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To: David Howe who wrote (15948)	9/18/2006 11:23:12 PM
From: Orcastraiter	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 20039

You want me to believe that the top 10 floors of #1 was heavy enough to drive the bottom 100 floors into the ground?. Total mass was what 500,000 tons. The upper 10 floors has 45,454 tons. That would be the hammer. The bottom 100 floors weighed 454,546 tons...that would be the nail. So how much luck do you think you would have driving a 10 ounce nail with a one ounce hammer? Sure you drop a concrete block on a straw stuck in a cowpie, fall time would not be measurable from just dropping the concrete block directly on the cowpie. But what happens when you drop a concrete block on top of a stack of 10 concrete blocks? Still going to hit the ground in free fall time? Or will the fall be arrested? A scientist has calculated that the lower floors would have arrested the upper part. That's a calculation that could be refined and studied further...don't you think? Conservation of momentum...50 ton hammer 450 ton nail...do the math and get back to me

To: David Howe who wrote (15948)	9/19/2006 2:47:31 AM
From: maceng2	Respond to of 20039

At least then you could do a half decent job of arguing. I am talking high school physics to you. Go back and read my posts again and come back to me with at least a half intelligent answer. As far as numbers are concerned, statistics is like a second language to me. So yes, I believe I have a good "feel" for numbers. Although I am not a structural engineer, I do have 20 yrs experience solving problems using science as a process engineer. Believe me it's a "no brainer" argument once you wake up and smell the facts. Sure it took me a while, my discussions go back years, I'll be posting a few links to them.