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DannyJ
Profile Joined March 2010
United States5110 Posts
December 07 2011 18:31 GMT
#61
On December 08 2011 03:28 ThaZenith wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 08 2011 03:24 Hrrrrm wrote:
People need to keep in mind that this was NOT Adam and Jamie but, the three stooges(Kari, Grant, and Tory).

Honestly, makes no difference.

Mythbusters is more than 2 people.


It's usually always supervised by law enforcement anyway. Im sure no sort of egregious carelessness went on but just some freak accident.
RLTY
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States965 Posts
December 07 2011 18:31 GMT
#62
On December 08 2011 03:21 Marradron wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 08 2011 03:19 shell wrote:
On December 08 2011 02:43 Skilledblob wrote:
On December 08 2011 02:38 PassiveAce wrote:
Holy Crap! Im sure that that whoever is responsible is beating themselves up over this. I am so glad that no one was killed, because it easily could have happened.
What a tremendous mistake, pointing a loaded cannon towards a residential neighborhood.


it's more like how could they miss a row of trashcans filled with water hit through a concrete wall and through another house and the god damn canonball did still not stop.

Sounds like they used way too much blackpowder or american houses are made out of paper.


Yep american houses are made out of paper and wood lol


I still dont completely understand why this is the case. Why dont they just use bricks ? It's way stronger, less maintenance. Is it just cause it's cheaper and faster to build ?


This is California. There are many earthquakes. That's why.
rd
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States2586 Posts
December 07 2011 18:31 GMT
#63
On December 08 2011 03:21 Marradron wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 08 2011 03:19 shell wrote:
On December 08 2011 02:43 Skilledblob wrote:
On December 08 2011 02:38 PassiveAce wrote:
Holy Crap! Im sure that that whoever is responsible is beating themselves up over this. I am so glad that no one was killed, because it easily could have happened.
What a tremendous mistake, pointing a loaded cannon towards a residential neighborhood.


it's more like how could they miss a row of trashcans filled with water hit through a concrete wall and through another house and the god damn canonball did still not stop.

Sounds like they used way too much blackpowder or american houses are made out of paper.


Yep american houses are made out of paper and wood lol


I still dont completely understand why this is the case. Why dont they just use bricks ? It's way stronger, less maintenance. Is it just cause it's cheaper and faster to build ?


American houses weren't made to withstand impacts from cannons.
Pawsom
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
United States928 Posts
December 07 2011 18:33 GMT
#64
On December 08 2011 03:31 DannyJ wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 08 2011 03:28 ThaZenith wrote:
On December 08 2011 03:24 Hrrrrm wrote:
People need to keep in mind that this was NOT Adam and Jamie but, the three stooges(Kari, Grant, and Tory).

Honestly, makes no difference.

Mythbusters is more than 2 people.


It's usually always supervised by law enforcement anyway. Im sure no sort of egregious carelessness went on but just some freak accident.



THEY SHOT A CANNONBALL INTO SOMEONES HOUSE. Even pointing a gun(or cannon) in a direction where the room behind your target is not cleared, is a huge lapse of judgement. One of the first things you learn in shooting is to look behind your target. I would be furious if this happened to me, but lets just hope mythbusters pays up fast.
Phant
Profile Joined August 2010
United States737 Posts
December 07 2011 18:33 GMT
#65
Also, American homes (modern ones) are usually made with drywall.that is about 1/2 to 3/4 in. thick (2 cm roughly) sandwiching a wood frame if anyone was curious. Older homes have plaster instead of drywall, which is much more durable.
DannyJ
Profile Joined March 2010
United States5110 Posts
December 07 2011 18:34 GMT
#66
On December 08 2011 03:33 Pawsom wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 08 2011 03:31 DannyJ wrote:
On December 08 2011 03:28 ThaZenith wrote:
On December 08 2011 03:24 Hrrrrm wrote:
People need to keep in mind that this was NOT Adam and Jamie but, the three stooges(Kari, Grant, and Tory).

Honestly, makes no difference.

Mythbusters is more than 2 people.


It's usually always supervised by law enforcement anyway. Im sure no sort of egregious carelessness went on but just some freak accident.



THEY SHOT A CANNONBALL INTO SOMEONES HOUSE. Even pointing a gun(or cannon) in a direction where the room behind your target is not cleared, is a huge lapse of judgement. One of the first things you learn in shooting is to look behind your target. I would be furious if this happened to me, but lets just hope mythbusters pays up fast.


Yeah but that's not mythbusters fault. It's a police range, they're the ones who should be responsible for that.
Deadeight
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United Kingdom1629 Posts
December 07 2011 18:35 GMT
#67
On December 08 2011 02:34 CrimsonLotus wrote:
But this might really hurt the show, I hope it doesn't gen canceled, but maybe they got too confident over time and forgot to take some extra precautions.


