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Retiming Physic: Billiard Bob
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In formulating spinbarism, two biographical experiences played key roles: Electronics and Billiards.
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NuclearBilliards
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Probably the statistically luckiest thing that ever happened to this yoked egghead occured prior to selection for the US Navy electronics school in the late 1960's. Attending boot camp in a special company for other eggheads, only four out of over 100 members would be eligible for ET school.
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NavyGreatLakes
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When confronted with the ET entrance exam, I did not understand the first four questions. So I guessed the first four answers.
I finished the exam by randomly checking the last sixteen answers without reading the questions.
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ExameMultipleChoice
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I scored eighteen out of twenty correct!
My backup plan of becoming a cook was shelved.
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EUREKA
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Despite the fortuitous guesses, once in electronic school I did very well. On the final comprehensive exam with a 94% failure rate, I scored 84 with two others passing at 72 and 69.
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APlusSuccess
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Of peer importance for the conception of timism years later was how three of the instructors (about 12 total) said that they knew the Navy material and answers but that I seemed to understand what was really happening at the invisible level of electronics.
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InvisibleElectronics
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Of personal importance in my curious understanding of electronics was my period of living in a poolhall during my sophomore year in high school.
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PoolHall8Ball
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Important for the future was the study of ballspin or "English," usually up/down or top/bottom with left or right for some strange, charmed results.
[On my college boards I scored 97% which would have been better if my lowest segment score, English, had measured not literacy but billiardcy.]
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BallSpinEnglish
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I was a better than average shooter. Like all players, I have my cocktail party anecdotes, e.g., shooting from one table to sink balls on another table--go figure.
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PoolPlayerGood
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Billiards was a mental vacation from work rather than a vocation. Rather than a tournament player I was an Eight-Ball beerhall shooter. Usually I could stay on a table for an evening. My record was 27 hours.
[A great player, who gambles for a living, wins by playing with the mind of the other shooter to get him off his game.]
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Understanding spin or English was crucial in being a better shooter. How one imparted spin to the cueball to affect spin on the object ball or object balls was vital in running the table.
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Not only did one have to envision the imparted spin on the object ball but the sequence of subsequent spins on other balls, on the cushions, and, sometimes, on the rail.
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BilliardMaze
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In riding the rail, one airbornes the ball to ride the rail past an obstacle ball with enough spin to keep the ball gripping toward the table rather than the floor. Like playing two tables, trick shots are Harlem Globetrotter billiards like the above stay-on-table hop.
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Like a Casanova of felt, a good player knows his last shot before he makes his first move. English is essential in placing the cueball eight times where you get the best, easy shot. Shoot smart to avoid hard shots. No "No's" ... No "Maybe's" ... Just "Yes! Yes!"
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In summary, my "Karate Kid" training of up/down, left/right, strange/charmed English, prompted questions on the nature of physics in the US Navy, in college and in life. The answers summated in the spinbaric re-timing of physics, especially the spin of quarks (up/down, top/bottom and charm/stange.)
[A physicist who can't shoot pool is like a plumber who doesn't own a pipewrench.]
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In envisioning how a basic particle could live a life of gymnastic shenanigans of spin, twist and turns, it all seemed natural based on the balls of billiards.
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An amusing note, I have three brothers who consistently beat me 95% of the time when shooting pool.
While I had to do the math, they were naturals.
It was like my most moral brother, a poor pool player, he was naturally moral while I have had to question the more time creativity of my actions.
Like the fields of Eton, the math training prepared me to win battles I did not foresee.
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