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A trio of local bowlers were inducted to the Terre Haute Bowlers Hall of Fame in their 41st recognition dinner at the Excalibur in West Terre Haute on May 10.
Brandy Leturgez was the lone men's inductee (bowling achievement). Jeri Russell (achievement) and Lynn Bolinger (meritorious service) were the women's inductees.
• Leturgez started bowling in 1978 and has accumulated 16 300 games and a trio of 299 games. He has also rolled seven 800 three-game series with a high of 827. His high league average is 226.
Leturgez is a member of the 700 Club, a certified USBC coach, and has been a junior board member for six years. He was named male junior bowler of the year by the local organization in 1989. He has a first-place finish in the junior state tournament.
Leturgez is currently president of the Monday Night Mixed League and is secretary of a Wednesday night summer league.
• Russell has been bowling since 1970, with a high game of 299, high three-game series of 724 and high league average of 187. She has received 10 awards for high average in league play.
She has bowled in numerous tournaments, including the National Tournament. Her high game in tournament play is 267.
Russell is a member of the Greater Terre Haute Women's Bowling Association, the 600 Club (women), and 700 Club (men and women).
• Bolinger started bowling in 1998. She has been involved with the High School Bowling League, helped with various high school tournaments and was awarded the Terre Haute Bowling Center's Youth Service Award in 2008.
She has raised money for the scholarship awards for youth bowlers at the Bowling Center, volunteering her time to assist with various bowling tournaments for the past 12 years.
Bolinger is also a member of the Greater Terre Haute Women's Bowling Association and the 600 Club.
Members Terre Haute Bowlers Hall of Fame
1970 — Ray Brown, Larry Bruno, Bob Poynter, Frieda Terhorst, Elmer Fritsher, M.G. Baker, Linc Maloney, Marie Krider
1971 — Bob Silcock, Lou Bartenbach, Howard McDaniel, Floyd Morgan, Herschell Bouillez, Tommy Lou Brosche, Walt Gregg, Herman Kruse
1972 — Jules Benetti, Lou Hahn, Kenny Rottman, Louise Welch, Dale Snodgrass
1973 — Herb Wolfe, Rose Meyer, Harry Strohl
1974 — Tony Ave, Bob Welsh, Lou Lenne
1975 — Dave James, Rose Joy, Mid McGuire
1976 — Augie Taparo, Gordon Geckeler, Maxine Jacobs
1977 — Ray Olivero, Mary Snodgrass
1978 — Chris Hollars
1979 — Peg Bartenbach, Rod Harbaugh, Art Compton
1980 — Walt Piepenbrink, Edith Lammey
1981 — Jerry Ugo, Dorothy Coffin
1982 — Dave Paulin, Norma Bucy
1983 — Gene Fox, Jeannie Strohl
1984 — Dave Klueber, Charlene Steinhauser
1985 — Jim Cox, Dorothy Murray
1986 — Morris Montgomery, Betty Grubb
1987 — John Hayes, Doris Berry
1988 — Richard Braden, Margaret Curry
1989 — Larry Seeley, Margaret Alsman
1990 — Harry Burris, Joan Goetz
1991 — Bob Hill, Cathy Pusich, Janet Barnes, Gary Beasley
1992 — Wally Graham, Jo Elkins, Mary Jo Ingle, Paul Ingle
1993 — Betty Jo Dean, John Ugo, Dixie Lee Stahr, Mike Boswell
1994 — Katie Varda, Rich Metz, Elizabeth Williams, Gerold Brandenburg, Bruce Kasameyer
1995 — Gene Boswell, Bob Bye, Anya Fisher, Bonnie Burk
1996 — Tom Barr, Mary Shake, James Yeager, Eileen Bosc
1997 — Alusta Kneeves, Herman (Clem) Laubert, Bryan Barton, Alice Hines, Carolyn Wilkins
1998 — Donna Smith, Richard Tully, Kenneth Brownfield, Simona Lansaw
1999 — Laura Hayworth, Sue Paulin, R. Dean Leeman
2000 — Clarence (Harley) Jones, Mary Ann Budd, Patricia Stewart, John McWilliams
2001 — Barb Clodfelter, Jane Garrett, Mike Zebrowski Sr., Darrell Davis
2002 — Gary Busiere, Ruth Ward, Mike Fisher, Mike Winemiller, Tharon Geckeler
2003 — Virginia Anderson, Lonnie Boyce, Guy Johnson, Phyllis Peterson, Terry Sheldon
2004 — William Chance Jr., Mary Houk, Sherry DeLisle
2005 — Jodi Moan, Vicki Downing, Sherman Wilkins, Larry Davison
2006 — Misty Chandler, Linda Zellers, David Renshaw, Larry Weaver
2007 — Cathy Cunningham, Joyce Weaver, David Elder, John DeLisle
2008 — Scott Hill, Gary Hiddle, Cyndi Daugherty, Clarene Fisher
2009 — Phil Cooper, Carol Davis, Robert Laney, Barbara Campbell
2010 — Brandy Leturgez, Jeri Russell, Lynn Bolinger
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• PBA Regional — A reminder, the Professional Bowlers Association Central/Midwest Region Terre Haute Open will be at the Terre Haute Bowling Center for the second straight summer, this time on Aug. 6-8.
Which leads me to the following related observation.
Did you happen to see the news item about 18-year-old Andrew Koff winning a PBA South Region Tournament in Jupiter, Fla. last Sunday?
It seems that Koff, just two days after graduating from Gulliver Prep High School in Miami, defeated David Boyd 243-199 to win this tournament.
Koff earned the $2,500 prize money, but since he was an amateur, will have this money deposited as a scholarship into his United States Bowling Congress SMART account.
If you are wondering, Koff is not the youngest bowler to win a PBA Regional tournament.
That distinction belongs to PBA Hall of Famer Pete Weber, winning a tournament at age 16 or 17 in Baldwin, Mo. in 1979. His exact age was in question due to less-detailed record keeping for PBA Regional events in those days. Norm Duke is the youngest player on the national PBA Tour, winning the 1983 Cleveland Open at 18 years, 345 days.
Koff's feat is not just a lucky happenstance, finishing 25th in the U.S. Open at age 16, missing the cut to match play by just one pin. He also rolled two 300 games in one day, finishing third in a South Regional Tournament at age 17.
Koff is an honor student and has already accepted a scholarship to study engineering beginning this fall at Duke University.
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Kegler's Korner: Leturgez, Russell and Bolinger members of TH Bowlers Hall 41st class
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KEGLER'S KORNER: New members of GTHBA Hall of Fame
The "winter" bowling season has come to a close, and with that realization, it's time to find out who are the newest inductees to the Greater Terre Haute Bowling Association Hall of Fame.
KEGLER'S KORNER: GTHMBA takes interesting new approach to men's city tourney
When I served on the Greater Terre Haute Men's Bowling Association Board many, many moons ago, much discussion was devoted to increasing participation in the annual Men's City Tournament.
