I'm Quitting Pool!

[nrhoades]

...well, just temporarily.

I have a thesis to write, and I haven't even started it because of pool. It's a major distraction, and though I love the game, I need fix my priorities.

I figure that by publicly announcing this, it will stick in my head for me to give it a break.

I need everyone to yell at me if I start posting again until I'm done.

I'll pick it up again next year, and I'll be back.

Cheers,
Nate

 

[capnstabn]

What is your thesis about?

 

[donuteric]

You don't have to quit pool, you just need a better time management. Pool can still be fun and competitive even one has other priorities.

 

[nrhoades]

What is your thesis about?

Maybe I could title it:

A Conjugate Heat Transfer Microfluidic Temperature and Flow Sensor For Biomedical Lab-On-A-Chip Platforms

Basically a little sensor that can detect very small flow rates (0.1 uL/min) and the temperature of the fluid. Good for medical sample analysis.

 

[JMW]

Maybe I could title it:

A Conjugate Heat Transfer Microfluidic Temperature and Flow Sensor For Biomedical Lab-On-A-Chip Platforms

Basically a little sensor that can detect very small flow rates (0.1 uL/min) and the temperature of the fluid. Good for medical sample analysis.

Wow... a flow of 0.1uL per minute is almost no flow. That would be a great challenge to monitor if continuous flow is the goal. Good luck!

If your talking metered delivery, use a micro syringe and 5 phase drive with a fluidic path through a coil submerged in a temperature controlled 37 degrees C water bath. Sensors on the drive mechanism and in line fuse type sensors in the fluid tubing to detect air/bubbles. Won't fit on a chip though

 

[nrhoades]

Wow... a flow of 0.1uL per minute is almost no flow. That would be a great challenge to monitor if continuous flow is the goal. Good luck!

If your talking metered delivery, use a micro syringe and 5 phase drive with a fluidic path through a coil submerged in a temperature controlled 37 degrees C water bath. Sensors on the drive mechanism and in line fuse type sensors in the fluid tubing to detect air/bubbles. Won't fit on a chip though

Yes, I use a micro syringe and a stepper motor (i think) type pump. The acquisition electronics I made had a problem where I didn't properly ground the common mode, so what I thought was the temperature cycling off the refridgerator's compressor, or water dropplet formation, I think is really the ADC floating and recovering over a minute or so.

Though, the sensor can detect droplet formation if I don't submerge the oulet in a bath. I'm also on the lowest pump drive setting, and the sensor doesn't show signs of saturating.. I think I can go lower than 0.1uL/min!

 

[genomachino]

Sometimes I've had to quit at certain times in my life.

Sometimes pool seems to get in the way of your life and you have to make a decision like your talking about.

Pool will always be there when you want it again.

And then again sometimes it's fun to just go hit some around every once in a while after you havn't played for awhile.

But by all means, take care of your business at hand.

Good Luck my friend.....Geno...........

 

[DogsPlayingPool]

Maybe I could title it:

A Conjugate Heat Transfer Microfluidic Temperature and Flow Sensor For Biomedical Lab-On-A-Chip Platforms

Basically a little sensor that can detect very small flow rates (0.1 uL/min) and the temperature of the fluid. Good for medical sample analysis.

Wow... a flow of 0.1uL per minute is almost no flow. That would be a great challenge to monitor if continuous flow is the goal. Good luck!

If your talking metered delivery, use a micro syringe and 5 phase drive with a fluidic path through a coil submerged in a temperature controlled 37 degrees C water bath. Sensors on the drive mechanism and in line fuse type sensors in the fluid tubing to detect air/bubbles. Won't fit on a chip though

Yes, I use a micro syringe and a stepper motor (i think) type pump. The acquisition electronics I made had a problem where I didn't properly ground the common mode, so what I thought was the temperature cycling off the refridgerator's compressor, or water dropplet formation, I think is really the ADC floating and recovering over a minute or so.

Though, the sensor can detect droplet formation if I don't submerge the oulet in a bath. I'm also on the lowest pump drive setting, and the sensor doesn't show signs of saturating.. I think I can go lower than 0.1uL/min!

So what exactly is this, a new aiming system? Good luck, see you when you get back.

 

[pt109]

Problem solved

Got a friend who did his phd thesis on billiards.
He majored in para-psychology.
He owned a Balabuska.
He ended up being a tennis pro.
Go figure

 

[sfleinen]

So what exactly is this, a new aiming system? Good luck, see you when you get back.

It could be, since a stepper motor is involved. Although that would make the pivot "ratchet-ey" along a series of fixed steps in its rotations. However, Pro-1 is based on a series of "fixed steps" anyway (thick/thin/thinner), so perhaps this is a moot issue.

Placing the player in a coil submerged in 37-degree Celsius water is quite inconvenient, in spite of the fact it's body temperature. And, the player may still generate bubbles, especially if he/she had eaten Mexican food (or broccoli) recently and didn't take their Beano tablets.



-Sean

 

[M HOUSE]

Who needs more education when you can play pool?

Wow... a flow of 0.1uL per minute is almost no flow. That would be a great challenge to monitor if continuous flow is the goal. Good luck!

If your talking metered delivery, use a micro syringe and 5 phase drive with a fluidic path through a coil submerged in a temperature controlled 37 degrees C water bath. Sensors on the drive mechanism and in line fuse type sensors in the fluid tubing to detect air/bubbles. Won't fit on a chip though

I was thinking that 38 degrees would produce a more accurate result, but then my PHD stands for Pool Hall Degree, so what the hell would I know.

Anyway nrhoades, best of luck with your little sensor gizmo.

 

[nelldrake]

nrhoades: Don't use the term "quit" here although I agree that the thesis should have priority. "Postpone" would be a better choice. Another option is to use your love of pool as an incentive or reward, i.e. if you write so many pages or chapters you reward yourself with an evening out with friends at the pool hall. Good luck with your project. Don't send me a copy...lol

 

[nrhoades]

I have to use the word QUIT in all its harshness. I tend to be a hyper-focused person with terrible multi-tasking abilities, but extremely detailed and ambitious towards one task at a time.

If I use QUIT, then I CAN'T play until this task is done, or else pool will replace the one slot in my brain that I focus on. Since pool is a never ending task, I'll never make progress on anything else.

Nate