I watch the travel & food vids of an XLNT Japanese youtuber. Countless times I’ve found myself almost shouting, “That’s not what mayonnaise is for!”
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I’d think that success there depends on where that cavitation is created relative to the surface targeted for cleaning. The strength of cavitation shock waves drops quite rapidly as they propagate away from the point of creation i.e. the point where the cavitation bubbles collapse, with that collapse doing the cleaning—or the damaging in the case of the edges of a ship’s screws. As far as the human body, I suppose it’s possible to apply cavitation on a person’s back given the large “flattish” surface, but how then to address the rest of the human body with all its creases, crannies, and all the smaller radius surfaces (toes, fingers, arms, legs, head)? Even as far as current ultrasonic cleaners (including industrial units), isn’t a long enough duration in any cleaner needed? Sanyo may have been shooting for cleaning speed (fast… along with convenience). Maybe that’s what shot down Sanyo’s pod.
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The age-old excuse.
To be fair, I get this same feeling most nights when I dream.
I do wake up disappointed frequently.
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(excerpt from Prodigy Education Study) * Metal is the most intelligent genre, based on lexical diversity (41%), but it also has the most negative lyrics. (My bold)
I’d think Metal can power one through certain cultural and practical obstacles just through the sheer drive and power of the music and with “negativity” taking a backseat. I know that high intelligence includes having a large vocabulary, but then there’s one’s command of that vocabulary, having the creativeness to have your words do clever, interesting, and though-provoking things. On that, I submit that creative wordsmithing supersedes vocabulary as far as a measurement of intelligence. A carpenter can own every carpentry tool known of and can name them all and still be a lousy carpenter.
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Looks quite hydro/aerodynamic.
It’s necrodynamic!
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Good points. Does cavitation even form on a soft surface like a person’s skin? An occasional undesirable side effect of shock wave lithotripsy used to break up kidney stones is bruising. Would that happen in the sonic shower? Does body hair interfere? Will it bother dogs?
Lots of questions.
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Oh, and will it cause bubble fusion? That might have deleterious effects worse than bruising.
My wife and I have the dubious honor of getting degrees at one university involved with bubble fusion, and another involved with cold fusion. Even if that invalidates our degrees, I’m retired and she will be next year, so I guess it doesn’t matter.
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This again (negativity, that is) is highly variable by subgenre. My faves are in symphonic metal (Nightwish, Epica, etc.) and classic heavy metal (Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, etc.) Both are largely positive and (IMHO, of course) quite intelligent. Iron Maiden is well known for adapting classic literature (Rime of the Ancient Mariner, etc) to metal. Symphonlic metal is a largely European crowd, Finnish, Dutch, Swedish seem firstest, and not as well-known as some others, but i think it is what Prog Rock grew up to be. I could talk about this for hours and truly nerd out, but I’ll leave it there.
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Damn. I really want a print of this.
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Negative lyrics doesn’t necessarily mean it is harmful to the person listening to it. Songs with negative lyrics can give someone going through something some perspective, or let them know that they aren’t alone and that someone out there is also going through some shit. Or give someone a broader view of life, or that sometimes you can say “Fuck you” to The Man. Etc, etc.
On the flipside pop music is teeming with lyrics of sex & partying. Between that and Metal/Rock i would say the latter genre is more grown up. But as usual it all depends on what specifically you’re listening to regardless of the genre, and these music categories often aren’t really useful. Quite a few artists that i follow don’t neatly fall under one.
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Looked up the artist and they do a lot of cool stuff. You could probably ask nicely if it was possible to get a good quality print, you never know!
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TIL about caganers from Private Eye.
It’s a good luck thing from the Catalan area of Spain, apparently.
Just pop one of these little crapping figurines into your Nativity scene, and good luck will flow your way.
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I already knew about these but there’s also the poop log…
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WELLLLLLLLL. That’s different! 
PS: Re “…Dutch, Swedish seem firstest”, can you offer two or three album titles I can start with?
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On my end we avoid pop music as much as possible. And judging from the junk we are exposed to at the fitness center, it appears that auto-tune has become the horrible norm. Auto-tune has even crept into some of Bob Mould’s (of Husker Du) solo stuff! My treatment for that is another listen to “Grace” by the late lamented Jeff Buckley. IMHO the best singing-voice whatever the genre. I’ll post a link to his hypnotic “Dream Brother” from that album onto the 'What are you listening to? topic.
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It broke my heart that most of the flags attributed to various Gentlefolk of pyratical Bent are inaccurate. I patched my heart back together and figured they’re Art, dammit, and I still like several. Were we to own one or more, we’d just inform the inquisitive which ones were Historically Accurate.
18th century pirate flag belonging to legendary Admiral Richard Curry
Our street’s called Avery, and I’d like having a fake Henry Avery one:
I didn’t come across doubts re: veracity of the cool but really scary flag attributed to Edward (shudder) Low:
This is my favorite silly one:
ETA bonus:
Hog Hill Pottery - Christopher Condent Pirate Cup | Grovewood Gallery
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