On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 3:29 PM, David Bruggeman <[email protected]> wrote:
> My mistake, as I am one of those who don't pay attention to most of these > sports outside of every four years in February. > > The NY Times has an interactive graphic of the last stretch of the luger's > run, with stills in the lower left corner. My bias here is now well known, > but I'm not sure the pictures add much (my head needs force vectors added to > make much sense of them). That said, I'm glad the graphic isn't synched > with the video. > > > http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/02/12/sports/olympics/LUGEDEATH.html > I'm glad you posted that - I wanted to ask what you thought of it, but thought maybe we had pursued that line enough. I think the NYT graphic is very helpful - and while I agree it does not have to be synched with the video, I think that precisely because I have already seen the video, including in slow motion. While the Yahoo sports columnist did not seem to think much of it, this graphic does reinforce the idea that a taller wall at that curve should be helpful (though I am not sure what kind of damage would be done to a human body if it hit a wall at that velocity instead of flying further into a support pole). Again, the bottom line seems to be that course exacts too high a price for too small an error. -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
