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TotalLossBrain posted:the floating turd transcripts are gold. the phantom space shitter
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Watching crash compilation videos on Youtube, I'm often amazed at how un-defensive many drivers are when faced with a developing traffic situation that they refuse to react to even a little bit. For example, it's common to see accidents where a car attempts to make an unsafe lane change or merge (because of a car in their blind spot) and the other driver can see that a collision is about to happen, but absolutely refuses to just tap the brake a little bit to make a little room for the lane-changing or merging car. It's like they'd rather let the crash happen over yielding a tiny bit, because the other driver is technically at fault and I HAD THE RIGHT OF WAY. Then the driver with the webcam says something like "GRRR THIS GUY JUST CRASHED INTO ME" like the incident couldn't be avoided. Number_6 fucked around with this message at 07:27 on Feb 26, 2021 |
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Dumb Sex-Parrot posted:Or that time they accidentally shot a house with a cannon. That does seem to happen. At the artillery brigade where I served they managed to fire live shells into a nearby town at least twice. This might require a bit more explanation. The base has a dedicated artillery firing range, which is basically a huge stretch of wasteland where the army can run maneuvers and fairly safely run artillery drills, because artillery guns don't have infinite range and if people fire along the range, the guns they use don't have the range to shoot out of the safe area. Somehow the officer candidates doing firing drills managed to fire a shell out of the artillery range and into someone's backyard in a nearby village. Luckily nobody was at home at the time so the house just got some additional air holes. The official explanation was that they had used too many propellant bags, but that still doesn't really explain it, unless they were also firing in some completely incorrect direction. "Whoops".
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Shaman Tank Spec posted:That does seem to happen. At the artillery brigade where I served they managed to fire live shells into a nearby town at least twice. This might require a bit more explanation. I thought you said to fire weast
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Shaman Tank Spec posted:That does seem to happen. At the artillery brigade where I served they managed to fire live shells into a nearby town at least twice. This might require a bit more explanation. Isn't there an army base somewhere in the US where the take off path for planes intersects with the firing line for their artillery? And the regulation is something like "do not exceed x,x00 feet during this part of your flight path to avoid accidental projectile interaction".
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Memento posted:Isn't there an army base somewhere in the US where the take off path for planes intersects with the firing line for their artillery? And the regulation is something like "do not exceed x,x00 feet during this part of your flight path to avoid accidental projectile interaction".  My case happened in Finland, mind you, and in a way I do kind of understand it. Because while at some level you think "well these guys are firing weapons designed to kill dozens of humans with one shot, so it would be nice if everything was double checked and triple checked every time so they don't accidentally shoot a 130mm shell into a village" but at the same time, we all know that when humans do something so many times it becomes routine, those checks start getting bypassed or half-assed because we've done it so many times we know it's all right. E: and to clarify, that's not OK in any way, but I honestly don't know how to fix the problem, because humans are going to human. Shaman Tank Spec fucked around with this message at 08:54 on Feb 26, 2021 |
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Feb 26, 2021 08:48
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Good landing right on centerline without functional control surfaces, hero pilot
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Number_6 posted:Watching crash compilation videos on Youtube, I'm often amazed at how un-defensive many drivers are when faced with a developing traffic situation that they refuse to react to even a little bit. For example, it's common to see accidents where a car attempts to make an unsafe lane change or merge (because of a car in their blind spot) and the other driver can see that a collision is about to happen, but absolutely refuses to just tap the brake a little bit to make a little room for the lane-changing or merging car. It's like they'd rather let the crash happen over yielding a tiny bit, because the other driver is technically at fault and I HAD THE RIGHT OF WAY. Then the driver with the webcam says something like "GRRR THIS GUY JUST CRASHED INTO ME" like the incident couldn't be avoided. Yeah there are a bunch of crashes where the cam car could see for miles that they're going into an avoidable crash. Sure if you're just minding your own business and not watching a specific other car, you'll have a delayed reaction time. But even once they clearly notice that something is going on, they don't seem to let off the gas and just honk and yell until the cars collide. You couldn't drive like that in my area for a single day. If I drive during rush hour, there isn't a single instance where can keep a safe distance without other people cutting in. There'll be several instances of hard braking during the morning rush hour. And every day someone will veer into your lane without giving adequate notice or by trying to bully in. As annoying as it is, most people make the best of it and move on.
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Feb 26, 2021 10:43
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I mean half the time people aren't reacting to something on the road is because they're playing with their phones
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hemale in pain posted:I mean half the time people aren't reacting to something on the road is because they're playing with their phones I sometimes think that a significant reason for the Uk's lower death rate on the roads compared to the USA is that nearly everyone drives stick here, which makes cruising along while texting severely impractical.
