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New Olympics Scoring: No More Perfect 10.0
Dekortage writes "If you watch the Olympics gymnastics this year, you may be confused by the new scoring system which will let athletes score 14, 17, or even higher. The new rules are 'heavy on math' and employ two panels of judges: one for technical difficulty, which adds points up from a score of zero; the other for execution and technique, which starts at 10.0 and subtracts for errors. The two numbers are then combined for the final score. As one judge put it, 'The system rewards difficulty. But the mistakes are also more costly.' The new rules were adopted after South Korea protested a scoring at the 2004 Olympics." Now I'm sure that no Slashdot reader will intentionally watch any "sport" that has judges determine the winner, but their wives/girlfriends might seize control of the remote because they want to know who is the best at that ribbon-twirling thing.
I just wait for someone to tell me there are hot chicks in skin tight clothes doing something. Otherwise, I could care less.
Serious? Seriousness is well above my pay grade.
Where is America's perfect 12?
I intentionally watched just such a sport in my teen years. This was mostly because I had a crush on Shannon Miller, but still.
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No single male would ever switch the gymnastics on and watch a bunch of young ladies do physical exercise in leotards.
In other news, the last porn site finally died, citing a "lack of market" for its product.
>Wives/girlfriends?
This is ./ YOU INSENSITIVE CLOD!
Yes, and I didn't like the implication that any /. geek would not be able to override a TV remote.
Are you saying that our gymnasts now go to eleven?
Seriously. I'd expect more open-mindedness from a bunch of people whose hobbies are such interesting things as soldering and typing in a text editor.
You would think they could have just increased the floating point size to 10.00 instead!
But it goes to 11.
I get to use my slide rule again!
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I'm sure there are plenty of homosexual men that enjoy gymnastics, this is just Slashdot being sexist.
Scoring only enters my mind when I watch the women's beach volleyball.
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On the other hand, watching nubile athletic girls contort themselves does it for me.
"Now I'm sure that no Slashdot reader will intentionally watch any "sport" that has judges determine the winner"
I dunno. There's talk of finally approving the thong for women's figure skating...
I have nothing compelling to say
What I wonder is why they made entertainment that only chicks dig more math-heavy. Now I'm gonna have to watch it just so I can explain it to her.
That's known as multiplication in the math world...
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I usually look for their age first. Like that US blond softball player. She is legal. As long as they are legal, all is good. Which as a side note I wish the Olympics athletes were 18+. They are handed condoms at the Olympic village (they were in past Olympics anyway). I see that 13-15 year old girl bending twisting into all sorts of positions, then remember that she was given condoms to be safe back in her room. At least is she was 18 I wouldn't feel evil thinking that way.
I don't **HAVE** a wife or girlfriend, you insensitive clods!!!
Gosh, why does Slashdot always have to rub it in my face.
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Well it has always bugged me that they have retained the motto 'Faster, higher, stronger.'
Not even archery fits under that motto. Although seeing who could fire an arrow the fastest or the highest might add some new interesting angle... particularly when it comes back down.
There, fixed that for ya.
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Since a moderator decides on objective criteria, slashdot posting is therefore a sport.
I fully expect this post to be moderated objectively.
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And people wonder why there is a perception of sexism in technical fields.
Yeah, it's all cmdrtaco's fault...
"Gosh, why does Slashdot always have to rub it in my face."
Well, since you've no girlfriend to rub it in your face, it's better than nothing...
Part of this is that athletes get better with each generation.
What do you attribute this to? Is it the crappy food, the sedentary lifestyle they're raised in, or the growth hormones?
Believe what you want. Personally, I think if you were to reach 2000 years into the past and pluck up an Olympic champion to compete in the modern games, then run the games with all athletes naked and armed with the sort of primitive tools that any person with some free time could make for themselves, well, the modern athletes would get their asses handed to them.
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They're way off if they think that we don't watch sports or that we have girlfriends.
lol: You see no door there!
You just scored four points (so far), but none of them count!
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Wait until you're a parent of a 16 yr old daughter, and all her friends start looking hot to you.
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I think he meant 'stripping.' They start 'em young over here...
trampoline?
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Hey, they should have weight categories for dance, as well, so we could have medals for Heavywheight Mambo or Flyweight Waltz.
