Mythbusters

[David L. Jones]

Great episode tonight!
They blew up a plane, made a remote control Police car, and shot
bullets out of a car fuse holder.
Where do I get a job like that?

Dave

 

[dmm]

On 28 Mar 2005 02:49:21 -0800, "David L. Jones" <altzone@gmail.com> wrote:

Great episode tonight!
They blew up a plane, made a remote control Police car, and shot
bullets out of a car fuse holder.
Where do I get a job like that?

Dave

That explosive decompression gig in the plane was real interesting ...
They had to go to some extremes to really damage the plane.

Did you notice, SBS did the Mythbusters "chicken gun" show at 5pm?

Those guys must have a ball doing those experiments ...
And they're getting paid for it too..... 8-o

 

[Phil Allison]

"David L. Jones"

Great episode tonight!

** Absolutely - well up to their very high standard.

They blew up a plane, made a remote control Police car, and shot
bullets out of a car fuse holder.

** Sure - but that is like saying the Beatles were a four part harmony
group.

Where do I get a job like that?

** A weapons research lab maybe.

Like Woomera was in the 1950s and 60s.





.............. Phil

 

[Franc Zabkar]

On 28 Mar 2005 02:49:21 -0800, "David L. Jones" <altzone@gmail.com>
put finger to keyboard and composed:

Great episode tonight!
They blew up a plane, made a remote control Police car, and shot
bullets out of a car fuse holder.
Where do I get a job like that?

I hear Osama is recruiting ...

Dave

- Franc Zabkar
--
Please remove one 's' from my address when replying by email.

 

[rowan194]

dmm wrote:

On 28 Mar 2005 02:49:21 -0800, "David L. Jones" <altzone@gmail.com
wrote:

Great episode tonight!
They blew up a plane, made a remote control Police car, and shot
bullets out of a car fuse holder.
Where do I get a job like that?

Dave

That explosive decompression gig in the plane was real interesting
....
They had to go to some extremes to really damage the plane.

Did you notice, SBS did the Mythbusters "chicken gun" show at 5pm?

Those guys must have a ball doing those experiments ...
And they're getting paid for it too..... 8-o

I'm looking forward to seeing new episodes. So far they've only shown
series 1 in Australia, and that seems to be about 12-18 months old.
Foxtel has a habit of claiming shows are "new" when they really aired
in the USA a few years ago, and given that they've already shown series
1 at least twice (second time in tandem with SBS on FTA) hopefully it
won't be too long before we see series 2 *somewhere* on AU TV

 

[Jim]

"David L. Jones" <altzone@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Great episode tonight!
They blew up a plane, made a remote control Police car, and shot
bullets out of a car fuse holder.
Where do I get a job like that?

Dave

The problem with doing that stuff is that not only does it have to work, it

has to look good on TV. This might mean doing a perfectly good job over and
over and over. After a while ot becomes a chore rather than fun.
Might have a few problems blowing up a plane over and over I guess )

Jim

 

[Trevor Wilson]

"Jim" <nonya_nospammy@spamlesserver.com.au> wrote in message
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"David L. Jones" <altzone@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Great episode tonight!
They blew up a plane, made a remote control Police car, and shot
bullets out of a car fuse holder.
Where do I get a job like that?

Dave

The problem with doing that stuff is that not only does it have to work,
it
has to look good on TV. This might mean doing a perfectly good job over
and
over and over. After a while ot becomes a chore rather than fun.
Might have a few problems blowing up a plane over and over I guess )

**Kinda like that Honda Accord Euro advertisement. 600 takes, before they
got it right!


--
Trevor Wilson
www.rageaudio.com.au

 

[John_H]

Jim wrote:

"David L. Jones" <altzone@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Great episode tonight!
They blew up a plane, made a remote control Police car, and shot
bullets out of a car fuse holder.
Where do I get a job like that?

Dave

The problem with doing that stuff is that not only does it have to work, it
has to look good on TV. This might mean doing a perfectly good job over and
over and over. After a while ot becomes a chore rather than fun.
Might have a few problems blowing up a plane over and over I guess )

Jim

Particulary when you're only allowed to fire the musket under military

supervision!

--
John H

 

[Hercules Smackbottom]

On 28 Mar 2005 02:49:21 -0800, "David L. Jones" <altzone@gmail.com> wrote:

Great episode tonight!
They blew up a plane, made a remote control Police car, and shot
bullets out of a car fuse holder.

Re the police car, Mythbusters version: Kinda disappointing.
If you want to rip out the diff and rear axle properly,
you must use a strong pair of tire chains,
not weak wimpy steel cable.

 

[Jim]

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"David L. Jones" <altzone@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Great episode tonight!
They blew up a plane, made a remote control Police car, and shot
bullets out of a car fuse holder.
Where do I get a job like that?

Dave

The problem with doing that stuff is that not only does it have to work,
it
has to look good on TV. This might mean doing a perfectly good job over
and
over and over. After a while ot becomes a chore rather than fun.
Might have a few problems blowing up a plane over and over I guess )

**Kinda like that Honda Accord Euro advertisement. 600 takes, before they
got it right!


--
Trevor Wilson
www.rageaudio.com.au

Yep, the producer can be a right royal PITA. Must admit I got out of the TV

business when I noticed that our on air "stars" (well they thought they
were) wore their makeup on the street....and the females as well.
I suppose thats normal for the cafe late set these days, but it was
rather....umm....unusual back in Fred Flintstones days

Cheers
Jim

 

[Clifford Heath]

Hercules Smackbottom wrote:

Kinda disappointing.

