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Grounded Russian Nuclear Sub Photographed With Sonar
Lanxon sends in an intriguing piece from Wired: "This eerie wreck image is not computer-generated. It's the sonar image of Russian nuclear submarine B-159 (called K-159 before decommissioning), which has been lying 248m down in the Barents Sea, between Norway and Russia, since 2003. The Russian Federation hired Adus, a Scottish company that specializes in high-resolution sonar surveying, to evaluate if it would be possible to recover the wreck. 'The operation was complicated as the submarine was very deep, so we had to use the sonar equipment mounted on a remotely operated vehicle' [also pictured in the article], says Martin Dean, the managing director of Adus and a forensic-wreck archaeologist. 'We also had a problem with the surveying due to the density of North Atlantic cod attracted to the sound of the sonar and the light of the cameras.'"
In Soviet Russia Dean Martin is Martin Dean!
I think that's the first time I've seen "pedanticism" used. It's one of those words I (don't laugh) found in the dictionary and never actually saw or used (correctly). I dunno, it seemed noteworthy to me...
I always have used "pedantry" (and have plenty of opportunity, when talking about myself).
Zipf's Law in action, I guess.
They had a bunch of sonar data which was put through an algorithm which resulted in a picture. People don't really seem to care what words mean anymore. It's a shame. Or, maybe it's a pancake. Doesn't make any difference to most people.
I abandoned my /. uid a few months ago. If I still used it, you'd make my friend list for that. You're probably not that excited to have impressed an AC but I thought I'd let you know.
You've not seen things that are long, hard and full of seamen?