yeah, the pancaking theory. They refute that at some length. I'd have to listen with more attention than I have and do a lot of research to have an opinion on this.
On 8/22/06, Nick McClure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, only if the frame of the building held. Everything I've read and seen > claims that the Tower only had an external frame, there was no internal > frame, and the collapse occurred because the center of the building couldn't > withstand the forces above it because of the loss of the structural > integrity, which caused the building to collapse from the center, and the > force of the collapse of the center brought the steel frame down. > > I'm not a structural engineer but that makes sense to me. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2006 4:45 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: Loose Change > > > > yeah well, I haven't fact checked it or listened to the whole thing, > > but the latter part of it sounds a lot like a physics lecture. One > > disappointment -- I googled their "MIT engineer" and while he has a > > good physics background he is currently a doctor. Not the most > > overwhelming of credentials, but as he said, the laws of nature that > > the current version do not take into account are rather elementary. It > > is true that you would expect a building that's been struck on one > > side to fall over, not down. I'm a little more concerned that the > > film's producer would subtly misrepresent him that way, and it makes > > me wonder a bit about the rest of it. > > > > - I for one am certainly not prepared to belive anything of the kind > > without a great deal more fact checking that I am prepared to do right > > now. And supposing it were true, what then? The American public seems > > prepared to accept pretty much anything that doesn't interfere with > > their ability to sip a latte while driving their Hummers to work. > > > > On 8/22/06, Nick McClure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Not sure, I didn't listen to the 2nd one. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:213903 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
