(no subject)

[mrv3000]

• I flipped past Curling last night and watched a couple of minutes. I now want Mythbusters to do a study because I totally do not believe that those brooms do a damn thing. (You think I'm kidding, but I'm NOT.)
  
  
• I really enjoyed Lost last night! No spoilers, but it was the first time this season that I've actually been intrigued.
  
  
• I had a rant about fandom and Rose and how it's obviously okay to singly exclude her from "women rock" kinds of things, but...it just makes me tired. And DW fandom will never change, inserting whatever excuse sounds like good justification. Thumbs up, fellow female fans. (And just as a warning, I've no desire to get into big discussions about it here. Did I mention the tired? Seriously.)

Comments

[shinyopals.livejournal.com]

[Inserts srs business UR RONG discussion here]

*Flops*

And if a butterly flapping its wings in China can cause a storm, I'm sure curling brooms can... yeah, I got nothing.

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

It's the first time I've actually paid attention to curling, and...I'm highly skeptical.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_thirty2flavors/]

Omg Canada did a study on the broom thing for their ~own the podium~ technique. I... forget what the study is. They don't melt the ice, but they do... ....do... something idk what.

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

*eyes suspiciously*

[platypus]

There's some discussion of curling sweeping here: http://ask.metafilter.com/146458/Does-sweeping-in-curling-achieve-anything

It would be difficult to replicate a perfectly consistent shot (and perfectly consistent sweeping) for analysis, but I don't find it hard to buy that sweeping does have some effect. http://www.jssm.org/vol8/n4/1/v8n4-1text.php is the closest you'll find to a scientific take on it, I think.

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

I love that in the first link everyone seems to have a True Fact opinion, but they contradict each other. :D

I didn't know that they made a lane surface a bit rough intentionally though - doing that spraying thing. That then would make sense that the brooms can do something.

[principia-coh.livejournal.com]

I think for certain conditions of ice the sweeping does have an effect, but how pronounced that effect is in modern indoor curling facilities I also doubt.

Both Rose and Gwen come under fire for an excess of hate from the fandoms. But since any attempt to involve either of them in any sort of woman-positive discussion tends to turn into getting screeched at by people who only get crazier...



...it's not worth it. I blame the degenerating tenor of public discourse over the past decade or so for a lot of it, to be honest. Being demonstrably, factually correct no longer seems to be relevant to many people.

[poohmusings.livejournal.com]

OMG, that pic is fab!

(Michelle, that's me in the pic, y'know. *g*)

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

That picture! XD XD XD *LOVES*

And I agree about discussion. Seems like the only thing that really matters is how good you can slam the other person. Forget trying to have a discussion. (And people wonder why government can't get anything done.)

[goldy-dollar.livejournal.com]

LOL CURLING LOL

Er, I've been trying to watch it? My friend from the Maritimes really likes it, but I don't think his opinion counts since he called it more "badass" than skeleton. Whatever.

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

It's sort of like really slow skee-ball...

[http://users.livejournal.com/_thirty2flavors/]

My friend from the Maritimes really likes it, but I don't think his opinion counts since he called it more "badass" than skeleton. Whatever.

LIRL

JACK DID THE BEST HE COULD OKAY =|

[rattus-aerius.livejournal.com]

Now I'm imagining someone throwing a stone down the skeleton run.

[grav-ity.livejournal.com]

There's actually a prof at Western who is doing that study. It's all very hush-hush, because his money comes from the Canadian Curling Federation, and they want our athletes to get any benefits first...but brooms don't melt the ice as much as they thought. It does make a significant difference in the curl, however.

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

Sneaky Canadians! :D

But it would be interesting to see what they come up with.

[butterfly.livejournal.com]

Curling is awesome. The rocks defy the normal laws of physics (they curve differently when they spin than similar objects to). Awesome.

I had a rant about fandom and Rose and how it's obviously okay to singly exclude her from "women rock" kinds of things, but...it just makes me tired. And DW fandom will never change, inserting whatever excuse sounds like good justification. Thumbs up, fellow female fans. (And just as a warning, I've no desire to get into big discussions about it here. Did I mention the tired? Seriously.)

*sigh*

Yes.

