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Do not try any of the experiments you are about to see at home.

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You heard him. Don't do it.

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On this episode of Mythbusters...

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Kill him!

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Adam and Jamie are on an archery odyssey...

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Spring death upon all who oppose them.

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Exploring if the ancient Greeks jumped the gun by 2,000 years.

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Ready?

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Almost.

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Now I'm ready.

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And created the world's first machine gun that fired arrows.

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Oh, hold on! Fudge! Baby hippos.

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Sooner or later we're going to run out of things to go wrong and then it'll work great.

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Meanwhile, Carrie Grantontori got a little tipsy for science.

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Was that the rat that was awesome?

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And then stay awake for 30 hours straight.

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Ooh, you're tired.

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To find out if commuting without your 40 rings is worse than driving after a few drinks.

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Science sleeps for no one.

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Who are the Mythbusters?

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Adam Savage.

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I'm alive, right?

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And Jamie Heineman.

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Almost too exciting.

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Between them more than 30 years of special effects experience.

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Joining them, Grant Imahara.

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Right!

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Carrie Byers.

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We have the best job ever!

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And Tori Belleggi.

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Let's torch this thing!

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They don't just tell the Myths.

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They put them to the test.

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I got a good one.

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What?

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Arrow machine gun.

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You mean like a modern machine gun but it shoots arrows?

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Yes, but far from modern.

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In fact, this design was built by Dionysus the Elder over 2300 years ago, back when you were just a little tyke.

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I remember it like it was only yesterday.

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For the ancient Greeks, arrows were the weapon of choice.

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But did they create a contraption that could fire arrows like a machine gun?

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History says maybe, but the Mythbusters have never trusted history.

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So what do we know about this device?

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Well, historical documentation suggests that this device could fire an arrow 200 yards or 600 feet and was incredibly accurate.

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What about rate of fire?

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Historians generally agree that it could fire about 5 arrows per minute.

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Construction?

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There are some notes about specific areas of its construction that we have to follow.

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You know what? This sounds like a really fun build.

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I thought so too.

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This build is tailor made for the Mythbusters because although the history books list its three mythical criteria,

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no physical trace of the actual machine has ever been found.

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But will it live up to its reputation or turn out to be a Trojan horse?

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The historical record is pretty sparse really.

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It describes what amounts to an automatic crossbow that involves a crank, some sprockets, a chain,

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a spiral groove and a drum that extracts arrows from a hopper and fires them until the hopper is empty.

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That's pretty much all we have to go with.

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But sketchy details don't deter our machine mavens.

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In fact, for this ancient engineering challenge, they prefer it.

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Now given the time period, we can safely assume it would have been made out of wood.

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And we can also assume that they would want a stable platform to work off of,

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so the structure should be fairly large and substantial.

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Yep, and while Adam knocks the wood together,

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Jamie gets to work on the heart of this weapon, the bow.

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Well the first question we need to answer is what propelled the arrows?

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We've decided to pick the simplest and most reliable option,

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which is a traditional heavy-duty recurve bow.

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Adams finished the body of the build and to top it off, he's added a sliding arm,

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the first part of the repeating mechanism.

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That's it.

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It's not bad.

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Then with Jamie's bow in place, they string it together.

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Ever go.

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You got it?

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I'm in.

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And now all Adam has to do is work out how their bow will fire,

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draw another arrow, and fire again.

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That's my catch.

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Comes over here, grabs the string, pulls it back, and there's a catch.

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That's beautiful.

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Isn't that cool?

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Gravity resets it.

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No springs, no mechanics.

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It's an ingenious little solution that Dionysus the Elder himself would salute.

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But what's next?

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The record says that the mechanism used sprockets and a chain to create the reciprocating motion

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required to make the whole device automatic.

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to make the whole thing work.

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And now that they have the power to drive it,

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Jamie adds a nifty, fully automatic reloading system.

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Smooth as could be, no hitches.

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Along with an arrow hopper.

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Adam then adds a crank.

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It's really nice.

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Really easy.

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And the final threatening touch is a foreboding figurehead.

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Let's put a little personality on this puppy, eh?

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Oh yeah, look at that.

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That totally completes it.

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With that, their devious device is complete.

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But how exactly will it wreak destruction?

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This is how this works.

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We load arrows into the hopper like so.

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When I turn this crank, I'll also be turning this sprocket and chain, which engages the slide, like so.

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When the slide starts to move, it engages a spiral groove which rotates the arrow delivery shaft,

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which pulls a single arrow out of the hopper and delivers it to the firing position.

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the exact moment the arrow falls into place,

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the catch mechanism releases the string and fires the arrow.

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Well, that's the theory.

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And after four solid days of ancient innovation,

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it's time for the inaugural Arrow Machine Gun Test Fire.

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Let's try it.

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Come on, baby.

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One away.

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Everything looks in place.

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Two away.

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And it works, firing three arrows right on target.

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It's working.

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However, one shop test does not equal success.

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Alright, man. Let's head out there.

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Next, there's no rest for the mythbusters.

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Today's myth is that driving tired is actually more dangerous than driving tipsy.

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Even more dangerous.

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That's the idea.

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Apparently, being sleep deprived impairs the brain more than a couple of beers.

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I heard that every year thousands of car accidents happen

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because people lose concentration due to tiredness.

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Then that's definitely something we should look into.

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Drinking and driving is a dangerous combination.

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But could getting behind the wheel sleep deprived really be more risky than driving tipsy?

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Both are technically legal, but which is more dangerous?

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Okay, so we need to design a course with all sorts of obstacles and hazards and various challenges.

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and then again really, really tired like we stay up for 24 hours.

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Alright, well one of us has to be the sub one.

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So why don't you two do all the drinking, staying up all night and driving,

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Alright, well before we start testing, why don't we learn a little bit more about sleep?

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What are you going to do? Go take a nap?

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I need a little practice.

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Yep, before they hit the road, they want to know exactly why a lack of sleep could spell dangerous driving.

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We've come to the UCSF Sleep Disorder Center so that we can investigate the signs of sleep.

