Comments on: Episode 99: Viewers’ Choice Special 2

By: Enrico Martinez

Enrico Martinez — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 17:00:44 +0000

Yes, it can cut down a tree or trees.
I call it “Lawn-Mower Machine Gun” like Arnold Schwarzenegger used in “Predator” movie in a forest backdrop.

By: MSpears

MSpears — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 14:36:15 +0000

Let’s get one thing straight. A lightsaber is NOT made of light; it is not a laser.

For one thing, you cannot even see a laser unless there is dust or some other particulate matter (e.g. smoke) to refract some of the light, or if the beam hit a solid object. Even then, the laser has to be in the light spectrum visible to humans. If it was in the infrared or ultraviolet spectrum, you wouldn’t be able to see it at all.

For example, if you take one of those red laser pointers and aim it at your wall, you can see the red dot because the wall is scattering some of the light back to your eyes. If it were an infrared beam (like your TV remote control), you wouldn’t be able to see it without special glasses.

Also, there is simply no way (that we know of) to make a laser arbitrarily stop at some point, without having something solid for the light to stop at. In an atmosphere, a laser does lose its focus over a great distance due to an effect called “atmospheric blooming”, but not THAT quickly… the blade would be thousands of feet long, if not longer.

A high-energy plasma beam is far more plausible. You could make plasma form a beam-like shape, IF you had some way of generating a magnetic field to contain it, AND a power source powerful enough to generate the magnetic field.

To make it simple: Is it possible to make a lightsaber from plasma? Yes, at least in theory. Is it PLAUSIBLE? Not with any technology we currently have.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 17:48:09 +0000

Hey, So Tim and I went shooting yesterday and successfully shot down two full grown trees with a Semi Auto 308 rifle. Not a machine gun. We were firing at about 80 yards, and it took roughly 100 rounds of ammo per tree. Honestly it could of been done with less if we were more accurate.

By: tomislav

tomislav — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:46:30 +0000

i want the mythbusters to do superhero special 3 because a lot things could be plausible

By: Frank

Frank — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 22:22:25 +0000

Jeans down the ski lift….if the jeans were twisted and the legs NOT straddle the cable but instead looped over so the individual would have to hold the cuffs and the other holding the waist… I would think this myth should be reconsidered…and if lubricant is required then it should be considered that skiers will take water or some other beverage on the slopes in a flask and if not then urine???

By: JAG

JAG — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 22:03:24 +0000

I also had the impression that if the flint arrow head separates and the animal runs or walks away, the arrowhead will grind and slice into the muscles and impede the animals escape.

Immediate lethality I don’t think was the point. I doubt on site kills were the probable. It’s about wounding an animal sufficiently and finishing them off later.

By: Larry

Larry — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 18:21:24 +0000

….as far as the stone arrowhead versus the sharpened stick, Mr.know-it-all Jami should just ask any bow hunter. What kills an animal is not the depth of penitration of the shaft, it’s the loss of blood that kills. when a stick enters the flesh the hide will close around it and seal it thus keeping the flow of blood to a minimal. The hole made by the arrowhead is larger than the shaft thus allowing the blood to flow out quicker and the animal dies quicker.

By: Bo

Bo — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 22:24:13 +0000

Slash pine ~12″diam, ~40′h died in “no firearm zone”, within 12′ of power lines one side & house other side.
Pellet pump air rifle .177 cal, lawn chair & plenty of pellets to “top” this tree, so later could employ a chain saw to bottom portion. ~2 hours to top.

By: Alexander

Alexander — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:24:41 +0000

Arrows with stone tip were made to break ribs, because there is more chance for penetration than ordinary arrow, for better access and damage to vital organs like heart and lungs.

By: James L.

James L. — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:35:41 +0000

And with all the lifts moving about no ice is on those cables at the end of the day, if ever really. It just has to much use to ever stick.