tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3154397271301202110.post7678942379200054707..comments2013-07-24T02:11:15.336-04:00Comments on going pro: The FitChris Bagghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12595239714590808531noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3154397271301202110.post-14225432927439402892009-07-10T16:54:07.541-04:002009-07-10T16:54:07.541-04:00I'm handicapping Chris Bagg vs. Brandon Staffo...I'm handicapping Chris Bagg vs. Brandon Stafford in a Geek-Off. Borrowing a hybridized Auntie Dukes/Chris bagg subjective (squishy) methodology, I'll be using four categories:<br /><br />Pointlessness<br /><br />Rigor<br /><br />Head Size<br /><br />Mancrush<br /><br /><br />Brandon Stafford:<br /><br />Pointlessness (8). Strong score here for Brandon. The plane kind of helped, but so would have some 2x4's sawzalled into big shims. <br /><br />Rigor (9.5): Solved multidimensional least squared equations, and coded it in python so now everyone can do it. To tip the scale to ten, he'd have to do it in R. <br /><br />Head Size: (9) Not quite a Papa Urquhart planet, but certainly capable of sustaining orbital bodies. <br /><br />Mancrush: (5) Still staying in good shape, but going a little grey. A hand-shake kind of guy. The spark isn't there. <br /><br /><br />Chris "Ogre" Bagg<br /><br />Pointlessness: (3) Once you accept that athletics is a legitimate endeavor, then improving performance through technology is pretty legit. I guess anything that doesn't involve even more hours on the bike is especially good. <br /><br />Rigor: (4) Tossing out a post hoc ergo prop argument isn't going to win any geek offs. Props for the precise measures, but at least support your causal assertions by validating your premise... can we get some evidence that you can improve as much as you did through wind resistance alone? Can a brother get some equations up in here?<br /><br />Head Size: (7) Some months ago, it probably would have been a 6, but the slim, fit Bagg makes the noggin look bigger. <br /><br />Mancrush: (10) What can I say? Always a perfect ten in this category...<br /><br />-JRJustin Reichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10621922467284393498noreply@blogger.com