Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/08/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Aug 12, 2008, at 5:37 PM, Geoff Hopkinson wrote: > Indeed! Well he is a fantastic athlete and deserves his every > success this > games... just kinda loud ;-) > And would you rather watch Michael Phelps or Stephanie Rice racing? > Incidentally, this from the Los Angeles Times > > "Australia leads in medals per capita > August 12, 2008 > Everybody says the great medal-count derby of Beijing 2008 will boil > down to > China versus the United States, but as usual, everybody's wrong. > Neither China nor the United States has any chance at the top honor. > Oh, > they'll have their little scuffle in the Medals Table, all right. > They just won't even sniff contention in the humble Medals Per > Capita Table, > which divides national population by total medals -- mindful of the > inarguable fact that China, with 1.33 billion people, or the United > States, > with 303.8 million, should get more raw medals than, say, Australia, > with > 20.6 million. > As Monday evening in Beijing brought a fresh "official" medal table, > the MPC > Table looked as follows: > > 1. Australia (5 medals) -- 4,120,171 > 2. Croatia (1 medal) -- 4,491,543 > 3. Georgia (1 medal) -- 4,630,841 > 4. Czech Republic (2 medals) -- 5,110,456 > 5. The Netherlands (3 medals) -- 5,548,438 > > Side note: The laggard United States had 12 medals, for 25,318,721, > and the > Lilliputian Chinese gamely had clawed for 14 medals but still looked > stuck > with 95,003,186. > Chuck Culpepper" > > Adjusted for right now that would be > Australia 1 medal per 2.06 million > USA 1 medal per 13.8 million people, Aren't statistics > wonderful ;-) ;-) > > Cheers > Geoff > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/e > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/ > > -----Original Message----- > Subject: Re: [Leica] Fakes > > > On Aug 12, 2008, at 5:05 PM, Geoff Hopkinson wrote: > >> I'm surprised to read that people feel so strongly about this. The >> opening >> ceremony is simply entertainment or theatre, like a super Hollywood >> blockbuster movie. Seems like they put on a pretty spectacular show >> to me. >> Now Michael Phelps you could consider to be a REAL annoyance ;-) ;-) > > > especially if you are an Aussie swimmer... > > :-) and we have great respect for the wonderful Australian athletes, in particular to the always powerful swimmers... Steve >> >> >> Cheers >> Geoff >> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/e >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/ >> >> -----Original Message----- >> Subject: RE: [Leica] Fakes >> >> Tina Manley <images@comporium.net> wrote: >> >>> It wasn't only the fireworks that were faked: >>> >>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7556058.stm >>> >>> Nothing is real anymore! >> >> I feel completely at a loss for words to describe how I feel about >> how we >> are manipulated with fakery, how the producers of such propaganda >> take >> pride in their work, and how one of the participants in the fakery, >> the >> actual singer, was convinced (or told) to be happy to have been >> tossed a >> crumb. >> >> Doug Herr >> Birdman of Sacramento >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information