Hey QM, thanks for taking the effort to respond. Now:

Black and white people clap differently? You're making my point for me. For some guy to speculate on racial differences--not racial inferiority or superiority--doesn't make him a racist.

On the second quote, "white folks greed", yeah that's a racist quote. Given the setup of America, whose oligarchy is dominated by white people, I think it's accurate. But it's racist all the same. But if this is racist, then posting those crime statistics of African American youth, as you often do, is racist as well.

Where are the sifts demanding white people be destroyed? I guess I missed those. Is it the Louis Theroux one?

>> ^quantumushroom:

As much as people bemoan Reverend Wright, I never really got the controversy.
Can you please give me a direct quote where the pastor denigrates white people?
In his speech to the NAACP, Wright speculated that, "Africans have a different meter, and Africans have a different tonality. Europeans have seven tones, Africans have five. White people clap differently than black people. Africans and African-Americans are right-brained, subject-oriented in their learning style. They have a different way of learning." The comments were labeled as racist,[85] and likened to eugenics. This initiated a revival of the controversy, which had been slowly waning. --wikipedia
Obama stated that he was aware of Pastor Wright's controversial comments, and had personally heard "remarks that could be considered controversial" in Wright's church, but denied having heard the particular inflammatory statements that were widely televised during the campaign. Obama was specifically asked by Bill O'Reilly if Reverend Wright had said white people were bad, to which Obama replied "no." In his book Dreams from my Father, Obama had quoted Reverend Wright as saying in a sermon "It's this world, where cruise ships throw away more food in a day than most residents of Port-au-Prince see in a year, where White folks' greed runs a world in need."
To me it's just another ridiculous Obama fable that in 20 years he heard "nothing unusual".
When running for President, I don't think you'd want to be associated with a church where a d1psh1t shouts "God damn America!" from the pulpit, and "Reverend" Wright went on a vitriolic tour calculated to destroy Obama when the latter left his church.
Also, we've got more than one sift of Blacks demanding White people be exterminated and liberalsifters couldn't care less, because only Whites and non-liberals are truly racist.

As much as people bemoan Reverend Wright, I never really got the controversy.

Can you please give me a direct quote where the pastor denigrates white people?

In his speech to the NAACP, Wright speculated that, "Africans have a different meter, and Africans have a different tonality. Europeans have seven tones, Africans have five. White people clap differently than black people. Africans and African-Americans are right-brained, subject-oriented in their learning style. They have a different way of learning." The comments were labeled as racist,[85] and likened to eugenics. This initiated a revival of the controversy, which had been slowly waning. --wikipedia

Obama stated that he was aware of Pastor Wright's controversial comments, and had personally heard "remarks that could be considered controversial" in Wright's church, but denied having heard the particular inflammatory statements that were widely televised during the campaign. Obama was specifically asked by Bill O'Reilly if Reverend Wright had said white people were bad, to which Obama replied "no." In his book Dreams from my Father, Obama had quoted Reverend Wright as saying in a sermon "It's this world, where cruise ships throw away more food in a day than most residents of Port-au-Prince see in a year, where White folks' greed runs a world in need."

To me it's just another ridiculous Obama fable that in 20 years he heard "nothing unusual".

When running for President, I don't think you'd want to be associated with a church where a d1psh1t shouts "God damn America!" from the pulpit, and "Reverend" Wright went on a vitriolic tour calculated to destroy Obama when the latter left his church.

Also, we've got more than one sift of Blacks demanding White people be exterminated and liberalsifters couldn't care less, because only Whites and non-liberals are truly racist.

This is what I mean, side to side movement can be countered by overcorrecting the tilt. This would explain why the table's apparent movement is so large. >> ^messenger:

If it were above the ship's roll centre, then it would have a lot of side-to-side movement to compensate for which is hard when your range of motion is mostly up and down. It would be easier towards the outside of the ship where there's a lot less side-to-side movement, and more up-and-down, which would merely increase or lessen the gravity on the balls, which is no big deal in a casual game.>> ^Spacedog79:
A mechanical gyro causing the movement would have delay and the balls would roll slightly. Assuming the table is above the ship's roll centre, the table would have to over correct for the ship's movement in order to keep the balls exactly in place. Most likely electronic gyros and good hydraulics with no stiction and powerful enough to not be affected by players putting pressure on the table.

