This shows yet again that you're incapable of spatial visualization or reasoning, John. Rails and diamonds are always in the same places and in the same spatial relationships. These shadows are in different places on different tables. The fact that this difference doesn't immediately leap out at you means you're a fish out of water in these conversations.
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Let me see if I go very slowly if you can get my meaning.
Table A has three lights at 40" off the table. Table B has three lights at 30" off the table.
On both tables the object ball sits on the rack spot.
On table A the light casts a shadow a certain way.
On table B the light casts a shadow a slightly different way.
If the system or method works on Table A then it stands to reason that it's POSSIBLE to adjust SLIGHTLY to account for the SLIGHTLY different way that the shadow is cast on table B.
BECAUSE - the shadows on the balls will be consistent to each table just as the diamonds, rails and pockets are.
Once again, because you missed it the first time, although the diamonds are all in the same place on the rails the DIAMOND SYSTEM does not work as printed on every table with adjusting for the reaction of the cushions and the speed of the cloth. Do you deny this?
Therefore the COMPARISON is that IF the Shadows method does work to whatever degree then it's THEORETICALLY possible that it works on ALL tables when adjusted for differing light sources, i.e. different shadows.
Now I know that you THINK you know everything that there is to know about pool. So you will certainly understand that it took Kelly Fisher a few games to adjust to really slippery cloth the other day when practicing at a pool room here in Xiamen. She had to adjust her stroke and her aiming to account for the extra slide on the cue ball and object ball.
But in your world I guess she shouldn't have had to adjust right - after all the pockets didn't change positions.........
All right well I am out until I can try this and see for myself how well it does or does not work as I understand it from the instructions.
By the way, next time you call me spatially challenged why don't you try doing some spotters into a 2 1/2 while 18ft off the ground on a 1ft diving board that is 3ft from the edge of a 2ft catwalk. That's what I did four shows a day for a couple years.
Compared to that being able to point a stick at a ball and send it into another ball isn't very hard. But just like pool in diving there is more than one way to orient yourself to the stationary objects, those being the diving board and the water.