All categories - 27 April 2007

no matter what?

2007-04-27 15:02:20 · 23 answers · asked by mike 2 in Philosophy

yea where do i find hair dye that ISNT natural colors?

2007-04-27 15:01:54 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Hair

When you drink energy drinks, its suppose to wake you up. It may make you hyper. But does it help you when your taking a test?

Say i drink a red bull the morning of the SAT's, will i perform better rather then not drinking it?

But my main question is, Im taking my College Placement Test tomorrow morning, and i wanted to drink a energy drink before i go. Ive adapted to them already, like i can drink a red bull or rockstar and feel a little energized. But the only drink in my fridge is a cocaine energy drink, which i have never tried yet.

Should i drink it tomorrow morning?

2007-04-27 15:01:48 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Health

2007-04-27 15:01:45 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Polls & Surveys

Need to downlaod some good punk music.
Underground would be most helpful.

Need some names..

Thanks.

2007-04-27 15:01:24 · 5 answers · asked by tundra24bunnie 3 in Music

2007-04-27 15:01:12 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Music

The story...

The amount of energy required to pulverise the concrete in the North WTC tower, then heat up and expand the dust cloud was more than ten times that available from a gravity-driven collapse.

Our take...

Several people have said this, but Jim Hoffman lays out the figures most comprehensively. Here's his conclusion.

The amount of energy required to expand the North Tower's dust cloud was many times the entire potential energy of the tower's elevated mass due to gravity. The over 10-fold disparity between the most conservative estimate and the gravitational energy is not easily dismissed as reflecting uncertainties in quantitative assessments

The official explanation that the Twin Tower collapses were gravity-driven events appears insufficient to account for the documented energy flows.
http://911research.wtc7.net/papers/dustvolume/volumev3.html

This appears to be supported with plenty of figures, but we see plenty of room for alternative views. We detail some below, but please keep in mind that we’re in no way qualified to say these are correct. There’s no major structural engineering experience here, no in-depth knowledge of physics: these pages are probably the most likely to be embarrassingly wrong than anything else on this site.

Or to put it another way, if you don’t have the scientific knowledge to evaluate our arguments, please don’t assume we’re correct simply because that’s the conclusion you’d prefer.

And having said that, here’s a few potential issues with Hoffmans paper. For example...
We’re told that the energy required to collapse the towers and produce the dust cloud effects was more than ten times the potential energy available through a straightforward gravitational collapse. But how much energy did this source contain?

The magnitude of that source cannot be determined with much precision thanks to the secrecy surrounding details of the towers' construction. However, FEMA's Building Performance Assessment Report gives an estimate: "Construction of WTC 1 resulted in the storage of more than 4 x 10^11 joules of potential energy over the 1,368-foot height of the structure".
http://911research.wtc7.net/papers/dustvolume/volumev3.html

FEMA don’t tell us how that figure is calculated, what it may or may not include. (The word “construction” suggests they may be talking about the building structure and not including its contents, for instance). Therefore we have no way to tell whether this key figure is accurate or not, and there are widely differing figures: an ACSE article, for instance, reports this:

For example, the construction of WTC 1 resulted in the storage of more than 3 x 10^12 J of potential energy over the 1,360 ft height of the structure.
http://www.pubs.asce.org/ceonline/ceonline02/0502feat.html

That’s perhaps 7.5 times the figure estimated by the FEMA report, and in a curiously similar sentence. We might hope the more official FEMA figure is correct, but as neither documents show any calculations it’s impossible to say for sure. It does seem unwise to take either figure as a meaningful maximum, though.

In addition, whatever the energy in the building, there were additional sources of energy available to be released as heat.

Hoffman asserts that most of the dust was concrete, but this may not be true.

