Olympic sports you wish they would show more of

[Luddite]

Personally I just wish they'd show more of the closing ceremony.
And move it closer (much closer) to the opening ceremony.

I could get into a long rant here but I won't - I know not being enthusiastic about the Olympic games is a losing proposition.

Dave Turner

Couldn't agree more.

Complete and utter waste of time and money.  Truely bread and circuses, and the amount of rage naysayers like me garner online shows just how completely that has brainwashed people.

And...an utter disgrace that it dominated the BBC coverage almost completely.  During all this 'running about in pants' behaviour we've had one of the greatest events in human history happen and it barely got 5 minutes coverage on the news.  Too busy watching the circus.

Now we've had basically a month of nothing but 'sport', i presume to make up for that we're now going to have a month with no sport on whatsoever?

[Ben Waterhouse]

Couldn't agree more.

Complete and utter waste of time and money.  Truely bread and circuses, and the amount of rage naysayers like me garner online shows just how completely that has brainwashed people.

And...an utter disgrace that it dominated the BBC coverage almost completely.  During all this 'running about in pants' behaviour we've had one of the greatest events in human history happen and it barely got 5 minutes coverage on the news.  Too busy watching the circus.

Now we've had basically a month of nothing but 'sport', i presume to make up for that we're now going to have a month with no sport on whatsoever?

I'm intrigued, to what do you allude?

[Aart Brouwer]

I'm intrigued, to what do you allude?

To 'Mars', obviously.

Cheers,
Aart

[Ben Waterhouse]

To 'Mars', obviously.

Cheers,
Aart

Now there's a complete waste of money....

[Aart Brouwer]

Now there's a complete waste of money....

No, it's a solid investment in our future. Mars is the closest planet to Earth where humans could live with minimal life support. If robots find life there, even in the form of microbes, it proves that the circumstances necessary to the creation of life are less specific than scientists thought for a long time. And then there's the spin-off. One example of which is the development of self-cleaning solar panels. Once mankind has learned to benefit more fully from the sun's energy these panels will be a huge cost-saver.

Cheers,
Aart
 

[Luddite]

I'm intrigued, to what do you allude?

I think that rather proves my point doesn't it?   

[Ben Waterhouse]

No, it's a solid investment in our future. Mars is the closest planet to Earth where humans could live with minimal life support. If robots find life there, even in the form of microbes, it proves that the circumstances necessary to the creation of life are less specific than scientists thought for a long time. And then there's the spin-off. One example of which is the development of self-cleaning solar panels. Once mankind has learned to benefit more fully from the sun's energy these panels will be a huge cost-saver.

Cheers,
Aart
 

Still a complete waste of money. Why not design the solar panels here rather than sending them on a pointless exercise millions of miles away?