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Re:Canada to Study a Mysterious Curling ‘Frankenbroom' by Someone on Saturday September 17, 2016 @02:39PM (#12521766)
"How can something be "too good for the sport" is beyond me"

Here is a similar, but possibly easier to understand, example that would revolutionize/kill the sport of shooting: http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/01/17000-linux-powered-r....

A later article (http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2014/08/gun-linux-on-the-rang...) wrote:

"my photojournalist buddy Steven Michael nailed a target at 1,008 yards—about 0.91 kilometers—on his first try, in spite of never having fired a rifle before"

The first person using such a gun in shooting competitions would probably be called a genius in the sport, but soon every competitor would use it, and nobody would miss anymore.

The curling situation is similar in the sense that, if this were allowed, curling players no longer need to have good control of direction, speed, and spin of the stones they throw.

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