anyone know what...

[cougar-]

SOS mean? NOT speed of sound, i mean the emergency system. Me and some friends disagree.

 

[old.Xarr]

save our souls?

 

[cougar-]

i dont want a (?) in the answer.

 

[old.Xarr]

alot of SOS meanings here. the top one is interesting.

 

[old.Gombur Glodson]

Quite sure its save our souls.

Otherwise www.google.com

 

[Sibanac]

The Marconi Yearbook of Wireless Telegraphy and Telephony , 1918 states, "This signal [SOS] was adopted simply on account of its easy radiation and its unmistakable character. There is no special signification in the letter themselves, and it is entirely incorrect to put full stops between them [the letters]." All the popular interpretations of "SOS," "Save or Ship," "Save Our Souls," or "Send Out Succour" are simply not valid. Stations hearing this distress call were to immediately cease handling traffic until the emergency was over and were likewise bound to answer the distress signal.



so nothing at all realy

 

[cougar-]

okay, thank you.

 

[Sibanac]

Originally posted by cougar-
okay, thank you.

i knew all those pub quizes where gonne pay off one day, rah !

 

[old.Tohtori]

SOS = Seel on Sea


International distress call when Teh Icefloat comes to view in the horizon.

As we all know, the Titanic collided with an "iceberg". Well, it was ice but no berg.

 

[wickedragon]

hmm

and I was sure it was seals in sea. The internationally accepted distress call by scientist thinking 9foot seals are cute.

 

[Sharma]

Originally posted by old.Tohtori
SOS = Seel on Sea

Seel on Smack

this is the point of degenration when "teh seel(tm)" cannot think of something to write and thus resorts to the lowest levels and produces someting dark and unnown

 

[Ekydus]

Dot Dot Dot
Dash Dash Dash
Dot Dot Dot

Isn't it?

(Morse Code)

 

[old.Tohtori]

Originally posted by sharma

this is the point of degenration when "teh seel(tm)" cannot think of something to write and thus resorts to the lowest levels and produces someting dark and unnown

I think people have heard enough of your backside sharma even without me posting something about it




I kid i kid!! You're allright.

 

[Addlcove]

Sink Or Swim?

 

[Jonaldo]

Save Our Souls

 

[Addlcove]

as already stated omni, SOS as the distress call doesn´t mean anything ;p right now we´re just making things up

 

[old.tRoG]

Ekydus speaks the truth. It's:

... --- ...

Silly people.

 

[old.Tohtori]

It's

Blip blip blip beep beep beep blip blip blip.

Damnit.

EDIT: Damnit is there to bring a sort of majestic tone to the message. You know, like thunder and..stuff.

 

[The_Sheriff]

Whats interesting about MOT in morse code then? Anyone?
There's a biccie in it for ya.

 

[Addlcove]

MOT in beeps sounds like the Axel F intro?

 

[The_Sheriff]

No. MOT uses only dashes....

M O T
_ _ / _ _ _ / _

 

[old.Tohtori]

Oooh. Interesting.

No really.

 

[Garaen]

Sod off Stupid afaik

 

[Serbitar]

Originally posted by old.Tohtori
SOS = Seel on Sea


International distress call when Teh Icefloat comes to view in the horizon.

As we all know, the Titanic collided with an "iceberg". Well, it was ice but no berg.

I've always been confused as to how a measly lettuce could sink a rather large ocean liner cruise ship type thing

 

[gengi]

Originally posted by Serbitar
I've always been confused as to how a measly lettuce could sink a rather large ocean liner cruise ship type thing

It was a pre-patch zerker lettuce, fully buffed.

Later

 

[Jonaldo]

SOS = Save our Souls

I was there when we made it up originally and decided to use that and 'May Day' as distress signals.