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Alright Alex, we're ready for the sleep test.

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Now today, Tories are lab rat.

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We're going to hook them up to a polysomnogram so that we can monitor his brain waves.

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Well he's both drowsy and really well rested.

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Can you tell me a bedtime story?

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Okay Dr. Claimon, what happens if we don't get enough sleep?

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Your brain function is very different when you're sleepy compared to when you're rested and alert.

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Indeed, because it's clear Tories brain waves when awake, surprisingly are far more active than when he's drowsy.

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And for the purposes of our test, Dr. Claimon has one very important point.

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I think if you're on a longer monotonous section of road, you're going to tend to have a lot more trouble keeping your eyes open and focused.

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If you're stopping and starting in city traffic, it's more stimulating and so it would be easier to cope with those sections.

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Which means they'll need two separate test courses.

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One to replicate the constant stimulus of city traffic and another to simulate a stretch of highway where straying out of your lane could spell death.

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And grants found a location where they can do just that.

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We're here at the Alameda County Regional Training Facility EVOC course to set up our Tipsy vs. Tire Driving Challenge.

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Now by putting our drivers through various tests, we'll find out which is more dangerous, driving slightly intoxicated or driving exhausted.

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Tactical driving instructor Paul Gerard will closely monitor how our designated drivers perform.

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Hey Paul, thanks for coming.

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Thank you.

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And as an added distraction to the obstacle course, they've added a very mythbusters touch.

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Never know what hit him.

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At a secret location is a hidden reaction time test that Tori prepared earlier.

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A wrap. I mean what better distraction as you're driving down a road having a rodent cross your path.

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Now, I'm going to be one of the test drivers so why am I setting up my own distraction?

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It's kind of like building your own gallows.

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But just because I'm building this distraction doesn't mean I know when and where it's going to be deployed.

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That's going to be Grant's job.

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But the key here is we have to avoid these roads.

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Alright, that's it. My rat's done. Now it's time to give it propulsion.

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Rockets. That's right. Rat Rockets.

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Okay, well as distractions go, rats moving at rocket speeds certainly takes the box.

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Alright, here we go. Rat rocket distraction in three, two, one.

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Eventually with just the right amount of rocket in three, two, one.

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That will certainly rattle our drivers.

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I don't know. I think that looked like a pretty good speed to me.

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Next on Mythbusters.

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Holy crap.

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It's the rapid fire debut of their marvelous machine.

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Did Dionysus of Alexandria jump the gun by 2,000 years and create an arrow-powered forerunner of the machine gun?

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Or is this myth just historical hyperbole?

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The Mythbusters are finding out.

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They've built their archaic archery prototype.

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But now to find out if it will fulfill its mythical criteria.

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And now spin clockwise.

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It's so hard to find good slaves.

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Well, this guy's worked in the shop so far, but that's not good enough.

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Now we need a field test. So we've come out to a field.

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We've got a couple hundred yards of space between our arrow machine gun and an appropriate Roman temple in the distance.

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It's time now to figure out just how far and how fast this thing fires.

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This is the criteria by which we're going to judge our ancient arrow machine gun.

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It has to have a range of over 600 feet and has to fire at least five rounds per minute.

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And it has to be able to hit a human-sized target.

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We're going to test its range first.

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If I had to hazard a prediction, honestly, I have no idea.

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I think it's at least going to go a couple hundred feet, but a couple hundred yards, I don't think so.

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Well, there's only one way to find out.

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You ready?

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Almost.

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Now I'm ready.

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Nice hat.

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Thanks.

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Without further ado, Jamie cranks the crank.

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Firing.

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And loses an arrow.

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Holy crap.

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Dude.

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Did it go over the top?

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I don't think it went over the top, but it went way... I can't even see where it landed.

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I lost sight of it.

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Let's go look.

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It's an impressive debut.

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And after a quick arrow hunt, the mythbusters are even more impressed.

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Here it is.

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Whoa.

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Nice.

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Looks like it broke right off at the head.

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I'm figuring it hit someplace up high.

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We are 230 yards from our machine gun.

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That is absolutely in the range of battle ready material.

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Our arrow machine gun fired an arrow 690 feet, so it easily passed our distance test.

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Now it's time to test its rate of fire and its accuracy.

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That's the first mythical criteria more than matched by their marvelous machine.

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So for the next test, they give themselves a little more room.

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It looks good.

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We've got to have something to shoot at, so I found this guy hiding in the bushes, and

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I figure he'd make as good a target as any.

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Well, our lone centurion awaits 280 some odd yards in the distance.

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We're about to load our arrow machine gun with all of these arrows and try to hit them.

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Okay, 10 arrows.

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Fast as you can.

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Hold on in.

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Away.

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Awesome.

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Hold on. Stop, stop.

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For some reason, it didn't grab the second arrow, so we need to push this forward.

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And if at first you don't succeed, try a quick reset and go again.

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Go.

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Away.

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Toys for big boys right here.

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Stop, stop, stop, stop.

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But second time around, they hit the same snag.

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You know what's happening is our catch isn't catching with the bow string.

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The suspect bow string is tightened and the test resumes.

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Third time's a charm.

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10 arrows, rapid succession in three, two, one, go.

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Oh, yeah.

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One's away.

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Loading, it's good.

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Yes.

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Third one.

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Come on, baby.

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Oh, it didn't catch.

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Unfortunately, it looks like it's not just the string that needs fixing.

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They're not firing rapidly.

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It needs a little TLC and we need to work out a few bugs.

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I've got some good news and some bad news.

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The good news is from a distant standpoint, our arrow machine gun exceeded my wildest expectations.

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It would appear we've wounded Achilles.

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No, it's not on his heel.

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It's on his, you know, ball of his foot.

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Its range is impressive.

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It makes it a very good military weapon in the old times.

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The bad news is the machine part of machine gun.

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Not so much.

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The machine part was touchy.

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Hold on, stop, stop.

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It broke a few times.

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It didn't fire as rapidly as we want.

