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By iGrrrl (Sun Oct 26, 2008 at 05:25:28 PM EST) (all tags)

A call for proposals to make Submersible Aircraft.

_squeal

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That's almost as cool as by dark nowhere (4.00 / 2) #1 Mon Oct 27, 2008 at 12:54:04 AM EST

a flying submarine.

(As best I can tell, while the former is a military craft, the latter is down right trippy.)

Protein Pills: Taken.
Helmet: On.

trippy by iGrrrl (2.00 / 0) #3 Mon Oct 27, 2008 at 03:03:17 AM EST

DARPA specializes in trippy. I mean, they brought you the internet, after all. How trippy is that?

"I don't have time for martial law, I have to get to the gym!" zarathus
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I have solid evidence on this matter. by mrgoat

(4.00 / 3) #8 Mon Oct 27, 2008 at 05:29:29 AM EST

The internets' "trippy" rating currently stands approximately 3/4 of the way between "balls" and "is that a turtle what".

The more you know!

--top hat--
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mrgoat! As i live and breath by Dr H0ffm4n (2.00 / 0) #23 Mon Oct 27, 2008 at 03:38:56 PM EST

I thought you were dead.

Or something equally epic.

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: Watch out for the zombie apocalypse. by mrgoat (4.00 / 1) #31 Tue Oct 28, 2008 at 03:49:32 AM EST

_{I've said too much.}

--top hat--
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The Internet, by dark nowhere (4.00 / 1) #19 Mon Oct 27, 2008 at 09:53:16 AM EST

the most profound shared hallucination since organized religion.

Yeah, thanks to DARPA we're all tripping lolcats.

Protein Pills: Taken.
Helmet: On.
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a yellow flying submarine ? by sasquatchan (4.00 / 1) #6 Mon Oct 27, 2008 at 04:27:34 AM EST

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: The FS-1? by georgeha (4.00 / 2) #10 Mon Oct 27, 2008 at 07:45:15 AM EST

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: USS Lucy! by dark nowhere (4.00 / 2) #20 Mon Oct 27, 2008 at 09:57:59 AM EST

Protein Pills: Taken.
Helmet: On.
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you gonna submit a proposal? by Dr H0ffm4n (4.00 / 2) #2 Mon Oct 27, 2008 at 01:43:38 AM EST

Gerry Anderson is sure to have some designs you could borrow.

I only engineer molecules by iGrrrl (2.00 / 0) #4 Mon Oct 27, 2008 at 03:04:40 AM EST

Not so good with big iron.

Plus, I can't even decorate a room, so I'm the last person to turn to for James Bond coolness.

DNA, now, that's another story.

"I don't have time for martial law, I have to get to the gym!" zarathus
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Something like by ad hoc

(4.00 / 1) #11 Mon Oct 27, 2008 at 07:52:30 AM EST

this or this?

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The three things that make a diamond also make a waffle.
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Nobody remembers Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea.. by ObviousTroll (4.00 / 1) #12 Mon Oct 27, 2008 at 08:28:07 AM EST

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVtW4CP5YW8

Is Mike keeping up with his riding?
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: I do by ad hoc (4.00 / 1) #15 Mon Oct 27, 2008 at 09:05:19 AM EST

but I could find a clip other than some RC model thing. That, and the above comment specifically called out Gerry Anderson. You have better UTube foo than I.

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The three things that make a diamond also make a waffle.
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From the real show... by ObviousTroll (4.00 / 1) #13 Mon Oct 27, 2008 at 08:29:16 AM EST

instead of some guy's 3d render:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgbB9FyO6jQ

Is Mike keeping up with his riding?
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The FS-1? by georgeha (4.00 / 1) #14 Mon Oct 27, 2008 at 08:33:36 AM EST

see comment 10.

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I couldn't remember if that's what it was called by ObviousTroll (4.00 / 1) #16 Mon Oct 27, 2008 at 09:11:52 AM EST

Hell, it went off the air when I was 3, according to wikipedia - I must remember the reruns.

Wait, wait - wikipedia says you're right: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyage_to_the_Bottom_of_the_Sea_(TV_series)

Is Mike keeping up with his riding?
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Hurray for Wiki by georgeha (4.00 / 1) #17 Mon Oct 27, 2008 at 09:16:03 AM EST

it took me a while to find the name, it was on the Seaview page.

I have vague memories of seeing it in syndication, it probably isn't as good as my preteen memory thinks it was.

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You can watch them all by ad hoc

(4.00 / 2) #18 Mon Oct 27, 2008 at 09:25:11 AM EST

Right here.

But be prepared to be disappointed. Very few of them are any good. They all fall into that same sort of Irwin Allen schlock with Lost in Space style cheesy monsters.

The movie [neflix] is actually pretty good (Walter Pidgeon and Peter Lorre)

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The three things that make a diamond also make a waffle.
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They did more than just fall into the same schlock by ObviousTroll (4.00 / 1) #26 Mon Oct 27, 2008 at 04:58:09 PM EST

I've got pretty clear memories of noticing the exact same monsters showing up in both Voyage and Lost in Space. I remember thinking it was pretty funny.

