Recent content by nataddrho

Predator Pure Chalk Hard (green). Probably same as Taom. No mess, and much less table cleaning and ball cleaning. I think the one piece that I bought will last over a year. The less mess part is the only reason I use it now.

Great content as always! I’ll use straight top spin if I can convince myself that the path is safe. Otherwise I’ll use the other option.

Profit is proportional to monetary investment risk. As an inventor, you are trying to convert an abstract idea into something that generates money. An idea has zero monetary value until you can prove that it sells. So you are going from $0 known value to something greater than $0. Your risk is...

Don't feel bad. It takes practice. My first patent attempt failed because I tried to do it myself and got help too late, but I learned so much from the experience that the second time around I was successful. It is like learning to do your own electrical work or plumbing or anything else.

This is my concern for him. The ball should have rolled straight through the pins, and not to occupy the left white pin location (white pin not shown). The left white pin can not be reset because the ball is there. The opponent can now shoot towards both ends of the table instead of being...

I have my own table now and I used to play this game. I recently went back and I did indeed improve in both the game and in real life. The game does track reality well. I am not being sponsored to say this.

It really depends on how you make points. In Italian 5-pins the best shots are offensive in that you knock over the pins with your opponents object ball, and defensive in that you barely roll through the pins, and when they are reset the ball is "trapped" inside the castle and he has to kick...

This is my business model. License IP/tech for royalties with option to buy. I looked up how much I actually paid. Provisional for micro was $70 in 2020, and everything combined was $765. It is cheap if you know how to write a good patent and make the diagrams.

Don't use donuts. The thickness of the donut throws off the balls wildly as very slow speeds and makes the game unplayable. I use faber castells to mark the pin locations when I play 5-pins. (I have marked center table exactly with a sharpie and add the white dots occasionally) I've also used...

I wrote my own patent and filed it and prosecuted it for a total of $850. It took practice and I know not everyone can do this, but it is worth it for that price. You are right about defensibility. It costs too much to litigate. But owning a patent is literally owning private property, and it...

I paid $86 per Duramith ball, (a set of red, yellow and white). The prestige edition. I also have the tournament set which was two thirds the price. It is nice to watch the measles spin because you can predict if you’re going to make the point just on the spin rate. It is also nice to watch...

The major problem with these is that you have to touch the ball every time you use it, per shot.

What do you mean, "our"?

There is already a ton of low level noise in programming, videography, artwork. Now literature and audiobooks. AI lowered the bar for content creation unfortunately.

Is it because sombreros are associated with blocking the hot sun, and the Hollywood stereotype of taking a siesta under a sombrero, as in sleeping at the plate?