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Its accuracy was all over the map.

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Clearly, we've got to take this thing back to the shop and rejigger some significant parts of it.

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After the break...

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The riot team.

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The tipsy drivers hit the road.

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Was that the rat?

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The mythbusters are taking a ride on the wild side.

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Finding out which is worse, driving exhausted or slightly inebriated.

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And they're starting with their tipsy baseline test.

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Under proper supervision, of course.

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Deputy Nubriga, thank you so much for coming out and helping us.

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You're welcome.

294
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Now this is 45 milliliters of alcohol.

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And this is an average shot.

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And this is what we're going to be using to get tipsy.

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Now remember, we're not trying to get drunk, we're trying to get tipsy.

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Which means we need to be below the legal blood alcohol level, which is .08.

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Now a person my size, 170 pounds, I'm going to need three of these within an hour to get tipsy.

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Now Carrie, she's a little bit lighter.

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She's going to need two of these in an hour to get tipsy.

302
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But once we're at that point, then we're going to start driving.

303
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We're doing this experiment completely under the supervision of the sheriff's department.

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We're no way advocating drinking and driving.

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And in fact, we're using this tipsy driving test as the yardstick for dangerous.

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Because this right here is as dangerous as anything we do on the show.

307
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It's dangerous, alright.

308
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And after her precisely allotted amount of alcohol, Carrie blows a .06 on the breathalyzer.

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Tipsy but not drunk.

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Perfect.

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Alright, we'll score you from out here.

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And we'll be hiding behind the K-rails.

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Good idea.

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At just below the legal limit, a less than sober Carrie must negotiate the obstacle course at 15 miles per hour.

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Oh, there's a cone.

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Woohoo!

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10 points.

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And it's clear from the beginning that the alcohol has affected her driving.

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Yep, got one on the corner there.

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She hits two cones within 30 seconds.

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And then executes a rodent hit and run.

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Was that the rat that was awesome?

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Yeah.

324
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The final cone casualty comes on the parallel park.

325
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There's a lot of adding.

326
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We're going to have to do this guys.

327
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I think this is going to be interesting.

328
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Me too.

329
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Carrie made seven mistakes on the obstacle course, earning 10 penalty points per error.

330
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But she's not done yet.

331
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Next she has to drive her imitation highway lane for 25 laps.

332
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But how will they make sure Carrie stays between the lines?

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Well, with this handy device.

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I have a sensor system that looks at these lane markers and knows if it's inside or outside.

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If they're over the line, a timer will automatically go off and keep track of how long they're over the line.

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And a light on the outside will light up so we can see if they're over the line or if they're safe.

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Okay, 25 laps in the not any test.

338
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Three, two, one.

339
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One over here.

340
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Every time the car crosses the line, both Grant's device and the follow car record it.

341
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And left for a long time there.

342
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Keeping in line is proving difficult for Carrie.

343
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One over here.

344
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But eventually, after 25 laps, it's time to find out just how difficult.

345
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You're done. Stop.

346
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Alright, so how did Carrie do?

347
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Well, on the monotonous driving course, she crossed the line or went out of the lane 104 times.

348
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What?

349
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Yeah, with an elapsed time endanger of 58 seconds.

350
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I was driving consistently the entire time inside the lines.

351
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Carrie strayed out of her lane and theoretically into oncoming traffic 104 times.

352
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Bringing her final tipsy penalties to 232.

353
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Perfect.

354
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Troy's approach is to will himself sober.

355
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Be the car, be the car.

356
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Be the road, be the road.

357
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And while it works well initially, a sudden surprise breaks his clear record.

358
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Oh, I just killed a rat.

359
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I think the little bugger got under my tie.

360
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But he does manage to pull himself together thereafter.

361
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Okay, now hairpin turn and on to the parallel parking.

362
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Focus, focus, focus, focus.

363
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Don't crash.

364
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And we're in.

365
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Bang!

366
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Tori has done surprisingly well on the maneuverability course,

367
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forfeiting only 20 penalty points.

368
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But now comes the boring part.

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sobriety

370
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Once again, Tori's progress is monitored by Grant and Paul in the chase vehicle.

371
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I don't know, call me paranoid, but I think there's white bands following me.

372
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25 laps later and Tori's tipsy test is finally complete.

373
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Oh my gosh, that was torturous.

374
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Right?

375
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I never thought I was going to end.

376
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You and me both.

377
00:22:00,000 --> 00:22:03,000
It certainly was tedious, but how did he do?

378
00:22:03,000 --> 00:22:06,000
Well, in the monotonous driving course, he crossed the line four times.

379
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For a grand total of one second in danger.

380
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Woohoo!

381
00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:14,000
The less than sober Tori did very well once again,

382
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bringing his final penalties to 25 points.

383
00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:20,000
But it's not all good news.

384
00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:27,000
You know, I've got to say watching Tori drive after having had three shots of alcohol is a little disturbing.

385
00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:29,000
He almost didn't make any mistakes.

386
00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:31,000
Yeah, I think on the surface it looks like that.

387
00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:35,000
There were mistakes made and those mistakes in the real world would have been really significant.

388
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For instance, when we fired the rat out in front of them,

389
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if that were a car running a red light or a vehicle running a stop sign,

390
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he would have just plowed right into it.

391
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With their tipsy baseline complete, now all they need to do is sober up,

392
00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:50,000
lose some sleep and then do it all again.

393
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The ancient Greeks were in just swords and sandals.

394
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They also invented some ingenious war machines.

395
00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:05,000
Good, good, good.

396
00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:08,000
But did they create the world's first machine gun?

397
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Good slaves, extra meat for everyone.

398
00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:13,000
Well, we got a bunch of work to do.

399
00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:15,000
Yeah, we do. Let's get started, huh?

400
00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:16,000
Okay.

401
00:23:16,000 --> 00:23:19,000
The Greeks may have had centuries,

402
00:23:19,000 --> 00:23:23,000
but the mythbusters have just 48 hours to perfect their weapon.

403
00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:25,000
How does it feel?

