The Mythbusters

The Mythbusters is a science entertainment shows where five people named Adam Savage, Jaime Hyneman, Tory Belleci, Kari Byron, and Grant Imahara. They take myths, legends, movie scenes, and sayings and put them to the test.

The Mythbusters often test myths in two-step process. First, they would make a small scale experiment to understand all of the physics. Second, they would go full scale and test the myth to see if it is true. Sometimes thought so of the myths are so simple they just go for full scale. An example of this is was when they tested if one banana peel equals one person slipping and falling, but at times they see that going full scale is sometimes not the best way to test the myths and run some small scale tests to again understand the physics of the myth.

The Mythbusters are based in San Francisco and all of the filming is also done, but the show is produced in Australia. Then it is shown in Canada, the US, and several other countries.

After the experiment of a myth has been tested, the Mythbusters give the myth a busted, plausible, or confirmed. When a myth is busted, it means that the myth could not be replicated in any way even if they give it thee best possible chance of working. When a myth is plausible, the myth parameters have been replicated by expanding it by a realistic and reasonable margin, or was replicated very close as the myth said, or if the myth worked, but has a very small chance of working, and even if it is plausible, but the method of replication is not recommended, as well as if the scenario made a very similar result. When a myth is confirmed it means that the myth was either been recreated or closely recreated without them expanding the boundaries too much.

In conclusion, Mythbusters is known very well for the science implicated and all of the big explosions and crashes that are shown (the explosions and crashes are the crowd pleaser). This is why I really like this show for learning purposes and the ability to see a big explosion or crash now and then.

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Future weapons

Future weapons is a show that showcases some of the smartest, and deadliest weapons of the future. It was hosted by Richard Machowicz who was a former navy SEAL sniper. It features many guns, missiles, bombs, planes, and tanks as well as many other things.

The weapons it feature are the TAR-21, cornershot, starstreak missiles, anti-missile lasers, and the XM982 Excalibur artillery shells, as well as the feared metalstrom capable of shoot 100000 rounds a minute which is scary. It also features vechiles such as the type-212 submarine, the feared AH-64D longbow Apache helicopter, the F-35 JSF (joint strike fighter), and the F-22 raptor, and the NOLOS cannon as well as many other things.

In conclusions, the world of the military is advancing very quickly, and this show shows us what we are capable of.

JSF in flight.

evensong....oh how i hate it

Evensong, a 35 minute church service that I think is a waste of time. They’re weird and dumb if they like it. There are multiple reasons that I personally hate it. First, I’m atheist which means I don’t even believe in God. Second, it’s super boring. Last, we are forced to join even if no one wants to go.

Being atheist means that I don’t believe in God. I don’t care about any of the lessons that people often read. I don’t sing any of the hymns or read any of the prayers. I think that they are all pointless those books in the chapel, I feel bad for the people who had to make all those books for the chapel. Being atheist means that I believe more in the Big Bang and evolution.

The reason that evensong is boring because you do the same thing over and over again. I mean all you do is stand, then sit, then stand, and then sit, see it’s pointless. It may seem very new at first, but it gets very boring very quickly.

I think that we should get the option to go to evensong or not. If no one wants to go then the school doesn’t even need to do it. I do know that it does make the schedule perfect, but the school can just replace it with another homeroom period, it is at least better than evensong.

In conclusion, most if not every person despises evensong. If everyone hates it , just do what I do get rid of it!!!!

The US military

The US military is the most powerful military force to man. They use the most advance weapons of warfare to defeat their enemies, but even with this technology many things have eluded them such as the terrorist effect on the world. They have very many men and women currently serving them, and if you see the numbers you will be astonished. What make a good military a very good one is the amount of money that you have.

The US military has about more the one million men and women serving them. That's a lot of people! In the army alone there are more then half a million people. Then there are the Marines, the Airforce, the Navy, and the Coast Guard that account for the other half a million. They also have reserves that have more then 800000 people, so if you add that all up you have about 2 million people serving in the US military alone, of course there are many other militaries as well. Every year the US armed forces get more then $600 million dollars to spend onh things such as: supplies, personnel, new vechiles, aircraft, ships.

The USs' war on terrorism has lasted for a very long time, and your probably wondering "why have all the terrorists have been defeated yet?" Well that is a very good question, which I don't have the answer to. The US though do have more then 142000 people stationed in Iraq trying to kill all the terrorists, yet with their imense numbers, somehow the terrorists still have notbeen stopped. Odd isn't it.

In conclusion, it's true that the US military is the most powerful military faction on the planet. Yet somehow, in someway they have not been able to defeat the terrorists.

The F-22 raptor

The F-22 Raptor is the most powerful jet in existence, and is as well as the most advanced on the planet. It has the best performance on the planet. It carries weapons that any jet would have. Yet there are not many things that people don't know about the Raptor.

The F-22 is capable of supersonic and subsonic speeds. It has special vector nozzles which make more maneuverable. The highest speed of the F-22 has not been shown yet to the public,but it may be showed in the future. The weapons that the Raptor features are: anti-air missiles, bombs used for taking out certain positions. The F-22 also has many systems that make as powerful as it is. They are: missile approaching systems, long range target acquisition system, scanning arrays, and as well as many other systems.

In conclusion, the F-22 Raptor is a power jet that combines speed, performance, and stealth. This is a jet that you do not want to see on the battlefeild.

What I would do with 40 million dollars

If I had 40 million dollars I personally will do many things. Yet with that amount of money the choices would still be difficult to know what I would want to do.

First I invest the money so I can make more money. Next I would give some money to charity because I'm nice like that. Third I would take a trip around the world and see all the wonders that has brought our world to this level.Then I would buy all the video games and electronics that i would want. Fifth I would give some money to my family. Sixth I would make a product that makes me famous and I would be able to make more money. Last I would many extreme things like skydiving.

To conclude I could easily think of many other things that I could do with that much cash, but there would be wayyyyy too many things though.

Strategy games, good for the brain

Strategy games are games that involve well strategy. They help you get your brain going because they often involve good decisions.

A strategy game is a game (e.g. computer, video or board game) in which the players' decision-making skills have a high significance in determining the outcome. Many games include this element to a greater or lesser degree, making demarcation difficult. It is therefore more accurate to describe a particular game as having a certain degree of strategic elements, as in being mainly based around strategic principles. The crucial factor that separates this type of game from all others is that there is relatively little chance involved. All players have equal degree of knowledge of the elements of the game. There is no physical skill required other than that necessary to interact with the game pieces. Examples are English draughts, Chess, Chinese checkers, Stratego, Go, Shogi, Nine Men's Morris, Mastermind.

There is one big thing that you always need in strategy games, and that is luck. Most often times in strategy games things are hit and miss. Strategy (and tactics) are usually contrasted with luck, the outcome of luck-based games relying on probability. Games exist on a continuum from pure skill to pure chance, with strategic games usually towards the skill end of the spectrum. The word "strategy" is borrowed from a military jargon. It originally refers to planning at a very high level and often strategy games deal rather with planning on a smaller scale for which the word "tactics" is used in a military context. As you can see to be a good strategist it is more about knowing what your enemy is up to, instead of just going in and getting killed.

To conclude, strategy games are important because they teach you good decision-making skills which are very important later in life.