Chris Hoy Wins Mens Sprint - London World Cup 2012

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[WesleyRiot]

same as everyone else: Penny Arcade

[abe sapien]

Apparently you have no idea how hard it is to break 40 mph on a unfaired bike. the drag is a squared function so think of the drag you generate at doing 20-30 mph and multiply it by 4, as someone else mentioned the run up is necessary because they decide where the sprint starts(sort of) and those bikes have some of the most monstrous gearing possible. Actually these athletes hold some of the world records for the maximum torque and power generated by a human, were talking kilowatts.

[Neale Weir]

Moron. You know nothing

[AgentEntropos]

And yet there are 17 definitions in The Oxford English Dictionary for the word sport. There is no 'true definition.' It's an idiotic assertion to make. You're confusing athleticism with sport. Communication effectiveness makes no sense and makes you sound like a dribbling, mentally deficient buffoon. Broad definitions don't factor into the equation when you're getting down to the specifics of what can and can't be construed as a sport. Chess is a sport. End of story.

[NeoFusion85]

1) By true definition I meant one supplied in a dictionary, as opposed to supplied elsewhere (by the IOC for instance), as those definitions would not be accurate/authoritative.

2) I meant communication effectiveness, but thanks.

3) I was referring to the definition of the word regards to chess being a sport or a game, which is the specific context of the word we had been discussing. Although other contextual definitions may be interesting, they are not relevant.

Goodbye AgentEntropos.

[AgentEntropos]

I'm guessing you lacked the verbosity to comprehend the perfectly valid points I made. You've still yet to give me a 'true definition' of the word sport. All I'm seeing is you backpedaling and sidestepping. Now you're taking the moral high ground, desperately hoping that if you throw enough insults out there it might get swept under the carpet. Not today.

[NeoFusion85]

Pathetic... 3 comments and you didn't make even ONE genuine, legitimate rebuttal...just a lot of desperate reaching and irrelevant pseudo-intellectual rambling.

What a sad, pedantic, no life tosser. Genuinely disappointing.

[AgentEntropos]

Oh, and by the way, I think what you meant to say was 'communicative effectiveness.'

[AgentEntropos]

The beauty of the structuralism of the English language is its subtlety. Depending on context, words can be utilised contrarily. For example, "he was a good sport" is just as applicable as athleticism, which completely dismantles any semblance of a point you were trying to make. If you'd actually bothered to look up the definition of sport, you'd see there were 17 different entries. Just because something doesn't back up your point doesn't mean that its not "true." That's ridiculous.

[AgentEntropos]

Nice generalisation. I find it particularly mirthful that you have the audacity to dismiss an entire nation as uneducated whilst pandering to their conventions. The bittersweet irony is that in a previous post you used American English. 'Recognized.' Really? Go back to school.

Easy on the commas there, tiger. You're going to give yourself a hernia. I'm perfectly aware of what a dictionary is used for. There is, however, no such things as a 'true definition,' or defined unification.

[Iain Hay]

It's rather sad that the big man won't be performing in the arena named after him, but Sir Chris Hoy is just one of those, once in a lifetime, guys who could knuckle down and kick everyone's arse into oblivion. As a Scot, and a Brit, I am proud of this man, who has thighs that could kick a North Korean missile back from whence it came. He squats 240kg. Sir Chris, thank you for all the glorious, at times, nail-biting victories. Between you and Andy Murray, last year you both did Scotland proud.