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Lest anyone be confused by this, the wording of Bob's challenge allows ANY curve exceeding a minimum of that 1". The first and third pegs merely define the shot; the second, is the interfering ball. One can miss that second peg by 1mm, or a foot. Not missing the peg just means you didn't...

It is vastly amusing to me that 'the scientists' are derided for being in their ivory tower and not at an actual table; while real men put up their money at the table. Then when 'the scientists' put up actual money for a demonstration of something at an actual table, the excuses start...

Two elementary suggestions: 1) Always have your next 3 balls clearly in mind. You can't know where to leave the cue ball on your current shot until you know not only where you next shot is, but where you need to approach it from, to get to the shot after that. 2) Re-rack after every miss...

Because that isn't the question in discussion? There is an offer of cash on the table, $1000 for a single shot. Surely no pool player worth admiring could possibly pass that up. Thank you kindly.

Have you run an analysis on the 200 number? For example, if you take all the people who have over 200 games, at what point in their progression was their rating without the influence of the starting point, more accurate (i.e. closer to their eventual rating from that point on) than the one with...

Of course not. We are talking about testing. One can keep shooting over and over until one gets the right take. If Brumback is really the only one who can do this shot, why would anyone buy his instructional DVD? Thank you kindly.

Because MAGIC.

That is physically impossible. Heat loss is dependent on insulation levels, area, and temperature difference [U * A * ΔT]. So if you let it cool down, the loss will gradually reduce, until the temperature equalizes, at which point there will be no heat loss. Heat loss translates directly into...

NO. I am not saying anything of the kind! I have no idea how well your particular table will react to that amount of movement. I was just giving you a rough estimate about how much movement we are talking about (for the slate). Thank you kindly.

My point is, for all your words and charts, you haven't added a single new piece of information to the discussion. You have taken the area of the table multiplied it by balls/area, and then computed percentages. Essentially you multiplied by a factor and then divided it out. So the numbers...

People will argue (endlessly :-) over the percentages, but the vast majority of the playability of a cue resides in the tip. Tips are cheap(ish) and easy to replace. So first, find a tip you like. Most of the rest of the playability of a cue comes from the shaft. So, next find a shaft you...

No, it really doesn't. If you are talking about a in-floor radiant system, those have very large thermal mass, and heat and cool slowly. If you are talking about a free-standing radiant heater, those heat things, not air. So, turn on the heater and aim at yourself, and let the air stay cool...

Don't know if I would want a cue that he used. He uses that weird bridge through the hole in his hand*... :smile: * - wrist actually.

The number of balls that can fit on a table (either maximally packed or square packed) is directly related to the area of a table. So you aren't measuring anything new, just using a different unit. We wouldn't expect to get a different understanding about table size if we measured them in...

I disagree. Free space on the table isn't the important thing. Free LINES are. That is, what is the likelihood that any given ball has a open path to a pocket. A path is essentially a one-dimensional thing, while area is two-dimensional. To even get the units correct, we need to be talking...

The peeling doesn't look like impact damage to me (from the picture anyway). Thank you kindly.

According to what has been said here, FargoRates starting point is taken from which class they were in some other rating systems. If the player was in an inappropriate place to begin with, that will be reflected in their FargoRate. You would have to ask THEM what can be done to change their...

The cue ball only knows what happens when the cue tip is in contact with it. Which is not to say that pull back and follow through aren't important. They are, because the change what happens during that brief interlude. But I would be very leery of asserting a correlation for everyone. 12"...

Since at any given time we are talking about a given cue, it would seem that designating the builder as 'custom' or 'production' would be the wrong way to think of it. Is the CUE 'custom' or 'production'? is a more pertinent question. No one should pay custom prices for a production cue from...

If I may say so, the time to concentrate on breaking up the stack is not on when you are shooting the break shot at all. The time to do that is on the previous shot. Getting yourself in perfect position before the break shot is the most important part of it. Thank you kindly.