Wednesday, August 25, 2004

Olympic suggestion

a couple of days ago i was watching the hammer throw event in the olympics on tv. i couldn't help but think about how dangerous the job of those guys measuring the distances where those heavy things fell. shouldn't those guys be wearing protective clothing like helmets instead of soft hats? accidents do happen.

it also occured to me that somebody should perhaps invent a hammer with a built-in tracing device to make measuring distance, and perhaps velocity, done in real time. i guess to could be applied to other thrown objects like the javelin and the discus.

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