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    Slow-Motion Sneeze: MythBusters Get Gross To Protect You From Swine Flu

    The Week In iPhone Apps: FCC Inquiry Edition

    Penn Swallows Fire in Super-Slow-Mo on Discovery Channel's Time Warp

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    Image of Bokusatsu_Tenshi Bokusatsu_Tenshi
    10/13/09

    In reply to Slow-Motion Sneeze: MythBusters Get Gross To Protect You From Swine Flu
    Is that TNT Adam is sneezing?
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    10/13/09

    In reply to Slow-Motion Sneeze: MythBusters Get Gross To Protect You From Swine Flu
    Sheeple love getting stuck in the ass with a needle full of paranoia. Thiomersal, anyone? I'll pass... There's enough Mercury in most fish for me already.
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    Image of Lotus289 Lotus289
    10/12/09

    In reply to Slow-Motion Sneeze: MythBusters Get Gross To Protect You From Swine Flu
    I'm still waiting for the H1N1 vaccine to turn all it's subjects into mindless flesh eating zombies. I got my knoif ready!
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    10/12/09

    In reply to Slow-Motion Sneeze: MythBusters Get Gross To Protect You From Swine Flu
    Some more slow motion sneezing:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2QAGVMlns4
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    Image of Woozle Wozzle Woozle Wozzle
    10/12/09

    In reply to Slow-Motion Sneeze: MythBusters Get Gross To Protect You From Swine Flu
    [www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net]

    Swing flu hysteria is getting ridiculous...
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    Image of eagles3 speeeedin eagles3 speeeedin
    10/12/09

    @Woozle Wozzle: Swine Flu does have a few major differences from normal flu. One, it is incredibly contagious, clear cutting entire college dorms and sometimes campuses. And it is active during a season that is not traditionally thought of as Flu season.
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    Image of Ricorich196 Ricorich196
    10/12/09

    In reply to Slow-Motion Sneeze: MythBusters Get Gross To Protect You From Swine Flu
    Even when I'm sick my sneezes are no where near that juicy.

    That said, I want mine to look like that!!!
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    Image of chauncy that billups chauncy that billups
    10/12/09

    In reply to Slow-Motion Sneeze: MythBusters Get Gross To Protect You From Swine Flu
    I just got the flumist H1N1 nasal spray. It was free and should do the trick
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    Image of fate47 - Meh. fate47 - Meh.
    10/12/09

    @chauncy that billups: By "free", do you mean that your health care paid for it? Because, you see, neither my wife, nor I, has had health care for two years. (I can use the VA, but it's a "free" hospital and not exactly health care.) A free, not "free", H1N1 flu vaccine would be right up our alley.
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    Image of chauncy that billups chauncy that billups
    10/12/09

    @fate47 - Meh.: No, free as in paid for by my tax dollars. Wake county health services in raleigh. The federal govt has bought something like 200 million doses, so it should either be free for you or negligible cost. I recommend you call your local county to see if it's available yet.
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    Image of fate47 - Meh. fate47 - Meh.
    10/12/09

    @chauncy that billups: Thank you for the tip. Also, thanks for clearing it up. -_o

    It seems that it was free as in "no extra cost", but also not free as in "already paid for".
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    Image of sprice82 sprice82
    10/12/09

    In reply to Slow-Motion Sneeze: MythBusters Get Gross To Protect You From Swine Flu
    The Mythbusters will be the death of us all!
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    10/12/09

    @sprice82: I'd be honored to be killed by the Mythbusters.
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    Image of MechGk MechGk
    10/12/09

    @nerdwa: on an exploding moped!
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    Image of switchblade saints switchblade saints
    08/21/09

    In reply to The Week In iPhone Apps: FCC Inquiry Edition
    was the android app deal a 1 time thing or will we get android app showcases also?

    just curious, no big deal
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    Image of John Herrman John Herrman
    08/22/09

    @switchblade saints: Yeah, it's monthly. We've done a few, and one's due soon. And Windows Mobile, too.
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    08/22/09

    @John Herrman: cool thanks
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    Image of thePrototype thePrototype
    06/15/09

    In reply to Penn Swallows Fire in Super-Slow-Mo on Discovery Channel's Time Warp
    Part of the trick is that different materials burn at different temperatures. I was at a strip club once and the stripper had flames all over the stage, and even put it across her body and she didn't burn. When we asked her about it, it had to do with the liquid she was using. It is similar to how you can take a shot of 151, light it on fire and drink it without actually burning yourself. Finally... heat rises, so the hot point is above the flame, not below it, so you have to make sure to be touching the bottom, not the top.
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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    06/16/09

