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Jul-28-10
 | | Phony Benoni: <JFQ> Yes, microfilm (as well as microfiche and other assorted micro-formats) are going out favor in libraries, and few people are sorry to see them go. Microfilm was always just a makeshift to preserve information on decaying paper and to save space in the Library. But they were always clunky and hard to use; for instance, it's a lot of trouble to find a particular issue or page on a roll of microfilm. In additiion, microfilm also decays over time. There are urban legends about microfilm cabinets exploding because the film contained some chemical that produced an explosive in the decaying process. There's just enough truth to make this scenario possible, though I doubt anything would dare explode with all those librarians shushing it. Digitized versions are clearly the better choice. Easier to use and search, and you don't even have to perform that nasty chore of coming into the library. Of course, we don't know yet how long digital versions will last, or what's coming in the future. But librarians don't particularly worry about older archives being obsolete, as long as the newer ones are improvements. And with information going totally digital, getting rid of the old archives won't require much effort or present an environmental problem |
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| Jul-28-10 | | playground player: Are the Cubs looking for a manager? I'm available! |
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| Jul-28-10 | | Travis Bickle: <sleepyirv: ...In conclusion, FIRE JIM HENDRY!> Absolutely!!! |
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| Jul-28-10 | | Jim Bartle: Hendry was fired! As manager of Spinal Tap.
Oh, that was <Tony Hendry.> He did wield a baseball bat, though. Or a cricket bat. |
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| Jul-30-10 | | A.G. Argent: Czar, inre your ad at QA for a Michigan politico, I get ads for fly-fishing gear there from an outfit I've bought gear on-line from. They are well inter-connected, these internets. But no joke, it really is all a bit insidious and intrusive, ain't it. |
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Jul-30-10
| | Phony Benoni: <A.G. Argent> With Queen Alice, I'm pretty sure the ad showed up because I'm registered on the site as being from Michigan. Probably the deal is some sort of targeted ad, "Show this to every registered user from Michigan." If I lived in Arizona, I'd see a different ad. The Internet merely makes the process more efficient rather than more sinister. One of my mother's sisters lived with us for a couple of months one summer, and bought some records from Chesterfield Music in New York City. Twenty years later, we were still receiving Chesterfield catalogs addressed to her. You can probably get out of the loop by putting enough time and effort into it, but that's not exactly how I want to spend my free time. So I try to have fun with it. Once, before the Do Not Call list came out, I kept getting robocalls from a building company urging me to call back if I wanted any construction work done. So one day I did call them back, and asked them for a quote on a new door. Then I left the phone number for the State Prison. |
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| Jul-31-10 | | just a kid: <Phony Benoni> Lol,nice Should do that when I get older |
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Jul-31-10
 | | jessicafischerqueen: <PB and J>
Thanks for that prompt and informative answer.
So the new technologies are the "Librarian's Friend." Excellent. |
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Jul-31-10
| | jessicafischerqueen: <Rock Legend Rod Argent> Thank you! Your encouragement is particularly meaningful to me considering that I was going to stop making Chess History Videos until I finished work for the year-- But you told me not to stop.
tks mstr |
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| Jul-31-10 | | A.G. Argent: Aw shucks, Miss Queen, you're too kind. Just doin' my job, 'maam, appreciating what needs appreciating. Signed, yer legendary pal, Rod. (PS - keep 'em coming.) |
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| Jul-31-10 | | A.G. Argent: And now something I DO NOT appreciate! Cards traded Ryan Ludwick to the damned Padres in a 3 way deal with Cleveland all to get a very middle of the road pitcher in Jake Westbrook. God, I hate to see him go. Eleventh hour deadline pressure, I guess. (Sorry for the fume job.) |
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Jul-31-10
| | Phony Benoni: <A.G. Argent> All depends on your point of view. In Detroit, we love the trade; Westbrook is one of those pitchers who handles the Tigers easily. Looking at the stats, though, I can understand your frustration. I just popped over to a Cards fan page, and saw rumors that Ludwick and LaRussa did not get along--which would always spell trouble for the player. |
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| Jul-31-10 | | Jim Bartle: What? Ludwick is an excellent player.
