Official Thread of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games (August 8-24)...

[Balt]

Originally posted by: xboxist
Gold medal game is at 2:30am EST on Sunday (LATE, late Saturday night)

?? ugh... that's going to be hard to stay up for

edit: that's if it will even be shown here, I can't find a reliable source of upcoming Olympic TV schedules

If NBC wants to broadcast it the next day you likely won't be able to watch it live (on TV or the web).

 

[sunzt]

Their Olympic Village is extremly impressive I have to say. It should be used as a model for future green residency locations.

Green medal for Olympic Village

The sprawling Beijing Olympic Village won its own gold medal on Wednesday for going green.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson presented Chinese officials with the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold award during a short ceremony, saying the 160-acre Olympic Village could serve as a future prototype for energy efficiency and environmentally friendly design.

"China's leaders know the development of green buildings is a critical need and the Olympic Village can serve as a model for this development," Paulson said.

... "With this award, the Olympic Village is being recognized for its contributions to making this year's Olympics the greenest ever," said Paulson.

...The village's developers, the Guo Ao Development Co., received technical assistance from the U.S. Department of Energy.

...The developers plan to convert the development into luxury apartments in early 2009. The cachet and amenities of the Olympic residences have proven very popular with the public - 80 percent have already been sold.

 

[Nitemare]

Originally posted by: aceO07
I've been watching taekwondo and the scoring has been awful when there is a Chinese player. Saw the Cook(GBR) vs Guo(CHN) today and lots of points didn't score for GBR. Clear unobstructed(no attack from other player at same time) direct hits and no points awarded. A roundhouse to the chest and a full axekick to the head where the CHN player was clearly knocked off balance, no points for either one. Even the commentators noticed and had video replays of where the GBR should have had points. This is an embarrassment.

the taekwondo scoring in general has been shitty for most people. I've seen alot of missed points in every match. When you are only winning 3-1 4-2, this is not really accceptable.


With the technology the way it is, having touch sensors in the chest pad and feet and leg pads should be easily workable.

 

[noto12ious]

Originally posted by: mugs
Poor StormRider still can't accept that China cheated. 🙁

proof?

governments don't do coverups. get with the program.

where did you buy your tinfoil hat from?

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: sunzt
Their Olympic Village is extremly impressive I have to say. It should be used as a model for future green residency locations.

http://www.nbcolympics.com/des...+medal+olympic+village">Green medal for Olympic Village </a>

The sprawling Beijing Olympic Village won its own gold medal on Wednesday for going green.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson presented Chinese officials with the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold award during a short ceremony, saying the 160-acre Olympic Village could serve as a future prototype for energy efficiency and environmentally friendly design.

"China's leaders know the development of green buildings is a critical need and the Olympic Village can serve as a model for this development," Paulson said.

... "With this award, the Olympic Village is being recognized for its contributions to making this year's Olympics the greenest ever," said Paulson.

...The village's developers, the Guo Ao Development Co., received technical assistance from the U.S. Department of Energy.

...The developers plan to convert the development into luxury apartments in early 2009. The cachet and amenities of the Olympic residences have proven very popular with the public - 80 percent have already been sold.

The United States giving a medal for energy consumption is like China giving a medal for human rights. :laugh:

 

[KLin]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: sunzt
Their Olympic Village is extremly impressive I have to say. It should be used as a model for future green residency locations.

http://www.nbcolympics.com/des...+medal+olympic+village">Green medal for Olympic Village </a>

The sprawling Beijing Olympic Village won its own gold medal on Wednesday for going green.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson presented Chinese officials with the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold award during a short ceremony, saying the 160-acre Olympic Village could serve as a future prototype for energy efficiency and environmentally friendly design.

"China's leaders know the development of green buildings is a critical need and the Olympic Village can serve as a model for this development," Paulson said.

... "With this award, the Olympic Village is being recognized for its contributions to making this year's Olympics the greenest ever," said Paulson.

...The village's developers, the Guo Ao Development Co., received technical assistance from the U.S. Department of Energy.

...The developers plan to convert the development into luxury apartments in early 2009. The cachet and amenities of the Olympic residences have proven very popular with the public - 80 percent have already been sold.

