New US underwater drone

[Super Sonic]

eharding said:

Well, I'm going with OED - you can take your NOAA definition and stick it - they're a bunch of tedious beardy ws anyway.

Besides, if you're querying the ability of a submersible to cope with floating debris, why would you be concerned to distinguish as to whether it ended up in the water deliberately or inadvertently? - or is this bat-sub supposed to generate autonomous salvage claims as well?

So you're taking your brief oed definition, as defined by English language experts, over my in depth definition and explanation provided by a government agency dedicated to studying the sea? Well ok. The definition I provided is the legal definition covered by maritime law though.
And I wasn't the one querying the ability of the submersible to cope with floating debris, I was saying it didn't need to be on the beach to hit jetsam.

Edited by Super Sonic on Friday 3rd May 22:30

[eharding]

Super Sonic said:

So you're taking your brief oed definition, as defined by English language experts, over my in depth definition and explanation provided by a government agency dedicated to studying the sea? Tedious beardy ws.

FTFY.

Anyway, thinking about it, you're not actually Super Sonic yourself are you? - in that you exceed 344 m/sec in air at 1013.25 hPa and 20C ambient? Like buffalo you do..

So, there we have it. How can we trust *anything* written by someone whose basic identity is a fiction?

[Super Sonic]

eharding said:

FTFY.

Anyway, thinking about it, you're not actually Super Sonic yourself are you? - in that you exceed 344 m/sec in air at 1013.25 hPa and 20C ambient? Like buffalo you do..

So, there we have it. How can we trust *anything* written by someone whose basic identity is a fiction?

Well reasoned!

[eharding]

Super Sonic said:

eharding said:

FTFY.

Anyway, thinking about it, you're not actually Super Sonic yourself are you? - in that you exceed 344 m/sec in air at 1013.25 hPa and 20C ambient? Like buffalo you do..

So, there we have it. How can we trust *anything* written by someone whose basic identity is a fiction?

Well reasoned!

Damn. That was disappointingly easy, However, buoyed by that success, I'm going to find Turbobloke and prove to his chagrin that, in at least two ways, he doesn't actually exist.

[Super Sonic]

He's not a turbo and he's not a bloke? What if it turns out he actually does blow harder than he sucks?

[eharding]

Super Sonic said:

He's not a turbo and he's not a bloke? What if it turns out he actually does blow harder than he sucks?

If he manages to prove that in public, I'll still consider it a victory.

[otolith]

Super Sonic said:

He's not a turbo and he's not a bloke? What if it turns out he actually does blow harder than he sucks?

It’s definitely one or the other.

[Ken_Code]

GliderRider said:

A submersible aeroplane featured on the cover of the 1966 Boy's Own Annual.




I wonder what happens when the US Navy device encounters seaweed, flotsam and jetsam? Maybe it stays deep enough to be below most of it?

Strictly speaking all aeroplanes are submersible.

[eharding]

Ken_Code said:

Strictly speaking all aeroplanes are submersible.

Is that the FAA, the NOAA, the NTSB or the very small font Boeing 'it might fall the sea' disclaimer speaking strictly there?

[GliderRider]

Ken_Code said:

Strictly speaking all aeroplanes are submersible.

Yes, in most cases once only. Given the number of F-35s that end up in the oggin though, I'm starting to think they go there intentionally.