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Insultingly Stupid Movie Physics
The problem arises later when people whose primary source of education has been movies (and that's just about everybody, in America at least) is stopped on the street and asked questions about the world and how things work. They respond incorrectly. Some of these people are policymakers and educators. Why does a Schwartzenneger movie carry more weight than a Schwartzenegger technology initiative? Because the first has been observed, the second only imagined. Should theatre be scientifically correct? Hell, no, but at the very least, the audience should be able to tell the difference between special effects and reality after the show is over. Here's a brilliant website that's not only fun to read but satisfying to fans of NUMB3RS as well.
Thursday, June 08, 2006 Try this at home...then run like hell!
What happens when you combine 200 liters of Diet Coke and over 500 Mentos mints? It's amazing and completely insane.
Wednesday, June 07, 2006 What the hell? Fluorescent guns?
 Leslie Yeransian reports for ABC News:"In 1999, the New York City Council passed a law requiring that toy guns be painted fluorescent to make them easily identifiable as toys. But now that real guns are colored with the same fluorescent paint, they look like toys." "As part of a larger piece of gun legislation, [Mayor Michael] Bloomberg wants to ban the selling of gun coloration or paint kits to anyone in New York City's five boroughs." "Hugh Lauer is the owner of Lauer Custom Weaponry in Chippewa Falls, Wis. and the inventor of Duracoat, a popular gun coloration chemical that has taken heat from Bloomberg. Lauer invented Duracoat more than a decade ago. He said he can't keep up with the abundance of phone and Internet orders for the product. "Our customers are all avid hunters, law enforcement, not gang bangers," said Lauer. "We're not getting orders from New York City. Our sales records only show two orders placed from there, and same thing with Los Angeles. We're only getting orders from movie makers."" Cops, hunters and movie makers are painting their guns fluorescent? What the hell is he talking about? To continue: "Lauer said he sells the gun paint mainly to law enforcement and the military, who either want to camouflage their guns or make them more visible in low-light situations. Lauer said he "rounds out" his sales by selling to the general public. "Women shooters like to accessorize. They like their gun to match their earrings," he said." Hahahahaha! And here I was upset because I had to remove the orange tips from all my stage gun replicas. Now I need to remove fluorescent paint from all my real guns! I'm so confused. Can we just make a deal and leave all guns "gun-color?" Stop painting them! Cops will shoot you if you point anything at them: a stick, a book, a bottle of Coca-Cola. Cops will shoot you if you reach for your billfold or scratch your nuts. If you're holding anything in your hands and if your hands are not in the air when a cop points a gun at you, you will be shot. What part of "Bang! You're dead!" seems to be unclear to Mr. Bloomberg and Mr. Lauer here?
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