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x01001x

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Nov 10, 2009, 9:40:44 AM11/10/09
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Is there computer software for learning how to operate the kind
of SONAR that was used on submarines in the 1980s? Or perhaps there is
at least a simulation (screensaver) so one can at least see how the
display looks?
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dott.Piergiorgio

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Nov 11, 2009, 10:22:18 AM11/11/09
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Fred J. McCall ha scritto:

> :Or perhaps there is


> :at least a simulation (screensaver) so one can at least see how the
> :display looks?

> :
>
> Be a pretty boring screen saver, so I rather doubt it.

Depend of how is programmed the screen saver... Actually there are a X
window screensaver whose simulate a radar PPI, and is mildly boring, but
I guess I can hack it to render him more lively ;)

Best regards from Italy,
Dott. Piergiorgio.

P.s. I can point to the source tarball of Xscreensaver, so we can do a
"s.m.n. coding competition" ? ;)

BlackBeard

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Nov 11, 2009, 2:24:23 PM11/11/09
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You bet and you can actually get paid to use it! It is updated to more
modern standards but if you pass the class and qualification process
you can even use it in a real-time environment. Good Luck! ;)

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Paul J. Adam

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Nov 12, 2009, 3:25:24 AM11/12/09
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x01001x <xem...@softhome.net> writes

The nearest commercial approximation I know of is the PC game "Dangerous
Waters", or the older "688I Attack Submarine".

--
He thinks too much, such men are dangerous.

Paul J. Adam

x01001x

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Nov 12, 2009, 3:58:07 AM11/12/09
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> :Is there computer software for learning how to operate the kind

> :of SONAR that was used on submarines in the 1980s?
> :
>
> Yes, but it's owned by the Navy and only runs in special simulation
> labs.

Have you used it? Any details you can share? Specs of hardware? I'm
not sure what would be so special.....

x01001x

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Nov 12, 2009, 4:00:14 AM11/12/09
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How many push-ups must I complete?

BlackBeard

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Nov 12, 2009, 4:50:31 AM11/12/09
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They have a limit for the first few weeks to get you into shape.
Later they can add more. When I was in I think the limit was 30 the
first four weeks. Now days it's probably 15.
;)

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dott.Piergiorgio

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Nov 12, 2009, 10:47:06 AM11/12/09
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BlackBeard ha scritto:

>> How many push-ups must I complete?
>
> They have a limit for the first few weeks to get you into shape.
> Later they can add more. When I was in I think the limit was 30 the
> first four weeks. Now days it's probably 15.
> ;)

uhm... I guess that save a certain ability (whose should be not
nominated) in a Navy today there's not much need of physical prowess,
save for the DC people, IMVHO

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Mark Borgerson

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Nov 12, 2009, 7:48:04 PM11/12/09
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In article <1qcof5tcjubjs8fuu...@4ax.com>,
fjmc...@gmail.com says...
> "dott.Piergiorgio" <dott.Pierg...@KAIGUN.fastwebnet.it> wrote:
>
> :BlackBeard ha scritto:
> :
>
> And since "the DC people" is everybody...
>
> You also have to handle cannon shell and powder, supplies, etc.
> Pulling cables is not for the faint of body. Underway refueling.
> Machinery repair.
>
> Submariners tend to get chubby during long cruises (nothing to do but
> eat and boat food typically isn't bad). Surface crews tend to get
> more exercise.
>
In addition, the motion of smaller ships in rough weather can not
only reduce the appetite, but it can reduce the number of deep-fried
cholesterol bombs served in the mess.


Mark Borgerson


dott.Piergiorgio

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Nov 13, 2009, 7:43:34 AM11/13/09
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Fred J. McCall ha scritto:

> And since "the DC people" is everybody...


>
> You also have to handle cannon shell and powder, supplies, etc.
> Pulling cables is not for the faint of body. Underway refueling.
> Machinery repair.

Ugh... I'm wondering since westerday on how I have so spectacularly
forgotten these *basics* of seafaring :#( I duly apologize....

Best regards from Italy,
Dott. Piergiorgio.

x01001x

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Dec 11, 2009, 2:13:40 AM12/11/09
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I'm not worried about any of that. I just wanted to study the SONAR
interface
without having to use it in a real-life situation.
I keep hearing about this Hunter Killer software.
That's easy to find yet something made by the Navy is not.
This sort of reminds me of that Doom mod for the marines that came out
in the
early to mid 90s. I couldn't find that either and I wondered if it was
because it was
produced for the military.
Has anyone noticed that the software the military shouldn't let out
gets out, and
the software that would help Americans learn more about the service
doesn't?

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Mark Test

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Dec 12, 2009, 12:40:20 AM12/12/09
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Here's a screensaver that does a pretty decent job of looking like an active
stack....
(except for the rotating pulse, that's more like radar)

http://dibosdownload.blogspot.com/2007/09/sonar-screensaver.html

Mark

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Paul J. Adam

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Dec 11, 2009, 6:53:44 PM12/11/09
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<e1f856d1-c337-40d9...@g22g2000prf.googlegroups.com>,
x01001x <xem...@softhome.net> writes

>Has anyone noticed that the software the military shouldn't let out
>gets out, and
>the software that would help Americans learn more about the service
>doesn't?

No. If you don't believe me, go play "Dangerous Waters" or "America's
Army".

dott.Piergiorgio

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Dec 12, 2009, 3:46:15 AM12/12/09
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Mark Test ha scritto:

> Here's a screensaver that does a pretty decent job of looking like an active
> stack....
> (except for the rotating pulse, that's more like radar)
>
> http://dibosdownload.blogspot.com/2007/09/sonar-screensaver.html

A similar screensaver is available for Linux/X11, but definitively much
more plain and simple; I have previously suggested of do an
"improvement" competition between the s.m.n. coders/programmers, but
seems that there are not much interest in this...

dott.Piergiorgio

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Dec 12, 2009, 3:48:14 AM12/12/09
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Paul J. Adam ha scritto:

> In message
> <e1f856d1-c337-40d9...@g22g2000prf.googlegroups.com>,
> x01001x <xem...@softhome.net> writes
>> Has anyone noticed that the software the military shouldn't let out
>> gets out, and
>> the software that would help Americans learn more about the service
>> doesn't?
>
> No. If you don't believe me, go play "Dangerous Waters" or "America's
> Army".

on the latter, I'm wrong, or was at the centre of a rather larger
'Net-wide flame, about its recruitment propaganda value & effectiveness ?

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