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King Boonen said:Ah ok, I thought youtube had to physically act to remove it.
So basically, anyone who is stating an opinion without seeing the video can really be ignored. Who did see it? Anyone?
Dr. Coggan, care to elaborate what it contained?
The science-filled language around his idea is immaterial. This sums it up nicely: http://forum.cyclingnews.com/showpost.php?p=1381332&postcount=44
Blah Blah Blah. I curve fit some data and will goddamn sue anyone who critiques my curve fit.
To be perfectly clear about the takedown notice, Coggan is not being innovative at all. These kinds of takedowns are done all the time. The objective is the same in most cases, to stifle discussion. And no, there are no consequences for Coggan's misguided, and arguably wrong, efforts.
Acoggan's motivations are here: http://forum.cyclingnews.com/showpost.php?p=1381290&postcount=26
So, he's imagining this curve fitting exercise becomes an real-world application of some kind. It's within the realm of possibility already. Not novel code that can certainly run on the average smartphone with GPS and a spare GB of storage. It just hasn't been written yet.
Hmmmm.....