KEGLER'S KORNER: Valley bowlers in Women's State Championship
No members of the Greater Terre Haute Women's Bowling Association are atop any of the leaderboards, but several teams and individuals are listed in the top five of the ongoing 84th Indiana Women's State Bowling Championship.
KEGLER'S KORNER: Indiana Women's State tourney continues today at Vigo Bowl
The 84th Indiana Women's State Tournament will complete its third weekend of bowling competition at Vigo Bowl (team) and Terre Haute Bowling Center (doubles/singles) today.
KEGLER'S KORNER: City has history as state tourney host
The 84th Indiana State Women's Championship Tournament began its lengthy run in Terre Haute on Saturday and will run each weekend — except Easter weekend — until May 8.
KEGLER'S KORNER: Spare nothing trying to get those extra pins
Throwing strikes are sexy and glamorous, but converting spares (ho-hum) is still the difference between winning and losing — at all levels of bowling.
KEGLER'S KORNER: South team fourth at state finals
Terre Haute South's boys team capped off a standout season with a fourth-place finish at the Indiana High School Bowling team state finals at Cooper's Sport Bowl in Anderson last weekend.
KEGLER'S KORNER: Bowlers still rolling on ice
While many sporting events around the Wabash Valley fell victim to the recent snow and ice storm, not so for bowlers. But we're not surprised. Bowlers are a hardy breed.
Kegler's Korner: South Vermillion boys secure sectional title
South Vermillion extended its recent success in the Indiana High School Bowling Sectional competition, both individually and collectively, last week.
KRGLER'S KORNER: Tournament action abounds over Turkey Day holiday week
The days leading up to and including the Thanksgiving holiday found Vigo Bowl busy with tournament action.
Kegler's Korner: Team Drake wins THBC Shootout
Nine teams competed in the 20th Terre Haute Bowling Center Shootout last weekend (Oct. 30-31) with Team Drake emerging as the champion by a slim nine-pin margin.
Team members Chris Drake, Rick Fugate, Sean Pepper and Trevor Monroney had a score of 8,663. Second place went to Team Nichols (Ryan Nichols, David Paulin, David Monroney, Mike Gambill) at 8,554. -
Kegler's Korner: Team Drake takes THBC Shootout
Nine teams competed in the 20th Terre Haute Bowling Center Shootout last weekend (Oct. 30-31) with Team Drake emerging as the champion by a slim nine-pin margin.
KEGLER'S KORNER: Team Shootout at THBC coming this weekend
Hard to believe, but the Terre Haute Bowling Center is ready to run its 20th — count 'em — 20th Team Shootout next Saturday and Sunday (Oct. 30-31).
Kegler's Korner: Leturgez, Russell and Bolinger members of TH Bowlers Hall 41st class
A trio of local bowlers were inducted to the Terre Haute Bowlers Hall of Fame in their 41st recognition dinner at the Excalibur in West Terre Haute on May 10. Brandy Leturgez was the lone men's inductee (bowling achievement). Jeri Russell (achievement) and Lynn Bolinger (meritorious service) were the women's inductees.
- Kegler's Korner: U.S. Open returns to Hoosier state The U.S. Open returned to the Hoosier state this week at Woodland Bowl in Indianapolis, with the nationally-televised finals (ESPN) scheduled for 12:30 p.m. today.
- Kegler's Korner: A little snow can't stop bowlers from getting in their rounds While a little snow has slowed down the process of playing boys and girls high school basketball games around the Wabash Valley recently, the white stuff rarely keeps bowlers from their appointed rounds.
- Kegler's Korner: Kulick becomes first woman to win PBA event If you missed it, female professional bowler Kelly Kulick defeated Chris Barnes 265-195 in the championship game of the Professional Bowlers Association Tournament of Champions. The victory marked the first female to win a PBA national tour event in, well, ever.
- KEGLER'S KORNER: PBA TH Open set to roll June 10-12
- KEGLER'S KORNER: Crystal Sullivan shoots 299 on tough Greencastle lanes Crystal Sullivan has been a dominate force among women bowlers in Terre Haute through the years. In fact, just as good, if not better at times, than the male bowlers she regularly bowls alongside.
- Kegler's Korner: Scamihorn still a force around lanes Jay Scamihorn has been a frequent high scorer in senior — that's older folks! — leagues in recent years, frequently recognized for high game or high series (usually both).
- Kegler's Korner: TH Open Pro-Am set for June 12 The Greater Terre Haute Open Pro-Am will be at 7 p.m. on June 12 at the Terre Haute Bowling Center. This is being run in conjunction with that weekend's (June 13-14) Professional Bowling Association Midwest/Central Regional Tournament.
- Kegler's Korner: TH bowlers hold their own with best in Indiana at Women's State
- Kegler's Korner: Professional bowling returning to Wabash Valley this summer Professional bowling returns to the Wabash Valley in the form of the PBA Central/Midwest Region Terre Haute Open at the Terre Haute Bowling Center on June 12-14.
- Kegler's Korner: Vincennes University defends championship It must be spring. Vincennes University wins the National Junior College Athletic Association men's bowling championship and their coach, Gary Sparks, is named NJCAA Coach of the Year.
- Kegler's Korner: TH native Marc Pruett takes on some of PBA's finest While perusing daily standings from this week's Professional Bowlers Association Etonic Marathon Open at Woodland Bowl in Indianapolis this week, I happened upon the name of Terre Haute bowler Marc Pruett.
- Kegler's Korner: Valley high school bowlers rolling along in state tournament Wabash Valley high school bowlers excelled at the Indiana High School Bowling Association regional at Laurel Lanes in Washington on Feb. 7.
- Kegler's Korner: South's Dowell rolls 234 to defeat South Vermillion's Johansen for sectional crown Austin Dowell of Terre Haute South defeated South Vermillion's Scott Johansen 234-226 to win the high-scoring championship match of the Indiana High School Bowling boys individual sectional tournament at Vigo Bowl on Friday.
- Kegler's Korner: Wabash Valley High School Travel League holds singles tournament As mentioned in last week's column, a monthly Wabash Valley High School Travel League singles tournament was hosted by Terre Haute Bowling Center last Saturday.
- Kegler's Korner: Unlike NFL, no ties on lanes Take note Philadelphia Eagles quarterback — there ARE ties in regular season National Football League games, but there are NO ties in bowling. Ryan Nichols emerged victorious and claimed the $500 first prize in the 3rd New Year's Day Sweeper at the Terre Haute Bowling Center. But not after settling a championship match deadlock against long-time bowler Dave Paulin.
- Kegler's Korner: The Landing now offers latest in boutique bowling The Landing at Fort Harrison mini-resort opened to the public last week and its eight-lane bowling facility is nestled right in the midst of this ambitious business undertaking.
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Wednesday, May 17, 2006
Seven Days In A Row?
That is a long time to go in one direction. The next 10% in the Nasdaq might very well be down but I would not be surprised if the next 1-2% is up starting in the next day or so.
