Archive for the ‘Mythbusters’ Category

#MythBusters (ep 192)


18 Jun

Apparently, if you are going to shoot with a gun in each hand, you should fire simultaneously. Still, that puts firing two guns at the “as effective as” one gun point, using twice the ammo.

But I have a methodology question. They are taking their number of points and dividing it by the time it took. When not firing simultaneously, shouldn’t it take twice as long? One shot at a time, with two guns, should take twice as long as one gun, or simultaneous fire with two guns.

So is it really less effective? Or does it just take longer?

#MythBusters (ep 191)


11 Jun

I understand that in some circumstances, you could bring a knife to a gunfight, but I think I would skip that experience anyway. As for the myth about reaction being faster than action, I understand why they tested it the way they did, but I remember that myth always having the reactor being the more skilled- so I think skill and skill differential might matter.

Chinese rocket arrows are cool. No, they aren’t super accurate, but I don’t think that would have prevented them from being used. Warfare did not used to be quite as bloody as it is nowadays.

#MythBusters (ep190)


04 Jun

I love bubble wrap as much as the next person, and maybe love popping the bubbles in bubble wrap more than most people over the age of 10, but I cannot imagine wrapping myself in it, let alone then jumping off a building. So what that all boils down to is I am glad Adam is okay, and the myth was busted.

As for the build team myth, sometimes I want MythBusters to remember it’s own history. Adam and Jamie built a working ejector seat. I would have loved to seen the ejector seat roll over myth tried with that.

#MythBusters (ep 189)


21 May

I tend to enjoy the mailbag specials, and last night was no exception. There was not a whole lot of myth busting, though there were some nice explosions, and shooting watermelons looks cool on the high speed camera. I was also not surprised that Kari kicked butt on the trivia contest.

At the same time, the last clip of the show, Kari’s originally unaired most embarrassing moment, from back before the build team were regulars, and she was “just” one of the background crew, reminded me of the pre everything must end with a bang MythBusters, and I miss it.

#MythBusters (ep188)


14 May

I know the MythBusters love guns and gun myths, but if they are now able to get the rights to do Burn Notice myths, why was this the first one? I was not surprised the bullets through the undercarriage myth was busted, even though the components looked good.

The most important part of the surfing a shockwave myth came at the end, in their attempt to make it work. They coated a blanket in bed liner. Now I want to know if a blanket coated in bed liner would protect me from a blast. Exactly how strong is bed liner?

#MythBusters (ep 187)


07 May

I love the water heater myths, though they do make me really wish I had gas heat at my house so I could switch to a tankless water heater. (They have them for electric, too, but they aren’t very energy efficient.). And I know I shouldn’t speculate, but given the absolute elaborate setup they had for stopping the water heater cannon, what do you want to be this was the myth where they sent a cannonball into a neighborhood and through houses?

I don’t know that I’d call rocket man confirmed. Survivability was pretty much a zero in that scenario.

#MythBusters (ep186)


30 Apr

Shoes do not make a difference in how you drive, but a full bladder does. While I agree, it is definitely not as bad as driving intoxicated, a lot more people are likely to drive with a full bladder than do drunk. Given that, I think it is important to show people that they are not as good of drivers when they are that distracted by discomfort. Remember when you were a child and your parents made you go to the bathroom before getting in the car, even if you did not have to go? Everyone should remember that lesson.

#MythBusters (ep 185)


23 Apr

I don’t disagree with the methodology or even any of the experiments conducted last night. However, I’m not certain that in most cases what the MythBusters were testing was the result of those differences. Maybe the emotional recognition and maybe the special recognition result from the physiological differences. But driving or map reading or grilling? Not so much.

They may have been a social construction. Women are worse drivers because we’ve heard comments all of our lives about “women drivers”. Men may have a harder time recognizing emotion because they are not raised with the belief that it is important.

#MythBusters (ep 184)


16 Apr

The thing I liked the least about Pirates of the Caribbean 2 was the preponderance of hamster ball scenarios, so I wasn’t certain what I was going to think of last night’s Jamie and Adam myth. But overall, I enjoyed it, and the reminder that professional trapeze artists are freaky strong. I’m not certain Adam helped the climb at all.

The build team built a rocket powered barrel- kind of. I liked that they had to go to an expert to replicate the results of the myth.

Am I the only person that misses the myths where everyone worked together?

MythBusters (ep 183)


09 Apr

Square tires? It’s classic MythBusters, but did they really say a smooth ride was plausible? Because if so, they should check their editing, with the parting shot of Adam and Jamie, saying let’s walk, it’s more comfortable. That statement belies any plausibility of a smooth ride.

I miss the days of one big myth, with the whole team working on it. In the “old days”, the MythBusters would have tested if two cars could get stuck together, and then after failing to make it happen, they would’ve presented the evidence from the crash site experts and moved on to maneuvers.

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