So I am sitting here answering another nuclear engineering question regarding a pipe material that I was responsible for putting in these new reactors.  I basically changed steel piping to plastic piping because it corrodes less and looks cool.

First off, I think bowling ball testing from the manufacturer to online sites like Buddiesproshop are misleading and worthless.  Well I guess they are good if you plan to use a ball for about 10 games and then either are rich enough to buy another, plan to get it resurfaced constantly, or are just dumb in the head and need an arsenal of like 10-20 balls.

My way: treat bowling balls like building materials.  You think they test the steel beams in buildings based on how it is when new?  Hizell no.  They fatigue it, stress it, until it breaks.  They want to know how it will be years from now when it ain't sparkling new but covered in rust and garbage but still performing strong!

So instead of showing what balls do OOB and showing how it hooks all over the lane when it has 0% oil absorption, take it to the limits.  My method in outline form:

-Show me the ball OOB and show me the ball after it has been dipped and soaked in oil overnight (literally)
-Wipe off the oil and make sure the coverstock is good and soaked
-Now show me the ball OOB on a constant shot with a robot
-Robot should be standardized with 2-3 industry standard shots (straight up, coast-to-coast, and something in between, with a fixed speed and fixed axis of rotation)
-Now show me the ball after it has been soaked in oil (representing the ball after hundreds of games after poor care)
-The before and after will represent the range the ball can do performance wise

What bowling ball companies fail to do is show any range.  Yet in every other industry, ranges are required.  You don't see that rare steal beam get listed to break at 10,000 psi tensile strength when the range is actually much less or much more.

This is Necromancer and the New Ball Testing Method.

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Why would a ball company want to advertise that their ball will die if you don't take care of it?

I mean its obvious, but you don't point out the negatives in your product lmao.

For a nuclear engineer you aren't very bright, or you failed marketing 101.  Either way it's an idea that won't sell anything.  Go back to the drawing board.

I hope that as an engineer your decision to change from steel piping to plastic piping was based on more on the fact that it corrodes less than "it looks cool."
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Edited on 1/8/2009 4:05 PM

How about a company unassociated with the bowling companies then?  Something like CNET.com.  Instead have it like ballreviews.com where people actually volunteer to reveal the truth of bowling balls.  Money will be paid by subscribers to this service at a low fee per month.  This money will go into the volunteers time and in purchasing new equipment.  The site will start off online based only and may expand to a monthly magazine that also gives unbiased info on other bowling stuff.  The problem with bowling is that the companies have too much leverage.  Give the power to the bowlers!

I kinda like the idea.  Something like Consumer Reports that does independent testing of the equipment.