Jul 16 2007, 09:11 PM
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Second place Golden Gala winner (and double amputee) Oscar Pistorius probably won't get to run in the Olympics this year (even though he qualifies) because his cyber legs are "too good".
I already have my 20/13 lasik eyes, when can I buy my leg upgrades? Site includes amazing video of him running in the race: http://www.newscientist.com/blog/technolog...r-too-able.html |
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Buster Cyborg beats normies in official race Jul 16 2007, 09:11 PM
James McMurray Cool. I've been following this guy a little bi... Jul 16 2007, 09:29 PM
FrankTrollman The lack of effective traction makes him unable to... Jul 16 2007, 09:34 PM
Unarmed There is some debate about whether or not he'd... Jul 16 2007, 09:45 PM
Buster QUOTE (FrankTrollman) I definitely want him in. If... Jul 16 2007, 09:51 PM
eidolon That guy is pretty amazing. I read an article on ... Jul 16 2007, 09:53 PM
Demerzel NRP's Talk of the Nation did a piece on the to... Jul 16 2007, 10:11 PM
Lindt Wow, he covers the last hundred feet just astoundi... Jul 16 2007, 10:39 PM
James McMurray Makes me wonder if the guy who beat him is part of... Jul 16 2007, 10:42 PM
hobgoblin im guessing its the IOC thats claiming unfairness,... Jul 16 2007, 10:44 PM
hyzmarca Knowing the IOC's obsession with normalizing b... Jul 16 2007, 10:52 PM
Rotbart van Dainig Hey, it works for car racing... Jul 16 2007, 10:57 PM
hyzmarca Stock Car Racing is a game of strategy and teamwor... Jul 16 2007, 11:46 PM
Demerzel Are you also pro doping? Do you advocate allowing... Jul 17 2007, 12:08 AM
hyzmarca Yes, I am pro doping. I'm in favor of applying... Jul 17 2007, 12:28 AM
toturi The question would be where do you draw the line? ... Jul 17 2007, 12:34 AM
James McMurray For an unreal word it sure seems to appear in an i... Jul 17 2007, 12:43 AM
Buster The Olympics are nice, but I'd love to see Aug... Jul 17 2007, 01:14 AM
hyzmarca QUOTE (toturi) The question would be where do you ... Jul 17 2007, 01:20 AM
James McMurray Then sign up Miriam-Webster for the death squads. ... Jul 17 2007, 01:36 AM
Demerzel I'm with James, I'm going to take Merriam-... Jul 17 2007, 01:45 AM
hyzmarca Miriam-Webster has become rather candy-ass in rece... Jul 17 2007, 01:46 AM
Demerzel They are more of an authority than you, regardless... Jul 17 2007, 01:51 AM
Buster Rules: bipedal humanoid form without wheels, rock... Jul 17 2007, 02:26 AM
eidolon Show me that he isn't working as hard as a ... Jul 17 2007, 02:42 AM
toturi Look among normal athletes, you can be sure that i... Jul 17 2007, 03:27 AM
odinson QUOTE (hyzmarca) Miriam-Webster has become rather ... Jul 17 2007, 03:47 AM
hyzmarca QUOTE (toturi) Look among normal athletes, you can... Jul 17 2007, 04:06 AM
eidolon QUOTE (hyzmarca)It isn't like you can just cut... Jul 17 2007, 04:29 AM
Cheops QUOTE (hyzmarca @ Jul 17 2007, 01:20 AM) QUOT... Jul 17 2007, 07:27 AM
Ikirouta I have to say that I'd like to see him run in ... Jul 17 2007, 08:05 AM
toturi QUOTE (hyzmarca) Adapting to the artificial limb i... Jul 17 2007, 08:09 AM
ShadowDragon8685 Cheops, welcome to the Olympics, 2070 style.
