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#191243 29-Jan-2016 08:05
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NZ Herald Article on Bullets Fired underwater travelling slowly

 

I don't get it...how is this suddenly news?

 

Mythbusters proved this conclusively quite some time ago.

 

Mythbusters episode 34 - Bulletproof Water

 

 

 

Come on New Zealand herald...do some research instead of just reposting some other news agency's drivel.

 

 




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  #1481023 29-Jan-2016 08:08
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They're already drafting tomorrow's front page. "Standing in the rain makes you wet"

 

 



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  #1481027 29-Jan-2016 08:12
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I eagerly await the Herald article explaining what happens when two spheres with different masses are dropped from the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

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  #1481028 29-Jan-2016 08:13
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sbiddle:

 

They're already drafting tomorrow's front page. "Standing in the rain makes you wet"

 

 

 

 

They could fill the entire weekend edition with that sort of reporting!




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  #1481030 29-Jan-2016 08:19
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sbiddle:

 

They're already drafting tomorrow's front page. "Standing in the rain makes you wet"

 

 

 

 

+1 for the irony that your joke probably took as little effort as the reporting.

 

 

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  #1481031 29-Jan-2016 08:23
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Next lots of new running in water is more difficult than running on land

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  #1481038 29-Jan-2016 08:36
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That is what happens when memos and social media sites are "news sources". This factoid appeared a couple of days ago as a viral video and obviously NZ Herald pays too little to have good journalists.

The DomPost is bad too.




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  #1481040 29-Jan-2016 08:39
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Nothing wrong with the odd interest story. News does not need to be all death and mayhem or geeky stories.




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  #1481041 29-Jan-2016 08:39
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Handsomedan:

 

sbiddle:

 

They're already drafting tomorrow's front page. "Standing in the rain makes you wet"

 

 

 

 

They could fill the entire weekend edition with that sort of reporting!

 

 

 

 

Give them a break, they are just trying to lower their standards to compete with Stuff.co.nz

 

 

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#1481044 29-Jan-2016 08:49
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Maybe they couldn't get enough celebrity gossip from google that day so had to improvise?

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  #1481078 29-Jan-2016 10:02
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gbwelly:

 

 

 

I like how bullet change it's way in the end of this gif :)




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  #1481079 29-Jan-2016 10:02
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But he never fires!




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  #1481155 29-Jan-2016 12:09
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Newsflash: NZ Navy inundated with recruits. NZ Army to invest in water-filled bulletproof vests. NZ Air Force still dead.

 

 

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  #1481156 29-Jan-2016 12:11
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Handsomedan:

 

NZ Herald Article on Bullets Fired underwater travelling slowly

 

I don't get it...how is this suddenly news?

 

Mythbusters proved this conclusively quite some time ago.

 

Mythbusters episode 34 - Bulletproof Water

 

 

 

Come on New Zealand herald...do some research instead of just reposting some other news agency's drivel.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Churnalism at it's best!





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  #1481159 29-Jan-2016 12:20
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To their defence there are probably a number of kids or Physicaly challenged folk (physics not extra chromosomes) who would not know this.

 

So repeating it every 4-5 years would have an educational aspect.

 

There are probably many who don't know about balls falling from the tower of pizza either. (plus moon landing)

 

?How much compulsory science do kids currently do ?

 

 

 

A.

 

 

 

 

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