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I work in construction in NYC. I build buildings for a living. Anyone who is telling you that it's scientifically or architecturally impossible for a building to collapse in that manner is lying. They are simply quoting false information some conspiracy nut job passed along.
The towers were designed to collapse inward, not outward (they were considerably more narrow at the top than the bottom). In fact, look at a photo of the NYC skyline, and this is the common theme. Why, you may ask? Because when your city has as dense an urban setting as NYC, and when buildings eventually need to be demolished and replaced, how do you accomplish that without destroying everything around said building? YOU COLLAPSE IT INWARDS.
Shocking premise, I know, but bear with me here. If a building was brought down piece-mail, it would take a decade. If you blew it up, you would lose hundreds of millions of dollars repairing the adjacent structures. A controlled, inward-demolition is essentially the only way to go. Now, this is not what happened on 9/11, because flying a fully-fueled jet into the bread-basket of the 2nd largest towers on earth isn't exactly "controlled demolition". So while the intent of the design stayed true (inward collapse), it still damaged multiple other structures in the surrounding area.
I would love for one of these so-called "Truthers" (I will now forever refer to them as "Stoopers") to explain, in mathematically backed logic and not "IT'S NEVAR HAPPENED BEFOREEEEE" hysteria, how any of these scientifically-negated theories are credible.
Anyone know what the Truther line on OBL's death is, anyway?
"[mumble mumble]...Bush...[mumble]...towers coudlnt have fallen, built to withstand jet crash...[mumble, drool]...OPEN YOUR EYES SHEEPLE...mumble...jet fuel does burn hot enough to melt steel they found thermite at the scene controlled detonation massive cover up...[mumble]...of course they'd kill bin Laden, now nobody can question him to see if he was involved...[shit pants, wipe walls with own feces]....pretend hes dead to DISTRACT America from the TRUTH....[huff paint]...[mumble]...bin Laden was CIA operative, helped pull off 9/11 with Bush, Cheney and the Bilderburg Group...[twitching, mumble, drool]...DO YOU BELIEVE EVERYTHING THE GOVERNMENT TELLS YOU!....[attend Burning Man]."
I think that about covers it.
Juggs, you were doing so well, I was liking what I was reading, then at the end, you fucked it all up.
Sorry pal, I just figure that there are plenty of crackpots at Burning Man. Not intended as a slight against you - you're a crackpot in your own right, but you've got an open/rational mind, at least.
I participated in a nerdy extracurricular called Odyssey of the Mind in junior high and high school, doing several years in the "balsa wood structure" category. So we would build balsa wood towers within specified weight/size restrictions. They would have a platform on top, and we'd see which ones could hold the most weight placed on top of them. I'll concede that it's not as architecturally complex, but I don't believe in three years of doing that I saw one tower - with barbells stacked on top of it, mind you - not one tower fall down on top of itself in such a manner. If my simple balsa wood towers never collapsed straight down onto themselves, you can see why I might be a bit skeptical that an actual professionally-designed skyscraper did the same. I'm not saying the people who call 9/11 an inside job are right, but I don't necessarily think they're crazy either. Certainly some, but not all.
I did Odyssey of the Mind, too! And in 5th and 6th grade my team was also of the balsa wood-building type. In 6th grade, we won 3rd at World's.
I can't remember exactly how our structures broke, but I remember that the kids who designed them would do so in ways that made them break/crush in different ways.
I did Odyssey of the Mind, too! And in 5th and 6th grade my team was also of the balsa wood-building type. In 6th grade, we won 3rd at World's.
I can't remember exactly how our structures broke, but I remember that the kids who designed them would do so in ways that made them break/crush in different ways.
In 9th grade my group did the 7 Wonders of the World competition, and we just missed going to the national finals in FREAKING HAWAII. I'm not going to get into it, but the winners totally cheated, and their presentation sucked balls too