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Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 11th September 2023, 05:11 AM
Replies: 363
Views: 34,367
Posted By pgimeno
There are several explanations: The...

There are several explanations:


The missile grew while it was inside the building.
Actually more missiles were shot, including a huge cruise missile, but with a tiny warhead that did very...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 19th August 2023, 01:23 PM
Replies: 50
Views: 9,459
Posted By pgimeno
Come on, I can't be the only one who sees how...

Come on, I can't be the only one who sees how ironic that podcast's title has become.
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 24th March 2023, 12:58 PM
Replies: 95
Views: 8,261
Posted By pgimeno
But we have the manifests of the other hijacked...

But we have the manifests of the other hijacked planes with the arab names in them. Why would this one be different?
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 28th February 2023, 04:18 AM
Replies: 358
Views: 47,025
Posted By pgimeno
The model is not from propaganda, it's from...

The model is not from propaganda, it's from kraftwerk.
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 19th November 2022, 03:10 PM
Replies: 363
Views: 34,367
Posted By pgimeno
There's even a meme about it. ...

There's even a meme about it.
https://i.imgur.com/r3Z46QX.jpeg

(it's a bit large which is why I'm not posting it inline).
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 15th November 2022, 01:16 PM
Replies: 49
Views: 4,406
Posted By pgimeno
Colour me... eh... no, don't colour me.

Colour me... eh... no, don't colour me.
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 21st September 2022, 07:08 AM
Replies: 363
Views: 34,367
Posted By pgimeno
See above. Fireballs are not magic.

See above. Fireballs are not magic.
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 21st September 2022, 07:01 AM
Replies: 363
Views: 34,367
Posted By pgimeno
The legend says "Direction of travel", anyway,...

The legend says "Direction of travel", anyway, not "Force", and that would be correct.

That doesn't make his nonsense any more credible anyway. He's ignoring factors such as the explosion of fuel...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 18th September 2022, 12:29 PM
Replies: 566
Views: 45,248
Posted By pgimeno
"Preliminary data indicates that it was the outer...

"Preliminary data indicates that it was the outer wall of the building that caught fire."
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 9th September 2022, 04:36 AM
Replies: 363
Views: 34,367
Posted By pgimeno
OK, you're talking about the bending, while I'm...

OK, you're talking about the bending, while I'm talking about the apparent angle.

I think we're both right. Yes, the upwards bending is visible (and it's downwards bending in the ground photo)....
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 3rd September 2022, 06:35 PM
Replies: 363
Views: 34,367
Posted By pgimeno
Not that I'm happy bumping De'ak's thread, but...

Not that I'm happy bumping De'ak's thread, but I'd like to add my 2c.

1. During a turn, the wings will bend more (due to g's). UA175 was turning at the time of impact.

2. Beachnut's image of...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 23rd August 2022, 05:07 PM
Replies: 363
Views: 34,367
Posted By pgimeno
It's fun (from Europe) to watch the US truthers...

It's fun (from Europe) to watch the US truthers push their anti-US beliefs. Well, except when they are clearly pro-Russian, e.g. posting Russia Today links; then the irony part (and thus the fun) is...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 23rd August 2022, 05:05 PM
Replies: 363
Views: 34,367
Posted By pgimeno
Count me in that group for sure.

Count me in that group for sure.
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 7th July 2022, 06:53 AM
Replies: 60
Views: 8,836
Posted By pgimeno
Obviously not. Poe's law and all that.

Obviously not. Poe's law and all that.
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 29th May 2022, 06:57 AM
Replies: 566
Views: 45,248
Posted By pgimeno
I notice you haven't given an answer to the...

I notice you haven't given an answer to the question "what's distinct about it apart from being the vertical (pancake) kind". When you say "it was the distinctive feature of the collapse of the TT",...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 28th May 2022, 03:18 AM
Replies: 566
Views: 45,248
Posted By pgimeno
Bad analogy. We already have the world "apple"....

Bad analogy. We already have the world "apple". You may want to name your apples each with its own name, but again the people who know apples will frown because the established name of the variety of...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 27th May 2022, 02:15 PM
Replies: 566
Views: 45,248
Posted By pgimeno
There's a method for solving systems of linear...

There's a method for solving systems of linear equations, by making operations with the rows of a matrix by adding another row multiplied by a number to it, in such a way that the first element is...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 18th May 2022, 06:12 AM
Replies: 566
Views: 45,248
Posted By pgimeno
NIST did refer to the collapse progression as...