I wrote something similar about the dollar on May 9. The dollar went down 97 days in a row (or thereabouts) before rebounding a little. I am no perma bull but no trend can go in one direction forever, that is just not how things work.
Depending on what you read or what you watch you may be picking up on emotion out there, if so leave it alone.
My posts have had a theme today about using logic not emotion to make decisions. If you look at market history or better yet remember the history you have lived through then, like me, you have seen this movie before.
No one knows what will come next but you might have an opinion. That opinion will either be right or it will be wrong and you will then act accordingly. For me I will sell a name or two if we breach the 200 DMA and then go from there while trying to minimize the consequence of being wrong.
None of the above requires intelligence or trading acumen, just a plan made before things were hitting the fan which is what I have been writing about the whole time.
6 comments:
- Anonymous said...
A brief summary of the last month -Oil rises to $75/bbl and stocks go up and dow nears all time high. CPI goes up a little more than expected, market freaks out, at the same time oil drops to $68.5. I have no idea who is driving the bus at this point, but eventually those higher energy prices are going to be reflected in the goods we buy every day. Why does the market act surprised when it happens? As Roger points out, it pays to remain level headed.
- Sidney Falco said...
i've been reading your posts regularly and i find your emphasis on thoughtful planning very helpful. since i read your blog last yr, i've incorporated some of your advice and i've made decent coin.
i have gold, inverse index funds, and a mix large caps. i appreciate what you're doing and my retirement fund thanks you too. - 6:26 PM
- JW said...
Thanks Roger for your steady approach. I reread your words on days like today and am learning to disassociate myself from the emotion of the day. I believe in my long-term themes, but will reduce my position sizes in most if the 200 dma is breached. Thankfully, I had already done so in a couple of positions several days ago, just because they were becoming too large a proportion. This is totally opposite of my past reactions, which of course, were the wrong decisions in retrospect. While I am disappointed at the loss over the last few days, I am ok with my plan. The fact that I have a plan is primarily attributable to your sharing your thoughts and ideas through your blog every day. I really look to your writing to help balance out the drama in the writings elsewhere. Thanks so very much for sharing your approach and insights.
- Roger Nusbaum said...
thank you
- Anonymous said...
Roger vs. Cramer
You can either read structured top down process on this blog and sereval others and seems boring at family reunions and parties because you don't have a HOT tip of the day or you can watch pumped up tv shows for high volume traders but on days like yesterday, I know who feels confortable with their overall portfolio. - 7:25 AM
- Roger Nusbaum said...
Roger vs Cramer hahahaha
hey if i thought i could muster up a good lather and keep it going....i'm just too lazy - 7:29 AM


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OK, everyone who writes about baseball is going to write about the Alex Rodriguez trade to the Yankees. And, I would love to be a little different than the rest. However, this is just way too big of a story to ignore. Yankees fans have to be thrilled. Most Rangers fans are probably happy about this trade too, thinking that their team will now have money freed up to make some better acquisitions.
Here are the specifics, as I know them (which isn't well). The Yankees will be receiving Alex Rodriguez from the Rangers, along with $43 million, for 2B Alfonso Soriano and a Player to be named later (could be RHP Jose Contreras and/or C Dioner Navarro, or (likely) a minor league pitcher.)
Before I give my thoughts on the trade, here are the thoughts of frequent contributor, Leslie Monteiro. I think you'll enjoy them.
The big story on this sports day is the Evil Empire is about to acquire Alex Rodriguez.. He could be the final piece to the puzzle for the Yankees. This is just another sad day and I really think this is a blow to the sport of baseball. Whatever optimism Bud Selig has on this sport is gone. If he agrees on this deal, this sport is in serious trouble and it could be the beginning of the end. Boston could not agree on the deal since they could not afford him yet the Yankees can sign him since they are the only team who can afford him. A-Rod does not have to defer his salary with the Yankees. You know what's even worse? Yankees get to accept money from the Texas Rangers with that trade not to mention Rangers will pay some of that salary. Now that's a disgrace and it's a problem. It's simply a sad day.
It's very obvious that Texas wants to get rid of A-Rod in the worst way. So much so that they are willing to get nothing for him. Buck Showalter simply does not want A-Rod around and vice versa. You want to talk about Soriano. Well go ahead, but he is not worth A-Rod. Soriano strikes out a lot as you saw in the postseason and I seriously wonder about his commitment to winning. Plus Soriano is a FA in a year or so. That means he can go back to NY or some big-market team.
What really irks me is that Pay-Rod is jumping ship when the going does not get tough. I hate it. You signed that contract so you should work out your problems. It bothers me that Pay-Rod will be rewarded for his whining like Stephon Marbury was. You know he will play so much harder for the Yankees.
I have grown tired of teams in sports going up to NY sports teams to get them out of this mess. You saw that with the NHL as NHL teams beg the Rangers to take their high contracts off. You see that in the NBA where teams call the Knicks to pick up the salary. Now you see that in MLB. It's sick.
I guess you can say that it was bound to happen. Texas was not going to afford A-Rod down the road. You could see that coming when they signed A-Rod to that ridiculous contract. Sooner or later, he was going to be a Yankee. It makes sense anyway. He is a jerk. I never liked him so he and the Yankees are a marriage made in heaven.
You seriously have to wonder about the future of baseball after this trade. How could teams just keep up with the Yankees and any big-market teams in general? It is a lost cause. Sure those small-market teams have won the battle, but they have not won the war. The only way baseball can solve its problems is by contracting lot of teams and going back to sixteen teams. That means I would contract the AL Central teams sans Chicago and any small-market teams. I think the Rockies should be contracted since baseball is a lost cause over there.
Here's my eight-league format:
AL: Yankees, Red Sox, Orioles, White Sox, Angels, Mariners, Royals, Marlins
NL: Mets, Braves, Phillies, Cubs, Cardinals, Giants, Dodgers, Astros
I think it's time to contract. It's a lost cause seeing teams lose money and lose players left and right. Plus I think the league could be more competitive with just 16 teams and playoffs could be better. I can care less about the wild-card round anymore. Give me two best teams for each league and make it to ALCS and NLCS. Winners goes to the World Series.
Sure I would love to get a salary cap, but as long as Bud Selig and the MLBPA Union are around, it will never happen. The painful way to solve baseball's problems is contraction. I am a Twins fan and it's not fun talking about my team going out of business, but it may be the only way to solve the baseball's problems.
I think that you'll find that the general consensus is for most baseball fans and others to be upset with George Steinbrenner, Alex Rodriguez, Tom Hicks, and say that this is a terrible trade. I guess I tend to lean the other way.
The Players
First, let's just look at the trade in terms of the players involved. Alex Rodriguez is probably the best overall player in baseball, for sure in the top 3 no matter how you look at it. So, the Yankees are getting a great player who will probably fit into the 3 hole of their lineup. The lone negative is that they are moving him from shortstop (where he is a Gold Glover) to 3B. However, Derek Jeter is a terrible defensive shortstop, and I think he is the one that should be switching positions.
