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Old 4th August 2012, 09:05 AM   #41
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Originally Posted by EventHorizon View Post
I am a glutton for punishment. I'm following that thread on the David Icke forum and it's infuriating. How stupid is that zhiva guy? I love how he has to over-complicate things. I mean this...


...is the most convoluted way I've ever seen of saying "1) push the control column forward" and "2) turn the wheel".

cj, I don't know how you and Macgyver can deal with that level of stupid.

I only posted there when I was drinking..and feeling my oats.
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Old 4th August 2012, 09:17 AM   #42
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Originally Posted by Macgyver1968 View Post
I only posted there when I was drinking..and feeling my oats.
And what is it with them claiming everything is a strawman? They obviously have absolutely no idea what that means. I guess they use the term to make it sound like they are smart when in actuality it's an excuse to not debate any point that is made.
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Old 4th August 2012, 12:19 PM   #43
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Old 4th August 2012, 08:02 PM   #44
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Fact, logic and things too complicated for them to understand/comprehend = strawman
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Old 4th August 2012, 09:49 PM   #45
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It's cargo-cult debating. They know they get accused of using Fallacy X a lot, maybe they even looked it up, but they don't really get it. So when they're cornered, they just start throwing them out.

There's someone over in Social Issues right now who said people's perfectly logical questions were accusing her of being a terrorist apologist, then that they were irrelevant, then that they were "fallacies". She never elaborated on any of these. The funny thing is that like the CTs here, she seems to have an exagerrated idea of her own competence, and I can't recall any time she's admitted she's wrong.

Come to think, my experience with CTs carries over to most sophists. Weird how that works.
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Old 18th August 2012, 07:47 PM   #46
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Seems that DIF has changed it's moderation policy toward "debunkers". While they were tolerate in the past...it seems now days they infract anyone who doesn't believe their crap...and eventually ban them.
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Old 21st August 2012, 05:38 PM   #47
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Yup I've received two more suspensions in under 10 posts, for apparently 'questioning admin decisions' and 'spamming', mean while 07august posts 5 posts an hour on Vicsims, witches, how 26% of the population was involved on 911, how my name 'new son 88' is masonic and I'm a witch, and yet hes free to continue with no infractions..

On that note, aside from my 3rd suspension and "last warning", I received a PM from 07august..

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Funny thing too is the other day they had a post which contained "Twenty-Five Ways To Suppress Truth". At the time I was going to write 'Number 26; suspend/ban people from forums who do not agree with you' but I was already suspended
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Old 28th August 2012, 04:54 PM   #48
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Typical bunch of clowns. No surprise from Icke Forum.

The guy zhiba hasn't the slightest clue what he is talking about.

I believe completely that the stories of pilot's interpretations of the difficulty of the tasks of that day that zhiba has read run "10 to 1 against them being able to perform those maneuvers".

The direct cause of that vote is zhiba's FILTERING of his information. He goes to Pilots for 9/11 Truth (PfT) and reads other truther sites that quote PfT. Or massively outdated videos like Wittenburg's nonsense that was filmed before the flight path was known.

The turn Hanjour made was a trivially simple, 330°, STANDARD RATE turn, performed at 25% power (essentially engine idle). No "top gun" maneuvers. No 5, 6, 7 G's. Nothing but a gentle, smooth turn at low speed & low power. Only after he rolled out & leveled the wings did Hanjour go to half, and then full throttle.

To find out what real pilots think, he needs to go someplace else. With real pilots posting.

A place I went to is the largest Professional Pilots website (in the world, I believe): Professional Pilot's Rumor Network. pprune.org. You'll have to register, but it's free.

These are professional pilots. They have no political agenda. They are interested in flying.

Here is my warning: they are sick & tired of 9/11 conspiracy nuts who say EXACTLY the same nonsense that zhiba has been pushing.

Nonetheless, after you register, you can go to their search function. Type in "Hanjour" & you'll get about 15 threads. In order to keep it short, I'd recommend that you read the ones labeled "A 9/11 Question" (about difficulty of maneuvers) and/or "Ground Effect & Airspeed".

But, if one is still unconvinced by these, by all means, read as many threads as you wish.

If zhiba were to go there, register & do a little search, he'd find out that his 10:1 advantage is, in the real world, a 1:100 disadvantage.

[Btw, it is very instructive that Balsamo won't show his face on the pprune network. He'd be ridiculed & exposed. Balsamo is a snake-oil selling coward.

In contrast, my company produces medical devices. The only people to whom we present are other top professionals. We don't present to college kids or amateurs. We don't sell DVDs about our technology. The difference: we have something real to offer.]

All of the above is blatantly obvious. No one has to take my, or anyone else's, word for anything.

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Old 28th August 2012, 04:59 PM   #49
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CJ,

BTW, all turbine engines on airplanes that are mounted on pylons are connected to the airframe with shear pins. This is not for ground contact, or for FOD. Without them, in the event of a seized turbine bearings, the dynamic torque applied to the engine mounts (as a result of the very rapid deceleration of the turbine) would destroy the mount & structure to which it is attached. Bad news for planes.

So the engine detaches and there are automatic check valves in the fuel lines to (hopefully) stop fuel flow.

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Old 28th August 2012, 05:52 PM   #50
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Thanks tfk, yeah I subsequently researched into the shear pins and came up with pretty much the same information. pprune is a good website, I'm not registered there, but I have read a few of their threads before, a lot of guys who know what they're talking about.
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Old 29th August 2012, 01:38 PM   #51
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And it seems we've been spotted!!!

Hello children. Feel free to join the big boys discussion, this forum doesn't ban for having a different opinion like the Zhiba forum..
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Old 29th August 2012, 02:00 PM   #52
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Oh wow... just went over the thread at DIF and my brain hurts.

Good job trying to fight back the stupidity, CJ & Macgyver.
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Old 29th August 2012, 06:35 PM   #53
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lololol

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No reason was specified.

Date the ban will be lifted: Never
Interesting, my account was still suspended when it got banned. Cute.
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Old 29th August 2012, 07:00 PM   #54
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drkmatter,

Originally Posted by drkmatter
you do know the trolls in this thread are from james randi's forum and they have a thread their making fun of you guys dont ya?

they are only interested in disrupting this forum no amount of posting you do will amount to anything so stop trying to prove something to them.
Don't be bashful. Don't be shy.

It seems to me that there are a couple of people who post there who are sincerely looking for some answers. Unfortunately, they also seem to have not the slightest clue where to turn for information.

If you would be so kind, please pass along my invitation to any of them who have questions, who wish to learn, or to learn how to learn, to post here.

I am not going to join your forum, & therefore I have absolutely no intention of disrupting it.

And I promise to be kind.
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Old 30th August 2012, 01:46 PM   #55
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A place I went to is the largest Professional Pilots website (in the world, I believe): Professional Pilot's Rumor Network. pprune.org. You'll have to register, but it's free.

These are professional pilots. They have no political agenda. They are interested in flying.
Thanks for that link. It looks interesting. Book marked!
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Old 31st August 2012, 10:29 PM   #56
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Please tell delusional Dave at daveware @ ickes that those are two different cameras which both have fisheye lenses.. LOL what a dolt!
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And both very poor quality. Maybe he should have a look at the higher quality ones..





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