Axxman300
Philosopher
Yes, I'm obviously not a detail guy.
I spent three semesters suffering through Intermediate Algebra, and will eventually suffer through a fourth until I pass it. I respect mathematics, and have learned to almost enjoy working calculations. I really look forward to Calculus and suffering through that.
This doesn't make me an idiot, it just means I don't get to design bridges, rocket engines, or quantum computers. I grew up next to Fort Ord, I know the difference between 60mm, 81mm, 105 rounds, and Bangalore Torpedoes just by their sound. The same is true with breaching charges. I have been way too close to EOD crews setting off unexploded ordinance, and there is no mistaking the sound and effects of explosives...period.
I have also worked in construction and I know what the sound of a large concrete block sounds like when it falls from a height of ten to fifteen feet - it's loud, and sounds like an explosion.
My proximity to Fort Ord has put me into contact with guys who sneak into places and blow things up for a living. These guys never told me anything classified, but often they would point me in the direction of a book or magazine article I "might find interesting". Since 9-11, I have run the WTC scenario through from beginning to end hundreds of times, and there is no practical way to rig the Twin Towers nor WTC 7 without detection. More importantly - why would you want to? Even if it was some soooper seeecret blackopz team the simplest way to achieve the results at the WTC would be to fly a pair of 767s into each tower.
See, this is your most embarrassing lie, Tony, that the impacts of the plane and fires weren't enough to bring the towers down. They obviously were. Al Qaeda knew this, they did the math (real math), and the only thing that they would change about the attack would be to hit each tower much lower to bring them down much faster.
I spent three semesters suffering through Intermediate Algebra, and will eventually suffer through a fourth until I pass it. I respect mathematics, and have learned to almost enjoy working calculations. I really look forward to Calculus and suffering through that.
This doesn't make me an idiot, it just means I don't get to design bridges, rocket engines, or quantum computers. I grew up next to Fort Ord, I know the difference between 60mm, 81mm, 105 rounds, and Bangalore Torpedoes just by their sound. The same is true with breaching charges. I have been way too close to EOD crews setting off unexploded ordinance, and there is no mistaking the sound and effects of explosives...period.
I have also worked in construction and I know what the sound of a large concrete block sounds like when it falls from a height of ten to fifteen feet - it's loud, and sounds like an explosion.
My proximity to Fort Ord has put me into contact with guys who sneak into places and blow things up for a living. These guys never told me anything classified, but often they would point me in the direction of a book or magazine article I "might find interesting". Since 9-11, I have run the WTC scenario through from beginning to end hundreds of times, and there is no practical way to rig the Twin Towers nor WTC 7 without detection. More importantly - why would you want to? Even if it was some soooper seeecret blackopz team the simplest way to achieve the results at the WTC would be to fly a pair of 767s into each tower.
See, this is your most embarrassing lie, Tony, that the impacts of the plane and fires weren't enough to bring the towers down. They obviously were. Al Qaeda knew this, they did the math (real math), and the only thing that they would change about the attack would be to hit each tower much lower to bring them down much faster.