Texas receives Alfonso Soriano who has been a top performing 2B the past three seasons. Forget how badly he struggled in the playoffs last fall, he is always a 40-40 threat. With Michael Young at 2B, it is possible that Soriano could be moved to shortstop or centerfield. Now, the rest of the package going to the Rangers will determine if the Rangers got enough in return, or were simply dumping A-Rod's astronomical salary. Because the Rangers are picking up $43 million of A-Rod's contract (plus $26 million in deferred money), they should receive some quality in addition to Soriano. If that player turns into Contreras, then I think that this trade is OK for the Rangers. Contreras could be dominant, even in Arlington. He would give the Rangers at least one good pitcher. If Navarro is part of the package, that is also a great pickup for the Rangers. He is a catching prospect right below the likes of Joe Mauer and Jeff Mathis. With Einar Diaz as the Rangers' catcher, it is possible that Navarro could contribute within a year.
The Financials
The move will put the Yankees salaries over the $200 million mark. However, with the Rangers eating some of his contract, the Yankees will pay Rodriguez $15 million the next three years, $16 million in 2007-08, $17 million in 2009 and $18 million in 2010. I think that is a pretty good deal for the Yankees, and they would be crazy not to make the trade.
The Rangers save $112 million by trading A-Rod. Alfonso Soriano will make over $5 million in 2004 and still has another year or two of arbitration before becoming a free-agent. Contreras is owed $8 million each the next couple of seasons. So, if you look at it that way, the Rangers are saving about $90 million. How they chose to use that money now will determine if this team will be successful in the near future.
I find this incredibly interesting. From ESPN.com, "Texas will wind up paying $140 million for 3 seasons with Rodriguez. The Yankees will owe him $112 million for seven years." Again, the Yankees would be dumb if they did not make this move!
Another point to think about is that the Yankees have an extra $12 million available because of Drew Henson's decision to go to the NFL.
Who's to Blame?
So many people want to blame the Yankees, "The Evil Empire." However, I chose to blame Rangers owner Tom Hicks. He is the moron who signed A-Rod to the 10 year, $250 million contract three years ago even though no other team offered him more than $150 million.
I refuse to blame George Steinbrenner or the Yankees for all of the moves they have made. Under the current rules of baseball, this is well within his right as an owner to do. Because he is well above the "salary cap", he has to pay a lot into the revenue sharing pool as well as a significant chunk of change because of the luxury tax. That is his choice as an owner.
Good for the Game?
That seems to be a question that everyone is answering with "No!" And I really can't disagree with that at all. I don't think it's good for the big picture of the game to have the Yankees spending over $200 million while the Devil Rays will pay out less than $30 million.
But, although it makes it much more difficult to compete in the AL East, it assures nothing for them in the playoffs. That's when it really matters for the Yankees, and as we preach all the time, anything can happen in a short series!
The Yankees
The reason that I don't think that anything is a given for the Yankees is because of age and injury risk. Let's take a look at their roster again (with ages and 2004 salaries (thanks to Dugout Dollars):
C - Jorge Posada (32, $9 million) - He is a catcher on (as Gleeman says) the wrong side of 30!
1B - Jason Giambi (33, $14 million) - Knee problems and eye problems last year. Still had huge numbers.
2B - Miguel Cairo (29, $900,000), Enrique Wilson (30, $700,000) - I like Cairo, but both of these guys are good utility players.
3B - Alex Rodriguez (28, $15 million - only amount paid by Yankees) - Can't say anything bad. Will there be an adjustment to playing in NYC?
SS - Derek Jeter (29, $19 million) - Bad defensively, but a good catalyst at top of order.
LF - Hideki Matsui (29, $7 million) - he'll be good. Sophomore slump?
CF - Kenny Lofton (36, $3.1 million) - he's old, doesn't run well, nagging injuries, not good in CF.
RF - Gary Sheffield (35, $13 million) - age is only question, has had injuries in the past.
DH - Bernie Williams (35, $12 million) - age and bad knees and bad shoulders.
SP - Mike Mussina (35, $16 million) - he has been a bulldog for a lot of years. Very consistent. But aging.
SP - Kevin Brown (38, $15 million) - epitome of uncertainty. Could be great. Could get hurt… again!
SP - Javier Vazquez (27, $10.5 million) - He's a stud! One of the game's best. But has thrown a lot of innings the last four seasons.
SP - Jose Contreras (32, $9 million) - he may be part of the trade. Also, is he really 32?
SP - Jon Lieber (33, $2.45 million) - Coming off Tommy John surgery, hasn't pitched in a year and a half. Certainly no sure thing.
RP - Tom Gordon (36, $3.63 million) - had a great comeback year in 2003, but has struggled with major arm problems in his careers.
RP - Paul Quantrill (35, $3 million) - he's been solid and healthy, but isn't young.
RP - Felix Heredia (28, $1.85 million) - he's solid and young, not great.
RP - Steve Karsay (31, $5 million) - Was dominant three years ago. Got big contract from Yankees. Hurt ever since.
Closer - Mariano Rivera (34, $10.89 million) - incredible last year, but always injury questions.
Bench - Tony Clark (31, $380,000) - hasn't done much for a long time.
Bench - Ruben Sierra (38, $1 million) - a million dollar, old pinch hitter.
Bench - John Flaherty (36, $780,000) - backup catcher. Fair deal.
So, there are 23 roster spots and $173.18 million worth of salary. Granted, it is an All-Star team, but the team is not young and many of those players, specifically the pitchers, have had injury-filled pasts. Lieber is the #5 pitcher, but will he be 100%? And because of trades in the last few years, the Yankees have few pitching prospect to either call up or use in a trade.
I guess my point is this; No matter how much money that the Yankees spend, it all comes down to what happens on the field. That is part of the beauty of the 162 game regular season. It's a marathon and a lot of events happen over that time. Because of the talent on this team, the Yankees will obviously win a lot of games, but they will also have to deal with injuries. They'll have to probably deal with internal, clubhouse issues. Joe Torre will have to handle egos. And again, this team could win 130 games in the regular season (I would guess maybe 100), but if they happen to falter in a short 5 or 7 game series, it will all be for naught in the eyes of George Steinbrenner.
Let's not forget the example that Leslie uses above, where in hockey, the New York Rangers have taken on players with big contracts. They just recently traded for Jaromir Jagr. But what does it all mean when the Rangers have not even made the playoffs in 8 years?
The New York Knicks of the NBA were very similar. They had a group of high paid All-Star type players, yet were not good. The New York Mets had huge salary numbers the last couple of seasons, and where did they end up? Nowhere near the playoffs. How good were the New York Giants last year?
Spending money alone does not win games, much less championships. Maybe Brian Cashman, Joe Torre and yes, even George Steinbrenner, need to be given a little bit of credit for spending money in the right places, and this year, that has meant Gary Sheffield, Javy Vazquez and Alex Rodriguez.
The Rangers
The Rangers are not a good team. They have no pitching. They will be lucky to win 65 games in 2004. But, even with Alex Rodriguez, they would have been lucky to win 65 games anyway.
