Re:Debris field found in search for missing submersible
by krisoft on Friday June 23, 2023 @04:02AM
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> you've made a few here and that's unfortunately the mentality that can result in disaster
What assumptions have I made and how would they lead to disaster? Please be specific.
Re:Debris field found in search for missing submersible
by bilekas on Friday June 23, 2023 @05:31AM
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The assumption being that its easy and should just be a 'given'. The problem is with that and not proper testing/validation you can have false confidence in the systems.
The article is actually really interesting, but it's exception, it's certainly not impossible.
Re:Debris field found in search for missing submersible
by krisoft on Friday June 23, 2023 @11:53AM
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I have made no such assumption. The person who I was responding to said it is not possible. I said it is possible to do. That is all the claim I'm making.
Of course it is very hard. It is kinda implied by the fact that I linked an article about the technical challenges! If you order some custom built equipment and the company then later writes an article about all the challenges with it, you can bet that it was a super expensive and specialist device.
You can always throw a cable down, if you have a handy 2kM long one.
Personally I'm not sure most people can actually grasp the scale of the ocean on it's own. We have the best we have already - transponders.
Assumptions are very dangerous, you've made a few here and that's unfortunately the mentality that can result in disaster.
Dramatic ending : Never assume. Always confirm.