Alpo Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 With a quarter table, how does it know which one is the cue ball. You put the 5 in the pocket and it's out of the game. You scratch and the cue ball comes back. Is it slightly larger, or slightly smaller than a regular ball? Maybe it's lighter or heavier? How does the table know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/gadgets/a19940/how-pay-to-play-pool-tables-always-give-you-the-cue-ball-back/ https://electronics.howstuffworks.com/question495.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 Here's my cue ball from my pool table. You can see it's a tiny bit larger! (Mine's NOT a pay table it's an 8X4 home table) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 Little known fact. The only technology that was ever released to the public from the Roswell Incident was, in fact, the cue ball sensing system used worldwide today. The aliens loved playing pool. So much so that they actually created ships that could hover perfectly level so that gravity wouldn't affect their pool game. This is one of the reasons that UFOs used to dart when discovered. These guys would play pool up to the last second when discovered before they dart away, thus messing up their game. One of the reasons we do not see this characteristic in UFOs today is they have discovered a way to maintain the balls on the table without the worry of G Forces messing up a good game. The reason the cue ball technology was allowed to be released was an agreement that was made between the aliens and the US government. The aliens have Carte Blanche to visit earth and all it's pool halls in exchange for technology. The cue ball technology was part of the deal. Minnesota Fats was actually an alien. Seriously. Many pro pool players are. Anyway, thought this might help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sun Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 Little known fact. The only technology that was ever released to the public from the Roswell Incident was, in fact, the cue ball sensing system used worldwide today. The aliens loved playing pool. So much so that they actually created ships that could hover perfectly level so that gravity wouldn't affect their pool game. This is one of the reasons that UFOs used to dart when discovered. These guys would play pool up to the last second when discovered before they dart away, thus messing up their game. One of the reasons we do not see this characteristic in UFOs today is they have discovered a way to maintain the balls on the table without the worry of G Forces messing up a good game. The reason the cue ball technology was allowed to be released was an agreement that was made between the aliens and the US government. The aliens have Carte Blanche to visit earth and all it's pool halls in exchange for technology. The cue ball technology was part of the deal. Minnesota Fats was actually an alien. Seriously. Many pro pool players are. Anyway, thought this might help. Another interesting fact about cue balls: If you enlarged the most highly polished cue ball to the size of the earth, it would be 5 times higher mountains and lower valleys than the earth. PS, read the tag line below. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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St. Louis Suomi SASS #31905 Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 Pretty darn neat! Now I can sleep at night. STL Suomi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 Yep, alien technology. Magnetism. Never mind... I found the patent for coin operated pool tables. https://patents.google.com/patent/US3618943A/en Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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