Very good point.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: P.F.Talbot [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, September 15, 2000 1:45 PM
> To: malmo
> Cc: Track list
> Subject: RE: t-and-f: Greene on fire in Sydney
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> IT DOESN'T HAVE TO! It just has to react equally slow to both the start
> and the finish.
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> On Fri, 15 Sep 2000, malmo wrote:
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> > THAT IS PHYSICALLY IMPOSSIBLE. The human body simply cannot
> react that fast!
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> > malmo!TM
> > Another self-anointed "Award-Winning" Pundit for the
> Sydney2000TM Olympics
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> > > Murphy is right .. If you start the watch when you actually
> see the smoke
> > > from the gun .. And then stop it when you actually see the
> body cross the
> > > line then you are timing accurately and should be within
> hundredths of the
> > > actual time .. I am usually within .02 +/- in any given race
> .. What most
> > > people do is they see the smoke then anticipate the finish ..
> You have to
> > > see them both so that your own "physical" system is in sync ..
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> > > Conway Hill
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> Institute of Behavioral Science
> University of Colorado, Boulder
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