I was talking about stripping. We start'em pretty young, too. GO TEAM MYSPACE!
legs open when the should be closed? minus 0.03
Wait, wait, wait... now they're bringing morality into gymnastics?
Ah, but the difficulty of his post was high enough to qualify him for the finals.
A post a day keeps productivity at bay.
It has the implication that Slashdotters are all male and ruled by logic. Thus, any "sport" where the winner is not determined by logic can't be a sport and thus would not be watched (well, unless there is some enjoyment watching the spectacle as one would watch ballet, just flipping to something else before they rant and rave about the dubjective ratings). However, there is a nod that there exist people not so driven by logic. The only association a Slashdotter might have with one of these heathens is if they are a wife/girlfriend. Note, Mom isn't an issue. Those still living in the basement have their own non-shared TV. Only the 5% of Slashdotters that manage to interact with the outside world enough to land a gf/wife have a shared TV. And it is those that will have to worry about content being selected hor them not by them.
Thus, it isn't a commentary about women, but a commentary about Slashdotters. That the only outside influences on TV selection are non-Mom women does not make the comments about women, but still about Slashdotters and only Slashdotters.
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How about an archery competition where you have to shoot it high and then catch it in some sort of bin. Extra points if you catch it by hand. Points are subtracted if the arrow ends up in your body. Now that's something I'd watch.
So because I make fun of the racists... I'm a racist?
If you're making fun of ME for being a racist, then by your own logic, you are a racist yourself, in which case, I'll be glad when you're hung from a pole, too.
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Personally I think the Summer Olympics are lame. Easily cut out half the "sports"...
However as to judges, I would dissagree and say that most if not all sports have judges. They might just be called referees. They judge that the rules are followed and have impact on the outcome.
OK and just to get people going here is my list on non sports:
#1) Syncro Swimming. - wtf is that all about?
#2) Ribbon dancing. - I don't even care that it isn't called that
#3) Rowing, Sailing, etc... - how about canoing, or hand gliding, etc...
#4) Running is a sport, but do we really need a 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900, 1000 etc... How about 3. A short one. A medium one. A long one. Done.
#5) Ballroom dancing. - need I explain?
#6) Women's Beach Volley - is a sport. and hot.
#7) Hurtles? Isn't that just running with some jumping?
#8) Long Jump - Sure we will call that a sport. same goes with high jump.
#9) Pole Vault - not sure where the heck it came from but I would cut that one out.
#10) Missing sport I would like to see. Random large obstacle course with no preview. Now that would be hard to train for and fun to watch!
#11) Shot put and Javelin - Sure we will call 'em sports for now. Discus is pushin' it though.
#12) Sport Sports are sports. Basketball, Tennis, Baseball, Soccer, etc...
#13) Diving is ok I guess
#14) Water Polo Is a sport
#15) Badmington might be a sport, but it is a dumb one.
#16) Boxing is a sport, and I say throw in UFA as well!
#17) Cycling and Horse riding do not equal sports. Like the above they are just different modes of transportation. Lets have NASCAR and Blimp races next.
#18) I say Fencing is a sport
#19) Trampoline? - Come on!
#20) Hockey and Judo are sports (even if only field hockey)
#21) Where is Lacrosse?
#22) Shooting and Archery I say are Sports so there!
#23) Table Tennis. - See Badminton
#24) Trialtholon, has cycling, but I will let it go as it is a combo event!
#25) Weighlifting and Wrestling are sports.
#26) Golf is not a sport. But Rugby is.
#27) Squash and Cricket and croquet - lame.
#28) Skatebording is not a sport.
#29) Speed walking. - Have you watched that crap. lol.
#30) Gymnastics are a sport, but not the artsy fartsy ones.
#31) Handball? - See Squash.
#32) Mountain and BMX also not sports.
#33) Kayacking - See Rowing
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I agree 10 seconds is FAR to long. Olympic Top Fuel racing! 1320 feet in 5 seconds. Besides, it's not a sport unless it requires protective gear. Otherwise it's just exercise.
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It's simple... whoever has the highest top speed. Woot, Jo Blo is pusing 20mph for 2 seconds... OMG he can almost smell my overweight cat's butt as the kitty leaves him in the dust. Really, humans are big, weak, bulky, and slow when it comes to running.
And then there are the skydivers. They go a lot faster than any wussy sprinters anyway. =]
What?! You should GET points for it ending up in your body. But only if you're able to walk away.