Public Address | Cafe | Field Theory: Drinking & Insomnia & the Winter Olympics https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/ en-us Copyright (c) 2026 Public Address Kyle Matthews https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-drinking-insomnia-the-winter/?p=306913#post306913 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-drinking-insomnia-the-winter/?p=306913#post306913 The Russians would go on to lose in any case (far more entertaining was the bronze medal match between the US and Finland: Suomi voitti).

You're nuts. The game went into overtime and then umpteen rounds in the shootout after teams were tied after 3 shooters. The Americans kept on…

]]> Tue, 04 Mar 2014 14:06:01 +1300 Bart Janssen https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-drinking-insomnia-the-winter/?p=306621#post306621 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-drinking-insomnia-the-winter/?p=306621#post306621 My TV right now is 65” and 4K… I see EVERYTHING O_O

pfffft 2.8m screen with projector.

It's so big even my partner enjoys* sport on it.


*tolerates

]]> Wed, 26 Feb 2014 17:21:20 +1300 Bart Janssen https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-drinking-insomnia-the-winter/?p=306620#post306620 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-drinking-insomnia-the-winter/?p=306620#post306620 and there were a few to choose from

Looking at those faces it occurs to me that you could not do that sport if you'd had botox on the forehead.

]]> Wed, 26 Feb 2014 17:20:22 +1300 davesparks https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-drinking-insomnia-the-winter/?p=306479#post306479 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-drinking-insomnia-the-winter/?p=306479#post306479 They'e tried a few different things to try and crack the tv market:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FoxTrax

but

http://ictvictor.wordpress.com/2011/04/24/foxtrax-puck-tracking-failure/

and

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k91UfVwhY3A

but most fans say it hasn't worked.

]]> Tue, 25 Feb 2014 13:56:39 +1300 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-drinking-insomnia-the-winter/?p=306474#post306474 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-drinking-insomnia-the-winter/?p=306474#post306474 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 13:30:14 +1300 Greg Bodnar https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-drinking-insomnia-the-winter/?p=306473#post306473 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-drinking-insomnia-the-winter/?p=306473#post306473 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 13:20:13 +1300 davesparks https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-drinking-insomnia-the-winter/?p=306467#post306467 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-drinking-insomnia-the-winter/?p=306467#post306467 That is a sweet TV for watching ice hockey. Watched the Finland/USA bronze medal game and marvelled at how much better it was than last time I watched hockey – which was on a 32" CRT.

Probably needs Peter Jackson to shoot it at 48 fps before the puck is…

]]> Tue, 25 Feb 2014 10:42:12 +1300 Chris Waugh https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-drinking-insomnia-the-winter/?p=306466#post306466 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-drinking-insomnia-the-winter/?p=306466#post306466 whereas the latter is a group of individuals.

If all you've got is a group of individuals, you don't have much of a team and you're unlikely to win much of any significance. The Chinese men's basketball team in the 2004 Olympics, for example – largely reliant on Yao Ming.…

]]> Tue, 25 Feb 2014 10:23:47 +1300 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-drinking-insomnia-the-winter/?p=306460#post306460 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-drinking-insomnia-the-winter/?p=306460#post306460 but ice hockey remains a puzzle to me.
...then all one can do is follow Tom Waits' sage advice and '...make like a hockey player and get the puck outta there...'

