#shock wave

[fuckyeahfluiddynamics]

Star-Birthing Shock Waves

Although the space between stars is empty by terrestrial standards, it's not devoid of matter. There's a scattering of cold gas and dust, pocked by areas known as prestellar cores with densities of a few thousand particles per cubic centimeter. (Image credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/STSCI/K. Pontoppidan/A. Pagan; see also Physics Today) Read the full article

[viejospellejos]

¿Porqué Beethoven podía tocar estando sordo? Porque podía sentir la música

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[shiuemi]

I drew this for Halloween a while ago. I forgot to post it.😢

[i-used-to-be-a-spy]

Lmao not me liking Nate more and then in this episode he's a fool again but I can't hate him because he's about to die

[rastronomicals]

3:27 PM EDT April 10, 2024:

Black Sabbath - "Shock Wave" From the album Never Say Die! (September 28, 1978)

Last song scrobbled from iTunes at Last.fm

File under: Heavy fucking metal

[tiggymalvern]

My rewatch of Burn Notice alongside my friend who's never seen it reached the end of season five yesterday. During season five, they were seriously questioning a lot of Michael's decisions as it went along. I'd explain Michael's motivations and reasonings and sometimes they'd say, "Okay, I suppose that's valid," and sometimes they'd say, "Hmm."

Then we reached the finale Fail Safe, and the scene where Michael handcuffs Fiona to stop her from leaving, and they erupted. "No, no no! He's taking away her agency! He's an arsehole!" Which is 100% valid. Fi's been saying for days that this isn't working, they can't keep going along with Anson, and Michael's talked her down each time. When it eventually reaches the point where she won't be talked down, his response is to chain her inside her own home.

Sonny's total outrage reminded me how that action of Michael's just disappears and isn't mentioned again. Obviously Sam and Michael spend the next episode arguing about it (but not about the fact that Michael did it, only about the fact that Sam went WTF and let her go), but we never see Fiona mention it and that feels... desperately out of character.

When Fiona gets out of jail, she should have handed Michael his arse. She should have been telling him in no uncertain terms that if he even thinks about pulling any shit like that again, she will shoot him in both of his knees. And obviously she doesn't because Nate's just been killed and Michael's devastated, so she drops right into the role of supporting Michael and loses her window.

And then I got to thinking about how rarely any of them call Michael out on the worst of his behaviour. Sometimes they do, for five minutes, and then he may or may not give one of his rare "I'm sorry"s, they forgive him and everything goes on as before. He never faces any long term consequences, until Nate dies, and then suddenly he does.

When Nate dies, Michael's feeling extra guilty - not just because he allowed Nate into his CIA work, but because he spent the day yelling at him. It's the same story Fiona tells about Clare, that her little sister died mad at her, and that fact eats at her far more than just that she was killed.

How long was Fiona in jail for? Three months? Something like that, I'd imagine. Definitely not anything like a year. That's how long it's been since Scorched Earth, since Michael spent the day yelling at Sam and then had that awful moment when he thought Sam might have been killed. So here he is again in a high stress, high stakes situation, getting furious at his unqualified brother for being unqualified, and then Nate dies.

Michael doesn't seem to learn from his own experiences; doesn't modify the worst of his behaviour based on what's happened to him before. He can't control his temper. It doesn't escape easily, but once it does, it's out there, and he's not getting it back in the bottle. Take a deep breath, think for a second, reconsider what you're about to do - those just aren't tools he has. In that respect, he's very much like Frank, and how much would Michael hate it if someone pointed that out to him?

[tenth-sentence]

A shock wave hit the building.

"DragonLance Chronicles: Dragons of Winter Night" - Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman

[hazeltailofficial]

HOLIDAY FLASHBACK

Maybelline Color Show Nail Polish in 915 Shock Wave

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[fuckyeahfluiddynamics]

Test Firing a Rocket Engine

Watching a rocket engine start up in slow motion is always fun. This Slow Mo Guys video shows a test fire of one of Firefly's engines, which is capable of 45,000 pounds of thrust. (Video and image credit: The Slow Mo Guys) Read the full article

[munchboxart]

Quick PSA

Note: Drizzler itself isn't as important but the torpedo's are.

Of course it depends on the situation and weapons, but do your best to take them out. FYI taking out a single Flyfish basket does make them shoot less missiles so it helps a lot if you can't get both

[egophiliac]

I have never been more concerned for a JP update from your art than I am seeing a Cheka knowing the context of Leona’s dream.

My bois ok right?????? My sweet nephews ok right??????

well

uhhhh

I'm sure the real one is fine :)

[tiggymalvern]

But then the team would all have been with Pearce, and Anson would have got away. They had one shot to get to him, through Rebecca's information.

If Sam had been there instead of Nate, things would have gone very badly for Fi, who would have stayed where she was, with British Intelligence after her...

Michael: Sam is good as I am. And he accepts domestic beer as payment

If only they let Sam come instead of Nate 😭

Burn Notice s6e6 Shock Wave

[lotus-pear]

regret

[canisonicscrewyou]

fans of the show where the only constant is change when the show changes: what the fuck why did they change the show??

[hazeltailofficial]

FLASHBACK FRIDAY

Maybelline Color Show Nail Enamel in 915 Shock Wave

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[fuckyeahfluiddynamics]

Withstanding Rocket Launches

It takes a lot of power to lift a giant rocket's payload all the way to orbit, and in the first moments of a rocket launch, all that energy is directed downward at a concrete pad. How do engineers design and protect launch pads?  (Video and image credit: Practical Engineering) Read the full article