NIST did refer to the collapse progression as pancaking in their report, albeit very marginally. They did that when they described the damage observed in the recovered steel pieces.

The most...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 9th May 2022, 06:04 AM
Replies: 566
Views: 45,248
Posted By pgimeno
It is telling, however, that they thought they...

It is telling, however, that they thought they had the "full truth" since the beginning, and funded the report just to prove it. It speaks as to how biased the report is. It doesn't help that the...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 9th May 2022, 05:15 AM
Replies: 566
Views: 45,248
Posted By pgimeno
Point 14 is the first lie I could spot. ...

Point 14 is the first lie I could spot.


14. NIST's demonstrable failure to establish and report the likely technical cause of the destruction of WTC7 has severely impeded for 13 years AE's...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 24th April 2022, 02:49 PM
Replies: 566
Views: 45,248
Posted By pgimeno
What makes high-rise steel-frame buildings immune...

What makes high-rise steel-frame buildings immune to symmetry in case of collapse?

I can post a few videos of symmetric fire-induced building collapses. One of them is the Plasco building, whose...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 24th April 2022, 02:40 PM
Replies: 566
Views: 45,248
Posted By pgimeno
I made this thread about that point, it's one of...

I made this thread about that point, it's one of my first threads here:

http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showthread.php?t=158076

Unfortunately, I overestimated how well known the...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 15th April 2022, 05:41 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 4,377
Posted By pgimeno
"killed" as in "mortally wounded". ...

"killed" as in "mortally wounded".



This.
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 5th March 2022, 06:06 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 4,377
Posted By pgimeno
Looks like AE911T killed AE911T. Kind of romantic.

Looks like AE911T killed AE911T. Kind of romantic.
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 18th January 2022, 07:13 AM
Replies: 252
Views: 72,023
Posted By pgimeno
Juan Cole does not have anything to do with Jon...

Juan Cole does not have anything to do with Jon Cole, right?
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 25th December 2021, 07:09 PM
Replies: 231
Views: 32,174
Posted By pgimeno
So since the ground broke and part of the...

So since the ground broke and part of the buildings fell down into the underground parking, what does the LIDAR image prove about the distribution of the buildings' debris?

The LIDAR image does...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 24th December 2021, 06:35 PM
Replies: 231
Views: 32,174
Posted By pgimeno
You can do it yourself. Load the plan as a layer,...

You can do it yourself. Load the plan as a layer, crop it and activate the perspective tool on the plan layer.
https://docs.gimp.org/2.10/en/gimp-tool-perspective.html
Change the opacity in the...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 24th December 2021, 07:28 AM
Replies: 231
Views: 32,174
Posted By pgimeno
Sorry, wrong link....

Sorry, wrong link. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2.5D

Despite the smiley (due to the irony of it) I was serious; the kind of projection used in the LIDAR image is called "2.5D". Quoting from this...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 24th December 2021, 03:52 AM
Replies: 231
Views: 32,174
Posted By pgimeno
It's 2.5D...

It's 2.5D (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2.5D_%28machining%29) :D
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 23rd December 2021, 10:49 AM
Replies: 231
Views: 32,174
Posted By pgimeno
That's not really a fair criticism. The lines are...

That's not really a fair criticism. The lines are fairly accurate, especially those of WTC 1, and the area of WTC 2 is approximately correct even if the lines are slightly displaced and tilted.
...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 19th December 2021, 04:59 PM
Replies: 166
Views: 21,981
Posted By pgimeno
I seriously doubt this claim. The ground broke...

I seriously doubt this claim. The ground broke and part of the buildings went into the underground parking. That's not something that can't be appreciated in the LIDAR image, but it can be seen in...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 14th September 2021, 03:06 PM
Replies: 50
Views: 9,459
Posted By pgimeno
Isn't that among the ones Rick Shaddock has...

Isn't that among the ones Rick Shaddock has registered? Like chrismohr911.com, markbasile.org and others.
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 3rd September 2021, 06:49 AM
Replies: 570
Views: 96,849
Posted By pgimeno
Interesting bit: So yeah, I agree with...

Interesting bit:

So yeah, I agree with Jaytje46. And this also confirms that conspiracy theories about the event exist since at least November 2001.
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 30th August 2021, 06:05 PM
Replies: 116
Views: 18,410
Posted By pgimeno
It didn't take me much to find this: ...

