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Odds-on Science
utopia27 writes "According to article in New Scientist, a UK-based bookie will be taking bets for two weeks on major science benchmarks (specifically, odds of implementation by 2010). The ponies are life on Titan, 10,000:1,
gravitational waves, 500:1,
the Higgs boson, 6:1,
cosmic ray origins, 4:1,
and nuclear fusion, 100:1."
Because one million tons, dropping in two half a million ton blasts, has enough kinetic energy to devistate the surrounding area, making the surrounding buildings structurally unstable? Because they were on fire for the entire day, ignored in the greater tragedy? Because they stored large tanks of diesal which caught fire shortly before the buildings collapsed?
I seem to remember them mentioning that the building had been cleared of people after the collapse, and rescue workers were ignoring the fire to search the rubble. Makes sense to me.
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Evan "Stayed at the WTC hotel for awhile in mid-2001"
"$30 for the One True Ring. $10 each additional ring!" -- JRR "Bob" Tolkien
Because one million tons, dropping in two half a million ton blasts, has enough kinetic energy to devistate the surrounding area, making the surrounding buildings structurally unstable?
But it was only WTC 7, none of the other buildings spontainiously collapsed.
Because they were on fire for the entire day, ignored in the greater tragedy? Because they stored large tanks of diesal which caught fire shortly before the buildings collapsed?
Fire has never caused a steel structure to spontainously collapse before this.
Makes sense to me.
Sleep tight.
... Or just knock him down and take his winnings. Either way, Bling-Bling!
After all, that's what his wife does.
Ironically, the word ironically is often used incorrectly.