404
00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:27,000
I think it feels a lot better.

405
00:23:27,000 --> 00:23:30,000
And first, Adams got his sights set on its aim.

406
00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:35,000
Back in my day, we could aim our arrow machine guns.

407
00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:37,000
We did it with wheels.

408
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That's right.

409
00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:42,000
We didn't just pop them down on the ground.

410
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We could find our enemies and bring the arrows to them.

411
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The death sprayers.

412
00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:50,000
That's what we were called. Yes!

413
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The wheels are fitted to the machine, along with a giant lever to steer.

414
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That's not bad at all.

415
00:23:56,000 --> 00:24:00,000
Meanwhile, the Heidemann works on their reloading problem,

416
00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:04,000
spending the day ironing out kinks, adding the traditional lube,

417
00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:06,000
and cranking up the crank.

418
00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:11,000
That's much faster than I was doing yesterday.

419
00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:13,000
Can I get you a glass of water?

420
00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:15,000
That's a workout, that's for sure.

421
00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:16,000
Certainly is.

422
00:24:16,000 --> 00:24:19,000
And there's one more addition, Adams' angling to make.

423
00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:21,000
An angle finder.

424
00:24:21,000 --> 00:24:22,000
Let's do a test fire.

425
00:24:22,000 --> 00:24:27,000
Alright, how about at an angle that's probably going to give us a couple hundred yards of distance?

426
00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:29,000
About 15 degrees?

427
00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:30,000
Sure.

428
00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:31,000
Okay.

429
00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:33,000
Yep, and with their target in sight,

430
00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:34,000
Good.

431
00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:36,000
Jamie cranks up the tweaked machine.

432
00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:39,000
Good.

433
00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:41,000
You hit a nice close bullseye.

434
00:24:41,000 --> 00:24:42,000
Okay.

435
00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:43,000
Let's just see if it loads again.

436
00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:47,000
And to begin with, their changes are working like clockwork.

437
00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:48,000
Good.

438
00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:49,000
Another one.

439
00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:54,000
Yeah!

440
00:24:56,000 --> 00:24:57,000
Oh, stop.

441
00:24:57,000 --> 00:24:58,000
Miss fire.

442
00:24:58,000 --> 00:25:02,000
Until they run up against their old friend, the Miss Fire.

443
00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:05,000
There's a problem inherent with something like this,

444
00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:08,000
and that is that it's got so many different moving parts

445
00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:11,000
that if any one little thing gets out of whack,

446
00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:14,000
then you've got a train wreck and everything breaks.

447
00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:17,000
It's a trial and error process to find the fix.

448
00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:20,000
The guys first try restricting the machine.

449
00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:23,000
The guys first try restringing the bow.

450
00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:27,000
What was that?

451
00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:30,000
I have never seen that behavior from this thing.

452
00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:34,000
Then try adjusting the redraw mechanism.

453
00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:41,000
And finally widening the arrow channel.

454
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Arrow's loaded well.

455
00:25:43,000 --> 00:25:44,000
That's good.

456
00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:46,000
Keep going.

457
00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:48,000
That's perfect.

458
00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:49,000
One more.

459
00:25:51,000 --> 00:25:53,000
Perfect. Stop.

460
00:25:53,000 --> 00:25:55,000
That was three beautiful shots.

461
00:25:55,000 --> 00:25:57,000
I think we might have this thing on the ropes.

462
00:25:57,000 --> 00:25:59,000
It's about time, huh?

463
00:25:59,000 --> 00:26:02,000
With the hitches defeated, at least for now,

464
00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:05,000
the Mythbusters celebrate by making their magnificent machine

465
00:26:05,000 --> 00:26:08,000
a little more festive.

466
00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:10,000
That looks great.

467
00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:12,000
Awesome ye olde.

468
00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:18,000
When it comes to warfare, I know you want to walk in the blood and guts of your enemies.

469
00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:19,000
Who doesn't?

470
00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:21,000
Well, have I got the solution for you?

471
00:26:21,000 --> 00:26:24,000
Starting at the back with its ratcheting Z-axis aiming stand,

472
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its new comfort crank handle with a slip grip,

473
00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:30,000
cast bronze chains, all-terrain wheels,

474
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a 30-arrow hopper, 70-pound bow string,

475
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and a lion's head that sprays death at every crank.

476
00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:40,000
Yes, it's the Arrow Machine Gun.

477
00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:42,000
What more do you need to know?

478
00:26:49,000 --> 00:26:51,000
We have tested driving tipsy.

479
00:26:51,000 --> 00:26:53,000
Now it's time to test driving tired.

480
00:26:53,000 --> 00:26:55,000
So we need to stay up all night long.

481
00:26:55,000 --> 00:26:58,000
So we've set up the shop with a few things to help us do that.

482
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We got a treadmill. This way we can run on it, get the blood flowing.

483
00:27:01,000 --> 00:27:02,000
Hopefully that'll keep us awake.

484
00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:04,000
If we get bored with that, we got ping pong.

485
00:27:04,000 --> 00:27:06,000
We'll play that all night.

486
00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:08,000
Plus, we have a lounge air conditioner.

487
00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:10,000
We have a lot of air in the air.

488
00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:12,000
We have a lot of air in the air.

489
00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:14,000
We have a lot of air in the air.

490
00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:16,000
We have a lot of air in the air.

491
00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:18,000
We have a lot of air in the air.

492
00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:20,000
We have a lounge area.

493
00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:22,000
We got a TV, we watch some television, play some video games,

494
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and since we're doing this at night,

495
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and we don't have heaters, it is going to get freezing in here,

496
00:27:27,000 --> 00:27:30,000
which is definitely going to keep us awake.

497
00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:35,000
Gosh, the more I talk about this experiment, the less I want to do it.

498
00:27:35,000 --> 00:27:40,000
Well, that's understandable, because here's grad with a disturbing graphic.

499
00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:43,000
So the physiological effects of sleek deprivation are

500
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increased heart rate, irregular breathing, blurred vision,

501
00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:52,000
dizziness, yawning, nausea, and slurred speech.

