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I'm sure you mean that from a sense of generosity, magnanimity, and friendliness--and I think you deserve praise for that attitude. But...uh...(just havin' a little fun here): I think the day that happens even my BONES will have crumbled to dust and blown away (and giant, flying pigs will soar...

Yes, that's right. But so far I haven't read anything "acceptable" about it ;) HOWEVER, PJ makes a very interesting comment that your recipe for CTE includes an imaginary line drawn FROM THE POCKET TO THE OB. Now THAT'S something new--not heard from Hal, and not heard from ANY other CTE...

Kinda depressing....when you think about it. Of course, even I will admit that when reading the news I'm more likely to read something like "celebrity gossip" before an economic report--hehe, at least the celebrity gossip is actually likely to be TRUE ;) People like looking at bad road...

Yeah. Well....do you really think there are people around who are dumb enough to play people who CLAIM they're no good?? :D I wouldn't go NEAR somebody with a fistful of money who says he's "no good." :D

It was around pool where I first heard the phrase "Close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades." Comment made on a missed shot when the shooter claims he was "close."

I agree. Anyone can take from the discussion anything they wish. There's no reason someone serious can't follow the serious posts, while others do other things--that's what's great about the internet: you take from it what you want. From my point of view, it has been the CTE advocates who...

Lou says Hal Houle's Systems Work That drunken little post DOES get you a pass off JoeyA's "From the beginning" sh** list, however. "Lou Figueroa, a former faithful follower of CTE, and believer in it's wonders, now claims 'It was all a cult. They got me drunk, and I believed.'"

Well, OK then. But from a great deal of studied experience, I can say that removing "wants" from the chore of deciding what to believe is very USEFUL. It's a practice that will take one much further than leaving the "wants" in.

In the same situation, others often say something like: "You just don't WANT to believe!" :D If someone tells me that 2+2=5, and that they MAKE MORE MONEY because they believe that....would you recommend that I "get it" and not be a "naysayer" about it? Instead, I personally would be much...

Pool players may not care about geometry, but you can be sure that GEOMETRY CARES ABOUT POOL PLAYERS! I think you fail to understand that--or don't want to understand that.

Right. I wasn't referring to EXACTLY what was being tested (I'm more interested in "stroke" than the "squirt" phenomenon). I DO want to test under "real world" conditions (cue NOT level), however. In any test I make I will want to be able to make very CLEAR claims about the exact point of CB...

It's known and understood that reducing mass near the tip reduces deflection. There's NO KNOWN REASON why merely laminating shafts (Meucci black dot) should make them deflect so much less than "hollow" LD shafts. When an unexpected (even contrary) result arises, one needs to give some...

Good. Thanks. The most illuminating to me is: "Also, cues producing different CB speeds (due to weight and/or tip efficiency differences), will create different amounts of swerve, which will affect results." I often think about trying to do such tests myself--and the difficulties of...

Oh, I don't know. Most people who have come up with very IMPORTANT true things were first made fun of. I think you take the issue too seriously. The NORMAL human thing to do when you think someone has a "goofy idea" is to make fun of it. The one who's right gets the last laugh--I'm quite sure...

I don't see anything at all wrong with it. The last paragraph is obviously meant as a joking satire of what a late-night ad might sound like--I don't in any way read into it the implication that's what Stan is actually SAYING to sell the DVD (or that Lou is trying to imply that). But I do think...

I'm still interested in any illuminating comments (especially from the OP, who promised them on request) about any weak points of the Meucci demonstration video. Certainly, I tend to agree that his FINDINGS are suspect. I'm most interested in criticisms of his methods.

I'd like to hear more about the flaws you find in the Meucci video. On the surface it appears "sensible." [I AM aware that it's viewed with a smirk by many]

Just because the tube is cylindrical doesn't mean that the laser diode is MOUNTED STRAIGHT within it along the center axis. No demonstration with a laser will demonstrate that parallel lines aren't parallel (well, unless you're taking about general relativity and gravity, I suppose ?? :) )...

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For me personally, I would disagree. And I think I see where you're going with this: I hope I don't spoil the game for you. I don't actually know WHAT I aim at--but I certainly aim at SOMETHING! The more challenging the shot, the harder I stare at the OB. I've never heard of any instructor...