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US contractor to help Spain slim down overweight submarine that officials fear can’t surface
Washington Post ^
| June 5
| Ap
Posted on 06/06/2013 11:53:54 AM PDT by Pan_Yan
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posted on
06/06/2013 11:53:54 AM PDT
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Pan_Yan
To: Pan_Yan
The same thing happened in Office Space!
To: Pan_Yan
So an error even bigger than the space industries metric to English conversion error of ten years ago !!
Didn’t they land on Jupiter instead of Mars from the oversight!
To: Pan_Yan
I once worked for a Spanish Technology Company. There is a reason that the Spanish hire the Germans to build infrastructure like airports.
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posted on
06/06/2013 11:57:42 AM PDT
by
Deek
To: Pan_Yan
So... I’m not overweight, my doctor’s office put the decimal in the wrong place? ;-)
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posted on
06/06/2013 11:57:45 AM PDT
by
knittnmom
(Save the earth! It's the only planet with chocolate!)
To: Resolute Conservative
Luckily Milton burned the place down due to having his stapler taken away by Lumburg.
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posted on
06/06/2013 11:58:14 AM PDT
by
EEGator
To: Pan_Yan
>> officials fear if it goes out to sea, it will not be able to surface
Hey, it *is* a *sub*marine... that’s “subo-marino” in Spanish. Means “underwater”. Duh. Those Spaniards can be such *demanding* prima donnas!
To: Deek
Heck, they probably installed screen doors...
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posted on
06/06/2013 12:00:23 PM PDT
by
PilotDave
(No, really, you just can't make this stuff up!!!)
To: Pan_Yan
Bardaji said the problem was discovered in the second half of last year, and Navantia told defense officials that somebody had apparently put a decimal point in the wrong place. Oops!
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posted on
06/06/2013 12:01:25 PM PDT
by
Timber Rattler
(Just say NO! to RINOS and the GOP-E)
To: Pan_Yan
How do you say “whoops” in Spanish?
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posted on
06/06/2013 12:03:18 PM PDT
by
EternalVigilance
('He frustrates the devices of the crafty, so that they cannot carry out their plans.' -- Job 5:12)
To: EternalVigilance
To: Pan_Yan
Poor headline. Increasing the surface area would add buoyancy, "slimming it down" would decrease the surface area and the buoyancy.
Just sayin...
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posted on
06/06/2013 12:05:27 PM PDT
by
Slump Tester
(What if I'm pregnant Teddy? Errr-ahh -Calm down Mary Jo, we'll cross that bridge when we come to it)
To: Pan_Yan
I think Chris Christie might have the same problem. Is there a work-around for him?
To: Pan_Yan
Building software projects worth only a few scores of thousands of dollars results in a repeatable process with multiple environments and QA, but not with a multi-billion dollar sub program.
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posted on
06/06/2013 12:05:57 PM PDT
by
andyk
(I have sworn...eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.)
To: EternalVigilance
How do you say whoops in Spanish? !Caramba ! (I think)
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posted on
06/06/2013 12:16:36 PM PDT
by
Vinnie
To: Pan_Yan
I’d say they should remove the snorkle system. That should help.
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posted on
06/06/2013 12:16:41 PM PDT
by
Obadiah
(Inside of every Liberal beats the heart of a fascist yearning to reveal their true nature.)
To: Pan_Yan
To: Slump Tester
All ships SINK until the point they have displaced a weight of water equal to their own weight. And the term used is actually DISPLACEMENT.
TO lighten this sub by making it 70 tons lighter, may greatly reduce its effectiveness. It could be simpler, and quite a bit less costly to INCREASE the size of the hull so its displacement floated the sub at a “normal” waterline. Filling the tanks causes submergence, and pumping tanks lightens the boat and it surfaces. Just thinking.
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posted on
06/06/2013 12:19:40 PM PDT
by
CaptainAmiigaf
(NY TIMES: "We print the news as it fits our views")
To: Obadiah
Take out the engines, not like the Spanish even need a submarine - turn it into an off the coast hotel that sits on the ocean floor - people can snorkel out to it and use the escape hatch for access.
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posted on
06/06/2013 12:21:41 PM PDT
by
edcoil
(If you can't change the rules, then ignore them.)
To: Pan_Yan
Quick solution: Sell them to North Korea.
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posted on
06/06/2013 12:26:12 PM PDT
by
kingu
(Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
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