The United States giving a medal for energy consumption is like China giving a medal for human rights. :laugh:

LMAO! :thumbsup:

 

[KLin]

USA and china are tied in medal points if you assign 3 to gold, 2 to silver, and 1 to bronze.

 

[JJChicken]

Originally posted by: KLin
USA and china are tied in medal points if you assign 3 to gold, 2 to silver, and 1 to bronze.

Sorry, have to rank by gold 🙁

 

[ivan2]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOgit15jxI4

she's worth 2 golds to me

 

[OneOfTheseDays]

Boxing is a complete joke.

The fucking Chinese are ruining the Olympics with their rampant cheating. The Olympics are a fucking joke.

 

[Agentbolt]

Originally posted by: Locut0s

Originally posted by: Agentbolt

Originally posted by: Locut0s

Originally posted by: Agentbolt
Holy SHIT, did I seriously just watch both the men's and women's 4x100 teams drop the fucking baton, while running around the damn track with their country name written in crayon or something? Jesus.

There's no way to even qualify this, USA track and field is simply retarded. I ran track for four years in high school and saw one team drop the baton once in about 40 meets. It's a goddamned stick that's perfectly sized to fit into a human hand. Unbelievably stupid.

Yeah and all your high school buddies were running the 100ms in and around 10s too I guess.

I'll tell you what, retard, I'd prefer to come in in around 12 seconds than get disqualified and not even finish the goddamn race.

Your the one who thinks he knows what it must be like to play at the Olympics because of some track games back in high school and I'm the retard?! 😕

Yeah, they clearly knew far more about the mysterious, esoteric activity of "handing a goddamn stick to another person" than we did. Good comeback, Professor. :roll:

Constantly comparing a bunch of idiots at a high school meet to Olympic sprinters is idiocy personified. They should be LESS likely to drop the baton, not more. They've been practicing this their entire life and are the best of the best. A baton mis-handling is ALWAYS a mental error. There's no excuse for it. Feel free to continue your pathetic straw-man argument that somehow I couldn't do better. Not only is that completely besides the point, but I GUARANTEE you if my high school buddies were running on that track we would've at least managed to do the hand off. 8th place by 10 seconds is a lot less embarassing than DQ because you dropped the baton, moron.

 

[Jawo]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: JujuFish

Originally posted by: MikeyLSU
cool historical interactive medal tracker

medal tracker

Wow, 1904.

I've been reading a bit about the history of the Olympics over the last couple of weeks. The Olympics weren't immediately as popular as they are now. A lot of the earlier ones were more like sideshows to the World Fair. They were held in St. Louis in 1904, and no one wanted to come. Most of the events ONLY had American competitors. Something like 80-90% of the competitors were Americans.

What ever happened to the world's fair expositions? Have they been replaced by yearly Phonkina, Defcon, and other technological conferences?

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: Jawo

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: JujuFish

Originally posted by: MikeyLSU
cool historical interactive medal tracker

medal tracker

Wow, 1904.

I've been reading a bit about the history of the Olympics over the last couple of weeks. The Olympics weren't immediately as popular as they are now. A lot of the earlier ones were more like sideshows to the World Fair. They were held in St. Louis in 1904, and no one wanted to come. Most of the events ONLY had American competitors. Something like 80-90% of the competitors were Americans.

What ever happened to the world's fair expositions? Have they been replaced by yearly Phonkina, Defcon, and other technological conferences?

It still exists, it's called Expo now. Much bigger than DEFCON, but for some reason we don't hear much about them.

 

[noto12ious]

Originally posted by: OneOfTheseDays
Boxing is a complete joke.

The fucking Chinese are ruining the Olympics with their rampant cheating. The Olympics are a fucking joke.

the chinese are out to get you. you sound like another one of those tinfoil hat wearing nutjobs in this tread thinking the chinese are involved in a coverup.

 

[mugs]

Major douchebaggery by the anchor runner for the British 4x400 relay team. Oh yeah hey, you came in 6th in the 400 m final.

 

[Capt Caveman]

Originally posted by: mugs
Major douchebaggery by the anchor runner for the British 4x400 relay team. Oh yeah hey, you came in 6th in the 400 m final.

Yeah I saw it too. Taunting during a prelim when the other two guys are slowing down since it doesn't matter how you finish is real classy.

