Oh right!
I'm gonna go out on a limb here and assume that you aren't a sonar-monkey on a submarine.
Is it personal interest thing?
( Cawl, Wed 8 Jul 2009, 14:17, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

I just thought it would be useful to be able to use a SONAR array.
Think how fucking stupid you'd look if you found yourself in command of a submarine and didn't know how the SONAR worked.

You fucking retard, I hope this happens to you and you learn a short sharp lesson in preparation as you struggle to differentiate the ambiguous contacts as the Russian attack subs close in on your flailing spazmarine.
( WormuIus, Wed 8 Jul 2009, 14:20, Reply)

In submarine lingo...
...why is the "Target" always called a "Solution"?
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Wed 8 Jul 2009, 14:23, Reply)

It's a firing solution on the target.
The targets are usually called contacts, I believe.

*checks Tom Clancy, source of all knowlege on this subject*
(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Wed 8 Jul 2009, 14:26, Reply)

It's not really
The solution is the calculation that arrises from the bearing, speed, distance etc of the contact.

The process is sometimes called 'stacking the dots'
( WormuIus, Wed 8 Jul 2009, 14:27, Reply)

Gotcha
A "solution" seems a mouthful when fighter pilots use the term "lock-on" for exactly the same thing.

*re-reads Wormulus's post*

Oh, I see. It's subject to extrapolation.
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Wed 8 Jul 2009, 14:29, Reply)

Contacts are assigned callsigns normally Sierra 001, Sierra 002 etc

( WormuIus, Wed 8 Jul 2009, 14:39, Reply)

I much prefer
"That bloke over there on the left" and "no, the other bloke THERE!"
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Wed 8 Jul 2009, 14:41, Reply)

That's more like it.
I'm not getting in a submarine though. Fuck that.
( Cawl, Wed 8 Jul 2009, 14:23, Reply)

The claustrophobia... The tons of water pressure on the hull around you...
...the constant threat of sudden buggery.
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Wed 8 Jul 2009, 14:31, Reply)

I don't fancy being in
A tin can full of semen.
( Cawl, Wed 8 Jul 2009, 14:32, Reply)

Brings a new meaning to the term "Depth Charging"

(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Wed 8 Jul 2009, 14:34, Reply)

Hahaha!

( Cawl, Wed 8 Jul 2009, 14:36, Reply)

*gets on submarine*

( thealternativefact, Wed 8 Jul 2009, 14:32, Reply)

He said buggery, not bukkake

(Bazongaloid, Wed 8 Jul 2009, 14:33, Reply)

I'm having both.

( thealternativefact, Wed 8 Jul 2009, 14:34, Reply)

greedy

(Bazongaloid, Wed 8 Jul 2009, 14:35, Reply)

Stop being mean just because you're feeling left out.

( thealternativefact, Wed 8 Jul 2009, 14:37, Reply)

*wants moar spunk*

(Bazongaloid, Wed 8 Jul 2009, 14:44, Reply)

You should be careful.
You get that stuff on your forehead, you'll get spots there.
Er, like those ones...*points at Al*
( thealternativefact, Wed 8 Jul 2009, 14:46, Reply)

Oh now that's just mean
your not supposed to mix b3ta and real life.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 8 Jul 2009, 14:50, Reply)

Tell us about your new bike.

( thealternativefact, Wed 8 Jul 2009, 14:52, Reply)

It's all shiny and new and I haven't got it yet.
I'm picking it up tonight. Didn't I tell you?
(Bazongaloid, Wed 8 Jul 2009, 14:54, Reply)

Hmm...it rings a bell.

( thealternativefact, Wed 8 Jul 2009, 14:55, Reply)

Oh it doesn't have bell.

(Bazongaloid, Wed 8 Jul 2009, 14:56, Reply)

How will you be aggressively smug towards pedestrians?

( thealternativefact, Wed 8 Jul 2009, 14:58, Reply)

I intend to carry a stick with nails in
and I'll ride quietly up behind them on the pavement and SMASH THEIR FUCKING SKULLS IN.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 8 Jul 2009, 14:59, Reply)

Cyclist Scum

( thealternativefact, Wed 8 Jul 2009, 15:00, Reply)

FUCKING PEADOSTRAIN!
I'LL TEACH YOU TO WALK ON MY PAVEMENT!
(Bazongaloid, Wed 8 Jul 2009, 15:01, Reply)

I ALREADY KNOW HOW
YOU SMUG TWAT
( thealternativefact, Wed 8 Jul 2009, 15:04, Reply)

Doh!
I just got pwned by a lovely lady.


Who's covered in spunk.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 8 Jul 2009, 15:17, Reply)

:D

( thealternativefact, Wed 8 Jul 2009, 15:23, Reply)

Sudden undersea bukakke
They never had to contend with that on Das Boot.
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Wed 8 Jul 2009, 14:35, Reply)

Haven't you SEEN
The Director's Cut?
( Cawl, Wed 8 Jul 2009, 14:36, Reply)

They are a bit cramped
I went on one when I was a kid.
(Herr Doktor Lemminge Is bored, so cheer me up!, Wed 8 Jul 2009, 14:34, Reply)