3.25.2003
I just watched my first episode of "24". I was very impressed. I don't really like getting caught up in the "most amazing show this season" kind of hype, so I skipped the whole first season and this much of the 2nd. I am tempted to buy the DVD set and see the 1st season. Good show in the current absence of xfiles/millennium goodness. I thought "Miracles" might be ok, but was sorely, sorely disappointed. quite poor. Dead Zone was a bit of a disappointment as well, though not as gratingly bad as Miracles.
oh well.
oh well.
3.17.2003
hello... sorry for not checking the blog more... I am home on spring break, and dial-up is just too depressingly slow to use.
Firstly, Chad, I am sorry to hear about your mom's health problems. I can only imagine what it must be like. I hope she is able to get better quickly.
As for the airplane questions on the website, I am glad that I finally have a topic I can speak with a little knowledge on... airplanes and physics. I worked as an aircraft mechanic a couple of summers ago on DC-6's and C-46's, and most of the things were structural issues (squawks, as they were called) that I was supposed to fix.
Has anyone seen the webcam video of the plane hitting the pentagon biulding? I guess there was a webcam located nearby and the crash was in the field of view. it is only a quick shot (obviously), but showed the plane striking the building at the base of the building right at the first floor, and then the explosion afterward. Amazing footage, to say the least.
I looked at the pictures very carefully on #5, and I CAN see where the plane hit, but there is very little damage at the wings for a good reason. Airplanes are simply not structurally solid enough to cause that much damage to a building as solid as the pentagon. With airplanes, engineers are walking a very fine line between building the vehicle strong enough to withstand the stresses of flight and light enough to actually fly. The are little more than flying pop cans. Seriously. I have crawled all over inside and in between the structures of airplanes and I am still surprised that they can be built as thinly and "weakly" as they are and still fly, but they do.
For instance, from the boeing website, I calculated the empty weight of a 757-200 as 77,092 pounds. This is the equivalent of only 12 cubic meters of aluminum. And the actual value is probably less, because a significant fraction of the airplanes mass is engine.
So anyway, the reason you don't see damage at the wing locations is because the wings aren't massive enough to cause any. You would expect the damage to be concentrated at the center of mass, which would be the center. And this is what you see.
As for parts, the plane hitting the ground/pentagon just disintegrated. you can see this from the crash site in Pennsylvania, it hit at a similar angle (and similar speed-most likely 400-450mph), but there was nothing left bigger than a half a meter or so. again the crater is at the center of mass, which is the center of the airplane.
What wasn't shredded off the airframe (and a large amount that was) was melted in the explosion. Aluminum melts at 1220 F, and temperatures at the center of the explosion were estimated at over 3000 degrees.
Another thing I noticed is the illustration of the airplane in #5 was at the wrong angle. The plane didn't hit the building face on, but hit it about 45 degrees off the wall. The shape of the airplane at this angle would have produced a hole like you see in the picture. Look to the left side of the airplane at the ground floor. you can see the path ot the damage of the left wing. the right wing's mark was on the part ot the building that burned and was obliterated.
I guess that many people try too hard to come up with alternative explanations for disasters. Josh morgan and family was great for this.But sometimes things actually do happen the way they appear. i have said this before, but 9-11 incident is simply too big to contain. it required a large deal of coordination, and it would not be possible to hide.
I was reading a CS Lewis book and I found a quote that said what I was trying to say before, but much more eloquently. This is a fairly common effect with CS Lewis...:)
"Before leaving the subject of Reason, I must point out that authority not only combines with experience to produce the raw material, the "facts," but also has to be frequently used instead of reasoning itself as a method of getting conclusions. For example, few of us have followed the reasoning on which even ten percent of the truths we believe are based. We accept them on authority from the experts and are wise to do so, for though we are therebty sometimes deveived, yet we should have to live like savages if we did not."
This is a little bit out of the context in which he wrote (I would suggest reading a CS Lewis book... any will do), but the idea is right.
Sometimes things really do happen the way they appear.
Firstly, Chad, I am sorry to hear about your mom's health problems. I can only imagine what it must be like. I hope she is able to get better quickly.
