Comments on: Bulletproof glass demonstration http://boingboing.net/2009/09/15/bulletproof-glass-de.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 26 May 2013 00:57:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Kleinzeit http://boingboing.net/2009/09/15/bulletproof-glass-de.html#comment-589574 Kleinzeit Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-589574 Anonymous (#21) wrote: In this movie link, "Polycarbonate vs Acrylic plastic" That blockbuster must only have played screens in the major centres. Anonymous (#21) wrote:

In this movie link, “Polycarbonate vs Acrylic plastic”

That blockbuster must only have played screens in the major centres.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/09/15/bulletproof-glass-de.html#comment-589319 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-589319 why did no one tell William Burroughs' wife about this stuff? why did no one tell William Burroughs’ wife about this stuff?

]]> By: HatOfEdshu http://boingboing.net/2009/09/15/bulletproof-glass-de.html#comment-589324 HatOfEdshu Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-589324 It's so dumb, that it must be Ohio. It’s so dumb, that it must be Ohio.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/09/15/bulletproof-glass-de.html#comment-589327 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-589327 Bulletproof glass is really not glass, but tough polycarbonate plastic. Although in 1 inch thickness it is considered bulletproof to military-grade bullets, in thinner sheets it is still, obviously, very strong. In this movie link, "Polycarbonate vs Acrylic Plastic", the guns come out again as polycarbonate is compared to acrylic for windscreens as one of them is blown to smithereens in various tests. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hsls5ZPCUnE Also related, I torture test a polycarbonate box with a hammer in my latest Tesla CD Turbine movie: (forward to 1:50) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xabkw_KiLGg Bulletproof glass is really not glass, but tough polycarbonate plastic. Although in 1 inch thickness it is considered bulletproof to military-grade bullets, in thinner sheets it is still, obviously, very strong.

In this movie link, “Polycarbonate vs Acrylic Plastic”, the guns come out again as polycarbonate is compared to acrylic for windscreens as one of them is blown to smithereens in various tests.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hsls5ZPCUnE

Also related, I torture test a polycarbonate box with a hammer in my latest Tesla CD Turbine movie: (forward to 1:50)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xabkw_KiLGg

]]> By: elfspice http://boingboing.net/2009/09/15/bulletproof-glass-de.html#comment-589334 elfspice Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-589334 how come nobody mentioned william tell? how come nobody mentioned william tell?

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2009/09/15/bulletproof-glass-de.html#comment-589338 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-589338 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DkiVH7p5t4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DkiVH7p5t4

]]> By: pAULbOWEN http://boingboing.net/2009/09/15/bulletproof-glass-de.html#comment-589341 pAULbOWEN Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-589341 Use of bullet proof glass has been illegal in the USA since 1852 because it impinges on the right, enshrined in the 2nd amendment, of all free born citizens to shoot one another in the face. Use of bullet proof glass has been illegal in the USA since 1852 because it impinges on the right, enshrined in the 2nd amendment, of all free born citizens to shoot one another in the face.

]]> By: pepsiman http://boingboing.net/2009/09/15/bulletproof-glass-de.html#comment-589870 pepsiman Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-589870 Thaaaaats suuuuuch aaaa baaaaaaad ideaaaaaaa!!!!!!! Thaaaaats suuuuuch aaaa baaaaaaad ideaaaaaaa!!!!!!!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/09/15/bulletproof-glass-de.html#comment-590638 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-590638 How many wives did he go thru before he got it right?! How many wives did he go thru before he got it right?!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/09/15/bulletproof-glass-de.html#comment-590129 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-590129 Qwasson and Madmolecule. A bullet only knocks people down in the movies. Small bullets don't have enough momentum and big ones tend to go right on through. And if it's a .22 like some are speculating, it wouldn't knock much of anything over larger than a squirrel. The kickback is really very small. Oh, and they don't call it smokeless gunpowder because it's tobacco free. If you need further convincing, the number of idiots willing to try this far outnumbers the ones able to fake it. Occam's razor implies they must be idiots. Qwasson and Madmolecule. A bullet only knocks people down in the movies. Small bullets don’t have enough momentum and big ones tend to go right on through. And if it’s a .22 like some are speculating, it wouldn’t knock much of anything over larger than a squirrel. The kickback is really very small. Oh, and they don’t call it smokeless gunpowder because it’s tobacco free.

