Federer/Nadal

[Bagpuss]

Wimbledon to 11/9 , only on CUK. Anyone like to start a new tangent?

[sasguru]

Wimbledon to 11/9 , only on CUK. Anyone like to start a new tangent?

You mean apart from the obvious ?

[TimberWolf]

...is highly unlikely to happen in a natural building collapse.

Why do you think [free-fall] is any more likely to occur in an 'unnatural' building collapse?

Of course freefall is a first order expression, things aren't exactly that predictable. The main point is that freefall (if indeed that is the speed obtained) doesn't point to a conspiracy, it's just what's you'd expect to happen in the absence other forces.

[realityhack]

it's just what's you'd expect to happen in the absence other forces.

In the absence of other forces I'd agree with you. If there was no resistance afforded to the collapsing upper parts of the building by the lower (or vice-versa), I'd also agree with you. I, by some mad fluke, the fire had weakened the structure evenly across all floors, and the collapsing building could therefore fall at near-freefall velocity, then I'd still agree with you.
It just seems highly unlikely, that's all.

[realityhack]

Why do you think [free-fall] is any more likely to occur in an 'unnatural' building collapse?

Easy to answer - because controlled demolition is designed to bring the building down by removing these forces mentioned above, in an even, orderly manner. Charges are rigged from the basement to the roof, evenly throughout the building, shaped to make the building fall into it's own basement, and happen at near-freefall because of the detonating sequence.

[realityhack]

why aren't all skyscrapers demolished simply by setting fire to them?

Because it's highly unlikely they'd fall evenly. In the nightmare-case scenario, they'd topple.

[sasguru]

And yet 3 ended up neatly in their own basements all on the same day.

Remarkable.

You're right. It's all a Mossad/CIA/MI6/Bilderberg conspiracy. The "guys" who flew the planes weren't human at all but robots built by the MIT Artificial Intelligence faculty.

SG in <<if you're going to have a conspiracy, make it good >> mode

[realityhack]

You're right. It's all a Mossad/CIA/MI6/Bilderberg conspiracy. The "guys" who flew the planes weren't human at all but robots built by the MIT Artificial Intelligence faculty.

No mate - you've got it all wrong, it was all FX and models. See the 'Aardman factory fire conspiracy' for more info.

[TimberWolf]

Easy to answer - because controlled demolition is designed to bring the building down by removing these forces mentioned above, in an even, orderly manner. Charges are rigged from the basement to the roof, evenly throughout the building, shaped to make the building fall into it's own basement, and happen at near-freefall because of the detonating sequence.

I see a lot of conspiracy theories say that the twin towers fell at free-fall speeds too, are we to believe charges were rigged from top to bottom on these also?

You don't need to make up a complicated conspiracy theory, gravity is a downward force and falling down at near free-fall velocity not unlikely in the absence of other forces. If the buildings fell at near free-fall speeds it points to the fact that resistive forces were minimal, which in turn isn't unexpected in a building that is collapsing.

[realityhack]

If the buildings fell at near free-fall speeds it points to the fact that resistive forces were minimal, which in turn is unexpected in a building that is collapsing.

Exactly.