As for the airplane questions on the website, I am glad that I finally have a topic I can speak with a little knowledge on... airplanes and physics. I worked as an aircraft mechanic a couple of summers ago on DC-6's and C-46's, and most of the things were structural issues (squawks, as they were called) that I was supposed to fix.
Has anyone seen the webcam video of the plane hitting the pentagon biulding? I guess there was a webcam located nearby and the crash was in the field of view. it is only a quick shot (obviously), but showed the plane striking the building at the base of the building right at the first floor, and then the explosion afterward. Amazing footage, to say the least.
I looked at the pictures very carefully on #5, and I CAN see where the plane hit, but there is very little damage at the wings for a good reason. Airplanes are simply not structurally solid enough to cause that much damage to a building as solid as the pentagon. With airplanes, engineers are walking a very fine line between building the vehicle strong enough to withstand the stresses of flight and light enough to actually fly. The are little more than flying pop cans. Seriously. I have crawled all over inside and in between the structures of airplanes and I am still surprised that they can be built as thinly and "weakly" as they are and still fly, but they do.
For instance, from the boeing website, I calculated the empty weight of a 757-200 as 77,092 pounds. This is the equivalent of only 12 cubic meters of aluminum. And the actual value is probably less, because a significant fraction of the airplanes mass is engine.
So anyway, the reason you don't see damage at the wing locations is because the wings aren't massive enough to cause any. You would expect the damage to be concentrated at the center of mass, which would be the center. And this is what you see.
As for parts, the plane hitting the ground/pentagon just disintegrated. you can see this from the crash site in Pennsylvania, it hit at a similar angle (and similar speed-most likely 400-450mph), but there was nothing left bigger than a half a meter or so. again the crater is at the center of mass, which is the center of the airplane.
What wasn't shredded off the airframe (and a large amount that was) was melted in the explosion. Aluminum melts at 1220 F, and temperatures at the center of the explosion were estimated at over 3000 degrees.
Another thing I noticed is the illustration of the airplane in #5 was at the wrong angle. The plane didn't hit the building face on, but hit it about 45 degrees off the wall. The shape of the airplane at this angle would have produced a hole like you see in the picture. Look to the left side of the airplane at the ground floor. you can see the path ot the damage of the left wing. the right wing's mark was on the part ot the building that burned and was obliterated.
I guess that many people try too hard to come up with alternative explanations for disasters. Josh morgan and family was great for this.But sometimes things actually do happen the way they appear. i have said this before, but 9-11 incident is simply too big to contain. it required a large deal of coordination, and it would not be possible to hide.
I was reading a CS Lewis book and I found a quote that said what I was trying to say before, but much more eloquently. This is a fairly common effect with CS Lewis...:)
"Before leaving the subject of Reason, I must point out that authority not only combines with experience to produce the raw material, the "facts," but also has to be frequently used instead of reasoning itself as a method of getting conclusions. For example, few of us have followed the reasoning on which even ten percent of the truths we believe are based. We accept them on authority from the experts and are wise to do so, for though we are therebty sometimes deveived, yet we should have to live like savages if we did not."
This is a little bit out of the context in which he wrote (I would suggest reading a CS Lewis book... any will do), but the idea is right.
Sometimes things really do happen the way they appear.
3.13.2003
wow. that is some really compelling evidence.
I don't understand how anyone can take the gov version of the story as truth.
well, i guess it makes everyone feel safer to believe that Big Brother is genuinely caring, and loving...
because when you start putting the evidence together your mind becomes almost ... well... disconnected.
its like something that jeff said about UFOs. "all it takes is just ONE of them to be true"....
to me the same statement is warrented for these UNANSWERED questions that apples so kindly presented to us.
i'm kinda done with the war talk jeff, just curious as to you would refute #5 from apple's link.
in other news.... i'm in Rochester (Mayo Clinic)...
My mom was put on one of those breathing machines... tubes all over and stuff... she almost died she had so much carbon in her bloodstream. Family is rushing down. I got out of work and skipped the coldplay concert to get down.
But it appears that she is going to be ok. it sucks because she can't talk and has to write everything on a clipboard.
and in yet other news....
