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Archive for December, 2008
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Dec 29
US Ranked 4th
After determining the Big-12 championship game participants, the BCS computers were put to work on other major contests and today the BCS declared Germany to be the winner of World War II.
“Germany put together an incredible number of victories beginning with the annexation of Austria and the Sudetenland and continuing on into conference play with defeats of Poland, France, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Belgium and the Netherlands. Their only losses came against the US and Russia; however considering their entire body of work–including an incredibly tough Strength of Schedule–our computers deemed them worthy of the #1 ranking.”
Questioned about the #4 ranking of the United States the BCS commissioner stated “The US only had two major victories–Japan and Germany. The computer models, unlike humans, aren’t influenced by head-to-head contests–they consider each contest to be only a single, equally-weighted event.”
German Chancellor Adolf Hitler said “Yes, we lost to the US; but we defeated #2 ranked France in only 6 weeks.” Herr Hitler has been criticized for seeking dramatic victories to earn ’style points’ to enhance Germany’s rankings. Hitler protested “Our contest with Poland was in doubt until the final day and the conditions in Norway were incredibly challenging and demanded the application of additional forces.”
The French ranking has also come under scrutiny. The BCS commented “ France had a single loss against Germany and following a preseason #1 ranking they only fell to #2.”
Japan was ranked #3 with victories including Manchuria, Borneo and the Philippines.
note: I tried to find the original source of this, but the closest I could get was this Bleacher Report posting. Apparently it was passed around in emails and forums.
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Dec 22
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Dec 15
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- Nice Translator » The fast, easy to use online translator
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- The Secret to Raising Smart Kids: Scientific American »
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Dec 8
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- Arcade UFO » Japanese-style Arcade in Austin
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- Ghostbusters: The Video Game – HD Trailer »
- Google reader updated and enhanced »
- Google Friend Connect: now available »
- East Austin Studio Tour »
- Atari to revisit Baldur’s Gate » aha! First Fallout III, then Diablo III and now possibly a Baldur's Gate III! I see devs have been staring into my forgotten dreams vault
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Dec 1
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- Venus, Jupiter will ’shine’ Monday night »
- Better Consider the Scoreboard »
- Universal Life Church » become an ordained minister online, instantly
- Childrens’ Book to explain plastic surgery on Mommy »
- Relic "definitely looking" at Homeworld 3 »