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"Survivorman" vs. "Man vs. Wild"
Bear also only has a knife, where les takes a whole kit with him
S
August 29, 2010 @ 10:12 PM
"Survivorman" vs. "Man vs. Wild"
Personally I like shows like the old Australian show "The Bushtucker man"(the bushtucker man is also named Les) and Ray Mears various shows.
But "Man Vs Wild" and "Survivorman" are both entertaining.
Stop bitching about what parts are "faked" and what parts were set-up for the cameras and just enjoy the shows for what they are.
Obviously Edward Grylls "cheats" a lot and gets help, and often gets rescued when he screws up, he also takes stupid risks and Les Stroud packs it in a day or two early some of the time because he isn't doing such a great job of surviving. but that just makes for good tv. Who cares if they get help or can't handle some situations? it's about the good general advice and the entertainment value.
Even if Edward Grylls does give a lot of advice that would just get you killed sooner or give you parasites like stupidly eating raw meat and drinking urine, it's still a good show and it's entertaining.
Pepe Le Pew
August 27, 2010 @ 11:16 PM
This is pretty standard for procedurals, you mostly need to watch because you like the characters (as they are now since growth comes very slowly).
August 11, 2010 @ 11:24 AM
you're hired mike! when can you move back? :)
August 2, 2010 @ 04:10 PM
Not that I am interviewing... but seemed like an interesting exercise none the less. :)
#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
my $string = "aaaabbbccdeffgggggga";
my @chars = split(//, $string);
my $count = 1;
for (my $i = 0; $i < scalar(@chars); $i++) {
if ($chars[$i] eq $chars[$i+1]) {
$count++;
}
else {
print $count, $chars[$i];
$count = 1;
}
}
MIke Surma
August 2, 2010 @ 02:53 PM