(And... Jul 17 2007, 08:11 AM
Ryu So we wait for the first competitors who get their... Jul 17 2007, 11:19 AM
nezumi I would have to agree with Cheops. The question d... Jul 17 2007, 01:22 PM
Wakshaani QUOTE (Buster) The Olympics are nice, but I'd ... Jul 17 2007, 01:39 PM
James McMurray QUOTE (hyzmarca) It would be must easier just to b... Jul 17 2007, 03:04 PM
pestulens Sorry to be anil retentive about this but he is no... Jul 17 2007, 03:19 PM
Moon-Hawk So if letting this guy compete with his prosthetic... Jul 17 2007, 05:16 PM
Xenith Let the man run. If its his dream, let him. If an ... Jul 17 2007, 05:44 PM
Cheops I'm not against this sort of stuff in the Olym... Jul 17 2007, 05:48 PM
Moon-Hawk I can certainly see the arguments of unfairness.
I... Jul 17 2007, 05:50 PM
Xenith An interesting compromise. I'm impressed, if n... Jul 17 2007, 06:09 PM
Demerzel I did some looking into these, I remember from a w... Jul 17 2007, 06:22 PM
nezumi Demerzel basically answered the specific examples ... Jul 17 2007, 09:00 PM
Moon-Hawk Incidentally, my point was not that any of my exam... Jul 17 2007, 09:07 PM
hobgoblin http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/15.01/b...bette... Jul 17 2007, 09:21 PM
Demerzel The problem I see with letting him run and saying ... Jul 17 2007, 09:25 PM
Heimdalol QUOTE (Moon Hawk)I agree that the line must be dra... Jul 17 2007, 11:41 PM
Demerzel QUOTE (Heimdalol) This is all nonsense. The winner... Jul 17 2007, 11:55 PM
Heimdalol Sorry I really should have included the original q... Jul 18 2007, 12:11 AM
Kyoto Kid ...sometime before October we are going to have a ... Jul 18 2007, 01:54 AM
Gargs454 A couple of quick points (not sure if any were cov... Jul 18 2007, 02:13 PM
Moon-Hawk QUOTE (Gargs454) Certainly, it seems unlikely that... Jul 18 2007, 04:01 PM
Demerzel QUOTE (Moon-Hawk) There's always someone dumb/... Jul 18 2007, 04:36 PM
Eleazar I think before he is disqualified from the Olympic... Jul 18 2007, 04:36 PM
Demerzel Odd, I thought that before he was allowed in the O... Jul 18 2007, 04:39 PM
Moon-Hawk QUOTE (Eleazar) I think before he is disqualified ... Jul 18 2007, 04:41 PM
Gargs454 To be fair I believe I read that they are not curr... Jul 18 2007, 04:49 PM
Moon-Hawk Excellent point. It is an amazing world in which ... Jul 18 2007, 05:18 PM
nezumi Most certainly people WOULD 'amputate their le... Jul 18 2007, 05:28 PM
PlatonicPimp I'll be the first to say it, then. If I were a... Jul 18 2007, 06:09 PM
hobgoblin and to bring in a SR slant, thats the problem with... Jul 18 2007, 08:16 PM
Buster QUOTE (hobgoblin) and to bring in a SR slant, that... Jul 18 2007, 08:22 PM
nezumi QUOTE (Buster) QUOTE (hobgoblin @ Jul 18 2007... Jul 18 2007, 08:28 PM
Buster I'm surprised you guys didn't notice this,... Jul 18 2007, 08:32 PM
hyzmarca Except that the capacity cost makes it impossible ... Jul 18 2007, 09:22 PM
Unarmed It would be kinda funny if a bunch of runners got ... Jul 18 2007, 09:37 PM
nezumi That would be funny. You know what else is funny?... Jul 18 2007, 09:41 PM
James McMurray QUOTE (nezumi @ Jul 18 2007, 04:41 PM) Yeah, ... Jul 18 2007, 09:57 PM
James McMurray Ok, just going with stats and what you can get fro... Jul 18 2007, 10:16 PM
Demerzel The key thing that cyber replacement limbs gets yo... Jul 18 2007, 11:07 PM
PlatonicPimp The simple fix is just to assume that cyberlimbs s... Jul 18 2007, 11:54 PM
Fortune QUOTE (PlatonicPimp) The simple fix is just to ass... Jul 19 2007, 12:21 AM![]() ![]() |
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