New Sub Dives To Crushing Depths

University of Washington Scientists are reporting that they have a new autonomous underwater vehicle that increases both the attainable depth and duration of deployment over current submersibles. Weighing in at just under 140 pounds, the "Deepglider" is able to stay out to sea for up to a year and hit depths of almost 9,000 feet. "Deepglider opens up new research possibilities for oceanographers studying global climate change. The glider's first trip revealed unexpected warming of water near the ocean floor, and scientists are interested in studying whether the temperatures are related to global warming."

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[Goalie_Ca]

For those who don't speak ancient google translated it to be:
9 000 feet = 2 743.2 meters

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[mcho]

Here in the US we don't use the Metric System, which is the tool of the devil! My car gets forty rods to the hogshead and that's the way I likes it.

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[drinkypoo]

It's still got a few K's to go.

A few Ks hotter or colder?

K is kelvin. km is kilometers (or kilometres, even.)

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[c_forq]

k can also be thousands, but in that case I believe it is standard to have it be lower case, and almost always is immediately preceded by a number (i.e. 401k).

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[Rudisaurus]

For those who don't speak ancient google translated it to be:

Google isn't really that ancient. It was only incorporated in 1998, I believe.

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[TheMadcapZ]

That joke is older than 1,000,000,000 Sun orbits around the Earth.

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[TheClam]

Were you going for (+1, Funny)? Cause you got a chuckle out of me.

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[Cheapy]

Funny, that's exactly how I read it the first time. My first thought was "What the hell? Ancient google?" Only after reading it twice did I realize he forgot a coma. I think we should fix those kind of problems before our Metric vs. US Units problem :)

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[baldass_newbie]

Actually, that 'k' is a subsection, thus 401(k).
Regards.

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[HoldenCaulfield]

All right, so this may be the joke flying over my head, but since when did the Sun orbit the Earth?

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[Cornflake917]

Only after reading it twice did I realize he forgot a coma. Well, memory loss is a common attribute people have when they wake up from comas.

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[ZorinLynx]

The real question is, how many libraries of congress do you have to burn to get the same amount of energy? :)

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[Bastard of Subhumani]

It is? Thanks for the reminder.

Re:Funding guaranteed if ...

[east coast]

I'd like to test the effects of global warming on the production and recreational use of the marijuana plant. I swear to God it will be a scientific study.

Re:This is interesting

[meringuoid]

It's been a theory of mine that if there are aliens on this planet that they would be at the bottom of the sea.

The Lobstermen are the worst ones. They just will not die. And the ones who keep mind controlling my operatives.

Well, them and the Sea Devils - they used to give Jon Pertwee a terrible time.

Ahem.

[StickyWidget]

All subs can dive to crushing depths. The problem is getting back up.