04-07-2003 18:55									#1
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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tm...le_science_dc_2

look at all the pics! Never seen an unknown deep leviathan so well doc'mn't'd.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2910849.stm

possibly a 'Collossal Squid'?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1723595.stm

the Spider Squid

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1898313.stm

Giant Octopus

Last edited by Seeker on 04-07-2003 at 19:03

	04-07-2003 20:19									#2
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Thanks for posting those links. That thing (the colossal squid) is freakin' huge!

	04-07-2003 20:19									#3
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http://www.colorado.edu/physics/200...satellites.html

totally off-topic but try this cool game.

1. try to put a satellite in orbit

2. Stable orbit

3. Stable, non-wildly elliptical orbit.

Harder than it looks.

Watch out for that stupid moon.

	04-07-2003 20:34									#4
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Remember you can control the direction and (to some extent) the velocity of your sats.

there seem to be three 'sweet spots'

high velocity release right near earth can result in a tight, fast circular orbit.

low velocity release right between earth-moon. Tends to break down because of the moon.

low velocity circle out side earth moon, with the moon always on the other side so it won't pull you.

	04-07-2003 20:35									#5
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That's hard...

	04-07-2003 20:39									#6
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At last!

4 1/2 stable roughly circular ...make that 4 stable orbits.

	04-07-2003 20:40									#7
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Scientists said on Wednesday that the huge mass may be a rare type of giant octopus or just discarded whale blubber.

HA HA HA

	04-07-2003 20:40									#8
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I DID IT!

	04-07-2003 20:42									#9
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YAY!

I just made one do a figure-eight around the earth and the moon

	04-07-2003 20:43									#10
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oh man my sattelite was being slingshoted back and forth between the earth and the moon. crazy orbit

	04-07-2003 20:46									#11
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5

I'm proud of this last one, really close and circular.

Not decaying at all.

the moon keeps trying to slightshot one of mine into the void.

	04-07-2003 20:46									#12
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this one has done about 15 rotations of the earth but every one is different shape

	04-07-2003 20:49									#13
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my one satellite is still going, i don't know how, the moon almost gets it sometimes. sometimes it almost disappears into the viod but he is haning in there

	04-07-2003 20:50									#14
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Mine is VERY close in to the earth. It orbits in a rotating elllipse (the furthest-away point rotates with the moon). The closest-point is always on a pixel RIGHT NEXT TO the earth!

	04-07-2003 20:50									#15
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6, but it's a crappy erratic.


erratics eventually crash or get slingshotted by the moon.

	04-07-2003 20:52									#16
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Five tries, 8½ rounds was the best result.

EDIT: Scrap that. Next try, 80 rounds so far!

	04-07-2003 20:56									#17
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1 really good one skimming the earth, totally stable.

5 middle ones relatively stable.

and 1 Deep Space Anomaly.

I thought I lost it but it comes back on these wierd highly ellipitcal orbits.

Last edited by Seeker on 04-07-2003 at 21:06

	04-07-2003 21:04									#18
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looks like hes set. no stopping him

	04-07-2003 21:33									#19
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I have two in orbit that have been there for about 10 minutes now, this is fun

	04-07-2003 21:57									#20
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Anyway, this sea monster looks quite dodgy.

	04-07-2003 21:59									#21
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Could this squid be what the Norse legends say are Krakens ? This is an extract from a book :-

"The Bishop of Bergen described a sea monster , in 1753 , as 'full of arms' and capable of crushing the largest man of war . This squid is called Archeteuthis (greek for chief squid) ."

The thing can grow from a few centimetres to eighteen feet and thirteen tons in eighteen months !

	04-07-2003 21:59									#22
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its too decayed to be identified positivly. and come on guys, theres no such thing as monster in the ocean. everyone knows they live under the bed

	04-07-2003 22:01									#23
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quote: Could this squid be what the Norse legends say are Krakens ? This is an extract from a book :- "The Bishop of Bergen described a sea monster , in 1753 , as 'full of arms' and capable of crushing the largest man of war . This squid is called Archeteuthis (greek for chief squid) ." The thing can grow from a few centimetres to eighteen feet and thirteen toms in eighteen months !

giant squids are known to exist, nothing spectacualr about 'em. they're just big.