Allright, since we're talking about crash physics / dynamics here, let me just make this last point about the silly Clutha Copter hoax. Here's the supposed crash scene right after the helicopter went right throught the roof of the pub, ok? Now, can you see the tail section (or any distinguishable part of the copter) sticking out? You can't ? Hmm - neither can I... Oh yes, there's that little yellow tip of a rotor blade...
Well, the next day the tail section magically emerges from the rubble - SHINY and UNSCATHED !
That's some fabulously strong helicopter! Crashes through roof but tail section remains virtually INTACT! BUY EUROCOPTER, folks!
Evil Edna wrote:Hi, I just want to say thank you for giving me a second chance. I will endeavour to maintain a much higher standard of image analysis in the future. And just as importantly, I want to apologise, especially to Lux, for my insulting tone, and to Hoi Polloi, who was also very patient in explaining where and why my logic was flawed. While it would seem possible that many key photos from Glasgow are faked, that is irrelevant when the poor points I was trying to argue didn't prove a thing. As Hoi and Lux have advised, I will properly study the subjects of parallax/perspective before commenting again. Maybe I can also try to reassure that my motives for participating here were always sound, and remain so. All the research documented in September Clues and Clues Forum has proved unquestionably accurate, and I would never challenge that. Whenever possible I do try to disseminate your work to the wider audience, and will continue to do that whether or not a forum member. There is certainly no wish on my part to undermine any of the groundbreaking work you guys have been doing over many years now. I'm sorry everyone.
Okay, thank you for your magnanimous post Evil Edna. Let's move on. Remember, we have been doing this for 5 years so it's gotten tiresome unless we all exercise patience with the rules of each forum discussing it. That includes myself; I'll try better too.
It looks like Paul Walker and Rolling Stone Reporter Michael Hastings are reported to have not only shared the same gruesome fate in their respective fiery automobile crashes, but they also share the same coroner as well. He was also reported to have been the coroner for Christopher Dorner.
Libero wrote:It looks like Paul Walker and Rolling Stone Reporter Michael Hastings are reported to have not only shared the same gruesome fate in their respective fiery automobile crashes, but they also share the same coroner as well. He was also reported to have been the coroner for Christopher Dorner.
Wow, this bit of info alone makes the 'incident' seem like a total set up job. We'll probably never know why Paul Walker was killed, assuming he really was killed.
Rigs of Rods might answer a few of our questions, old and new. I've just discovered it and I've been bashing into things all night. You can drive your sports car at a twig or crash a helicopter into a derelict scottish pub or even fly a 737 into a skyscpraper. All good fun.
"Rigs of Rods is an open source multi-simulation game which uses soft-body physics to simulate the motion and deformation of vehicles. The game is built using a specific soft-body physics engine called Beam, which simulates a network of interconnected nodes (forming the chassis and the wheels) and gives the ability to simulate deformable objects. With this engine, vehicles and their loads flex and deform as stresses are applied. Crashing into walls or terrain can permanently deform a vehicle."
Not so much a game, but a realistic physics simulator. Built using C++ GOF Design Patterns
The New York Times published this piece of trash the other day. More propaganda to convince us that the Earth/humans are really much older than previously believed? It's amazing how people will just believe anything, no matter how fetched, if it's fed to them by a source that they deem credible for some unknown reason. Had these very same people read this story in a tabloid magazine, they'd write it off as pure rubbish.
Baffling 400,000-Year-Old Clue to Human Origins
Scientists have found the oldest DNA evidence yet of humans’ biological history. But instead of neatly clarifying human evolution, the finding is adding new mysteries. In a paper in the journal Nature, scientists reported Wednesday that they had retrieved ancient human DNA from a fossil dating back about 400,000 years, shattering the previous record of 100,000 years.
Both men shared a love of speed and racing. Both died tragically at a young age, Walker at 40, Dean at 24.
Both started their drive at a high-end car shop – Walker at Always Evolving in Valencia, Dean at Competition Motors in Hollywood.
Both were in a limited edition, 2-seater Porsche with their friends and racing partners at the time of their deaths, both on the 30th of the month.
Dean’s last movie, “Giant,” was released after his death. Walker’s last completed film, “Hours,” is to be released posthumously Friday. (A seventh installment in the “Fast & Furious” series hasn’t finished shooting, and it’s not clear exactly how it will be completed.)
Both men spent at least a part of their last day in the Santa Clarita Valley.
A few more interesting tidbits regarding Dean's story prior to his reported accident.
Alec Guinness Quote
While filming The Swan (1956) in Hollywood, he met James Dean, just days before the young actor's death. Sir Alec later recalled predicting that Dean would die in a car crash: when Dean showed Guinness his newly-bought Porsche, Guinness advised him to "Get rid of that car, or you'll be dead in a week!" Guinness unfortunately proved right.
James Dean Public Service Announcement while filming "Giant"
Gig Young: Now wait a minute, Jimmy... Um. One more question. Do you have any special advice for the young people who drive?
James Dean: Take it easy driving... the life(s) you might save might be mine.
(laughter)
full link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSiu0z7VcnU
The reported "curse" of James Dean's car "Little Bastard"
(There are quite a few items related to "the curse" listed in the article above but these two are the most noteworthy as related to the Paul Walker story to date:)
A young man who was attempting to steal the steering wheel had his arm gashed open on a piece of jagged metal.
Another man was hurt while trying to steal one of the bloodstained seats.
If Dean was cursed, some fans speculate that the bad luck may have extended to most of his close friends. Rebel Without a Cause costars Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo and Nick Adams, who Dean once called his only true friends, also died under tragic circumstances. Wütherich, who survived the crash, went on to die in a motor vehicle accident in Germany.
Natalie Wood as well as her coroner were lightly touched upon in the Cluesforum post below along with Lux's observation a few entries following regarding the inability to locate her name in the SSDI.
Sal Mineo, sometimes referred to as the "Switchblade Kid"—a nickname he earned from his role as a criminal in the movie Crime in the Streets, was evidently stabbed to death by a pizza deliveryman. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sal_Mineo
