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 06/07/2006 06:09:53 PM · #26
Kinski was in Cat People (among other movies, I remember her from that one). She wasn't a gymnast.
 06/07/2006 06:10:42 PM · #27
Here:

//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svetlana_Khorkina
06/07/2006 06:13:44 PM · #28
Nope... never have... never will.

DPCers are pretty good at giving the best images the highest average scores but the highest average scores they give are not very high.
 06/08/2006 01:02:01 PM · #29
Trolls. Even if a photo was the greatest photo ever created and sold for millions and was displayed at the highest level, someone here would give it a 1.
 06/08/2006 01:09:13 PM · #30
Originally posted by stdavidson:
Nope... never have... never will.

DPCers are pretty good at giving the best images the highest average scores but the highest average scores they give are not very high.


Considering that the voting scale is based on a scale of 1 to 10 versus a 1 to 100 scale, I have no problem whatsover with the averages.

If one takes into consideration the normal voting scale say... in a University seting, and factors in "Bell Curving"... I would hazard to guess that the scores are essentially where they would be regardless of the venue.

Ray
06/08/2006 01:12:16 PM · #31
Originally posted by Jmnuggy:
Trolls. Even if a photo was the greatest photo ever created and sold for millions and was displayed at the highest level, someone here would give it a 1.


Countless numbers of people pay exhorbitant prices for some art pieces painted by a monkey... and such is their right.

Does it mean that I would want to purchase one....NOT IN THE LEAST.

Tastes are personal and subjective... What you might deem a 10, I might consider a 3... it's all in the eye of the beholder... and there are no "Wrong" answers.

Ray
 06/08/2006 03:28:52 PM · #32
There was an American Olympic gymnast who posed nude. Cathy Rigby won a Silver Medal on Balance Beam in the 1970 World championships and was subsquently touted as a lock for Gold in the Olympics, even was on the cover of Life magazine. The nude shot came in a Sports Illustrated article and showed her from the back side doing the splits on a beam. It was not very revealing and not at all erotic or sensual. In the article she was quoted as saying that Olympic gymnastics should be performed in the nude. She was suffering from a back injury by the time of the `72 Games and didn't even medal. Everyone knew immediately that her competitive career was over and she was on the road to endorsement money. Later in life she married retired pro running back Tommy Mason, did a lot gymnastics sportscasting with ABC, did ads for women's hygeine products, has spoken out in favor of gun control, and was a smashing success recreating Mary Martin's role of Tinkerbell in a long playing Broadway revival on Peter Pan.
06/08/2006 03:38:16 PM · #33
Originally posted by coolhar:
There was an American Olympic gymnast who posed nude. Cathy Rigby won a Silver Medal on Balance Beam in the 1970 World championships and was subsquently touted as a lock for Gold in the Olympics, even was on the cover of Life magazine. The nude shot came in a Sports Illustrated article and showed her from the back side doing the splits on a beam. It was not very revealing and not at all erotic or sensual.


OK, I admit I googled it :-)

Link to pic - warning nude butt
 06/08/2006 03:54:07 PM · #34
I used google for my post too, I admit it. But I remembered most of the stuff except the part about the ads. I just wanted to be accurate before putting something up about someone posing nude. I'll also admit that I made quite some effort to get a copy of the magazine back in `72, lol. Cathy Rigby has had an interesting and varied life.
06/08/2006 04:00:21 PM · #35
Originally posted by Jmnuggy:
Trolls. Even if a photo was the greatest photo ever created and sold for millions and was displayed at the highest level, someone here would give it a 1.

No such thing as trolls... the average voter IS the troll.
 06/08/2006 04:02:07 PM · #36
Originally posted by RayEthier:
Originally posted by stdavidson:
Nope... never have... never will.

DPCers are pretty good at giving the best images the highest average scores but the highest average scores they give are not very high.


Considering that the voting scale is based on a scale of 1 to 10 versus a 1 to 100 scale, I have no problem whatsover with the averages.

If one takes into consideration the normal voting scale say... in a University seting, and factors in "Bell Curving"... I would hazard to guess that the scores are essentially where they would be regardless of the venue.

So basically you are saying that "A" level work should barely make 70%?
 06/08/2006 04:23:32 PM · #37
Originally posted by stdavidson:
Originally posted by RayEthier:
Originally posted by stdavidson:
Nope... never have... never will.

DPCers are pretty good at giving the best images the highest average scores but the highest average scores they give are not very high.


Considering that the voting scale is based on a scale of 1 to 10 versus a 1 to 100 scale, I have no problem whatsover with the averages.

If one takes into consideration the normal voting scale say... in a University seting, and factors in "Bell Curving"... I would hazard to guess that the scores are essentially where they would be regardless of the venue.

So basically you are saying that "A" level work should barely make 70%?


70-80 = C 80-90 = B and 90-100 = A, only works if the exam/test/class is written for it to work that way. Otherwise the class needs to be graded on a curve. Example, at the University of Phoenix the exams are written to be so easy that almost everyone gets an A.

In my engineering classes quite often the profs graded on a curve. I remember one very tough prof in a strength of materials class where I got a 32% on a final exam (yes out of 100%) and received a B due to a steep curve. Had they gone the traditional 100-90-80-70 grade scale no one would pass the class.

Since we are not taking prepared tests or exams that were written with the logic of 90% and above = A, the logic of the 70-80-90-100 scale does not apply. We vote on a scale of 1-10 with 5 being average (and I think most people consider average, average for this site). The fact that we have never had a "10" photo simply says that there has never been a photo taken that everyone thought was perfect.
 06/08/2006 04:26:51 PM · #38
Originally posted by stdavidson:
Originally posted by RayEthier:
Originally posted by stdavidson:
Nope... never have... never will.

DPCers are pretty good at giving the best images the highest average scores but the highest average scores they give are not very high.


Considering that the voting scale is based on a scale of 1 to 10 versus a 1 to 100 scale, I have no problem whatsover with the averages.

If one takes into consideration the normal voting scale say... in a University seting, and factors in "Bell Curving"... I would hazard to guess that the scores are essentially where they would be regardless of the venue.

So basically you are saying that "A" level work should barely make 70%?


Didn't we already do this thread?
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