If you need further convincing, the number of idiots willing to try this far outnumbers the ones able to fake it. Occam’s razor implies they must be idiots.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/09/15/bulletproof-glass-de.html#comment-589625 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-589625 I like how some of the above commentators assume the woman was coerced into this demonstration, and act as if this is sexist. Its just as likely that she volunteered to take part in the demonstration of her own free will. In fact, its probably more sexist to assume that she was coerced simply because of the apparant age of the footage. Even a hundred years ago, there were women who were quite happy to involve themselves in dangerous endeavors without any influence from the men around them. To think that a woman who wanted no part in such an act would be incapable of extricating herself from such a situation is laughable. ~D. Walker I like how some of the above commentators assume the woman was coerced into this demonstration, and act as if this is sexist. Its just as likely that she volunteered to take part in the demonstration of her own free will.

In fact, its probably more sexist to assume that she was coerced simply because of the apparant age of the footage. Even a hundred years ago, there were women who were quite happy to involve themselves in dangerous endeavors without any influence from the men around them. To think that a woman who wanted no part in such an act would be incapable of extricating herself from such a situation is laughable.

~D. Walker

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/09/15/bulletproof-glass-de.html#comment-590655 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-590655 Any force must have an equal opposing force. Simplify it a little and you can say that the bullet hits its target with the same force that the butt of the rifle hits the shooter. Any force must have an equal opposing force. Simplify it a little and you can say that the bullet hits its target with the same force that the butt of the rifle hits the shooter.

]]> By: akaaudio http://boingboing.net/2009/09/15/bulletproof-glass-de.html#comment-589655 akaaudio Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-589655 anon He had a loaded gun!!!!! He was also an excellent shot. Given the choice i would hold the glass too! anon
He had a loaded gun!!!!! He was also an excellent shot. Given the choice i would hold the glass too!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/09/15/bulletproof-glass-de.html#comment-589937 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-589937 they just don't make wifeys like they used to! they just don’t make wifeys like they used to!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/09/15/bulletproof-glass-de.html#comment-590714 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-590714 "Any force must have an equal opposing force. Simplify it a little and you can say that the bullet hits its target with the same force that the butt of the rifle hits the shooter." Sounds a little too simple. I'll tell you what, I'll hold the gun, you can catch the bullet, and we'll see who has the easier time. “Any force must have an equal opposing force. Simplify it a little and you can say that the bullet hits its target with the same force that the butt of the rifle hits the shooter.”

Sounds a little too simple. I’ll tell you what, I’ll hold the gun, you can catch the bullet, and we’ll see who has the easier time.

]]> By: elk http://boingboing.net/2009/09/15/bulletproof-glass-de.html#comment-589690 elk Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-589690 New for TV this fall, it's America's craziest family at it again: The Cheney's! New for TV this fall, it’s America’s craziest family at it again: The Cheney’s!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/09/15/bulletproof-glass-de.html#comment-590462 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-590462 With a wife like that it was definitely a win-win situation With a wife like that it was definitely a win-win situation

]]> By: Stjohn http://boingboing.net/2009/09/15/bulletproof-glass-de.html#comment-589962 Stjohn Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-589962 Gard would always remember what the cop said to him that night. "Shot your wife, huh? Good fucking deal." Probably misquoted, but how else was I supposed to work a Tommyknockers reference into an internet post with any degree of relevance whatsoever? Gard would always remember what the cop said to him that night.
“Shot your wife, huh? Good fucking deal.”

Probably misquoted, but how else was I supposed to work a Tommyknockers reference into an internet post with any degree of relevance whatsoever?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/09/15/bulletproof-glass-de.html#comment-590987 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-590987 *sigh* A little too simple? I'd say you're overly 'simple' for not understanding this very basic concept. As several people said above, a bullet doesn't have any more force going forward than the gun recoils with backwards. This is basic physics and it's how the world has always worked. The reason bullets are effective is that the force is concentrated in a small and very *fast-moving* object, and humans are soft, squishy meatbags. This is why people who are shot just collapse instead of flying backwards like in the movies. *sigh* A little too simple? I’d say you’re overly ‘simple’ for not understanding this very basic concept.

As several people said above, a bullet doesn’t have any more force going forward than the gun recoils with backwards. This is basic physics and it’s how the world has always worked.

