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Myles
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States5162 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-08 01:09:01
December 08 2011 01:07 GMT
#201
On December 08 2011 09:54 Sbrubbles wrote:
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On December 08 2011 09:19 Myles wrote:
On December 08 2011 09:14 trucane wrote:
On December 08 2011 09:12 feanor1 wrote:
On December 08 2011 09:10 trucane wrote:
I hope they sue them for everything they got although I'd rather see a couple of years in prison for the ones responsible for this

Really. I imagine this was an accident. They always have explosives experts on hand, think years in prison for property damage that they can pay for is excessive.


Of course it was an accident but they endangered the lives of many people. If a private person would have done something like this they would be in soooo much trouble so it's not more than fair that these guys get some jail time or have to pay a couple million to every person in that neighborhood

I'm sure they followed all the normal precautions. If not, they could be sued/prosecuted for negligence. And if a private person followed the same precautions, they wouldn't get sued/prosecuted either.


There are no "standard" precautions for what they're doing. All we know is, they didn't have enough precautions and can/should be sued/prosecuted for negligence. They put unknowing bystanders in mortal danger and no ammount of "normal precautions" can forgive that, legally or morally.
They shouldn't do what they do if there's a remote chance of someone getting hurt (except maybe the production crew themselves).

They've done these types of things numerous times. There are definitely standard precautions. The government gave them permits to perform such an act, so they didn't feel there was a legitimate public threat. I'm not one to say the governments always right, but if they permitted it then the MythBusters certainly can't be held liable. I feel like I'm getting trolled here.
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Zidane
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States1685 Posts
December 08 2011 01:10 GMT
#202
THANK GOD it didn't hit anyone
Hall0wed
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States8486 Posts
December 08 2011 01:18 GMT
#203
lol they are so getting sued. Multiple times probably.
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FinestHour
Profile Joined August 2010
United States18466 Posts
December 08 2011 01:22 GMT
#204
So lucky that no one was around. A cannonball moving ad fast as a bullet? That just sounds like a nightmare
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Brett
Profile Blog Joined October 2002
Australia3820 Posts
December 08 2011 01:22 GMT
#205
LOL

WTF were the trash cans going to do even if they hit them?


I can't believe Mythbusters of all people did something so stupid lol
Danglars
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States12133 Posts
December 08 2011 01:23 GMT
#206
They're lucky it didn't kill anybody.
Can you imagine that lawsuit?
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DarkPlasmaBall
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States44107 Posts
December 08 2011 01:25 GMT
#207
On December 08 2011 03:18 NicoakaD wrote:
I think it was a failed cannon rush...


LOL promising first post!

Holy crap this is scary.
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Roe
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Canada6002 Posts
December 08 2011 01:26 GMT
#208
On December 08 2011 09:39 Zooper31 wrote:
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On December 08 2011 02:44 Keyboard Warrior wrote:
I never really like them. They are not even scientists, but special effect guys. They always see to have predetermined conclusions, and their methodology is often questionable, if not scientifically inaccurate: case in point, this cannon ball incident, the cowboy episode where a cowboy hits a moving target from a moving horse, where they decide that it is impossible to do so where in reality it is simply a matter of statistics, and the more you do it, say you are a cowboy gun slinger yourself, the more you are likely to achieve it. And there is also that ninja episode. Also, I really disliked how they treated the moon hoax episode. Too much Americanism while disregarding rigid scientific procedure.


It's a reality show about explosions and weird myths. Can't you just enjoy it without picking apart everything they do?

the guy you're quoting is named "keyboard warrior". you've gotta see it coming
ClanRH.TV
Profile Joined July 2010
United States462 Posts
December 08 2011 01:27 GMT
#209
Funniest Part in the Video @ about :45 seconds: "Alan, that is the craziest thing I have ever heard."
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Powerpill
Profile Blog Joined October 2002
United States1692 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-08 01:28:26
December 08 2011 01:27 GMT
#210
I love the Mythbusters, but they should have never even considered using a bomb range so close in proximity to ANYTHING containing people. Why couldn't they just make a range out in the boonies with miles and miles of clearance? I've seen them in such places on past episodes... oh well, somebody is going to lose their shit over this.
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McFeser
Profile Joined July 2011
United States2458 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-08 01:28:36
December 08 2011 01:28 GMT
#211
Are they going to have amend their statement that "Only professionals should try this" to "No one should really try any of this"?
Promethelax still hasn't changed his quote
konadora *
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Singapore66155 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-08 01:30:44
December 08 2011 01:30 GMT
#212
hope they dont cancel their show :o

On December 08 2011 03:18 NicoakaD wrote:
I think it was a failed cannon rush...


5/5
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UCD2
Profile Joined January 2009
United States109 Posts
December 08 2011 01:35 GMT
#213
On December 08 2011 10:22 Brett wrote:
LOL

WTF were the trash cans going to do even if they hit them?


I can't believe Mythbusters of all people did something so stupid lol


it should slow it down. Water and the trash bin would be send off flying everywhere the velocity of the cannon ball should drop significantly. Water will provide large frictional force to retard the incoming object (or Viscosity). Assuming that there are lot of trash bins to buffer the hit.
emc
Profile Joined September 2010
United States3088 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-08 02:04:20
December 08 2011 02:03 GMT
#214
LOL, wow this is pretty close to where I live, I didn't know mythbusters did their show out here.

looks like whatever myth they were working on just got busted
LeKiNGG
Profile Joined August 2011
Canada110 Posts
December 08 2011 02:08 GMT
#215
Criminal neglect, theyre so getting sued
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.Mystic
Profile Joined September 2010
Canada486 Posts
December 08 2011 02:08 GMT
#216
any news on the result, consequence of the failed stunt? Endangering the lives of the people in the neighbourhood, something is bound to get cancelled. Add to op when the news comes out
WightyCity
Profile Joined May 2011
Canada887 Posts
December 08 2011 02:10 GMT
#217
that is a crazzy canon ball
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Kibibit
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States1551 Posts
December 08 2011 02:28 GMT
#218
On December 08 2011 11:08 NMx.StyX wrote:
any news on the result, consequence of the failed stunt? Endangering the lives of the people in the neighbourhood, something is bound to get cancelled. Add to op when the news comes out

The chances of them getting canceled are pretty slim, to be honest. Had someone actually got hurt, or had they been lax in their usual mounds of precaution, maybe. But all signs and their history, as well as all people involved indicate it was far more of a freak accident than gross negligence on their part.

Tie that in with the Mythbusters being one of their most popular shows by a reasonable amount and the personalities on the show being the types to make double sure something like this never happens again, and you end up with Discovery having little rhyme or reason to shut them down, though this will probably hurt what the network will allow them to do in a noticable way.
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sjschmidt93
Profile Joined April 2010
United States2518 Posts
December 08 2011 02:39 GMT
#219
damn, really hope this doesn't get the show canceled T.T
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Angra
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States2652 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-08 02:41:23
December 08 2011 02:40 GMT
#220
On December 08 2011 10:22 Brett wrote:
LOL

WTF were the trash cans going to do even if they hit them?


I can't believe Mythbusters of all people did something so stupid lol


They were filled with water. Tons and tons of water. Water has some of the most stopping power out of anything else ever. Just like how shooting a gun into water, the bullet stops at only ~3 feet. They weren't just trashcans.
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