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You think Mythbusters' schedule is intolerable as it is, but try getting Discovery Canada. They don't show new episodes on any specific day or even when they're new, you just have to sort through their miscellaneous timeslots and hope you strike a new ep you haven't seen now and then. They definitely don't program their playing order with any rhyme or reason and it's frustrating as a fan.
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Lifehacker has a pretty good interview with Adam Savage here: http://lifehacker.com/5190354/mythbusters-adam-savage-talks-tech-obsessions-and-science There's some tidbits about upcoming myths throughout the interview.
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Mar 31, 2009 12:01
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New episode tonight: Destruction Derby Special 2 Hour Season Premiere! Flipping a Bus (Based on the Movie "Speed") Fan Revisit!: The Car Pancaked Between 2 Trucks! Hollywood Crash Tests into a Fruit Cart! And Can a Car survive a 4,000 Foot Drop? I saw the car pancaked between two trucks the other day and wondered why they didn't just attach the car to the front of one truck and then rammed into the other truck at speed. Or possibly have put the whole lot on rails.
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Apr 9, 2009 00:41
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Mister Kingdom posted:New episode tonight: Hmm two hours for only 4 myths?
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Apr 9, 2009 01:00
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ToastyPotato posted:Hmm two hours for only 4 myths? Maybe they'll cut out the filler. With commercials, that comes about 21 minutes per myth.
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Apr 9, 2009 01:05
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Mister Kingdom posted:Maybe they'll cut out the filler. With commercials, that comes about 21 minutes per myth. I fully expect that's how long it will take to watch it on a DVR. 21 minutes that is. For the whole thing.
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Apr 9, 2009 01:06
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IRQ posted:I fully expect that's how long it will take to watch it on a DVR. 21 minutes that is. For the whole thing. I'm watching the re-run right now and I'm really glad I have a laptop to kill the filler Edit: Holy christ. Rocket sleds are scary J33uk fucked around with this message at 06:35 on Apr 9, 2009 |
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Apr 9, 2009 05:19
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I have to say, that was a really really good episode. I must have said "holy poo poo" out loud at least 3 or 4 times. My favorite part was during the "explosive welding" bit where you could see the shock wave  edit: it looks like this whole season is going to be really good. From the lifehacker interview posted earlier: Adam Savage posted:One of my favorite (experiment) categories over the past couple of years has been thought experiments. Things like, if a plane is on a conveyor belt, will it take off? One of those we hadn't tackled yet was, if you drop a bullet, and fire a bullet, from the exact same height, at the exact same time, they will both hit the ground at the exact same time. Can't wait
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Apr 9, 2009 12:01
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Great, another season of "myths" that anyone who was awake during high school physics could answer.* *Not bitter about the plane one because they actually managed to approximate it at full scale, which looked really cool.
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Apr 9, 2009 12:16
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McSpanky posted:Great, another season of "myths" that anyone who was awake during high school physics could answer.* Yeah, the whole dropped car vs driven car I was mostly thinking "wait, can't you just debunk or prove this with 5 minutes and a calculator?" I really hope it's not all stuff like that. I mean, I'm ok with that if lots of poo poo gets destroyed, but it's not really myth busting.
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Apr 9, 2009 14:28
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McSpanky posted:Great, another season of "myths" that anyone who was awake during high school physics could answer.* I actually like these a lot, as sure, in physics class, you do the math, you get the answer, but to our lizard brains, it doesn't really compute until you show us exactly that thing on a full scale. Sure, many of us are accepting enough to say "ok, the math says it's so, so it is," But there's nothing quite like a full scale experiment to show "this - this is why math works. Look. Exactly what the math said it would do." This is good.
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Apr 9, 2009 15:58
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ashpanash posted:I actually like these a lot, as sure, in physics class, you do the math, you get the answer, but to our lizard brains, it doesn't really compute until you show us exactly that thing on a full scale. I don't mind the high school physics "myths", but I just wish they'd go back after the experiments and say "of course, we knew we'd get this result because of such and such theory". They do some of that now but still seem to want to stick to the "we were soooo surprised by the result, myth busted" routine as closely as possible. Also, that rocket sled was loving cool.
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Apr 9, 2009 16:29
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Was the explosive welding blast last night the same explosion that shattered the windows and knocked over the old lady? That was big, but it didn't seem to be as big as the one reported in the news... ...plus I'm just hoping theres more kaboom awaiting in another episode.
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Apr 9, 2009 17:02
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CaptainCrunch posted:Was the explosive welding blast last night the same explosion that shattered the windows and knocked over the old lady? That was big, but it didn't seem to be as big as the one reported in the news... It's Mythbusters. There is always more kaboom.
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Apr 9, 2009 19:51
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CaptainCrunch posted:Was the explosive welding blast last night the same explosion that shattered the windows and knocked over the old lady? That was big, but it didn't seem to be as big as the one reported in the news... They were supposedly testing whether you can knock someone's socks off in the explosion that blew out the windows. I don't think it's aired yet.
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Apr 10, 2009 02:04
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Todd Flanders posted:They were supposedly testing whether you can knock someone's socks off in the explosion that blew out the windows. I don't think it's aired yet. Yeah, there's usually a huge delay between them performing the actions and air time. Mythbusters has a ton of post work. I really enjoyed this season premiere. I love when the car got turned into a convertible and just kept going and jumped the bank. Seeing the real life scared faces on the people never gets old. Also it would have been infinitely cooler if the semi had gone into the water.
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Apr 10, 2009 18:40
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gregday posted:Yeah, there's usually a huge delay between them performing the actions and air time. Mythbusters has a ton of post work. I love the fact that Jamie was singing that it was going to go into the water if for no other reason than it was a gigantic "gently caress you I told you so" to Adam. It's almost time for a new season of Deadliest Catch! Does anyone know if the Everest show is coming back?
