Why 6 inch elevation?

Thanks Paul, have enabled your testimonial. Have been considering removing the captcha puzzle from the forum and moderating the first 3 posts of new members. Sorry for any confusion as to why your posts didn't show up. Unfortunately forums are plagued by spammers aiming to direct search engines away from a site.
How did you find the captcha puzzle at login? Again it is set to 3 posts then removed from future posts.

One other question: Should I enable users to be able to delete their posts as well as edit them? My concern here is that if someone has a weak password, then another could get in and remove all of their posts.

That's okay I figured it was some form of monitoring for new members, and it's probably best to keep something like this as a security precaution anyway. I didn't have any problem with the captcha. It's been a while since I actually started using forums again so I don't really know how things work these days when it comes to the mechanics of forums. I would think its possibly not a good idea to allow any users delete their own posts, and if they want this done they should contact the moderator first to request it. Editing is usually something that would only need to be done to a new post that is fairly recent, so I don't even think one should be able to edit posts older than a few days, but then I may be wrong on this, and its probably best to have a member vote about all this.

A few years ago I was on a forum when one of the users had some sort of gripe with with an admin. He was an intelligent fellow and the topics covered were concerning ancient history, and he had posted lots of interesting information. Anyway he decided to leave the forum for good, but before he did so he removed all his older posts. I don't know how but the forum administrator didn't make backups or something, and all these posts were lost forever. After that time there were safeguards put in place so that a post could only be deleted if a valid request was made to the moderator, and editing a post was only available during a day or so, or again upon request.

Again, maybe its best to get an entire member vote on how they would like the site to work.
Hope that helps.
Paul.

Thanks Paul, I agree with keeping original posts, else all the valuable comments on that post would also be lost as you said. I added the monitor first few posts option in thinking it would be better than the captcha puzzle.

Found this picture....look at Page 35 ...

books.google.co.bw/books?id=2KFPUOLQc2oC...ted%20throne&f=false

Of a pharaoh sitting on a forward tilted throne...looks just like Andrews recommendation for correct sitting!!

Yes its certainly making sense the more I look into IBT. The angle of sitting there is definitely better for me in the past when doing lots of computer work - provided my back was supported, otherwise it was painful for me after a while...but then I probably never walked around every 20 mins either lol.

Andrew...just watched Vernikos on the video you posted under your sitting article....she was a minute away from discovering IBT it seems but missed it. Does she know about it now though?? She elaborates quite well that the less we use gravity the sicker and older we will get.

Can someone point me to the video experiment Andrew did with finding the correct angle for complete circulation to occur in the tubes? I am trying to search the forum but too much other stuff coming up and don't want to spend time wading through irrelevant material.
Thanks.
Paul.

Doubt there is a video experiment for that one. He just explained that on a bed he achieved circulation in the tubes at 5 inches...then added an inch. Then found the Egyptian beds were also elevated to 6 inches.

Oh I see, well then he can explain it more. I am asking this in order to be more specific about angle at head height rather than top of mattress height (I mean length when lying down obviously). I am assuming he measured the exact angle of the tip of the tubes to be 5 degrees when best circulation is achieved.

If this is so then it means the top of our head is where we want to get a 5 degree angle for maximum circulation ideally, and not the top of the mattress. I am understanding of course there is a trade off between comfort and effect but just wanted to be clear for myself in that the tip of the tube is where he elicits the 5 degree circulation benefit in the tubes.

I just took some measurements from my bed. Its 74.75 inches in length, and its raised exactly 6.875 inches. This creates a degree at the very top of 5.26 degrees. However, at the point where my head rests at on the mattress, which is 7 inches below the very tip (67.75 inches), the angle falls to just 4 degrees.

Now I am sure healing is taking place at this degree for sure, but I would personally like to achieve the optimum angle, and if that is 5 degrees at the top of the tubes in his experiment, then that would equate to the top of my head when lying down, and not the tip of the mattress.

BTW, the maths I am using to calculate angles is as follows:-
6.875 inches raise divided by 74.75 horizontal length = 0.092 which converted by inverse tan function on calculator reveals the 5.26 degree angle.
At 7 inches below the tip the angle equates to 4 degrees as the inches raised there falls to 4.75 inches at the point I rest my head.

Sorry if I am being too exact in all of this, but I am just wanting clarification so maybe Andrew can clarify this himself.