Name A Topic- I'll Connect It To Pool!

sjm said:
1. Etruscan Archaeology

2. Miranda vs Arizona

3. The Doppler Effect
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Since Angel is busy, and I've finished opening my presents, I'll take a whack at these.

1. According to Stein and Rubino the Etruscans were responsible for bringing pool from Egypt to Europe.

2. Easy. 37.5% of pool players have been Mirandized.

3. Listen to Efren's cue ball as it goes by.
 
educational conspriracy

mathematically we are told there is no square root for a -1. suddenly, in advanced math there IS indeed a NEED for the square root of a -1. falling onto an abyss here.
 
woodyosborne said:
mathematically we are told there is no square root for a -1. suddenly, in advanced math there IS indeed a NEED for the square root of a -1. falling onto an abyss here.
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Not an abyss, a revelation! The two square roots of -1 (+i and -i) turn out to be the same as 90 degrees to the left and right. Since e (2.718...) to the power (i*pi) is -1, the square root of -1 is e ^ (i*pi/2) and pi/2 is an angle of 90 degrees. That explains the kiss angle for a stun shot.
 
Bob Jewett said:
Not an abyss, a revelation! The two square roots of -1 (+i and -i) turn out to be the same as 90 degrees to the left and right. Since e (2.718...) to the power (i*pi) is -1, the square root of -1 is e ^ (i*pi/2) and pi/2 is an angle of 90 degrees. That explains the kiss angle for a stun shot.
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Imaginary numbers, just like Stan's next book.
 
Bob Jewett said:
Since Angel is busy, and I've finished opening my presents, I'll take a whack at these.

1. According to Stein and Rubino the Etruscans were responsible for bringing pool from Egypt to Europe.

2. Easy. 37.5% of pool players have been Mirandized.

3. Listen to Efren's cue ball as it goes by.
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Superb, Bob. Thanks.
 
RichSchultz said:
The Aswan Dam
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That one is easy. The Aswan High Dam -- I assume you are not referring to the Aswan Low Dam -- flooded many archaeological sites including the tomb of Tuthmosis III. Below is an illustration (page 11) from Stein and Rubino on the origins of billiard games. See my remarks above about the Etruscans.

Secondly, Mustafa Diab, regarded as the father of billiards in Egypt, was an engineer on the Aswan High Dam and his success there allowed him to concentrate on his billiard business and playing.

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Bob Jewett said:
That one is easy. The Aswan High Dam -- I assume you are not referring to the Aswan Low Dam -- flooded many archaeological sites including the tomb of Tuthmosis III. Below is an illustration (page 11) from Stein and Rubino on the origins of billiard games. See my remarks above about the Etruscans.

Secondly, Mustafa Diab, regarded as the father of billiards in Egypt, was an engineer on the Aswan High Dam and his success there allowed him to concentrate on his billiard business and playing.

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Bravo! Nice work!
 
GoldCrown said:
Music...Jazz
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How about this by Dave Brubeck?

Also....

When the owner of Palace Billiards in San Francisco (picture below) died, Tony Annigoni and a partner took over running the room from the owner's widow. Tony made sure there was a steady stream of jazz playing to set some kind of ambience, but to me it was the irritating, distracting, depressing kind of jazz and not Brubeck or Vince Guaraldi (speaking of Christmas). The room soon went out of business and the widow was left wondering where her tables went.

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The image is from Bob Byrne's "McGoorty" reprint in the Library of Larceny series of book. The picture shows the bright lighting and the fully-mirrored walls of Palace Billiards on Market Street. It also shows Masako Katsura who beat the men in Japan, a young Bob Byrne (mustache and patterned shirt), Bud Harris (leaning to see) and Mark and Faith VanLiere, as well as other people too onerous to mention.
 
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Bob Jewett said:
How about this by Dave Brubeck?

Also....

When the owner of Palace Billiards in San Francisco (picture below) died, Tony Annigoni and a partner took over running the room from the owner's widow. Tony made sure there was a steady stream of jazz playing to set some kind of ambience, but to me it was the irritating, distracting, depressing kind of jazz and not Brubeck or Vince Guaraldi (speaking of Christmas). The room soon went out of business and the widow was left wondering where her tables went.

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The image is from Bob Byrne's "McGoorty" reprint in the Library of Larceny series of book. The picture shows the bright lighting and the fully-mirrored walls of Palace Billiards on Market Street. It also shows Masako Katsura who beat the men in Japan, a young Bob Byrne (mustache and patterned shirt), Bud Harris (leaning to see) and Mark and Faith VanLiere, as well as other people too onerous to mention.
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Take 5 on the Five. Ok it's connected. Good one...and nice cut shot. Seeing is believing.
Next....Wilt Chamberlain
 
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