502
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The question is, will these symptoms make your driving worse than when you're tipsy?

503
00:27:57,000 --> 00:28:01,000
Well, there's no rest for the mythbusters in order to find out.

504
00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:04,000
All right, so it is now nine o'clock.

505
00:28:04,000 --> 00:28:06,000
You've been awake for roughly 15 hours.

506
00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:10,000
You have 12 hours to go until you're on the road.

507
00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:11,000
I don't know about you, but I'm feeling good.

508
00:28:11,000 --> 00:28:13,000
Maybe I'm being optimistic, but I think this is going to be all right.

509
00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:15,000
Good luck. I'll see you tomorrow.

510
00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:16,000
All right, see you in the morning.

511
00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:18,000
Sleep tight.

512
00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:19,000
Now what?

513
00:28:46,000 --> 00:28:48,000
The sound starts to show.

514
00:28:48,000 --> 00:28:54,000
1 a.m. I can tell that I've been up late because I'm starting to get a much deeper voice.

515
00:28:54,000 --> 00:28:57,000
By morning, I'm going to sound like Jamie.

516
00:28:57,000 --> 00:29:02,000
And at 4 a.m., our sleep-deprived pair hit the proverbial wall.

517
00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:04,000
Wake up.

518
00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:06,000
I was just thinking.

519
00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:09,000
So let's look at the effects of sleep deprivation.

520
00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:10,000
Irritability.

521
00:29:10,000 --> 00:29:12,000
Oh, I kill grand.

522
00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:13,000
Check.

523
00:29:13,000 --> 00:29:14,000
Severe yawning.

524
00:29:14,000 --> 00:29:15,000
Check.

525
00:29:15,000 --> 00:29:18,000
Increased reaction time and accuracy.

526
00:29:18,000 --> 00:29:20,000
Definitely and definitely.

527
00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:22,000
I am so tired now.

528
00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:29,000
Suffering all the symptoms of sleeplessness, our deprived duo struggles through the early hours of the morning.

529
00:29:29,000 --> 00:29:31,000
It's 6 a.m.

530
00:29:31,000 --> 00:29:36,000
We have now been up 24 hours straight.

531
00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:39,000
I'm starting to see cross-eyed.

532
00:29:39,000 --> 00:29:44,000
Finally, at 7 a.m., Grant arrives with a welcome breakfast.

533
00:29:44,000 --> 00:29:46,000
Morning, you guys.

534
00:29:46,000 --> 00:29:48,000
Now I know we're truly tired.

535
00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:50,000
I'm hallucinating that Grant has food for us.

536
00:29:50,000 --> 00:29:51,000
Dig in.

537
00:29:51,000 --> 00:29:56,000
We're going to saddle up in a little while, and then you guys are going to hit the road and start driving.

538
00:30:14,000 --> 00:30:19,000
We've worked out the kinks, and our Arrow Machine Gun is finally ready for testing.

539
00:30:19,000 --> 00:30:24,000
But what are we going to compare its performance to, both in terms of speed and accuracy?

540
00:30:24,000 --> 00:30:26,000
Clearly, we need the yardstick.

541
00:30:26,000 --> 00:30:29,000
This is our yardstick.

542
00:30:29,000 --> 00:30:33,000
Right now, Brady Ellison is the number one archer in the United States.

543
00:30:33,000 --> 00:30:39,000
I figure that makes him a heck of a yardstick by which to judge the effectiveness of our Arrow Machine Gun.

544
00:30:39,000 --> 00:30:43,000
So, Brady, I need you to take out all five of our soldiers as quickly as you can.

545
00:30:43,000 --> 00:30:44,000
Are you up for it?

546
00:30:44,000 --> 00:30:45,000
Sounds good.

547
00:30:45,000 --> 00:30:47,000
All right, let's do it.

548
00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:49,000
I know what you're saying.

549
00:30:49,000 --> 00:30:56,000
You're saying mythbusters, our third century BC counterparts, didn't possess equipment nearly as advanced as the one you're holding in your hand.

550
00:30:56,000 --> 00:31:00,000
How can you call that an accurate comparison to ye olde bows?

551
00:31:00,000 --> 00:31:04,000
While this may look really fancy, with all this stuff bolted to it that's shiny,

552
00:31:04,000 --> 00:31:11,000
the fact is, functionally, mechanically, it works effectively exactly the same as ye olde bows.

553
00:31:11,000 --> 00:31:13,000
So, that's our story and we're sticking to it.

554
00:31:13,000 --> 00:31:15,000
Okay, Brady, the enemies are at the gate.

555
00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:17,000
May it commence firing.

556
00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:24,000
Ah, that's a hit!

557
00:31:24,000 --> 00:31:25,000
The blue guy is down!

558
00:31:25,000 --> 00:31:26,000
On to orange!

559
00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:32,000
The orange guy's down!

560
00:31:32,000 --> 00:31:33,000
Time for the green!

561
00:31:34,000 --> 00:31:36,000
Brady has obviously done this before.

562
00:31:36,000 --> 00:31:37,000
A hit!

563
00:31:37,000 --> 00:31:38,000
Green guy is down!

564
00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:39,000
Red!

565
00:31:39,000 --> 00:31:42,000
And although not every arrow is a direct hit,

566
00:31:43,000 --> 00:31:45,000
Looks like you hit off to the side of the red.

567
00:31:45,000 --> 00:31:47,000
Not to note, the red guy is not a hit.

568
00:31:47,000 --> 00:31:52,000
Using his super modern bow, it doesn't take long to deflate the targets.

569
00:31:52,000 --> 00:31:53,000
Yellow is down!

570
00:31:53,000 --> 00:31:55,000
Red is the only one left.

571
00:31:58,000 --> 00:31:59,000
Yeah, that hit him.

572
00:31:59,000 --> 00:32:00,000
He's down.

573
00:32:00,000 --> 00:32:01,000
The red guy is down.

574
00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:02,000
You got him all.

575
00:32:02,000 --> 00:32:03,000
Nice work!

