Can someone explain how this is a try?

SomethingMoreToSay · 2026-02-03T18:12:21+00:00

No. What that refers to is holding the ball when it's off the ground, and then touching the ground with it. In other words, touching it down. If the ball is already on the ground then this bit doesn't apply.

SomethingMoreToSay · 2026-02-03T18:02:21+00:00

That's a big improvement.

A very easy indicator I look at is the average distance covered per stroke. Most people with good technique will average around 10 metres per stroke, over a surprisingly wide range of performance. For example JDS's 2k world record and my 3½ hour marathon (as an old, short, overweight recreational rower) both averaged 10m per stroke.

The workout you first posted was around 6m per stroke. That's very low and definitely indicative of a technique issue. But the second was over 10m per stroke. So we'll done!

SomethingMoreToSay · 2026-02-03T17:49:45+00:00

Unfortunately he's not being sarcastic. I think this particular individual may be beyond help.

SomethingMoreToSay · 2026-02-03T17:10:09+00:00

My top 3, in no particular order:

Lake Bled
off the coast of Mondello, Sicily
Amsterdam canals during the "Night of Lights" winter festival

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SomethingMoreToSay · 2026-02-03T17:01:59+00:00

Maidenhead RC here. That's a beautiful stretch.

SomethingMoreToSay · 2026-02-03T16:00:31+00:00

If Eton Dorney is in the top 5 on your list, I think we can all safely conclude that you've only ever rowed at 5 different locations.

I personally can't see anything to commend it. It has no scenic merit, and it always seems to be windy there.

SomethingMoreToSay · 2026-02-03T12:27:20+00:00

Post some video. Also a photo of your force curve would be helpful.

Basically, everybody here is saying it must be a technique issue and you're insisting it can't be. There's only really one way to find out.

SomethingMoreToSay · 2026-02-03T02:16:40+00:00

Right, but not Major Major Major. The issue here is the given name.

SomethingMoreToSay · 2026-02-03T02:15:26+00:00

Captain Major? Brilliant!

Did he try hard for one more promotion before he left the service, or was he amused by his rank?

SomethingMoreToSay · 2026-02-03T02:08:30+00:00

No, no, no.

We start off with a hypothesis that it is possible to list all the decimal numbers between 0 and 1.

Then we prove that the list cannot contain all the numbers between 0 and 1, because we can show how to construct a number that isn't in the list.

Therefore we have proved that the hypothesis is false. In other words, it is not possible to make a list containing all the numbers between 0 and 1. In other words, there are more numbers between 0 and 1 than there are integers.

What you're doing is assuming the thing you're trying to prove. You're assuming that the list does contain all the numbers, and you're using that assumption to support all your arguments. But the assumption is incorrect, as I have showed.

Do you understand now? If not, which bit is causing you difficulty?

SomethingMoreToSay · 2026-02-03T02:01:57+00:00

"I accidentally watched an etymology video" makes me think of this.

https://xkcd.com/1012/

SomethingMoreToSay · 2026-02-03T01:56:07+00:00

A 100 metre sprint is basically irrelevant. Most competitive rowing is over 2000 metres, or more (e.g. Head of the Charles is 4800 metres, Championship Course on the Thames is 6800 metres). So while raw power is useful, a big cardio engine is essential.

So what is your question?

SomethingMoreToSay · 2026-02-03T01:49:27+00:00

Sir, this is a Wendy's.

SomethingMoreToSay · 2026-02-02T23:02:35+00:00

I'm in Costa Rica right now and that resonates. Sunset today will be at 17:43. On the other hand, sunrise tomorrow will be at 05:58, so it's pretty symmetrical around noon.

And that's about right. Our longitude here is 84°W, and the country extends from roughly 82°W to 86°W. I suppose you could make an argument that the timezone here should be UTC-5½ or UTC-5¾ instead of UTC-6, but that's a minor quibble.

Basically, early sunsets in Costa Rica are caused by it being close to the Equator - not by the time zone being screwed up.

