Naming Computers [was: A Momentous Decision]

From: Geoff Roberts <geoffrob_at_stmarks.pp.catholic.edu.au>
Date: Wed Oct 23 22:20:01 2002

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From: "Eric Dittman" <dittman_at_dittman.net>
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Subject: Re: Naming Computers [was: A Momentous Decision]


> > Though know one will really know the exact cause of the loss of the
> > Scorpion, it is believed she was lost due to a torpedo detonating inside
> > of the ship (like the Kursk).
>
> I seem to recall reading that the cause of the Scorpion was
> determined by the Navy but classified for some reason.

ISTR a tv special somewhere (Discovery?) early this year that suggested they
may have had a 'hot' fish, and that the procedure was to launch it, then
make a hard turn away, and that under some circumstances this would lead to
the fish looping around and hitting them. Something like that. They ran a
reenactment of such a scenario for the special and in that the fish hit the
boat, so if they had reacted the way they did in the reenactment, which was
done 'by the book' for that situation, then the same thing would likely have
happened.

Geoff in Oz
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