This Can't Be Real, Can It?

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iusedtoberich said:
From my understanding watching Matlock years ago (well before digital), photographic evidence is only admissible in court if the photographer is there in person to testify, or, if it is from something like a video security system and the footage can be authenticated as original. I have no idea if this is true, or just made for Matlock:)
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Lets see, you're basing your statement on the validity of digital photo. evidence on a 30yr old Hollweird tv show?? ;) Any evidence submitted has to be verified by testimony. Problem today is digital photog. is just way too easy to manipulate.
 
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We play 8 on the break with a scratch as a loss but who knows. It's one of those things the house should set and forget. What I'd do is make the win loss contingent on subsequently running one group.
 
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straightline said:
We play 8 on the break with a scratch as a loss but who knows. It's one of those things the house should set and forget. What I'd do is make the win loss contingent on subsequently running one group.
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Current BCA/WPA 8b rules do not penalize a 8b scratch on break as a loss. Incoming player can: A. spot 8b and take BIH in kitchen OR B. Re-rack and break.
 
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garczar said:
Scratch on 8 is only a loss if you make the 8b AND scratch. Scratch without sinking the 8b is just BIH for opponent.
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Yeah the leagues used the modern rule but most play cue ball scratch on the 8 loses. The rooms played mostly Texas Express 9 ball so 8 ball when it came up was played as a second class pastime with the old rules. Take what you make too.
I had always played that way and was in fact surprised the official rule differed. BIH was always in use but open after the break was new and preferred.
 
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if he had hit it a little softer he would have hung the 8 and had no argument with winning the game.

it looks legit to me i regularly make 13 balls on the break but haven't yet be able to get all 15. just bad luck i think.
 
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Most everything digital has a time stamp in the file of the original and edited version. I would think it actually would be easier to tell if a digital image was manipulated if you knew what date it was supposed to be taken vs a photograph or film image.
 
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i generally could care less what the rules were and even if they told me what they were as we went along.
i know before i play or after the first rack if i am going to win. so all the other issues are moot for me.

its just how long he will play before he quits. so the real skill in pool is making your opponent like playing you and not quitting early.
 
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