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    Image of ninjajazza ninjajazza
    05/30/09

    In reply to Scientists Nearing Creation of Sound Cloak, Breaking Laws of Physics
    incidentally, 'nicholas fang' sounds like the name of a supervillian.
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    Image of Heliophage Heliophage
    05/30/09

    @ninjajazza:


    You assume that's a coincidence.

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    Image of ZaxxonQ.com ZaxxonQ.com
    05/30/09

    In reply to Scientists Nearing Creation of Sound Cloak, Breaking Laws of Physics
    Now combine this with the invisibility cloak! I love living in the future! ^_^
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    Image of pevans34 pevans34
    05/30/09

    @OMG! ZaxxonQ.com!: wait...your from the future?!
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    Image of ZaxxonQ.com ZaxxonQ.com
    05/30/09

    @pevans34: *looks around quietly... then vanishes*
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    Image of admoseremic admoseremic
    05/30/09

    In reply to Scientists Nearing Creation of Sound Cloak, Breaking Laws of Physics
    Also, isn't sound already invisible?
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    Image of Monty Monty
    05/30/09

    @OMG! Horses!: OMG! Smarty Pants!


    This is what happens when we have commenters on geek sites - eventually one sneaks in that actually thinks about this stuff.


    Well, I raise your smartiness with an official definition:


    Not easily noticed or detected; inconspicuous

    Oh, sure - I had to take the third definition listed, but that is beside the point. Suck it Mr. Horses!

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    Image of Heliophage Heliophage
    05/30/09

    @OMG! Twinkies!:


    I was going to say that myself. Though, without the block quote that I can't seem to get to work. And, regardless, it implies invisible to SONAR detection.

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    Image of frigg frigg
    05/30/09

    In reply to Scientists Nearing Creation of Sound Cloak, Breaking Laws of Physics
    While sonar for ships seems like a obvious application, I'd buy clothes made out of this in a heartbeat. I've always wanted to be one of those people who could just slip into a room unnoticed, without making a big ruckus and knocking things over. A full body suit made out of this material could go a long way to helping me realize that dream.
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    Image of TrollSlayer TrollSlayer
    05/30/09

    @OMG! Herpes!: I can see underwear made out of this material, butt a whole suit?
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    Image of frigg frigg
    05/30/09

    @OMG! Helmets!: I suppose underwear could be handy for the "silent but deadly" effect following a big helping 'o beans.
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    Image of spannu spannu
    05/30/09

    @OMG! Herpes!: This won't stop you from making noise; it'll just stop you from hearing anyone else as all their sound waves bounce off of you. Unfortunately, your dream is still a long ways off... until they find a way to reverse puberty.
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    Image of frigg frigg
    05/30/09

    @spannu: At least I won't be able to hear them snicker as I walk in dressed like the robot from Lost In Space.


    @SoaringDisbelief: @shopperciti.com: Nothing insidery about it. It's an homage. Normally, I'm a nonconformist, but when it's for a good cause, what the heck.

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    Image of admoseremic admoseremic
    05/30/09

    In reply to Scientists Nearing Creation of Sound Cloak, Breaking Laws of Physics
    Awesome! When can they make one big enough for Britney?
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    Image of Monty Monty
    05/30/09

    @OMG! Horses!: Impossible - Britney has no principles, let alone principles of physics.
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    Image of Voyou_Charmant Voyou_Charmant
    02/23/09

    In reply to Atlantis Found on Google Earth, Official Explanation Is Dubious
    omg!


    I found another, much larger sunken/lost city!!1


    [maps.google.com]

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    Image of Andrew Freedman Andrew Freedman
    02/22/09

    In reply to Atlantis Found on Google Earth, Official Explanation Is Dubious
    How long until this is on Street View?
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    02/22/09

    In reply to Atlantis Found on Google Earth, Official Explanation Is Dubious
    Well even if this was somehow the remains of Atlantis, wouldn't it be a series of raised ridges from the debris and not these gouges instead?
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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    02/22/09

    In reply to Atlantis Found on Google Earth, Official Explanation Is Dubious
    Best deduction I've heard of for where Atlantis could really be is off the coast of Cuba. It's the only location that doesn't require doing the "if we ignore this one criteria, everything fits" dance.
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    Image of Smartypantsdance Smartypantsdance
    02/21/09

    In reply to Atlantis Found on Google Earth, Official Explanation Is Dubious
    Just when I was hopeful! Damn you sonar lines!
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    Image of SegamanXero SegamanXero
    02/21/09

    @thatoneguy: could be, north of the location of the weird square thingies there is the location of sunken ship that downed 11th of July 1942. according it was called U-136. and then further north there is the wreck of U.S.S. Commodore Jones which sank May 6th, 1964.


    if you turn on the sunken ship layer in google earth and fly to the coordinates in the picture on this post you will see all that info. It may of well been a place where alot of treasure from these sunken ships ended up.

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    Image of something_unique_and_descriptive something_unique_and_descriptive
    02/21/09

    In reply to Atlantis Found on Google Earth, Official Explanation Is Dubious
    It's just a sloppy scan of the area. Whoever did the sonar scan there used too large a grid pattern, the lines you see are gaps in their data. That's all this is... don't you guys watch Discovery / History / National Geographic channel?
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    Image of swissdude swissdude
    02/21/09

    In reply to Atlantis Found on Google Earth, Official Explanation Is Dubious
    « the lines are remnants of the sonar traces left by boats as they surveyed the area»


    I beg you pardon? sonar traces? Since when do sonar traces leave friggin CANYONS on the surface they're tracing?

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    Image of MyPetFly MyPetFly
    02/21/09

    @swissdude:


    Those are likely the path of the boat that was doing the surveying, and they're not capable of mapping directly below them (when using sonar). So those areas are just left blank and filled in with the artificial blue color.

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    Image of sos10 sos10
    02/21/09

    @MyPetFly: that doesn't make a lot of sense... what about the rest of the (water) world mapping.
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    02/21/09

    In reply to Atlantis Found on Google Earth, Official Explanation Is Dubious
    It's Rapture.
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    02/18/09

    In reply to Stealth Tech Blamed for International Sub Crash, French Crew Unaware They'd Hit Anyone for Days
    Yeah, it's just like those cheese eating surrender monkeys to pull a hit-and-run..
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    Image of CraziestGadgets.com CraziestGadgets.com
    02/18/09

    In reply to Stealth Tech Blamed for International Sub Crash, French Crew Unaware They'd Hit Anyone for Days
    these things don't have a periscope? or some sort of camera mounted outside the sub to see where they're going? or what they just hit? really?
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    Image of Gann Gann
    02/18/09

    @CraziestGadgets.com: Not to mention something "mounted on the side of the sub" would create unwanted noise moving through the water.
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