The very first aiming system ever devised!

[Patrick Johnson]

Funny, I thought this'd be right up your street, Patrick.

Thinking without warming up is a good way to sprain something.

pj
chgo

 

[CJ Wiley]

In Euclidean geometry, a parallelogram is a simple (non self-intersecting) quadrilateral with two pairs of parallel sides. The opposite or facing sides of a parallelogram are of equal length and the opposite angles of a parallelogram are of equal measure. The congruence of opposite sides and opposite angles is a direct consequence of the Euclidean Parallel Postulate and neither condition can be proven without appealing to the Euclidean Parallel Postulate or one of its equivalent formulations. The three-dimensional counterpart of a parallelogram is a parallelepiped.

The etymology (in Greek παραλληλ-όγραμμον, a shape "of parallel lines") reflects the definition.

This should make it clear to everyone on how to aim.
I think this thread should be moved to the aiming forum to straighten those guys out,but then what would they have to argue about for eternity?

 

[pt109]

I'm surprised you pool room detectives slept the fact that this diagram
shows the actual gremlins that many people have only suspected was
the cause of a bad roll.

And note also that the top middle is the cusp of ares/taurus....
...which is Hitler's birthday.
I was always leery of players that cue high center ball.

 

[Mr. Bond]

The alchemists, who in their own way knew more about the nature of the individuation process than we moderns do, expressed this paradox through the symbol of the Ouroboros, the snake that eats its own tail.

The Ouroboros has been said to have a meaning of infinity or wholeness. In the age-old image of the Ouroboros lies the thought of devouring oneself and turning oneself into a circulatory process, for it was clear to the more astute alchemists that the prima materia of the art was man himself.

The Ouroboros is a dramatic symbol for the integration and assimilation of the opposite, i.e. of the shadow. This 'feed-back' process is at the same time a symbol of immortality, since it is said of the Ouroboros that he slays himself and brings himself to life, fertilizes himself and gives birth to himself.

He symbolizes the One, who proceeds from the clash of opposites, and he therefore constitutes the secret of the prima materia which [...] unquestionably stems from man's unconscious.

-Carl Jung

 

[measureman]

I'll see your postulate, and raise you two theorems...

- Ghost

You are on. Post.

 

[Mr. Bond]

I think there might be some kind of misunderstanding.
IMO those aren't cues, they are comets with a tail, or moons/planets casting a shadow.


Here is another example circa 1668:

 

[1 Pocket Ghost]

You are on. Post.

Ok then...

I postulate that you would have 0 chance of beating me playing even One Pocket........and...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impulse_(physics)

http://www.physics.buffalo.edu/phy302/topic3/index.html


- Ghost

 

[1 Pocket Ghost]

I think there might be some kind of misunderstanding.
IMO those aren't cues, they are comets with a tail, or moons/planets casting a shadow.


Here is another example circa 1668:

..........

 

[Mr. Bond]

I'm serious, are you? Is there a joke that I missed?
Its basically a celestial map, they are not cues, and it has nothing to do with billiards.

 

[Patrick Johnson]

Is there a joke that I missed?

The thread is a satire on aiming systems. 1PG has a dry sense of humor that not everybody will immediately get.

pj <- funny to me
chgo

 

[pt109]

The thread is a satire on aiming systems. 1PG has a dry sense of humor that not everybody will immediately get.

pj <- funny to me
chgo

Aaaaaah, you mean my cracks about gremlins and Hitler's birthday was
wasted?:sad:

Actually, a diamond system would make an interesting read from 1742...
...they played with cushions stuffed with cloth and felt.

 

[Mr. Bond]

The thread is a satire on aiming systems. 1PG has a dry sense of humor that not everybody will immediately get.

pj <- funny to me
chgo

ah, thats a relief.
i was starting to wonder if he had chewed on chalk cubes as a child

 

[Patrick Johnson]

...you mean my cracks about gremlins and Hitler's birthday was wasted?

Certainly not - they're the thread's intellectual center of gravity so far.

pj <- whatever that is...
chgo

 

[1 Pocket Ghost]

ah, thats a relief.
i was starting to wonder if he had chewed on chalk cubes as a child

and I was thinking that sadly, you must have had one of those cold, rigid, highest-scholarly-achievement-at-all-costs childhoods, where fun, games, and laughter were absolutely not allowed....and that unfortunate child-programming having now left you thoroughly incapable :scratchhead: of recognizing absurd humor/satire when it's gleefully staring you in the face.


- Gh:smile2:st

 

[pt109]

and I was thinking that sadly, you must have had one of those cold, rigid, highest-scholarly-achievement-at-all-costs childhoods, where fun, games, and laughter were absolutely not allowed....and that unfortunate child-programming having now left you thoroughly incapable :scratchhead: of recognizing absurd humor/satire when it's gleefully staring you in the face.


- Gh:smile2:st

Ghost, I really think you should strive to be a more serious dude.
I mean like..What the hell, you're a @#$%# GHOST!!!!!!
..and 1-pocket is not to be taken lightly.

..just sayin'

 

[1 Pocket Ghost]

Ghost, I really think you should strive to be a more serious dude.

I mean like..What the hell, you're a @#$%# GHOST!!!!!!
..and 1-pocket is not to be taken lightly.

..just sayin'

"Ghost, I really think you should strive to be a more serious dude."


Bro, I'm as serious as it gets...I'm as serious as sweater puppets...