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Hustler, the SFW kind

cosmicbandito — Fri, 11 Nov 2005 10:22:26 -0800

The Pool Hustler. Long an American icon, pool hustlers have all but disappeared. They enjoyed a brief resurgence in the 60’s when pool became popular again, thanks to “The Hustler”. Interest waned through the 70’s, until Newman and Cruise made hustling cool again in “The Color of Money”. Is pool, and by extension hustling, due for a new renaissance?

Math You Don't Know, and Math You Didn't Know You Didn't Know.

odinsdream — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 10:39:15 -0800

Jim Loy's Mathematics Page is (among other things) a collection of interesting theorems (like Napoleon's Triangle theorem), thoughtful discussions of both simple and complex math, and geometric constructions (my personal favorite); the latter of which contains surprisingly-complex discussions on the trisection of angles, or the drawing of regular pentagons.

Similarly enthralling are the pages on Billiards (and the physics of), Astronomy (and the savants of), and Physics (and the Phlogiston Theory of), all of which are rife with illustrations and diagrams. See the homepage for much more.

If you like your geometric constructions big, try Zef Damen's Crop Circle Reconstructions.

pool tricks

jonson — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 21:39:37 -0800

"These are 20 of the most awesome trick shots I have created and learned over this summer." Warning: embedded wmv

Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to keep your balls from blowing right the hell up.

bargle — Sun, 06 Jun 2004 12:47:51 -0800

Exploding Billiards. Addictive time-waster.