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Submarine Tech Reaches For Deep Ocean Record

Posted by timothy on Tuesday April 26, 2011 @10:36PM from the dropped-my-pen dept.

disco_tracy writes "US Submarines CEO Bruce Jones and his team have just announced that they've developed new technology for a submersible that could take ocean explorers 36,000 feet deep, to the bottom of the Pacific's Mariana Trench."

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Re:Fascinating. by Neil+Boekend · 2011-04-26 23:02 · Score: 0, Offtopic

That'll teach you for clicking on a [blogspot|reddit|gawker|tumblr|go.gl|bit.ly|tinyurl|tiny.cc|is.gd|ow.ly|kxk.me|tr.im] link. You know they hurt.

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Re:11000m for the other 95% of the world. by greenfruitsalad · 2011-04-26 23:23 · Score: 0, Offtopic

i really don't get why this has to be measured in feet. If you must use imperial system, wouldn't 8 furlongs, 5 chains and 10 yards sound nicer? btw, my daily ride to work is 2 735 000 centimetres long.