The reason bullets are effective is that the force is concentrated in a small and very *fast-moving* object, and humans are soft, squishy meatbags. This is why people who are shot just collapse instead of flying backwards like in the movies.

]]> By: MadMolecule http://boingboing.net/2009/09/15/bulletproof-glass-de.html#comment-589965 MadMolecule Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-589965 Qwasson: That was my thought as well. Even if the glass didn't break, and the shooter didn't miss, the glass was still absorbing a whole lot of energy on impact; I'm surprised she wasn't at least knocked over. Qwasson: That was my thought as well. Even if the glass didn’t break, and the shooter didn’t miss, the glass was still absorbing a whole lot of energy on impact; I’m surprised she wasn’t at least knocked over.

]]> By: redesigned http://boingboing.net/2009/09/15/bulletproof-glass-de.html#comment-590991 redesigned Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-590991 which anniversary is bullet proof glass again? http://www.chiff.com/entertain/gifts-anniversary.htm which anniversary is bullet proof glass again?

http://www.chiff.com/entertain/gifts-anniversary.htm

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/09/15/bulletproof-glass-de.html#comment-589455 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-589455 <blockquote>"#21 POSTED BY ANONYMOUS, SEPTEMBER 15, 2009 3:14 PM Bulletproof glass is really not glass, but tough polycarbonate plastic"</blockquote> False. While thick plastic is used as transparent armor. Standard bullet resistant glass is made up of layers of glass and plastic.

“#21 POSTED BY ANONYMOUS, SEPTEMBER 15, 2009 3:14 PM
Bulletproof glass is really not glass, but tough polycarbonate plastic”

False. While thick plastic is used as transparent armor. Standard bullet resistant glass is made up of layers of glass and plastic.

]]> By: sworm http://boingboing.net/2009/09/15/bulletproof-glass-de.html#comment-589203 sworm Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-589203 I couldn't watch this without tattooing misogyny on my fake breasts. I couldn’t watch this without tattooing misogyny on my fake breasts.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/09/15/bulletproof-glass-de.html#comment-589974 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-589974 That's hot. That’s hot.

]]> By: Thad E Ginataom http://boingboing.net/2009/09/15/bulletproof-glass-de.html#comment-589206 Thad E Ginataom Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-589206 that's ridiculous. What if he misses, and hits her body below the glass? Or blows off a finger or three? that’s ridiculous. What if he misses, and hits her body below the glass? Or blows off a finger or three?

]]> By: Keneke http://boingboing.net/2009/09/15/bulletproof-glass-de.html#comment-589979 Keneke Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-589979 > To think that a woman who wanted no part in such an act would be incapable of extricating herself from such a situation is laughable. It's not that they wouldn't have been able to remove themselves, it's that the culture molded them into submissive, behaving servants, unable to express their displeasure in the first place. A woman in that time who didn't want to do it would be more likely to force down her fears over the greater fear of displeasing her husband, or men in general. > To think that a woman who wanted no part in such an act would be incapable of extricating herself from such a situation is laughable.

It’s not that they wouldn’t have been able to remove themselves, it’s that the culture molded them into submissive, behaving servants, unable to express their displeasure in the first place. A woman in that time who didn’t want to do it would be more likely to force down her fears over the greater fear of displeasing her husband, or men in general.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2009/09/15/bulletproof-glass-de.html#comment-590493 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-590493 To the contrary, if that were my husband, <i>I</i> would have used regular glass instead of bullet-proof. To the contrary, if that were my husband, I would have used regular glass instead of bullet-proof.

]]> By: billster http://boingboing.net/2009/09/15/bulletproof-glass-de.html#comment-589214 billster Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-589214 Marge: "Homer, I don't think women will appreciate being shot in the face with a shotgun". Homer: "Women'll like what I tell 'em to like". Marge: “Homer, I don’t think women will appreciate being shot in the face with a shotgun”.

Homer: “Women’ll like what I tell ‘em to like”.

]]> By: David Guerrero http://boingboing.net/2009/09/15/bulletproof-glass-de.html#comment-589221 David Guerrero Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-589221 Natural selection in action Natural selection in action

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2009/09/15/bulletproof-glass-de.html#comment-589223 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-589223 She's no Judy Davis. She’s no Judy Davis.

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