Quote:Now TechStuf vouches for Mr. Groscup's ability
Indubitably.
Quote:If this video is intended to convince me as a skeptic...
An IF big enough to hang one's 10 gallon Akubra on, to be sure.
Obviously, the clip is not intended to convince skeptics nearly as much as to pique the curiousity of optimists.
Quote:So how will the real skeptics be convinced? Personally I think this video is counter productive.
Quote:...being my cynical suspcious self I see him whizzing his little sling around then the camera shows a breaking board. I must accept on goodwill that the two events are actually related. Then I am told that I have just seen a demonstration of how effective the sling can be. Sorry a fly colliding with Goliath's head would cause as much damage even assuming it was genuine.
Disadvantageously produced is certainly
not counterproductive. I vote Aussieslinger put his skills where his mouth is and show us a video of him hitting any moving arial target
AT ALL at any distance as well, much less with the force of a fly landing on Goliath's nose. Give an old man a break, at least he can hit what he aims at, even if his power and sphere of influence has been reduced with age. In my opinion the potential of the sling is reasonably well represented, especially given the relative rarity of more dedicated examples at the time of the production.
Quote:As far as why Goliath allowed himself to be so easily beaten, I am as amazed as anyone.
Yeah, it's real easy to achieve both fantastic accuracy under pressure and devastating power both at the same time, with a sling.
Then too, perhaps Goliath, like so many in every era, was simply a skeptic right up until he wasn't? A poor time for anyone to wish they had been more of an optimist in life, eh?
I guess, when you get right down to it, an optimist affords himself a wealth of educational opportunities that are otherwise ill afforded by the skeptics. I know I learned a thing or two even in that short, counter productive video clip.
Nothing but love for ya though, AS, I understand that you only played devil's advocate (in lieu of a more suitable candidate for the job) merely to incite a response.
Whatever worked, I guess.
TS