 

[xSauronx]

Originally posted by: mugs
Major douchebaggery by the anchor runner for the British 4x400 relay team. Oh yeah hey, you came in 6th in the 400 m final.

ill wait for the jamaicans to mock him when they fly past him on the medal run.

 

[Random Variable]

Originally posted by: Capt Caveman

Originally posted by: mugs
Major douchebaggery by the anchor runner for the British 4x400 relay team. Oh yeah hey, you came in 6th in the 400 m final.

Yeah I saw it too. Taunting during a prelim when the other two guys are slowing down since it doesn't matter how you finish is real classy.

The majority of athletes these days are classeless douchebags.

 

[Random Variable]

Originally posted by: xSauronx

Originally posted by: mugs
Major douchebaggery by the anchor runner for the British 4x400 relay team. Oh yeah hey, you came in 6th in the 400 m final.

ill wait for the jamaicans to mock him when they fly past him on the medal run.

The Jamaicans aren't as good in the 400 as the 100 and 200. But now that I've said that, they'll probably win anyways.

 

[ivan2]

Originally posted by: Capt Caveman

Originally posted by: mugs
Major douchebaggery by the anchor runner for the British 4x400 relay team. Oh yeah hey, you came in 6th in the 400 m final.

Yeah I saw it too. Taunting during a prelim when the other two guys are slowing down since it doesn't matter how you finish is real classy.

probably the only time he can be cocky, he's seizing the moment there.

 

[mugs]

Russian anchor runner in female 4x100 was hot. Sucks for Jamaica failing to pass the baton. That baton seems like an archaic feature... a hand tag seems like it'd be adequate, although I guess the passing of the baton ensures that the contact actually happened.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: Random Variable

Originally posted by: xSauronx

Originally posted by: mugs
Major douchebaggery by the anchor runner for the British 4x400 relay team. Oh yeah hey, you came in 6th in the 400 m final.

ill wait for the jamaicans to mock him when they fly past him on the medal run.

The Jamaicans aren't as good in the 400 as the 100 and 200. But now that I've said that, they'll probably win anyways.

Were they saying that Usain Bolt might run in the 4x400 final? Is it normal for someone to be good in both the 100m and 400m?

 

[Agentbolt]

Originally posted by: mugs
Russian anchor runner in female 4x100 was hot. Sucks for Jamaica failing to pass the baton. That baton seems like an archaic feature... a hand tag seems like it'd be adequate, although I guess the passing of the baton ensures that the contact actually happened.

The baton is half the point. You hand something off to the next team to signify they're the next runner. It's really not that difficult to do, which is why Ato was ripping every team that's dropped it a new one. It's an easy part of the race to ignore/forget, but with even a modicum of focus it's pretty easy to handle. Yes, even for Olympic athletes.

As for your other post, being good in the 100 and 400 is pretty rare, but it does happen. From what the announcer said after Bolt won the 200, some people think he'd be really good at it, but he doesn't really seem to want to run it. The 400 is the distance where it stops being a matter of pure speed and starts becoming a bit about endurance as well. It's a less "fun" run to do.

I'd like to see him in the long jump. A lot of the best 100m runners were also quite good at that event.

 

[Jawo]

Originally posted by: mugs
Russian anchor runner in female 4x100 was hot. Sucks for Jamaica failing to pass the baton. That baton seems like an archaic feature... a hand tag seems like it'd be adequate, although I guess the passing of the baton ensures that the contact actually happened.

Yes....very similar to the problems that the US had on Thursday. You would think that they could use a sensor like they use in fencing or in swimming to determine contact (would be useful in boxing, judo et al as well)

Did the British have trouble independently, or did the Jamaicans get in their way?

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: Jawo

Originally posted by: mugs
Russian anchor runner in female 4x100 was hot. Sucks for Jamaica failing to pass the baton. That baton seems like an archaic feature... a hand tag seems like it'd be adequate, although I guess the passing of the baton ensures that the contact actually happened.

Yes....very similar to the problems that the US had on Thursday. You would think that they could use a sensor like they use in fencing or in swimming to determine contact (would be useful in boxing, judo et al as well)

Did the British have trouble independently, or did the Jamaicans get in their way?

Yeah I was wondering that myself. The Jamaican runner definitely went into the GBR lane, but the GBR runners were pretty close to the end of the exchange area and still hadn't made the exchange.