Comments on: Episode 16: Ancient Death Ray, Skunk Cleaning, What Is Bulletproof?

By: john

john — Wed, 09 May 2012 18:38:53 +0000

What?

By: Quentin

Quentin — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 04:36:41 +0000

Oh, Liz I feel your pain! During the nice weather sensoas I have a skunk that favors my place, too for some reason. Comes out only at night. I have to run around and shut all the windows and arm myself with Febreze like a 2 fisted gunslinger, gagging. The darn critter even had the nerve to wait on the front step one night as I came home. I had to wait in the car quietly until it finally left ugh. It’s the end of winter here now, so no skunk ..yet. Time will tell. I’m hoping it found someplace else to hang out.

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By: Thauane

Thauane — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 19:01:04 +0000

It is never a good idea to feed wildlife. Encouraging fdieeng behavior in certain species can create a potentially hazardous situation for both the animals and the humans. Skunks are considered one of the leading carriers of rabies as well. On a side note, your neighbors are idiots. They may be well-intentioned idiots, but idiots nonetheless.Considering that they have created a nuisance situation, you’re going to need to call your local wildlife office. Particularly if you live in a city, this office actually responds rather quickly and will often times set live traps on your property to remove the animals. They may also be able to fine or cite your neighbors for creating this problem. Trapping and removal is typically of no-cost to you.I lived in a major city for a couple of years, and a neighbor had allowed a family of skunks to take up residence under their porch. The end result was huge skunks wandering the neighborhood in broad daylight, domestic pets being sprayed regularly, and everyone having their trash cans ripped into every night. I was forced to call the wildlife department, and they trapped and removed more than 10 skunks from our block alone.Make sure your own pets’ rabies vaccinations are up to date and do not let your domestic pets out unattended, or you’ll be giving them a skunk shampoo as well. If you can’t find the number for parks and wildlife, start by calling your local dog warden, who should be able to refer you to the local game warden department.Hope this helps and good luck.

By: Crime-busting authors on the small screen « ReMediated

Crime-busting authors on the small screen « ReMediated — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 14:50:48 +0000

[...] is that if you had to use it to stop a bullet, you could do it without spoiling up to $1000 (as long as it’s a hardcover of at least 400 pages). I suppose you could also beat someone with an encyclopedia or Bible and inflict considerable pain [...]

By: Space Panda

Space Panda — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 23:40:24 +0000

For the ancient death ray, what if you had curved mirrors reflecting light into lenses directing the light towards the boat in a more focused beam than when it was used in the test

By: Alex

Alex — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 18:56:00 +0000

I used 32oz Hydrogen Peroxide, 1/4 cup Baking Soda (NOT Baking Power!), 1 table spoon dawn dish soap. Mix the soap and peroxide together, then dump in the baking power all just before washing the dog.

This cleaned the rank skunk off my Mastiff after only 2 washes within 10 minutes or work.

By: blueboy

blueboy — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 12:05:55 +0000

i’m sorry guys you blew it on the bullet proof thingie. so many variables and all’s you could do was shoot items from point blank range. if your going to be real mythbusters do your homework first, i know grandstanding is a perfered quality for television and you all do that wonderfully but if your going to bust a “myth” get the facts that are available and go by them. i think trying to hit a zippo lighter and 200 yard with a nippo or german made rifle or hand gun would shed more light on the myth.

By: Rhonda9080

Rhonda9080 — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 18:21:06 +0000

Lighter stopping bullet – not a “myth”. We have the lighter that saved my grandfather’s life in WWII. The lighter was in his front pocket and is bent up. Of course, it didn’t help when the halftrack he was in was subsequently blown up minutes later. He was the only survivor.

By: victor

victor — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 22:14:15 +0000

After watching the deathray revisited I see a flaw. Soak any wood for years and see how hard it is to ignite. What I’m getting at is the boat was almost completely under water before it was revived. So when MIT focused the ray on the boat, they were focusing the ray on a part of the boat that was a day/s before under water. To be fair the same test would have to be done to a boat that wasn’t almost completely under water the day before. At least a boat that is floating on its own will have a dry hull. A dry hull on the inside of the boat I believe would have created a different outcome. A dry hull on the inside of the boat maybe would have reduced the moisture content significantly thus helping to induce a fire.