2008 Summer Olympics: Official Discussion Thread
08-09-2008, 02:16 AM
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Originally Posted by cmark
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kinda wonder how much it cost to do all that!
kinda wonder how much it cost to do all that!
08-09-2008, 02:26 AM
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That 500 foot wide LED screen was amazing. I don't think I've ever asked "How'd they do that?" so often in any venue like that.
08-09-2008, 05:13 AM
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watching japan vs us womens soccer 
08-09-2008, 05:16 AM
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08-09-2008, 07:35 AM
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GO DAWGS!! SICK'EM!!
Originally Posted by TS_eXpeed
Meh,
....the orientals are CRAZY good at the diving. That's my favorite part of the Olympics.
....the orientals are CRAZY good at the diving. That's my favorite part of the Olympics.
"Oriental refers to objects and material good such as rugs and teapots" from Wikipedia.
08-09-2008, 07:44 AM
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Originally Posted by amisconception
I'm just waiting for something dramatic to happen... (in a bad way).
2 stabbed, one dead and the perp then commited suicide.
08-09-2008, 08:14 AM
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I saw the drum count down part and the lighting of the torch. It looked like for a split second he was about to fall, but other than that him running across the wall while the scroll was unrolling under him was amazing. I'm sure it looked even more amazing in person since they probably couldn't see the cords holding him up.
08-09-2008, 10:03 AM
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My favorite part was the footsteps of fireworks. I loved the fly by shots that followed them over the town.
08-09-2008, 10:24 AM
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Originally Posted by black label
Didn't take long 2 stabbed, one dead and the perp then commited suicide.
2 stabbed, one dead and the perp then commited suicide.
BEIJING, China (CNN) -- A Chinese attacker stabbed two Americans, killing the man and wounding the woman, who were attending the Olympic Games on Saturday, according to the U.S. Olympic Committee.
Chinese police respond to the stabbings at the Drum Tower in Beijing on Saturday. An American man died.
The man also injured a female Chinese tour guide before leaping to his death around noon from the second floor of the Drum Tower, a popular Beijing tourist site, the official Chinese news agency Xinhua reported.
The USOC said the two Americans were family members of a coach for the U.S. men's indoor volleyball team. No other information about them was released.
The attacker was a 47-year-old man from the eastern Chinese city Hangzhou, a spokesman for the Beijing Municipal Government Information Office told Xinhua.
A White House spokesman said President Bush, who is attending Olympic events Saturday, was told about the attack against the Americans.
The U.S. Embassy and the White House have offered the victims' families whatever assistance is needed, the spokesman said.
The ancient Drum Tower in Beijing, and the nearby Bell Tower, are popular tourist sites. Both sites told the time in the capital city, with the bell rung in the morning and drum beaten in the evening, throughout the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapc...der/index.html
Chinese police respond to the stabbings at the Drum Tower in Beijing on Saturday. An American man died.
The man also injured a female Chinese tour guide before leaping to his death around noon from the second floor of the Drum Tower, a popular Beijing tourist site, the official Chinese news agency Xinhua reported.
The USOC said the two Americans were family members of a coach for the U.S. men's indoor volleyball team. No other information about them was released.
The attacker was a 47-year-old man from the eastern Chinese city Hangzhou, a spokesman for the Beijing Municipal Government Information Office told Xinhua.
A White House spokesman said President Bush, who is attending Olympic events Saturday, was told about the attack against the Americans.
The U.S. Embassy and the White House have offered the victims' families whatever assistance is needed, the spokesman said.
The ancient Drum Tower in Beijing, and the nearby Bell Tower, are popular tourist sites. Both sites told the time in the capital city, with the bell rung in the morning and drum beaten in the evening, throughout the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapc...der/index.html
08-09-2008, 12:05 PM
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Originally Posted by ChodTheWacko
Let me tell you, speed walking is a LOT harder than it sounds.
When I was working out in the gym, rather than jog on a treadmill, I used to
speed walk because it was just a much tougher workout.
Try walking at 6 miles per hour sometime. And walking means at no point are both
feet ever off the ground. It's brutal. And the medalists walk at something close
to 10 MPH.
- Frank
When I was working out in the gym, rather than jog on a treadmill, I used to
speed walk because it was just a much tougher workout.
Try walking at 6 miles per hour sometime. And walking means at no point are both
feet ever off the ground. It's brutal. And the medalists walk at something close
to 10 MPH.
- Frank
08-09-2008, 12:07 PM
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Originally Posted by AsianRage
I watch it for all the montages with the music and the voiceovers 
The opening ceremony was awesome though.
The opening ceremony was awesome though.
08-09-2008, 01:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Speed_Racer
They mentioned the opening ceremony cost $300 million. 10x what Greece spent in 2004. And China spent $40 billion to prepare for the Olympics over the last 7 years. Just crazy. . .
08-09-2008, 02:14 PM
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Originally Posted by waTSX
Frank, I can dig that it's a difficult activity to compete in, but it's still hard to think of walking as a sport. It was mentioned earlier in the thread, but I think a lot of the so-called Olympic "sports" could be eliminated.
By my definition of sport, speed walking would be a sport. Baseball still doesn't qualify (that's why it's America's favorite past time, it's not really a sport, it just passes the time) neither does Golf.
That said, I'd still rather watch a baseball game than a speed walking competition.
08-09-2008, 05:58 PM
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08-09-2008, 08:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Speed_Racer
They mentioned the opening ceremony cost $300 million. 10x what Greece spent in 2004. And China spent $40 billion to prepare for the Olympics over the last 7 years. Just crazy. . .
08-09-2008, 08:40 PM
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fap fap fap
Originally Posted by Belzebutt
It seems like every country was cheered on.
There was weird stuff with Taiwan though: I think they were forced to have a different flag, and also from what I could tell they weren't announced. They marched in behind Japan but they weren't introduced on the intercom.
There was weird stuff with Taiwan though: I think they were forced to have a different flag, and also from what I could tell they weren't announced. They marched in behind Japan but they weren't introduced on the intercom.
08-09-2008, 11:16 PM
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Originally Posted by waTSX
Frank, I can dig that it's a difficult activity to compete in, but it's still hard to think of walking as a sport. It was mentioned earlier in the thread, but I think a lot of the so-called Olympic "sports" could be eliminated.
Another dumb thing about speed walking - it just looks REALLY goofy - they do this big pelvic thing to pull the legs forward when they walk, which just looks really unnatural.
- Frank
08-09-2008, 11:22 PM
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Anybody ever see the speed walking episode of Malcolm in the Middle? 
08-10-2008, 12:18 AM
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2 Golds for Korea! 
08-10-2008, 08:12 AM
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Go Giants
Originally Posted by sifuacura
he's a human dolphin...
08-10-2008, 09:30 AM
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08-10-2008, 09:31 AM
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Yao is great, and it's wonderful to see him playing again, but I don't china has enough good players. Once 2nd units come in, It's all over.
08-10-2008, 10:23 AM
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It's really weird to see some of the Chinese basketball players tower over the US team.
Dah! Dwight Howard just got rejected! Also the netcast looks and runs quite well from NBCOlympics...
Dah! Dwight Howard just got rejected! Also the netcast looks and runs quite well from NBCOlympics...
