[shuttertalk]

Wow, it's really crept up on me unawares, but did you know that the Athens Olympics is only 4/5 days away (depending on which timezone you're in )??

Are you looking forward to it? Have you got your mascots and memorabilia out? What sport do you think you'll be watching the most? No doubt, Australian prime time TV will be dedicated to the Swimming, as Aussies generally do well in that.

Greek time is about 7 hours behind Melbournian time by my calculations, so we might be able to catch some stuff live... hooray!

[dave]

which channel has rights to show the olympics? Is it channel 7?

[shuttertalk]

Not sure yet, dave...

By the way, interesting article on Olympic security...
http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/08/10/olymp...index.html

[lemangoholic]

Yes Channel 7 in Australia...

There are heaps of plasma TVs in the meeting rooms in my office... I'll be having heaps of meeting over the next 2 weeks

[shuttertalk]

Medal tally as it currently stands...

Go Australia!

Rank NOC NOC Name Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank By Total
1 CHN China 5 1 1 7 3
2 AUS Australia 4 1 3 8 =1
3 JPN Japan 4 1 0 5 =5
4 ITA Italy 2 1 0 3 =7
5 UKR Ukraine 2 0 1 3 =7
6 USA United States 1 4 3 8 =1
7 RUS Russia 1 3 2 6 4
8 FRA France 1 2 2 5 =5
9 HUN Hungary 1 1 1 3 =7
10 THA Thailand 1 0 1 2 =11

[peter]

Whooooooo go aussie!!

[shuttertalk]

Bah, Aussies have dropped to #4

Did anyone see the guy in a blue tutu dive into the diving pool?

Rank
by
Gold NOC NOC Name Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank by Total
1 CHN China 11 7 4 22 2
2 USA United States 10 10 9 29 1
3 JPN Japan 8 3 2 13 5
4 AUS Australia 6 4 6 16 3
5 UKR Ukraine 5 1 1 7 11
6 RUS Russia 3 6 6 15 4
7 ITA Italy 3 4 2 9 =9
8 FRA France 3 3 4 10 =6
9 GER Germany 3 2 5 10 =6
10 KOR Korea 2 5 3 10 =6

[dewy]

What, there is an olympics on? I am serious, I duidn't know, lol

[peter]

ahaha ...
yeah ..since the swimming is over (oone of australias fortes) itll be harder to score as many golds ...

[shuttertalk]

What, there is an olympics on? I am serious, I duidn't know, lol

Haha dewy... that's funny!