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by kujo
Wed Aug 11, 2021 9:10 pm
Forum: Other Sports/Olympics
Topic: Pre-mortem on the Paris Olympics disaster
Replies: 64
Views: 3995

Pre-mortem on the Paris Olympics disaster

Might as well start this thread now. I doubt India will do any better in Paris!!

ps: Knowing that we really did a lot better in Tokyo, after starting a similar thread about 5 years back (after Rio).... This will become an SI tradition now. :)
by kujo
Sun Aug 08, 2021 2:05 am
Forum: Other Sports/Olympics
Topic: Tokyo Olympics 2020
Replies: 2654
Views: 112373

Re: Tokyo Olympics 2020

Coming in late to this party on the forum - but watched the moment Neeraj won Gold live and what a glorious day it is for Indian Athletics! Well done Neeraj :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: Seven Olympic medals total, 1, 2, 4 sequence on Gold, Silver, Bronze - all of that, despite getting zero me...
by kujo
Fri Aug 06, 2021 12:41 am
Forum: Other Sports/Olympics
Topic: Pre-mortem on the Tokyo Olympics disaster
Replies: 41
Views: 9999

Re: Pre-mortem on the Tokyo Olympics disaster

Arjun and Jay were on point - early on, in this thread. Expecting 6 medals at-least in Tokyo. As of now, we are at 5 and just 1 more to fulfill their projections from 5 years back! Mens hockey definitely gave us all a great big smile and joy yesterday by winning Bronze. Will the women follow through...
by kujo
Thu Aug 05, 2021 3:34 am
Forum: The Indian Hockey Forum
Topic: Tokyo Olympic 2020 - Hockey
Replies: 634
Views: 37674

Re: Tokyo Olympic 2020 - Hockey

I just switched on and wtf.. they played good 7-10 seconds without a clock running and sure we concede a PC in last 6 seconds .. wow how much more cheating can the umpire do ? recorded the last 30 secs of match play - but more like 41 secs - because of the clock getting stuck for 10 secs!! That las...
by kujo
Thu Aug 05, 2021 3:32 am
Forum: The Indian Hockey Forum
Topic: Tokyo Olympic 2020 - Hockey
Replies: 634
Views: 37674

Re: Tokyo Olympic 2020 - Hockey

Sin Hombre wrote: Thu Aug 05, 2021 3:20 am What crazy cheating at the end
Yeah - the game clock was stuck at 29.8 secs while the play continued for a full 10 secs!!

Shitty umpiring as usual and yet India won!! :bounce: :bounce: :clap: :clap: :clap:
by kujo
Thu Aug 05, 2021 2:37 am
Forum: The Indian Hockey Forum
Topic: Tokyo Olympic 2020 - Hockey
Replies: 634
Views: 37674

Re: Tokyo Olympic 2020 - Hockey

Can not believe it!! India leading 5 - 3 in Mens hockey Olympic Bronze medal match !!
by kujo
Wed Jul 28, 2021 10:39 pm
Forum: Other Sports/Olympics
Topic: Tokyo Olympics 2020
Replies: 2654
Views: 112373

Re: Tokyo Olympics 2020

They should maybe train like how Abhinav Bindra did. He caved under pressure at Athens but came back to win the gold at Beijing. He talks a lot about the kind of training he put himself through (physical and mental included) before Beijing and that paid off. I don’t quite remember the exact details...
by kujo
Tue Jul 27, 2021 5:39 pm
Forum: Other Sports/Olympics
Topic: Tokyo Olympics 2020
Replies: 2654
Views: 112373

Re: Tokyo Olympics 2020

ps: be nice, be kind and please don't use phrases that are borderline online bullying "mental cry babies" kujo, some of what I was writing was tongue in cheek for fun. I had said that i was going to channel saniapower today, just to prepare everybody to be disappointed (Actually I was exp...
by kujo
Tue Jul 27, 2021 2:02 am
Forum: Other Sports/Olympics
Topic: Tokyo Olympics 2020
Replies: 2654
Views: 112373

Re: Tokyo Olympics 2020

Meanwhile, a 13 year old Japanese girl wins Olympic gold in Skateboard and another 13 year old wins silver. Good for those kids, while India continues to struggle winning Olympic medals.... ps: be nice, be kind and please don't use phrases that are borderline online bullying "mental cry babies&...
by kujo
Wed Jan 06, 2021 11:19 pm
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: Doc's Near Death Experience
Replies: 182
Views: 54568

Re: Doc's Near Death Experience

Just went through some of his top 10 lists - we all miss the good doc. :-(
by kujo
Wed Jan 06, 2021 10:43 pm
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: Coronavirus SARS-Cov2 (COVID-19)
Replies: 8323
Views: 509258

Re: Coronavirus SARS-Cov2 (COVID-19)

That would imply that they have data (hopefully) that give them confidence that there is no safety concern and that only efficacy is being tested, to speed up the Phase-III. Pretty much what I guessed. They should've explained these things first. Not sure what ethical concerns I may be missing in m...
by kujo
Mon Aug 17, 2020 5:00 am
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: Coronavirus SARS-Cov2 (COVID-19)
Replies: 8323
Views: 509258

Re: Coronavirus SARS-Cov2 (COVID-19)

Take a look at today's summary . I had to change the definition of "bad areas" to those with 50% more growth than the national average (which is now generally only around 2 to 2.25 percent). So even the bad areas really only have about 3.5 to 4.5% growth. And only 10% of the current cases...
by kujo
Tue Aug 11, 2020 3:53 pm
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: Coronavirus SARS-Cov2 (COVID-19)
Replies: 8323
Views: 509258

Re: Coronavirus SARS-Cov2 (COVID-19)

^^ Actually that rule comes from the exact formula above. (ln 2) is about 0.70 and the (ln (1+rate)) tends to the value (rate) when rate is small, so if the rate is in percentage, the (70/rate) rule works perfectly! I guess all finance guys and real-estate agents know such rules. Engineers like me ...
by kujo
Tue Aug 11, 2020 3:11 pm
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: Coronavirus SARS-Cov2 (COVID-19)
Replies: 8323
Views: 509258

Re: Coronavirus SARS-Cov2 (COVID-19)

Jay, How do you compute the doubling rate? Nothing complicated. The standard doubling period that they all use, which assumes that the same rate will apply every day for t days. Like compound interest. (1+rate) exp t = 2.00, so find the t and it is the doubling period. t ln (1+rate) = ln 2 ... so, ...
by kujo
Wed Jul 15, 2020 8:39 pm
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: Coronavirus SARS-Cov2 (COVID-19)
Replies: 8323
Views: 509258

Re: Coronavirus SARS-Cov2 (COVID-19)

I suppose inter city travel is much more open now in US than in India. Still I wonder how NY cases continue to drop even as California, Texas and Florida are rising. Are there people not travelling from thoese regions to NY which brings the cases back up there ? It is understandable in India as tra...