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

Curling is awesome. The rocks defy the normal laws of physics (they curve differently when they spin than similar objects to). Awesome.

Do they? I didn't watch very much of it before deciding it was a fraud. :D

*sigh*

Yes.

Whatever, fandom. Whatever.

[rattus-aerius.livejournal.com]

I just wish I could actually see some curling. Stupid NBC.

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

Well clearly you're not special enough to watch it. NBC knows these things.

[erateini.livejournal.com]

*Pats curling*

I just love how the sweepers go all intense and fierce when sweeping. For them it's all srs bsns and for me just fun to watch! XD

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

They are totally serious about it! And meanwhile I was saying, "yeah, that's not doing anything." :D

[fiona-conn.livejournal.com]

*laugh* Allegedly, the brooms help to smoothe over the ice, thus making the curling stone move further.

(Curling is our national sport, here in Scotland. That, and Rugby. And what you silly Yanks call "soccer".)

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

I didn't know that curling was big in Scotland! I thought it was something to come out of the frozen wastelands of Canada!

[janetmaca.livejournal.com]

They do! They totally do! Sweeping helps change the trajectory of the stone and helps it curl, along with increasing the distance travelled.

And here, have a bit of Rose love (though I'm sure you've seen it before)
http://janetmaca.livejournal.com/518607.html#cutid1

We Canadians owe so much to Scotland. Harry Potter, bagpipes, highland games and curling.

Finally: Canada loves curling, but our national sports are hockey and lacrosse.

[goldy-dollar.livejournal.com]

Whenever people remind me that lacrosse is our national sport, my first instinct is always OMG U LIE because... I have never... found a single Canadian who knows how to play the sport. So... what?

[spikewriter]

Curling is oddly fascinating, though I suppose the brushing disturbs the surface of the ice or something like that. I did think it was funny when the the commentators said, "I don't think more than two people brushing actually adds anything."

I'm reserving all my rants about fandom and Rose for the weekend and Gallifrey One. I think I may have need of them because I'm on a panel on Sunday with Chris Burgess of Radio Free Skaro (aka "Pedantor") and since he tends to be anti-Tennant, anti-RTD, anti-Rose, anti-new show fangirls, this should be interesting.

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

Curling is oddly fascinating, though I suppose the brushing disturbs the surface of the ice or something like that. I did think it was funny when the the commentators said, "I don't think more than two people brushing actually adds anything."

HA!

I'm reserving all my rants about fandom and Rose for the weekend and Gallifrey One. I think I may have need of them because I'm on a panel on Sunday with Chris Burgess of Radio Free Skaro (aka "Pedantor") and since he tends to be anti-Tennant, anti-RTD, anti-Rose, anti-new show fangirls, this should be interesting.

Oh LORD. Good luck with that! I don't envy you.

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

SILLY. You cannot like all of the girls. IT IS NOT ALLOWED. There's a big Fangirl Book of Things that lays down LAWS about quotas for 'female characters we like', and if you like more than two BIG RED ALARMS GO OFF.

At least, I assume that's what happens.

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

YES THEY DO! AND THEY'RE LOUD!

[sleepy-orange.livejournal.com]

The whole Winter Olympics is just very fascinating to me coming from a country with no winter and no snow. All that skating and that skiing and hockey and curling. And curling is highly addictive to watch, even for someone who has no idea what is going on. I'm just amused by all the shouting going on.

(Though I think I have a girl-crush on the Chinese girl who's pushing the stone. XD)

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

That's one thing that amused me - all the talking. It was like "hey! they're all having a conversation!" :D

[makingmywayhome.livejournal.com]

I watched a speedskating thing with Apolo Ono (the one where someone fell), and it's the only event I've gotten to watch. Damn you, night school!

I have resisted the Lost phenomenon since it started but I might watch it now that it's almost over. Is it lulzy?

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

Lost is complete crack. XD It did start dragging a bit the last couple of seasons, but it's tightening up again since this is the last season.

However, I will say that the first season of Lost damn good TV. Some of the best stuff out there.

[sunnytyler001.livejournal.com]

BAD WOLF IS WIN!!! (and so is her husband)

[mrv3000.livejournal.com]

Yes! :D