I don't get to check the blog/email much because my computer is miles away... and i'm working all the time.
I'm looking for apartments in Minneapolis. AT&T is a crazy place.... but it looks like a great job.
well, you know... besides working for the man and all....
I don't understand how anyone can take the gov version of the story as truth.
well, i guess it makes everyone feel safer to believe that Big Brother is genuinely caring, and loving...
because when you start putting the evidence together your mind becomes almost ... well... disconnected.
its like something that jeff said about UFOs. "all it takes is just ONE of them to be true"....
to me the same statement is warrented for these UNANSWERED questions that apples so kindly presented to us.
i'm kinda done with the war talk jeff, just curious as to you would refute #5 from apple's link.
in other news.... i'm in Rochester (Mayo Clinic)...
My mom was put on one of those breathing machines... tubes all over and stuff... she almost died she had so much carbon in her bloodstream. Family is rushing down. I got out of work and skipped the coldplay concert to get down.
But it appears that she is going to be ok. it sucks because she can't talk and has to write everything on a clipboard.
and in yet other news....
I don't get to check the blog/email much because my computer is miles away... and i'm working all the time.
I'm looking for apartments in Minneapolis. AT&T is a crazy place.... but it looks like a great job.
well, you know... besides working for the man and all....
3.12.2003
spaghetti-o's with cut up hot dogs is a wonderful before-bed treat!
3.10.2003
hello... I can only spend a second to post... first, my apologies if the war discussion continued too long. It went longer than I expected, but I rather enjoyed it because I don't verbally debate well with people. Obviously, the subject can change if others wish.
Kudos on the job hunt, chad. let us know when you get there how you are doing
mo' l8r
Kudos on the job hunt, chad. let us know when you get there how you are doing
mo' l8r
3.09.2003
check out this site called BadNews... its run by a friend of mine.
myow.
hehe.
alright ladies and gentlemen.
You might not be hearing from me in a while. I start at AT&T on Monday and will likely be disconnected from the internet until I can secure living quarters. I am fairly sure I have a couch to sleep on in the meantime. I'll be quitting Godfathers tomorrow... I haven't even got my first check. It will feel weird. But oh well...
my horoscope should read:
Unexpected career blessing will be bring distance between loved ones.
....in bed.
haha
ok
hehe.
alright ladies and gentlemen.
You might not be hearing from me in a while. I start at AT&T on Monday and will likely be disconnected from the internet until I can secure living quarters. I am fairly sure I have a couch to sleep on in the meantime. I'll be quitting Godfathers tomorrow... I haven't even got my first check. It will feel weird. But oh well...
my horoscope should read:
Unexpected career blessing will be bring distance between loved ones.
....in bed.
haha
ok
3.08.2003
3.07.2003
DALnet's decision to ban file trading is a bunch of bullshit, why else would the attacks suddenly stop after their decision to do this? It's way too coincidental!
"While we recognize that the transfers themselves do not happen on our network, and are a product of a direct connection between the clients involved"
DALnet themselves say that the transfers themselves have NO impact on their network, so why, then, would the stopping of file trading channels bring the network back up? the only logical conclusion is that the attackers have something to gain from this new policy, and the biggest people who would gain from this policy are the BSA, MPAA, and RIAA. All 3 of those groups have bullied people/companies into giving them what they want. Even the RIAA has asked/bullied/paid off congress to try passing a bill that allows them to hack someone's system if they are even suspected (by the RIAA) of having illegal music, and the RIAA sees any mp3's as illegal, even though you may have personally ripped them.
"While we recognize that the transfers themselves do not happen on our network, and are a product of a direct connection between the clients involved"
DALnet themselves say that the transfers themselves have NO impact on their network, so why, then, would the stopping of file trading channels bring the network back up? the only logical conclusion is that the attackers have something to gain from this new policy, and the biggest people who would gain from this policy are the BSA, MPAA, and RIAA. All 3 of those groups have bullied people/companies into giving them what they want. Even the RIAA has asked/bullied/paid off congress to try passing a bill that allows them to hack someone's system if they are even suspected (by the RIAA) of having illegal music, and the RIAA sees any mp3's as illegal, even though you may have personally ripped them.