But the Rangers will be adding Alfonso Soriano to a lineup that already includes Michael Young, Hank Blalock and Mark Teixeira. My question with the Rangers would involve what their organizational goals are. I have no idea. They seem to think their pitching staff will turn it around. I'm not so sure. If they plan on out-slugging opponents in their small ballpark, there is some credence in that, however, their pitchers will allow the opponents to do a lot of slugging themselves.
Their free agent signings the last couple of seasons have been very questionable. What happened to Chan Ho Park? Brian Jordan? Kenny Rogers? Eric Young? Is this the direction you go? Maybe John Hart needs to take some of the blame!
Despite the likes of Blalock, Soriano and Teixeira, I don't see any hope in the Rangers near future. I personally think they would be better off giving playing time to Ramon Nivar and Laynce Nix and let them develop.
Red Sox Perspective
I know that Ben Affleck and the rest of Red Sox nation is probably upset with this deal. Upset at the Yankees. Two things…
First, they had their chance. They could have made a deal to get A-Rod, if only the Red Sox would have worked it out.
Second, it doesn't mean that the Red Sox can't still win. Their pitching staff will keep them in games and in the race with the Yankees. Their offense may not be as good, but just last year was a record-breaking offense. So, they shouldn't feel like they're second-fiddle to anyone, and neither should their fans.
I'm really sick of Boston whining about the curse and everything the Yankees do. We know they'll meet up with the Yankees in the AL Championship Series again, and who knows, maybe this is the year they win. And how sweet would that be for Boston?
Twins Perspective
Here is the reason that it is bad in the eyes of Twins fans. Between the Yankees and the Red Sox, they will win the AL East and the AL Wildcard. The AL West winner will have a better record than the AL Central. Hence the Twins will play the AL East winner again, probably the Yankees.
So, what does that mean? Twins fans need to learn to just enjoy the regular season. 162 games of entertainment. They need to enjoy their rivalries with the teams in the Central Division and enjoy the race for the AL Central title.
Should the Twins win the Central Division, then they can just go in and take on the Yankees. No pressure! See what happens. Maybe their pitching staff will have injuries, or we can catch their offense in a slump.
Losing to the Yankees in the first round, like last year, should not be considered a negative, or even a disappointment. Reality is what it is.
So, there are my thoughts on the A-Rod/Soriano trade which should be completed, approved and finalized within the next couple of days. Be sure to go through the links at the left for much more coverage and opinion on this trade. That leads us to…
Clearly baseball's current economic situation leaves much to be desired. So this week's Discussion Question is devoted to it. It really is more than one question, so I will leave it up to you to answer as you'd like. What is the main problem with baseball's economic situation? If you were commissioner, what would your plan be to remedy the economic inequities in baseball? I realize this is a big question, but I think it is an important question.
Here is how the Discussion Question process works again.
1.) I post a question on Monday.
2.) The readers read the question and consider their thoughts on a possible answer.
3.) The readers e-mail me with their response to the question.
4.) On Friday, I will post any responses to the question that I receive.
I hope that many of you will take a few minutes out of your busy schedule and send me a message with your response. Who knows? Maybe the right people will be led to this site. Maybe someone in the commissioner's office or someone with some connections will read it and one of our ideas will lead to a good resolution the next time an agreement needs to be worked out.
For those unfamiliar with these questions, be sure to check back at these previous Discussions:
Who Would You Want to Talk To? - Which ball players would you ask questions to?
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Twins Bobbleheads/Your Favorite Players - Who you thought would be the 2004 Twins players on bobbleheads, and who your favorite players have been.
(Note - by the way, the Twins have announced their 2004 bobbleheads, they will be:
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So, please, send me an e-mail and let's have a great posting for Friday! Thanks!
OK, it was NBA All-Star weekend, which has really become quite a great spectacle! This year, it starter on Friday night.
First, there was the Celebrity game. Granted, this wasn't necessarily the best basketball I've ever seen, but it was fun to watch. Just from watching the game, here would be my celebrity roster. PG - Nelly, SG James Lafferty, SF - Donald Faison, PF - Steve Howey, C Michael Rapaport, and 6th Man, Henry Simmons.
Later Friday night was the Got Milk? Rookie Challenge. This year's rookie team featured Lebron James, Carmelo Anthony, Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosh. The sophomore squad featured the likes of Yao Ming, Amare Stoudamire, Carlos Boozer, Manu Ginobili and Nene. It was a game with no defense and a lot of dunks! It was incredibly fun to watch! The final score was 142-118. Amare Stoudemire set a record with 36 points on his way to the MVP award.
Saturday was full of fun events to watch. In the shooting stars competition, the LA team of Derek Fisher, Lisa Leslie and Magic Johnson won when D-Fish knocked down a half court shot. LA native Baron Davis won the Skills competition. Peja Stojakovic was dethroned by former Minnesota Gopher guard Voshon Lenard in the 3 point contest. The dunk competition was so unfortunate. First, I thought Chris Anderson deserved far better scores. Jason Richardson had the dunk of the night though. He threw the ball off the glass and caught it and went between his legs with a dunk. Fred Jones did some great dunks too. The unfortunate thing was the in the final round, both ended up missing dunks. Jones won the competition in a very anti-climatic fashion, when Richardson, the two-time defending champ, missed what would have been a clinching dunk.
Finally Sunday was the actual All-Star game. The best part of the event, for me, is seeing the introductions. Using Outkast to perform with that was a good touch. As a Timberwolves fan, it was fun to see the Wolves coaching staff, Flip Saunders and Sam Cassell get introduced. It was great seeing KG get introduced and he was dancing, smiling and generally looking like he was having the time of his life! Then the game started. These teams play too much defense, but there are still plenty of dunks and three-pointers, no-look alley-oops and the annual T-Mac pass to himself off the backboard. It was a fun game to watch and the score remained close most of the game leading to a great conclusion. The West was again victorious with a 136-132 win. Shaquille O'Neal was the games MVP. In 24 minutes, he scored 24 points and grabbed 11 rebounds. Teammate Kobe Bryant scored 20 points. How did the Wolves players fare? Kevin Garnett started and played 29 minutes. He scored 12 points, grabbed 7 rebounds and dished out 6 assists. Sam Cassell played 14 minutes and scored 4 points and had 7 assists.
Any thoughts on the NBA or All-Star Weekend? E-mail me.
This weekend, I also watched a couple of movies worth writing about.
My Boss's Daughter - A perfect role for Ashton Kutcher. He was able to play a clumsy guy whose character was incredibly nice and thoughtful. He develops a crush on Tara Reid's character, which is very understandable! However, her father is the mean boss at the company that he works for. She tells him to come over, and he thinks it is to go to a party. Turns out that he will be house sitting. Of course, it turns out to be a mess. I wouldn't call it a great movie, even a classic, but it is worth watching once.
