countries that might be available this time tomorrow. Jamaica is Number One, the USA 19, and China last. http://geocities.com/iconoc/Articles/Olymp08.pdf You're a ****ing loon. Not that this is any surprise, given your lame-brained self-serving predilection for off-topic spam. |
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On Aug 25, 9:15*pm, "Gerald Oliver Swift" wrote:
"Alan S" wrote in message ... On Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:07:13 -0700 (PDT), Icono Clast wrote: On Aug 25, 4:55 am, Icono Clast wrote: [Please note cross-posts.] I have prepared a an adjusted ranking of the top 23 medal-winning countries that might be available this time tomorrow. Jamaica is Number One, the USA 19, and China last. http://geocities.com/iconoc/Articles/Olymp08.pdf Considering that I don't particularly want to live in the Caribbean, and looking at #2, I think it's a great way of listing the results:-) What surprised me looking at medals won v population statistics, was that Pakistan (who are quite a "sporty" nation - cricket, squash, hockey, etc.) won no medals whatsoever. Gerry Only field hockey is in the Olympics. So only one sport for them. And they are in some kind of war, I hear. |
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"Icono Clast" wrote in message ... I have prepared a an adjusted ranking of the top 23 medal-winning countries that might be available this time tomorrow. Jamaica is Number One, the USA 19, and China last. Except that doing your rating per capita handicaps any large Country. That would only be fair IF we could send a far larger team that was a per capita percentage comparable to the other Countries, but it isn't. Our team would have to be 100 times the size of Jamaica's to start out comparably, but Jamaica was allowed to field the same size teams as the US. |
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"John Wheaton" wrote in message . .. "Icono Clast" wrote in message ... I have prepared a an adjusted ranking of the top 23 medal-winning countries that might be available this time tomorrow. Jamaica is Number One, the USA 19, and China last. Except that doing your rating per capita handicaps any large Country. That would only be fair IF we could send a far larger team that was a per capita percentage comparable to the other Countries, but it isn't. Our team would have to be 100 times the size of Jamaica's to start out comparably, but Jamaica was allowed to field the same size teams as the US. I was under the impression that team sizes are dictated by how many people have qualified in pre-Olympic events. Cheers, George W Russell Bangalore |
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[Please note cross-posts.]
On Aug 25, 9:58 pm, Republicans Hate America wrote: You're a ****ing loon. Thank you. Icono Clast said: I have prepared a an adjusted ranking of the top 23 medal-winning countries … Jamaica is Number One, the USA 19, and China last. Alan, Australia said: You're a little late, although you can argue about the weighting given to gold, silver and bronze: http://www.geocities.com/unclebryan/Polympic.html That's excellent. A bit different in approach but more comprehensive. http://geocities.com/iconoc/Articles/Olymp08.pdf … looking at #2, I think it's a great way of listing the results:-) Thank you. I was watching all those incredibly disciplined dancers and drummers in both ceremonies and wondering what will happen ater to the very few unfortunates who stood out for missing a step or a cue. The same thought gnawed at me. I felt the best real performers, apart from the athletes, were taken away in Police vans after being arrested in "Free Tibet" protests. Now that journalists have gotten out of the country, we should start seeing reports about what really went down. Pat in TX said: gymnasts' ages are important … the power to weight ratio and the skeletal structure, etc. The average weight of the female USA gymnasts was something like 106 pounds; the Chinese team was about thirty pounds lighter! Yeah, sure, they were all of qualifying age. Miki asked: Why do you cross post? Does it serve a special purpose other than saving you time? I thought this particular subject to be of interest to the groups to which it's cross-posted. I further thought that if there were any comments, they, too, might be of interest. But you, and others, have the option (that I notice you ignored) to change or eliminate the groups you regard as "other" even though you know where you can find me. That's why I make it a point to let you know what I've done. It's interesting to note the differences with the same post being the last in each group: [Dance] 17 messages, 9 authors [USA-Canada] 18 messages, 10 authors [Europe] 21 messages, 11 authors |
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"James Silverton" wrote in message news:5bCsk.749$w51.368@trnddc01... Mike wrote on Mon, 25 Aug 2008 18:01:38 +0100: Alan S wrote: I'm afraid I was a little less impressed by the show; but I must admit my bias against the regime has a bit to do with that. I also dislike cheats, whether they cheat with performance-enhancing drugs (time and technology on the samples taken over the past fortnight could become a major embarrassment in my opinion), lip-synching little girls who are prettier than the real singer, or computer-enhanced TV feeds of "live" light shows and fireworks. You didn't mention the faking of birthdates for competitors, whose documentation mysteriously disappears when their eligability is questioned. . The "faking" of birthdates does seem suspiciously possible but I am not as prone as many to raise spurious indignation about age limits that differ among sports. Again, I find myself completely unmoved by the manipulation of singers' images and the wearing of exotic costumers by Han Chinese that seem to exercise the professional umbrage takers. Is taking drugs that do not harm cheating or just an aspect of the war between the nerds and the jocks? Throwing lawyers at ingenious methods is the response of the disappointed jock. I have to admit that I sometimes find myself hoping that Arnold Schwartzeger would show ill effects but all that has happened to him is that he has appeared on an Austrian stamp and been elected governor of California. A lot of the original Olympic revival rules have gone. The elimination of professionals to keep out those horrible lower classes using muscles gained in manual labor has long gone. Money is a great incentive: the first 4-minute mile was not run by Roger Bannister but by the professional runner Richard Parrot in 1770. -- James Silverton Potomac, Maryland Actually it appears the guy's name was James Parrot. See: http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/con...4/s1102711.htm |
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