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Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 2nd August 2012, 10:06 AM
Replies: 130
Views: 14,622
Posted By sheeplesnshills
Why? surely a mid air explosion is likely to...

Why? surely a mid air explosion is likely to create a bigger spread of wreckage not a smaller one. :confused:
The was no reports of an explosion before the crash, no radar or visual reports of a...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 26th July 2012, 06:24 AM
Replies: 1,175
Views: 121,801
Posted By sheeplesnshills
I'm still waiting for CE to explain how...

I'm still waiting for CE to explain how "topography" would let Mr Morin see through a solid building to allow him to be a NOC witness............Quite why she thinks we should pay any attention to...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 20th July 2012, 05:31 AM
Replies: 4,192
Views: 282,380
Posted By sheeplesnshills
So why are you still here?

So why are you still here?
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 20th July 2012, 05:11 AM
Replies: 4,192
Views: 282,380
Posted By sheeplesnshills
Yet your conspiracy theory relies on just...

Yet your conspiracy theory relies on just that........There must have been thousands involved in setting up, committing and covering up an "inside job" yet there has not been a single credible...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 18th July 2012, 11:29 AM
Replies: 6,402
Views: 498,496
Posted By sheeplesnshills
On to ignore you go.......

On to ignore you go.......
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 17th July 2012, 05:06 AM
Replies: 6,402
Views: 498,496
Posted By sheeplesnshills
Chris in #5 you wrote " Remember, this is...

Chris in #5 you wrote " Remember, this is painted-on insulation," when it should be "Sprayed-on and dry wall insulation."

The trusses had the spray on insulation (some recent but most was old and...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 16th July 2012, 06:35 AM
Replies: 4,192
Views: 282,380
Posted By sheeplesnshills
http://xkcd.com/1081/ Sums up what the...

http://xkcd.com/1081/


Sums up what the world thinks of twoofers..........I'm definitely spending much more time in the waterpark than wasting it on the insane. Its like having the Jehovah...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 11th July 2012, 07:18 AM
Replies: 44
Views: 4,467
Posted By sheeplesnshills
ftfy

ftfy
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 11th July 2012, 06:37 AM
Replies: 4,192
Views: 282,380
Posted By sheeplesnshills
repeating a lie doesn't make it the truth. In...

repeating a lie doesn't make it the truth. In fact your statement confirms you are also a fool as only a fool would suggest something in such an incredibly complex situation is "impossible"........a...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 11th July 2012, 06:31 AM
Replies: 4,192
Views: 282,380
Posted By sheeplesnshills
What assertion? You are the one making...

What assertion? You are the one making assertions, not I.
And I'm a professional mech engineer so certainly as qualified as you are but not nearly as qualified as those on NIST.....the difference...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 9th July 2012, 06:35 PM
Replies: 4,192
Views: 282,380
Posted By sheeplesnshills
Who that matters has commented on them one way or...

Who that matters has commented on them one way or the other? Can't you grasp that no one in the real world cares what you think on the subject? You simply lack the qualifications to have an opinion...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 19th June 2012, 04:11 PM
Replies: 1,416
Views: 123,075
Posted By sheeplesnshills
Seems close enough bearing in mind "New Yorker"...

Seems close enough bearing in mind "New Yorker" probably does not have a highly technical readership. Yes the top block end picture is wrong in that it shows it intact and say that it breaks up on...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 15th June 2012, 06:18 AM
Replies: 291
Views: 25,955
Posted By sheeplesnshills
A very simple way to look at the issue is to...

A very simple way to look at the issue is to understand that the factor of safety for any given floor is at best 3X the weight of the floor plus the allowable loading.
The external and internal...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 12th June 2012, 06:29 AM
Replies: 1,869
Views: 113,942
Posted By sheeplesnshills
Really? why? list your assumptions and show your...

Really? why? list your assumptions and show your working.........



Lol, my college football team sometimes makes me feel like that but nothing about 911 does.....
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 12th June 2012, 06:24 AM
Replies: 1,869
Views: 113,942
Posted By sheeplesnshills
So? Please explain in detail why you find this...

So? Please explain in detail why you find this evidence of CD. List your assumptions and show your working.....



So? Please explain in detail why you find this evidence of CD. List your...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 8th June 2012, 05:36 AM
Replies: 4,192
Views: 282,380
Posted By sheeplesnshills
Wrong, we have testimony from the Fire Dept that...

Wrong, we have testimony from the Fire Dept that it was. I don't see any problems in that being admissible evidence, do you?
And for something to topple in the direction its leaning then it has to...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 8th June 2012, 05:27 AM
Replies: 4,192
Views: 282,380
Posted By sheeplesnshills
Wow, I wasted all those years at College studying...

