Author: ranginui

Owen Hughes is an Arsehat

Owen Hughes has been moaning because he thinks he could do better than Steve
Ferguson at the olympics. Russ
has a good rant
here that
tells you all about it. All I can say is there is a time and a place, this
is neither.

UPDATE 2004/08/26: NZ Canoeing hits back

NZ Canoeing have
hit back
at Owen Hughes and his little temper tanty. Remember Owen, no one likes
the kid who throws his toys in the corner.

Medals Counts.

All medals per million people

  Country Per million Medals Population
1 Australia 1.75 35 20
2 Greece 0.85 9 10.6
3 Romania 0.73 16 22
4 New Zealand 0.5 2 4
5 South Korea 0.44 21 48
6 France 0.42 25 60
7 UK 0.37 22 60
8 Italy 0.36 21 58
9 Germany 0.35 29 82
10 Ukraine 0.31 15 48
11 Russia 0.28 41 144.5
12 Japan 0.25 32 127
13 USA 0.23 66 290
14 China 0.04 50 1287
15 Ethiopia 0.04 4 89.8

Gold medals per million people

  Country Per million Gold Population
1 Australia 0.65 13 20
2 New Zealand 0.5 2 4
3 Greece 0.47 5 10.6
4 Romania 0.36 8 22
5 Ukraine 0.17 8 48
6 France 0.15 9 60
7 Italy 0.14 8 58
8 South Korea 0.13 6 48
9 Japan 0.12 15 127
10 UK 0.12 7 60
11 Germany 0.10 8 82
12 USA 0.08 23 290
13 Russia 0.04 6 144.5
14= China 0.02 23 1287
14= Ethiopia 0.02 2 89.8

Gold medals per GDP

  Country Per billion GDP Gold GDP
1 Romania 0.047 8 $169.3
2 Ethiopia 0.041 2 $48.53
3 Ukraine 0.037 8 $218
4= New Zealand 0.025 2 $78.4
4= Australia 0.025 13 $525
4= Greece 0.025 5 $203.3
5= France 0.006 9 $1558
6= Italy 0.005 7 $1455
6= UK 0.005 7 $1528
7= Germany 0.004 8 $2160
7= Japan 0.004 15 $3651
7= China 0.004 23 $5989
7= Russia 0.004 6 $1409
7= South Korea 0.004 6 $1376
8 USA 0.002 23 $10450

I are a good student

So it turns out Cambridge High School had in place a completely crap “catch
up credits” programme. Which they admit had no educational merits at all.
But it did help them get the 100% pass rate. You can read the full article

here

Interesting bits are “The report said: “There was no formal policy,
rationale, or goals; there was no programme of learning; no trained teacher
was available; there was no formal process for identifying students for
achievement recovery; and quality assurance of the assessment was negligible.”

The report concluded that the school had to change its fundamental
philosophy from one of all students gaining NCEA, to one of students gaining
a meaningful qualification. ”
Meanwhile the arsehat principle is still trying to pretend that she didnt
really resign. What a gimp

Preemptive Arsehat Award

This is for Destiny Church, who already undoubtedly are arsehats. But
today they will seek to make themselves even more so.
Whats tomorrow? Tomorrow is when Destiny church are going to be marching to
Parliament with their “Enough is Enough” protest. Otherwise known as “we are
a bunch of homophobe bigots, who want to tell everyone how to live”
protest.
I think the National front morons might be marching as well, maybe they can
get together and have a bigot picnic. Its a pity they didnt march last
wednesday night, the wind might have blown them all into the sea and made
the world a much nicer place to live.

UPDATE 2004/08/23: 5000 Morons

Stuff is reporting around 5000 morons turned out for the Enough is Enough
protest. No indications how many were involved in counter protests, i’m sure we’ll find out later on.

UPDATE 2004/08/23: They lived up to the arsehat label.

Well what a bunch of pillocks. It sickens me to see so many brown faces in
the crowd. Decolonise yourselves you brainwashed bunch of arsehats.

Medals Counts.

All medals per million people

  Country Per million Medals Population
1 Australia 1.35 27 20
2 South Korea 0.40 19 48
3= France 0.33 20 60
3= Germany 0.33 27 82
4 UK 0.30 18 60
5 Italy 0.29 17 58
6 New Zealand 0.25 1 4
7 Romania 0.23 5 22
8 Russia 0.23 33 144.5
9 Ukraine 0.23 11 48
10 Japan 0.17 22 127
11 USA 0.16 46 290
12 China 0.03 41 1287
13 Ethiopia 0.02 2 89.8

Gold medals per million people

  Country Per million Gold Population
1 Australia 0.55 11 20
2 New Zealand 0.25 1 4
3 Romania 0.14 3 22
4 Ukraine 0.13 6 48
5 Germany 0.11 9 82
6= France 0.10 6 60
6= Italy 0.10 6 58
7 Japan 0.09 12 127
8 UK 0.08 5 60
9 USA 0.07 19 290
10 Russia 0.04 6 144.5
11 China 0.01 18 1287
12 Ethiopia 0.01 1 89.8

Gold medals per GDP

  Country Per billion GDP Gold GDP
1 Ukraine 0.028 6 $218
2 Australia 0.021 11 $525
3 Ethiopia 0.020 1 $48.53
4 Romania 0.018 3 $169.3
5 New Zealand 0.012 1 $78.4
6= France 0.004 6 $1558
6= Russia 0.004 6 $1409
6= Italy 0.004 6 $1455
6= Germany 0.004 9 $2160
7= Japan 0.003 12 $3651
7= China 0.003 18 $5989
7= UK 0.003 5 $1528
8 USA 0.002 19 $10450

No Mans Land

My parents recommended this to me when we were fixing the fence that the
wind had trashed. Im glad I got it out, a great film that explores the
absurdities of modern day warfare. Set in the bosnian conflict it follows
the story of 3 soldiers trapped in no mans land, 2 bosnians and a serb. And
the completely ineffective and hamstrung UN. Depressing as are all films
exploring the depths of human stupidity, but a great film nonetheless.

So im done watching movies today, I now have some rugby games, a league
game, and a pile of Olympics to watch.