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FLIP, The Wolds Strangest Ocean Vessel, How Does it Float? (Interesting Video)
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| 5/10/10
| Chuck Wolk
Posted on 05/10/2010 7:32:32 AM PDT by OneVike
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posted on
05/10/2010 7:32:33 AM PDT
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OneVike
To: Alex Murphy; JesusBmyGod; Whenifhow; rom; Hanna548; DvdMom; leftyontheright; FrdmLvr; jblann1; ...
Article & Video Ping!
Check out this one of a kind research vessel that floats in such a way that it can stay out on the scientists on board can stay out on the ocean even during storms that create up to 80 foot waves without fear of ever sinking. The video is at the bottom of the fairly lengthy article I wrote, so here is the link to two videos, FLIP, How Does It Float? Or you can download this short 3 min. mpg I made and watch it later on your own pc, FLIP.mpg
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posted on
05/10/2010 7:35:19 AM PDT
by
OneVike
(I am Chuck Wolk, a Freeper in Christ since February of 1998)
To: OneVike
To: OneVike
WHOA! It's so cool! I remember reading about this in the early 60's Popular Science and Popular Mechanics mags! (Maybe Science and Mechanics if there's anyone old enough to remember! It was the first to go...sigh) It's hard to believe it's still in use.
Or did I miss something?
prisoner6
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posted on
05/10/2010 7:44:29 AM PDT
by
prisoner6
(Right Wing Nuts are holding The Constitution together as the Loose Screws of The Left come undone!)
To: OneVike
This ship has been around a long time!
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posted on
05/10/2010 7:45:18 AM PDT
by
ontap
To: OneVike
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posted on
05/10/2010 7:47:37 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
I got to see it back when I was a kid in the 70s when it was docked at Pearl Harbor.
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posted on
05/10/2010 7:48:52 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: prisoner6
It's hard to believe it's still in use. Or did I miss something?
Yes it is still being used for research.
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posted on
05/10/2010 7:53:00 AM PDT
by
OneVike
(I am Chuck Wolk, a Freeper in Christ since February of 1998)
To: OneVike
Around 50 years old...AMAZING!
prisoner6
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posted on
05/10/2010 8:02:58 AM PDT
by
prisoner6
(Right Wing Nuts are holding The Constitution together as the Loose Screws of The Left come undone!)
To: OneVike
"How Does it Float?"
The same way Guam does!
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posted on
05/10/2010 8:14:38 AM PDT
by
haywoodwebb
(ISLAM = DEATH! . . . . Black & Humble . . .)
To: OneVike
Made in 1962, Flip is one of the worlds best kept secrets of the Oceanographic industry, but this secret has not been on purpose however Not much of a secret. I remember this from the 60s.
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posted on
05/10/2010 8:30:39 AM PDT
by
sionnsar
(IranAzadi|5yst3m 0wn3d-it's N0t Y0ur5:SONY|Remember Neda Agha-Soltan|TV--it's NOT news you can trust)
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Thanks to
OneVike for the ping.
Geezer Geek ping.
This is a very low-volume ping list (typically days to weeks between pings).
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posted on
05/10/2010 8:31:41 AM PDT
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sionnsar
(IranAzadi|5yst3m 0wn3d-it's N0t Y0ur5:SONY|Remember Neda Agha-Soltan|TV--it's NOT news you can trust)
To: Slump Tester; fredhead; doc1019; America_Right; NCjim; The Ghost of Rudy McRomney; saundby; ...
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OneVike for the ping.
Geezer Geek ping.
This is a very low-volume ping list (typically days to weeks between pings).
FReepmail sionnsar if you want on or off this list.
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posted on
05/10/2010 8:31:44 AM PDT
by
sionnsar
(IranAzadi|5yst3m 0wn3d-it's N0t Y0ur5:SONY|Remember Neda Agha-Soltan|TV--it's NOT news you can trust)
To: OneVike; Tax-chick; Constitution Day
No it's low profile in the awareness of the public's eye is probably due to the type of work it's scientists perform. 
ARRRGH
To: martin_fierro
Agony of Apostrophe’s!
I WANT that .gif!
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posted on
05/10/2010 9:31:00 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
("Amateurish," agreed Janet Napolitano, the White House amateurishness czar.)
To: martin_fierro
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posted on
05/10/2010 9:32:29 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: dfwgator
Its reelly that eazy, ain’t it? I find its better to use an apostrophy’ whenever’ possible’ or’ convenient’ or, comma’s and, apostrophies, combined,’ if ‘you, get’ my drift.,”:’.?<
(sorry, couldn’t help myself :>)
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posted on
05/10/2010 9:39:49 AM PDT
by
irishtenor
(Tag line is on vacation.)
To: dfwgator; Tax-chick
I'll take two It's-Its, please.
To: OneVike
I remember reading about this years ago, perhaps when it was first proposed or something. thanx for letting me see it in action. cool!
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posted on
05/10/2010 9:50:26 AM PDT
by
camle
(keep an open mind and someone will fill it full of something for you)
To: haywoodwebb
"How Does it Float?" OneVike ~ The same way Guam does!
It will sink if it gets too full of seamen?
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posted on
05/10/2010 9:52:07 AM PDT
by
null and void
(We are now in day 473 of our national holiday from reality. - 0bama really isn't one of US.)
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