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| The Chronicler | Jan 28 2018, 11:30:15 PM Post #301 |
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Thankfully, unlike the last two times, I was able to watch a version of the new episode that was complete, so no missing final half minute for me this time. Could someone sitting in one of those large floating rings end up drifting over to a water fountain that then shoots them upwards and leaves them hovering atop that fountain? Small scale tests showed some interesting hydrodynamics on how to get round objects hovering atop various types and arrangements of water fountains. Once they settled on an ideal design for the full scale experiment, it turned out to be such a massive and complicated project that they decided to call in some help from some of the finalists from The Search, Tamera and Allen to be exact. (To be honest, I had always imagined that if the new series were to later include some additional hosts, much like the so-called Build Team from classic Mythbusters, then those additional people would definitely be among the finalists from The Search, because they had certainly proven themselves to have made it at least that far.) After completing the rig, they then set it up inside a swimming pool at a summer camp (it was off-season there at the time). After trying the series of fountains in the best configurations and pressures they could possibly do, the best they were able to achieve was Buster and the floating ring only starting to rise before flipping over due to the uneven weight distribution. Busted. Is it possible for a getaway driver to prevent getting stopped by a spike strip? The first method involved filling the tires with A-B foam, but the many bumps in their obstacle course (after hitting the spike strip of course) caused the rigid foam to crumble and the tires deflated. The next method involved filling the tires with concrete, and although they were certainly resistant to the spike strip, their immense weight prevented the car from going much faster than 35mph, easily slow enough for the cops to catch. The final method was a driving maneuver seen in some movie (I forget what it's called) that involved power sliding to essentially kick away the end of the spike strip, but despite much training for the difficult maneuver and many tries, those spike were still able to take out the tire no matter which way they tried to hit the strip. Busted for all methods. |
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| The Chronicler | Feb 4 2018, 06:20:22 PM Post #302 |
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Bionicle fan of GoF
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I've heard that there's supposed to be a total of fourteen episodes this season, so after this most recent episode, there will be only three more left to go. Anyway, on to the latest episode. Is it possible to blow open a safe with high explosives without destroying the cash inside? They started by simply blowing up an empty safe, and it was immediately obvious they may have used too much explosives. Back at the shop, a small scale test showed that when a high explosive is detonated, the amount of time when there's an active flame is four times longer in a confined space like the safe than out in the open. Next, using analogue cash (since it's illegal to burn real money), they determined the temperature at which the cash would start to burn, then added small scale cash to the small scale safe and the explosion turned out to be quick enough that virtually none of the case was damaged. Finally at the full scale test, the first explosion turned out to be too powerful as much of the (analogue) cash was scorched and shredded, so next they tried scaling it down (a rather odd occurrence for a Mythbusters final test) to just enough to blow the door off the safe, and amazingly virtually all of the (analogue) cash was unscathed (albeit starting to blow away in the wind). Confirmed. Do dogs resemble their owners? This myth was tested in three different ways. First, ten volunteers and their dogs were brought in, but who owned which dog was kept unknown for the test. A dog show judge was brought in to provide accurate descriptions of each dog, and a beauty pageant judge was brought in to do the same for the owners. Once all the details were recorded, they attempted to match the dogs and owners, but ended up getting only one out of ten right. For the second test (with ten different volunteers and their dogs), a police sketch artist was brought in to sketch human portraits based on descriptions of the ten dogs, then they tried to match the sketches with the owners of the dogs they were based on, but they got only two out of ten right. Finally, for the third test, ten different volunteers without a pet dog were asked to choose one of ten available dogs that they would most likely want to keep, then after attempting to match the dogs with potential owners, the volunteers choices were revealed, and only one out of ten picks were correct. Busted. |
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| The Chronicler | Feb 11 2018, 11:00:24 PM Post #303 |
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Bionicle fan of GoF
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Although I'll continue with my summaries in spoilers for the remaining episodes of this season, I think that for future seasons, I'll go back to my old form of replies here that consist of just which myths were tested (and maybe I'll use spoiler text just for how it was called and not go into great length of how it was done). Anyway, on to the latest episode. According to an old idiom, is it possible to knock someone over with a feather? For the second time this season, Allen and Tamera were brought in to assist. By working in two teams, they came up with all kinds of wacky methods on how they could knock someone over with a feather. Many of them didn't work at all, and they ended up going to some rather absurd lengths before they finally got a couple methods that got at least one success. Confirmed. Is it possible for a getaway driver to literally drive from the backseat of a car? After confirming the initial aspects of the myth (a burglar who had broken his legs in his escape managed to drag himself into the backseat of a car left running and uses a walking cane to reach the pedals and make a getaway from the cops), they set up a course in an empty parking lot, and got some advice and training from a police officer who was highly skilled at pursuit. Once everything was set up (including a custom seatbelt for the odd sitting position), They then ran through the course with the police officer giving chase. Out of six runs, they managed to avoid getting stopped four times, though they admit that had the course been just a little longer, the officer would have gotten them every time. Even so, it was quite remarkable how well they were able to control the car like a normal driver, despite the rather awkward seating position. Plausible. |
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