If it were above the ship's roll centre, then it would have a lot of side-to-side movement to compensate for which is hard when your range of motion is mostly up and down. It would be easier towards the outside of the ship where there's a lot less side-to-side movement, and more up-and-down, which would merely increase or lessen the gravity on the balls, which is no big deal in a casual game.>> ^Spacedog79:

A mechanical gyro causing the movement would have delay and the balls would roll slightly. Assuming the table is above the ship's roll centre, the table would have to over correct for the ship's movement in order to keep the balls exactly in place. Most likely electronic gyros and good hydraulics with no stiction and powerful enough to not be affected by players putting pressure on the table.

It would be cool too to see the camera on the table, with the whole room shifting around it, which would be closer to the case, anyway.>> ^CheshireSmile:

i like how the camera is with the floor, so it looks like the table is wobbling, then it blew my mind when the balls weren't rolling around.

A mechanical gyro causing the movement would have delay and the balls would roll slightly. Assuming the table is above the ship's roll centre, the table would have to over correct for the ship's movement in order to keep the balls exactly in place. Most likely electronic gyros and good hydraulics with no stiction and powerful enough to not be affected by players putting pressure on the table.

>> ^jmd:

>> ^longde:
Not really. Not saying it wouldn't be expensive, but the technology to do this has been around for a while: a few accelerometers, a gyroscope, and lots of actuators. And someone who knows a little control system programming.
Still pretty cool though.>> ^Spacedog79:
To work that precisely must take some serious engineering. I bet they're really expensive!


Actually, and judging by the title it is what it uses, but this can pretty much be done with a pivoting table and a large spinning gyro placed in the table. Much like a top, the spinning gyro would resist movement. There is probably something else that auto corrects the tilt for any time it is off (a gyro resist forces that try and tilt it, but if it finds a new tilt degree forcefully, it will keep it). It is really hard to tell from just seeing this video. Also if you went with the actuator route, something as simple as the actuators and an ipod alone could be used.
the most expensive part would probably still be the pool table, and the act of building the pool table mounted to the auto level device.

>> ^longde:

Not really. Not saying it wouldn't be expensive, but the technology to do this has been around for a while: a few accelerometers, a gyroscope, and lots of actuators. And someone who knows a little control system programming.
Still pretty cool though.>> ^Spacedog79:
To work that precisely must take some serious engineering. I bet they're really expensive!



Actually, and judging by the title it is what it uses, but this can pretty much be done with a pivoting table and a large spinning gyro placed in the table. Much like a top, the spinning gyro would resist movement. There is probably something else that auto corrects the tilt for any time it is off (a gyro resist forces that try and tilt it, but if it finds a new tilt degree forcefully, it will keep it). It is really hard to tell from just seeing this video. Also if you went with the actuator route, something as simple as the actuators and an ipod alone could be used.

the most expensive part would probably still be the pool table, and the act of building the pool table mounted to the auto level device.

>> ^shuac:

And if you really suck ass at billiards, like these two doofi, you can still blame it on the table.


I don't know what game -that- was, but it sure wasn't any type of pool I've ever played.

It really doesn't matter if it's the floor moving up and down while the table stays still, or vice versa. I seriously doubt any of your previously developed pool skills are going to help much here. This table makes it a real-time game, like tennis or baseball.

>> ^Payback:

>> ^grinter:
neat, and leaning on it doesn't seem to be a problem.
They should have hospital beds like this for seasick passengers.

HOSPITAL?
They should put that kind of bed in every stateroom.


I dunno, after a while I think the sensation of lying perfectly still and level while the walls around you shifted and tilted would freak me out.

Thanks dude!
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Yep, that is some *quality *science!

>> ^grinter:

neat, and leaning on it doesn't seem to be a problem.
They should have hospital beds like this for seasick passengers.


HOSPITAL?

They should put that kind of bed in every stateroom.

>> ^eric3579:

Is it just me that finds this totally amazing?


Even understanding how the table works, it still blows my mind seeing it in action. Just cause of how awesome it is that we've figured something like this out.

I <3 science and technology

Not really. Not saying it wouldn't be expensive, but the technology to do this has been around for a while: a few accelerometers, a gyroscope, and lots of actuators. And someone who knows a little control system programming.

Still pretty cool though.>> ^Spacedog79:

To work that precisely must take some serious engineering. I bet they're really expensive!

I can't tell if that's the same ship we sailed on in Alaska last year (they have four that look the same), but it's definitely a Celebrity Cruise ship. That is a big ship.

This is a fantastic clip with the music.

Google ad that displayed for me: Croatian Cruise Ships.