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Your Own Luxury Submarine!

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the and-oh-what-a-bargain dept.

cheapo writes "Not exactly computer related, but fun none-the-less. Someone on my boating mailing list turned me onto this website for your own personal luxury submarine. For a mere $78 million, you can make all the other folks at the marina jealous with a 213 foot toy." That 78 million dollar price tag might seem steep until you discover that it comes with its own docking mini sub. Now thats a bargain!

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  1. Gates needs it... by tinrobot · · Score: 5, Funny

    Bill Gates should buy it so he can torpedo Larry Ellison's yacht.

  2. Well, thank goodness for /that/ by devphil · · Score: 5, Funny
    Given the significant waterplane area and ample internal volume, which allows for greater battery storage, the Phoenix will out-perform smaller counterparts in surface speed, submerged speed and submerged endurance.

    I can't express how embarassing it is to be lounging around the marina, get challenged to a submarine drag-race, and lose to some other 100-foot submersible because I didn't hook up enough batteries. Finally, with the Phoenix 1000, I'll never have to endure their laughter again!

    (Okay, okay, it's not funny... I'm just bored.)

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  3. About time by Foxman98 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I want to be the founding member of the "Mile-low club"....

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    1. Re:About time by tswinzig · · Score: 5, Funny

      I want to be the founding member of the "Mile-low club"

      Sorry, no can do.

      It figures a fellow slashdotter doesn't understand the obvious reference to sexual conquest 20,000 leagues below sea level!

      You need some serious hardware to reach that depth.

      No pun intended?

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  4. some problems by oo7tushar · · Score: 5, Funny

    there's a lot of problems associated with being underwater...

    First off, there's a limited range where you could use it.

    Second: You'd have to make sure you didn't collide with anything (I'm sure you'd hire a formet sub captain or something).

    Third: it's not all that clear underwater. It's only clear in the shallow areas like tropical and what not. But in the deeper areas it's not all that clear and so you wouldn't see much.

    Fourth: the upkeep on submarines runs millions a year, so the cost is gigantic.

    Now the pros:
    First: you can bring illicit drugs into the country and nobody is gonna stop you (how do you stop a submarine without blowing it up?) and if they do stop you, then you just flush the stuff down the drain.

    Second: It's the mile deep club.

    Finally: If the submarines a rocking don't come a knocking

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  5. Quick! Somebody give Kentucky a call! by UsonianAutomatic · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is just what they're looking for!

  6. Have you heard about the Apple iSub? by Rui+del-Negro · · Score: 5, Funny


    Apple iSub. Sink different.

  7. Your Own Luxury Submarine! by Anne_Nonymous · · Score: 5, Funny

    I gotta quit hanging out here and/or get more sleep. The first time around, I read that headline as:

    Your Own Linux Submarine!