Wow, I wasted all those years at College studying engineering when all I needed was "commonsense"!:(
There really needs to be a law to keep such clueless people off the internet. It would be doing...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 8th June 2012, 05:18 AM
Replies: 140
Views: 8,257
Posted By sheeplesnshills
Hey my kid just graduated summa cum laude in...

Hey my kid just graduated summa cum laude in biomedical Engineering and is starting med school next month. She is a Brit so that obviously helps :) but she did graduate from a US high school. ...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 7th June 2012, 05:22 AM
Replies: 140
Views: 8,257
Posted By sheeplesnshills
Reason 1: Ignorance Reason 2: Insanity ...

Reason 1: Ignorance
Reason 2: Insanity
Reason 3: stupidity
oops I've run out of reasons........
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 1st June 2012, 10:52 AM
Replies: 39
Views: 3,965
Posted By sheeplesnshills
You mean like CIT claiming a witness could see...

You mean like CIT claiming a witness could see through a building? Or them claiming one would miss seeing a 757 fly over a building despite being in perfect place to see it doing so? Are they, and...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 1st June 2012, 05:19 AM
Replies: 4,192
Views: 282,380
Posted By sheeplesnshills
As opposed to your even bigger leap that they...

As opposed to your even bigger leap that they would not have? Why does he have to quantify something which you have not?:boggled:
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 29th May 2012, 07:06 AM
Replies: 707
Views: 92,676
Posted By sheeplesnshills
I sometimes wonder if Jammo etc are just (not...

I sometimes wonder if Jammo etc are just (not very good) Turing machines.........
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 29th May 2012, 07:01 AM
Replies: 4,192
Views: 282,380
Posted By sheeplesnshills
Knowing something is going to fail is very...

Knowing something is going to fail is very different from knowing EXACTLY why it failed the way it did. Firemen seeing WTC7 bulge out and make strange noises would act on the safe side and assume...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 29th May 2012, 06:33 AM
Replies: 4,192
Views: 282,380
Posted By sheeplesnshills
Please show that to be the case......bet you...

Please show that to be the case......bet you can't.

Please show that they designed the building to withstand the impact of a fully fueled 767 (a plane that did not even exist when the towers were...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 24th May 2012, 05:43 AM
Replies: 3,172
Views: 185,579
Posted By sheeplesnshills
Did you ever see a twoofer admit they were wrong?

Did you ever see a twoofer admit they were wrong?
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 24th May 2012, 05:29 AM
Replies: 3,172
Views: 185,579
Posted By sheeplesnshills
Was the South face of the WTC2 towers a solid...

Was the South face of the WTC2 towers a solid wall of 5 foot thick reinforced concrete? No? Then why would expect the crashes to look the same? Also tanks on that Phantom were filled with water not...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 23rd May 2012, 06:25 AM
Replies: 707
Views: 92,676
Posted By sheeplesnshills
It's crap, bs, nonsense. no I didn't watch it. I...

It's crap, bs, nonsense. no I didn't watch it. I just noted who posted it :D
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 23rd May 2012, 06:11 AM
Replies: 3,172
Views: 185,579
Posted By sheeplesnshills
Wouldn't it just be kinder to close the thread? ...

Wouldn't it just be kinder to close the thread? Everything that had to be said, was done so in the first few posts...:confused:
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 23rd May 2012, 06:05 AM
Replies: 3,172
Views: 185,579
Posted By sheeplesnshills
Its really bad in cars too....I had to scrap an...

Its really bad in cars too....I had to scrap an otherwise excellent Ford Sierra Estate car back in 1999 because of rust.
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 18th May 2012, 05:02 AM
Replies: 1,871
Views: 79,766
Posted By sheeplesnshills
Are you British or American? If British you have...

Are you British or American? If British you have two fingers up, if American only one.:D
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 17th May 2012, 08:16 AM
Replies: 1,871
Views: 79,766
Posted By sheeplesnshills
stop feeding the troll

stop feeding the troll
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 16th May 2012, 02:23 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 1,809
Posted By sheeplesnshills
The problem with the camera at the pentagon is...

The problem with the camera at the pentagon is not only one of focus. It was also a problem of a poor recording of only only one or two frames a second (I don't recall the exact number) to save...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 15th May 2012, 05:25 AM
Replies: 6,402
Views: 498,496
Posted By sheeplesnshills
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VrFV5r8cs0 ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VrFV5r8cs0


Your problem is that you don't.
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 14th May 2012, 07:33 AM
Replies: 927
Views: 55,320
Posted By sheeplesnshills
Have you tried luminol on your "foam" ...

