On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 9:45 PM, Chris McSweeny wrote: > The general rule seems to be that those things which enhance the sport > tend to be allowed (I'd definitely include spiked shoes in that > category, as they help athletes put down the power and prevent injury, I know, actually spikes are a great invention. As far as I know the Hungarian soccer team, the "Golden Team" lost the world cup against Germany in 1954 because of Germans already had the spikes and it was raining. With the normal shoes it was only possible to sliding or standing still, but this latter could not considered as football game :-). > probably curved poles also due to improved ergonomics), along with > some of those which only make you faster, but don't have any > significant downsides (aero bike helmets). These swimsuits don't do > anything to enhance the sport - they make you faster, but that doesn't > make swimming any more fun or easier to learn. Helmets does not make to learn biking easier but makes them faster, right? ;-) Ok, biking is a kind of technical sport, so it is not comparable to swimming. But what is the point when we can say a sport is technical? Is ski technical? They use the ski and it does make difference if you have a better ski or curved pole or even if you have a better wax on your ski. Is golf technical? As the club and the ball makes significant difference. And is swimming technical, if the clothing makes that much difference? :-) Tamas -- /* www.mcuhobby.com */ int main() { char *a,*s,*q; printf(s="/* www.mcuhobby.com */ int main() { char *a,*s,*q; printf(s=%s%s%s, q=%s%s%s%s,s,q,q,a=%s%s%s%s,q,q,q,a,a,q); }", q="\"",s,q,q,a="\\",q,q,q,a,a,q); } -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist