Best and Worst of the Mythbusters

[Metric Monkey]

Lots of their stuff could be explained without tests, but I guess that wouldn't make a very good show, would it?

 

[Dantes Alaska]

Ignoring the glaring flame in your post, I'd say they did an especially crappy job when they were trying to prove whether or not you could set wooden ships alight using shields; this was in fact proved on a programme by a BBC. When the Mythbusters tried to do it they just got glued a load of mirrors onto a circular piece of wood, but they didn't focus the rays; on the BBC programme they did focus the light and actually set a miniature ship alight.

I'm assuming you're referring to engineering connections (the one with Richard Hammond). If you're not just ignore this. They held it close enough to focus all the rays onto the ship, whereas the mythbusters held it at a vaguely realistic distance (and yes, since it was concave, the light was focused). If you were as close as Hamster was, why can't you just shove a torch in? Also what stops the gladius bum rape at that distance?

Braniac? (thats what they called it on G4, and it did have Mr. Hammond)

 

[wgreer25]

I had the pleasure of meeting Kari, Tori, and Grant at a Convention. Kari is 10x hotter in person. I have a picture of her and my wife hugging... it is framed in awesome.

 

[esperandote]

You've forgotten common sense friend.
Firstly, gravity is a constant accelerative field (not a force), as such it applies more speed over long time then an initial speed does over a short time. Secondly, the bullets curve, they don't continue slightly angles with wind resistence sorrecting them into a straight position, they goddamn bend it like beckham.

Best moments? I liked the CD-player killing the man, and the washing machine.

Im afraid i didn't.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity]
The terms gravitation and gravity are mostly interchangeable in everyday use, but a distinction is made in scientific usage. "Gravitation" is a general term describing the phenomenon by which bodies with mass are attracted to one another, while "gravity" refers specifically to the net force exerted by the Earth on objects in its vicinity as well as by other factors, such as the Earth's rotation.

You can say that gravity (or gravitation) has an effect within a field but is definetly a force simply because it causes a motion effect on objects. Most like gravity does applies more speed in a long period of time but bullets don travel a long period if time, a second maximun, and since in a second gravity accelerates an object 9.8m/s2 and a bullest accelerates from 0m/s to i dont actually know by guess is more i think in the first second the gun accelerates the bullet more. I'm not sure if youre agreeing with the on the rest of the text or not, maybe is my flawed english.

Note: I correct myself g=9.8 m/s2

 

[Motti]

Ignoring the glaring flame in your post, I'd say they did an especially crappy job when they were trying to prove whether or not you could set wooden ships alight using shields; this was in fact proved on a programme by a BBC. When the Mythbusters tried to do it they just got glued a load of mirrors onto a circular piece of wood, but they didn't focus the rays; on the BBC programme they did focus the light and actually set a miniature ship alight.

I'm assuming you're referring to engineering connections (the one with Richard Hammond). If you're not just ignore this. They held it close enough to focus all the rays onto the ship, whereas the mythbusters held it at a vaguely realistic distance (and yes, since it was concave, the light was focused). If you were as close as Hamster was, why can't you just shove a torch in? Also what stops the gladius bum rape at that distance?

Braniac? (thats what they called it on G4, and it did have Mr. Hammond)

They might have changed the name possibly. The point still stands though.

 

[Ezzay]

Seasons 1-4, the best.

Ever since then its been getting worse... and worse.

I stopped watching a little while ago, to me its dead.

 

[BuckminsterF]

I like all the myths they do from the Darwin Awards, and think they should do the one where a guy is sitting on top a tree thats stuck under his gutter while cutting it free and is consequently launched 1000 ft.

 

[Jinx_Dragon]

I was really upset with the diamond creation myth... ok first off stupid myth to test, cause if it was that easy to make diamond in such a manor we would all do it! But what really got to me is when they set that explosion off. They showed just ONE shot taken from a reasonable distance... most where taken from close range, where the whole effect couldn't be seen or so far back there was nothing to scale it against. That was the largest bang on mythbusters and there is just one, not even a second long, shot which would show the overall size of the explosion... WTF!

The best episode... anything to do with thermite (sp). I love that stuff! The heat camera catching the melting of four plates with a small amount of thermite was artistic to say the least. I do wonder if they put the plates up for auction like they had planned and how much it made if they did.

 

[esperandote]

You find that the barrel, as its purpose, serves to fire the bullet straight out of the gun. However the bullet could still have a (comparitively small) initial force of the gun (and therefore the bullet) moving sideways. This would cause the bullet (due to inertia) to continue travelling in the direction of the two forces, until gravity and wind resistance brings either/both to a halt. Due to the bullet leaving the barrel, the bullet would not be pointing in the same direction as the sideways force. The sideways force itself would therefore either be overcome or would correct and straighten, then continue travelling forward (now the equilibrium reached between the forces and air resistance) until the field that is gravity, brings the bullet into contact with the ground stopping it (or wind resistance or an object in front that can absorb all of the bullets forward force); or so I would hypothesise.

Also, bullets can remain in the air for longer durations depending on the force applied when firing, their aerodynamics and their trajectory.
The longest shot was over 4 miles where the bullet was in flight for 15 seconds (or so I recall).
The initial speed you're talking about would be presumably more prominent over a longer time (up until air-resistance over comes it|), however significantly less prominent than gravities effect.

Ok i just watched the myth-busting on youtube and it seems that they covered all pretty well(except that they only did 2x human strenght and not lets say 10x). Probably it isn't possible to curve a bullet but theorically it sounds posible to me even if it is with a super streght though i could likely be wrong.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFMQSdJXyF4&feature=related