News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Perfectly centered break of a perfectly aligned pool ball rack. Parent comment

Re:Perfectly centered break of a perfectly aligned pool ball... by nostromo on Sunday February 02, 2014 @07:51PM (#7168281)
What about air friction? And the the Coriolis effect? And does observing the balls cause their wave function to collapse? :P
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Perfectly centered break of a perfectly aligned pool ball... by joosters on Sunday February 02, 2014 @07:59PM (#7168300)
Yes! We demand to know whether the pool table was in the northern or southern hemisphere :)
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Perfectly centered break of a perfectly aligned pool ball... by 7483263789 on Sunday February 02, 2014 @08:28PM (#7168368)
Tut tut! You're forgetting that the earth is an oblate spheroid, and gravity exerts greater downward force at the poles, than near the equator.

We also need to know the precise latitude of the pool table!

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Perfectly centered break of a perfectly aligned pool ball... by kaivi on Monday February 03, 2014 @10:15AM (#7170999)
One might as well consider the gravitational gradient exerted by the surrounding terrain and significant celestial bodies, as well as the balls themselves. Should we collaborate on assembling such simulation, taking in account all known physical laws? Or has it been done already? Imagine how cool it would be to toggle different forces or constants and see the result change.
[ Parent | on HN ]