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Comments on SMD Ultra Trencher 1 starts its new job: laying pipes and cables in the briny deep

tumnasgt — Mar 22nd 2008 6:36AM

The CIA really ought to be more careful when it lowers its anchors

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giuliop — Mar 22nd 2008 6:41AM

I'd really like this new "Gadget". Where can I buy it?

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Emor — Mar 22nd 2008 10:35AM

Ugh, 10 million big ones... if your serious, which I doubt. XD.
EMZ=]

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Randomness — Mar 22nd 2008 7:00AM

"Filed under: Storage"

..uhhh really?

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Jagannath A — Mar 22nd 2008 7:04AM

if only the real sea floors were that flat and smooth lol

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alex — Mar 23rd 2008 3:03AM

I map the sea floor for a living often for such things before the lay pipelines and cables ... and there places down there that are incredibly flat and boring....

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Craig Weems — Mar 22nd 2008 7:53AM

This is really nothing special to those familiar with the technology. Engadget should focus on the technologies that it knows something about unless it aims to be "Popular Mechanix" online.

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Slyrunks — Mar 22nd 2008 1:33PM

HEY, this piece is important because without equipment like this all of us would be using two cans and a string!

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Yubastard — Mar 22nd 2008 2:32PM

Aw man, you suck, big time. Let them write about everything, it's not like you're forced to read this and loose your precious time. It's not like all the news are for everyone, I happen to like this one, though.

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Chuck L Heppner — Mar 22nd 2008 11:00AM

Trencher, ha!
The spooks must be mining methane hydrate from the ocean floor.
Critically pressurized volumes of methane gas exist beneath hydrate deposits on the sea bottom.
Any change in temp. or pressure @ these critically pressurized sites can cause hydrate to convert into methane gas. The highly pressurized gas can cause faults in the ocean floor to break apart, allowing the gas to escape.

The relics of massive underwater landslides that sprawl across continental margins, are most likely the result of ocean floor failures caused by overpressured methane gas. Tsunami?

Could this be a BlackProject that is coupled w/ HAARP?
The USAF released a white paper entitled, "Owning The Weather By 2025, A Force Multiplier."

Or not. http://weatherwars.info http://www.eastlundscience.com
http://www.chenier.org http://www.carnicom.com

Just kidding.

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bob sakamano — Mar 22nd 2008 8:21AM

you guys do realize the time that he posted this... give him a break, what other news did you expect then?!?

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Galley — Mar 22nd 2008 8:25AM

I'd buy that for a dollar!

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Dolemite — Mar 22nd 2008 3:28PM

Sorry, this is not made by Omni Consumer Products.

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matt — Mar 23rd 2008 11:05PM

is that actually a robocop reference?

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ComradeZ — Mar 22nd 2008 8:58AM

"Laying pipe" under the sea? Welcome to the Mile Down Club, SMD!

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Henry — Mar 22nd 2008 9:03AM

*insert 70's porn music here*
"Somebody call a plumber? I'm here to lay some pipe..."

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Yubastard — Mar 22nd 2008 2:35PM

jaja LOL! 70's porn music rocks! chicka, chicka, wah, wah!!

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Matt — Mar 22nd 2008 10:31AM

The CIA Breaking those internet lines! lol

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tiuk — Mar 22nd 2008 11:23AM

"jet swords" officially wins the award for coolest word-pairing I've heard in my lifetime.

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Seoul Brother — Mar 22nd 2008 11:37AM

Hennnnh heh uhhh heh henh heh.... He said "laying pipe."

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derX — Mar 22nd 2008 1:10PM

This is the best onomatopoeic representation of laughter I've read in a very long time.

Dude, you so get modded up.

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Seoul Brother — Mar 22nd 2008 1:23PM

Thangyuh. thangyuvurrahmuch.

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OneLove — Mar 22nd 2008 5:26PM

...been "laying pipe in the briny deep" since i was 16. am i out of work?

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Wwhat — Mar 22nd 2008 9:20PM

Of course if some 3 letter acronym organisation with a decent budget would but one of those it could work in reverse and it could dig up and un-lay the line/pipes smoothly and quickly :o

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chachi8 — Mar 23rd 2008 3:41AM

Ryan, your continued usage of strikethrough text is < del >painfully cliche< /del > pure comic genius!

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Wwhat — Mar 23rd 2008 12:21PM

it's nub.

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Wwhat — Mar 23rd 2008 12:25PM

Oh wtf the comments strip html completely, I was saying it's STRIKE not DEL nub (teasingly)

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Wwhat — Mar 23rd 2008 12:30PM

and I'm wrong I see, (and is depreciated and replaced by which to me makes no sense at all.

Sorry for the triple post but I don't want to leave people with false information.

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nutflicks — Mar 25th 2008 6:13PM
Ouch.

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Tony — Mar 24th 2008 1:42PM
What, now $19.8 milion is only worth 10 BPS? Wow, that dollar is dropping like a brick...

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Hoof Hearted — Mar 24th 2008 2:14PM
I hope they don't use that picture above to market its "trenching ability." Looks to me to just be playing with its jet swords and not doing any actual work.

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kkowalczyk — Mar 24th 2008 2:32PM
Blahblahblah... underwater robotic overlords.

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Alex — Mar 25th 2008 7:17AM
My Uncle runs SMD, I had a look at it while it was being built, never thought it would make Engadget :)