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"Do you know what this mean????? It means this damn thing doesnt work at all!!!"
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I made a slight change to Heiwa's experiment. Instead of using myself (and risking leg injury), I used a stack of textbooks (tied together) roughly my own weight (200 lbs). This should be a perfectly acceptable substitute.
The scale registered 202.1 lbs when I put the books on top. I then brought the scale outside, made sure it was zeroed and dropped the same stack of textbooks from my second story window. My scale is broken because the display permanently shows the words "ERR". If Heiwa was right (which he isn't), the scale would still be fine and show the normal zeroed "0.0" on it. But instead, the force of the stack of textbooks being dropped from the second story window overloaded the sensor in my scale. Time to buy another one! |
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For the fence-sitting lurkers (since I've given up on Heiwa) Importantly: Video tape the experiment, and record the weight reading in each frame. Plot the recordings with respect to time. It predict that the period of time when the force registering is greater than the weight of the brick will exactly match the time between initial impact and the brick coming to a stop. It will be quick, so a high-speed camera would help. A simpler method is to have a scale that will record the maximum force. Then, a simple calculation will verify the F=ma equation. t1 = initial contact time t2 = time when brick velocity = 0 v1 = velocity at impact (= [2gd]0.5 where d = distance dropped) v2 = velocity at time stopped (=0, obviously) a = (v2 - v1)/(t2 - t1) m is the mass of the brick. F will be equal (within experimental error) to the average reading on the scale over the time of impact (t2 - t1). F will also be higher than mg. I like this experiment. It once again proves me and Dave Rogers are correct (ref. to the Pizza Tower thread) when we stated that in order to bring a falling object to a stop (which requires change in velocity, defined as acceleration) requires a retarding force greater than the weight of the falling object. |
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To get more of an idea of the forces involved you should be landing on the scales from the 3.7m test height with knees locked, not doing so will result in a longer deceleraton time so a lower decelerating force is required and registered by the scales.
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That's called Momentum.
P = mv It's not really a force.. The units of momentum are mass*distance/time (for example: kg*m/s). The units of a force (Newtons) are mass*distance/time/time (for example: kg*m/sec2). Energy (kinetic) is 0.5*mv2, and has units (called Joules, which are also writen as Netowns per second) of mass*distance*distance/time/time (for example: kg*m2/sec2). |
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Mass times velocity is called momentum. The rate of change of momentum (with time) is equal to the force acting on a body. (This is one of Newton laws).
The notion of force is useful since we know several types of forces and can compute them independently of Newton laws. A relevant exampe here is gravity. |
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I found something that everyone might find interesting.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfTE4J87aQQ Watch the first few minutes. It pretty much explains everything we're talking about here. An MIT professor refutes Heiwa completely! Simply put, Fscale = m * (a + g). (a + g) determines the multiplying factor of how "heavy" the scale thinks you are. The higher your velocity when you hit the scale (or in the elevator example given, moving up or down), the "heavier" you are. Since I'm on His Royal Arrogance's ignore list, would someone who's not on ignore like to repeat all of this or at least repost the lecture video link and see what he says? |
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Thank you [X]. I await his reply to the video.
Probably something along the lines of "the MIT professor must be into 'NWO physics' too!"... |
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When one engineer implies NIST is off base and the next engineer implies NIST is gospel...
which engineer is full of crap? |
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Heiwa, I have it on good authority that if you jump from 3.7 meters into a pool of pirahna fish, you will see God.
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And.. you do it all over again
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I'll be honest with you, the fact that your scale spikes is not proof of 9/11 being exactly how NIST described it.
That, of course, has absolutely nothing to do with the point of this thread, which is Heiwa describing an "experiment" which he says proves his ideas about physics, and everyone else schooling him. |
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Not quite. Heiwa is still arguing that a resistance force equal to the weight of a falling object can bring it to rest. In support of this absurd idea, he has trotted out this experiment involving a scale, claiming that since it shows reading A when the load is static, and shows the same value (reading A) after impact (when the downward motion of the load has stopped) that it therefore proves that a resisting object (the object being impacted) can only provide a force equal to the force of gravity on the impacting object. What he forgets (and this is a major flaw) is that decelerating the falling object to a stop is a dynamic situation. Imparting acceleration on mass requires a net force, so merely balancing the force due to gravity will result not in the mass slowing its descent (which is what Heiwa claims happens) but rather in the mass continuing it's motion at constant velocity. I proved this here and here (correction to second post here. Heiwa showed he understands the physics of the situation here, but by the miracle of doublethink still clings tenaciously, even doggedly, to his fatally-flawed preconception. Hope that helps explain the situation. |
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I am ready to argue that most Americans have no freaking idea what a "NIST" is.
