IT DOESN'T HAVE TO! It just has to react equally slow to both the start
and the finish.
On Fri, 15 Sep 2000, malmo wrote:
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> THAT IS PHYSICALLY IMPOSSIBLE. The human body simply cannot react that fast!
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> > Murphy is right .. If you start the watch when you actually see the smoke
> > from the gun .. And then stop it when you actually see the body cross the
> > line then you are timing accurately and should be within hundredths of the
> > actual time .. I am usually within .02 +/- in any given race .. What most
> > people do is they see the smoke then anticipate the finish .. You have to
> > see them both so that your own "physical" system is in sync ..
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