Funny about managers and players, though. LaRussa and Pujols expressed completely opposite opinions on the Arizona immigration law. Doesn't seem to have affected their relationship, for some reason. |
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| Jul-31-10 | | Deus Ex Alekhina: Regarding microfilm, microfiche, etc - how easy is it to access the newspapers' "morgue"? Can you do it over the internet? There are a few stories I would like to see - as well as the William Bult chess columns carried by the Detroit Times, Free Press, & News. |
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Jul-31-10
| | Phony Benoni: Probably the best thing to do is check the newspaper's website and see if old stories are available. Some have them, some don't--and those that do generally charge for access. You can try your local library as well, but libraries usually have to pay higher prices and the charge might come back to you. |
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| Jul-31-10 | | A.G. Argent: I did not know that about LaRussa and Ludwick. It sure as hell wasn't as talked about as much as, say, LaRussa and Rolen's feuding, which led to Rolen being shown the door. I suppose TLR can be a bit irascible but I think when it comes to whatever conflicts he might have with Al Pujols, there would be some pretty convenient compromising going on, like in; "well, you might be right, Albert, I hadn't thought of it that way. By the way, you're up next". |
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| Jul-31-10 | | Travis Bickle: Hey Dr Benoni I was just contemplating the Chicago Cubs. What do you do as an organization to turn things around when you need a whole team to replace? LOL |
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Jul-31-10
| | Phony Benoni: <Travis> I'll let you know right after the Lions win the Super Bowl. |
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| Jul-31-10 | | Jim Bartle: Concerning your "I hate baseball" comment over on that other page where I'm banned, PB: I have a friend who is a world-class mountain climber. He says every time he gets back to camp after a big climb he swears he's never going to set foot on a mountain again. Then, he says, "By the next morning, I'm looking at another mountains and saying, 'That looks like an interesting line on that face; maybe it'll go.' There's no getting away from it." |
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| Aug-01-10 | | suenteus po 147: <Phony Benoni> Fantastic work on the Palma de Mallorca Interzonal! That's a behemoth collection, and you deserve kudos for putting it together :) |
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| Aug-01-10 | | Jim Bartle: Reading a (lousy) John Grisham novel called "A Painted House" there was a story that on the last day of the 1952 season, Stan Musial came in from center to pitch against the Cubs, facing Frank Baumholtz, his nearest pursuer in the race for the batting title. (People cared about that back then, unlike today.) He came in in the first and starter Harvey Haddix went to rightfield for that one batter. Baumholtz got on via an error. Here's the box score: http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/... Grisham, and Baseball Almanac's season recap, say Baumholtz was just a few points behind Musial, but he's not on the list of top hitters of the year, and he only had 409 at bats. Can you shed any light on this story, PB? |
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Aug-01-10
| | Phony Benoni: <JB> Judging from the box score, the story is essentially true. Note the extra detail about Baumholtz switching around and batting right handed. He wasn't going to catch Musial, who was about 10 points ahead, unless he went 5 for 5 while Musial was going 0 for 5. The rules for qualification for a batting title have changed. Here's a rundown: http://www.worldlingo.com/ma/enwiki... So in 1952, Baumholtz needed only 400 at bats to qualify. With the modern standard of 3.1 plate appearances, he would have needed about 477 plate appearances and would have fallen short of qualifiying. Online sites differ in how they determine historical leader boards. Baseball Reference seems to follow the standard in place in 1952: http://www.baseball-reference.com/l... Retrosheet and Baseball Almanac apparently stick to the 3.1 PA standard, probably for the sake of convenience and consistency: http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/...
I think I prefer the Baseball Reference approach. |
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| Aug-01-10 | | Jim Bartle: Thanks, PB. The story wouldn't have much weight if Baumholtz weren't eligible for the title. What if Haddix had then thrown a "no-hitter," getting 27 outs in a game with no hits? He would have been the answer to two of baseball's oddest statistics. |
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| Aug-02-10 | | suenteus po 147: <Phony Benoni> You sly devil! Where on earth did you dig up tournament information on Game Collection: Podebrady 1936 ? I've exhausted every online source I have (including a few I didn't have!) and never could come up with either round info or dates. Congratulations to you, sir, on your superior research skills. I'm highly anticipating the collection's completion! |
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| Aug-02-10 | | A.G. Argent: <suenteus> Hence the handle; the *Czar* (of most things heretofore unknown.) |
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