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rollingrock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-13-09 11:08 PM Original message |
The absurdity of the 'pile driver' effect occuring at freefall speed |
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rollingrock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 02:49 AM Response to Original message |
1. So much for Bazant's pile driver bullshit |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 11:08 AM Response to Reply #1 |
78. Replying to your own OP to make it look like people agree with you - classy. n/t |
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LARED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 04:44 AM Response to Original message |
2. The true absurity is you humping freefall |
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rollingrock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 04:52 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. You conveniently left this part out |
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LARED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 05:02 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Ok, The true absurity is you humping free fall |
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rollingrock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 11:23 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. So now there's a difference between freefall and essentially freefall? |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 11:59 AM Response to Reply #8 |
14. Yeah, in the same way there's a difference between Mach 2 and... |
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rollingrock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 12:20 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. LOL |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 12:58 PM Response to Reply #20 |
30. It does in the Orwellian world of "OCT-o-bots" (the antithesis of "Truthers")... |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 11:15 AM Response to Reply #20 |
79. Fail. |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 11:18 AM Response to Reply #79 |
81. Precisely... |
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rollingrock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 12:27 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. The premise of question 6 in the FAQs |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 12:30 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Dude...if the "building" is falling fater than freefall or even at freefall... |
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rollingrock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 12:34 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Why don't you send an email to NIST and ask them that question? |
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OnTheOtherHand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 12:35 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. that's the best you can do? |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 12:50 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. No, I am asking YOU.... |
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rollingrock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 12:58 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Who knows |
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vincent_vega_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 02:05 PM Response to Reply #29 |
47. gravity doesn't work that way |
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wildbilln864 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 11:27 PM Response to Reply #47 |
66. That's a load of bullshit! |
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vincent_vega_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-15-09 09:18 AM Response to Reply #66 |
67. I'll Clarify for you |
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Fainter (499 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-15-09 05:15 PM Response to Reply #67 |
72. Hmmm... |
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wildbilln864 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-15-09 06:19 PM Response to Reply #72 |
73. It's quite obvious! |
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vincent_vega_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-15-09 08:05 PM Response to Reply #72 |
74. I guess you would just have to understand |
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Fainter (499 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-15-09 09:05 PM Response to Reply #74 |
75. What's Propelling The Debris Downward? n/t. |
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vincent_vega_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 11:06 AM Response to Reply #75 |
77. Gravity (n/t) |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 11:29 AM Response to Reply #72 |
82. Ah. I think I might be able to help you there. |
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Fainter (499 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 12:45 PM Response to Reply #82 |
85. But What Is The "Propellant" Initiating The Downward Motion... |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 02:44 PM Response to Reply #85 |
86. No. |
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Fainter (499 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 03:58 PM Response to Reply #86 |
87. Yes hack It Is A Semantic Argument, But "Propel" Undermines "OCTers'" Argument... |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-17-09 01:14 PM Response to Reply #87 |
100. You are intentionally misinterpreting the meaning of a persons post. |
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Fainter (499 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-20-09 01:04 AM Response to Reply #100 |
102. Gravity Attracts, It Doesn't Propel... |
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lovepg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-19-09 01:03 AM Response to Reply #23 |
101. Do you mean faster dude??? |
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LARED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 06:29 PM Response to Reply #21 |
62. The scary part is your not making a funny. |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 11:18 AM Response to Reply #21 |
80. That is one of the stupidest things I have ever read. |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 01:26 PM Response to Reply #4 |
39. So, are you saying that the 11-second and 9-second fall rates |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 08:55 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. "Truther Logic"... |
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rollingrock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 11:28 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Building section = upper block |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 12:02 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. Show me where I said that, dude... |
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rollingrock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 12:13 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. That is what you are implying |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 01:07 PM Response to Reply #15 |
31. Calling the poster out on an unrelated topic from another thread. Take it |
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AZCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 05:34 AM Response to Original message |
5. If you want to discuss technical topics... |
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rollingrock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 11:35 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. 'Freefall' is what NIST uses to describe the collapse of the towers. |
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vincent_vega_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 11:44 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. No they don't (n/t) |
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rollingrock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 11:46 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Yes, they do. /nt |
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vincent_vega_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 11:51 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Then explain why they say |
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OnTheOtherHand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 12:08 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. we might as well get the quotation right |
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rollingrock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 12:09 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. What's the difference between freefall and essentially freefall? |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 12:28 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Then why didn't they just say "freefall" rather than "essentially freefall"... |
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rollingrock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 12:38 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. Again, the answer is |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 01:10 PM Response to Reply #27 |
