tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50559062011-12-16T15:10:27.251-08:00Michael Jennings ExtraThis blog is essentially for sidebars of stuff on my <a href=''http://michaeljennings.blogspot.com''> regular blog</a>. If I think something is a little esoteric for the narrative of that blog, it goes hereMichaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09197909058431076608noreply@blogger.comBlogger151100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5055906.post-84425403229722945352009-07-26T13:13:00.000-07:002009-07-26T13:25:30.552-07:00In this post I am going to use the Latinised form of Russian rather than Ukrainian spellings of place names -for instance Chernobyl and Kiev - as these were the forms in use at the time of the Chernobyl disaster and these remain the names most commonly used outside the Ukraine and are likely to be most familiar to my readers. Since the Chernobyl disaster, Ukraine has become an independent nation Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09197909058431076608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5055906.post-1119965652857219092005-06-28T05:32:00.000-07:002005-06-28T06:38:47.276-07:00This is a testMichaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09197909058431076608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5055906.post-1117801201202761652005-06-03T05:16:00.000-07:002005-06-03T08:34:26.973-07:00This is a test.This is another test and I will be jumping for joy when it runs.Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09197909058431076608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5055906.post-1090774914056832972004-07-25T10:01:00.000-07:002004-07-31T07:57:12.626-07:00All about Firewire
As I have mentioned on this blog, I recently built a PC for my landlady. As it happened, my landlady recently bought a digital video camera. This was not quite the latest model, which mean that it could only be connected to a PC using a Firewire (IEEE 1394) port. As she saw it, this presented a problem, as the computer I had built did not have a Firewire port.
Now the historyMichaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09197909058431076608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5055906.post-1078081330603331302004-02-29T11:02:00.000-08:002004-02-29T11:06:45.860-08:00In 1982, Tron was made, the first film incorporating large amounts of computer graphics. (Actually it only included about 15 minutes of actual graphics. The rest of the film was drawn art designed to look like computer graphics, whereas the reverse would probably be done today). The film was not successful at the box office, but it was mind blowing and it was a tremendous influence on many peopleMichaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09197909058431076608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5055906.post-1078080813522425632004-02-29T10:53:00.000-08:002004-02-29T10:56:24.263-08:00Best Animated Film. Easy. Finding Nemo is a shoo in. Some people like Bellezvois Rendez-vous (released in the US as The Triplets of Bellevois). These people are heartened by the fact that a film from the non-English speaking world, Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away won last year, and think that it could happen again. No way. That’s not to criticise the film – it is indeed excellent. However, in Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09197909058431076608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5055906.post-1078080636580010312004-02-29T10:50:00.000-08:002004-02-29T10:53:27.360-08:00For Best Picture and best Director I think The Return of the King, simply because the magnitude of what Jackson pulled off. Once in a while Hollywood likes to honor a huge blockbuster. Someone who fought the studio system, got his way, made a hugely successful film, and made a huge sum of money for his studio. Jackson did that. The last time such a film got a pile of Academy Awards the film was Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09197909058431076608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5055906.post-956871232003-06-15T08:54:00.000-07:002003-06-15T08:54:46.740-07:00function ycs e ;e= +liberal government
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Okay, now let us lookMichaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09197909058431076608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5055906.post-900439902003-03-03T03:08:00.000-08:002003-03-03T03:08:43.390-08:00Okay, the story today is what happens in Group B if New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Kenya and South Africa all end up on 16 points. The answer is that South Africa and Kenya go through, and that the team with the best net runrate out of
In all truth, I have no idea. Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09197909058431076608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5055906.post-899231462003-02-28T13:49:00.000-08:002003-02-28T13:49:15.606-08:00Okay, so today Sri Lanka beat West Indies in Group B
If West Indies had won today, they would be almost certainly through, but they didn't. Today's result makes Sri Lankan qualification more likely, and West Indian less likely, but still, nothing is certain. There are two important games to go: Bangladesh v Kenya and Sri Lanka v South Africa.
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Look at Kenya v Bangladesh. If Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09197909058431076608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5055906.post-897918842003-02-26T12:22:00.000-08:002003-02-26T12:47:13.000-08:00 Group A Analysis
Okay, there are two important games to go in Group A. Australia play England and India play Pakistan. At this point, one has to expect that Australia will beat England, given that England looked dreadful today, and Australia have won every game the two sides have played for more than four years (13 games in a row, or something like that). If this happens, then India v PakistanMichaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09197909058431076608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5055906.post-896486702003-02-24T08:03:00.000-08:002003-02-28T13:31:37.000-08:00Even Further Analysis of World Cup Group B
Curiouser and Curiouser, said Alice.
Okay, today Kenya scored a huge upset by beating Sri Lanka. With Kenya's default over New Zealand last week, Kenya are now a real chance to make the Super Six stage. Whereas we previously thought that the only important remaining games were SL v WI and SL v RSA, the Kenya v Bangladesh game also now becomes extremelyMichaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09197909058431076608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5055906.post-893129752003-02-18T08:25:00.000-08:002003-02-18T13:26:26.000-08:00 Further Analysis of World Cup Group B
Well, I was premature in saying that the West Indies were certain of a place in the Super Six "unless Canada beat New Zealand or anything like that". Of course, I should have said "provided all the 'good teams' beat all the 'minnows'". The possibility that I did not mention but which could I suppose have been covered by "or something like that" was a tie Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09197909058431076608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5055906.post-892006752003-02-16T12:53:00.000-08:002003-02-16T12:53:21.610-08:00 Analysis of World Cup Points Tables as of February 16
In Group B, as in Group A, there are two classes of team. There are what I would descibe as "good teams" and "minnows". The "good teams" are West Indies, South Africa, New Zealand and Sri Lanka. The "minnows" are Kenya, Canada, and Bangladesh. It is to be assumed that a "good team" will beat a "minnow" on almost all occasions, and that Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09197909058431076608noreply@blogger.com