    @thePrototype:
    Part of the trick is also making sure you have the proper percentage of water in the mix. The flammables burn, the water keeps you safe. They did one this season where a guy dipped his hand in a special mix of alcohol (I think) and water and lit it up. Then he just waved his naked flaming hand around for a bit before asking for the wet towel to be wrapped around it to extinguish the flames. The same general principle was involved for the guy who, just recently, was shown dunking his bare hand in molten lead. Get your hand just wet enough (not too wet, or there'll be spatter) and the water will keep the flesh from melting off your hand just long enough for a _very_ quick dunk. They showed that it was flaming hot molten metal and not just a tub of mercury by holding a hotdog in there until it came out a charred hunk of carbon.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
    06/15/09

    In reply to Penn Swallows Fire in Super-Slow-Mo on Discovery Channel's Time Warp
    Please please lets do some of Penn juggling broken Jack D. bottles. When he told the story of how he sliced his finger open one day, and tried in vain to seal the gash with crazy glue the next day on his radio show, only to realize he had bought NON-skin sticking glue, I was rolling and also wincing.
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    06/15/09

    @BennyMigrationWitness_GitEmSte...: I used to think he was funny, then I realized he's really just kind of an over-the-top asshole hiding behind a comedy/magic routine.


    Obviously anyone knows that a Chimpanze will challenge a man of short stature for dominance. How could he unknowingly invite both to a party? That's because he knew it would cause problems and wanted the funny story at the short guy's expense. That's why.

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    Image of go2hellyo go2hellyo
    06/15/09

    In reply to Penn Swallows Fire in Super-Slow-Mo on Discovery Channel's Time Warp
    Way to get your hand in the way for most of the shot a-hole..... Good thing they didnt film it looking directly forward at his face...... sigh.....
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    06/15/09

    @go2hellyo: So, he's supposed to change his practiced and safe routine so that the camera can get a better shot?


    Perhaps the camera men should have done a better job of planning their position.


    And if you're going to call someone an asshole, have the balls to actually say the word.

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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    06/15/09

    @go2hellyo: Just tell him to do it again. And again and again until you get a good shot.
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    Image of admoseremic admoseremic
    06/15/09

    In reply to Penn Swallows Fire in Super-Slow-Mo on Discovery Channel's Time Warp
    These guys are great.


    The best magicians are the ones who reveal how to do the trick but still, somehow, you don't get it.

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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    06/15/09

    @admoseremic: It's pretty clear how he does this trick - it's just that after seeing it, you realize how difficult it is. Basically, you need to put that torch in your mouth without it touching your lips. You don't get burned if you do this quickly. Being able to perform this trick obviously requires lots of practice and courage.
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    Image of admoseremic admoseremic
    06/15/09

    @Hello Mister Walrus: The worst part about burning your face off is the smell. . .
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    06/15/09

    @admoseremic: Yup. That and the pain. And having no face.
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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    06/16/09

    @admoseremic:
    Technically, I'd call that more a stunt than a trick. It has the potential of painful ouchies if you screw up, but there's a distinct lack of prestidigitation involved. And when they do explain that, I have no trouble understanding how it's done, though that doesn't mean I can pull it off myself.


    @Hello Mister Walrus:
    They had the Fuel Girls (who are much easier on the eyes, but not as funny) on earlier this season, showing off how they spit fire (while wearing skimpy clothes). Basically it just came down to "don't stop blowing until the flame goes out" because the only thing that's keeping the spray of highly flammable vapor from burning their lips off is the fact that it takes longer for the fuel to ignite than it does to get a safe distance away from their faces. One of them did, however, show off a few small burn scars on her belly.


    @admoseremic:
    I thought the worst part was constantly being stalked for the rest of your life by some nutjob in a bat costume.

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    Image of bucho54 bucho54
    06/15/09

    In reply to Penn Swallows Fire in Super-Slow-Mo on Discovery Channel's Time Warp
    Everyday actions huh? I guess I am the only one that DOESN'T eat fire.
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    06/15/09

    @bucho54: And you call yourself a human being?
     Reply
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    Image of (blue) enchanted duck (blue) enchanted duck
    06/15/09

    In reply to Penn Swallows Fire in Super-Slow-Mo on Discovery Channel's Time Warp
    time warp is all the cool things about mythbusters without all the build up. Although i like adam and jamie more then the time warp hosts, you dont have to sit through 30 minutes of back story to see the explosion in slo-mo
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    06/15/09

    @(blue) enchanted duck: But you also don't have Kari prancing around either.
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    Image of Greg Lloyd Greg Lloyd
    06/15/09

    @(blue) enchanted duck: Thank god for DVRs, as there is about 10 minutes total of Mythbusters that I want to watch. I love the show, but most often I just want to see the end result.
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    06/15/09

    @Greg Lloyd: I see a lot of women already shaking their heads.
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