Olympic Opening Ceremony

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Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Sorry, NBC explicitly said, "No computers, no hydrolics," etc. 100% human powered.
Bush is the first sitting US President to attend an Olympics not held in a US city.

Well, I'll have to concede that Chinese people have incredible precision (which is the point that they would be trying to make if they were lying) but as it's obviously true, then they've proved themselves to be way more precise than most. It's all about National image, I guess.

....however if anyone got sick on the night, it would be calamitous to say the least, unless you had an understudy for every single position on the grid. This leads me to think that, at the very least, Stoat's right about there being some kind of visual aid assisting them on the night.