American History X - I had always heard what a great movie this was. I saw it in a bin with some $4 movies, so I decided to buy it. I watched it and absolutely think it is one of the most powerful movies I have ever scene. I normally don't like Edward Norton movies, but I have to say that he was incredible in the movie. Edward Furlong was very good too. It is the story of a group of nazi group of white supremacists. Norton's character goes to jail for 3 years and when he gets out, he leaves the group. He then has to explain to his younger brother why. He tells the story of what happened to him in jail, and how his opinion on racial issues changed. Again, it is incredibly power. It is not a movie for all ages. It is graphic and violent and the language is strong. Also, there was just too much male frontal nudity, and an overly graphic scene in the jail's shower room. But it all does fit into the movie. I would encourage viewing the movie.
If you have any thoughts on these movies, or movies that I should be watching, please let me know. E-mail me.
Well, that is it for today! Check back tomorrow. I am working on a couple more 'conversations' and we'll see what we come up with the rest of the week. Be sure to answer this week's Discussion Question, and e-mail me to answer it, or if you have any other questions or comments. Have a great week!


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I'm doing a rework of the Wave Bubble hardware.
Schematics and layout for the USB/Batt and main board are already done. Since a prototype is not made yet there is still space for changes and improvements.
I changed a couple of things so far:
- using a ROS-1300 and ROS-2700-1819 to cover the whole range from 400MHz up to 2700MHz
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- there will be no internal board antennas since I have real doubts that they are that efficient
Size of both PCBs is 77mmx52mm, means 5mm shorter than the original, of cause battery size remainded the same 65mmx35mm.
USB/Battery Charger board is finished:
A LTC1730-4.2 is used for battery charging. Here the charge current is limited by the power supply/wall adapter. The overcurrent protection is set to 2A. An NTC is used for thermal protection.
Main board, top layer
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The Fifth Street Card Club in Shenley Road was visited by Hertsmere Borough Council's licensing team and officers from the Gambling Commission last year.
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The question for Ten is whether or not hiring former Nine and Seven program executive John Stephens is enough to help the struggling network build a royal flush.
The battle to run Southampton's 'super casino'
The super-casino, which would be only the third of its kind in the country, is seen as a cornerstone of the A 450million plans for the dilapidated site.
Peppermill will bring online poker to Reno area
The Peppermill Resort Spa Casino today announced a partnership with Ultimate Gaming to offer online poker play at the Peppermill's Reno property as well as the company's other properties, Western Village Inn & Casino in Sparks and three hotel-casinos in Wendover near the Utah line.
Count me among those - a dwindling minority, I'm afraid - who think that politics should end at the water's edge.
Six sent to prison in $300,000 video poker scheme at Northern Michigan casino
The mastermind of a $300,000 video poker scheme was sentenced to three years in federal prison - the longest term for the six defendants sentenced this week.
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The "Fate's Fortune" atmosphere is lively and dark. Don't be intimidated by the hooting owls, chirping crickets and glowing fireflies.
Garrett Adelstein Calls Losing Survivor 'Frustrating'
On paper, Garrett Adelstein should have won Survivor: Cagayan . A professional poker player with a high IQ, he was young and buff.
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The Heat showed some natural disinterest, but it gets to a point of laughable toying with opponents at times. Take a lead, let it go, take a lead, let it go, and then they say 'Hey let's try' and blow you off the floor. Orlando was the team getting blown off the floor by another series of deadly Heat runs in a 108-94 victory than earned Miami their 27th consecutive victory.
The Heat led by as much as 20 despite missing Dwyane Wade for the second game in a row.
Chris Bosh added 17 points and Mario Chalmers added 15, but Miami's defense was once again strong. The Magic (18-53) shot just 43 percent from the floor.
Perhaps what Miami misses most without Wade is his defensive impact, particularly his defense presence that leads to transition offense, where Miami scored just 11 points. Miami (56-14) turned the Magic over 13 times. Miami was, as usual, too much offensively anyway. The team went to the line 29 times (Making 19) and shot 47 percent from the floor for the night.
Jameer Nelson led the way for Orlando with a barrage of 3-pointers, finishing with 27 points. Tobias Harris added 20 as well.
Norris Cole hit three 3-pointers for the second straight game.
Miami is now six games away from the All-Time NBA record of consecutive wins, which belongs to the Lakers (33).
The will play at Chicago on March 27.
LeBron James had a strong reaction after the game and interrupted a post game interview with Chris Bosh and sideline reporter Jason Jackson to express it. Thankfully we have evidence.
Thankfully the internet located this very quickly.


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Door problem forces Mazda recall
Saturday - 9/28/2013, 2:51pm  ET
DETROIT (AP) - Mazda is recalling 161,400 midsize cars in the U.S. because the doors can open while they're being driven.
The recall affects Mazda 6 cars from the 2009 through 2013 model years. The company says the door latch mounting screws can loosen. That can stop the doors from latching. If the latches come loose, a door ajar light will warn drivers.
Mazda traced the problem to improper tightening at the factory or uneven door surfaces. The company will notify owners and dealers will put on a thread-locking adhesive and tighten the screws. The recall will start around Oct. 18.
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WasteWise: Reducing Solid Waste
Instead of simply touting the environmental benefits of reducing waste, reusing supplies, and recycling packaging materials and other products, TVA employees strive to be earth-friendly role models through their actions. That's why TVA signed on as a federal charter partner in the EPA's WasteWise program.
Launched in 1994, WasteWise is a voluntary program designed to help companies reduce the solid waste they generate. The 800-plus organizations that participate in the program have made a commitment to achieve results in three areas: reducing solid waste, collecting recyclables, and using recycled materials.
The WasteWise goals match TVA's focus on stimulating economic growth by protecting natural resources and building partnerships for the public benefit.
As a WasteWise partner TVA has committed to:- Reduce solid waste by 30 percent by the year 2005.
- Reuse office supplies, computers and other electronic equipment, and furniture through TVA's Investment Recovery and Partners in Education programs.
- Recycle packaging.
- Expand office waste recycling programs to include TVA locations outside of corporate facilities.
- Recycle during meetings, in conference areas, and at special events.
- Recycle 1.8 to 3.6 million metric tons (two to four million tons) of coal combustion products, or 40 percent of the total current production.
- Explore opportunities to purchase more items made from recycled materials or with a higher recycled content to replace current products used.
- Increase purchases of EPA-designated items that contain recycled content by 35 percent by 2005.
- In 2002-2003, TVA not only met the solid waste reduction target, but surpassed it by 13 percent, for a total reduction of 11,422 metric tons (12,591 tons). TVA is actively recycling cardboard, mixed and white paper, aluminum cans, and toner cartridges.
- In 2002-2003, TVA recycled 2.7 million metric tons (almost 3 million tons), or 55 percent, of coal combustion products.
- In fiscal year 2002, TVA spent $2.7 million on recycled content materials that met the requirements of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). That represented 30 percent of its $8.9 million investment in EPA-designated commodities with recycled content. An additional $61.2 million was spent on other recycled-content material.
