Freefall redefined
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Man of a few words huh
Ah...how sweet a KISSWhat can I say, I like to keep it simple
I never saw such an idiotic freefall calculation. Read myname is from his very first post and watch how his detractors get banned. Now we know where the woowoos get it
http://www.proxygem.com/cgi-bin/nph...ose_Change_Forum/index.php=3fshowtopic=3d2346
Dude, how did you get it so that people with their IPs banned (like myself) can access this? Maybe I can start up a sixth account over there now and get banned for a sixth time.
Dude...where's my car? i just have a "revolving" proxy. Got it from the LC sock master Oliver. Different IP each time you visit. Only thing is if you get yourself banned, just imagine how many others are being banned along with you...a win-win situation for us
Yeah, I got banned there, I thought I was helping them with their math, and had at least cleared some things up about gravity.
Then, on a new thread not 3 topics away, this:
Then, on a new thread not 3 topics away, this:
Dude...where's my car? i just have a "revolving" proxy. Got it from the LC sock master Oliver. Different IP each time you visit. Only thing is if you get yourself banned, just imagine how many others are being banned along with you...a win-win situation for us
Sweet. My goal is to get a laptop someday and get them to ban the IP address from the University of Minnesota's wireless network. That way I can ban Loose Change from the University of Minnesota!
I think tomorrow I am going to get one of those 1000 hour free AOL deals and get myself banned. See if I can get the entire state of Texas banned from LC. It's good to have goals
babazaroni
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Due to the debris cloud, it's pretty hard to say exactly how long the towers collapsed.
But the following video seems to show debris hitting the ground at least 5 seconds before the building has completely collapsed(disregarding the core which stood a few seconds longer):
http://www.serendipity.li/wot/tower_collapsing4web.wmv
But the following video seems to show debris hitting the ground at least 5 seconds before the building has completely collapsed(disregarding the core which stood a few seconds longer):
http://www.serendipity.li/wot/tower_collapsing4web.wmv
Arkan_Wolfshade
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The height of the top floor of the towers was 1,348 ft (411.0 m).
The height of the root of the towers was 1,368 ft (417.0 m).
The height of the antenna/spire of the towers was 1,731.9 ft (527.9 m)
source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wtc
Given the approximate acceleration at the towers would be 9.8 m/s^2 we can calculate both the time it would take to fall, and the velocity at any given point.
Using the formulas available on this page: http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/mofall.html we generate the following (bolded lines are of greatest interest):
[table=""]Time|Accel - m/sec^2|Dist - meters
0.0|9.8|0.0
1.0|9.8|4.9
2.0|19.6|19.6
3.0|29.4|44.1
4.0|39.2|78.4
5.0|49.0|122.5
6.0|58.8|176.4
7.0|68.6|240.1
8.0|78.4|313.6
9.0|88.2|396.9
9.1|89.2|405.8
9.2|90.2|414.7
9.3|91.1|423.8
9.4|92.1|433.0
9.5|93.1|442.2
9.6|94.1|451.6
9.7|95.1|461.0
9.8|96.0|470.6
9.9|97.0|480.2
10.0|98.0|490.0
10.1|99.0|499.8
10.2|100.0|509.8
10.3|100.9|519.8
10.4|101.9|530.0
10.5|102.9|540.2
10.6|103.9|550.6
10.7|104.9|561.0
10.8|105.8|571.5
10.9|106.8|582.2
11.0|107.8|592.9[/table]From this we can see that from the top floor it would take 9.1-9.2 seconds to reach the ground and the final velocity would be 89.2-90.2 m/sec.
From the roof it would take 9.2-9.3 seconds to reach the ground and the final velocity would be 90.2-91.1 m/sec.
From the top of the spire/antenna it would take 10.3-10.4 seconds to reach the ground and the final velocity would be 100.9-101.9 m/sec.
The height of the root of the towers was 1,368 ft (417.0 m).
The height of the antenna/spire of the towers was 1,731.9 ft (527.9 m)
source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wtc
Given the approximate acceleration at the towers would be 9.8 m/s^2 we can calculate both the time it would take to fall, and the velocity at any given point.
Using the formulas available on this page: http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/mofall.html we generate the following (bolded lines are of greatest interest):
[table=""]Time|Accel - m/sec^2|Dist - meters
0.0|9.8|0.0
1.0|9.8|4.9
2.0|19.6|19.6
3.0|29.4|44.1
4.0|39.2|78.4
5.0|49.0|122.5
6.0|58.8|176.4
7.0|68.6|240.1
8.0|78.4|313.6
9.0|88.2|396.9
9.1|89.2|405.8
9.2|90.2|414.7
9.3|91.1|423.8
9.4|92.1|433.0
9.5|93.1|442.2
9.6|94.1|451.6
9.7|95.1|461.0
9.8|96.0|470.6
9.9|97.0|480.2
10.0|98.0|490.0
10.1|99.0|499.8
10.2|100.0|509.8
10.3|100.9|519.8
10.4|101.9|530.0
10.5|102.9|540.2
10.6|103.9|550.6
10.7|104.9|561.0
10.8|105.8|571.5
10.9|106.8|582.2
11.0|107.8|592.9[/table]From this we can see that from the top floor it would take 9.1-9.2 seconds to reach the ground and the final velocity would be 89.2-90.2 m/sec.
From the roof it would take 9.2-9.3 seconds to reach the ground and the final velocity would be 90.2-91.1 m/sec.
From the top of the spire/antenna it would take 10.3-10.4 seconds to reach the ground and the final velocity would be 100.9-101.9 m/sec.
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