576
00:32:03,000 --> 00:32:04,000
That was two minutes.

577
00:32:04,000 --> 00:32:05,000
Eleven arrows.

578
00:32:05,000 --> 00:32:07,000
Five kills, eleven arrows, two minutes.

579
00:32:07,000 --> 00:32:09,000
Well, we got our mark, we got a beat.

580
00:32:16,000 --> 00:32:18,000
Brady's going to be a pretty tough act to follow.

581
00:32:18,000 --> 00:32:22,000
I mean, we're going to be able to crank out more arrows in a given period of time than he could,

582
00:32:22,000 --> 00:32:28,000
but they're probably not as accurate, so it kind of boils down to quantity or quality.

583
00:32:28,000 --> 00:32:30,000
Okay, that's it!

584
00:32:33,000 --> 00:32:38,000
Centurion Jamie, I spot five enemy soldiers blocking our way about 90 yard tenths.

585
00:32:38,000 --> 00:32:39,000
Shall we take them out?

586
00:32:39,000 --> 00:32:40,000
Awaiting your command.

587
00:32:41,000 --> 00:32:42,000
Well, have at it!

588
00:32:43,000 --> 00:32:45,000
Centurion Adam gives the command.

589
00:32:45,000 --> 00:32:48,000
The timer starts and Jamie gets cranking.

590
00:32:50,000 --> 00:32:52,000
Oh, that looks like a hit!

591
00:32:52,000 --> 00:32:54,000
The yellow one is down, let's move to the red one.

592
00:32:54,000 --> 00:32:56,000
And firing.

593
00:32:57,000 --> 00:32:59,000
Oh, we hit the tunic of the red one.

594
00:33:00,000 --> 00:33:01,000
Barring.

595
00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:07,000
Oh, we got the red one, go for the green!

596
00:33:07,000 --> 00:33:08,000
Firing.

597
00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:15,000
It's a promising start with the enemies falling swiftly to the death-spraying machine.

598
00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:17,000
I think we hit the green, let's go for the orange!

599
00:33:17,000 --> 00:33:18,000
Firing.

600
00:33:20,000 --> 00:33:22,000
Oh, the orange went down!

601
00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:26,000
But with four targets down, suddenly the bow bows out.

602
00:33:27,000 --> 00:33:28,000
We broke the bow.

603
00:33:28,000 --> 00:33:29,000
How so?

604
00:33:29,000 --> 00:33:30,000
The limb broke.

605
00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:31,000
Split the limb.

606
00:33:31,000 --> 00:33:32,000
No way!

607
00:33:32,000 --> 00:33:33,000
I would back off.

608
00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:35,000
If that comes out, it'll flip towards you.

609
00:33:35,000 --> 00:33:37,000
Alright, here's the report so far.

610
00:33:37,000 --> 00:33:40,000
At a minute and thirty-eight seconds with nineteen arrows fired and four targets down,

611
00:33:40,000 --> 00:33:41,000
our limb broke.

612
00:33:41,000 --> 00:33:43,000
We are replacing the limb, we're going to start the clock again.

613
00:33:44,000 --> 00:33:48,000
And hopefully we're going to take care of this last blue intruder.

614
00:33:48,000 --> 00:33:49,000
Yep, that's the plan.

615
00:33:49,000 --> 00:33:53,000
And with a new bow, they restart the clock and take aim.

616
00:33:53,000 --> 00:33:54,000
Right.

617
00:33:54,000 --> 00:33:55,000
Go!

618
00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:56,000
Firing.

619
00:33:56,000 --> 00:33:58,000
Oh, so close!

620
00:33:58,000 --> 00:34:00,000
That last guy is a devil!

621
00:34:00,000 --> 00:34:01,000
Firing.

622
00:34:01,000 --> 00:34:03,000
Wait, we have a problem, we have a problem.

623
00:34:03,000 --> 00:34:04,000
Feed failure.

624
00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:07,000
Once again, there's a hitch in the mechanism.

625
00:34:07,000 --> 00:34:11,000
But they still haven't given up getting that bolt into the blue.

626
00:34:11,000 --> 00:34:14,000
Offending arrow is removed, clock is restarting again.

627
00:34:14,000 --> 00:34:15,000
Go!

628
00:34:18,000 --> 00:34:19,000
Good, keep going.

629
00:34:21,000 --> 00:34:22,000
Arrow's good.

630
00:34:22,000 --> 00:34:24,000
Oh, we didn't load that one.

631
00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:25,000
Wow, it didn't grab the...

632
00:34:25,000 --> 00:34:30,000
Back, back, back, back, back!

633
00:34:30,000 --> 00:34:34,000
Fudge, babies, baby hippos.

634
00:34:34,000 --> 00:34:36,000
Start right up again.

635
00:34:36,000 --> 00:34:37,000
Yet another failure.

636
00:34:37,000 --> 00:34:38,000
Okay.

637
00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:41,000
But the Mythbusters know a thing or two about persistence.

638
00:34:41,000 --> 00:34:44,000
So far, just about everything that can go wrong has gone wrong.

639
00:34:44,000 --> 00:34:50,000
We've had misfires, mis-triggers, we've had string problems.

640
00:34:50,000 --> 00:34:52,000
Sooner or later, we're going to run out of things to go wrong,

641
00:34:52,000 --> 00:34:54,000
and then it'll work great.

642
00:34:54,000 --> 00:34:59,000
Well, here's hoping, because the Mythbusters aren't given up on this one without a fight.

643
00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:01,000
Coming up...

644
00:35:01,000 --> 00:35:05,000
Our drowsy drivers are a little fuzzy.

645
00:35:05,000 --> 00:35:07,000
He's getting closer!

646
00:35:07,000 --> 00:35:12,000
And will the archery odyssey end in defeat for victory?

647
00:35:18,000 --> 00:35:21,000
It's been a long time between naps for our duo.

648
00:35:21,000 --> 00:35:22,000
We're here.

649
00:35:22,000 --> 00:35:24,000
You're driving to wake anybody up.

