Phelps frame by frame win |
 Aug 16 2008, 12:20 PM
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 I'm Jc  Group: Mentor Posts: 13,619 Joined: Jul 2006 Member No: 437,556  |
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Aug 16 2008, 12:21 PM
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 poison Group: Official Member Posts: 4,806 Joined: Mar 2008 Member No: 629,020 |
Wow. Thats pretty sweet.
Not to mention Close |
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Aug 16 2008, 12:26 PM
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I'm Jc Group: Mentor Posts: 13,619 Joined: Jul 2006 Member No: 437,556 |
^yeah really close. i don't even hardly understand how he won
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Aug 16 2008, 12:28 PM
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 Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 7,155 Joined: Feb 2005 Member No: 95,404 |
Is this the butterfly?
I guess Phelps was smart enough to give it one more push, while the other guy just decided there was no more room for one more. =\ |
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Aug 16 2008, 12:28 PM
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 ٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 14,309 Joined: Nov 2004 Member No: 65,593 |
.01 second. It could have easily been the other dude who won. How does the timer stop? Do they know EXACTLY when he touched the wall, or is base off an estimate?
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Aug 16 2008, 12:29 PM
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I'm Jc Group: Mentor Posts: 13,619 Joined: Jul 2006 Member No: 437,556 |
QUOTE(Tungster @ Aug 16 2008, 12:28 PM)  .01 second. It could have easily been the other dude who won. How does the timer stop? Do they know EXACTLY when he touched the wall, or is base off an estimate? yeah that's what i don't understand. |
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Aug 16 2008, 12:29 PM
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Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 7,155 Joined: Feb 2005 Member No: 95,404 |
Isn't the wall touch-sensitive or something? Like once someone touches it, the clock stops.
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Aug 16 2008, 12:30 PM
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 DDR \\ I'm Dee :) Group: Mentor Posts: 8,662 Joined: Mar 2006 Member No: 384,020 |
That was really intense to see, lol. I usually never get into things like that, but dang.
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Aug 16 2008, 12:30 PM
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I'm Jc Group: Mentor Posts: 13,619 Joined: Jul 2006 Member No: 437,556 |
QUOTE(Joannnnnne @ Aug 16 2008, 12:29 PM) Isn't the wall a touch-sensitive or something? Like once someone touches it, the clock stops. that makes sense, i never even though of that for some reason. |
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Aug 16 2008, 12:32 PM
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 Photoartist Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 12,363 Joined: Apr 2006 Member No: 399,390 |
Dayum that was freakin' good timing, whoever was photographing that.
.01 is crazy |
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Aug 16 2008, 01:28 PM
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 in a matter of time Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 7,151 Joined: Aug 2005 Member No: 191,357 |
The wall is touch-sensitive, but even more sensitive for the Olympics. You could say it's ULTRA ULTRA sensitive. They have the whole touch-sensitive wall things even for amateur competitive swimming (when I used to swim, we used to train for just touching the wall). There's close to no doubt to who wins or not - that's why the times come up so fast, they don't actually sit there and look at the film frame-by-frame.
Honestly though, even in the tight sport of swimming, .01 seconds is almost insignificant. Phelps BARELY made that one, and for that I'm not really impressed. Seems fluke-y to me. |
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Aug 16 2008, 03:41 PM
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 the name's mario Group: Official Member Posts: 1,270 Joined: Jun 2008 Member No: 656,520 |
ahh.. that was pretty awesome
he was going to be in 2nd and all of the sudden bam.. he wins |
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Aug 16 2008, 11:41 PM
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 crushed. Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 9,432 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 20,026 |
even though i intentionally spoiled the results for myself by checking them before i saw it "live", i was seriously like how the hell did he pull that one off? the guy from serbia made the mistake of doing a longer stroke at the end while michael did shorter ones.
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Aug 16 2008, 11:48 PM
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 AIDS at RAVES. Group: Official Designer Posts: 2,386 Joined: Dec 2007 Member No: 598,878 |
yea as you can see in third frame, phelp's palm is on the wall whereas the other dudes, his fingers are about to touch :]
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Aug 17 2008, 01:12 AM
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٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 14,309 Joined: Nov 2004 Member No: 65,593 |
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Aug 17 2008, 01:14 AM
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AIDS at RAVES. Group: Official Designer Posts: 2,386 Joined: Dec 2007 Member No: 598,878 |
^^ omg lol
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Aug 17 2008, 01:15 AM
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Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 7,155 Joined: Feb 2005 Member No: 95,404 |
^x2 I was actually thinking exactly that when I saw this on TV.
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Aug 17 2008, 01:17 AM
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AIDS at RAVES. Group: Official Designer Posts: 2,386 Joined: Dec 2007 Member No: 598,878 |
QUOTE(Joannnnnne @ Aug 17 2008, 01:15 AM) ^x2 I was actually thinking exactly that when I saw this on TV. seriously, my mom said he looks ugly when he acts stupid and hes supposedly stupid to my mom because she knows he was going to get gold :] lol yea,... my mom dosent like Phelps because he has enough gold to tie Korea haha lol |
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Aug 17 2008, 01:18 AM
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Photoartist Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 12,363 Joined: Apr 2006 Member No: 399,390 |
QUOTE(Tungster @ Aug 17 2008, 01:12 AM) lol, there's tons of these being made nowpost all the varieties you find, guys 
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Aug 17 2008, 08:12 AM
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in a matter of time Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 7,151 Joined: Aug 2005 Member No: 191,357 |
It is lame, or really awesome, that ONE GUY makes up for almost half of USA's gold medals?
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Aug 17 2008, 12:06 PM
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crushed. Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 9,432 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 20,026 |
^i was thinking about that yesterday as well..kind of a mix of both, lol.
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Aug 17 2008, 07:39 PM
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Banned Group: Banned Posts: 700 Joined: Jun 2008 Member No: 658,432 |
What's lame is how China's
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Aug 17 2008, 11:28 PM
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in a matter of time Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 7,151 Joined: Aug 2005 Member No: 191,357 |
^ Don't hate, if the US bumped up their game, they wouldn't need to resort to bitching about an imagined "homefield advantage".
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Aug 18 2008, 08:29 AM
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Banned Group: Banned Posts: 700 Joined: Jun 2008 Member No: 658,432 |
Most strong teams do better than normal when hosting the olympics.
And lol at imagined accusations of cheating. Do you really think those gymnasts were 16 years old? Why is it that when the US performs flawlessly and the Chinese girl lands flat on her ass, the American girl only gets half a point better in judging from the Chinese judges? Chinese event officials disrupting American gymnast's preparations? What about how the Chinese keep screwing up the Star Spangled banner whenever the Americans win? China's police being too busy harassing journalists that they can't stop the murder of a coach's father in law? Gene doping? China has been cheating from the very start. |
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Aug 21 2008, 11:46 PM
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This is pretty amazing. Thanks for sharing. As a side note, with all the technological advancements, this year's Olympic games have certainly been enhanced.
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Aug 25 2008, 10:49 AM
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 An original Harry Potter fan Group: Official Member Posts: 1,469 Joined: Jul 2007 Member No: 552,023 |
I cannot get enough of this I heve seen these pictures like a billion times and I still find them entertaining.
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