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Feb 26, 2021 12:02
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Memento posted:Isn't there an army base somewhere in the US where the take off path for planes intersects with the firing line for their artillery? And the regulation is something like "do not exceed x,x00 feet during this part of your flight path to avoid accidental projectile interaction". I'm not sure about that one but Yuma, AZ has a procedure that specifically mentions it's not supposed to be flown by aircraft carrying external ordinance. https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2102/00511CARGO.PDF It also says not to overfly a nearby elementary school. I'm not sure if they're concerned about noise, exhaust fumes, or accidentally blowing up a bunch of kids.
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RE: Mythbusters I kinda want to know how Jamie is going. Like, I'm sure he is just knuckling down on some crazy project hating publicity, but I would like to say 'hey buddy, I appreciate you' one day. KoRMaK posted:Yes Regular posters will remember my house is within the 'RIP' circle of my place of work. Everyday on the primary site I think 'oh well I guess I won't even know something happened" but working from home or another site I am constantly checking my home cameras etc to see if I'm going home to a crater. For work OSHA/WPHS, todays management call was MGT: "hey humphreys, you like heights!" HMP: "sure do! But not as much as I love fall arrest harnesses and exclusion zones so gently caress off!" MGT: "gently caress you, carry on" Humphreys fucked around with this message at 14:24 on Feb 26, 2021 |
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Humphreys posted:RE: Mythbusters Whatever he's doing, I'm sure it's exactly what he wants to be doing. He's lived a pretty interesting life so at this point it wouldn't surprise me if he was working as a maintenance engineer at Amundsen-Scott in Antarctica or something.
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The town where I live is close to a mountain range that was a world superpower in mercury production back in the late 1800's. It's also a superfund site, since they used the cinnabar mine tailings as road base on the dirt roads, and all the remaining mercury made it's way to a nearby lake via runoff. To this day, they only recommend eating like two fish a year from that place. Also, the EPA report said that when they first inspected the mine site, they found actual mercury just pooled up on the ground in some places.
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Boaz MacPhereson posted:Whatever he's doing, I'm sure it's exactly what he wants to be doing. He's lived a pretty interesting life so at this point it wouldn't surprise me if he was working as a maintenance engineer at Amundsen-Scott in Antarctica or something. He still owns M5, which Wikipedia says: quote:Since the end of production for Mythbusters, the company no longer does special effects for movies and television, now focusing on research and development,[9] such as engineering a tank which can be used to fight wildfires.[5] The workshop does not offer tours or allow visits from the public because of insurance issues.[10] Not much about him personally.
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Feb 26, 2021 16:04
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Probably still slurpin' on his frozen protein slurry.
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those donut fillers have gotta be some archaic poo poo; i worked at an EXTREMELY traditional french bakery in high school and even a million years ago we had a top loading machine where you pierced the donut with a nozzle on the front and it pre-filled a set amount. the nozzle was just hard plastic
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Also, why does the guy filling the donuts have a popped collar? Does he need to seduce the donuts before he fills them? I mean, they're not sorority girls.
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Queadlunn posted:
Hans indeed, all of the models I can find similar to that are dutch and german. Based on the artfulness of the casting pattern and aluminum construction I'd guess late 40s early 50s construction. Any older than that and it would've been melted during the war.
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"Hans, why did you design the machine so the needles are pupil-width apart and the actuating levers are were someone could be putting their hands if they're falling towards it?"
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TotalLossBrain posted:the floating turd transcripts are gold. GBS: The Space Mission
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I still find it amazing that how much Internet in general and this forum hates the Mythbusters, a show that tried to make engineering, mechanics and science a sort-of cool idea with the general population. EDIT: I am fully aware that this more or less starts the countdown to that fake Adam Savage butt-hole picture since the "they shoot an apartment with a cannon and aren't real science because statistical significance requires that......" is already covered Der Kyhe fucked around with this message at 20:10 on Feb 26, 2021 |
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Feb 26, 2021 19:36
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My "Adam Savage Never Exposed His Open Butthole" shirt is raising many questions already answered by my shirt.
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Der Kyhe posted:
Lol what the hell. Fake butthole picture?
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Fake picture or fake butthole?
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I hate the butthole picture because you want to look closer to determine if it's him while also being repulsed by a freckled ginger butthole and taint.
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IIRC there isn't even a face in the picture. Its just a butthole and you're told its his.
