Learning to know something in its totality in my head, and then putting together all the constituent parts into a cohesive whole.
ADAM SAVAGEAnd we both appreciate that the quickest and the dirtiest solution is usually the most elegant, the least expensive, and the fastest.
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The Internet is probably the most important technological advancement of my lifetime.
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I think at this point, there’s a certain bizarre chemistry between Jamie [Hyneman] and I that we can’t ignore a lot of the mechanics of, that we’re quite aware of.
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Nearly every one of these – from R2D2 to Hellboy’s revolver – ends with the paint job. And it’s not just cosmetic.
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They are 14 years old, and I explain to them frequently that they will never realize the glory of a snow day.
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“I agree your results aren’t always right,” they’ll say, “but your methods are clearly showing that science is a re-creative process, and it’s an interesting process because it’s messy, and no other shows show that.”
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This is called being a human and it happens to everyone.
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I am now standing in a mixture of cooling fluid, gasoline, and cola.
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This is the point in the show where we say, ‘Oh, what else do we have in the van that’s flammable?’
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That’s our people. That’s the way we like to think.
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We chose a place all the way at the end of an industrial park.
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Walking the floor at a con dressed as Chewbacca, you might as well be Bono.
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These are people from everywhere, from Lawrence Livermore and JPL and Sandia National Labs, the FBI, all over the place, real scientists who see what we’re doing, and they consistently thank us.
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It’s a pointless delay that wrecks my pace – and mood.
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That’s a very powerful thing to realize as a kid. LEGOs were a key part of that.
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Am I missing an eyebrow?
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