I Make Music To Calm The Savage Beast

digidestined11: kali—ma: tyleroakley: buzzfeed: George Takei...

Fri, 17 May 2013 23:36:54 -0400

kali—ma:

tyleroakley:

buzzfeed:

George Takei responds to “traditional” marriage fans.

George Takei is flawfree.

George Takei for Ruler of The World.

Who has two thumbs and finally got an appointment with a behavioral psychologist?

Fri, 17 May 2013 21:44:20 -0400

This guy!

and i only had to badger my previous counselor into sending my file to the new place a little bit!

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Thu, 16 May 2013 22:08:21 -0400

Classy as Hell and smooth as silk

Thu, 16 May 2013 22:06:57 -0400

Classy as Hell and smooth as silk

spaceplasma: X-ray vision tracks lightning bursts Blink and...

Thu, 16 May 2013 21:41:19 -0400

spaceplasma:

X-ray vision tracks lightning bursts

Blink and you’ve missed it. Researchers in the US have captured the world’s first X-ray images of lightning, by creating a special camera that can capture radiation at 10 million frames per second. They presented their new findings at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting in San Francisco and they say that this new view of lightning could help to solve some of the mysteries of this spectacular natural phenomenon.

The research was carried out at the International Center for Lightning Research and Testing, located in Florida. It is one of the few sites in world where lightning is initiated and studied under controlled conditions. By firing rockets with trailing wires into thunder clouds, scientists are able to generate electric fields that are large enough to trigger bolts of lightning, which then propagate back down towards the rocket launch tower.

Joseph Dwyer and colleagues at the Florida Institute of Technology became interested in the fact that lightning emits X-rays as it propagates through the air, a phenomenon that was only noted in the past decade. But given that X-ray sources in lightning travel through the Earth’s atmosphere at velocities approaching the speed of light, it is difficult to catch them on camera before they disappear. In addition, they cannot be imaged with standard mirrors and lenses because huge amounts of material are required to prevent X-rays and gamma rays from entering through the sides of a camera.

Dwyer’s team has created a customized camera that has 30 detectors made from a combination of sodium iodide and photomultiplier tubes, each measuring 3 × 3 inch. The device, which is approximately the size of a standard refrigerator, is also equipped with a 3 inch pinhole aperture, and can record X-rays at 10 million frames per second. “This is actually a very old technique for making images, like that seen in a camera obscura,” Dwyer says.

During July and August this year, Dwyer’s team studied four rocket-triggered lightning flashes at the Florida test site. Each flash lasted for approximately two seconds and the resulting sequences of images revealed that X-rays emerged primarily from the vicinity of the lightning tip as it propagated towards the Earth. As the lightning crashed into the control tower it also triggered large bursts of gamma radiation, which were also captured by the camera.

“For the first time we’re catching a glimpse of lightning in the X-ray emission,” says Dwyer. “We’re seeing lightning as Superman would see it with his X-ray vision”.

Credit: James Dacey/physicsworld.com

Check out my gnarly fingers! you can’t see it in this...

Thu, 16 May 2013 21:30:00 -0400

Check out my gnarly fingers! you can’t see it in this photo but my fingernail is in around 4 semi-connected pieces. shit happens i guess. my truck bit me

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Thu, 16 May 2013 00:55:57 -0400

howinternet: mayorlemonsnout: This man may have not gotten...

Thu, 16 May 2013 00:55:20 -0400

howinternet:

mayorlemonsnout:

This man may have not gotten what he wanted, but he definitely got what he needed.

Best mistake ever.

frickyeah1990s: Beastie Boys vs Daft Punk - Intergalactic Rock

Thu, 16 May 2013 00:04:04 -0400

frickyeah1990s:

Beastie Boys vs Daft Punk - Intergalactic Rock

found out where i had a vacuum leak on my engine...

Wed, 15 May 2013 13:10:01 -0400

also found out that it isn’t a good idea to get so close to the alternator while the engine is running. the result of doing so just might take a good deal of skin of your ring finger and shatter your fingernail. blood everywhere! but my truck runs bette

will you still love me when im no longer young and beautiful?

Tue, 14 May 2013 23:27:00 -0400

primarie: Have a history teacher explain this if they...

Tue, 14 May 2013 22:50:26 -0400

primarie:

Have a history teacher explain this if they can.

Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846.
John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946.

Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860.
John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960.

Both were particularly concerned with civil rights.
Both wives lost a child while living in the White House.

Both Presidents were shot on a Friday.
Both Presidents were shot in the head.

Now it gets really weird.

Lincoln’s secretary was named Kennedy.
Kennedy’s Secretary was named Lincoln.

Both were assassinated by Southerners.
Both were succeeded by Southerners named Johnson.

Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln, was born in 1808.
Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908.

John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Lincoln, was born in 1839.
Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated Kennedy, was born in 1939.

Both assassins were known by their three names.
Both names are composed of fifteen letters.

Now hang on to your seat.

Lincoln was shot at the theater named “Ford.”
Kennedy was shot in a car called “Lincoln” made by “Ford.”

Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials.

And here’s the “kicker”:

A week before Lincoln was shot, he was in Monroe, Maryland.
A week before Kennedy was shot, he was with Marilyn Monroe.

AND……………….:

Lincoln was shot in a theater and the assassin ran to a warehouse…
Kennedy was shot from a warehouse and the assassin ran to a theater…

I saw this had to share just in case anyone did not know.

I WILL NEVER CEASE TO REBLOG THIS

welp...

Mon, 13 May 2013 23:43:19 -0400

i was productive today

got all accomplished that i wanted to for the most part

no texts though

Listen/purchase: Life in Reverse by Clwn i’m really in...

Mon, 13 May 2013 22:58:43 -0400

Listen/purchase: Life in Reverse by Clwn

i’m really in need of 150$ so that i can take summer classes, please help me. perhaps purchase a song or two from the two i currently i have for sale on bandcamp.

i have one more song to master and then there will be an EP of ambient/easy listening songs also. soon enough

woke up with hearburn, had issues, decided to top it off with a buffalo chicken sub and jalapenos

Mon, 13 May 2013 21:37:00 -0400

… i call that self-destructive behaviour

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Mon, 13 May 2013 17:54:35 -0400

laughingsquid: New Daft Punk Album ‘Random Access Memories’...

Mon, 13 May 2013 17:11:14 -0400

laughingsquid:

New Daft Punk Album ‘Random Access Memories’ Streaming Now for Free on iTunes

if you're a Daft Punk fan and you aren't streaming the new album on Itunes right now

Mon, 13 May 2013 17:02:15 -0400

I feel sorry for you

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Mon, 13 May 2013 00:12:49 -0400

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Mon, 13 May 2013 00:12:32 -0400