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Timing Technology Behind Olympic Record Results

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the even-clocks-are-at-least-sixteen dept.

An anonymous reader writes "We've been on the edge of our seats cheering on the athletes at the Beijing Olympic games — but so often do athletes' victories and defeats rely on accurate timing. As the athletes compete on the world stage behind the scenes technology records their results. This interview with Omega's Christophe Berthaud (video) — the company's 23rd time as official Olympic timekeeper — explores how far the technology has come since the first time it was used in 1932."

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  1. What? TFA? by FredFredrickson · · Score: 5, Funny

    I swear I tried to RTFA, but.. uh.. it doesn't exist...

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    1. Re:What? TFA? by jeffmeden · · Score: 3, Funny

      So what you're complaining about is that something like "WTFV" isn't in our parlance? Well OK, here you go.
       
        Why don't you WTFV before posting!!!

    2. Re:What? TFA? by geobeck · · Score: 4, Funny

      Not being able to WTFV at work, I thought the "timing technology" behind Beijing's Olympic record results was what allowed them to instantly age their gymnasts from 14 to 16.

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    3. Re:What? TFA? by Stooshie · · Score: 4, Funny

      ... allowed them to instantly age their gymnasts from 14 to 16 ...

      Do you think they could give Gary Glitter one of those?

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  2. Finally! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's about time!

  3. Re:Who the hell cares? by phly1x · · Score: 2, Funny

    All that technology to find out who the fastest drug cocktail is? Wouldn't it be cheaper to hand in the lab results?

    no. the french judge would lose the "A" sample and f*ck up the chain of custody of the "B" sample.

  4. Observer Effect by DaMoisture · · Score: 5, Funny

    "No fair! You changed the outcome by measuring it!"

  5. Edge of our seats by Stooshie · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... We've been on the edge of our seats cheering on the athletes at the Beijing Olympic games ...

    Hey this is slashdot you insensitive clod!

    Each of us to a man (and woman) was picked last for sports.

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    1. Re:Edge of our seats by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      I wasn't always picked last! Sometimes I was picked second to last and I felt like i was the king of the world!

  6. Best precision is 2 years by syousef · · Score: 2, Funny

    If the timing technology is so good, why is it that they get the age of China's gold medal winning gymnast wrong by 2 years? She shouldn't be eligible.

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