I enjoy the show, but I find it pretty disappointing that the guys
falsely project that the show is about science, and so often project
false conclusions from their tests. It seems to be an opportunity to
have fun while doing real science, but they don't even seem to know
what science is.

 

[Clifford Heath]

Trevor Wilson wrote:

**Kinda like that Honda Accord Euro advertisement. 600 takes, before they
got it right!

I think it was 238 or something like that, but they still cheated by
splicing two sections together.

 

[Trevor Wilson]

"Clifford Heath" <no@spam.please> wrote in message
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Trevor Wilson wrote:
**Kinda like that Honda Accord Euro advertisement. 600 takes, before they
got it right!

I think it was 238 or something like that, but they still cheated by
splicing two sections together.

**According to this:

http://www.opinion.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/04/13/nhonda13.xml&sSheet=/news/2003/04/13/ixhome.html

It was 607 takes. If you have alternate information, I would be interested
in hearing about it.


--
Trevor Wilson
www.rageaudio.com.au

 

[T.T.]

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"Clifford Heath" <no@spam.please> wrote in message
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Trevor Wilson wrote:
**Kinda like that Honda Accord Euro advertisement. 600 takes, before
they got it right!

I think it was 238 or something like that, but they still cheated by
splicing two sections together.

**According to this:

http://www.opinion.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/04/13/nhonda13.xml&sSheet=/news/2003/04/13/ixhome.html

It was 607 takes. If you have alternate information, I would be interested
in hearing about it.


--
Trevor Wilson
www.rageaudio.com.au

You mean it didn't "just work"?

 

[Phil Allison]

"Clifford Heath"

Hercules Smackbottom wrote:
Kinda disappointing.

I enjoy the show, but I find it pretty disappointing that the guys
falsely project that the show is about science, and so often project
false conclusions from their tests.

** No examples in sight .............

It seems to be an opportunity to
have fun while doing real science, but they don't even seem to know
what science is.

** Unlike Clifford Heath - who has no idea what a logical point is.




.............. Phil

 

[Terry Collins]

Clifford Heath wrote:

Hercules Smackbottom wrote:
Kinda disappointing.

I enjoy the show, but I find it pretty disappointing that the guys
falsely project that the show is about science, and so often project
false conclusions from their tests. It seems to be an opportunity to
have fun while doing real science, but they don't even seem to know
what science is.

It isn't boring science, or product endorsement or anything like that.

It is practical testing.

"This is an urban myth that is supposed to have happened", "Can we make
it happen". Only then will we look at the science and try and explain
it.

 

[Chasing Kate]

Clifford Heath wrote:

Hercules Smackbottom wrote:
Kinda disappointing.

I enjoy the show, but I find it pretty disappointing that the guys
falsely project that the show is about science, and so often project
false conclusions from their tests. It seems to be an opportunity to
have fun while doing real science, but they don't even seem to know
what science is.

Did anyone see the one about spinning CDs till they shatter?


--
John

Life is short eat chocolate

 

[Jim]

"Chasing Kate" <sittinginthepool@internode.on.net> wrote in message
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Clifford Heath wrote:

Hercules Smackbottom wrote:
Kinda disappointing.

I enjoy the show, but I find it pretty disappointing that the guys
falsely project that the show is about science, and so often project
false conclusions from their tests. It seems to be an opportunity to
have fun while doing real science, but they don't even seem to know
what science is.



Did anyone see the one about spinning CDs till they shatter?


--
John

Life is short eat chocolate

Just had a vision of my cdrom drive going out of control LOL

 

[Franc Zabkar]

On 28 Mar 2005 12:30:48 -0800, "rowan194"
<googlegroups@sensation.net.au> put finger to keyboard and composed:

dmm wrote:
On 28 Mar 2005 02:49:21 -0800, "David L. Jones" <altzone@gmail.com
wrote:

Great episode tonight!
They blew up a plane, made a remote control Police car, and shot
bullets out of a car fuse holder.
Where do I get a job like that?

Dave

That explosive decompression gig in the plane was real interesting
...
They had to go to some extremes to really damage the plane.

Did you notice, SBS did the Mythbusters "chicken gun" show at 5pm?

Those guys must have a ball doing those experiments ...
And they're getting paid for it too..... 8-o

I'm looking forward to seeing new episodes.

Here's a sneak preview:
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0836220498.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg


- Franc Zabkar
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[Hercules Smackbottom]

On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 14:11:50 +1000, "Jim" <nonya_nospammy@spamlesserver.com.au> wrote:

Did anyone see the one about spinning CDs till they shatter?

That one works much better with a paper plate. It must be accurately centred,

then you can spin it up to 10,000 RPM. At some stage centrifugal force
will cause the paper plate to disintregate with a shattering bang.

This was demonstrated during a "science circus" when I was
in high school. Most impressive.