It didn't take me much to find this:
https://web.archive.org/web/20070108233707/http://www.cbc.ca/sunday/911hamilton.html

Problem is, the web archive is not indexed by Google. You have to search...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 30th August 2021, 06:04 PM
Replies: 116
Views: 18,410
Posted By pgimeno
What they don't day is that the Vanity Fair...

What they don't day is that the Vanity Fair article is another scathing destruction of Gage and minions.

Essentially, the author explains how Gage, AE911T and Lee are performing slick, practiced...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 26th August 2021, 03:38 AM
Replies: 116
Views: 18,410
Posted By pgimeno
Let's also not forget that it's not jet fuel that...

Let's also not forget that it's not jet fuel that caused most of the heat, but building contents. Jet fuel acted mostly as an accelerant for the fires to spread quickly in a short time, but most of...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 24th August 2021, 07:40 AM
Replies: 252
Views: 72,023
Posted By pgimeno
Oh no! They found Axxman!

Oh no! They found Axxman!
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 18th August 2021, 01:24 PM
Replies: 570
Views: 96,849
Posted By pgimeno
And the guy was still alive and well afterwards....

And the guy was still alive and well afterwards. I'm not sure if it was him or someone else who confessed the fakery and showed the original pic without the plane.
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 9th August 2021, 04:16 AM
Replies: 570
Views: 96,849
Posted By pgimeno
No, they did not have to go "perfectly wrong"....

No, they did not have to go "perfectly wrong". Here's an excerpt of what Beachnut quoted from Leslie Robertson:


The main engineer *assumes* that they would have fallen either way, he just hoped...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 6th August 2021, 05:38 AM
Replies: 570
Views: 96,849
Posted By pgimeno
Here is Robert McCoy from AE911Truth predicting...

Here is Robert McCoy from AE911Truth predicting that a collapse should look exactly like we saw (but failing to notice it):


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfgXDnn8V_I&t=5m43s
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 4th August 2021, 12:20 PM
Replies: 570
Views: 96,849
Posted By pgimeno
Correction (too late to edit): It's the west and...

Correction (too late to edit): It's the west and north face respectively. The part we see of WTC7 is the west face. I thought it was the south one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pC0ZBSDBZCY
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 4th August 2021, 09:01 AM
Replies: 570
Views: 96,849
Posted By pgimeno
Mandatory XKCD reference: https://xkcd.com/417/

Mandatory XKCD reference: https://xkcd.com/417/
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 4th August 2021, 09:00 AM
Replies: 570
Views: 96,849
Posted By pgimeno
I don't think they collapsed in any especially...

I don't think they collapsed in any especially remarkable or symmetric way. Buildings are made to resist basically static loads, not huge dynamic loads. Once the weight of the falling top block...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 22nd July 2021, 05:51 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 6,671
Posted By pgimeno
Sounds like nothing more than a publicity stunt. ...

Sounds like nothing more than a publicity stunt.


SEND
+ MORE
________
MONEY
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 12th July 2021, 03:45 AM
Replies: 34
Views: 6,671
Posted By pgimeno
I miss the Goddess of Legaltainment to comment on...

I miss the Goddess of Legaltainment to comment on the best moves.
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 19th May 2021, 01:34 PM
Replies: 292
Views: 48,591
Posted By pgimeno
It's quite the opposite: they discredit...

It's quite the opposite: they discredit themselves without even realizing it, so why stop them? The CIA is already happy.
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 3rd May 2021, 03:53 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 5,817
Posted By pgimeno
My best explanation for the 403 is that the...

My best explanation for the 403 is that the publication in NYT caused a "slashdot effect", triggering Yahoo's excessive bandwidth usage protections, and in order to view the images now you need a...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 29th April 2021, 11:54 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 5,817
Posted By pgimeno
I get 403, not 404. Different things.

I get 403, not 404. Different things.
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 2nd April 2021, 04:28 PM
Replies: 77
Views: 16,355
Posted By pgimeno
Does that mean that they don't aim for maximum...

Does that mean that they don't aim for maximum audience, but for maximum money? :eek:
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 18th March 2021, 07:13 PM
Replies: 292
Views: 48,591
Posted By pgimeno
I think that's inaccurate too. Scott Bingham...

I think that's inaccurate too. Scott Bingham comes to mind: http://web.archive.org/web/20080208102217/http://www.flight77.info/85videos.html

He managed the release of FBI's famous "85 videos"...
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