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tomk52

(46 posts)
71. you seem to have a "legal" slant on things...
Fri Apr 5, 2013, 06:21 AM
Apr 2013

I'm an engineer. You'll excuse me that I find it, um, "amusing" that you think that the cause of collapse of a building is properly determined in a courtroom by a jury of non-structural engineers. Or any group of amateurs.

Subjective things, like "who's your favorite artist?" "What's your favorite music?" "Paper or plastic?" Sure. Everyone gets their own vote.
But structural collapse? I don't think so.

Here's my offer. If you decline, I'll drop it.

The one & only mystery that I see remaining in any discussion of the building performance is the "mystery of the 2.25 seconds (i.e., 8 stories) of free-fall acceleration of WTC7". This is why Gage, Jones, Chandler et al harp on this tiny, irrelevant bit of trivia as "the smoking gun" of 9/11.

What if I could explain to you, in about one relatively short post, exactly why:
1) their acceleration assertion is wrong,

2) what was the real acceleration of the roof of the building,

and (most important)

3) exactly why the upper block fell at NEAR-G acceleration over that distance.
And I could do so in simple, easy-to-understand English.

Would that be of any interest to you?

Conspiracy v. fact 9/11 [View all] Prog_gun_owner Feb 2013 OP
My favorite.... Frank_Norris_Lives Feb 2013 #1
Yup, ludicrous. But... tomk52 Mar 2013 #13
My apologies..... Frank_Norris_Lives Mar 2013 #46
thanks for reply. tomk52 Mar 2013 #51
The engines of the plane that hit the Pentagon energetically dissasembled themselves when they diges AtheistCrusader Feb 2013 #2
Ok Prog_gun_owner Feb 2013 #3
I don't know what the fuck "Thur-mate" is. AtheistCrusader Feb 2013 #4
The whole "official" 9/11 story is riddled with stinking-lying Republican holes Berlum Feb 2013 #5
You do realize, don't you ... tomk52 Mar 2013 #57
Could thermite cutters even survive a plane impact? Nuclear Unicorn Mar 2013 #62
Depends on what the word "survive" means... tomk52 Mar 2013 #63
Thank-you Nuclear Unicorn Apr 2013 #70
An aside... tomk52 Mar 2013 #64
Here's a picture of what tomk52 is talking about. Bolo Boffin Mar 2013 #65
Thank-you -- I was about to "Press 1 for English" Nuclear Unicorn Apr 2013 #69
You do realize that the NIST animation Politicalboi May 2013 #73
Um, the south tower core columns up to floor 50 or so are visible standing in the dust AtheistCrusader May 2013 #78
LOL ocpagu May 2013 #79
I thought you truthers gave up... tomk52 May 2013 #81
The right way to ask questions... tomk52 Mar 2013 #6
In that case, I have a first question..... Frank_Norris_Lives Mar 2013 #8
Jet engines don't leave thick, white exhaust trails until ... tomk52 Mar 2013 #9
Are you saying.... Frank_Norris_Lives Mar 2013 #14
I am saying that ... tomk52 Mar 2013 #16
A well-reasoned explanation for the smoke trail: greyl Mar 2013 #19
Nice animation but.... Frank_Norris_Lives Mar 2013 #20
Luckily, there's VIDEO of that exceedingly short period of time. Remember that? nt greyl Mar 2013 #22
Perhaps in the grand scheme of things, ... tomk52 Mar 2013 #23
Well, that's strange because..... Frank_Norris_Lives Mar 2013 #26
Well, I have to agree that this is strange... tomk52 Mar 2013 #32
One certainly can't help but admire... Frank_Norris_Lives Mar 2013 #39
OF COURSE you get to ignore all those witnesses. tomk52 Mar 2013 #40
Well said! zappaman Mar 2013 #41
Wow...... Frank_Norris_Lives Mar 2013 #42
... said Frank, rubbing his sore ass. William Seger Mar 2013 #43
And here is your last bastion ... tomk52 Mar 2013 #44
You and.... Frank_Norris_Lives Mar 2013 #47
LOL, I had forgotten that... William Seger Mar 2013 #48
What you scoffin' at, Willis?? tomk52 Mar 2013 #53
Well, there has to be SOME explanation William Seger Mar 2013 #55
Yup. tomk52 Mar 2013 #56
2nd last bastion... tomk52 Mar 2013 #52
They'll say anything Politicalboi May 2013 #74
Saying nonsense doesn't make it true. tomk52 May 2013 #82
How did the engines penetrate through a 10' hole? BobbyBoring Mar 2013 #10
5 sentences. So much misinformation... tomk52 Mar 2013 #12
Aren't we here.... Frank_Norris_Lives Mar 2013 #15
You went thru a lot of effort to be this lazy ... tomk52 Mar 2013 #17
Good Grief! Frank_Norris_Lives Mar 2013 #21
You got a bus to catch...?? tomk52 Mar 2013 #25
We have for years Politicalboi May 2013 #75
It wasn't a 10 foot hole hack89 Mar 2013 #27
This is a 90' hole? BobbyBoring Mar 2013 #49
That is the 10' EXIT hole in the Pentagon E ring - not the entrance hole in the facade. hack89 Mar 2013 #50
Bobby, anything more to say...? tomk52 Mar 2013 #45
You say you read the FEMA/ASCE Pentagon BPAT report? tomk52 Mar 2013 #54
I have questions that don't involve the collapses Politicalboi Mar 2013 #7
Here's an answer that doesn't involve collapses... tomk52 Mar 2013 #11
Wow... what a waste of time reading this. ocpagu Mar 2013 #18
Are you kidding? tomk52 Mar 2013 #24
Several of Bazant's explanations... ocpagu Mar 2013 #30
Again, tomk52 Mar 2013 #31
On NIST site ocpagu Mar 2013 #35
Yup, I didn't think you understood either one. tomk52 Mar 2013 #37
There are pictures of seats (with bodies attached) hack89 Mar 2013 #28
Because... ocpagu Mar 2013 #29
How do you pack so much "wrong"... tomk52 Mar 2013 #58
LOL. ocpagu Mar 2013 #60
This has become a pattern. tomk52 Mar 2013 #61
Ya can't have it both ways, government apologists AlwaysQuestion Mar 2013 #33
Yeah right zappaman Mar 2013 #34
Who in this planet has ever used the expression ocpagu Mar 2013 #36
it's 2005 all over again? tomk52 Mar 2013 #38
You cannot reason a person out of a position he did not reason himself into in the first place stevebreeze May 2013 #76
Because.... Frank_Norris_Lives May 2013 #77
He knows that... ocpagu May 2013 #80
There's nothing resembling sound premises or valid logical inferences in your argument William Seger Mar 2013 #59
Pro_gun_owner...Here's a link to a video that I encourage you to watch... truth2power Mar 2013 #66
"... not honestly searching for a resolution ..." tomk52 Apr 2013 #67
No thanks.... truth2power Apr 2013 #68
you seem to have a "legal" slant on things... tomk52 Apr 2013 #71
Welcome to the club Politicalboi May 2013 #72
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