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At the old Disney Hyperion Studio, the screening room where animators would show animated scenes to Walt for his approval was small, with no ventilation or AC. Not only was it hot, but the animators were nervously awaiting Walt's reaction to their work. Thus, the room became known as the Sweatbox. Even after the Studio moved to Burbank and elegant screening rooms were offered to the staff, the moniker remained.
Now SGT has a sweatbox of our own. This is the place to find and post all entertaining topics such as video links, jokes, games, and the like. A general rule of thumb is that if the thread is meant to be informative (interesting news stories for example), or a topic for discussion (like setting up a park meet) then it should go in the Break Room, but if the intent is to entertain the masses then it's home is The Sweatbox. I'm sure there will be grey areas at times, so if you have doubt as to where a new thread should go, just use your best judgement and the SGT Staff will be glad to move it later if you guessed wrong.
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I bet it does! They can't fail like that and NOT put it on the show!
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You really think there's a chance that someone who likes to shoot his mouth off as much as I would be without a...WEDFan wrote:Wow! That was some energetic projectile!
Hey Zazu, I didn't see a canon smilie! Got one up your sleeve? :)
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This whole article reminds me of Flubber starring Robin Williams. Except the cantaloupe isn't self-aware.
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Re: Oops!
A couple thoughts, as well as another article...
First, this reminds me of a story from a friend who used to work for Lockheed Martin many years ago, where they were testing a missile without a head. It missed the hill it was supposed to hit and wound up in a back yard.
Second, which way were they firing that thing? It would seem that if they fired it north and a bit east, there is nothing to hit, unless there was a ricochet. If the police directed them to fire in the direction of the neighborhood, then who is that really on?
Third, which was there first, the bomb range or the houses? It's the whole question you get when people living near a 50-year-old airport in their 10-year-old house start complaining about the noise of the airplanes, or if one crashes into one of the houses. That latter situation is a very bad situation, but you know it's a risk when you build your house near an existing airport. In this example, I am thinking of the Hillsboro Airport in Hillsboro, Oregon. Watching as people called for the end of that airshow (which has been around longer than the houses) was disgusting. Well, if you build your house a thousand yards from an active bomb range, don't be surprised if something is exponentially more likely to happen in your neighborhood that would not happen in mine, which is several miles from the nearest airport or bomb range. Today at the Hillsboro Airport, during the air show, all planes have to stay over the field during their performance, not even flying over the crowd. How boring.
Third, the guys responded with class. They visited the home that the cannonball went through, and the article verified that they will not be airing the footage of the cannon blast. While signing autographs of neighbors and taking some pictures with others who want that after visiting the family, Adam says, "You'll forgive us for not smiling. It's not a smiling time."
Fourth, there it is in the article already, that word "lawsuit". Yes, the homeowner who had his home built a thousand feet from a bomb range is going to do what he can to sue the pants off Hyneman and Savage. They "need to pay for this. Not just the physical damage, but everything else." Uh, buddy. There were no deaths, thank God. So physical damage is all there was. Again, if you're going to sue them for using the bomb range, maybe that's a lawsuit you need to take up with your real estate agent, if you honestly didn't know there was a bomb range near your house.
Yes, I am a fan of the show. As President Obama said to the hosts, it helps get kids interested in science. While comical and fun and often presented in a downright stupid way, it's some of the most intelligent programming out there.
First, this reminds me of a story from a friend who used to work for Lockheed Martin many years ago, where they were testing a missile without a head. It missed the hill it was supposed to hit and wound up in a back yard.
Second, which way were they firing that thing? It would seem that if they fired it north and a bit east, there is nothing to hit, unless there was a ricochet. If the police directed them to fire in the direction of the neighborhood, then who is that really on?
Third, which was there first, the bomb range or the houses? It's the whole question you get when people living near a 50-year-old airport in their 10-year-old house start complaining about the noise of the airplanes, or if one crashes into one of the houses. That latter situation is a very bad situation, but you know it's a risk when you build your house near an existing airport. In this example, I am thinking of the Hillsboro Airport in Hillsboro, Oregon. Watching as people called for the end of that airshow (which has been around longer than the houses) was disgusting. Well, if you build your house a thousand yards from an active bomb range, don't be surprised if something is exponentially more likely to happen in your neighborhood that would not happen in mine, which is several miles from the nearest airport or bomb range. Today at the Hillsboro Airport, during the air show, all planes have to stay over the field during their performance, not even flying over the crowd. How boring.
Third, the guys responded with class. They visited the home that the cannonball went through, and the article verified that they will not be airing the footage of the cannon blast. While signing autographs of neighbors and taking some pictures with others who want that after visiting the family, Adam says, "You'll forgive us for not smiling. It's not a smiling time."
Fourth, there it is in the article already, that word "lawsuit". Yes, the homeowner who had his home built a thousand feet from a bomb range is going to do what he can to sue the pants off Hyneman and Savage. They "need to pay for this. Not just the physical damage, but everything else." Uh, buddy. There were no deaths, thank God. So physical damage is all there was. Again, if you're going to sue them for using the bomb range, maybe that's a lawsuit you need to take up with your real estate agent, if you honestly didn't know there was a bomb range near your house.
Yes, I am a fan of the show. As President Obama said to the hosts, it helps get kids interested in science. While comical and fun and often presented in a downright stupid way, it's some of the most intelligent programming out there.
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Camp Parks, in the beginning, was waaaaay out in the middle of nowhere. As the Bay Area expanded it became enveloped by creeping suburbia. I spent a number of weekends there when I was in the Army Reserve. The nice part of creeping suburbia was we could sneak off post for a pizza.
My FIL worked for a company testing rocket and missile motors. They used a range out in some desert that was shared by a number of companies. All of the test sites were tied together with a teletype system.
My father and his team fired up an engine one day, brought it up to 100% thrust, and it promptly tore loose from the test stand and flew over some of the other test sites before crashing to earth and exploding.
My FIL and his team were standing there numb with shock when they heard the teletype start to print out a message. The message read, "We give up."
My FIL worked for a company testing rocket and missile motors. They used a range out in some desert that was shared by a number of companies. All of the test sites were tied together with a teletype system.
My father and his team fired up an engine one day, brought it up to 100% thrust, and it promptly tore loose from the test stand and flew over some of the other test sites before crashing to earth and exploding.
My FIL and his team were standing there numb with shock when they heard the teletype start to print out a message. The message read, "We give up."
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