Comments on: Man Climbs 103 Stories with a Mind-Controlled Prosthetic Leg

By: geack

geack — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:33:13 +0000

One other bit of info re: the sprinter’s leg – the prosthetic used in the Olympics stores and returns significantly less energy than a typical sprinter’s leg structure. It’s simply less efficient than a natural leg, and thus provides no artificial advantage. That’s one of the reasons its use was allowed by the committee. While such decisions revolve around rights and fairness, they’re not made in a technical vacuum, and there was no refusal to study the issue or asking for uncritical acceptance of an assertion.

By: Alan Curry

Alan Curry — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 20:06:06 +0000

Storey is a British word that doesn’t exist in America, like cheque. Story and check are good enough for us.

By: Ruby from NJ

Ruby from NJ — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 16:24:02 +0000

There is some confusion about “stories” and “stairs.” One might have to climb up two sets of stairs to reach each floor or story. “Storey” is the British spelling. I cringe every time I read or hear anything about “monies,” which I ridicule as a rhyme for “ponies.” There is a rule for pluralizing words like “money,” “monkey,” “key,” et cetera; but Americans don’t follow it. If the y is preceded by an e, simply add s.

By: Mike Haxton

Mike Haxton — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 00:08:39 +0000

John Lerch, please don’t inject politics here. I get enough of that crap on FaceBook.

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 22:24:17 +0000

@Uli, that’s because everyone spells it wrong – the real word is “storey” which pluralises to “storeys”, and that’s where you want to look in the dictionary.

“Money” gets the same treatment, people are always writing “the monies will be collected…”

By: TJ

TJ — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 21:07:35 +0000

Uli, it is a reference to each level or “floor” of a building.”
Example: That building is 15 stories high

By: psweet

psweet — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 17:07:57 +0000

@4 — stories in this case refers to floors of a building, so 103 stories would be close to 400 meters. Frankly, I don’t think I could do that with two real legs!

By: Uli from Germany

Uli from Germany — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 10:06:43 +0000

What means “stories”? I thought the word is “stairs”, I could not find an explanation in dictionary.

By: Brian Too

Brian Too — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 02:26:29 +0000

Why is the matter of who qualifies for the Olympics, stereotypically reduced to a Left versus Right issue? What is the basis for that statement at all?

And if it must be politically charged, why for instance isn’t the Right “at fault”? For, I dunno, forcing everyone to be the same? Yeah, that’s it, the political right is engaged in a conspiracy to do away with the Paralympic Games! And they are starting with a single Track and Field athlete!

It’s nonsense of course, but it makes exactly as much sense as @1. John Lerch’s argument.

By: David_42

David_42 — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 20:08:18 +0000

Maybe you should do a little research before spouting an opinion. Pistorius was born without fibulas, making the before and after comparison you demand impossible. His best time in 400-meters is almost a second less than the record. That means he is competitive, but just barely.