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Apr 10, 2009 19:28
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ToastyPotato posted:I love the fact that Jamie was singing that it was going to go into the water if for no other reason than it was a gigantic "gently caress you I told you so" to Adam.
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Apr 10, 2009 19:52
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gregday posted:
Yeah, I got quite the chuckle at seeing Kari going from "Oh poo poo, that was awesome" to "Oh poo poo this could be bad." And really, who else would have fired rocket sleds into compact cars? That high speed shot of the impact was great.
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Apr 11, 2009 03:45
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Kwik posted:And really, who else would have fired rocket sleds into compact cars? That high speed shot of the impact was great. That was insanely amazing. The car was nearly vaporized.
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Apr 11, 2009 03:50
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If they can make an entire show of people filming stuff with a high speed camera, maybe we can get an entire show of people dropping things from 4000 feet.
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Apr 11, 2009 03:51
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I hate you guys and your non-schizophrenic new episodes. I'm also looking forward to waiting a month for new Deadliest Catch episodes after you get them. Discovery Canada  edit: \/\/Not to mention we have to bring in a new co-host for Daily Planet every year or two after Jay Ingram eats their soul. A Real Happy Camper fucked around with this message at 06:42 on Apr 11, 2009 |
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Apr 11, 2009 06:27
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Captain Novolin posted:I hate you guys and your non-schizophrenic new episodes. I'm also looking forward to waiting a month for new Deadliest Catch episodes after you get them. Discovery Canada Hey, those episodes of Chris Angel: Mindfreak don't come cheap.
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Apr 11, 2009 06:31
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Universe Master posted:Also, that rocket sled was loving cool. At one of those tracks they could have put the car on the sled and sent it into a target at Mach 1 or 2.
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Apr 11, 2009 07:02
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Could a production car even manage to stay together at Mach 1 or higher?
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Capn Beeb posted:Could a production car even manage to stay together at Mach 1 or higher? I sincerely doubt that any regular car's alignment is good enough to take even a quarter of that for very long.
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IRQ posted:I sincerely doubt that any regular car's alignment is good enough to take even a quarter of that for very long. The car would be just sitting on the sled, it wouldn't be driving or anything like that. Once you get to the end of the track the car would be released and the sled is pulled away into the ground. You would probably have to weld the hood shut and remove the plastic parts. Otherwise it should be fine.
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Apr 11, 2009 07:26
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Waverider posted:The car would be just sitting on the sled, it wouldn't be driving or anything like that. Once you get to the end of the track the car would be released and the sled is pulled away into the ground. You would probably have to weld the hood shut and remove the plastic parts. Otherwise it should be fine. Oh I meant under its own power/on its own wheels. Hence commenting on the alignment. If you put it on a sled just about anything could sustain mach 1, even an American car. Maybe. If duct tape and superglue was liberally applied. And you didn't expect it to run afterward (or, you know, ever, being an American car) IRQ fucked around with this message at 07:31 on Apr 11, 2009 |
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Apr 11, 2009 07:28
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Huh... I always wondered what it would take to liquefy a car (2.6MB): http://www.nmfree.com/SA/Crappy%20Images/Screencaps/Mythbusters/Rocket-Sled-v-Car.gif Adam is right, you can see the shockwave expanding (2.1MB): http://www.nmfree.com/SA/Crappy%20Images/Screencaps/Mythbusters/Explosive-Welding-Animated.gif ...and an oldie, just to be gratuitous (1.3MB): http://www.nmfree.com/SA/Crappy%20Images/Screencaps/Mythbusters/Cement-Truck-Boom.gif
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If you made those, any chance you could whip up an animated GIF of Adam when reacting to the rocket sled impact? That was hilarious.
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Apr 11, 2009 14:12
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404GoonNotFound posted:It's Mythbusters. There is always more kaboom. Very good point. Todd Flanders posted:They were supposedly testing whether you can knock someone's socks off in the explosion that blew out the windows. I don't think it's aired yet. Thanks
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Apr 13, 2009 16:48
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nmfree posted:Huh... I always wondered what it would take to liquefy a car (2.6MB): My favorite part about the rocket sled versus car is how the car doesn't even have time to move backward. If you look the car was just resting on those cinder blocks it wasn't secured at all but it doesn't budge until the sled has smashed almost the entire thing.
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Apr 14, 2009 03:30
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Did anyone else notice the scar next to Tori's left eye? At least it looked like a scar to me 
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Apr 14, 2009 03:38
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I can't be the only one inexplicably mesmerized by crab fishing? Nobody is watching Deadliest Catch?
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IRQ posted:I can't be the only one inexplicably mesmerized by crab fishing? Nobody is watching Deadliest Catch? I'll be your huckleberry! Word is one of the captains dies this season... oh poo poo. Commercial break death tease!
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Apr 15, 2009 02:34
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Phil.  Also, what the gently caress is this Alaska crap. Bring back my crab captains!
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Apr 15, 2009 02:52
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Timby posted:Phil. Alaska week sucks balls. There will also be lame episodes of Dirty Jobs and Mythbusters where they scrape below the bottom of the barrel somehow.
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Apr 15, 2009 02:55
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Jesus Christ, Keith.
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Apr 15, 2009 02:59
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What the hell, they didn't have a helmet or anything?
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Guys, Keith is one of my favorite captains on the show and I wanted to make sure he didn't die, if the rumor that one of them dies is true. This recent blog post by him solidifies that he's okay  http://www.crabwizard.com/captains-log/Also, hopefully the rumor isn't true. e: Also, anyone watching the Alaska Experiment? It was pretty good last season. Splendiferous fucked around with this message at 03:07 on Apr 15, 2009 |
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