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#21 OFFLINE   DennisD

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Posted 08 August 2012 - 02:50 PM

View Posthazelnut, on 08 August 2012 - 12:36 AM, said:


Also really pleased to see that Windows XP was involved in the Mars landing :)


Nice find that hazel. Some things never grow old.

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Posted 08 August 2012 - 07:14 PM

According to these guys wxp still has about 38 percent of the market worldwide.  LINK

edit 13 August 2012:  OK, make that 28 percent.   :mellow:
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Posted 10 August 2012 - 12:06 AM

One of the Anti-Virus companies has done its own slant on the Olympics.

Actually some interesting stats there

http://www.emsisoft....arelympics2012/
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Posted 10 August 2012 - 01:25 AM

Pretty neat, I love infographics

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Posted 12 August 2012 - 10:10 PM

The closing ceremony... I'm sorry if I offend some people... but I found it to be pretty bad... It seemed like many of the "singers" weren't actually singing and were just miming. One good thing I found about it was the way they had the piano keyboard playing on the seats of the stadium, that was pretty cool.

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Posted 12 August 2012 - 11:32 PM

I thought it was pretty lackluster myself.

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Posted 13 August 2012 - 01:28 AM

I think it was always going to be difficult to follow the opening ceremony and especially to follow the great performances by all the athletes.

Ceremonies like the closing one always seem to go on too long.
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Posted 13 August 2012 - 02:55 AM

I see that, in typical united states fasion, we went all out to take the most medals.

Some impressive performances by all involved nonetheless!

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Posted 13 August 2012 - 07:51 AM

View Posthazelnut, on 02 August 2012 - 12:50 AM, said:

... remember guys over the pond we are just a little spec of a country size wise so we won't get as many as you :)
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When you consider the total number of medals against the population of each country, Great Britain looks pretty darned good.
But imho that's too much preoccupation with totals.
What matters maybe is that folks from all over the globe can get together and compete honorably and peacefully.  
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Posted 13 August 2012 - 08:43 AM

I have to say that I was of the mind of a lot of people in this country regarding the money this enterprise cost measured against the really difficult financial position this government has put the ordinary guy on the street into.

But once you get past that, and accept that it's happening regardless, then the Games were absolutely amazing. I am biased being an Englishman, but for me they were the best Olympic Games ever. And I base that comment on the people who matter.

The competitors, their families, and the amazing support provided by people of all nationalities.

(I borrowed Login's soap box as he was finished with it.)

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Posted 13 August 2012 - 09:08 AM

Quickly snatching Login`s soap box from the grasp of Dennis ! I would like to add if Yorkshire was an independent country( with the amount of medals won from T`Yorkshire folk )we would be 12th in the world medal table! Just saying... ^_^

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Posted 13 August 2012 - 09:44 AM

Yep, definitely congrats to the Brits on their amazing showing and the amount of medals they earned. :)

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Posted 13 August 2012 - 11:28 AM

The only thing I watched was a floor gymnastics routine by one woman and it was amazing how high she could jump upside down. And that's all I watched of it, even though it was on 5 channels in total.

Now I'm ready for Formula 1 to return to TV without any boring races. I wish Speed Channel would start showing some British Rally Cross again, and not show such a chopped up 60 minutes worth of a highlights reel of the World Rally Championship.
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Posted 13 August 2012 - 01:17 PM

The US Coverage of the olympics was pretty terribad, NASA's coverage of the rover landing was far more comprehensive. That being said, I did watch many of the gymnastic and swimming competitions.

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Posted 13 August 2012 - 03:15 PM

I was shocked the other day by how much I enjoyed the Synchronized Swimming. (I can hear laughter already).

This quite honestly was the joke event in the past, made more comical by the pasted on permanent smiles, but they blew my socks off the other day.

I found myself watching because there wasn't much else on at that time, and it soon became apparent that this event has been taken to a completely new level. It was mesmerising from start to finish.

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Posted 13 August 2012 - 03:38 PM

View PostDennisD, on 13 August 2012 - 03:15 PM, said:

I was shocked the other day by how much I enjoyed the Synchronized Swimming. (I can hear laughter already).
How did you enjoy it, as spectator or participant :P

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Posted 13 August 2012 - 03:39 PM

:lol: :lol: :lol:

I would have disappeared amongst the flurry of legs never to be seen again. What a way to go!!