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In the discussion thread: They shall be known as Bush's Laws of Motion [View all]

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Thu Jan 5, 2012, 09:07 AM

AZCat (7,900 posts)

45. He doesn't understand impulse, either.

He tried to call it a force the other day.

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61 replies	Author	Time	Post
They shall be known as Bush's Laws of Motion [View all]	gyroscope	Jan 2012	OP
Good luck with that.	zappaman	Jan 2012	#1
I admit	gyroscope	Jan 2012	#2
"post-9/11 physics"	William Seger	Jan 2012	#8
According to you, Bush has explained them.	zappaman	Jan 2012	#3
True that	gyroscope	Jan 2012	#4
That drawing is incredibly prejudicial and wrongheaded.	Bolo Boffin	Jan 2012	#5
Then you can imagine the graphic without the cranes	gyroscope	Jan 2012	#6
what explosions?	OnTheOtherHand	Jan 2012	#7
You know	gyroscope	Jan 2012	#9
So, the NIST was in on the coverup?	zappaman	Jan 2012	#12
Who do you believe?	gyroscope	Jan 2012	#14
interesting perceptions	OnTheOtherHand	Jan 2012	#20
Ricochets also account for debris propelled out. n/t	Bolo Boffin	Jan 2012	#10
Also, why "Bush Laws of Motion"?	Bolo Boffin	Jan 2012	#11
apparently George Bush has discovered a new law of physics.	zappaman	Jan 2012	#13
Common understanding?	jesters	Jan 2012	#15
The title is a parody	gyroscope	Jan 2012	#16
The irony is, you've got the shoe on the wrong foot	William Seger	Jan 2012	#17
You consider the drawing an example of 'truther' science?	gyroscope	Jan 2012	#18
The language of physics is math, not cartoons and hand-waving	William Seger	Jan 2012	#19
Do you know the difference	gyroscope	Jan 2012	#21
The path of most resistance?	AZCat	Jan 2012	#22
Anywhere but down is unlikely?	gyroscope	Jan 2012	#23
You're forgetting the possibility of local failure.	AZCat	Jan 2012	#24
Nobody, anywhere, has explained how that would happen	cpwm17	Jan 2012	#25
this is where the word "cartoon" is hard to resist	OnTheOtherHand	Jan 2012	#26
I like the car analogy	cpwm17	Jan 2012	#28
I actually thought about something like that	OnTheOtherHand	Jan 2012	#29
Do you prefer the PBS cartoon model?	gyroscope	Jan 2012	#30
(ducks goalposts)	OnTheOtherHand	Jan 2012	#31
No problem.	gyroscope	Jan 2012	#32
"In Bazant's drawing, the little block looks pretty intact to me."	Nuclear Unicorn	Jan 2012	#34
accepting your concession and continuing...	OnTheOtherHand	Jan 2012	#35
I gave you a link above	William Seger	Jan 2012	#27
Greening?	gyroscope	Jan 2012	#33
if one can trust Legge, then Greening made a good point poorly	OnTheOtherHand	Jan 2012	#36
A collision is a collision	jesters	Jan 2012	#37
You totally don't understand collisions	cpwm17	Jan 2012	#38
Especially collisions between two non-solid structures with pieces to break off. n/t	Bolo Boffin	Jan 2012	#39
You should really be asking AZCat these questions.	jesters	Jan 2012	#41
Really? Because IIRC you were the one making pretty bold statements...	AZCat	Jan 2012	#44
He doesn't understand impulse, either.	AZCat	Jan 2012	#45
try reading it again	OnTheOtherHand	Jan 2012	#42
unintelligible.	jesters	Jan 2012	#43
Greening was correct	William Seger	Jan 2012	#46
Chandler would not see your point about verinage	OnTheOtherHand	Jan 2012	#47
That was Chandler defending the Szamboti's "missing jolt" theory	William Seger	Jan 2012	#48
well, I was trying to get at that video, too	OnTheOtherHand	Jan 2012	#49
The 2/3 g is my own approximation	William Seger	Jan 2012	#50
OK, that's a pretty good response :)	OnTheOtherHand	Jan 2012	#51
With the kind of free fall drop	jesters	Jan 2012	#52
that is the assertion, yes	OnTheOtherHand	Jan 2012	#53
Just one little problem with the Verinage technique	gyroscope	Jan 2012	#54
What problem, for whom?	William Seger	Jan 2012	#57
You're twisting into a pretzel again	gyroscope	Jan 2012	#58
The question is, what was your point?	William Seger	Jan 2012	#59
Are you a laundry dryer?	gyroscope	Jan 2012	#60
are you a gyroscope?	OnTheOtherHand	Jan 2012	#61
I don't see what the problem is.	krispos42	Jan 2012	#40
Here's the "Myth Busters" episode where they try to rip the rear axle out with cable:	cpwm17	Jan 2012	#55
Exactly	krispos42	Jan 2012	#56

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