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.

Comments

Hot chicks at the olympics

[JWSmythe]

I just wait for someone to tell me there are hot chicks in skin tight clothes doing something. Otherwise, I could care less.

Re:Hot chicks at the olympics

[SpeedyDX]

I was gonna say the same thing. Then I remembered all gymnasts look 12 years old.

Not that that's necessarily a bad thing, amiright? ...

Re:Hot chicks at the olympics

[value_added]

Not that that's necessarily a bad thing, amiright? ...

Dunno. Are you attracted to powerful shoulders, an over-developed torso, flat chest, and short (Russian style) muscular legs?

If you are, you might be interested in the stocking clerk that works at my local grocery store. His name is Billy.

Re:Hot chicks at the olympics

[JWSmythe]

Your second comment is appropriate. I could care less. It doesn't mean that I do care more. If you were to assign a scoring system of 1 to 10 to my level of care, where 1 is absolute lack of care, and 10 is absolute care, the Olympics may rate a 3, at which point there is room in the scale to raise or lower my level of care. I could care less, but it wouldn't even matter, because it's lower than a neutral level of care (5), and has no direct impact on myself.

    If there were to be a direct impact upon myself by the event, then that level of care would be more significant. Take the scenario "There's a truck coming down the road". If I were not in the road, I could care less, at a care level of 3, and it wouldn't matter. If I were standing in the road in front of the truck, at a care level of 3, and I did care less, that would definitely be a sign of deep depression, which would be resolved rather quickly, assuming the truck does it's job appropriately and runs me over. :)

    It becomes a moot point, as the phrase "I could care less" entered colloquial English approximately 40 years, and it is already commonly understood to mean the same, either in the positive or negative syntax. It is found in print as far back as 1966. I'm only 35 years old, and I started speaking at 1 year old, so both versions of the phrase were already in common usage for 8 years.

http://incompetech.com/gallimaufry/care_less.html
http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/couldcare.html
http://dictionary.reference.com/help/faq/language/g09.html
http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-ico1.htm

Not everyone uses metric you insensitive clod!

[m3j00]

Where is America's perfect 12?

For anyone confused by the summary

[JohnHegarty]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wife

and

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girlfriend

Yeah right

[Anonymous Coward]

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.

Yes, and I didn't like the implication

[Chrisq]

Yes, and I didn't like the implication that any /. geek would not be able to override a TV remote.

No more 10?

[MiniMike]

Are you saying that our gymnasts now go to eleven?

Re:Huh

[jfclavette]

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.

Re:For a system that's math heavy

[squidfood]

You would think they could have just increased the floating point size to 10.00 instead!

But it goes to 11.

At last!

[Centurix]

I get to use my slide rule again!

Scoring...

[PottedMeat]

Scoring only enters my mind when I watch the women's beach volleyball.

Obligatory jokes below.

PM

Re:Huh

[1u3hr]

I'm sure there are plenty of homosexual men that enjoy gymnastics, this is just Slashdot being sexist.

On the other hand, watching nubile athletic girls contort themselves does it for me.

I beg to differ

[Cathoderoytube]

"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...

Re:Huh

[Xupa]

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.

Re:Easy Gold

[lilomar]

That's known as multiplication in the math world...

Re:Huh

[Anonymous Coward]

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.

Re:Huh

[MoxFulder]

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 don't **HAVE** a wife or girlfriend, you insensitive clods!!!

Gosh, why does Slashdot always have to rub it in my face.

Re:Huh

[jemminger]

System message: topic devolution complete.

Re:Huh

[Intron]

Since a moderator decides on objective criteria, slashdot posting is therefore a sport.

I fully expect this post to be moderated objectively.

Re:Huh

[iworm]

"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...

Re:Huh

[Alpha830RulZ]

Wait until you're a parent of a 16 yr old daughter, and all her friends start looking hot to you.

-Must- -not- -stare-...

Re:Huh

[spazdor]

Hey, uh, welcome to Internet. You must be new here, I'll show you around.

Re:Huh

[glgraca]

Hey, they should have weight categories for dance, as well, so we could have medals for Heavywheight Mambo or Flyweight Waltz.

Re:Huh

[Xupa]

I was talking about stripping. We start'em pretty young, too. GO TEAM MYSPACE!

Re:Huh

[CheeseTroll]

Ah, but the difficulty of his post was high enough to qualify him for the finals.

Re:Huh

[KernelMuncher]

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.

Re:Huh

[Wandering Wombat]

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.