It’s claimed that most of the concrete was reduced to tiny 10-60 micron particles, but there’s no clear explanation of how this figure is derived, either. And there is some disagreement on this. While Dr Steven Jones has described concrete being pulverised to “flour-like powder”, for instance:

The horizontal ejection of structural steel members for hundreds of feet and the pulverization of concrete to flour-like powder, observed clearly in the collapses of the WTC towers, provide further evidence for the use of explosives – as well-explained in http://911research.wtc7.net/talks/towers/index.html. (See also, Griffin, 2004, chapter 2.)
Source

Jones January 2007 “Hard Evidence” article suggests otherwise:

As we examined the WTC-debris sample, we found large chunks of concrete (irregular in shape and size, one was approximately 5cm X 3 cm X 3cm) as well as medium-sized pieces of wall-board (with the binding paper still attached). Thus, the pulverization was in fact NOT to fine dust, and it is a false premise to start with near-complete pulverization to fine powder (as might be expected from a mini-nuke or a “star-wars” beam destroying the Towers). Indeed, much of the mass of the MacKinlay sample was clearly in substantial pieces of concrete and wall-board rather than in fine-dust form...

It seems that the 9/11 truth community likewise “has been slow to understand” that the WTC dust particles in greatest abundance are the “supercoarse” variety rather than “fine” particles, and that significant chunks of concrete were also found in the WTC rubble.
Source

Hoffman’s calculations on pulverising, then heating the dust miss one point.

And although Hoffman assumes the dust cloud expansion is heat-driven, there may have been other contributing factors.

We’ve already made our lack of qualifications clear, though. Why should you believe us? No reason at all. So let’s say we’re wrong on every single point, and Hoffman is 100% correct. What would that imply?

We already know that Hoffman's article treats 4 x 10^11 joules as the amount of energy available for release in the towers from a gravitational collapse. And according to his conclusion this is less than one tenth of the energy required. Therefore we need to multiply this figure by at least 9, giving 36 x 10^11 joules of energy required from some other source. (And as Hoffman keeps saying the effects need more than ten times this amount of energy, and he’s being conservative, then this is an absolute minimum).

Now if this was to be provided by explosives, then how much might be required?

Well, a metric ton (1,000 KG) of TNT has 4.184 * 10^9 joules ( http://www.answers.com/topic/megaton ). A ton is a lot of explosives, but not enough for us: we have to get to 36 x 10^11 joules. Which suggests we would need 860.420 tons (aka 860,420 kilogrammes, or 1,896,901 pounds) of TNT to produce the WTC collapse and its observed results.

Nearly 1.9 million pounds of explosives placed without noticing? Per tower? How many detonators do you think might be required for that? How much cabling? Is this sounding just a tiny bit unlikely to anyone?

There are more powerful explosives, of course: C4 will offer 34% more energy, for instance, reducing out requirements to 642,104 kilogrammes. Let's assume the conspirators used something ten times more powerful still: now we're down to 64,210 kg, or 141,558 pounds of this mystery explosive. Per tower. We're being generous here, but this still isn't sounding very plausible.

Yes, we hear you, maybe the conspirators used something even stronger. Small nuclear weapons, for instance. Trouble is, that doesn’t really match with what we’re told are demolition “squibs” visible during the WTC collapse (centre of the tower, low down on this pic)...



Does that look like the result of a nuclear explosion to you? Or just a puff of smoke or dust as a floor collapses inside the building? If such a massive amount of explosive energy is really required, then shouldn’t it have been more obvious, both audibly and in the pictures?

None of this proves anything, of course, however it does suggest one of two options.

Either Hoffmans calculations are correct, in which case he's managed to prove that it's most unlikely conventional explosives can possibly have brought down the WTC.

Or Hoffmans calculations are wrong, in which case we can conclude nothing from them at all.

UPDATE: read another perspective on Hoffmans calculations in an interesting paper by Dr Frank Greening, which he’s allowed us to host here.

2007-04-27 15:01:00 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

I need animated satan / Devil / demon . or just a picture.. as scary as possible. and a scream voice or some scary voice .
anythnig can help...

Thanks

2007-04-27 15:00:33 · 8 answers · asked by AMERO 1 in Other - Arts & Humanities

2007-04-27 15:00:30 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Physics

I think I lost it last tuesday.