33. In fact, all that is missing is vacuum. n/t |
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AZCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 08:45 PM Response to Reply #27 |
65. Not true - see post #64. n/t |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 01:10 PM Response to Reply #22 |
32. Orwell's playbook, dude. Duh... n/t |
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OnTheOtherHand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 12:33 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. "the stories below... provided little resistance" |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 01:11 PM Response to Reply #24 |
34. "Little" is the difference between "freefall" and "essentially freefall"... Minus a vacuum. n/t |
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rollingrock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 01:19 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. Indeed |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 01:22 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. You think that's funny, go look for the post where someone says |
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rollingrock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 01:34 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. Crush up, crush down |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 01:48 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. No matter how you cut it, the Laws of Physics do not apply to 9/11 without |
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Bolo Boffin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 01:52 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. We have videos out there with the actual audio of the buildings collapsing |
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vincent_vega_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 02:33 PM Response to Reply #41 |
55. Really? |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 02:41 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. Not every floor. If your crush up/down theory is correct, then wouldn't the |
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vincent_vega_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 03:11 PM Response to Reply #57 |
59. KE is adsorbed not dissipated |
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Bolo Boffin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 01:53 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. Why do you imagine that remaining intact is necessary for the piledriver to be effective? |
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vincent_vega_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 02:13 PM Response to Reply #43 |
50. Correct |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 02:22 PM Response to Reply #50 |
53. So, that's what you're going with, dude? Haha! |
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vincent_vega_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 02:35 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. Are you fucking high or somthing? |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 02:43 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. STFU? Is that allowed? Ok, ok. So, YOU haven't said it. But others of |
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Bolo Boffin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 03:14 PM Response to Reply #58 |
60. Perhaps you should link to these quotes |
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vincent_vega_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 01:56 PM Response to Reply #38 |
44. It didn't |
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rollingrock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 02:12 PM Response to Reply #38 |
49. The mental gymnastics they use to spin the official tale |
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vincent_vega_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 02:14 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. Comedy |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 11:59 AM Response to Reply #37 |
84. No. |
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OnTheOtherHand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 03:18 PM Response to Reply #34 |
61. gee, that's deep |
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AZCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 08:32 PM Response to Reply #34 |
64. Not really. |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 11:58 AM Response to Reply #64 |
83. What I don't get is... |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 12:04 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. NIST isn't applying that to the entire tower, dude... |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 01:12 PM Response to Reply #16 |
35. Insulting the poster. A violation of the civility rules. How about focusing on |
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AZCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 08:30 PM Response to Reply #10 |
63. "Freefall speed" certainly isn't what they use. |
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vincent_vega_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 06:07 AM Response to Original message |
6. Crush up |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 01:14 PM Response to Reply #6 |
36. Hahahahahah! Yeah, right! Hahahaha! n/t |
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vincent_vega_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 01:56 PM Response to Reply #36 |
45. so are you saying the floors above the impact point |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 02:00 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Ok, let's start with your "crush up" theory... |
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vincent_vega_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 02:11 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. Crush up |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 02:19 PM Response to Reply #48 |
52. So, you're saying the wreckage of the 40 storeys in |
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vincent_vega_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 02:27 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. Yes |
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zipplewrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-15-09 04:00 PM Response to Reply #54 |
70. Asymetric |
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Fainter (499 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-15-09 04:53 PM Response to Reply #70 |
71. Got Linky? ("...actually a critical paper...") n/t. |
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zipplewrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 07:24 AM Response to Reply #71 |
76. Unfortunately no |
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Fainter (499 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 04:03 PM Response to Reply #76 |
88. I Can Come Up With Anecdotes All Day Long. Simply Not Good Enough. n/t. |
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zipplewrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-15-09 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
68. Layman's terms |
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vincent_vega_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-15-09 01:44 PM Response to Reply #68 |
69. you mean not at the speed |
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rollingrock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 09:00 PM Response to Reply #68 |
89. 'Structures like these collapse quickly, that's just the way the mechanics work.' |
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AZCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 09:04 PM Response to Reply #89 |
90. We have several examples. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 09:07 PM Response to Reply #90 |
91. Deleted message |
AZCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 09:09 PM Response to Reply #91 |
92. he-heh... |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 09:11 PM Response to Reply #92 |
93. "Truther Logic"... |
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rollingrock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 09:18 PM Response to Reply #92 |
94. Uh, no |
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AZCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 09:24 PM Response to Reply #94 |
95. I think you're switching points. |
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rollingrock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 09:30 PM Response to Reply #95 |
96. If that's too much to ask |
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AZCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 09:36 PM Response to Reply #96 |
98. So - no criticism of NIST's work? n/t |
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SDuderstadt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 09:34 PM Response to Reply #95 |
97. The circular "Logic" of "Truthers" |
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AZCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-16-09 09:42 PM Response to Reply #97 |
99. Yes, it is quite ridiculous. n/t |
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