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The cannonball thing really was a freak accident. They released the video eventually and the various angles are at 14-20 seconds and another wider shot at 0:49. You can see the shot misses the target but its path takes it directly into the backstop as intended. When it hit the backstop it must have encountered a rock or something perfectly placed and shaped to make it skip off and escape the range. They were supervised by actual pros the entire time.FogHelmut posted:IIRC there isn't even a face in the picture. Its just a butthole and you're told its his. I've never taken a close look at it either but IIRC there was a photoshopped butthole+face pic going around
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Feb 26, 2021 19:52
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No matter how hard you all try you're not going to convince me look up pictures of that red ring of death again.
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Traxis posted:Fake picture or fake butthole? There is a set of pictures where amateur posterior enthusiast is showing his goods, and on one angle and in one picture he sort-of looks a bit like Adam Savage so obviously you can guess which picture was put into meme-circulation.
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Der Kyhe posted:I still find it amazing that how much Internet in general and this forum hates the Mythbusters, a show that tried to make engineering, mechanics and science a sort-of cool idea with the general population. The only people who hate MythBusters are XKCD types who think they're smarter than Adam and Jamie, believe (their understanding of) scientific rigor is the only thing that matters, and don't understand how TV shows are made. There's only one bad episode of MythBusters, and Adam also says that he wishes they hadn't done that one magic pyramid power keeping razor blades sharp
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Der Kyhe posted:I still find it amazing that how much Internet in general and this forum hates the Mythbusters, a show that tried to make engineering, mechanics and science a sort-of cool idea with the general population.
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Feb 26, 2021 20:08
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Mythbusters was fun then, hard to re-watch most of it now.
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mobby_6kl posted:I don't think the net or SA hates mythbusters though? There's always someone who complans about anything of course, but it's been pretty popular among nerd communities like here or /. back in the day. And yet, almost always when a discussion about the show surfaces its the cannon thing, "this is not science because....." or that butt-hole picture. EDIT: Or that the walrus man and Adam actually weren't friends off-camera, or that Hyneman on American standards is a bit weird and isn't a likeable character in real life or that one time when... EDITEDIT: Stupid double negatives. I wish I had not not licked those toads before posting. Der Kyhe fucked around with this message at 20:32 on Feb 26, 2021 |
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nomad2020 posted:Mythbusters was fun then, hard to re-watch most of it now. Yeah well now that it's common knowledge that fecal bacteria is literally everywhere. Spoiler alert I guess.
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Sagebrush posted:There's only one bad episode of MythBusters, and Adam also says that he wishes they hadn't done that one magic pyramid power keeping razor blades sharp This one was really funny because of how pissed off they all were about it, and Tory screaming as he shaved with a hosed up old razor.
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BaldDwarfOnPCP posted:Yeah well now that it's common knowledge that fecal bacteria is literally everywhere. It felt like a secret when they wouldn't tell us what the secret ingredient to Piranha Solution was, now you're not a science youtuber until you've dissolved flesh on camera.
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Grant, Tori, and Kari were the best parts of the show. The Adam and Jaime projects were always dragged out to the final ad break and usually overwrought.
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Der Kyhe posted:EDIT: Or that the walrus man and Adam never actually weren't friends off-camera, or that Hyneman on American standards is a bit weird and isn't a likeable character in real life or that one time when... According to things Adam has said in his various Q&A sessions, they weren't really friends. They were cordial but weren't looking to spend time with each other when they didn't have to.
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Ornamental Dingbat posted:The Adam and Jaime projects were always dragged out to the final ad break I think the main thing that people complaining about Mythbusters don't seem to get is that it is a TV show. It's not a video lab report.* I remember a Q&A with Adam where someone asked what was the most valuable/unexpected skill he learned from MythBusters, and he said it was the ability to correctly estimate exactly how much time a project would take so that they could make an exciting TV show while still working to a schedule. How much work did they need to finish by day 3 so that on day 4 they would come in just under the wire, still finishing on time but only barely, so people would get engaged with the results and crazy things would happen and it would be fun. If all you do is film yourself doing experiments and documenting results with no story, no backtracking and no drama, then that's a NileRed video. It's something that certain types of nerds like but it's not good TV. *this is not to say they weren't scientific. There's a lot of behind-the-scenes footage of them doing boring stuff like running the same test twenty times in a row for validity, even though they only show one in the final episode. Adam has said they tried to never skimp on the scientific protocol -- part of why he hates the pyramid power episode -- but they would cut it from the show if necessary in the interest of being fun and engaging. Sagebrush fucked around with this message at 20:34 on Feb 26, 2021 |
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