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Post by BertL on Mar 4, 2010 20:06:38 GMT -4
The dude had it right until "if we weight the same amount as the earth ...". Before that, everything is great.
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Post by drewid on Mar 7, 2010 10:03:02 GMT -4
To go back to the topic of funny YouTube comments, here is one from a HB.... He then went on to claim that mass and weight are exactly the same thing, and that you lose mass when in a different gravitational field. Have you got a link for that?
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Post by trebor on Mar 7, 2010 14:06:27 GMT -4
To go back to the topic of funny YouTube comments, here is one from a HB.... He then went on to claim that mass and weight are exactly the same thing, and that you lose mass when in a different gravitational field. Have you got a link for that? I will post you the links.
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Post by slang on Mar 7, 2010 18:03:36 GMT -4
Have you got a link for that? Try here and search for "G0dsAssassin". It's on the first page of comments (500 each) now.. though that might drop. Over 11,000 comments there. And find gems like: Right. Forget about those Indian and Japanese and Russian and Israeli and French and US private companies and .. I don't really need to continue, do I?
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Post by BertL on Mar 7, 2010 18:06:44 GMT -4
Nevermind that, forget these amateur satellites in Earth's orbit!
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Post by tedward on May 17, 2010 13:50:32 GMT -4
Oh my giddy aunt. Don't have a look at the latest offering from Mr White. No, don't, not the one about regolith. boot prints and Mythbusters.
My eyes are aching.
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Post by Apollo Gnomon on May 17, 2010 15:00:51 GMT -4
How the heck can he afford to spend $350 on a bucket of dirt?
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Post by Apollo Gnomon on May 17, 2010 15:54:03 GMT -4
Okay, so typically for mr. white, he bothers to spend $350 for a bucket of dirt, but gets the wrong kind, skewing his results in the direction he wants. And even then his demonstration lacks any kind of methodical rigor. The really unfortunate thing is that 99 of 100 people viewing his spew don't know enough to ask the right questions and find out what he did wrong. The mythbusters simulant and jarrah's simulant are very different in texture and color - the MB sample is much lighter in color and appears to be more fine grained than jarrah's. This is the size distribution of lunar regolith, from samples collected during Apollo 17. Source: www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2006/pdf/2193.pdfThis is product JSC-1A, the simulant purchased by our "young australian genius" for the low low price of $350 for a 5 gallon bucket. Source: www.orbitec.com/store/JSC-1A_Bulk_Data_Characterization.pdfThis is product JSC-1AF, which has a greater proportion of fines. Source: www.orbitec.com/store/JSC-1AF_Characterization.pdfWhich of these 2 products most closely resembles in size distribution the samples from A17? I don't bother to interact with him, but those who do can use this data. Please.
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Post by tedward on May 17, 2010 16:01:28 GMT -4
Great vacuum chamber and oxygen mask. Must have special space contact lens in.
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Post by Apollo Gnomon on May 17, 2010 16:35:47 GMT -4
And another thing!!
Does anyone else notice that he looks a bit freaked out in this film? If he gets to "read into" Armstrong's body language, I'll do it to him.
I think he's a bit weirded out when he realizes he spent $350 for a bucket of dirt. It's obvious he feels rushed to get this "test" done and cleaned up before his mom gets home.
Or maybe, just maybe, he's tweaking.
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Post by LunarOrbit on May 18, 2010 0:53:41 GMT -4
How the heck can he afford to spend $350 on a bucket of dirt? He could actually be making money from his YouTube videos. I'm not 100% sure how it works, but I think if someone's videos get enough views YouTube gives them a small cut of the profit made from the advertising on the page.
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Post by gillianren on May 18, 2010 1:30:50 GMT -4
All the more reason not to watch his terrible videos, then?
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Post by BertL on May 18, 2010 4:56:09 GMT -4
How the heck can he afford to spend $350 on a bucket of dirt? He could actually be making money from his YouTube videos. I'm not 100% sure how it works, but I think if someone's videos get enough views YouTube gives them a small cut of the profit made from the advertising on the page. One can apply for a YouTube partnership in order to get into the "show our ads, get some money" program. As is evident from the channel Jarrah is not a partner. (For one thing, you cannot show videos with any copyrighted music or video in it. ;D)
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Post by tedward on May 18, 2010 16:17:34 GMT -4
Looking at the info (further up) and thinking about Mr Whites version of the moon stamp (that a dance?). me thinks he doth prove it was not on the Earth. In a round a bout way.
Way to go Mr White. Well done.
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Post by JayUtah on May 18, 2010 17:19:51 GMT -4
Okay, so typically for mr. white, he bothers to spend $350 for a bucket of dirt, but gets the wrong kind, skewing his results in the direction he wants.Indeed. His simulant's principal particle size is roughly three orders of magnitude larger than the typical Apollo sample. It's gravel compared to real lunar dust. A real scientist or engineer would have understood that bulk particulates embody a particle-size distribution, that particle size has a tremendous effect upon the final result, and that the buyer is responsible for ensuring that the product meets his specific needs. So he's stuck with $350 worth of dirt that can't even be used as potting soil! But it's certainly not representative of the impressibility of real lunar soil. The really unfortunate thing is that 99 of 100 people viewing his spew don't know enough to ask the right questions and find out what he did wrong.True, but that's the case with a lot of the hoax hogwash. It's based on leaving out key points, either because the proponent was too ignorant to know about it or because he deliberately kept it from the audience. That's why the analogy of the blind leading the blind works so well here.
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