Yes, I see your point Since I haven't seen this effect before I've been trying to search to see if there has actually been some research done on it. Anyone else have an idea of what's going on here?

Fair enough rembar, although I would have thought this would be related to physics/fluid dynamics in some way.

Thanks for the kind words of introduction all It hard for me to pick a favorite Bach piece and performance but this one is right up there.

Those model jet engines really are amazing, it takes off like a rocket. Wonder how long the fuel lasts?

From the Planet Earth series. For me the best reason to get an high definition video player.

Um, I think that the commandments say "thou shalt not kill" - not "thou shalt not kill except in the circumstances outlined in the following subsections". I would propose the rest outlined in this video would be described as ancient societal law if one were to apply "thoughtfulness" and "intelligence" to the interpretation.

I'm certainly not trying to defend the literal and infallible application of words in the old testament by the various religions derived from it but I would argue that this guy's application of thoughtfulness and intelligence to the issue leads him down the same path to black and white conclusions and calls to action trumpeted by those he seeks to denigrate.

Very nice model, but ah ... the design of the Stealth is inherently unstable. I assume they took that into account when they built it

I believe this segment of the documentary has been posted before
http://www.videosift.com/video/The-CIAs-coup-in-Guatemala-The-End-of-Democracy-1954

A must see documentary IMO on the application of Freud's theories on a social scale. Bernays was a nephew of Freud.

The full documentary in four parts is available on Google Video.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8953172273825999151

Loved this show. Wish it was easy to get in the US. Pal version only I think.

Being an Australian ex-pat in the US I can whole heartily agree with him. The record companies in Australia have a stranglehold on competition and there is a whole bunch of music you just can't get. Hopefully ITunes being there will help as prices seem a little more in line with the US but certainly not the same. After watching some other recent videos here I was half expecting the cops to jump up on stage and taser him.

I can buy weakening steel and major structural damage causing collapse but the biggest issue for me is explaining how these 3 buildings fell into their own footprint at near free fall speed. As I understand it's a very complex matter for demolition experts to achieve this, requiring precise placement and timing of explosives.

That the 3 buildings did this on this one day seems to me to defy common sense and all odds. Surely building aren't built such that if you have one part of it fail the whole thing disintegrates and collapses entirely onto itself. This is where I see the burden of proof and if there can be some consensus on this by independent civil engineering groups etc then I'll be satisfied.

Show me the structural sequence of events including ALL parts of the building structure for each building that achieves what we saw happen. So far I've only seen stuff that explains the onset of failure in a small section of the structure. We know controlled demolition can do it, can random uneven damage to a building do it? Hopefully these new investigations can shed more light for me here.