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An anonymous reader writes "With the 90th Tour de France starting today, it is fun to marvel at the improvement of road bike technology over the years. Like others, I have traded up from heavy steel to aluminum, and now carbon fiber, ending up with a bike far better than its rider. How have advances in sports technology enhanced your own performance and enjoyment of sport?"
With the 90th Tour de France starting today, it is fun to marvel at the improvement of the human body's haemoglobin levels and the increased ability to store oxygen in the blood stream.
Dude, we're computer geeks. The only technological enhancement which has increased our enjoyment of sports is high definition television and surround sound. If you want sports, ESPN is down the hall.
My optical mouse has improved my Counter-Strike scores dramatically. I am feared by all.
*twitch*
...my favourite new tech is 'Turbonium,' like what the New Beetle is made out of. Great stuff.
My enjoyment of sports would be nigh impossible without this bad boy.
Sports technology has negatively affected golf, tennis, and hockey. Fortunately, it hasn't ruined nude jello wrestling.
-a
One word: aimbots. mcb
In Soviet Rush, today's Tom Sawyer gets high on you.
...it no longer fazes me when I see 7' goliaths on the basketball court. I just lace them up, ignite the rocket packs embedded in the soles, and dunk all over my meager competition. From 4'6" to 25' in 2.2 seconds, as the ads say.
And it helps to use the RimPop Magneto Homing Ball, too, because at 60mph it's hard to actually make a clean shot.
Heh. Last time I did anything sporting-like was fighting over the last Athlon XP2000+ at Fry's.
Any connection between your reality and mine is purely coincidental.
The Nimbus 2000 and the Nimbus 2001 brooms were good in their day, but for real competitive edge, the Firebolt is the best.
Is sex considered a sport?
...the tiny bubbles in beer has enhanced my enjoyment of sports the most.
Yeah. I'm always impressed when I hear about kids in Central America playing baseball naked, barehanded (regulation hard ball) because they can't afford a real glove and only own one change of clothes (if that), and don't want to wreck them.
Lets face it... You are a true gamer if you play at 100% when you're totally naked. (Think sliding without pants on... OUCH! That's dedication...) This is probably off-topic, but this type of dedication you don't see in most professionals who have every technical, financial, and medical advantage (not to mention clothes to protect their bodies when sliding.)
Technology is great, but you have to remember why you play the game (or run the race, or whatever) otherwise it is all pointless. Look how spoiled, whiny, and decadent most pro ballers are these days... Think any of them really remember what its all about?
Who did what now?
In case you haven't noticed medical technology has really improved the sport of nude jello wrestling.
I need never see any sports broadcast - ever again!
"Flyin' in just a sweet place,
Never been known to fail..."
F1 cars are made out of Unobtanium. Is that cool? Sure.
Um, this hasn't been true for some time now. F1 cars are now made of exactly 63% Unobtainium and 47% Bolonium.
This combination gives the kind of tremendous horsepower gains you see in street modifications such as stickers, bright blue neon lights and 19" wheels (also made of the Unobtainium/Bolonium alloy).
You forgot to mention the -10% Slow-goin-ium that they remove from the alloy. They need this for speeding up the F1 car and for making percentages add to 100%.
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No kidding, what's next? A /. story on dating?
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