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Sonic Torpedo Defense

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the can-you-hear-me-now dept.

dylanduck writes "How do you defend a ship against torpedoes? According to the US Navy, you line the hull with loudspeakers and blast the incoming missile with such a devastating blast of sounds that it explodes." When asked about the possible ecological effects on marine life the military had no comment.

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  1. Same thing. by Wilson_6500 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    97 / 9 = 10.777...
    98 / 9 = 10.888...
    Implies 99 / 9 = 10.999...

    99 / 9 = 11 / 1 = 11

    Therefore 10.999... = 11, so whatever approaches 11 approaches 10.999...

    (Now, spot the logical flaw... if there is one.)

    1. Re:Same thing. by NizzyWizzy4Shizzy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      97 / 9 = 10.777... 98 / 9 = 10.888... Implies 99 / 9 = 10.999... That is illogical. your sample data doesn't justify your conclusion

    2. Re:Same thing. by brian0918 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      1/3 = 0.333... 2/3 = 1/3 + 1/3 = 0.666... 1 = 3/3 = 2/3 + 1/3 = 0.999...

    3. Re:Same thing. by CastrTroy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      The problem is, 1/3 doesn't equal 0.33333. 1/3 = 1/3. You'd have to go on writing 3's after that decimal point for infinity, which isn't possible, because, infinity goes on forever. You'd never be able to write 1/3 in decimal notation. The only way to properly donote the value is 1/3, or 2/6, or some other fraction. You can't use decimals to denote the exact value.

      --

      Anthropic principle: We see the universe the way it is because if it were different we would not be here to see it.
  2. holy crap... by traveyes · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    have you seen so many +5's in recent memory?

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