650
00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:32,000
After 30 hours awake, it's time to find out if sleep deprivation makes you a worse driver than alcohol.

651
00:35:32,000 --> 00:35:33,000
Turn the sun down.

652
00:35:33,000 --> 00:35:36,000
And there's no doubt these two are tired.

653
00:35:36,000 --> 00:35:40,000
So Carrie and I have now been awake for over 30 hours.

654
00:35:40,000 --> 00:35:44,000
And let me tell you, my heart's racing, my breathing is irregular.

655
00:35:44,000 --> 00:35:49,000
You know that sound that the TV makes when it's just full of snow?

656
00:35:50,000 --> 00:35:55,000
I'm feeling sick, so I'm pretty sure my immune system is failing.

657
00:35:55,000 --> 00:35:59,000
I haven't started hallucinating yet, but the day has just begun.

658
00:35:59,000 --> 00:36:02,000
Kind of the only thing going through my head right now.

659
00:36:02,000 --> 00:36:06,000
I think I might kill a few cones today.

660
00:36:07,000 --> 00:36:12,000
Well, there's only one way to find out, as our drowsy driver hits the road.

661
00:36:13,000 --> 00:36:18,000
Get that one hard too.

662
00:36:18,000 --> 00:36:23,000
As Carrie predicted, she has knocked down cones, but not as many as you'd think.

663
00:36:23,000 --> 00:36:25,000
She's kind of like a different driver now.

664
00:36:25,000 --> 00:36:26,000
Very different.

665
00:36:27,000 --> 00:36:32,000
This time around, she even reacts to and avoids the rocket wrap.

666
00:36:32,000 --> 00:36:35,000
Wow, that was really good.

667
00:36:35,000 --> 00:36:41,000
On the obstacle course, Carrie did slightly better driving sleep deprived than tipsy.

668
00:36:41,000 --> 00:36:44,000
But will she do as well with the monotony test?

669
00:36:44,000 --> 00:36:49,000
All right, this is tipsy versus tired monotony course.

670
00:36:49,000 --> 00:36:50,000
Go.

671
00:36:51,000 --> 00:36:56,000
How weary Carrie is finding the test such a yawn, it's hard for her to stay awake.

672
00:36:58,000 --> 00:36:59,000
Cross.

673
00:36:59,000 --> 00:37:01,000
Go all the way over.

674
00:37:02,000 --> 00:37:04,000
Go around the left.

675
00:37:04,000 --> 00:37:07,000
At every time she slips towards sleep,

676
00:37:07,000 --> 00:37:11,000
let's just say the line monitoring device has its work cut out.

677
00:37:12,000 --> 00:37:16,000
This has got to be like lap one on the roof.

678
00:37:16,000 --> 00:37:21,000
Eventually, Carrie has run the rings, and it's all over for her tired test.

679
00:37:21,000 --> 00:37:24,000
That's it for driving tired.

680
00:37:24,000 --> 00:37:26,000
Good job, Carrie.

681
00:37:27,000 --> 00:37:31,000
But before we get to her final results, it's Tori's turn.

682
00:37:33,000 --> 00:37:35,000
What I want to do is go to bed right now.

683
00:37:37,000 --> 00:37:43,000
Compared to his relatively mistake free run last time, he's making far more errors.

684
00:37:43,000 --> 00:37:45,000
Oh, we hit one of the cones there.

685
00:37:45,000 --> 00:37:46,000
That's a confirmed hit.

686
00:37:46,000 --> 00:37:50,000
Once again, he mows down his rodent distraction.

687
00:37:52,000 --> 00:37:55,000
And on the slalom, even though he slows right down,

688
00:37:55,000 --> 00:37:57,000
There's no tire noise or anything.

689
00:37:57,000 --> 00:37:58,000
He's just kind of creeping through the whole thing.

690
00:37:58,000 --> 00:38:00,000
His steering suffers.

691
00:38:01,000 --> 00:38:08,000
In contrast to Carrie, Tori was penalized 50 points, more than double his tipsy tally.

692
00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:13,000
But will his fatigue affect his driving on the stimulus free circuit?

693
00:38:13,000 --> 00:38:15,000
Here we go.

694
00:38:15,000 --> 00:38:18,000
In the beginning, Tori is alert and driving well.

695
00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:21,000
Science sleeps for no one.

696
00:38:21,000 --> 00:38:23,000
Oh, he snuck through there, didn't he?

697
00:38:23,000 --> 00:38:24,000
Yeah, it was clean.

698
00:38:24,000 --> 00:38:25,000
It was clean.

699
00:38:26,000 --> 00:38:31,000
But as he loops the laps over and over, his focus starts to wander.

700
00:38:34,000 --> 00:38:40,000
It's the straightaways that give you that bit of time to relax, not worry about a turn.

701
00:38:40,000 --> 00:38:42,000
And that's when you doze off.

702
00:38:42,000 --> 00:38:47,000
Eventually, after completing 25 laps, he can stop driving in circles.

703
00:38:47,000 --> 00:38:52,000
Yeah! Dang! That was rough.

704
00:38:53,000 --> 00:38:55,000
It was rough.

705
00:38:55,000 --> 00:38:58,000
But how much did the monotony get to our tired to some?

706
00:38:58,000 --> 00:39:00,000
I mean, you guys are plainly very tired right now.

707
00:39:00,000 --> 00:39:05,000
From one minute over the lines before to being over five minutes over the line,

708
00:39:05,000 --> 00:39:08,000
and you being one second over the line to suddenly being over two minutes over the line.

709
00:39:08,000 --> 00:39:09,000
Wow!

710
00:39:09,000 --> 00:39:16,000
It's a shocking result, but it's clear that both Tori and Carrie made more errors driving tired.

711
00:39:16,000 --> 00:39:18,000
Particularly when it came to monotony.

712
00:39:18,000 --> 00:39:23,000
Carrie was three times worse, and Tori almost ten.

713
00:39:23,000 --> 00:39:25,000
So it's looking like myth confirmed.