Have you tried luminol on your "foam"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luminol
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 14th May 2012, 07:29 AM
Replies: 927
Views: 55,320
Posted By sheeplesnshills
That Monty Python sketch is what I think of...

That Monty Python sketch is what I think of whenever Dusty posts:D.
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 10th May 2012, 09:44 AM
Replies: 71
Views: 6,217
Posted By sheeplesnshills
So have you discovered what elements and...

So have you discovered what elements and compounds are in your dust yet?....that would seem to to be the first step of a person interested in "Discovery".......
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 10th May 2012, 09:37 AM
Replies: 6,402
Views: 498,496
Posted By sheeplesnshills
we have thousands of tons of steel that has been...

we have thousands of tons of steel that has been standing for 30 years in sea air and you find rust "strange"??????
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 10th May 2012, 09:32 AM
Replies: 3,172
Views: 185,579
Posted By sheeplesnshills
That's the sample that you cannot even say what...

That's the sample that you cannot even say what elements or compounds they contain? What did they do to you in Pharmacology that made you forget the scientific method?
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 10th May 2012, 09:29 AM
Replies: 3,172
Views: 185,579
Posted By sheeplesnshills
What did the plane fly past that we could see...

What did the plane fly past that we could see move.:confused:
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 8th May 2012, 11:19 AM
Replies: 4,192
Views: 282,380
Posted By sheeplesnshills
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckling Note...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckling

Note that L (length) is squared so that if all things are equal a column twice as long is 1/4 as strong. If you lose one floor the effective length of the...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 8th May 2012, 11:06 AM
Replies: 4,192
Views: 282,380
Posted By sheeplesnshills
Rate of spin probably increased VERY slightly as...

Rate of spin probably increased VERY slightly as the mass moved nearer to the earths Centre of gravity........;)
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 8th May 2012, 11:03 AM
Replies: 4,192
Views: 282,380
Posted By sheeplesnshills
How much detail?:D

How much detail?:D
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 8th May 2012, 10:58 AM
Replies: 4,192
Views: 282,380
Posted By sheeplesnshills
Why should we? we are not making ridiculous...

Why should we? we are not making ridiculous assertions.....

.

Wonder what you like......but my Corporation checked it all out and have been paying me well for 30 years on the basis that I an...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 2nd May 2012, 08:05 AM
Replies: 927
Views: 55,320
Posted By sheeplesnshills
OK lets have a list of elements by % for your...

OK lets have a list of elements by % for your dust. Any compounds you have identified would be useful too.



why? you are not following any scientific method that I'm aware of......you clearly...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 2nd May 2012, 07:57 AM
Replies: 927
Views: 55,320
Posted By sheeplesnshills
Why does your "column" have rebar sticking out of...

Why does your "column" have rebar sticking out of it? looks much more like a concretion of concrete, drywall, rebar and other debris. Please show us your proof that this is, or was, any form of...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 2nd May 2012, 07:34 AM
Replies: 3,172
Views: 185,579
Posted By sheeplesnshills
Indeed. And the steel failed and the building...

Indeed. And the steel failed and the building failed. Its what happens if you stress structures beyond the designed limits. no mystery.
But would can't ignore the concrete because it was the mass...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 2nd May 2012, 06:38 AM
Replies: 471
Views: 35,045
Posted By sheeplesnshills
And what in Pharm school would lead you to think...

And what in Pharm school would lead you to think you have the ability to "know" that?

The buildings were strong but they depended on the floor trusses as part of that strength. Each Floor was...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 2nd May 2012, 06:25 AM
Replies: 471
Views: 35,045
Posted By sheeplesnshills
Ah, I assume you never covered "dynamics" at...

Ah, I assume you never covered "dynamics" at pharm school......

A little exercise you could try.......place a can of Diet coke on your toes......apart from having cold toes (assuming the can can...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 1st May 2012, 12:02 PM
Replies: 3,172
Views: 185,579
Posted By sheeplesnshills
Not at all, we will get you a nice jacket and a...

Not at all, we will get you a nice jacket and a comfortable room with no hard surfaces and treat you with kindness.........However we will not allow you to have the internet access we have given...
Forum: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories 1st May 2012, 11:49 AM
Replies: 4,192
Views: 282,380
Posted By sheeplesnshills
Why would I? I'm not making any claims. the...

Why would I? I'm not making any claims. the burden of proof is on you not I.
When you produce a list of assumptions and a set of detailed calculations that show that you are correct than we can...
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