Holy Smoke!!!

GetMeThere said:
Ah! An endless source of income for anyone who can always INVENT something new to learn! And, of course, since everybody wants to be like "really good players," then everybody is a sucker for any new piece of baloney anybody can come up with.
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To equate being good with knowing everything is ignorance at its finest. I'd rather think of myself as getting better than being good. As it seems you equate learning with being a sucker and instructors as snake oil con men. I suppose I won't have to worry about seeing you in the second round of any tournament I attend.

You may be your best student, but chances are you are your own worst teacher.
 
GetMeThere said:
Ah! An endless source of income for anyone who can always INVENT something new to learn! And, of course, since everybody wants to be like "really good players," then everybody is a sucker for any new piece of baloney anybody can come up with.
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It's what universities are built on. An endless amount of "research" into every arcane topic they can convince the government/corporations (suckers) to fund.

I bet if you tried hard enough you could get a grant to study CTE.

My last girlfriend in North Carolina is a physics professor with a lot of accreditation to her name. She explained to me in detail how the grant treadmill works.

So don't come on here and lecture us about marketing and value when you live in a system that is built on begging for money before you even have anything to show for it.

Asking $50 for a DVD made by an honest man is nothing compared to what some of the research grants ask for and how the money is used.

Try again when you get on a "moral" pedestal with a solid base.
 
GMT, I need some help on a totally unrelated topic. You seem really bright, so maybe you can help me with this.

I am a UHF antenna guy. HD signals come free over VHF and UHF. Anyways, I've tried a bunch of commercial antennas, and they've worked ok, but I'm designing my own stuff now, and would like your scientific opinion.

I currently have a multi-bay bowtie antenna. It works pretty good, but I'm having issues pulling in the upper frequencies, as we still use UHF 53 and above in Canada. The problem I'm having is that FOX in Buffalo is located at UHF 14. That's low in the frequency band. Anyways, I have an 8 bay bowtie antenna pointed at Buffalo, and have it amped with a CM7778 UHF pre-amplifier. It has good results, but due to amplification, and the sheer number of bowties, it's very directional. Buffalo is located at about 140 degrees magnetic North. Toronto is at 60 degrees magnetic North, so there's a fair delta between the two cities.

I need an antenna with excellent low UHF gain, as the Buffalo transmit antenna is directional for UHF 14. However, I need excellent gain at the high UHF band as well, for the Canadian HD channels. Now, I have my current antenna on a rotor, but I'd like to combine two antennas, and remove the rotor.

My question is, do you think I should make another 8-bay bowtie antenna to combine with my first, then combine them and amp together? Should I build a Dual Loop Chireix antenna, which is a lot smaller than the bowtie, but doesn't have the same UHF high gain figure? What should I do? I've been working on this for a couple of weekends now, but seeing as I have the smartest man I've ever encountered on a newsgroup at my disposal, I figured I'd use your powers for my benefit, and give the CTE guys a little rest for awhile.

Get back to me with the exact way I should do this. Thanks!
 
GetMeThere said:
Ah! An endless source of income for anyone who can always INVENT something new to learn! And, of course, since everybody wants to be like "really good players," then everybody is a sucker for any new piece of baloney anybody can come up with.
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Sometimes I read your posts and I think... Ok, should I respond and get banned over this??? You're posts are just that dumb and illogical.

Why would anyone, who stands to profit ZERO on these systems, stand by them? Because they know they work and use them.

A good friend of mine went to Vegas with me in May. We are all drunk one night when I ran into Dave (spiderwebcomm). My friend, Raphael, is a decent player and had never heard of CTE (I don't really talk much about aiming systems). Dave, who is a die hard CTE warrior (yet has zero to profit form it... imagine that) Showed Raphael the system, randomly... while drunk at the Riviera. Raphael learned it quickly and still uses it and his game has improved since May.

I totally forgot that this ever happened until today, Raphael came over and reminded me that he uses CTE and learned it from Dave in Vegas.

Dave profited ZERO from teaching Raphael, Raphael has profited a few thousand in tournaments and gambling since.
 
cleary said:
Sometimes I read your posts and I think... Ok, should I respond and get banned over this??? You're posts are just that dumb and illogical.

Why would anyone, who stands to profit ZERO on these systems, stand by them? Because they know they work and use them.

A good friend of mine went to Vegas with me in May. We are all drunk one night when I ran into Dave (spiderwebcomm). My friend, Raphael, is a decent player and had never heard of CTE (I don't really talk much about aiming systems). Dave, who is a die hard CTE warrior (yet has zero to profit form it... imagine that) Showed Raphael the system, randomly... while drunk at the Riviera. Raphael learned it quickly and still uses it and his game has improved since May.

I totally forgot that this ever happened until today, Raphael came over and reminded me that he uses CTE and learned it from Dave in Vegas.

Dave profited ZERO from teaching Raphael, Raphael has profited a few thousand in tournaments and gambling since.
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Jelly? hahahahahaha I think I showed him with a straw and a glass of vodka/tonic
 
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cleary said:
Sometimes I read your posts and I think... Ok, should I respond and get banned over this??? You're posts are just that dumb and illogical.

Why would anyone, who stands to profit ZERO on these systems, stand by them? Because they know they work and use them.

A good friend of mine went to Vegas with me in May. We are all drunk one night when I ran into Dave (spiderwebcomm). My friend, Raphael, is a decent player and had never heard of CTE (I don't really talk much about aiming systems). Dave, who is a die hard CTE warrior (yet has zero to profit form it... imagine that) Showed Raphael the system, randomly... while drunk at the Riviera. Raphael learned it quickly and still uses it and his game has improved since May.

I totally forgot that this ever happened until today, Raphael came over and reminded me that he uses CTE and learned it from Dave in Vegas.

Dave profited ZERO from teaching Raphael, Raphael has profited a few thousand in tournaments and gambling since.
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There ya go then! Drunken evidence is the best; that's what I say.
 
GetMeThere said:
There ya go then! Drunken evidence is the best; that's what I say.
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Yea, it was so easy to learn, he learned it drunk in the middle of a casino and still uses it on every single shot. If you want a closer look, come to NYC and try him some.
 
Steve I may have to spend a day with you learning this aiming system. Considering my obvious time restraints with practice an aiming system such as this would probably benefit me quite a bit.
 
SpiderWebComm said:
Jelly? hahahahahaha I think I showed him with a straw and a glass of vodka/tonic
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Spidey,

Could you at least let us know
The type and length of the straw.
Size of the glasses.
Brand of Vodka.
Does it matter if you're sitting at the bar or can this be done at a table?

Its just maddening not getting any details.

Geeezzzzzzz.
 
gunzby said:
Steve I may have to spend a day with you learning this aiming system. Considering my obvious time restraints with practice an aiming system such as this would probably benefit me quite a bit.
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Chris,
It won't take a day. Let's plan a couple of hours. If you want me to come up there, I can do that. Get a couple of your friends to join us and I'll make it worth your while.

Steve
 
pooltchr said:
Chris,
It won't take a day. Let's plan a couple of hours. If you want me to come up there, I can do that. Get a couple of your friends to join us and I'll make it worth your while.

Steve
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I can definitely think of two that would want to do it. I'll see them tomorrow during league and see if they want to do it. I'm actually off work all week till the Monday after Thanksgiving so I'm wide open.
 
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