If anything this is just good press for them. More people will watch it as it will be thought of as more exciting.
couches
Profile Joined November 2010
618 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-07 18:36:30
December 07 2011 18:35 GMT
#68
On December 08 2011 03:33 Pawsom wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 08 2011 03:31 DannyJ wrote:
On December 08 2011 03:28 ThaZenith wrote:
On December 08 2011 03:24 Hrrrrm wrote:
People need to keep in mind that this was NOT Adam and Jamie but, the three stooges(Kari, Grant, and Tory).

Honestly, makes no difference.

Mythbusters is more than 2 people.


It's usually always supervised by law enforcement anyway. Im sure no sort of egregious carelessness went on but just some freak accident.



THEY SHOT A CANNONBALL INTO SOMEONES HOUSE. Even pointing a gun(or cannon) in a direction where the room behind your target is not cleared, is a huge lapse of judgement. One of the first things you learn in shooting is to look behind your target. I would be furious if this happened to me, but lets just hope mythbusters pays up fast.

Then maybe you should have been present at the firing range to check behind their target.

This thread needs more Kari anyways and less arguing about shitty paper mache american mcmansions.
Phant
Profile Joined August 2010
United States737 Posts
December 07 2011 18:36 GMT
#69
On December 08 2011 03:33 Pawsom wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 08 2011 03:31 DannyJ wrote:
On December 08 2011 03:28 ThaZenith wrote:
On December 08 2011 03:24 Hrrrrm wrote:
People need to keep in mind that this was NOT Adam and Jamie but, the three stooges(Kari, Grant, and Tory).

Honestly, makes no difference.

Mythbusters is more than 2 people.


It's usually always supervised by law enforcement anyway. Im sure no sort of egregious carelessness went on but just some freak accident.



THEY SHOT A CANNONBALL INTO SOMEONES HOUSE. Even pointing a gun(or cannon) in a direction where the room behind your target is not cleared, is a huge lapse of judgement. One of the first things you learn in shooting is to look behind your target. I would be furious if this happened to me, but lets just hope mythbusters pays up fast.


it's not like there were houses right behind the concrete wall, there was a giant dirt mound to absorb any bad shots, the cannonball bouncing in such a way to go that far is indeed a freak accident.
Hrrrrm
Profile Joined March 2010
United States2081 Posts
December 07 2011 18:39 GMT
#70
On December 08 2011 03:28 ThaZenith wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 08 2011 03:24 Hrrrrm wrote:
People need to keep in mind that this was NOT Adam and Jamie but, the three stooges(Kari, Grant, and Tory).

Honestly, makes no difference.

Mythbusters is more than 2 people.


It makes a HUGE world of difference if you've watched the show and how Adam and Jamie talk about having ABSOLUTE trust between each other but, that's not the case for the other three. The moment I heard about the accident I knew it couldn't of been Adam and Jamie because they don't fuck around EVER with something as serious as this. Obviously they'll still be held responsible since those three work for them.

Again Adam and Jamie are just on another level of caution than the other three. I just hope the show doesn't get irrevocably damaged and just glad they dodged a huge bullet with no one getting seriously hurt.
alot = a lot (TWO WORDS)
Offhand
Profile Joined June 2010
United States1869 Posts
December 07 2011 18:40 GMT
#71
On December 08 2011 03:30 phant wrote:
Apparently it was an unlucky bounce, there is a huge dirt mound behind the concrete wall, the cannon ball hit it, bounced over, and flew into the neighborhood. 1/2 mile away.


So Mythubsters follows the same safety protocol as a Boy Scout rifle ranged stocked with .22s? A dirt mound would suffice if you were target shooting normal guns but if you're going to launch a giant fuck-off cannonball, why are you anywhere near residential areas?
couches
Profile Joined November 2010
618 Posts
December 07 2011 18:43 GMT
#72
Woah woah look at all the cannonball experts in here.
Orangu
Profile Joined March 2010
Canada198 Posts
December 07 2011 18:44 GMT
#73
On December 08 2011 03:34 DannyJ wrote:

Yeah but that's not mythbusters fault. It's a police range, they're the ones who should be responsible for that.


Except gun ranges don't take into account cannons, no harm no foul though as long as they don't do it again haha.
THESE PRETZELS ARE MAKING ME THIRSTY!
Phant
Profile Joined August 2010
United States737 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-07 18:47:16
December 07 2011 18:45 GMT
#74
On December 08 2011 03:40 Offhand wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 08 2011 03:30 phant wrote:
Apparently it was an unlucky bounce, there is a huge dirt mound behind the concrete wall, the cannon ball hit it, bounced over, and flew into the neighborhood. 1/2 mile away.


So Mythubsters follows the same safety protocol as a Boy Scout rifle ranged stocked with .22s? A dirt mound would suffice if you were target shooting normal guns but if you're going to launch a giant fuck-off cannonball, why are you anywhere near residential areas?