]]> Tue, 25 Feb 2014 09:31:49 +1300 Hadyn Green https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-drinking-insomnia-the-winter/?p=306458#post306458 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-drinking-insomnia-the-winter/?p=306458#post306458 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 09:18:45 +1300 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-drinking-insomnia-the-winter/?p=306456#post306456 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-drinking-insomnia-the-winter/?p=306456#post306456 Just in case there's anyone who hasn't seen the cat curling video ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evNi4_2qHPY

]]> Tue, 25 Feb 2014 09:14:43 +1300 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-drinking-insomnia-the-winter/?p=306455#post306455 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-drinking-insomnia-the-winter/?p=306455#post306455 Ice hockey, I’m told, looks much faster in real life. I’m not sure how. On my large HDTV I was only just able to track the puck and the changes of direction in play were astonihsingly fast, not to mention the shots and (usually) saves. I still have no idea… ]]> Tue, 25 Feb 2014 09:10:04 +1300 Geoff Lealand https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-drinking-insomnia-the-winter/?p=306454#post306454 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-drinking-insomnia-the-winter/?p=306454#post306454 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 09:04:25 +1300 Hadyn Green https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-drinking-insomnia-the-winter/?p=306451#post306451 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-drinking-insomnia-the-winter/?p=306451#post306451 There's a difference between bobsled, rowing, relay et al. and basketball, soccer and other Olympic team sports. In the former the group are working as a single unit, whereas the latter is a group of individuals.

For example it would be possible for a team to win gold in the…

]]> Tue, 25 Feb 2014 08:26:08 +1300 Hadyn Green https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-drinking-insomnia-the-winter/?p=306450#post306450 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-drinking-insomnia-the-winter/?p=306450#post306450 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 07:59:52 +1300 Rich Lock https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-drinking-insomnia-the-winter/?p=306444#post306444 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-drinking-insomnia-the-winter/?p=306444#post306444 Mon, 24 Feb 2014 23:40:47 +1300 Graeme Edgeler https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-drinking-insomnia-the-winter/?p=306443#post306443 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-drinking-insomnia-the-winter/?p=306443#post306443 ‘Useful’ in what sense?

In the sense of add to the occasion of the Olympics in a way that Hadyn suggested team sports do not.

]]> Mon, 24 Feb 2014 22:50:05 +1300 Rich Lock https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-drinking-insomnia-the-winter/?p=306442#post306442 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-drinking-insomnia-the-winter/?p=306442#post306442 Curling maybe. Bobsled is a bit too hairy.

Although curling is the type of sport that would appear in the sort of dream I have when I eat too much cheese before bed: 'it was really weird darling. These people were torturing a roomba by throwing it down an ice…

]]> Mon, 24 Feb 2014 22:48:46 +1300 Rich Lock https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-drinking-insomnia-the-winter/?p=306441#post306441 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-drinking-insomnia-the-winter/?p=306441#post306441 whether snowboarding, slope style and other “judged” sports should be in the Olympics

Haven't listened to the recording, but my own view is that any event, summer or winter or anything else, where the judges aren't just there to enforce the rules, is not a sport.

One or two controversies…

]]> Mon, 24 Feb 2014 22:44:09 +1300 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-drinking-insomnia-the-winter/?p=306440#post306440 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-drinking-insomnia-the-winter/?p=306440#post306440 Mon, 24 Feb 2014 22:41:05 +1300 Rich Lock https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-drinking-insomnia-the-winter/?p=306439#post306439 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-drinking-insomnia-the-winter/?p=306439#post306439 Mon, 24 Feb 2014 22:37:06 +1300 Graeme Edgeler https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-drinking-insomnia-the-winter/?p=306435#post306435 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-drinking-insomnia-the-winter/?p=306435#post306435 Useful Summer Olympic team sports: rowing.
Useful Winter Olympic team sports: bobsled. Also curling.

]]> Mon, 24 Feb 2014 21:55:59 +1300 Hadyn Green https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-drinking-insomnia-the-winter/?p=306434#post306434 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-drinking-insomnia-the-winter/?p=306434#post306434 Somethings I noted about the recording:

1. I recycled my skeleton jokes

2. This is the downhill skating I was referring to
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tso8RD_Onvs

]]> Mon, 24 Feb 2014 21:35:21 +1300 Public Address https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-drinking-insomnia-the-winter/?p=306433#post306433 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-drinking-insomnia-the-winter/?p=306433#post306433 Discussion from blog post.

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