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Well it's based on an old 70's British sci-fi show that ran for about 6 years, so I'm curious to see how it'll shape up with a modern American turn.

Hm, if you've got all the level 7 ship upgrades, those high level space missions aren't hard once you get the rhythm of them. Sure, getting every single one of the "bonus" aspects is hard, but once you pick up the basic tricks completing the mission along with one or two of the bonus is fairly smooth sailing. It really comes down to flipping the power converter back and forth and knowing when to use the EMP and such in the mission.

Eh, I wouldn't say that really explains it. Besides, does that mean you missed the bit where Coulson is trying to figure out how come he doesn't seem to have some muscle memory he used to have? That tends to suggest things like clone or LMD more then purely a faked death...

Well it's not new, but it's still a nice article: io9 - Cool Physics Demonstration Granted, not all laminar flow is inherently reversible, but there's almost always something more orderly about it. Flow lines that are laminar are often described as "coherent." It's a word that conveys consistency, order and unification. It stands in stark contrast against the disorder observed in what are known as "turbulent" flows. Laminar flows over an airplane wing are a good thing. Turbulent flows, unsurprisingly, give rise to nasty turbulence aren't actually responsible for the turbulence you experience on an airplane, but rather what are called "turbulent boundary layers," which – as nsharp points out below – leads to an increase in both drag and fuel-usage. One thing the Reynolds number does really well is collect the various conditions that affect the flow of a fluid, and combine them to determine whether they might give rise to laminar or turbulent flow, or how a flow can transition from one state to another. In the demonstration seen here, for example (borrowed from this study by J. P. Kubitschek and P. D. Weidman), increasing the velocity at which a viscous liquid jet is rotating causes its rotational Reynold's number to increase, in turn resulting in a transition from laminar flow: To turbulent flow: This effect is also how we get gorgeous images like these. (Fun fact: you may notice there's still some "order" to this high Reynolds number, turbulent-flow. That's because rotating jets of viscous liquid jets tend to demonstrate a preference for what are known as "helical instabilities." The more you know, right?) Just to clarify, something that the previous demonstration illustrates is that Reynolds number is not constant for any particular fluid. Remember: "R" is a quantity that describes several different factors, all of which are subject to change in and of themselves. A fluid's density, for instance, changes with temperature, and a fluid's speed can change dramatically depending on the forces acting upon it. Scientists and engineers weigh these properties to determine Reynolds number for a variety of applications, whether it's designing a city's sewer infrastructure or – a personal favorite – describing the motion of self-propelled organisms in water: Table of self-propelled organisms by Vogel via Hitech Projects Note that the Reynolds number range from very large values to very small, across a variety of water-dwelling organisms. The numbers indicate that for more massive organisms, like a whale, the effects of inertia dominate those of viscosity. This allows whales to coast for long periods of time with every stroke of their fins. Conversely, bacteria must contend with a small Reynolds number, denoting the strong influence of viscosity. A whale in motion will tend to stay in motion. A bacterium? Not so much.

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I actually find myself skipping most of the heroics on any planets. Unless I happen to run into a group and do a couple. But I don't really put that much effort into it.

CNN - Unpain Interns Can be Sexually Harassed

I've been going back through the Ring of Fire - Eric Flint's 1632 and onwards.

slices of roast beef, roast potato, sweet potato, shredded cabbage, baked carrots, horseradish sauce...

You mean third time out of North America, surely? Canada - 1984 UK - 1988 UK - 1997 Canada - 2001 Canada - 2008 Canada - 2012 UK - 2013 Okay, that's what I meant As in not on that side of the Atlantic.

Since there seemed to be some focus on the Agents of Shield episode..

Hm, dang. Didn't realise it but they're doing the World Fantasy Convention just down in Brighton soon. Something like the second or third time it's happened outside of the US, and both of those were before 2000. Unfortunately looks like they're already booked out.

Managed to get to sleep some point past 4am. Got woken up by a phone call just going 9am. I think I was coherent.

Season 1 is available in the US on Blue-Ray. It's called Chris Ryan's Strike Back. The current pricing is ridiculous (48$ on Amazon). Although the discs are supposed to be all region compatable, they are 1080i/50 which won't play on all players. Interesting. Because according to this article, Cinemax is to air original UK 'Strike Back' season as 'Strike Back: Origins'. So the first season is on DVD under Chris Ryan's Strike Back but will be called Stike Back: Origins on TV in the U.S. But yeah. For anyone who is interested in watching this awesome show, watch the UK 1st season first. Not the American 1st season which is really the second season. Of which note for the ladies, Prince Broody McBroodypants from the Hobbit is in Strike Back. Which is apparently one of the reasons that series has a high percentage of female viewers over here in the UK. Ever since Richard Armitage did that North & South he seems to have become the serious heart throb of most of the women I know.

Trying to get an overview of Boostrap, but my internet connection keeps dying. Which is somewhat annoying. Also, might have to bathe the cat. Considering alternate solutions before I have to go to that extreme. Damn long haired Persians and the messes they can get into.

You don't drive very well, I see. I didn't say American politics..

For the random interest.. MSN - A Guide to the New National Crime Agency

It does have some very nice choreography in it, so if you enjoy well-crafted fight sequences... Heh, on a return to Much Ado About Nothing, I have to say as I'm watching Whedon's director's commentary, it's the little touches in the background that work so well. Sean Maher's villain successfully breaks up the wedding, and as he walks out snatches up a cupcake on his way in a jaunty way. It's like "I am Evil, I deserve a cupcake!"

Well, yes, but that could mean he sits on that couch in a few bits, sits around a board table for a few minutes, has a phone convo or two, and then has a 5 minute end-film fight sequence. Spoilers!

To steer away from too much royalty swipes and politics..

Keannu is pretty much the big bad. So, there's that.

I got my mind wrapped around Imperial and Metric by figuring out what the sizes actually meant for various roleplaying starships....

Joss Whedon's Much Ado About Nothing. I quite enjoyed it. It's mostly low-key, although I think the fairly intimate setting of Whedon's house along with the black and white style pushes that along. It's an interesting way of handling the setting of the play, even if they've kept the original Shakespearian dialogue. The actors for the most part do a pretty damn good job, although I think more gets conveyed with the physicality and expressions then the way they speak the words. I can't quite make up my mind on Alexis Denisofs "Benedict", for the most part he's good and especially for the physical pratfall aspects he plays up nicely, but there are a few moments he doesn't quite fit. Clark Greg's "Leonato" and Amy Acker's "Beatrice" pretty much rock out. Nathon Fillion's "Dogberry" pretty much comes out as that idiotic ass. The musical score is quite understated, but the moments it does kick in, it really hits the right emotional note.