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According to a new analysis,
[...] In this paper, simple one-dimensional dynamical models are uniquely applied to study in detail the fatal shot and the motion of the President's head observed in the film. Using known parameters from the crime scene, explicit force calculations are carried out for determining the projectile's retardation during tissue passage along with the resulting transfer of momentum and kinetic energy (KE). The computed instantaneous KE transfer within the soft tissue is found to be consistent with the formation of a temporary cavity associated with the observed explosion of the head, and subsequent quantitative examination of this phenomenon reveals two delayed forces at play in the backward motion of the President following impact. It is therefore found that the observed motions of President Kennedy in the film are physically consistent with a high-speed projectile impact from the rear of the motorcade, these resulting from an instantaneous forward impulse force, followed by delayed rearward recoil and neuromuscular forces.
janrinok: Be prepared for some detailed mathematical proofs, but well within the abilities of our community, and some interesting deductions.
(Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Sunday April 29 2018, @12:53PM (2 children)
Or, you could feed your bots a blacklist of topics, starting with the tabloid staples...
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(Score: 2) by janrinok on Sunday April 29 2018, @06:08PM (1 child)
That would be a case of ignoring facts because you don't like the source. We often get useful news from sites that we wouldn't choose to use for all of our input. Some people dislike Al Jazeera but their access to Middle Eastern news sources is actually very good. Fox/CNN reporting also provides some good news if you can just separate the facts from the political bias and rhetoric. And hearing alternative viewpoints is what this site is all about. Often, it isn't so much about the stories that we choose to report but the community discussion that follows.
The sources that Arthur T Knackerbracket (bot) uses are the very same that SN scans daily for new stories (which can then be submitted using Exec or Mr Plow (bots)). The difference is how those bots work and how they provide stories for processing. Arthur can find several hundred stories a day during the week. The problem is that bots cannot tell a good story from a bad one so the sorting process becomes the major task rather than the search for the story per se. And we have to use bots because, frankly, there are insufficient stories being submitted by the community. We do have some very prolific submitters of good stories, but a good proportion of what we receive is either a poor match for this site's interests or requires an inordinate amount of time to edit and process. Every member of our community has a life away from the site and there is a limit to what can be achieved whether that be in submitting, editing or commenting on the stories that we use.
(Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Sunday April 29 2018, @09:45PM
Fifteen words and you missed, or misunderstood, one: topics.
I value input from Al Jazerra and RT, but... I do always appreciate being notified of the source - Fox, NPR and RT will each have their own spin of a given story.
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