- In fiscal year 2003, TVA increased its commitment to RCRA materials by spending $5.9 million (49 percent of $11.99 million spent on EPA-designated commodities with recycled content) and an additional $63.4 million on other recycled-content materials.
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I really love the new layout
Very clean, intuitive and attractive layout, Matt.
...you won't forget me when I go.
I really love the new layout
Like the site! .... But maybe is too much blue .
Let the stars fade and fall, and I won't care at all, as long as I have you.
"You've got it all together like a lovin' machine
You're lookin' like glory and walkin' like a dream...
Mother nature's sure been good to Y-O-U"
Matt, grreat job on the Webpage. In fact, it was through your site that I found this site a nd I've been enjoying it ever since, so THANK YOU!
Just pretend, I'm holding you, and whispering things soft and low.
And think of me, how it's gonna be and just pretend I didn't go
I love the new Layout
The New Layout Is Great. Well Done.
Shall I Return Safe Home Again To England.
I like it too, nice and clear. easy to be used. Great job !
Before anyone did anything,
Elvis did everything
You do wonders Matt, your new site looks fantastic.
"How do I get placed in situations like this? Ah hell, I guess it's all part of showbusiness "~ Elvis in his limo on his way to perform in Omaha, NE on June 19th 1977
I like the newness - again! Only I can't vote - again, but still, I like the little preview photos, 'cause I still don't know the names
of all the jumpsuits! I didn't like - and this is very minor - the MSG - out of order - it was first on the "list" - but then I'm a bit
Great job! You should really publish a booklet for us - I'd buy it!
Just pretend, I'm holding you, and whispering things soft and low.
And think of me, how it's gonna be and just pretend I didn't go
I voted for: Love The New Layout!
Some of you all never been down South too much...
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jazzpages' Christmas menu
With all due respect, these recommendations will not be Christmas standards played in a 'jazzy fashion'. These are some jazz records that require 'less intense listening', so you can put them on during a dinner with friends and/or family and still have that 'jazz atmosphere'.
Unfortunately, I can only play a little jazz around the house, especially during aforementioned dinner parties. My wife doesn't really like it, my mother and sister honestly hate it, and with the kids running around I can hardly hear it.
Hence my 'family safe Christmas menu'
First, a drink:
Tony Bennet with Bill Evans - The Tony Bennet Bill Evans Album
Astrud Gilberto - The Silver Collection
Main course:
Stan Getz with Joao Gilberto - Getz/Gilberto
Helen Merrill - Dream Of You
Kenny Burrell - Midnight Blue
Chet Baker - Live In Tokyo
Coffee with liquor:
Frank Sinatra - In The Wee Small Hours
After that, depending on the mood and the quantities of alcohol being served, you can either:
- keep on going mellow with Antonio Carlos Jobim's Wave
- go wild and get away with pretty much everything, starting with this.
Bon appétit!


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Minnesota High School Tournament Day 1 |
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The first day of the Minnesota High School Rugby Tournament wrapped up and the finals have been set for day two. In the Boys Division 2 Championship, Western Alliance Rugby will take on St. Cloud Steelheads at 9 a.m. CDT. At 11 a.m., Edina Hornets face Rogers Wildcats in the Girls Division 2 Championship. Following that, the U17/JV Championship takes place when the STMA Knights and Hopkin Royals face off at 1 p.m. At 3 p.m., the Orono Nightmares and Armstrong Falcons meet to contest the Girls Division 1 Championship. The final match of the day will see Edina Hornets play Southside for the Boys Division 1 Championship at 5 p.m. The matches are taking place at Blake Stadium in Hopkins, Minnesota. Below are some photos of Day 1 of the competition: |


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US nuke boffins smash petaflop barrier with 'Roadrunner'
The US nuclear weapons programme has revealed a new supercomputer made from consumer processors, which has broken the petaflop barrier just about in line with projections. The machine, known as "Roadrunner", uses both Cell and Opteron based technology. The New York Times reports this morning that Roadrunner - named in an …
A "mouse brain" should be 250 teraflops
The Blue Gene L 11.5 teraflop 1/2 mouse brain simulation only ran at 1/10 speed giving 230 teraflops/mouse brain - but 250 teraflops is a better number.
So Roadrunner cost $113 million and has the processing power of four mice - anyone want to buy four mice for $11.3 million, a saving of 90%?
-- Peter Fairbrother
Global warming
Maybe the best bet for fending off our impending submersion is to work out how to hook up 45 mouse brains and let the US war-machine run their nuke sims on those instead of ploughing 3MW of (no doubt) coal-fired leccy into their CGI death sims.
"we calculate that one Roadrunner is approximately as intelligent as 45 mice"
Or 450 project managers ...
Opteron and Cell processors?
Does this mean that AMDs touted (elsewhere here) "Cell bad, ATI GPUs good" strategy for Opteron-based superdupercomputers has just been strangled at birth?
Keeping the rusty old sabres sharpened, just in case
I'm way more worried about the prospect of the good ol' US of A maintaining out-of-date nukes for readiness, than a piddling little 3 MW of power consumption.
The lead-lined, full length one.
They need all that power to check if a nuke is stale or fresh. Isn't there a boffin with a Geiger counter and a slide rule who could figure that one out? I mean if it's 10 megatons or 9.7 it isn't that important.
Also seeing as this information is coming from the US shouldn't it be assumed to be a lie, almost everything they say is a crock of shit why should this claim be any different. They're already fighting a propaganda war with the Chinese.
> Does it have a PCI-X slot for a graphics card?
No, it's already got nVidia on the motherboard, as evidenced by the 3 megawatt power requirement.
RE: "Does it have a PCI-X slot for a graphics card?"
Do you mean a PCI-e slot? I am sure they are around but I have personally never seen a PCI-X graphics card. So I will assume you made the mistake (which bugs the hell out of me, sorry) of mixing up the 64-bit Parallel PCI interface PCI-X and the newer, serial PCI-e.
Shoved it where the sun don't shine.
Read this and tried installing vista in my pet mouse. It died as a result, so no change there.
China rumoured to be working on rival....
With the power of a cats brain.
Mines the one with the Tom 'n' Jerry Cat Converto Betamax in the pocket.
Steven R
42 mice, surely?
If those are pan-dimensional white mice, as encountered by Arthur Dent, then I'm impressed. If they're ordinary house mice, then Roadrunner is about as clever as my cat...
(PH, as I'd like to know where she features on this scale)
Pigeon Guided Missiles
It's a lot of money to prove that something theoretically still works or doesn't. I mean, it's not as if you can get the parts anymore...
Still, I suppose it's better that boys play with toy cars rather than try to play with the traffic on the M1.
Re: Err
[...] They need all that power to check if a nuke is stale or fresh. Isn't there a boffin with a Geiger counter and a slide rule who could figure that one out? I mean if it's 10 megatons or 9.7 it isn't that important. [...]
It's a bit more complex than that. The "buildz yr ownz nuke!!1!" plans on teh intarwebs give the impression that nuclear weapons are quite simple beasts but today they have evolved in to startlingly complex things; following both the "maximum bang for minimum material (weight)" and "maximum bang for added complexity of <foo>" principles.
