Just a little something to lighten things up around here
Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 3:17 pm
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Just a little something to lighten things up around here
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Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 3:18 pm
This video is offensive to ramps and pools everywhere.
Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 3:25 pm
Crazy Europeans...
Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 3:34 pm
That blew my mind. I keep looking for evidence of fakery, but I can't find it.
It must be fake.
It must.
It must be fake.
It must.
Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 3:51 pm
No way.
Launching into a lake or some large body of water, sure. Shooting oneself over a field to hit a small swimming pool? If that shits real, someones damn good at math and has a solid set of cahones.
Launching into a lake or some large body of water, sure. Shooting oneself over a field to hit a small swimming pool? If that shits real, someones damn good at math and has a solid set of cahones.
Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 3:58 pm
Jinkies!
Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 4:16 pm
Wild!
There's a bit more at the site whose address pops up at the end of the vid.
Megawhoosh
It appears to be a crazy German with a dream to build an unfeasably large waterslide. This I applaud. Or maybe its an ad campaign for Microsoft. Not sure.
There's a bit more at the site whose address pops up at the end of the vid.
Megawhoosh
It appears to be a crazy German with a dream to build an unfeasably large waterslide. This I applaud. Or maybe its an ad campaign for Microsoft. Not sure.
Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 4:27 pm
Somebody wasn't fucking around during physics and geometry class! 
Quite fun! HUZZAH!
Quite fun! HUZZAH!
Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 4:35 pm
Whatever this is, I can't see it.
Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 4:46 pm
How to put the Fun in Unemployment! "Hey boys, grab a couple a pints and let's head over to this here hill, I got this thing I want to show ya!
Used my dole money for the pool and I've been working on the ramp while the Missus is at work.... "
Used my dole money for the pool and I've been working on the ramp while the Missus is at work.... "
Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 6:00 pm
I don't want to call bullshit because well, damn.
But unless he or the slide / pool is miked I don't think you are not going to be able to hear all that from the cameras distance.
Unless they have a parabolic microphone or something.
Math is awesome.
But unless he or the slide / pool is miked I don't think you are not going to be able to hear all that from the cameras distance.
Unless they have a parabolic microphone or something.
Math is awesome.
Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2009 1:18 am
Well, he's moving while airborne, so I'm gonna go ahead and think it's real, and really fucking jangleplatz!
/RM
/RM
Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2009 7:25 am
It would be so awesome if that could actually be done...I think I'm going to post this on the Mythbusters forum, they do do the odd youtube special...
Also, why is this thread all weird looking?
Also, why is this thread all weird looking?
Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2009 7:35 am
Hm...still looks weird. And it was already on the mythbusters forums, but I added some enthusiasm.DerGolgo wrote:It would be so awesome if that could actually be done...I think I'm going to post this on the Mythbusters forum, they do do the odd youtube special...
Also, why is this thread all weird looking?
Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2009 7:50 am
bullshit!
if that was for real, the dude is insane. and better in calculations than i'll ever be.
if that was for real, the dude is insane. and better in calculations than i'll ever be.
Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2009 7:56 am
after a couple more rewatchings i'd say that the slide and pool had to have mics by them or the sound effects were added later.
because the splash in the pool is heard at the same time it occurs. if the mic was at the camera, there would have been a delay.
the guy could have a wireless mic on his self, but wouldn't that have screwed up when he hit water?
because the splash in the pool is heard at the same time it occurs. if the mic was at the camera, there would have been a delay.
the guy could have a wireless mic on his self, but wouldn't that have screwed up when he hit water?
Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2009 9:10 am
I would say that any decent field-use condenser microphone would pick up much of that ambient noise, as well as the landing. However, as he starts the run, you can hear the quality of sound change, and I'd imagine that would be when they switch to some kind of mic on his person. Why we don't hear him screaming for his mother whilst dropping the most prodigious shit in his swimsuit I cannot easily explain.The Shifty Jesus wrote:I don't want to call bullshit because well, damn.
But unless he or the slide / pool is miked I don't think you are not going to be able to hear all that from the cameras distance.
Unless they have a parabolic microphone or something.
Math is awesome.
I am deeply offended that he didn't shit himself.
Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2009 10:56 am
You're all joking right?
Watch the pool on landing, it doesn't move. At that speed and distance if he actually landed in the pool he would either flip the thing over or blast right through the back side of it. I have no mathematical proof of any kind to support this but it just don't look right to me. I call bullshit.
Watch the pool on landing, it doesn't move. At that speed and distance if he actually landed in the pool he would either flip the thing over or blast right through the back side of it. I have no mathematical proof of any kind to support this but it just don't look right to me. I call bullshit.
Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2009 11:49 pm
Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 2:09 am
I knew it was fake. I knew it. And yet, I hoped that it was real. 
Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 8:08 am
well, we've already got the helmets, and the insanity required... The CO cell probably has the hills necessary...RevCBL wrote:Well, on Mythbusters after they disprove something, they try to figure out how to do it for real.Flatline wrote:I knew it was fake. I knew it. And yet, I hoped that it was real.
Just a thought, for those of you who are unemployed and bored.
Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 8:11 am
Bullshit. Microsoft are just trying to play it down: "No, this could never happen in reality. No-one has the maths or balls to do this. You can, however, pretend you performed such a stunt and/or show off to your friends your mighty Video Editing Fu (patent pending)".
People, don't give up the dream. Ride your waterslides to the Great Unknown!
People, don't give up the dream. Ride your waterslides to the Great Unknown!
Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 9:17 am
Living the dream -
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Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 10:16 am
Bo_9 wrote:Living the dream -
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Proof positive that Microsoft, by law, must lick my sweaty, 4 day unshaven nutsack.
Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 10:33 am
We all knew it was fake, due to all kinds of clues (two little water buckets? Legs not broken?). Just the same, it is hard not to hold out hope in spite of all the signs.
Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 1:27 am
I would rather believe in this than aliens or a god, it's so much better than either 
/RM
/RM
Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 2:15 am
I'd ride the slip-n-bleed. Helmet please.
Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 5:32 am
Eeeew...I hate it when I forward a viral video, no matter how cool, and then find out it's for some marketing thing. Microsoft, blah!
Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 5:40 am
Me too. Makes me feel like some kind of subservient chicken when I do it...Moto_Myotis wrote:Eeeew...I hate it when I forward a viral video, no matter how cool, and then find out it's for some marketing thing. Microsoft, blah!
Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 6:40 am
Suddenly, I am hungry for a Whopper and fries and feel like buying MS Office Suite.Pattio wrote: Me too. Makes me feel like some kind of subservient chicken when I do it...