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You asked a question. More to the point, you actually asked a relevant question. I took you off ignore for that. Congratulations, don't make me regret it. I am no longer discussing this with Heiwa, due to his blatant dishonesty. But I will provide explanations to people on the fence, or leaning toward his hypothesis. That is why I am here, right now, in this thread. Why? Because I think it's valuable to see the kind of error-ridden physics Heiwa uses. Think about it: if he can not even apply elementary-school physics correctly, if he cannot differentiate between static (stationary) and dynamic (moving) systems, how likely is he to be correct in his analyses? I am merely showing that his physics is hopelessly in error. Without correcting it (he refuses to acknowledge the error, despite demonstrating that he knows the correct physics (see my previous post)), his model will never be right. And by showing this error and Heiwa's callous refusal to correct it, I hope to demonstrate to people sitting on the fence (you, I am thinking) that, if nothing else, Heiwa's physics should not be trusted. I have made no comment about NIST, no comment about Bazant, indeed no comment about any model of the collapse except Heiwa's. And I have shown explicitly and repeatedly that Heiwa's model is based on shoddy physics. I have never even read NIST or Bazant, in point of fact. You are free to follow whatever model you wish. Just beware that at least this one is based on incorrect foundations. |
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New result!
In the interest of science, I decided to improve on Heiwa's experiments by combining them. After all, if a stack of pizza boxes is a good model of a WTC Tower, and jumping on a scale is a good model of the initiating event, then surely combining them must make an even better model!
So, I obtained a dozen Pizza Hut Personal Pan Pizza boxes and glued them together into a stack. Next to that, I stood the tallest ladder I could get my hands on and carried my bathroom scale up with me to the top. It was a little hard to measure the exact height, but I held the scale approximately 3.4 meters above the little PPP tower and let go. To my surprise, the pizza box tower collapsed globally when the scale hit it! I thereby conclude that Heiwa's analysis has in fact been correct all along, only he failed to take his experiments further towards their logical conclusion - The WTC Towers were destroyed by scales! I suspect Jenny Craig. Next up: What happens when you scale* a scale** tower and drop a scale*** on it. * = proportional measurement ** = of the bathroom variety *** = fish part |
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Having watched the lecture, which is not only more interesting than I remember my physics lectures being, but also more understandable (evidently I have learned something in my Engineering studies), I feel I should highlight the time in the video that illustrates Heiwa's error. It is from 29 minutes in to 31 minutes in. For a fuller explanation (and an experiment that is almost exactly what Heiwa ordered) keep watching until 40 minutes in. The professor explains the concept quite clearly. It proves Dave Rogers and myself correct (again) in the Pizza Box thread, and more importantly exposes Heiwa's elementary error (repeated from the other thread) for what it is. Garbage physics. I predict he'll say that since the scale in the experiment bounced, it proved him right. If he does so, bear in mind that a foam cushion (what the scale landed on) is NOT analogous to a steel skyscraper or a rubber ball. The claim that a falling mass can be brought to a stop by a resistance equal to the force of gravity on the falling mass is WRONG! So, to all you fence-sitters out there, watch the lecture, read the links I posted in my first response to Homeland Insurgency, and ask yourself: Do you really think Heiwa's physics describe reality? Do yourself a favor, find a different model. Only one question remains: Why is the prof wearing a bagel? |
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It's for his free lunch! Duh! And I do owe you a cookie [X] for reposting my post.
I would suggest Heiwa watch continue to watch until the 40 minute mark. The professor does an actual demonstration of what he explains in the 29 to 31 minute range. Just to drive the point home to Heiwa (and any others who are on the fence) who would probably just argue that the professor's only "talking NWO nonsense" from the 29 to 31 minute range. I'm surprised I found this video in the first place! Good old MIT professors come through again! I'm going to get myself a cookie. Now we've thoroughly debunked Heiwa Physics! For the up-tenth time in a row. |
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Yeah, but it probably read 202 right before breaking, right? Oh, this thread is a hoot. Heiwa, you know the funny thing is, the other one was started by someone else, and maybe they could be accused of misrepresentin'. But this is your own experiment in your own thread! Dude, I've observed a scale needle bouncing up and down as I just stand there and bob up and down on my toes.
I mean, I'm totally dumb (more lazy actually) when it comes to the finer points of science stuff but you say:
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Now wait, are we supposed to put the pizza on the scale? Is that where this is going?
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