An example would be the enhanced yeild tricks fission->fusion->fission types where tritium is injected in to the heart of the fission reaction at /just/ the right moment to yeild a fusion reaction which, in turn, dumps enough neutrons out in to a third stage fission explosive - the whole thing timed just right so that first explosion hasn't reached (and destroyed) that final stage.
The age of the weapon isn't necessarily going to decrease it's yeild (although it might) it may be that it fizzles completely, explodes prematurely and therefore has a low yeild, or (worse of all possible worlds) has it's components mature (decay) in to products which are unstable or start to emit lethal levels of neutrons when brought close to each other.
The boffin with the slide rule would be able to say "yep, there is something in there which is radioactive" but little beyond that.
Personally, unpleasant though this subject is, I'd have preferred if the Reliable Replacement Warhead project had got approval. Dial-a-yeild, safe to handle and long lived.
mouse brains?
My mouse has a brain? 1/45th of a petaflop just to move a cursor around the screen? And 45 x £9 costs ... err I'll ask my mouse shall I?
PH, cos mouse-level IQs fascinate me
@Angus Wood
"Personally, unpleasant though this subject is, I'd have preferred if the Reliable Replacement Warhead project had got approval. Dial-a-yeild [sic], safe to handle and long lived."
Wouldn't that violate the NPT?
Just get rid of the weapons and use the petaflop to search for better cancer drugs.
@Dr. Mouse
RE: RE: "Does it have a PCI-X slot for a graphics card?"
Some people are soooooooo picky, gramatically and technically it's a fine thing to say as PCI-X is backwardly compatible, I have a PCI graphics card in one of my PCI-X slots on my ESX server (water cooled dual xeon btw), therefore, maybe no mistake made.
The fact that 64bit features of PCI-X didn't really take off explains the common re-usage of the acronym for PCI eXtended, and even manufacturers, retailers etc. use it, given the way that language works (missuse of words being accepted as the norm, therefore become correct), it may be technically incorrect, but it is accepted, (by all but pedants like yourself, I bet you complain about misuse of the word "decimated" as well).
It was a vaguely funny thing to say, and you either missed the fact that it was a joke or thought that your piffling bit of trivia might actually be important to anyone else but you, the fact that it bugs the hell out of you is the only reason I replied, don't reply or I will taunt you some more.
I think AMD would argue that they could, if given the chance, build the same size machine that would perform better on less power. Of course, you'd need to build the beast to prove/disprove their point.
The cell architecture is interesting.
Some friends at IBM did an Informix port to Sony's cell based PS3. (Ok, someone had too much free time on their hands,,,) Somehow I don't think you *can* do this to a GPU.
So I'd say AMD's calling for the Cell's death a tad premature.
The penguin... because I believe they also ported Linux to the PS3 too. ;-)
@ Robert Harrison
> Does it come in a nice case with shiny blue LEDs and lots of USB ports?
Yes, about 15,000 of each. Mine's the one tied into ten thousand usb missile launchers
If mice are so clever how come they get caught in those traps?
Perhaps they are pre-ocupied with mental climate modelling and not looking where they are going?
And in other news...
Bates Gill talks about the necessity of disarmament. I am not shitting you, it's the very Gill Bates and he's a fellow interested in peace and free chewing gum for everybody.
If you wan t to look it up yourself, the following might help: 'Es gebe einen zunehmenden Konsens, dass ernsthafte und wirksame Abrüstungsschritte notwendig seien, erklärte Sipri-Direktor Bates Gill.'
@ Dr. Mouse
Actually the 64-bit'ishness of the parallel PCI interface was introduced with the PCI spec rev. 2.something. PCI-X's main claim to fame over the original PCI was the increase of the bus clock from 33/66MHz (66MHz introduced with PCI rev. 2.1) to 133MHz (PCI-X rev. 1.0) or even 266/533MHz (PCI-X rev. 2.0).
I'll get my coat, fast...
The answer is...................................................................
Next time read the instructions before installing any OS on your pets: http://www.strangehorizons.com/2004/20040405/badger.shtml
Make appropriate adjustments per your animal type.
@ The elephant in the room
NO It was the camels that were preoccupied with the quadratic equations. the mice are just in charge
"The fact is that camels are far more intelligent than dolphins.* They are so much brighter that they soon realized that the most prudent thing any intelligent animal can do, if it would prefer its descendants not to spend a lot of time on a slab with electrodes clamped to their brains or sticking mines on the bottoms of ships or being patronized rigid by zoologists, is to make bloody certain humans don't find out about it."
* Never trust a species that grins all the time. It's up to something.
@Ian Michael Gumby
Well, since it's built with OPTERON chips, I doubt AMD has any complaints.
@ Steven Raith; @ Paul Bottomley
Re: China rumoured to be working on rival....
Fortunately, having named their computer "Coyote", it'll always blow up when it loses...
Re: @ The elephant in the room
...and they're telepathic, too; vis. "Homo Saps" by Eric Frank Russell, who warned us about them well before Mr. Pratchett caught on to their little tricks!
It probably DOES go Beep Beep!
And it was made by "Acme Corp", which is what ALL things that Wile E. Coyote buys are. He gets them mail order!
Of course, they always seem to have the errant anvil that comes down and whacks him on the head as well, but we'll leave that to the multi-megaton bomb.
"That's a new crater, isn't it?" ... "Beep beep...zoooom"
@But does it go ...
Surely that should be "meep, meep" ?
Or have I been hearing wrong for the last 40 years or more?
Just as well that Seagate wasn't behind this - or it would really be 0.91 petaflops...
It's the one with 24 buttons missing please
Pedant warning...
Um, shouldn't that be Petaflops? Last time I checked, small 'p' was used for the prefix 'pico', as in "bloody small" (10 to the -12, IIRC). For example, capacitors rated at 10pF.
On the other hand, since the electronics/IT industriy seems to make a habit of "editing" values other fields have used for hundreds of years, maybe I shouldn't worry (it's fun watching mathematicians trying to figure how the old "Volts=Amps x Ohms" triangle (v=ir, i=v/r, r=v/i) works when they use "i" to mean "the square root of minus 1"...).
Any notice the NYT article goes ... petaflops, exaflops, yottaflops, xeraflops?
Someone trying to coin a new SI prefix xera-? At least the author didn't try "markofflops" or maybe megamurineflops (or mondokowflops...).
meep meep
yes meep meep, twice PCI-X video error on POST ? :-P
Really if an IBM BIOS thats one beep two is a general POST error; (read the screen for the error code).
Just wait for the fanbois
when they realise that the cell processor used is the one for the PS3.
The problem with programming mice ....
is that the IDE is really cheesy
Hat, coat, and away
Madden '09 for free thanks to the US Govt.
Get Madden '09 free....only catch is it installs a screen saver for the US government to use your PS3 when you are not....seems like a win/win for everyone.
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