714
00:39:25,000 --> 00:39:26,000
It's confirmed.

715
00:39:26,000 --> 00:39:31,000
Not only is driving tired as bad as driving tipsy, it's worse.

716
00:39:31,000 --> 00:39:33,000
Now, being tipsy is borderline illegal.

717
00:39:33,000 --> 00:39:36,000
It's incredibly dangerous.

718
00:39:36,000 --> 00:39:41,000
What we found is that being tired is even more dangerous than that.

719
00:39:41,000 --> 00:39:46,000
So if you have to take a break, if you have to pull over to the side of the road and take a nap,

720
00:39:46,000 --> 00:39:48,000
that's what you should do.

721
00:39:48,000 --> 00:39:52,000
Because otherwise, you're putting yourself and everyone else at risk.

722
00:40:16,000 --> 00:40:18,000
They all lived up to their deadly mythology.

723
00:40:18,000 --> 00:40:23,000
I'm standing right in it, and I'm not dead yet.

724
00:40:23,000 --> 00:40:28,000
And after three aborted attempts at mowing down a five-man Roman regiment,

725
00:40:28,000 --> 00:40:32,000
it's looking like the Arrow Machine Gun could be joining their ranks.

726
00:40:32,000 --> 00:40:36,000
Oh, fudge! Babies! Baby hippos!

727
00:40:36,000 --> 00:40:40,000
But undeterred, the mythbusters soldier on.

728
00:40:40,000 --> 00:40:41,000
You ready to try this thing again?

729
00:40:41,000 --> 00:40:45,000
Yeah, I was getting a little cranky, but maybe it'll be alright this time.

730
00:40:45,000 --> 00:40:47,000
A little cranky? Nice joke. Let's do it!

731
00:40:47,000 --> 00:40:49,000
Kill him!

732
00:40:51,000 --> 00:40:54,000
Oh, so close!

733
00:40:54,000 --> 00:40:55,000
Grabbing load. Oh, stop!

734
00:40:55,000 --> 00:40:57,000
That's yet another failed attempt.

735
00:40:57,000 --> 00:41:01,000
But it does give the mythbusters their Eureka moment.

736
00:41:01,000 --> 00:41:05,000
I would not have called this, but when you're bumping into this,

737
00:41:05,000 --> 00:41:08,000
it bumps the catch down and makes it miss the string.

738
00:41:08,000 --> 00:41:09,000
Okay, I understand.

739
00:41:09,000 --> 00:41:13,000
After you fire, maybe go just a little bit slow until it hits this,

740
00:41:13,000 --> 00:41:15,000
and then crank it.

741
00:41:15,000 --> 00:41:18,000
Could the problems all be down to just a cranky crank?

742
00:41:18,000 --> 00:41:20,000
Load it and grab. It's good.

743
00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:23,000
Well, to find out, they start the timer once again.

744
00:41:25,000 --> 00:41:27,000
It's away! That's a hit!

745
00:41:27,000 --> 00:41:30,000
Move on to the next one. Load it and grab!

746
00:41:31,000 --> 00:41:34,000
Oh, good hit on the red guy!

747
00:41:34,000 --> 00:41:36,000
Ha ha ha!

748
00:41:38,000 --> 00:41:41,000
Oh, that looked like a direct hit on the green!

749
00:41:43,000 --> 00:41:45,000
Oh, it's a miss!

750
00:41:45,000 --> 00:41:47,000
Go!

751
00:41:49,000 --> 00:41:52,000
Oh, that orange looks like a good hit! Come on!

752
00:41:52,000 --> 00:41:54,000
Last man left!

753
00:41:54,000 --> 00:41:57,000
Come on, he's getting closer!

754
00:41:58,000 --> 00:42:04,000
We hit the blue! The blue is dead!

755
00:42:04,000 --> 00:42:07,000
Ahhhhh!

756
00:42:08,000 --> 00:42:11,000
I'm going to go eat something that was living.

757
00:42:14,000 --> 00:42:17,000
The mythbusters are finally triumphant,

758
00:42:17,000 --> 00:42:19,000
and they have their dead dummies to prove it.

759
00:42:19,000 --> 00:42:21,000
We hit the blue!

760
00:42:22,000 --> 00:42:25,000
15 arrows, five guys down. How long did that take?

761
00:42:25,000 --> 00:42:27,000
One minute fifty seconds.

762
00:42:27,000 --> 00:42:30,000
One minute fifty seconds? Nice work.

763
00:42:30,000 --> 00:42:32,000
Excellent aiming.

764
00:42:32,000 --> 00:42:35,000
Our ancient arrow machine gun killed all five of our soldiers

765
00:42:35,000 --> 00:42:38,000
in one minute fifty seconds using fifteen arrows.

766
00:42:38,000 --> 00:42:41,000
Our stated goal was five arrows per minute,

767
00:42:41,000 --> 00:42:43,000
as per the historical record,

768
00:42:43,000 --> 00:42:46,000
and we were firing at a rate of eight arrows per minute.

769
00:42:46,000 --> 00:42:50,000
Not only that, we were able to complete this task quicker than our archer.

770
00:42:50,000 --> 00:42:52,000
That's pretty good.

771
00:42:52,000 --> 00:42:55,000
So, what's the verdict on their little tiger here?

772
00:42:55,000 --> 00:42:58,000
Well, we exceeded all our design specifications.

773
00:42:58,000 --> 00:43:00,000
Absolutely. Our range was fantastic.

774
00:43:00,000 --> 00:43:04,000
Our accuracy was stunning, and our rate of fire was higher than anyone's surmised.

775
00:43:04,000 --> 00:43:06,000
I think we've got to call this one...

776
00:43:06,000 --> 00:43:07,000
Blossable.

777
00:43:07,000 --> 00:43:09,000
Blossable it is.

778
00:43:10,000 --> 00:43:14,000
So I swear, man, if we are ever invaded by an army of blow-up dolls,

779
00:43:14,000 --> 00:43:16,000
we are ready!

780
00:43:22,000 --> 00:43:25,000
you