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    In the first three minutes of the YouTube video, the Mythbusters conduct an experiment to observe a person’s driving ability while using a cell phone and while driving drunk. To do so, the experimenters come up with the hypothesis, “driving using a cell phone is just as dangerous as drunk driving.” There are two independent variables. One variable is the cell phone, and the other is the alcohol. On the other hand, the dependent variable is the instructor who is giving the driving test. They

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    Mythbusters presented a hypothesis that a person driving while on the phone is just as dangerous as one drunk. They ran several test to try and solve their belief of which would affect the driver the most. They had two subjects for their testings, a male and a female. They both were asked to preform a series of tasks while driving like normal. They were made to complete it three different times. Once like normal, and the others either on the phone or intoxicated. The constant of this experiment was

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    Mythbusters Adam Savage once stated, "Failure is always an option." This is true when working with C-4, Fireworks, Liquid nitrogen, Sulfuric acid, and materials in the name of science. This law is still in effect today when working with scientific material. What matters is what you do to retry, like they do on Mythbusters. Adam Savage was born on July 15, 1967. He attended elementary school at Tisch School of the Arts, and attended high school at Sleepy Hollow High School. He graduated college from

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    Dailton Rabelo CS305 Mythbusters There are many Computer Science myths that are propagated throughout modern media. These technical myths can be seen as positive and sometimes negative. A big myth that is often propagated is the idea of hacking as an individual. Hackers are seen to possess a sort of superpower that allows them to hack anything alone. In movies and tv shows, hackers are shown to be able to infiltrate everything from social media accounts to governments. I want to debunk the myth

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    Essay On Dirty Cars

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    experiment by the Mythbusters is about weather a clean car or dirty car is more fuel efficient. The Mythbusters conducted an experiment with only one car to as a controlled car (Mythbusters Season 7 Episode 14 Cleans Car vs Dirty Car). This one car will be subjected to all the experiment by the mythbusters. First the mythbusters made the car dirty and tested the car to go 1 mile at a speed of 65 miles per hour to see how much fuel it took and the result was 26 miles to the gallon (Mythbusters Season 7 Episode

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    Pykrete Research Paper

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    World War II. Project Habbakuk was a British plan to utilize pykrete to make a maritime boat because of a steel lack. The myth was that pykrete was projectile verification and that it would take a ton longer to dissolve than typical ice. The Mythbusters put this material through different tests keeping in mind the end goal to affirm or discredit pykrete's legendary properties. The beginning test was to check whether pykrete is slug evidence. They made a square of pykrete at the perfect extents

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    Alcatraz Research Paper

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    The perfectional prison breakers made it out of the high security prison of Alcatraz.There were 3 men that were in the high security prison Alcatraz. They were planning to escape. There has been many people that have tried to escape, but they died in the freezing cold waters that stopped them from getting to the mainland. The 3 men made it out and to land alive. They made life jackets and a raft so they wouldn’t have to swim in the water. A man reported that his car was stolen from him by 3 men in

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    Heliotropism Experiment

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    be sunflowers which face the sun during different times of the day. The experiment in mythbusters that they are testing is whether or not plants, specifically bush peas react to different sound or music. During the experiment the mythbusters took great care in making sure the experiments method remained as fair as possible by making all the conditions identical as possible. On top of a roof the mythbusters set up separate greenhouses for each set of peas that have different sound of music. They

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    I agree with you, David. People can go back and forth on this topic for days because it is so controversial. Biometrics, such as facial recognitions, aren’t just used for the heck of it and to spy on people. These devices and software were invented for the sake of making the world a safer place, but then again, even that statement can cause a debate. Agencies don’t just invest thousands of dollars to spy on people at traffic lights, but rather to attempt to make the place safer. I definitely see

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    individuals to accesses these services. Also hospitals a able to admit patents with dental/oral emergency’s, which is costing tax dollars, only to receive pain killers not a complete solution(Medicare, 2011).Due to these reasons I believe that the Mythbusters article is against the myth (Medicare

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