The difference between screwing around and science is writing it down.
ADAM SAVAGEThese 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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You know, it’s the best job I’ve ever had, on its worst day it’s better than anything else, but it’s a huge amount of responsibility
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Deadlines refine the mind. They remove variables like exotic materials and processes that take too long.
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Put me in front of a crowd of science teachers or astronauts! The guileless aren’t our audience – it’s the critical thinkers we love.
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The explosions, like the urban legends, are a great way of bringing people in to watch, because it’s really fun, and you know we’re always going to give you a satisfying ending.
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It’s a pointless delay that wrecks my pace – and mood.
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That was excellent! I mean, it didn’t do anything, but it looked really cool!
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In addition to the pleasure of having the piece, there is a deep and abiding pleasure for me assembling something in my head
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It may not look pretty, but it gets the job done.
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The skeptical community is absolutely near and dear to the Mythbusters’ heart and there’s no small reason that they’ve embraced us.
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I am now standing in a mixture of cooling fluid, gasoline, and cola.
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The Internet is probably the most important technological advancement of my lifetime.
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Learning to know something in its totality in my head, and then putting together all the constituent parts into a cohesive whole.
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From earliest times, humans – explorers and thinkers – have wanted to figure out the shape of their world.
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I mean it’s ridiculous. People just walk up and grab you and hold you, because they love Chewbacca so much.
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Getting paid less to work for people you like and believe in is much better for you (and your career) in the long run.
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I reject your reality and substitute my own.
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We chose a place all the way at the end of an industrial park.
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Bad spellers of the world untie!
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I find that your basic Internet chat board is way too vitriolic for my taste.
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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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The paint literally tells a story: what this thing is made of, where it’s been, what it’s been used for, and for how long.
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It’s a group of prop crazies just like me called the Replica Props Forum, and it’s people who trade, make and travel in information about movie props.
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That’s our people. That’s the way we like to think.
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New York State is giant and has some of the most beautiful landscape on the Eastern seaboard.
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The only thing that differentiates you and me from a couple of fourteen year old pyromaniacs is balistic glass!
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We’re always trying to make the process apparent. So, we have learned to try and never rely on a technological solution when an analogue one is in front of us.
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