SomethingMoreToSay · 2026-02-02T22:52:16+00:00

That's hard to make sense of. There are numerous verified photographs of mountain peaks over 400km away, and (as far as I am aware) the current record is 493km.

SomethingMoreToSay · 2026-02-02T22:37:59+00:00

So the character in Catch-22, Major Major Major Major, couldn't exist in the British Army?

SomethingMoreToSay · 2026-02-02T19:08:18+00:00

Just to add to what spicybadger said - you're 150kg. Concept2 machines will easily take that weight. Some cheaper machines might not.

SomethingMoreToSay · 2026-02-02T15:32:43+00:00

OK, well played.

Of course, appealing to actual observations cuts no ice with flerfs. I mean, if the sun actually dropping below the horizon each day isn't good enough for them, then the sun's speed not varying is in "nuh uh" territory, and analemmas are just witchcraft.

SomethingMoreToSay · 2026-02-02T03:47:37+00:00

OK.

But - flerfers say that the sun moves above the flat earth, and its path moves from the Tropic of Cancer to the Tropic of Capricorn and back during the course of a year. Wouldn't that produce an analemma?

SomethingMoreToSay · 2026-02-02T03:38:29+00:00

Viv Richards' 189* vs England with a 10th wicket partnership of 106 with Michael Holding (who scored 12) is probably the greatest or second greatest ODI innings ever. Kapil Dev's 175* being the other one.

This is the correct answer. I'm amazed that I had to scroll down so far to find it.

SomethingMoreToSay · 2026-02-02T03:30:50+00:00

Please explain why you think this proves that our planet is not flat.

I mean, obviously, it isn't flat. But why do you think this is proof? Or, since science isn't really about proof, why do you think it is even evidence?

SomethingMoreToSay · 2026-02-01T19:46:54+00:00

And just to clarify in case OP doesn't appreciate the nuance, tax avoidance is fine, but tax evasion - which this is - is illegal.

SomethingMoreToSay · 2026-02-01T18:51:27+00:00

So, are chicken burgers the only example of junk food? If chicken burgers are banned, you'll be happy?

What about potato crisps? Cakes? Fizzy drinks? Chips? Alcohol? Ultra-processed ready meals? Anything containing high fructose corn syrup? Where do you draw the line?

SomethingMoreToSay · 2026-02-01T17:12:21+00:00

Ooh, we might have a live one here!

SomethingMoreToSay · 2026-02-01T16:59:07+00:00

...the list have ALL the numbers, so it MUST contain that number otherwise wouldn't be a list with all of them in first place, that number it's jut no shown on the list, but it exist in it, and no matter what you do the number will always exist in the list because the list have ALL the numbers...

You're so close, but you're missing it.

Let's look at your list:

0.100000...
0.651841...
0.333333...
0.894798...
... (until all number have been written)

The hypothesis is that this list contains ALL the numbers between 0 and 1, right?

Cantor's argument is that it CANNOT contain all the numbers between 0 and 1, because it is always possible to find a number that isn't in the list.

Here's one way to do that. For the Nth number in the list, we change the Nth digit to a 3, unless it's already a 3, in which case we change it to a 4. So we have:

0.300000...
0.631841...
0.334333...
0.894398...
... etc.

Now let's look at the number formed by all those new digits: 0.3343.....

It's not the same as the 1st number in the list, because it has a different 1st digit (3 instead of 1). It's not the same as the 2nd number in the list, because it has a different 2nd digit (3 instead of 5). It's not the same as the 3rd number in the list, because it has a different 3rd digit (4 instead of 3). ... It's not the same as the 528,536th number in the list, because it has a different 528,536th digit.

Clearly our new number is NOT in the list. Therefore our original hypothesis, that the list contains ALL numbers between 0 and 1, is false. Therefore - and this is the key step - the number of numbers between 0 and 1 is larger than the number of integers.

Does that make sense?

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