> Technology now allows the game to be > officiated at a non-human level, where > time is slowed down, and margins are > so small they could not possibly influence > real time decisions by players or officials.
There's a huge difference between players and officials. Nobody is paying/tuning in to watch the officials officiate. We're watching players perform extraordinary athletic feats to the best of their abilities, and we expect the officials to adjudicate those plays correctly. And once they're allowed to use replay to correct missed calls, it's arbitrary to say that only certain replays can be used. I assume the one Fox replay during the World Series where we saw one shoe hit first base before the other was super slo-mo, but it was crystal clear. Should the umpires stick with an incorrect call when everyone else can see what the right call is? (And yes, there are calls where no replay will help.) > ...Most of the time, the difference in recorded votes is greater > than this inherent human error; but once in a while the the recorded vote > is closer than the human error rate, and when that happens, it is > meaningless to ask who *really* got more votes, Gore or Bush? ... I disagree. Strongly. (As with officiating, we'll assume that the elections process is honest for the purpose of this discussion.) In 2000 Florida, we saw confusing butterfly ballots and problems with chads. On the other hand, I used the same sort of voting machine I'd been using for decades, where it was clear whose lever I was pulling, and where the count was mechanical. With the current computer interfaces, it's obvious who you're voting for, and the counting is straightforward. So getting those results and adding them together is a simple enough process, whether we're talking about the race for president or dogcatcher. If there's any cloud of uncertainty, it's not because of the technology. -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
