Pallets in fields

[smstonypoint]

I believe you overlooked the necessity of measuring the hammer head speed and angle incidence at the time of impact. This is crucial information.

Thus, the importance of the video recording of the experiment.

Steve

 

[txdon]

Did the Florida pallet fall to the north?

Yes it did, are you on to something?

 

[dave1949]

Thus, the importance of the video recording of the experiment.

Steve

I have no desire to be tedious, however you also overlooked the necessity of documenting the mass of the hammer--which cannot be seen in a video recording. It is bad enough that this experiment will be conducted free-hand, as opposed to a proper drop-release which is reliably repeatable.

There is also the matter of on-site magnetic anomalies to be accounted for.

The number of 'roos leaping within a 1 km radius of the experiment site must also be documented.

 

[ljohnson778]

Thus, the importance of the video recording of the experiment. Steve

Seriously, you folks are stretching the limits of credibility... Can we be serious for one second? Clearly, we are dealing with aliens, shall we continue to ignore this fact? I, for one, will not be party to willful negligence when it comes to the little green b@st@rds!

 

[dave1949]

Yes it did, are you on to something?

Perhaps. The pallet originated in Florida, one of the few facts you have been able to document due to your severe nyctophobia. The pallet falling to the north indicates that some unexplained power is causing it to continue its journey.

 

[txdon]

Perhaps. The pallet originated in Florida, one of the few facts you have been able to document due to your severe nyctophobia. The pallet falling to the north indicates that some unexplained power is causing it to continue its journey.

So it wasn't the 40mph South wind. I knew it!

 

[dave1949]

So it wasn't the 40mph South wind. I knew it!

There are two questions:
1) who or what was responsible for the wind?
2) where is the pallet going?

'It's an ill wind that blows nobody any good'.

 

[smstonypoint]

I have no desire to be tedious, however you also overlooked the necessity of documenting the mass of the hammer--which cannot be seen in a video recording. It is bad enough that this experiment will be conducted free-hand, as opposed to a proper drop-release which is reliably repeatable.

There is also the matter of on-site magnetic anomalies to be accounted for.

The number of 'roos leaping within a 1 km radius of the experiment site must also be documented.

You raise valid points regarding the possibility that magnetic anomalies and Macropus activity may be "lurking" variables.

However, I take strong exception to your claim that conducting the experiment "free-hand" detracts from the validity of the results. Pallet production remains labor-intensive and the industry has yet to adopt robotic nailers. Free-handing reflects the variations in hammer head speed and angle incidence at the time of impact that occur in the real world.

I claim that a blind free-hand test, duly recorded via video, is required to produce results that will be accepted by the scientific community.

Steve

 

[dave1949]

You raise valid points regarding the possibility that magnetic anomalies and Macropus activity may be "lurking" variables.

However, I take strong exception to your claim that conducting the experiment "free-hand" detracts from the validity of the results. Pallet production remains labor-intensive and the industry has yet to adopt robotic nailers. Free-handing reflects the variations in hammer head speed and angle incidence at the time of impact that occur in the real world.

I claim that a blind free-hand test, duly recorded via video, is required to produce results that will be accepted by the scientific community.

Steve

"Lurking variables?" Sir, this entire undertaking is fraught with uncertainty simply because geophysicists do not know which way is "up."

I know of this failing because the "north" end of a compass needle points to the North Magnetic Pole. We all know that in magnetic experiments opposites attract, yet we have north pointing north in direct contradiction of so-called scientific facts.

Now, adding to the inherent confusion is the idea that this experiment will be conducted "Down Under." Under what? You see?

Introducing "free-hand" variables to an already sloppy protocol, well garbage in, garbage out, is all I have to say.

 

[Jim Shooz]

Another point to be considered with the nails in the pallets theory is the weight of the nails and where they were placed. Where they at the apex of the structure or along the edge nearest the ground. What about the ratio of nails to other fasteners, staples etc. Where any of the pallets screwed before you got them or did they just look that way naturally.