Because the Alameda bomb range is one of the few places where they can do this stuff legally.
Kamikiri
Profile Joined October 2010
United States1319 Posts
December 07 2011 18:50 GMT
#75
At least nobody got hurt, more than likely they just were not very experienced with cannons and made a mistake a super mega gargantuan mistake that could have killed people.
SupLilSon
Profile Joined October 2011
Malaysia4123 Posts
December 07 2011 18:54 GMT
#76
On December 08 2011 03:26 Sm3agol wrote:
Show nested quote +
On December 08 2011 02:43 Skilledblob wrote:
On December 08 2011 02:38 PassiveAce wrote:
Holy Crap! Im sure that that whoever is responsible is beating themselves up over this. I am so glad that no one was killed, because it easily could have happened.
What a tremendous mistake, pointing a loaded cannon towards a residential neighborhood.


it's more like how could they miss a row of trashcans filled with water hit through a concrete wall and through another house and the god damn canonball did still not stop.

Sounds like they used way too much blackpowder or american houses are made out of paper.





Show nested quote +
On December 08 2011 02:55 iG.Zeep wrote:
On December 08 2011 02:43 Skilledblob wrote:
On December 08 2011 02:38 PassiveAce wrote:
Holy Crap! Im sure that that whoever is responsible is beating themselves up over this. I am so glad that no one was killed, because it easily could have happened.
What a tremendous mistake, pointing a loaded cannon towards a residential neighborhood.


it's more like how could they miss a row of trashcans filled with water hit through a concrete wall and through another house and the god damn canonball did still not stop.

Sounds like they used way too much blackpowder or american houses are made out of paper.


American houses are pretty much made out of paper lol


Show nested quote +
On December 08 2011 03:19 shell wrote:
On December 08 2011 02:43 Skilledblob wrote:
On December 08 2011 02:38 PassiveAce wrote:
Holy Crap! Im sure that that whoever is responsible is beating themselves up over this. I am so glad that no one was killed, because it easily could have happened.
What a tremendous mistake, pointing a loaded cannon towards a residential neighborhood.


it's more like how could they miss a row of trashcans filled with water hit through a concrete wall and through another house and the god damn canonball did still not stop.

Sounds like they used way too much blackpowder or american houses are made out of paper.


Yep american houses are made out of paper and wood lol






Does this kind of complete stupidityand generalization not annoy anyone else?
Lets just randomly insult every American because every derp-tard knows, everything America does is complete trash. What makes it better is that it's someone from Mexico and Portugal(clearly 0.5th world countries) confirming that yes, indeed, America sucks at buildings too.

To answer your question, yes, every single American home is made out of paper mache and cardboard. If you're lucky you might get some wood fragments glued together in your wall, and the 1% actually use the occasional nail and screw throughout the house. Sometimes birds and other things come crashing through several walls, so I have to go buy some printer paper and use some chewing gum to stick it back up over the hole. When a breeze over 20 mph comes, I have to evacuate and go to my back yard bomb shelter I have in case of nuclear war with Iran. I just hope my V16 4x4 Ford Truck doesn't get scratched by any flying debris, I can barely afford the gas since it uses about 3 gallons per mile, so I won't be able to repaint it if it does. GO MERCA!! USA!! USA!!!

Fortunately I live in a brick home, so I must be, like, one of the richest people in the US? I think I'm the president sometimes.

Back to the subject at hand, how does this happen if you have any kind of real safety controls at all? I know Mythbusters usually goes out of their way(seemingly) to make sure everything is safe, so i wonder what they overlooked with something so ridiculous as shooting stuff out of a cannon. I would think that would be a MAJOR undertaking as far as keeping everything safe, not just pointing it at a few garbage cans and a concrete wall and hoping for the best.






Eh.. Just ignore it, you get used to seeing snide comments like that a lot. Honestly who cares? It's no secret that American homes aren't built with incredibly durable materials. You probably live in a house 5x bigger than theirs anyways gogo USA!
ticktack
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United Arab Emirates874 Posts
December 07 2011 18:54 GMT
#77
Good thing nobody got hurt. I love the show and wow didn't know cannons were that powerful :D
A winner is just a loser who got pissed off and tried harder
bonifaceviii
Profile Joined May 2010
Canada2890 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-07 19:01:58
December 07 2011 18:59 GMT
#78
On December 08 2011 03:35 couches wrote:
This thread needs more Kari anyways and less arguing about shitty paper mache american mcmansions.

Kari can knock a hole in my mcmansion any day.
Stay a while and listen || http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=354018
Zirith
Profile Joined April 2011
Canada403 Posts
December 07 2011 19:02 GMT
#79
those families are going to get so much compensation, millions of dollars easy.
Artosis: "I don't trust hyenas."
ReturnStroke
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States801 Posts
December 07 2011 19:03 GMT
#80
I love the show, but that is really scary. "It's just a cannon ball, they go like 100 feet, right? So aim it towards people? Kk brb."
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