Is Mike keeping up with his riding?
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: But at least Voyage by ad hoc (4.00 / 1) #28 Mon Oct 27, 2008 at 06:58:05 PM EST

never had a carrot monster.

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The three things that make a diamond also make a waffle.
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Oh, oh! by iGrrrl (2.00 / 0) #25 Mon Oct 27, 2008 at 04:19:17 PM EST

Supercar!

How do you find this stuff?

"I don't have time for martial law, I have to get to the gym!" zarathus
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Supercar by ad hoc

(4.00 / 1) #27 Mon Oct 27, 2008 at 06:36:33 PM EST

I got a Supercar for Christmas one year. I got a Fireball XL5 the next year.

The world was in black and white then.

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The three things that make a diamond also make a waffle.
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: Wow by iGrrrl (2.00 / 0) #35 Wed Oct 29, 2008 at 01:41:11 AM EST

And you're still cute!

"I don't have time for martial law, I have to get to the gym!" zarathus
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an aircraft that can maneuver underwater. by wiredog

(4.00 / 1) #5 Mon Oct 27, 2008 at 04:26:01 AM EST

Not just an aircraft that can be carried by a sub, which the Japanese did in WW2, but an actual underwater aircraft.

<Keanu>Whoa!</Keanu>

Earth First!
_{(We can strip mine the rest later.)}

: It's like it's right out of science fiction by fluffy (4.00 / 2) #9 Mon Oct 27, 2008 at 07:38:16 AM EST

Now if it can also go into space, that'd complete the unfeasible-technology trifecta.

busy bees buzz | sockpuppet revolution
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That's already been done by theboz (4.00 / 1) #7 Mon Oct 27, 2008 at 05:23:36 AM EST

It's called the S.H.A.R.C. (Submersible High-speed Attack and Reconnaissance Craft). It is basically a small one-person airplane that can go underwater too. It's probably more functional as a submarine than an aircraft.

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That's what I always say about you, boz, you have a good memory for random facts about pussy. -- joh3n

: that's why it's just a craft by iGrrrl (2.00 / 0) #21 Mon Oct 27, 2008 at 11:32:08 AM EST

I mean, they want an airplane that can maneuver in water as in air, and you know, it's all fluid dynamics math to begin with...

"I don't have time for martial law, I have to get to the gym!" zarathus
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Watch out by MostlyHarmless (4.00 / 1) #22 Mon Oct 27, 2008 at 11:34:16 AM EST

more posts like these and my respect and admiration for and liking of you will erupt into outright infatuation...

-mh
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[Mostly Harmless]

wait up there, bud by iGrrrl (2.00 / 0) #24 Mon Oct 27, 2008 at 04:16:09 PM EST

I hear you're supposed to be intimidated.

_{Of course, that's a hard image to keep up, what with the squealing and all.}

"I don't have time for martial law, I have to get to the gym!" zarathus
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wait .. is that a picture of you? by R343L

(2.00 / 0) #29 Mon Oct 27, 2008 at 08:01:55 PM EST

Oh fuck.

/me swoons.

"There will be time, there will be time / To prepare a face to meet the faces that you meet." -- Eliot
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it's a few years out of date by iGrrrl (2.00 / 0) #34 Wed Oct 29, 2008 at 01:40:05 AM EST

It's my "Welcome to my castle with the secret research laboratory, Mr. Bond" picture.

"I don't have time for martial law, I have to get to the gym!" zarathus
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It has a 70's horror movie feel somehow. by garlic (2.00 / 0) #38 Wed Oct 29, 2008 at 03:46:04 PM EST

in a good way.

Suck it
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: It's the hair by iGrrrl (2.00 / 0) #39 Thu Oct 30, 2008 at 06:20:09 AM EST

I has it!

"I don't have time for martial law, I have to get to the gym!" zarathus
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maybe. by MostlyHarmless (4.00 / 1) #30 Mon Oct 27, 2008 at 10:55:24 PM EST

but, the squealing and actually having met you severely undercut the intimidation factor...

Which reminds me I really need to get to Boston again!

-mh
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[Mostly Harmless]
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I'd like to go to Boston some time soon by Dr H0ffm4n (4.00 / 1) #32 Tue Oct 28, 2008 at 05:24:24 AM EST

Whether to be intimidated or otherwise.

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: I highly recommend it by MostlyHarmless (4.00 / 1) #33 Tue Oct 28, 2008 at 08:13:53 AM EST

it's well worth the trip, even if you don't get intimidated by iGrrrl. (but, that is the icing on the cake...)
-mh
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[Mostly Harmless]
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: Please do by iGrrrl (2.00 / 0) #37 Wed Oct 29, 2008 at 01:47:26 AM EST

Ask gpig and the Canuckistanians. We don't bite.

"I don't have time for martial law, I have to get to the gym!" zarathus
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Yes, you do by iGrrrl (2.00 / 0) #36 Wed Oct 29, 2008 at 01:44:07 AM EST

Boston likes visitors.

"I don't have time for martial law, I have to get to the gym!" zarathus
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