Kris_b1104 said:

What kind of exciting things would you be doing with Efren and Earl besides playing pool? Being a pool fan and finding Filler and Gorst to be boring is wild. There are definitely some boring pros, but I don't think those 2 fit the category.

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Pizza105z said:

Thats what it was used for when it was set up in my childhood home! Haha!

Thank you for the reply.

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Tennesseejoe said:

Did anyone take Fedor up on this offer? And how did it go?

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dtroup64 said:

My only issue is you deciding what is "wasted money" and what isn't. That's a decision each person gets to make. I live in Maine and I see tourists spending $45 on a Lobster roll every summer. But I've never seen such happy people. Me? I buy the lobster from my neighbor, who's a fisherman, at $5/lb. To each their own. The tourists aren't wasting their money. They're enjoying their life.

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Lets2billiards said:

Motorla Barcode set: Chapter 2

I must admit that, initially , I was satisfied to just acquire the barcode set, assuming it was a simple salute to the ingenuity of digital engineering. At the nudging of Benelli and K2, I sensibly buckled down to do a bit more research.

Studying the balls, it became obvious that the barcodes on each ball were different, and as per K2, I contacted the creator. He recalled that each code (re)represented the numeral on the ball, but also remembered some problems with the double digit balls, and was pretty sure that the cue ball probably said “cue”, but was not exactly sure what the final solutions were.

I tried scanning the balls and having them read through online services, (to no avail). Toying with downloading an application for help, there was a eureka moment when searching turned up the word “FONT. I quickly downloaded images of the alpha numeric barcode font, and a key or legend of the barcode structure. With these, it was just a matter of taking photos of each ball and code, then deciphering. Below you can see some of the results!

So, when racking up this set, there will be 16 unique digital “triggers”, or links, ready to roll around the table. Each barcode could be programed to set off a different function, or set of functions: Scan the cue ball, and it could cause an image of the cueball to be projected on a screen and turn on the pool table light, and there are still 15 more balls to go! If you are lucky, the last ball in the presentation will turn up the lights at an open bar,

Cheers!

There might even be another chapter to this tale. We shall see.

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