2007-04-27 15:00:18 · 44 answers · asked by Anonymous in Polls & Surveys

2007-04-27 15:00:12 · 10 answers · asked by Trick of the Tail 4 in Polls & Surveys

I just set Y!A Polls & Surveys as my browser's homepage. That means I'm going to be even more addicted to this darned thing. Anyone else do the same? Am I ever going to see my friends and family again or am I just going to be sitting in my dark study answering questions for the rest of my life???

2007-04-27 15:00:08 · 21 answers · asked by jnt308 3 in Polls & Surveys

For a while, my nose has been congested, so i got Afrin nasal spray. It helped and i can breathe through my nose somewhat, but for some reason, i still can't smell or taste anything. What the deuce?

2007-04-27 15:00:07 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Health

Having sex on the floor in front of a roaring fire or having sex at night under the stars?

2007-04-27 15:00:00 · 11 answers · asked by Nicola 1 in Other - Family & Relationships

I mean mostly financial needs...not neccesarily rich, but be able to make sure that you're comfortable.. And also emotional needs, cause to make money you gotta invest time into a project or job, and that usually means less time for you...the lady.

2007-04-27 14:59:59 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Singles & Dating

The cord that connects the computer monitor to the computer. Most of them are blue. At the end of the cable that connects to the computer, there are these pins/needles. 3 rows of 5 pins/needles.

If a there is one pin/needle missing, could a pin/needle from a different monitor(different brand too) be put in place of it?

2007-04-27 14:59:22 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Monitors

With the looming May 15 deadline, what does the future of internet radio look like to you?

www.savenetradio.org
Due to the support of hundreds of thousands of listeners, a bill (Internet Radio Equality Act, H.R. 2060) has been proposed that could save it. With only 2 weeks to go, what do you see happening?

I'm usually optimistic, so I'm pulling for the good guys on this one.

TJ11240

2007-04-27 14:59:14 · 10 answers · asked by John Player 2 in Current Events

them. (Please read them and get back to me.)

2007-04-27 14:59:09 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2007-04-27 14:58:44 · 17 answers · asked by ladysosureone 6 in Current Events

stocks are up , unemployment is lower than ever , home ownership has tripled , interest rates are low . the economy is really moving forward , why dont the whining crybabies shut up ?

2007-04-27 14:58:40 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Elections

please don't say people(kids, husband, girlfriend,etc.)

For believers: God is a given he is also NOT a thing

2007-04-27 14:58:39 · 23 answers · asked by dreamer 4 in Polls & Surveys

2007-04-27 14:58:32 · 15 answers · asked by Crash 7 in Polls & Surveys

2007-04-27 14:58:27 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Hair

So it's friday night what's on your schedule for tonight and this weekend?? I'm just staying home and catching up on some reading i've been putting off for work... Have a great weekend everyone!!

2007-04-27 14:58:05 · 12 answers · asked by Christine H 5 in Polls & Surveys

2007-04-27 14:58:02 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Polls & Surveys

If any of u have been in a similar situation can u tell me what u or any otha person u know wht height they ended up being i want 2 be around 6'1-6'5 becuz im a big time football prospect in the state of North Carolina and scouts tell me if i grow to be around 6'1 they'll offer me a 4yr scholarship becuz u have to be tall in order to play the position i play which is Quarterback

2007-04-27 14:58:02 · 7 answers · asked by J Reid 1 in Other - Health

I want to sell Ebooks online and I want my website to send the Ebooks to the buyer's e-mail when they hit the OK button on the Shopping cart. How do I do that?

2007-04-27 14:57:51 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Programming & Design

and told them their gods would eventually only be discussed in mythology and folklore, how do you think they would react?

2007-04-27 14:57:43 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Hi all,

im trying to find a picture of the pope's necklace and see if the detail and symbols in it, if any?

Any help please?

2007-04-27 14:57:39 · 3 answers · asked by D 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2007-04-27 14:57:28 · 6 answers · asked by ◄Hercules► 6 in Polls & Surveys