benthedragon (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

there is more to a body then just bone neal.there are muscles and ligament to distribute the force over a larger area then just one stress point.take your arm muscle, it does not connect at just two points, rather it connects at many distributing the force and moment over a larger area. servos connect at two points, focusing stresses in a few small spots. it is very common for people to not be able to recreate what nature has produced

nealadamsdotcom (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Diamonddave. no matter how Stan re-enforced his titanium skeleton, the torque was too great and the whole thing twisted.He finally built it in two parts, top and bottom. and braced the two on a timber structure and into the floor and wall. The film hid the center section with trees.

nealadamsdotcom (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Diamonddave. Engineers and scientists have argued for years. Each, without regard to any Growing Earth theory. You read a paper and it makes up your mind for you. All of these people should go home,...satisfied their debate is settled. Thanx Dave,...How about an 80 ton sauropod? That good too?Friend of mine, just died, Stan Winston was building a full size T-rex for Jurassic Park. He made the skeleton of Titanium. Each time he turned the upper torso and head,screaming metal and torqued twisted

Jamzer4 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

no wonder u sit on youtube with this theory and dont take it further...this theory has more holes in it than swiss cheese.

Jamzer4 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

so... if this is true how would you explain earthquakes and tidal waves?

Diamonddavej (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Neal, and finally, this guy calculated how the biggest Sauropod Dinosaurs walked...BURLY GAITS: CENTERS OF MASS, STABILITY, AND THE TRACKWAYS OF SAUROPOD DINOSAURS. DONALD M. HENDERSONThe biggest sauropods had no problem walking in 1 g (today's gravity).So there was definitely no need for lower gravity during the times of the Dinosaurs.

Diamonddavej (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Neal, here is another good paper on he strength of dinosaur bones and their locomotion..."Strength indicator values of theropod long bones, with comments on limb proportions and cursorial potential. P Christiansen - Gaia, 1998"Just look at figure 2, it compares modern mammal and dinosaur bones, the graph shows that mammals and dinosaurs have the same general bone shape = they existed in the the same gravity.

Diamonddavej (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Neal, the bones of dinosaurs were solid and resembled mammal bone, not bird bone.See - Fine structure of bone in dinosaurs, birds and mammals. JM Rensberger, M Watabe - Nature, 2000"After observation of detailed structural evidence for the origin of birds from dinosaurs, and in light of evidence that dinosaur bone tissue resembles the histology in mammals..."

nealadamsdotcom (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

GUYS YOU...."BELIEVE" that the Earth, (Lord, save me.)caused all of it's land masses, BAR NONE, to travel and CONVERGE ON ONE SIDE OF THE EARTH,...IGNORE MASSIVE BASALTIC OCEANIC PLATE that would buckle up between these sections,...IGNORE THAT ALL, and JOIN TOGETHER, as if forced or SHOVED TOGETHER into ONE MASSIVE ISLAND, NO-LAND-ANYWHERE-ELSE-ON-EARTH? 2/3's OF THE WORLD....NOTHING but 2-3 mile deep ocean with 7-10 miles thick basalt? Are you ALL INSANE? THINK!

microbot23 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

fit together perfectly? BULLCRAP !!!!