Tomorrow is the last race of the season. The points for the top three drivers are rather close so there's a chance any of them could win. I wanted to use a different method of determining who had the best chances of winning since it's down to just the last race. While Johnson has a good record during the Chase, his record at just the Homestead race is not as strong, and Hamlin and Harvick have very good averages there. Unfortunately, the method I chose was very labor intensive, so I never completed it, but based on the general trend I was seeing, this are the averages I'm giving for who has the best shot at winning the cup.
Hamlin 62%
Johnson 27%
Harvick 11%
Hamlin's chances are probably lower and Harvick's chances are probably higher as Hamlin has a wider variance of scores, but I didn't get that far in my analysis. However, it wouldn't mean much. Hamlin is by far the favorite and Harvick is the underdog.
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Monday, November 15, 2010
China Takes Top in Top 500
Top 500
The November Top 500 Supercomputers list came out a few days ago. It looks like the supercomputer industry is finally out of the doldrums, with China introducing what is now the fastest computer in the world, Tianhe 1A, calculating 2.57 PetaFLOPS, leaving the 1.76 PetaFLOPS Jaguar in the dust. It is faster than all 500 supercomputers from November 2005 combined. Back in June, a Chinese computer, Nebulae, debuted as the second fastest computer, so now the first and third fastest computers are both Chinese.
The overall FLOPS calculated by all the Top 500 Supercomputers increased by 35% in six months, just below the 36% average. There are just under 200 new computers on the list. If the epically named Earth Simulator (top computer from 2002 to 2004) were still around, it would only be 348th on the list.
The November Top 500 Supercomputers list came out a few days ago. It looks like the supercomputer industry is finally out of the doldrums, with China introducing what is now the fastest computer in the world, Tianhe 1A, calculating 2.57 PetaFLOPS, leaving the 1.76 PetaFLOPS Jaguar in the dust. It is faster than all 500 supercomputers from November 2005 combined. Back in June, a Chinese computer, Nebulae, debuted as the second fastest computer, so now the first and third fastest computers are both Chinese.
The overall FLOPS calculated by all the Top 500 Supercomputers increased by 35% in six months, just below the 36% average. There are just under 200 new computers on the list. If the epically named Earth Simulator (top computer from 2002 to 2004) were still around, it would only be 348th on the list.
Monday, November 08, 2010
NASCAR Chase: Texas
Johnson 61%
Hamlin 37%
Harvick 2%
Yesterday's race was fascinating. Kyle Busch got in trouble for flipping off a NASCAR official, Burton and Gordon got into a fight after Burton wrecked Gordon during a caution lap. Knaus, Johnson's crew chief, got so fed up with the pit crew that he replaced them with Gordon's pit crew. I don't think that has ever happened before.
In terms of the Chase, Hamlin won the race and is now the points leader. I still have him as the underdog as Johnson has a better record. However, if Johnson isn't able to close the points gap after the next race, Hamlin will have the advantage. Harvick is still hanging in there, but he's going to have to pull off a major upset next week if he's going to have a chance for the Championship.
Hamlin 37%
Harvick 2%
Yesterday's race was fascinating. Kyle Busch got in trouble for flipping off a NASCAR official, Burton and Gordon got into a fight after Burton wrecked Gordon during a caution lap. Knaus, Johnson's crew chief, got so fed up with the pit crew that he replaced them with Gordon's pit crew. I don't think that has ever happened before.
In terms of the Chase, Hamlin won the race and is now the points leader. I still have him as the underdog as Johnson has a better record. However, if Johnson isn't able to close the points gap after the next race, Hamlin will have the advantage. Harvick is still hanging in there, but he's going to have to pull off a major upset next week if he's going to have a chance for the Championship.
Friday, November 05, 2010
Why Racist Parties Can't Have Nice Things
The Local.se
The press secretary for the Sweden Democrats was kicked out of a bar in Iceland after yelling racial slurs and throwing a glass at a Palestinian bartender. The Sweden Democrats are an anti-immigration party and like any good anti-immigration party they claim to not be racist, but things like this keep undermining them. There is a certain irony in his first insult, "fucking foreigner", giving that he was a Swede visiting Iceland at the time.
Kind of reminds me of when a racist Italian party brought down their far-right coalition in the EU Parliament after their leader made some insulting comments about Romanians. Unfortunately, one of the largest parties in the coalition was Romanian, so when they left, the coalition was not longer large enough to continue by EU rules.
The press secretary for the Sweden Democrats was kicked out of a bar in Iceland after yelling racial slurs and throwing a glass at a Palestinian bartender. The Sweden Democrats are an anti-immigration party and like any good anti-immigration party they claim to not be racist, but things like this keep undermining them. There is a certain irony in his first insult, "fucking foreigner", giving that he was a Swede visiting Iceland at the time.
Kind of reminds me of when a racist Italian party brought down their far-right coalition in the EU Parliament after their leader made some insulting comments about Romanians. Unfortunately, one of the largest parties in the coalition was Romanian, so when they left, the coalition was not longer large enough to continue by EU rules.
Monday, November 01, 2010
NASCAR Chase: Talladega
(red means they're down from last week, green means they're up)
Johnson 79%
Hamlin 20%
Harvick 2%
Johnson increased his points lead over Hamlin by finishing two places ahead of him at Talladega. However, Harvick managed to narrow the gap with a second place finish. Johnson is still the favorite, but Hamlin and Harvick are hanging in there.
Johnson 79%
Hamlin 20%
Harvick 2%
Johnson increased his points lead over Hamlin by finishing two places ahead of him at Talladega. However, Harvick managed to narrow the gap with a second place finish. Johnson is still the favorite, but Hamlin and Harvick are hanging in there.
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